tapara2 fix the poles inside the canoe

Part of Speech vi/vt
    • fix the poles inside the canoe
      • boats & other means of transport
      • Example 7142:
        Ean paa tapara, tapara vakavara, pamui
        You fix the poles inside the canoe, (when you) have finished fixing the poles, (you) tie (the outrigger) to it (i.e. the canoe).
        Source: Mor 04R 107-109
      • Example 7143:
        E Pita paa mosi vuru maa bona tapara boon mene tapara bono sinivi.
        Peter has cut mangrove poles for using them as middle poles in the canoe.
        Source: Sii 22W 021

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  • See also:
    • boon2 mangroves; mangrove swamp
    • pam tie something up; tie something together; tie something to something
    • boon1 mangrove tree