kuihaa silverside

Part of Speech n2
    • silverside
      • animals, fishes
      • Scientific Name Atherinidae
      • Example 3850:
        A kuihaa a sii rutaa iana to tara potee nana bona evo, evehee a kapa kikis. A sii iana bona na gonogono bata raara mene beana, eara he na antee rara tea gono kaakoo e teo makaree. O sii vahara iana bari na teitei vaagum batari, ei koa tea masi.
        The silverside is a little fish that looks like the mackerel, but it has a strong skin. We get this fish for baits, we can catch it with the makaree (a fishing spear made of koverau bamboo). These little fish stay together in a crowd just here in the reef.
        Source: Eno 11W 119-124

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