maoruu dove

Part of Speech n2
    • dove
      • animals, birds
      • Example 4146:
        A maoruu a naovana to dee ki maa roho bene Noa bono pea naono. Eve a too dee vaaree. Eve mee a naovana a murun.
        The pigeon is the bird that brought Noah the twig. It is a messenger. It is also a peaceful bird.
        Source: Sii 2008W 114-116
      • Example 4147:
        A maoruu a naovana a mataa. Eara na ani rara a maoruu.
        The dove is a good bird. We eat the dove.
        Source: Sii 43W 020-021
      • Example 4148:
        Eara na nata ni rara o hum vai to goroho rori o maruu. Na goroho rori Teavorana.
        We know the place where the doves sleep. They sleep on the island of Teavorana.
        Source: Sii 43W 022-023
      • Example 4149:
        A maoruu moon na mara pereperee nana.
        The female dove is greenish.
        Source: Sii 43W 024
      • Example 4150:
        A maoruu otei he na uvu ni nana bono uvuuvu vai o ovaovana. Na vohu ni nana bene ta vaarihi paru domonae. A domonae he na maramara kakaavoo nana. A mooriori na gogooravi vaapeha nana.
        The male dove wears a clay-red dress. It has a black stripe like a belt on its chest. Its chest is whitish. Their legs are the same, they are red.
        Source: Sii 43W 025-028
      • Example 4151:
        A tabaan tea maoruu o vua ruhu, ohita bara maa meha maa kaku vua naono. Na gaga nana tea miraa bara tea ruene vai to agaa nana tea maa govee naono.
        The food of the dove are ficus fruit, galip nuts and other kinds of fruit. It drinks the dew and the water that is standing in the holes of a tree.
        Source: Sii 43W 029-030
      • Example 4152:
        A maoruu na paku nana bona hai teve tea boon bara teo ruhu. Ei kou na ani pete batana bono vua boon.
        The dove makes its nest in the mangroves and in the ficus tree. Because it also eats the fruit of the mangroves.
        Source: Sii 43W 031-032
      • Example 4153:
        Bea maoruu tau vahuhu, ore paa paku bona hai teve bona vahara pea naono.
        When the dove is about to lay eggs, it makes its nest from small twigs
        Source: Sii 43W 033-034

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