ubi collect firewood

Part of Speech vi
    • collect firewood
      • fire
      • Example 5480:
        O naono bona na ubi raara a pea nae mene vahogis nahu teara.
        This tree, we chop its branches for kindling the fire for our cooking. (i.e. the branches of the tree called maraasita)
        Source: Sii 17W 247
      • Example 6903:
        Mea tavaan tagusi tea ubi.
        And the people all left to collect firewood.
        Source: Aro 07R 006
      • Example 7050:
        A sii kiu te subuava tamuana a ubi.
        The work of the old woman was always to collect firewood.
        Source: Aro 07E(Eno) 002

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  • See also:
    • maraasita Cascading Maniltoa; Cascading Bean
    • vavaaubi firewood-collecting (part of the traditional marriage arrangement)