pasu masi low tide in the morning

Part of Speech n3.constr
MWE Structure n - n
Morphology pasu masi
Gloss first low.tide
    • low tide in the morning
      • time
      • Example 1451:
        A gaagaga mee a hena na iana, na tei nana tahii. Teo pasu masi ore paa gaga batana bona tahii.
        Gaagaga 'drinker' (a kind of mullet) is also the name of a fish that lives in the sea. At low tide in the morning they drink the seawater.
        Source: Sii 29W 010
      • Example 5428:
        Bea ta Teapu tau nao tea tanaa, eori repaa dee bona maa kave teori tea masi vai to dao raara bono pasu masi.
        When the Teop people are to go for a tanaa (fishing with nets in a group of people), they will take their nets during the low tide that we call pasu masi "first low tide in the morning".
        Source: Hel 08E(Sha) 002
      • Example 5429:
        A tanaa o peho kaku vagana to pakupaku raara bona maa kave amaa bero. O kaku vagana bona na pakupaku raara tea maa pasu masi.
        The tanaa is a kind of fishing that we do with many nets. This kind of fishing we do at low tide in the morning.
        Source: Eno 16W 128-129

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  • See also:
    • masi3 low tide
    • tanaa1 fishing method practiced by a group of people with many nets at low tide
    • pasu nubunubu very early morning