veveo¹ broom

• • broom
  • • tools & weapons

  • • Example 1839:
      

      Gono maa o veveo ean re hake amaa nou.

      Get the broom and sweep the rubbish.

      Source: SiiSen 2012W 076

    • Example 3344:
      

      Kihi maa amaa paka pihae, are paku to veveo.

      Tear the coconut leaves, let's make a broom.

      Source: VaaSen 01W 057

    • Example 9309:
      

      O veveo na veveo riori bona maa nou vaa burihina ae komana maa inu.

      With the broom they sweep the rubbish in the backyard and inside the house.

      Source: Joy 17W 111

    • Example 9310:
      

      Nomaa are nao tea mosi pihae, are ma kahu amaa veveo teara. O veveo tenaa na ante nana bono dorana o pihae. O veveo o beera.

      Come, let's go to cut coconut fronds, and then scrape them to make our brooms. My broom needs four coconut fronds. The broom is big."

      Source: Sii 16W 105-108

Related entries

• See also:
  • hake sweep (rubbish or a place) / (of chicken) scratch the ground with the claws
  • kihi tear something apart (e.g. a piece of paper or cloth)
  • pihae coconut frond
  • veeveo¹ broom
  • noho¹ tie things together, e.g. a bundle of something (only specific items, e.g., midribs of sago palm leaves, pandanus)
  • sikiri² midrib of coconut and sago palm leaves
  • veveo² sweep something (rubbish)