goroto turtle

Part of Speech n2
    • turtle
      • animals, reptiles
      • Example 1708:
        A goroto a iana a beera sana. Bean tarae, ean repaa tara voen, a goroto na tei me nana bono kahoo, o dorana o pakapaka. O kapa vaa toonunae o kikis, o kapa vaa domonae saka kikis haana. Teo dorana o pakapaka, o buaku vaa kahoo nae na dao riori bono huahua. A goroto na huahua vakikis ni nana bono buo pakapaka bona. O buo pakapaka vaa teo vamurina to vakarovo bata ni nae bara na hua bata ni nae mee.
        The turtle is a very big swimming animal. When you see it, you see the turtle has a head, and four legs. The shell on its back is hard, but the shell on its chest is not strong. As for the four legs, the two front legs are called the paddles. The turtles paddle strongly with these two legs. The two hind legs they use for steering and also for paddling.
        Source: Naph 01W 002 rev Ond
      • Example 1709:
        Bea tahii masi, ore paa vuriha vakahu koa bono goroto beori ani rori bono vasukare bara tea maa avaava vasu ae tea maa vaagoroto.
        When the sea is at low tide so that the reef is visible, they can quickly find the turtles when they are eating vasu kare corals and stay in the rock caves and in the turtle tunnels.
        Source: Naph 01W 020-021

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