mosi¹ cut something off / kill an animal with a knife or an axe

1. • cut something off
   • • cutting

   • • Example 340:
       

       Eara pasi nao rara rasuu, are paa mosi maa ta maa raviana ge ta maa ariono.

       We will go into the bush to cut some raviana vines or some ariono vines.

       Source: Sii 06RG 020-023

     • Example 4654:
       

       Be tavusu habana koa, ean repaa mosi ta peha moonaa.

       When (he) appears again, you cut off one of my legs,

       Source: San 01E(Eno) 035

2. • kill an animal with a knife or an axe
   • • fishing

   • • Example 1118:
       

       Eara repaa taneo tea mosi o iana to bubuutoo bata maana.

       Then we start killing the struggling fish with a knife.

       Source: Hel 14E(Sha) 014

     • Example 1170:
       

       Eori re mosi bona burumakao to paa oto vaevuru.

       (You must take the axe there, then you give it to the men.) Then they will kill the cow that they have already caught with a rope.

       Source: Hoa 02E(Joy) 037-038

     • Example 4655:
       

       beara mosi batara o iana bono rapisi.

       when we kill the fish with a knife.

       Source: Eno 16W 124b

Related entries

• See also:
  • kopaa cut something lengthwise; cut something open; cut something in half; cut something from top to bottom; cut open from head to tail
  • kurukurusu¹ cut off many long thin things
  • tamosi be cut
  • mosi kurusu cut off something long
  • mosi rom cut something by a crosscut
  • mosimosi cut something into several pieces
  • mosimosi rom cut something into slices
  • viviana select; choose