rom kurusu cut something off from a long thing by a cross-cut

• • cut something off from a long thing by a cross-cut
  • • cutting

  • • Example 1734:
      

      Tagava bona, ore paa rom kurus bona govuhu no naono,

      Having cut it down, he cuts off the crown of the tree, ... (to make a canoe)

      Source: Mor 04R 015-016

    • Example 1735:
      

      Be tagava bona, eove repaa rom kurus bona govuhu no naono, ...

      When he has felled it, he cuts the crown of the tree off, ... (to make a canoe)

      Source: Mor 04E(Eno) 008

    • 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

Related entries

• See also:
  • govuhu crown of a tree; upper end
  • poana 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
  • tagava¹ fell a tree; clear of trees