mataniva y-shaped fishing hook made from the midrib of a sago palm leaf [...]

1. • y-shaped fishing hook made from the midrib of a sago palm leaf or a little y-shaped piece of wood with sticky spiderwebs wrapped around the hook
   • • tools & weapons

   • • Example 292:
       

       Nabunuu roho eara a ta Teapu na araaraa nia maa kaku iri teara komana vai - a mataniva, a nasi to rooroto aasun ni raara, ae a saruvee, ei to araara ponpon ni raara bara a vanima.

       In the past we Teop people angled with our own different kinds of hooks - the mataniva, the nasi that we used for catching tuna, and the saruvee that we used for angling the ponpon needlefish, and the vanima (that is used for kite fishing).

       Source: Eno 21W 008

2. • spiderwebs used as baits
   • • tools & weapons

   • • Example 291:
       

       Enaa tau nao tea araaraa hoohoa, goe tea hee anaa amaa kara ahono, enaa tau beana nio mataniva. A beana tea ponpon o kara ahono.

       I must go and angle hoohoa needlefish, don't give me seaweed, I'll use spiderwebs as baits. Seaweed is the bait for ponpon-needlefish.

       Source: Eno 16W 080-081

Related entries

• See also:
  • araaraa angle with a fishing rod and a fishing line
  • beana¹ bait (small fish, hermit crabs, bits and pieces of octopus, a type of sea-sausage called "sea-sausage mahaa"
  • beana ni use something as a bait / put a bait (on a string)
  • iri fishhook
  • nasi hook for tuna fishing
  • saruvee kind of fishhook
  • kara ahono stalk of green seaweed