buoto kind of triggerfish

Part of Speech n2
    • kind of triggerfish
      • animals, fishes
      • Scientific Name Balistidae
      • Example 1153:
        O buoto o peho sii kaku iana to antee ri raara tea vurahe tea maamihu hum tahii, namana ge tea masi mee, ae tea hopo. O sii kaku iana bari o kapa kikis, eori he o sii rivo rutaa ae o rivo kakaniva kurus. Na antee ri raara tea gono kaakoo tea ruuvu ge tea tahitahi ae tea araa.
        The buoto triggerfish are a little kind of fish that we can find everywhere in the sea, in the ocean or the reef and the caves. This kind of little fish have a strong skin, and they have a small and very sharp mouth. We can get it by diving or spearing and by line fishing.
        Source: Eno 11W 033-038
      • Example 1154:
        A buoto a iana a kapa kikis. Na tei me nana bono buaku o kekeetoo toon nae bara koma nae. Be hopo teo avaava, ore paa vapara vapoosu ni, ei beo kekeetoo vapara vapoosu ni maana.
        The buoto is a fish with a strong skin. It has two fins on its back and on its belly. When it gets into a hole, it locks itself with them, when the fin is locked (in the stone hole).
        Source: Sii 46W 120-123

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