orovi black wild banana sheath; the inside is scraped out thoroughly [...]

• • black wild banana sheath; the inside is scraped out thoroughly leaving a very thin flexible soft black sheath which is dried and split into strips and then used for weaving designs in mats, armbands, belts; woven together with strips of pandanus leaves
  • • plants

  • • Example 5185:
      

      O veresun vai kou o paru to dao raara bono orovi.

      The black wild banana we call orovi.

      Source: Sii 17W 005

    • Example 5186:
      

      O orovi na gonogono raara teo veresun vai o pereperee.

      We get the black banana sheath from the green wild banana.

      Source: Sii 15W 192

    • Example 5187:
      

      E Usaa na kahu orovi nana mene vin vonaha.

      Usaa is scraping black banana sheaths for weaving mats.

      Source: Ond 01W 040

    • Example 5188:
      

      Tea kahu orovi, eara na vaobete vataraa rara o orovi. Eara repaa kahu a komanae, eve re tamee.

      To scrape a black wild banana sheath, we lay it down with on its outside. Then we scrape its inside so it becomes flexible.

      Source: Sii Tav 01E(Joy) 013

    • Example 5189:
      

      Are nao tea kurus orovi rasuu.

      Let's go to cut black wild banana sheaths in the bush.

      Source: SiiSen 03W 301

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• See also:
  • kara orovi strip of the sheath of the black wild banana
  • hopo orovi go into the bush and search for wild banana plant with black fibres
  • oroorovi² weave black patterns into a mat using black banana sheaths.
  • oroorovi ni use something to weave a black pattern into a mat
  • rigunu wind something up, reel something in, roll something up (e.g. a string, rope, fishing line, etc.)
  • vataraa flat on one's back / on its outside