monomono wrap things up into wrappers or parcels

Part of Speech vt
Morphology mono-mono
Gloss RED-wrap
    • wrap things up into wrappers or parcels
      • food & drink
      • Example 1770:
        Beara kaku rara e guu, a meha papa otei toro vaatotobin varaba rori bona raon mene monomono bene guu.
        When we butcher a pig, another group of men must arrange the heliconia indica leaves for wrapping up the pork.
        Source: Eno 10E(Eno) 049-050
      • Example 4583:
        Meori paa monomono bona maa sii mono iana.
        And they wrapped up the fish into wrappers (lit. and they wrapped up little fish wrappers).
        Source: Aro 05E(Eno) 031
      • Example 4587:
        Monomono a goroto.
        Wrap the turtle up into parcels.
        Source: Naph 01W 050
      • Example 4588:
        meori paa takin meori paa monomono kasuana.
        and they went out of the water and wrapped (the fish) into wrappers on the beach.
        Source: Aro 05R 027
      • Example 4589:
        A kiu vaa tea kaku guu na vaantee nana teo hum vaa tea monomono.
        The work of butchering the pig ends with the wrapping of parcels.
        Source: Eno 10E(Eno) 061

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  • See also:
    • moomono wrap something with something; cover something up with something
    • raon heliconia indica, plant similar to the banana