pino be trapped

Part of Speech vi
    • be trapped
      • fishing
      • Example 5676:
        Teebona to kahi pino rori, eara repaa tahitahi riori bona makaree.
        (The fish will be afraid of the light and flee down to the beach.) There they (the fish) are trapped, and we spear them with the fishing spears.
        Source: Eno 16W 169
      • Example 5677:
        A bua too gunagunaha repaa vakao vatatana mi bono buo punete kave, o iana repaa pino en komana kave.
        Two fishermen, the down steppers, walk together in the water, each holding one edge of the net, and then the fish are trapped inside the net.
        Source: Eno 16W 182

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  • See also:
    • ona1 be trapped, get caught (for example in a net or trap)
    • kao pinopino walk around without a purpose; roam around