kavukavuhu whale (lit. the spitter)

• • whale (lit. the spitter)
  • • animals, mammals

  Scientific Name

  Cetacea

  • • Example 2264:
      

      Vihi teve na hua hiava ni nana bona tahii.

      With its tail (the whale) paddles up to the sea.

      Source: Sii 46W 178

    • Example 3217:
      

      Kavukavuhu. A iana a beera sana kurus. A kapa nae a paru. Na aniani nana bono iana bara amaa taba vai to antee nae tea ani. Na teitei koana tobina namana.

      Whale. It is a very big swimming creature. Its skin is black. It eats the fish and the things that it can eat. It stays in the middle of the ocean.

      Source: Jub 02W 022-026

    • Example 3218:
      

      A kavukavuhu a iana vaa tobina namana. A tabaan teve na gaga nana bona tahii bara na kori batana bona tete vai to oro batana tobina namana. Be kavuhu hiava ni bona tahii vai to tei komanae, o toro ore dovo.

      The whale is a swimming animal living in the middle of the ocean. It As for its food, it drinks the saltwater and gnaws at the logs that float in the middle of the ocean. When the whale spits the saltwater that stays in it belly, a ship may sink.

      Source: Sii 46W 170-176

    • Example 3219:
      

      Enaa he a rutaa menaa paa tara roho a kavukavuhu na oro vahogoro roho Teapu, Hinatoro.

      When I was small, I saw a whale that had drifted ashore on Teop Island at Hinatoro.

      Source: fieldnotes Sao 004

Related entries

• See also:
  • kavuhu spit
  • beera¹ big; large; strong; high (of tide) / important
  • gaga¹ drink something
  • iana fish and other creatures that swim
  • kori gnaw at something