kana scoop something up; catch fish or lobsters in a net

Part of Speech vt/vd
    • scoop something up; catch fish or lobsters in a net
      • fishing
      • Example 306:
        A aranavi na rahirahi riori bona kanono bara na kana riori bona kave.
        The aranavi snapper is caught with a string and caught with a net.
        Source: Jub 02W 001
      • Example 1433:
        Me - a peha otei ... paa kana bona karavona. Eve kana bona karavona mepaa vaatii bona teo sinivi.
        And - one man ... caught a lobster. He caught a lobster and put it into the canoe.
        Source: Mor 03R 037
      • Example 2775:
        A rabitava a iana to kana bata raara tea kave.
        The Striped Surgeonfish is a fish that we catch in the net.
        Source: Sii 42W 092
      • Example 2776:
        Beori nomaa vo tea masi, eara repaa kana riori bona maa kave taunama,
        When they come to the lagoon, we scoop them up with mosquito nets. (i.e. little fish)
        Source: Sii 11W 015
      • Example 2777:
        A ovunaa na kana koa ri raara bono taunama gea paka raon gea tope beara vaobete bata riraori komana nahu geo hoi.
        The young trevallies, we just scoop them up with a mosquito net or a banana leaf or a coconut shell putting them inside a pot or a basket.
        Source: Eno 11W 162-163

Related entries

  • See also:
    • aranavi kind of snapper
    • ovunaa young trevally
    • rabitava Striped Surgeonfish
    • isuvu fetch water / fill a liquid (into something) / fill a container (with water)
    • kanakana1 scoop something many times; catch fish with a net many times
    • kanakana2 small vessel used for fetching water
    • karavona lobster
    • kobuha kind of parrotfish
    • metomo Humpback Snapper
    • vaatii put something somewhere