paranda1 floor

Part of Speech n3
Variant Form(s) baranda
    • floor
      • house
      • Comment loanword
      • Example 752:
        Beara tau paku o paranda, eara toro ipinoo roho a bebeahu ae a tatabonata na inu bono kara urisi.
        When we are about to make the floor, we must measure the length and the width of the house with a banana sheath strap.
        Source: Eno 04W 007
      • Example 3572:
        O paranda na pakupaku raara bono kobuu.
        The floor is made from the kobuu palm.
        Source: Eno 04W 005
      • Example 3573:
        Beara viana vakavara o kobuu vai tau paku ara o paranda, eara repaa mosi gunaha e.
        When we have chosen the kobuu palm that we are about to make the floor from, we cut it down.
        Source: Eno 04W 010
      • Example 5392:
        O paranda o peho taba vaa tea inu teara a ta Teapu. Eove to kom, hio ae goroho raara.
        The floor is a part of our house, of us, the Teop people. It is where we walk, sit and sleep on.
        Source: Eno 04W 002-003

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