katomo bite (the bait); grab something with its claws (of an eagle)

Part of Speech vt
    • bite (the bait); grab something with its claws (of an eagle)
      • consumption
      • Example 3140:
        A iana na katomo maana bona beana.
        A fish is biting the bait.
        Source:
        fieldnotes 044
      • Example 3141:
        Ore paa katomo bona iana bona kurinae, ore paa dee bona.
        And (the eagle) grabs the fish with his claws and carries it away.
        Source:
        Sii 10W 011

Related entries

  • See also:
    • beana1 bait (small fish, hermit crabs, bits and pieces of octopus, a type of sea-sausage called "sea-sausage mahaa"