iri fishhook
| Part of Speech | n2 |
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- fishhook
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- tools & weapons
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Example 292:
Source: Eno 21W 008Nabunuu roho eara a ta Teapu na araaraa nia maa kaku iri teara komana vai - a mataniva, a nasi to rooroto aasun ni raara, ae a saruvee, ei to araara ponpon ni raara bara a vanima.In the past we Teop people angled with our own different kinds of hooks - the mataniva, the nasi that we used for catching tuna, and the saruvee that we used for angling the ponpon needlefish, and the vanima (that is used for kite fishing). -
Example 2528:
Source: Eno 16W 012A iri to kisikisi ni raara teo kara ariono na dao raara bona saruvee, na pakupaku raara bono sinoo iana ge sinoo pasuhupi.The hook that we tie to the ariono string is called saruvee, it is made from fish bone or the bone of a flying fox. -
Example 2529:
Source: Eno 11W 047-048A iri ahiki ta beana, eara na popoto koa rae bona 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)
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Related entries
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See also:
- beana1 bait (small fish, hermit crabs, bits and pieces of octopus, a type of sea-sausage called "sea-sausage mahaa"
- mataniva y-shaped fishing hook made from the midrib of a sago palm leaf or a little y-shaped piece of wood with sticky spiderwebs wrapped around the hook / spiderwebs used as baits
- nasi hook for tuna fishing
- saruvee kind of fishhook
- agomo put something into the mouth; swallow something
- beana2 put a bait on a hook
- dee gunaha carry something down; get something down
- haba toa tail feather of a rooster
- huu ni inject; push a long and thin thing like a stick, the stalk of a flower or a needle into something
- keeroo stopper on a hook or a spear
- kokoraa bare; empty
- koto bite something or somebody
- tasu ni throw something somewhere
- vakisi vaagum ni tie something together
- vavaaiku2 fishing in the deep sea with a fishing line dragged along as the fisherman is paddling the canoe
