kara ahono stalk of green seaweed

Part of Speech n3.constr
MWE Structure n - n
Morphology kara ahono
Gloss string seaweed
    • stalk of green seaweed
      • plants
      • Example 2948:
        A beana tea ponpon o kara ahono.
        The bait for the ponpon needlefish is a stalk of green seaweed.
        Source: Eno 16W 014
      • Example 2949:
        Enaa tau nao tea araaraa hoohoa, goe tea hee anaa amaa kara ahono, enaa tau beana nio mataniva. A beana tea ponpon o kara ahono.
        I must go and catch hoohoa needle fish, don't give me seaweed, I'll use spiderweb as a bait. Seaweed is the bait for ponpon needlefish.
        Source: Eno 16W 080

Related entries

  • See also:
    • ahono green, grassy seaweed
    • hoohoa kind of needlefish
    • 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
    • ponpon1 kind of needlefish
    • beana1 bait (small fish, hermit crabs, bits and pieces of octopus, a type of sea-sausage called "sea-sausage mahaa"