takapa kahi peel off by itself from something; open by itself and make [...]

• • peel off by itself from something; open by itself and make something visible
  • • removal

  • • Example 2413:
      

      Bea kukus overe beera bata, o rakopo repaa takapa kahi bata bono ibu overe.

      When the very young coconut becomes bigger, the flower sheath peels off the cluster of coconuts.

      Source: Joy 17W 034

    • Example 4447:
      

      Ean paa menaa bata a overe, o kapa repaa takapa kahi bata bono meho kapa.

      Then you bend the coconut so that the husk peels off the shell. (lit. so that the cover gets removed from the other cover)

      Source: Joy 17W 061

    • Example 6955:
      

      O vua nae beve takapa, ore paa takapa kahi bono meho vua to aniani raara.

      When its fruit opens, then another edible fruit - the seed - can be seen inside. (lit. Its fruit, when opens, it is opens and makes another fruit (the seed) visible that we eat)

      Source: Joy 19W 026

Related entries

• See also:
  • kapa kahi lift and remove something from its place