dao call or name somebody or something

Part of Speech

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• • call or name somebody or something
  • • communication

  • • Example 1241:
      

      A iana bona na dao raara bona aasun.

      This fish we call tuna.

      Source: Sha 01E(Eno) 117

    • Example 1242:
      

      A iana vai a kareepana be bebeera ore paa dao vahaa bari bona anahi.

      When this little fish, the karepana, becomes bigger, they call it anahi.

      Source: Vaa 09W 169

    • Example 1243:
      

      Pasuabono o meho kaku iana vai to dao ri raara bona magara.

      Pasuaboon is another kind of fish that we call beard-fish.

      Source: Eno 20W 035

Related entries

• See also:
  • anahi mullet
  • vadadao call somebody to come; attract fish
  • dadao call someone to get his/her attention; call someone to come or go somewhere
  • daodao call someone or something something
  • vadao¹ call; shout
• Subentry:
  • vavadadao call many people