pakoo1 Albert Palm, Fishtail Palm

Part of Speech n3
    • Albert Palm, Fishtail Palm
      • plants
      • Scientific Name caryota rumphiana
      • Example 2467:
        O pakoo eve to paku raara bono inahoo mene neba bona mohina muu teara.
        The pakoo-palm is used by us for making the digging pole for planting our taro garden.
        Source: Sii 17W 268
      • Example 5279:
        O pakoo o naono ahiki ta vakarapi. O naono bona na potee koana bono kobuu ae overe.
        The pakoo is a palm tree without forks and branches. This tree is like the kobuu and the coconut palm.
        Source: Sii 17W 265-266
      • Example 5280:
        O pakoo eve to paku roho e Roosuu bono pusukuhikuhi teve.
        From the pakoo-palm the giant made his pusukuhikuhi-club.
        Source: Sii 17W 267

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  • See also:
    • inahoo planting stick made from the booboo tree; the stem of the coconut, the kugumaru or the Albert palm
    • pusu kuhikuhi war club
    • vakarapi (of trees) fork