veava jungle; bush that has not been cleared

• • jungle; bush that has not been cleared
  • • environment

  • • Example 946:
      

      A veava to saka bin tagava ori.

      The jungle is (land) that has not yet been cleared. (lit. The jungle (is) what they haven't yet cleared.)

      Source:

      Sii 10W 069

    • Example 6322:
      

      Pasuhupi na nao nana tea rasuu vai to dao raara bona veava. A veava to saka bin tagava ori.

      The flying fox goes to the forest that we call jungle. The jungle is (a forest) that has not yet been cleared.

      Source:

      Sii 10W 068-069

    • Example 9260:
      

      O naono vai na pura nana komana maa veava.

      This tree grows in the jungles.

      Source:

      Joy 19W 138

    • Example 9261:
      

      A veava eve a rasuu vai a beera bara rasuu vai saka bin kiu ori mene neba kakau ge a mohina.

      The virgin bush is a big bush that has not been cleared to plant cocoa or a garden.

      Source:

      Jan 02W 034

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• See also:
  • pasuhupi flying fox
  • goton tree that is normally associated with regrowth, grows to about 30 m height, seeds can be eaten
  • kevira Tahitian Chestnut, a tree whose seeds are edible, starchy and can be eaten as other starch foods
  • tagava² clear (the bush)