popoto¹ stick feathers somewhere; attach feathers to something

• • stick feathers somewhere; attach feathers to something
  • • transfer

  • • Example 2529:
      

      A iri ahiki ta beana, eara na popoto koa rae bona haba toa.

      The hook does not have a bait, we only attach a rooster's feather to it. (i.e. when fishing for gaagaga mullets)

      Source: Eno 11W 047-048

    • Example 3202:
      

      Eara na antee rara tea keu a paka kavovo, are paa pakue bona maa siisiri teara mene popoto vaa teo piuvu.

      We can pluck cockatoo feathers, and then make our feather-headdresses from them to wear on our head in the piuvu dance.

      Source: Sii 2008W 056

Related entries

• See also:
  • beana¹ bait (small fish, hermit crabs, bits and pieces of octopus, a type of sea-sausage called "sea-sausage mahaa"
  • haba toa tail feather of a rooster
  • rae him, her, or it
  • vapopoto attach something (e.g. a feather) somewhere
  • paka³ feather
  • vaapopoto dressed up
  • vapopoto ni stick something long and flexible somewhere