babarii young drummer

Part of Speech n2
    • young drummer
      • animals, fishes
      • Scientific Name Kyphosidae
      • Example 552:
        Bea barii a rutaa na dao raara bona babarii.
        When the drummer is small, we call it babarii.
        Source: Eno 11W 267-268
      • Example 553:
        A babarii a rutaa na barii vai a beera. Na paku vonaen: babarii, barii, haehae. Amaa iana vai na tei me rori bona maa ipinoo ri ori. A ipinoo na barii a vaabeera. A ipinoo na haehae he a beera.
        The young drummer is smaller than the adult one. The sequence is like this: babarii, barii, haehae. These fishes have each their particular size. The barii drummer is middle-sized. But the haehae drummer is the biggest one. (lit. But the size if the haehae is big.)
        Source: Sii 46W 001-006

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