tobara2 boys' house

Part of Speech n2
    • boys' house
      • house
      • culture
      • Example 7517:
        Ei Teapu eara na tei me rara o peho kaku inu to dao raara bona Tobara. A inu bona a inu teo manae ge tea kan visoas koa.
        Here in the Teop region, we had kind of house that we called Tobara. This house is a house only for boys or young men.
        Source: Eno 06W 001-002
      • Example 7518:
        A inu teve a tobara a vasisio.
        His house is a respected boys´ house.
        Source: Tah 03R 015
      • Example 7519:
        A visoas na vaahovo rohori tea tobara teo upee.
        They made the young boy enter the boys' house of the upee (i.e. the boys who go through the boys' initiation).
        Source: Primer 05W:29b

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  • See also:
    • upee2 boy going through the initiation rites and wearing the upee hat
    • are1 betelnut palm
    • miimiana a small palm
    • vaahito ni own something