gaagaga1 kind of mullet called "the drinker"

Part of Speech n2
Morphology gaa-gaga
Gloss RED-drink
    • kind of mullet called "the drinker"
      • animals, fishes
      • Scientific Name Mugilidae
      • Example 1449:
        A gaagaga a iana a mataa, na teitei batana namana bara rapana irihi. Tea roava ore paa tei nana irihi, tea bon ore paa nao vo namana. A iana bona a koma kakaavoo, a toon nae he na tei me nana bona maa sii hum kakaavoo ae amaa hum paru. Gaga batana beove gaga vapepeha bata me nana bona maa taba to aniani nae. A iana vai na aniani ria tavaan.
        The gaagaga mullet is a good fish, it stays in the ocean and near the edge of the reef. During the day it stays at the edge of the reef, in the night it goes to the ocean. This fish has a white belly, but its back has white and black parts. It drinks water together with the things that it eats. This fish is eaten by the people.
        Source: Vaa 09W 108-113
      • Example 1450:
        A gaagaga na rahi ri raara bona kanono tea bon beara vagana mi raara o raama. A iri ahiki ta beana, eara na popoto koa rae bona haba toa. Evehee a bero amaa vuri a iri kokoraa koa. Na koto rori bona iri be vavaakas batana.
        We catch the gaagaga with a string at night when we go fishing with the lamp. The hook does not have a bait, we only attach a rooster's feather to it. But many times, it is only a bare hook. They bite the hook when it is glittering.
        Source: Eno 11W 045-050
      • Example 1451:
        A gaagaga mee a hena na iana, na tei nana tahii. Teo pasu masi ore paa gaga batana bona tahii.
        Gaagaga 'drinker' (a kind of mullet) is also the name of a fish that lives in the sea. At low tide in the morning they drink the seawater.
        Source: Sii 29W 010

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