buuniau squid

Part of Speech n3
    • squid
      • animals, unclassified
      • Scientific Name Cephalopod; Teuthida
      • Example 349:
        Enaa tau paa tahi vue o buuniau, a buha he ma aromo kahi anaa bona.
        I was about to spear a squid, but a dolphin came and swallowed it before me.
        Source: Eno 11W 030-031
      • Example 1222:
        O buuniau o peho sii kaku taba to teitei batana tahii, evehee na potee nana bono urita. O buuniau na vuravurahe bata raara tea maa hum kakaamuru ei komana tahii. O buuniau mee na antee raara tea an.
        The squid is a little kind of animal that stays in the sea, but it is like the octopus. The squid is found in some places of white sand, that is in the sea. We can eat the squid.
        Source: Eno 11W 026-029
      • Example 1223:
        O buuniau na tara potee nana bono urita. Be tavusu kahi bona kapanae, a kapanae repaa oro. O kapa teve o kapa kakaavoo.
        The squid looks like an octopus. When it comes out of its shell, its shell floats. Its shell is white. (lit. Its shell is a white shell)
        Source: Sii 42W 015-017

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