taraha pisi carve a pointed end of something

Part of Speech	vt.constr
MWE Structure	vt - vt
Morphology	taraha pisi
Gloss	carve carve.a.pointed.end

• • carve a pointed end of something
  • • boats & other means of transport
    • cutting

  Comment

  <pisi> is not a homonym of <govara>, but refers to the sides of the canoe that are carved while the canoe is lying on its bottom, whereas it is turned upside down for the cutting called <govara>

  • • Example 7272:
      

      Bean taraha pisi vakavara a peha papana, ean repaa nao pete vo tea meha papana.

      When you have finished carving one pointed end, then you move on to the other.

      Source: Mor 04E(Eno) 017

Related entries

• See also:
  • govara¹ pointed end of a canoe at the bow and the stern
  • govara² carve the pointed ends of a canoe into shape
  • pisi³ bottom; bum
  • pisipisi² carve the pointed ends (of a canoe)