tako1 Alexandrian laurel; beauty-leaf, a tree which grows along the [...]

Part of Speech n3
    • Alexandrian laurel; beauty-leaf, a tree which grows along the coast and bears nuts
      • plants
      • Scientific Name calophyllum inophyllum
      • Example 6997:
        O tako o naono o bebeera sana. O naono bona na hee ni nana bono vaamoomoo vai o mataa kurus. Beara tei rara vaan teara ei Teapu, are paa tara amaa tako amaa bebeera sana, ei to sun nana matana vaan vai Pusukaruu. Eara na antee rara tea sue voen o toro tako ei kou na pate sun koari teo peho hum.
        The Alexandrian laurel is a very big tree. This tree gives very good shade. When we are staying on Teop Island, we see very big Alexandrian laurel trees those that stand in front of the Pusukaruu village We can say it is a "Alexandrian laurel island" because they just stand together in one place.
        Source: Sii 17W 357-361
      • Example 6998:
        O tako o naono o mataa bara o kikis, evehee na pukapukaa romrom batana a suin nae. O tako o naono vaa rapana kasuana eve to sunsun pina bata ni nana bona tahii, tea dee araara en tea maa inu teara ei eara to tei raara rapana kasuana.
        The Alexandrian laurel is a good and strong tree, but its body has lumps all over its body. The Alexandrian laurel is a tree near the beach, standing there it blocks the sea from flooding us in our houses, us who stay near the beach.
        Source: Sii 17W 368-371

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  • See also:
    • vaamoomoo2 shade
    • vatatako play a game with tako nuts (nuts of the Alexandrian laurel tree), in which you jiggle two tako nuts, making a clapping sound by hitting them in your hands against a bokii shell that you hold in one hand
    • vua tako Alexandrian laurel nut
    • anun big hole in a log or tree
    • tako2 Alexandrian laurel nut
    • vuri taporohi blossoming season