ariono² vine species used for making strings

• • vine species used for making strings
  • • tools & weapons

  • • Example 340:
      

      Eara pasi nao rara rasuu, are paa mosi maa ta maa raviana ge ta maa ariono.

      We will go into the bush to cut some raviana vines or some ariono vines.

      Source: Sii 06RG 020-023

    • Example 341:
      

      Meori paa ma hio kasuana, eori he tea gago bona ariono.

      And they came (back) and they came and sat on the beach, pulling off the skin of the ariono vine.

      Source: Sii 06RG 025

    • Example 342:
      

      A ariono to araaraa ponpon ni raara ei tea vavaatoa. Na rahi maa raara rasuu, eara repaa sirisiri vabebeahu e, eara repaa varoava e. Be raka vaantee, eara repaa kisi petepete e ore bebeahu vaantee bona vagana. A iri vai to kisikisi ni raara teo kara ariono na dao raara bona saruvee, na pakupaku raara bono sinoo iana ge o sinoo pasuhupi. Eara na vakakaniva rara a buaku papana, eara repaa kisi nio kara ariono tobina. A beana ponpon hee a kara ahono. Beara tau nao tea vagana, eara toro vapopoto ni to paka pihae, eve to vadadao ponpon bata naona.

      The ariono vine is used for fishing needle fish, i.e. for kite fishing. We get it from the bush, and then we tear it into long strips and dry these strips in the sun. When they are dry enough, we tie them together until they are long enough for fishing. The hook that we tie to the ariono string is called saruvee, it is made from fish bone or the bone of a flying fox. We sharpen both ends and then we fasten the ariono string in the middle. The needle fish bait is a bit of seaweed. When we are about to go fishing, we must fix a coconut frond leaf to it, this will attract the needle fish.

      Source: Eno 16W 008-015

    • Example 343:
      

      E Rasiu paa rahi mau bona hoohoa bona ariono teve.

      Rasiu has caught a hoohoa needlefish with his ariono-line.

      Source: SiiSen 01W 018

Related entries

• See also:
  • gago pull off the skin of a vine (in order to get the fibres and use them for fishing nets)
  • kara ariono bush vine used for three special types of fishing called "ponpon", "vavaatoa" and "kokoito". The vine is stripped, the middle section taken out, dried and used for fishing. The vine is also used in building houses for tying sago palm leaves onto beams.
  • paku kave make nets
  • araaraa ni use something for angling
  • araaraa ponpon ni use something for angling needlefish
  • kisi¹ tie something together; tie something to something else
  • raka dry up
  • rasuu jungle; bush; forest
  • tobina middle
  • vabebeahu¹ long
  • vakakaniva sharpen something
  • vakisi¹ be tied somewhere
  • vakisi ni tie something somewhere; tie something together