bweo

• debeo

From bwe (“leftover, remainder”). Related to bweo̧ (“coconut husk, coconut fibre”), but distinguished with a narrower meaning and having a higher and closer diphthong offglide ([eɔ] instead of [ɛɒ]).

• (phonetics) IPA^(key): [pˠeo]
• (phonemic) IPA^(key): /pˠejew/
• Bender phonemes: {bȩyȩw}

bweo (construct bweoan) (alienable)

1. pile or stack of coconut husks, particularly those accumulated near a husking stick

   Eļap an lōn̄ bweo iturin doon eo.

   There are many coconut husks piled near the husking stick.

Coconut husks are removed from the nut using doon (“a spike”). Dried bweo are slow-burning and used as firewood once a fire has been started with fast-burning kijen kijeek (“kindling”).

• Abo, Takaji; Bender Byron W.; Capelle, Alfred; DeBrum, Tony (2009–), “bweo”, in Marshallese–English Online Dictionary‎^[1]
• Nik Willson (2014), Naan‎^[2], Majuro, Marshall Islands, page 976