sinoo1 (of humans and animals) bone / (of leaves) midrib

Part of Speech n2/n3
Variant Form(s) sino
    • (of humans and animals) bone
      • body & health
      • Example 1571:
        Bean tau vaa'an a beiko bona iana, ean repaa gigi vamataa a iana, ore goe ta aromo bona sinoo.
        Before you give fish to a child, you nicely pick out the meat of the fish, so that he does not swallow the bones.
        Source: Sii 47W 078-080
      • Example 2528:
        A iri to kisikisi ni raara teo kara ariono na dao raara bona saruvee, na pakupaku raara bono sinoo iana ge sinoo pasuhupi.
        The hook that we tie to the ariono string is called saruvee, it is made from fish bone or the bone of a flying fox.
        Source: Eno 16W 012
      • Example 4728:
        Meori paa gono bona sinoo na birii.
        They took the bone of the biirii surgeon fish.
        Source: Nan 03R 165
      • Example 6442:
        O sinoo iana bara amaa vasu kokoraa.
        A fish bone and the bare stones.
        Source: Nan 03R 028
    • (of leaves) midrib
      • plants
      • Example 1880:
        A paka nae na tei mi nana bono kukan o sinoo.
        Its leaf has three midribs.
        Source: Joy 19W 030

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