pesu2 (of shellfish) shell; (of potatoes, mangoes etc.) skin; (of [...]

Part of Speech n3
    • (of shellfish) shell; (of potatoes, mangoes etc.) skin; (of coconuts) husk
      • animals, shellfish
      • food & drink
      • Example 2251:
        Na popo nana tea pesu overe to hovu kahi raara tea kavuraa.
        It (the black ant) lives in the coconut husk that falls off when we husk coconuts for copra.
        Source:
        Sir 01W 004
      • Example 4794:
        O kehaa vai na nahunahu mi riori bono pesu nae.
        This shellfish is cooked with its shell. (i.e. the Tesselate Cone)
        Source:
        Sii 45W(Joy) 054
      • Example 5605:
        O pesu biae na vaavon ni riori.
        They sell the shell of the Commercial Trochus.
        Source:
        Sii 45W(Joy) 041
      • Example 5606:
        E toa paa oroto niu bono pesu ohita, paa an vahoara vee tea uraan.
        The rooster choked on the skin of the galip nut, accidently it had eaten it in the sea-rubbish.
        Source:
        Jan 01W 224-225

Related entries

  • See also:
    • biae Commercial Trochus
    • bohara Tesselate Cone
    • kapa1 cover (of something); skin (of animals, root crops, etc., but not of humans); shell of turtles and shellfish; exoskeleton; bark of trees
    • hovu kahi husk (coconuts) leaving (the coconut husks) behind
    • kapa kokoraa empty skin (of a fruit) or shell (of a nut)
    • kehaa shellfish; shell of a shellfish
    • pesun skin of a fruit; shell of a nut; shell of a shellfish