pauna² banana (fruit)

• • banana (fruit)
  • • food & drink
    • plants

  • • Example 4719:
      

      Enam ahiki ta tapeako ae ta kaukau. Muu koa bara voi ae a pauna.

      We had neither maniocs nor sweet potatoes. Only taro and yams and bananas.

      Source: Iar 02RG 114-115

    • Example 5471:
      

      Beara tara voen a pauna paa mahaka vaevuru, are paa kuukuhi vamataa eve, are paa urisi eve, are paa vatei teo paka raon, ge be tea perete.

      When we see that the bananas are done, then we scrape them well, then we peel them, then we put them on a heliconia indica leaf, or if (we have one) on a plate.

      Source: Hel 04R 026

Related entries

• See also:
  • hian bunch (of bananas or betel nuts)
  • poosisi bud; purple part of a banana plant which hangs down
  • sunaha banana sucker
  • pauna¹ banana plant
  • tamuraa² fruit of the cooking banana called tamuraa