mona canoe without an outrigger

Part of Speech n3
    • canoe without an outrigger
      • boats & other means of transport
      • Example 4577:
        Tea maa nubunubu tahoa nana tahii tea mona teve, ore paa rahi maa bona hoohoa.
        In the morning (he) paddles off to the sea in his boat, in order to catch hoohoa needlefish.
        Source: Nah 02R 132
      • Example 4578:
        O mona saka tara vaa teo sinivi haana.
        A mona does not look like a sinivi (canoe).
        Source: fieldnotes 2005 012

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