varuvaru1 rafter (of a house)

Part of Speech n2
    • rafter (of a house)
      • house
      • Example 3730:
        A varuvaru na inu vai a mimiana ge a are. Na kopaa varutarutaa raara, ore tavus potee vahaa bona tataraha.
        The rafters of this house are made of mimiana or betelnut palms. We cut them up into small pieces, so that they become similar to strips of palm wood.
        Source: Eno 06W 025-027
      • Example 8994:
        O varuvaru eve a naono to kahi vaobete mau ori toon no paee vai to paa vaaobete vori toon na mata gaasuu. E eve mee a naono to kahi vaave taono riori bona atovo. A bero nae mee na tei habana koana tea bebeahu na inu. A naono nae a vahavahara naono vaa tea apao. A varuvaru he toro tapaku tea buaku a papana tea papa matau ae papa keruka ore paa vatasu vatatana tobina toon no paee vai to paa vaatoka vori toon na maa gaasuu vaa tobina.
        The rafters are the poles that are laid on the longitudinal beams that are put on to the kingposts. They are also the poles on which on which the sago palm thatch will be fixed. Their number also depends only on the length of the house. The poles used for it are little trees from the old garden. The rafters must be made on the two sides, on the right side and the left side so that they come together in the middle (of the roof) on top of the longitudinal beam that they have placed on the kingposts in the middle.
        Source: Eno 05W 025-033

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  • See also:
    • gaasuu kingpost
    • paee longitudinal beam (tie beam and main ridge pole)
    • vaave1 put the roofing on a house; thatch
    • vaave2 thatch; roofing
    • ato vakikis ni hold something firmly
    • kikimoto purlin, thin longitudinal beam that supports the rafters
    • varuvaru2 put up rafters; use something as rafters for a house