poana slice off the upper part of a log when carving a canoe; cut off [...]

• • slice off the upper part of a log when carving a canoe; cut off slices of wood from the log when carving the bow of a canoe
  • • cutting
    • boats & other means of transport

  • • Example 5758:
      

      Beve rom kurusu vakavara bona, eove repaa poana pete bona.

      When he has cut it off (i.e. the crown of the tree), he continues slicing off its upper side (to make a canoe).

      Source: Mor 04E(Eno) 009

    • Example 5759:
      

      Be poana vakavara bona, eove repaa koro bona bona toraaraa ae a rom.

      When he has sliced it off (i.e. the upper part of the log), he carves the inside with an axe and a hoe.

      Source: Mor 04E(Eno) 011

    • Example 5760:
      

      A vaamatana ei a poana vai teo tete, ore poana vamatamataa maa bari.

      The making of the bow, this is cutting slices off the log, so that they diligently cut off slices from it (lit. very well).

      Source: Tah 02R 032

    • Example 5761:
      

      Murinae eara repaa poana mae,

      After that we slice its upper part off.

      Source: Tah 02E(Eno) 011

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• See also:
  • govuhu crown of a tree; upper end
  • koro¹ cut out the inside of a canoe, a mortar, or the stem of a sago palm; gouge out (a canoe)
  • rom kurusu cut something off from a long thing by a cross-cut