beana¹ bait (small fish, hermit crabs, bits and pieces of octopus, a [...]

Part of Speech

n2

• • bait (small fish, hermit crabs, bits and pieces of octopus, a type of sea-sausage called "sea-sausage mahaa"
  • • tools & weapons

  • • Example 733:
      

      A beana tea ponpon o kara ahono.

      The bait for the needlefish fish is a blade of seaweed.

      Source: Eno 16W 028

    • Example 734:
      

      O iana pasi tara mau bona beana be vabunobuno nana, eori repaa ma koto bona beana.

      The fish will see the bait moving to and fro and then come and bite the bait.

      Source: Eno 16W 187

Related entries

• See also:
  • kara ahono stalk of green seaweed
  • koto bite something or somebody
  • ponpon¹ kind of needlefish
  • vabunobuno move to and fro
  • aasun tuna
  • agomo put something into the mouth; swallow something
  • araaraa angle with a fishing rod and a fishing line
  • avuhu² smell something
  • beana hata be in danger (lit. having a bad bait)
  • haba toa tail feather of a rooster
  • iri fishhook
  • katomo bite (the bait); grab something with its claws (of an eagle)
  • mataniva y-shaped fishing hook made from the midrib of a sago palm leaf or a little y-shaped piece of wood with sticky spiderwebs wrapped around the hook / spiderwebs used as baits
  • popoto¹ stick feathers somewhere; attach feathers to something
  • vavaaviru spiderweb