pampam¹ tie things together; wrap many things (bananas) up (with something)

• • tie things together; wrap many things (bananas) up (with something)
  • • unclassified

  • • Example 2982:
      

      Gono o toorana bara o sunsun, pampam vabuaku ri bona kara raviana.

      Get the toorana and the sunsun, tie them together with two lashings of the raviana vine. (i.e. two small poles of the frame of the kakavei fishing net)

      Source: Naph 03W 063

    • Example 5340:
      

      e sumeke he na peha roho teo pauna tea pampam bono pauna,

      while the old man climbed onto the banana plant to bind the bananas (i.e. wrap the bunch of bananas with large leaves to protect them from birds).

      Source: Mat 01R 107-109

Related entries

• See also:
  • kakavei fishing net on a bamboo frame
  • vapampam ni tie something (a string or rope) somewhere