pusu¹ tree stump; base of a tree; foot of a tree / edge; end; seam

1. • tree stump; base of a tree; foot of a tree
   • • plants

   • • Example 5929:
       

       eam toro nao pusu bai

       you must go to the foot of the mango tree

       Source: Mat 01R 012

     • Example 5930:
       

       E Roosuu ve sun koau pusu no baneo.

       The giant just stood at the foot of the breadfruit tree.

       Source: Jen 01E(Eno) 055

2. • edge; end; seam
   • • spatial relations

   • • Example 1882:
       

       Teo pusu no hapehape to tahitahi nana bona.

       Because of the seam of the loincloth that is pinching him.

       Source: Aro 06E(Eno) 049

     • Example 5931:
       

       Rake nao o pusu no hiapa to taneo maana teo orooromo.

       Search for the (upper) end of the intestines that begin in the throat (when butchering a turtle).

       Source: Naph 01W 043

     • Example 5932:
       

       O pusu no onoono to paa tahiu bona.

       It is only the edge of the grass skirt that pinched him.

       Source: Aro 06E(Eno) 042

Related entries

• See also:
  • bai¹ mango tree
  • baneo¹ breadfruit tree
  • hapehape² loincloth
  • hiapa intestines of animals
  • onoono loincloth, tapa cloth made from the bark of kareana- and bio-trees
  • vapusuna be the basis