nava2 bar (the section between two knots of bamboo or sugarcane) / [...]

Part of Speech n2
    • bar (the section between two knots of bamboo or sugarcane)
      • plants
      • Example 1305:
        Beori tau isuvu ruene ni bari, na dona rori bona kukan a nava kururu.
        When they want to use it for fetching water, they pierce the knots between three bars.
        Source:
        Sii 40W 026
      • Example 4908:
        Na mosi maari bona maa nava koopu, ...
        They cut some bars of koopu bamboo, (and then stuff into the bamboo whatever food they like to cook: pork, possum, sweat potatoes or what they like to eat.)
        Source:
        Sii 40W 034
    • knot of a bamboo
      • Example 4909:
        A ta takinima ma hanahana batana, eam sa paa tataraha vamataa haa mau amaa nava nae!
        A piece of bamboo wall is hanging, you did not shave its knots properly.
        Source:
        Eno 13W 083-084

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