ona1 be trapped, get caught (for example in a net or trap)

Part of Speech vi
    • be trapped, get caught (for example in a net or trap)
      • fishing
      • Example 544:
        A sii babakui paa onau tea kave. Tahi a sii babakui bono sikiri tean.
        A small shark got trapped in the net. Spear the small shark with your spear.
        Source: SiiSen 01W 033-034
      • Example 5118:
        ... vahakaa vai maa mea iana paa ona bana bona kave mea abana paa popoura bana.
        ... chased (the fish) and the fish got trapped in the net and the men beat them to death.
        Source: Sii 06RG 263-264
      • Example 5119:
        Ei be ona, sa antee vaha haari tea nao, pasi topo koa nom komana kave.
        When they are trapped, they cannot go away, but will just be stuck in the nets.
        Source: Hel 08E(Sha) 010
      • Example 5120:
        Be vira vakavara, eove repaa vahakaa, o iana repaa ona tea kave.
        When he has finished dropping the net, he starts hitting the water with a stick, (chasing the fish towards the net,) so that the fish get trapped in the net.
        Source: Eno 21W 012

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  • See also:
    • kave1 fishing net (general term)
    • pino be trapped
    • popoura2 kill the fish in the net by beating them with the baton called popoura
    • vahakaa beat the surface of the water in order to chase fish into the net
    • vira ni throw (the fishing net); drop (the fishing net)