beana ni use something as a bait / put a bait (on a string)

1. • use something as a bait
   • • unclassified
     • fishing

   • • Example 291:
       

       Enaa tau nao tea araaraa hoohoa, goe tea hee anaa amaa kara ahono, enaa tau beana nio mataniva. A beana tea ponpon o kara ahono.

       I must go and angle hoohoa needlefish, don't give me seaweed, I'll use spiderwebs as baits. Seaweed is the bait for ponpon-needlefish.

       Source: Eno 16W 080-081

     • Example 739:
       

       A kareepana na beana ni riori.

       The dwarf mullet is used as a bait. (lit. The dwarf mullet, they use as a bait.)

       Source: Joy 26W 126

     • Example 740:
       

       Eara he toro beana nio evo, urita, iobo ge a iana komana vahaa, beara peepee varutarutaa e.

       We must use mackerels, octopuses, and sea-sausages as a bait, or even a fish after we have cut it up into little pieces.

       Source: Eno 15W 008

     • Example 741:
       

       Nomana na rahi raara bona sitiring, beara beana nia kaukau tea taragao.

       Today, we catch it (the spinefoot) with a plastic line, when we fix a bait of sweet potato on the taragau hook.

       Source: Eno 11W 166-167

2. • put a bait (on a string)
   • • fishing

   • • Example 742:
       

       Na rahi raara bona sitiring beara beana ni ta beana.

       We catch it with a string after we have put a bait on it.

       Source: Eno 11W 015

Related entries

• See also:
  • bebeana ni use something for baits
  • 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
  • beana ki angle with a bait for a fish
  • peepee varutarutaa cut something up into little pieces