takinima1 wall made of split bamboos

Part of Speech n2
    • wall made of split bamboos
      • house
      • Example 4952:
        A takinima eve a peha taba to tabotaboo vai niara nomanai en Teapu.
        The plaited bamboo wall is something we use today for walls here in the Teop region.
        Source: Eno 03W 001
      • Example 6987:
        Eara na voni rara a koopu vahiava mene paku bono takinima na maa inu teara. Beara taboo a inu teara bono takinima ore paa tara vamataa.
        We buy the koopu bamboo from the mountains to make the plaited bamboo walls of our houses. When we wall our house with the bamboo walls, it looks beautiful.
        Source: Sii 40W 040-041

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  • See also:
    • kapokapoo battens nailed onto bamboo
    • koopu1 kind of bamboo
    • taboo2 build the wall of a house; wall a house with something
    • ponuu bend something (i.e. things which are not strong)
    • taboo1 wall of a house
    • tabotaboo ni use something for making walls
    • vavaagoroho herringbone pattern of plaited bamboo-walls
    • vavaasun2 basket weave pattern used for plaited bamboo walls