piroo pillow

Part of Speech n3
    • pillow
      • house
      • Example 5366:
        Gono o piroo, ean re papaana e bono matares.
        Get the pillow and put it underneath the mattress.
        Source: SiiSen 01W 417
      • Example 5699:
        Piroo. O hum to vavaaenasun bata raara a kahoo raara teo vuri goroho.
        Pillow. Something where we place our head on when sleeping.
        Source: Eno 13W 042-043
      • Example 5700:
        A vua nae na paku riori bono piroo to enasun ni riori beori goroho.
        From (the floss of) its fruit they make thw pillow on which one can place one's head when sleeping. (i.e. the fruit of the tree called kapoko, ceiba pentandra)
        Source: Joy 19W 048

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