sinivi suuna original Bougainville canoe (in contrast to imported types of canoe)

Part of Speech n3.constr
MWE Structure n - adj
Morphology sinivi suuna
Gloss canoe indigenous
    • original Bougainville canoe (in contrast to imported types of canoe)
      • boats & other means of transport
      • Example 6440:
        A kiu no sinivi suuna a beera sana.
        The work of a indigenous canoe is very big.
        Source: Mor 04R 026
      • Example 6441:
        O matapaku no sinivi suuna na kao vonaen: Eara na hopo rara rasuu to tei nana o naono. Eara repaa sisira o naono havee toro busu voe beara tagava e.
        The method of making an indigenous canoe goes like this: We go into the jungle where the tree is. Then we examine where the tree must fall down when we fell it.
        Source: Tah 02E(Eno) 002-004

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  • See also:
    • aga outrigger; float of the outrigger of a canoe
    • potee1 canoe type with a wide inside that has been imported from the Solomon Islands
    • sinaka 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 / stick used to get the sea-sausage sea-sausage out of the shell
    • sinivi1 canoe with an outrigger