sinaka a peg which is sharpened at one end and inserted into the float [...]

1. • a peg which is sharpened at one end and inserted into the float of the outrigger and tied onto the platform attached to the canoe
   • • boats & other means of transport
2. • stick used to get the sea-sausage sea-sausage out of the shell
   • • tools & weapons

   • • Example 2420:
       

       Tea tatasu he eara na ibun rara amaa iobo tea sinaka, eara repaa tatasu riori bona ta hiovu.

       For the beating we put the sea-sausages on the sinaka stick, and then we beat them with the hiovu stick.

       Source: Hel 07E(Sha) 014

     • Example 2496:
       

       Beara tau nao tea vagana iobo, eara toro dee o pusu hiovu, a sinaka ae a bonaa, eara re nao tea masi.

       When we are about to go fishing for sea-sausages, we must take a catching stick, a peg and a fishing basket, then we go to the reef.

       Source: Hel 07E(Sha) 004

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• See also:
  • iobo sea-sausage
  • miimiana a small palm
  • sinivi suuna original Bougainville canoe (in contrast to imported types of canoe)