teebana bed

Part of Speech n2
    • bed
      • house
      • Example 5288:
        O kara obai eve to paku riori bona sia bara na paku rori bona teevoro ae a teebana.
        The obai vine is used for making chairs, tables and beds. (lit. The obai vine, it is what they make the chair from and they make the table and the bed from.)
        Source:
        Sii 24W 047
      • Example 7420:
        Vaagoroho vai anaa kou tea teebana, mepaa taneo tea sisira anaa.
        (The doctor) let me lie down on a bed and started to examine me.
        Source:
        Pur 02E(Eno) 180-181

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  • See also:
    • obai calamus, Sweet Flag, cane similar to a long winding rope.