romrom1 slice something; cut something by cross-cuts into many pieces

Part of Speech vt
Morphology rom-rom
Gloss RED-slice
    • slice something; cut something by cross-cuts into many pieces
      • cutting
      • Example 1676:
        Beori rahi maa bari ore paa romrom bari, ore paa gono vatotoena bari.
        When they catch it (the sailfish), they cut up its trunk, so that each of them gets his share of it.
        Source:
        Sii 46W 167-168
      • Example 6219:
        A rom atovo na romrom riori, eori repaa kopakopaa bari.
        They cut the stem of the sago palm up into logs and then cut these logs lengthwise
        Source:
        Sii Joy 02W 024

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