nao3 tree; wood

Part of Speech n3
    • tree; wood
      • plants
      • Grammar Comment The <nao> forms compounds with nouns denoting trees.Some people write the <nao> together with the tree name. In one example <nao> is translated as 'wooden body (of a canoe).'
      • Example 2518:
        No kurusu kama raara ta iposi teo nao overe, are paa ma posi overe vaha nie.
        Go and cut us some basal leaf sheaths from the coconut palm, then we come again (and) squeeze coconuts with it.
        Source: Sii 16W 010-011
      • Example 4832:
        Tea meha maa vuri orepaa asi bata ni bono komano nao tako ...
        From time to time he burnt (parts of) the inside of the tako tree ...
        Source: Sii 17W 344
      • Example 4833:
        O beebee na toka batari teo nao beebee komana.
        The butterflies are perching in the butterfly-tree.
        Source: Sii 33W 022

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