rivuhu traditional valuables which consist of bats' teeth, shell money [...]

Part of Speech n2
    • traditional valuables which consist of bats' teeth, shell money and special shells
      • animals, shellfish
      • Example 6184:
        O vuvuatovo a rivuhu tea Highlands
        The vuvuatovo shellfish is a valuable in the Highlands. They crack them and then polish them and make them beautiful.
        Source: Sii 45W(Joy) 331
      • Example 6185:
        A rivuhu teo masta a moonii. A rivuhu tenam o kuriri, mago bara o kehaa vai to aha riori, bara o avuin. Rivuhu tea ta Highland o kosi no kehaa vuuvuatovo, na siki riori ore paa aha vaaneneesi bari. O vaabuaku no rivuhu teori o nene.
        The wealth of the white man is the money. Our valuables are the shell money, the bats' teeth and the shells that they polish and the avuin shell. The valuables of the Highlanders are the bottoms of the vuuvuatovo shell. They crack them and then polish them and make them beautiful. The second kind of valuables are the nene shells.
        Source: Sii 47W 052-056

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