veresun wild banana

Part of Speech n3
    • wild banana
      • plants
      • Scientific Name musa species
      • Example 1151:
        Meori paa mosi bono buo rom veresun.
        They cut two wild banana stems.
        Source: Aro 04E(Eno) 116
      • Example 5186:
        O orovi na gonogono raara teo veresun vai o pereperee.
        We get the black banana sheath from the green wild banana.
        Source: Sii 15W 192
      • Example 7297:
        O kara veresun na vahagi pete ni raara tea vateen, a vateen re goe tea tarurun.
        The wild banana straps we also use for fixing the content of the backpack so that the things do not fall out of the backpack. (lit. so that the backpack would not be emptied.)
        Source: Sii 15W 193
      • Example 9293:
        Eara pasi tara bata nom a maamihu kaku veresun, eara tara batara o veresun vai o mamaniga bara o aba vai o pereperee ae o veresun vai o paru.
        We will see all kinds of wild bananas, we see the rusty-brown wild banana and the green one and the black wild banana.
        Source: Sii 17W 004
      • Example 9294:
        O veresun na potee nana bono pauna, evehee sa nebaneba haa ni raara, na pura pinopino koana rasuu. Eve to kaakapa raara, are paa varoava e, are paa gono o urisi.
        The wild banana is like the banana, but we do not plant it. It just grows without any care in the bush. We remove its bark and then dry it in the sun and thus get the wild banana sheath ropes.
        Source: Sii 15W 189-190
      • Example 9295:
        O buaku o kaku veresun, o pereperee ae o gogooravi.
        There are two kinds of wild bananas, the green one and the red one.
        Source: Sii 15W 191

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  • See also:
    • vateen1 traditional backpack in which women carry food, clothes, etc.
    • kakapa lift and remove something (habitually), e.g. pull the sheath off the wild banana
    • mamaniga light in colour
    • tapirikoahi grasshopper nymph