papana3 end of a stick

Part of Speech n2
Morphology papa-na
Gloss side-DEREL
    • end of a stick
      • spatial relations
      • Example 5379:
        O pusu hiovu na paku nom nam bene ta boon. ... Eara repaa karem vakakaniva a peha papana.
        We make the husking stick from a piece of mangrove wood. ...Then we sharpen one end.
        Source:
        Joy 17W 052, 055
      • Example 5380:
        A papana bona to kahi hovu kaakoo raara.
        This end we would use for husking the coconut.
        Source:
        Joy 17W 056
      • Example 5381:
        A papana to sa karem vakakaniva vira haa raara, eve to pasi tahi vaatopo ni noman teo kasuana.
        The end that we did not sharpen much, that is the one that we push into the ground. (i.e. the end of the husking stick)
        Source:
        Joy 17W 057-058

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