niiri needle / nail

Part of Speech

n2

1. • needle
   • • tools & weapons

   Comment

   loanword

   • • Example 4966:
       

       Amaa niiri kunakuna.

       Sewing needles.

       Source: Iar 01R 391

2. • nail

   • • Example 4967:
       

       Maa meha taba vai ve tea ta Teotoro, o niiri.

       Other things of the Europeans (are) the nails.

       Source: Vaa Mah 04R 230

     • Example 4968:
       

       Ahiki ta niiri na pam koa riori bona ariono,

       There weren't any nails, they lashed (the beams) with ariono vines,

       Source: Vaa Mah 04R 008

     • Example 4969:
       

       A niiri to tahi maa roho bono moonae.

       A nail has stabbed his foot.

       Source: SiiSen 2005W 003

Related entries

• See also:
  • sareai strong bush vine used in house building, but today the people use nails