peree (of plants, fruit and food) raw; unripe; green

• • (of plants, fruit and food) raw; unripe; green
  • • physical properties

  • • Example 274:
      

      O koopu vai o peree to apeo riori bona tabaan.

      They stuff the food into the green bamboo. (lit. (It's) the green bamboo that they stuff the food.)

      Source:

      Sii 40W 036

    • Example 5587:
      

      A iana vai a peree na avuhu buhiana nana.

      This raw fish has a "buhiana" smell.

      Source:

      Sii 47W 069

    • Example 5588:
      

      Bea peree, a kapa nae a pereperee, be vuri, a kapa nae repaa kasikasiree.

      When it is unripe, its skin is green; when it ripens, its skin becomes yellow. (i.e. the fruit of the jew plum tree called makasi)

      Source:

      Sii 15W 060

Related entries

• See also:
  • buhiana smell of raw fish
  • makasi² ambarella fruit
  • pereperee¹ green
  • mahaka¹ cook (process); be cooked
  • vasu peree Raw Stone; a special kind of stone that we could not identify