anahi mullet

Part of Speech n2
    • mullet
      • animals, fishes
      • Scientific Name Mugilidae
      • Example 185:
        A anahi sa iana beera vira haana, evehee be beera pete ore paa dao bari bona guhaguha. A anahi a nini mataa, na aniani ria tavaan. A tabaan teve o kasuana. A anahi a toon kakaavoo bara na maramara paru vasiihum koana. Na tei nana o buaku o kaku anahi, a peha na dao riori bona anahi suuna, a meha he na dao riori bona tahune. Beori o rutaa, na dao riori bona boroborosuna.
        The anahi mullet is not a very big fish, but when it becomes big, they call it guhaguha. The anahi mullet tastes good and is eaten by the people. Its food is sand. The mullet has a white back and is only a little bit grey. There are two kinds of mullets, one is called the anahi suuna (genuine mullet), the other one tahune (blue-tail mullet). When they are little, they are called boroborosuna.
        Source: Vaa 09W 010-018
      • Example 186:
        A anahi na gono kaakoo mi raara tea kave ae tea tahitahi. A bero amaa vuri eara repaa vurahe riori taena maa ruene ae tea maa hana taataana.
        The mullet is caught in the net and by spearing. Often, we find the mullet at the river mouths and in the places where one can walk during low tide.
        Source: Eno 11W 012-013
      • Example 187:
        O iana to hanahana rori, eiei o iana to vavaavihi rori ei hoohoa, ponpon, a anahi ae a paroparoo.
        The fish that are caught in the net are those fish that travel, that is the hoohoa needlefish, the ponpon needlefish, the mullet, and the young trevally.
        Source: Eno 16W 025

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