siri¹ tear something off; split something (e.g. leaves, pieces of [...]

Part of Speech

vt

• • tear something off; split something (e.g. leaves, pieces of cloth, ropes)
  • • removal

  • • Example 6466:
      

      O sinoo vaa tobina no paka atovo to siri noman.

      It is the midrib of the sago palm leaves that you tear off.

      Source: Sii Joy 03W 015

Related entries

• See also:
  • tasiri be torn; be split by itself
  • tasitasiri be torn
  • vaasiri ki help somebody to tear something
  • hoi siri kind of basket
  • sirisiri tear something into narrow strips