vateen¹ traditional backpack in which women carry food, clothes, etc.

• • traditional backpack in which women carry food, clothes, etc.
  • • containers

  • • Example 6292:
      

      Rurun nia vateen, are nebaneba vakahu, ...!

      Drop the backpack, let's plant quickly, ...!

      Source: Eno 01E(Eno) 051

    • Example 8595:
      

      Bean mei nom tea varoto a vateen, ean toro matatopo amaa taba vaa tea vateen: o hoi, urisi, vakebin ae o kobuu.

      Before you tie up the backpack, you must prepare the things for the backpack: a basket, the wild banana ropes, the vakebin and the kobuu.

      Source: Joy 01W 001

    • Example 8975:
      

      Merau, mea sii moon paa varoto bona vateen teve.

      And so the woman tied up her backpack.

      Source: Siv 01E(Eno) 015

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• See also:
  • kobuu² sheath of the kobuu palm
  • urisi² banana-sheath strap; strap made of a wild banana sheath, used for carrying knapsacks and as a tape measure
  • vakebin palm tree sheaths used as part of the backpack which is used by women. The mature sheathes are dried and folded into rectangular shapes and these are used to protect their backs when carrying goods
  • varoto tie something up to be carried somewhere, strap something up (e.g. a backpack)
  • vahagi fix the contents of a backpack so that the contents won't fall out; cover the inside of a basket so that the contents do not fall out.
  • vatee¹ backpack
  • vatee sunaha backpack with banana suckers
  • vateen² put on a backpack; carry a backpack; carry in a backpack
  • vateen a vateen put on a backpack
  • vatevateen¹ backpacks
  • vatevateen² carry many things in backpacks
  • veresun wild banana