rigunu wind something up, reel something in, roll something up (e.g. a [...]

Part of Speech vt
Variant Form(s) rigun
    • wind something up, reel something in, roll something up (e.g. a string, rope, fishing line, etc.)
      • unclassified
      • Example 6133:
        Be raka, are paa rigunue, matatopo vaa tea vin maata.
        When it is dry, we roll it up, preparing for weaving mats. (i.e. the strap made of a black, wild banana-sheath)
        Source: Sii 24W 058

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  • See also:
    • orovi black wild banana sheath; the inside is scraped out thoroughly leaving a very thin flexible soft black sheath which is dried and split into strips and then used for weaving designs in mats, armbands, belts; woven together with strips of pandanus leaves
    • rigun wind something up, roll something up (e.g. a string, rope, fishing line, etc.)
    • urisi2 banana-sheath strap; strap made of a wild banana sheath, used for carrying knapsacks and as a tape measure
    • vin maata weave mats