pago bracelet

Part of Speech n2
    • bracelet
      • clothing & grooming
      • Example 3206:
        mepaa vaahana ki bona bono buo kara kuriri mepaa vaatei bona pago tea bua kurinae mepaa gono bona kavovo mepaa huu ni bona vunuunae.
        and (she) decorated her with two strings of shell money, put a bracelet on each of her (upper) arms, got cockatoo feathers and stuck (them) into her hair.
        Source: Nah 02E(Eno) 029

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  • See also:
    • kara kuriri fathoms of traditional shell money used in the Solomon Islands and Bougainville for major cultural exchanges and transactions