~lui nuduro a fishing technique whereby a group of men surround the reef at [...]

Part of Speech

verb-object idiom

• • a fishing technique whereby a group of men surround the reef at low tide, holding a long ‘scareline’ (nuduro), and catch the fish kept prisoner within the line
  • • Techn

  Literally

  carry the scareline

  • • Example 49:
      

      Mobo kape le-lui nuduro me l-abu namuko.

      Tomorrow we'll carry the scareline to get some fish.

Related entries

• Contains:
  • nuduro² by analogy of shape with the centipede (nuduro), designates various artefacts characterised by their length – and by similar social functions / long rope made of rattan stems (woworo) tied together, used as a scareline for fishing; “fishing rope”, “scareline” / palm of coconut or palmtree, displayed in some specific location to mark it as private or taboo; hence taboo, ban, prohibition to enter a place / proscription, taboo, whether legal or moral
• See also:
  • ~oma fish or forage for seafood