vanavanava (of sugar cane) grow many bars

Part of Speech vi
Morphology va-nava-nava
Gloss MULT-RED-bar
    • (of sugar cane) grow many bars
      • growth
      • Example 8772:
        A paka nae bara to vanavanava vo nae na paku vonaen teo tovu.
        Its leaves and the way it grows bars make it (the sugar cane called tabuana) similar to the (sugar cane called) tovu.
        Source: Sii 41W 028

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  • See also:
    • nava2 bar (the section between two knots of bamboo or sugarcane) / knot of a bamboo
    • tabuana kind of sugarcane
    • vana4 knot in a bamboo stalk