boon² mangroves; mangrove swamp

Part of Speech

n2

• • mangroves; mangrove swamp
  • • environment

  • • Example 1079:
      

      Are vaagohoho vabeera, are paa hua hovo vo komana boon.

      Let's wait for the tide to rise high, then we paddle into the mangroves.

      Source:

      Sii 26W 014

    • Example 1080:
      

      A aranavi na teitei nana namana bara taena maa ruene ae tea boon.

      The aranavi snapper stays in the ocean, at the mouth of rivers, and in the mangrove swamp.

      Source:

      Vaa 09W 020

Related entries

• See also:
  • hua hovo paddle into something
  • taena ruene mouth of the river
  • aranavi kind of snapper
  • basu nipa palm; small species of sago palm
  • googoo¹ Telescope Snail, found in mangroves
  • kaokaotaviri crab species called the "around-mover"
  • tapara² fix the poles inside the canoe
  • vagunagunaha¹ go down many times