hoohoo trap fish in the hoohoo-basket

Part of Speech

vt

• • trap fish in the hoohoo-basket
  • • fishing

  • • Example 1036:
      

      Dee maa a bonaa hoohoo, enaa re hoohoo o genun.

      Get the hoohoo fishing basket and trap the parrot fish.

      Source:

      Sii 51W 084

    • Example 2214:
      

      A iana bona na hoohoo bata raara teo vasu vai to tei batana teo kakaamuru.

      We trap this fish (the karii damselfish) in the stones that are in the white sand.

      Source:

      Sii 42W 036-037

Related entries

• See also:
  • bonaa hoohoo trapping basket; a fishing basket woven from coconut midribs and used for catching tiny fish in rocks in the reefy areas; the "bonaa hoohoo" is carried on the right side on a belt.
  • genun kind of parrotfish
  • karii black damselfish