haopi kind of wrasse

Part of Speech n3
    • kind of wrasse
      • animals, fishes
      • Scientific Name Labridae
      • Example 1870:
        O haopi a hena na iana vai to teitei batana paano kakaamuru. Na tei me nana bono buaku o kaku haopi. O vuaba vai o beera na dao raara bono mataberam. O vuaba vai o vaarutaa na dao raara bono haopi suuna. Evehee o hena beera o haopi.
        Haopi (wrasse) is the name of a fish that usually lives under the white sand. There are two different types of haopi. The bigger one we call mataberam (Rockmover Wrasse). The smaller one is called haopi suuna (genuine wrasse). But the general name is haopi.
        Source: Hel 09E(Sha) 001-005
      • Example 1871:
        O haopi o peho sii kaku iana to tara potee batari bono paraa.
        The haopi wrasses are a kind of fish that look like paraa wrasses.
        Source: Eno 11W 068-069
      • Example 1872:
        O haopi o iana vaa tea masi, evehee na teitei bata koari paano kasuana teo hum kakaamuru. Na gonogono kaakoo miri raara tea vagana vaa tea masi. Beara vurahe o hum to tei riori, eara repaa kasi o hum vai to tei riori eara repaa ato koa ri naori.
        The hoapi are fish of the reef, but they just stay under underground in a place with white sand. We catch them when we go reef fishing. When we find the place where they are staying, we dig at the place where they are staying, and then just grab them.
        Source: Eno 11W 070-075
      • Example 1873:
        Haopi a iana vai a mataa kurus, tei pete nana irihi tea maa kopua. Tabaan teve o kasuana bara o vasu. A iana bona be rosin ni karaara, ore paa vasivuhu teo kasuana, rapano vasu vai o bebeera, ore paa goroho varavihi paano kasuana. Beori vasivuhu, na antee rori tea hopo paano kasuana bona 26 (buakusaavun peha totoka) centimetres, ei to hopo vaantee nae. O haopi na hopo vabuaku bara vakukan rori tea maa peha maa govee.
        The haopi wrasse is a very good fish, it stays in the reef in the pools. Its food is sand and stones. When this fish escapes from us, it buries itself into the sand, next to the big stones, and then sleeps hidden underground. When they bury themselves in the sand, they can go underground 26 cm, that's how deep they go into the sand. Two or three haopi go together into a single hole.
        Source: Sii 11W 050-055

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