peepesu flounder

Part of Speech n3
    • flounder
      • animals, fishes
      • Scientific Name Bothidae
      • Example 5524:
        O peepesu a iana a taveraha ge tatabonata, evehee a apaapa, na teitei batana kasuana ei tahii, rapana tahii. O peepesu na vuhuvuhu nana komano kasuana rapana namana. Na tara vadoana potee batana bono kasuana vai to teitei nae ge to vuhuvuhu nae. O buaku o kaku peepesu, peepesu suuna ae o peepesu pauna. O buo peepesu vaarii na aniani riori.
        The flounder is a wide or broad, but very thin fish. It stays at the beach in the sea, at the side of the sea. The flounder digs itself into the ground near the deep-sea. It almost looks like the sand in which it stays or has dug itself. There are two kinds of flounder, the genuine flounder and the banana flounder. The two kinds of flounder are eaten.
        Source: Vaa 09W 316-321
      • Example 5525:
        O peepesu eve a iana to vaavaha kurusu ni nana teo iana. A iana bona a apaapa koa. Be kopo nana teo kakaamuru, saka antee haa raara tea tara, ei kou na tara vaapeha vaha koa me nana bono kasuana vaa komana tahii.
        The flounder is a fish that is very different from the (other) fish. This fish is very thin. When it lies flat on the white sand, we cannot see it. Because it looks just the same as the sand in the sea.
        Source: Sii 46W 130-134
      • Example 5526:
        O peepesu na atoato bata koari raara tea masi ge tea maa hum kakaamuru ge na antee ri raara tea tahi bono kuna vanavana ge makaree.
        We catch the flounder with our hands in the reef or in the places with white sand, or we can spear it with the hunting spike or the bamboo fishing spear.
        Source: Eno 11W 177-178

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