To chew peeled sugarcane by repeatedly biting and crushing it with the teeth in order to extract and savor its sweet juice before spitting out the fibrous residue.
Part of Speech
verb
Notes
see: sepa’sepa’
USAGE
Ra’ngeten mo nawna ana obak nya tobo saka mo pa’ngesen.
“Bite off the sugarcane rind first before chewing it to extract the juice.”
Linguistic History
A highly specialized verb referring specifically to the traditional manner of consuming sugarcane. Distinct from **sepa’sepa’**, which refers generally to chewing food with gusto.