koikoi

Bingham

kóikoi

n. a bivalvular shell, used in scraping out food.

vi. to engage in scraping a coconut kernel with a shell.

Sabatier

koikoi

n. small shell (bivalvular).

n. shell used to grate coconut.

ex. species: koikoi maere, koikoi n anti, koikoi n Tarawa or ten Tarawa.

Goo & Banner

kóikoi

sn. Asaphia dichotoma (i,k).

Luomala

koikoi

sn. Asaphia dichotoma (bivalve).

n. bivalve.

Topics: Shells and sea creatures, Coconut, Animal and plant names (Goo & Banner), Ethnobotany (Luomala)

Sources

Bingham: Hiram Bingham, A Gilbertese-English Dictionary (1908, 1953). American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions.
Sabatier: Ernest Sabatier, M.S.C., Dictionnaire Gilbertin-Français (1954), translated by Sr. M. Oliva as Gilbertese-English Dictionary (1971). South Pacific Commission Publications Bureau.
Goo & Banner: Fannie C. C. Goo & Albert H. Banner, A Preliminary Compilation of Gilbertese Animal and Plant Names (1963).
Luomala: Katharine Luomala, Ethnobotany of the Gilbert Islands (1953). Bernice P. Bishop Museum Bulletin 213.

From A Combined Kiribati-English Dictionary, compiled by Stephen Trussel and Gordon W. Groves (University of Hawaiʻi, 1978), revised and edited by Stephen Trussel (2003), as published on trussel.com. Original page (archived).

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koikoi

Bingham

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