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

1. • 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

2. • 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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• See also:
  • apeo cook something in a bamboo container
  • koopu¹ kind of bamboo
  • ruuvu dive
  • vanavanava (of sugar cane) grow many bars
  • vinagana kind of sugar cane