romrom vakakato cut something crosswise into short pieces

• • cut something crosswise into short pieces
  • • cutting

  • • Example 3284:
      

      O rom overe na romrom vakakato riori, eori repaa kepo bari mene vaanoto suraa vaa tea taotao ae tea nahunahu kaukau gea tabae to rake riori tea nahu.

      The stem of the coconut palm is sliced into short pieces, then they chop it in order to light the fire for cooking in the earth oven or cooking sweet potatoes in pots or whatever they want to cook.

      Source: Joy 17W 179-180

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• See also:
  • rom¹ trunk of animals and plants; stem of plants
  • rom² slice something; cut something in half; make a cross-cut on something long so that it becomes two or many parts (e.g. the trunk of a pig or the stem of a tree)
  • vakakato into short pieces