pogoo sprout of taro

Part of Speech n3
    • sprout of taro
      • plants
      • Example 4720:
        O muu vai to dao raara bono Vaatarasia, a bero pogoo kurus.
        The taro that is called Vaatarasia has many sprouts.
        Source: Sii 41W 015
      • Example 5764:
        Beara neba nio muu, beve pura hiava bata maana, a vahara kasu muu vai to topo bata maana teo muu repaa pura tavus. Beve pura tavusu, ore paa beera, are paa dao e bono pogoo.
        When we plant taro and it grows high, the little taro sprouts that stick in the taro grow and come out. When they grow on the outside and become bigger, we call them pogoo.
        Source: Sii 41W 013-014
      • Example 5765:
        O ganogano mee na tei mi nana bono pogoo. O pogoo nae o beera sana.
        The ganogano, too, has pogoos. Its pogoos are very big.
        Source: Sii 41W 020-021

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  • See also:
    • kasu muu taro sprout
    • kasu (part of a plant) sprout
    • kepi harvest taro (cut taro using the "anoo" oyster shell)