metomo Humpback Snapper

• • Humpback Snapper
  • • animals, fishes

  Scientific Name

  Lutjanus gibbus ; Lutjanidae

  • • Example 4491:
      

      Metomo a sii iana a sii beera vasiihum na teitei nana rapana namana bara beo puhana ore paa tei tea kopua mee. A metomo na aniani nana bono katoo, kobaa a vahara urita bara amaa meha kaku taba mee. A metomo a iana a mataa, na aniani riori.

      The Humpback Snapper is quite a big fish, it stays near the ocean; and when it is high tide, then it also stays in the lagoon. The Humpback Snapper eats crabs, hermit crabs, little octopuses, and also other kinds of creatures. The Humpback Snapper is a good fish, it is eaten.

      Source: Vaa 09W 278-282

    • Example 4492:
      

      Metomo. Na aniani ria tavaan. Na rahi riori bona kanono bara na kana riori me bona kave.

      Humpback Snapper. It is eaten by the people. They catch it with a string and also catch it with a net.

      Source: Jub 02W 036-038

Related entries

• See also:
  • kana scoop something up; catch fish or lobsters in a net
  • rahi¹ pull something; catch something (with a string)
  • kobaa hermit crab