Entry record from Pinto (2004): Makalero
Page number: 31
bopika
• a word used when wife-givers and wife-takers visit each other; for instance when a young woman is released to go live at the man's house; but the man's parents don't look xxx so the woman (?) goes back to stay with her parents; and then her child is born; so his/her uncles come and take it/her (back); so when coming they have to pull a bopika or a traditional fabric sarong before she goes with them (?).
Note: CHECK bopika, ina nomo nau mei isi puna, mata iranere, rapihafi'l