roveana¹ string made from the fibres, used for seaming fishing nets; seam

• • string made from the fibres, used for seaming fishing nets; seam
  • • tools & weapons

  • • Example 6012:
      

      O koriitoo kou to kahi ibun raara teo roveana vaa paana kave, eove to kahi rahirahi vaadovo bata ni nom bona kave.

      The Tiger Cowries we'll thread onto the seam at the bottom of the net, they will pull the net down and make it sink into the deep-sea.

      Source: Eno 08W 026

    • Example 6260:
      

      A roveana eve a kanono to taviri vakara nana bona kave. A kanono bona ge a roveana to rahi parata nana bona kave teo vuri to nove noman a kakavei.

      The roveana is the string that surrounds the whole net (as a seam). This string or roveana pulls the net open when you fix it to the kakavei frame.

      Source: Naph 03W 055-056

    • Example 6261:
      

      Be kavara, eara repaa ibun mana riori tea kara kanono to dao raara bona roveana. O kanono bona he na pakupaku raara bona roge.

      When it (the making of floats) is finished, we thread them (the floats) onto the string that we call roveana. This string we make from the Coastal Hibiscus.

      Source: Eno 08W 037-038

Related entries

• See also:
  • kakavei fishing net on a bamboo frame
  • kave goroto turtle net
  • kanono string (traditionally made of plant material)
  • roge Coastal Hibiscus, cottonwood, a large hibiscus tree