kadum / kanbáiSurpeplai; tárái nák nápkasEnglishtrim; carveTok PisinsapimThis connotes carving the outside of something, as a log to make a canoe. It also is used of the finer inside carving once the bulk of the wood is removed. This is in contrast to paki (carving the inside out of something). It is also used of the action of cutting out plants or weeds with one's knife and of carving or cutting a stick to make it sharp.Nengen iau lu hanhan uri Tom mák lu kanbái kán takup. Kán tu talar sang mai kadum takup má kápate mák pas iau, pasi ák sodar i iau.Earlier I was going along to Tom (ran into Tom unexpectedly) and he was carving his canoe. He was working with canoe carving and he did not see me, resulting in he was surprised at/by me.Kalilik imudi di talar mai kadum kirau uri kándi soso ami pokon kán misinare. Di tár kirau tangrai kon má ngorer ding kis pala imudi má ding kanbái kandi tan kirau.Those guys back there are working on stick-carving for their planting up in the pastor's place/garden. They digging stick-chopped along the beach and so they went on back there and carved their digging sticks.tokas/toksi
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