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tuairoa

Bingham

tuáiroa

vi. to engage in scraping pandanus fruit on a shell or other scraper.

tuáiroaa

vt. to scrape a pandanus fruit on a shell or.
other scraper.

tuáiroa

n. a pan scraper made of shell.

Sabatier

tuairoa

vt. to grate, to scrape on grater (cooked pandanus).
n. te kai n tuairoa: grater for...
ex.
  • te wi n tuairoa: idem. meaning the blade of...
  • te wi n tuairoa: a special kind of kabubu.

Topics: Shells and sea creatures, Pandanus