ogiogi (of wood) light

Part of Speech adj
    • (of wood) light
      • plants
      • Example 3199:
        E ta naono vai e ta ogiogi na vaasun roho ori meve paa raka me kavokavoro oha tea sun.
        They stood up a piece of light wood and it dried up and became too brittle from standing.
        Source: Jan 02W 006
      • Example 5089:
        E ta naono vai e ta aeae to takaku vakahu koana.
        A light piece of wood that just easily breaks.
        Source: fieldnotes 066
      • Example 5090:
        Ogiogi. Nigara are nao tea mosi ta maa vahara baneo, are ma kahu e, are paa hihi kahie bona kapa nae. Rerau eara repaa varoava e ore raka. Murinae eara repaa kurukurus vakakato e. Are paa karem vakakaniva a bua ihu nae ore paa potee bene kokoito. E ta naono vai e ta aeae koa. Bean navuhu nie ore paa takaku. Tea vagana vaa tea vavaatoa ore paa dee bona mata kokoita bona.
        Light (wood). Let's go to cut some young breadfruit trees, scrape the outer bark off and remove the fibres from the inner layer of their bark. Then we put the stems out into the sun to dry. After that we cut the stems into short pieces of equal size. Then we sharpen the two ends of each piece. so that they are like floaters. Just light pieces of wood. When you hit it against something else, it breaks. They use these floaters in kite fishing.
        Source: Sii 41W 002-010