vin plait something (baskets, mats)

• • plait something (baskets, mats)
  • • containers
    • house

  • • Example 9361:
      

      (1) Vin rori bona bonaa, mene dee tahii, beori nao tea vagana tea masi tea hovuhovu iobo.

      (1) They plait the fishing basket for taking it to the sea, when they go fishing on the reef to gather sea-sausages.

      Source:

      Joy 17W 101-102

    • Example 9362:
      

      A kavara na maa moon kurus paa vin bona maata.

      All the women wove mats.

      Source:

      Iar 01R 481

    • Example 9363:
      

      murinae enam repaa vaasusu tea vin vonaha gea kunakuna

      afterwards we taught plaiting mats or sewing

      Source:

      Nan 01E(Joy) 060

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• See also:
  • bonaa hoohoo trapping basket; a fishing basket woven from coconut midribs and used for catching tiny fish in rocks in the reefy areas; the "bonaa hoohoo" is carried on the right side on a belt.
  • bonaa vabibiinoo fishing basket carried on the side
  • haata hat
  • pihae coconut frond
  • vin hoi ni use something for plaiting baskets
  • vin maata weave mats
  • vin ni use something for plaiting or weaving something
  • vinvin weave; plait
  • vonaha mat made of pandanus leaves