haba toa tail feather of a rooster

• • tail feather of a rooster
  • • animals, birds

  • • Example 1794:
      

      A iri ahiki ta beana, eara na popoto koa rae bono haba toa.

      The hook does not have a bait, we only attach a rooster's feather to it. (i.e. when fishing for gaagaga mullets)

      Source: Eno 11W 047-048

    • Example 1795:
      

      Ahiki ta beana, evehee a iri na vapopoto koa raara bono haba toa vai o kakaavoo ge ta maa meha maa kaku kara taba vai to tamee nana.

      There is no bait, but we attach a white rooster feather to the hook or some other kinds of longish thing that are flexible.

      Source: Eno 16W 044

Related entries

• See also:
  • beana¹ bait (small fish, hermit crabs, bits and pieces of octopus, a type of sea-sausage called "sea-sausage mahaa"
  • iri fishhook
  • paka³ feather
  • popoto¹ stick feathers somewhere; attach feathers to something
  • toa chicken; rooster