tapa build something (a raft, bed, floor, but not a house)

• • build something (a raft, bed, floor, but not a house)
  • • unclassified
    • boats & other means of transport

  • • Example 1807:
      

      "Nigara are nao tea mosi ta maa rom veresun, are ma tapa ta maa panasu teara mene hae pahana vo Teapu."

      "Let us go to cut some stems of the wild banana, then let us build some rafts to cross over to Teop Island."

      Source: Sii 15W 109

    • Example 7129:
      

      "Nomaa vai tea roava oioi kopua Karepana to tapae bono panasu tea roava me tapa vakavaara bono panasu mepaa dee."

      "(He) came now at midday to the Karepana lagoon where he built the raft at midday, and when (he) had built it, he carried it (to the beach)."

      Source: Pur 05R 051-053

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• See also:
  • panasu² raft
  • tatapa nail (action)