O koverau na paku raara bono makaree mene tahitahi iana teara. Beara nao tea mosi koverau, eara toro viana batara amaa koverau vai to totobin nana. Dee voosu maa o koverau, are paa ma tahi vatopo nie rapana inu ore mahaka. Be mahaka, ean repaa nana manae. Matatopo vai tea karem anie, ean re vaatei amaa sikiri. Rerau ean repaa pam o makaree tean. Be kavara ean repaa vaahoa nie tahii tea tahitahi.
The koverau bamboo, we make our spear for spearing fish from it. When we go to cut koverau bamboo, we must choose koverau bamboos that are straight. (When we have) brought the koverau bamboo home, we stab it into the ground near the house to dry. When it is dry, you eventually warm it over the fire. Now you have prepared it for sharpening, and then you put the spikes on it. Then you lash the spear (fasten the spikes with a string). When (it is) finished, you use it for the first time in the sea for spearing fish.