kehaa shellfish; shell of a shellfish

• • shellfish; shell of a shellfish
  • • animals, shellfish

  comment

  the noun class seems to bee freely variable

  • • Example 922:
      

      A vaan vai na bero rakaha ni nana bona kehaa pakupaku kuriri.

      This village had many shells for making shell money.

      Source:

      Sta 01E(Eno) 045

    • Example 1031:
      

      me subuava paa hee bona bona kehaa

      And the old woman gave her a shell.

      Source:

      Aro 04E(Eno) 051

    • Example 3246:
      

      O roravita o meho kehaa to tei nana irihi bara tea ahono.

      The Helmet Shell is another shell that stays at the edge of the reef and in the green seaweed.

      Source:

      Sii 45W(Joy) 215

    • Example 3247:
      

      Be kavara a kiu vaa tea huha, eara repaa paku pete a kiu vaa tea ibun bono kehaa. Amaa kehaa bona to dao raara bono koriitoo.

      When the work of tying (the net) is finished, we will continue with the work of threading the shells. These shells we call "koriitoo" ('cowry').

      Source:

      Eno 08W 024-025

Related entries

• See also:
  • avaha die and become empty (of shellfish)
  • ibun¹ put or thread something onto a string or thin stick
  • pesu² (of shellfish) shell; (of potatoes, mangoes etc.) skin; (of coconuts) husk
  • baibai Cradle Donax Clam, Diphos Sanguin Clam
  • demdem snail; people say that it is not an indigenous animal
  • hikoon kind of cowry
  • hoovu Red Emperor