evo mackerel

Part of Speech n2
    • mackerel
      • animals, fishes
      • Scientific Name Scombridae
      • Example 1444:
        Evo a iana a beera vasiihum. Na teitei batari rapana kasuana bara rapana namana mee. Tea roava ore paa tei koari rapana kasuana ge tea masi. Tea bon ore paa nao tea goroho namana, tea nubunubu ore paa gunaha ge nomaa vahaa vo tea masi. Na aniani batari bona maa sii taba vaarii to tei batari tea uraan ae amaa taba vaarii to antee riori tea ani. A evo a iana a mataa tea ani, a tabaan a mataa na aniani ria tavaan.
        The evo mackerel is quite big. The evo mackerels stay near the beach and also near the ocean. During the day they just stay near the beach or the reef. In the night they go to sleep in the ocean, in the morning they come down to the beach, or they come back to the reef. They eat the little things that are in the sea rubbish and the little things that they can eat. The mackerel is a good fish to eat, a good food eaten by the people.
        Source: Vaa 09W 098-106
      • Example 1445:
        A evo na tahitahi raara ge na gono kaakoo raara tea taragao. Na bebeana bata ni raara mee, a beana bona a buhiana kurus.
        We spear the evo mackerel or we get it with the taragao hook. We also use it for baits. This bait smells of fish.
        Source: Eno 11W 041-043
      • Example 1446:
        Beo pasupua vatete ri maa bona evo, erau dao vai ori bona susu.
        When the trevallies chase the mackerels, then it is called "susu".
        Source: Vaa 09W 128
      • Example 1447:
        A evo na susu batari rapana kasuana.
        The school of mackerel are swimming and jumping together in the water near the shore.
        Source: fieldnotes 017

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