guu1 pig; pork

Part of Speech n1
    • pig; pork
      • animals, mammals
      • Example 1764:
        E guu a tabaan me toro vatahavi ara beara mei rara tea kaku e, kaakoo tea maa hanana to kahi sue nom nai.
        The pig is food that we must clean before we butcher it in the way that I am going to describe now (lit. going on the paths that I am going to tell now)
        Source: Eno 10E(Eno) 002
      • Example 1765:
        E guu na tei me nana bono kahoo, rom ae pisina. O buo moona na topo nana teo pisina, o buo kurina he teo rom. O buo tainana, o buo matana, o ihuna ae o rivona na tei rori teo kahoo.
        The pig has a head, a trunk and a bum. The two hind legs stick on the bum and the two for legs on its trunk. Two ears, two eyes, a nose and a snout are on its head.
        Source: Joy 26W 143-145
      • Example 1766:
        O giroas rio guu na paku vonaen, a meha maa guu amaa paru, amaa meha he amaa tokotokoo paru ae kakaavoo. Amaa meha amaa uruurunata.
        The colours of the pigs are like this: some pigs are black, some have black and white spots, and others are dark brown.
        Source: Joy 26W 146-147
      • Example 1767:
        O guu vai o puara na tei rori rasuu, o guu vai he o arau na tei rori tea maa vaan. Na kikira ri riori.
        The wild pigs live in the jungle, but the tame pigs live in the villages and are looked after.
        Source: Joy 26W 148-150
      • Example 1768:
        A tabaan teo guu: O guu vai to tei rori vaan, na vaan ri riori bona kaukau, tapeako vai a mahaka bara overe vai a vana.. Eori mee na suru rakerake komana batari bona tabaan teori. Beori suru kasuana tea masi, na an batari bono katoo, iobo gea tabae to antee riori tea an.
        The food of pigs: Pigs that live in the village are fed sweet potatoes, cooked manioc and young coconuts. The pigs also dig up the ground when they are searching for their food. When they dig up the ground in the reef, they eat crabs, sea cucumbers and whatever they can eat.
        Source: Joy 26W 151-154
      • Example 1769:
        A vahuhu te guu. O guu saka vahuhu haari bona rupi to paku vo rio toa ae o paatoo. O guu na vahuhu ri rori bono vahara guu, eori repaa vaahuhu komana bari. Meha maa guu na vahuhu rori bona buaku, kukan, dorana gea taonim. Beori beera, eori repaa vihau tea huhu.
        The pig's reproduction. The pigs do not lay eggs as the chickens and the ducks do. The pigs give birth to little pigs (piglets) that they themselves suckle. Some pigs give birth to two, three, four or five piglets. When they are grown up, they (the young pigs) stop sucking.
        Source: Joy 26W 155-161
      • Example 1770:
        Beara kaku rara e guu, a meha papa otei toro vaatotobin varaba rori bona raon mene monomono bene guu.
        When we butcher a pig, another group of men must arrange the heliconia indica leaves for wrapping up the pork.
        Source: Eno 10E(Eno) 049-050

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