overe¹ coconut palm

Part of Speech

n3

• • coconut palm
  • • plants

  Scientific Name

  cocos nucifera

  • • Example 1203:
      

      O overe na vua, mepaa butara bona, "O tabae? A taba ani a mataa?"

      The coconut palm bore fruit, and (he) tried it, "What (is it)? Good food?"

      Source: San 01R 084-085

    • Example 1645:
      

      Mepaa peha gogoo no overe me paa sue ki bono overe me -

      (He) climbed to the top of the coconut palm and said to the coconut palm and -

      Source: San 01R 095

    • Example 5198:
      

      Mepaa nao, mepaa peha bono overe.

      And (he) went and climbed the coconut palm.

      Source: Vae 01E(Eno) 046

    • Example 5199:
      

      O overe be vua, a vua overe na topo ge hana batana teo nanisi.

      The coconut palm, when it bears nuts, the coconuts stick or hang on the panicle.

      Source: Joy 17W 031

Related entries

• See also:
  • gogoo throat; neck; jaws (of humans and animals)
  • nanisi panicle, part of the coconut palm that bears the nuts
  • vua² bear fruit
  • ana overe root of the coconut m