pihae coconut frond

Part of Speech n3
    • coconut frond
      • plants
      • Example 53:
        Eam kahi nao tea sunuu taataana mia pihae, enaa kou kahi tahoa mi nom o raama tea agaagaa en Teavorana.
        You will go and do torch fishing on the reef with (torches made of) coconut fronds, while I will set off with the lamp to fish while floating in the canoe near Teavorana.
        Source: Eno 16W 126
      • Example 5626:
        Eara na sunusunuu ni roho o pihae.
        In the past we used the coconut frond for torch fishing.
        Source: Sii 26W 038
      • Example 5627:
        O sunuu pihae. Ei o kaku sunuu to pakupaku momohu rohori. Nomana na paku riori bono raama benesin. O sunuu pihae na kavara, o sunuu raama benesin koa to tei vai nomana.
        The torch fishing with coconut fronds. This is a kind of torch fishing that they practiced before. Today they do it with a Coleman lamp. The torch fishing with coconut fronds is finished, only the fishing with Coleman lamps exists today.
        Source: Sii 26W 053-054
      • Example 5628:
        O pihae vai o pereperee na paku riori bona bero a taba. (1) Vin rori bona bonaa, mene dee tahii, beori nao tea vagana tea masi tea hovuhovu iobo.
        The green coconut frond is used for many things. (1) They plait the fishing basket for taking it to the sea, when they go fishing on the reef to gather sea-sausages.
        Source: Joy 17W 100-101

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  • See also:
    • sunusunuu ni use something for torch fishing
    • sunuu1 torch made of dried coconut leaves
    • vin plait something (baskets, mats)
    • baara1 ball
    • gosi overe sprouting leaf of the coconut palm
    • hiupu ni set fire to something; ignite
    • mahaka2 dry up, be dried up
    • nonono (of ants) nest; make a nest
    • pagara thick stalk of the palm frond; petiole; footstalk
    • rava heat something over the fire; singe something (e.g. a pig)
    • sinoo no pihae the midrib of the coconut frond
    • sunuu2 light torches / fish with torches
    • sunuu3 torch fishing; fishing by torchlight
    • tatava1 fan (made of a coconut frond)
    • veveo1 broom