pusu hiovu¹ stick for catching sea-sausages

• • stick for catching sea-sausages
  • • tools & weapons

  • • Example 1545:
      

      A hovu ei beara huu nio pusu hiovu komano kasuana to tei nae o iobo, eara repaa gegu tavus mae.

      Digging out sea-sausages means that we stick the digging stick into the ground where the sea-sausage stays. And then we pull it out.

      Source: Eno 16W 038

    • Example 2496:
      

      Beara tau nao tea vagana iobo, eara toro dee o pusu hiovu, a sinaka ae a bonaa, eara re nao tea masi.

      When we are about to go fishing for sea-sausages, we must take a catching stick, a peg and a fishing basket, then we go to the reef.

      Source: Hel 07E(Sha) 004

    • Example 5941:
      

      A bero amaa vuri na pakupaku riori bono pusu hiovu bono miimiana.

      Often the sea-sausage stick is made from miimiana wood.

      Source: Eno 16W 093

Related entries

• See also:
  • hovu¹ dig out sea-sausages; dig into the sand with a stick
  • ta hiovu¹ stick for catching and beating sea-sausages
  • huu ni inject; push a long and thin thing like a stick, the stalk of a flower or a needle into something
  • iobo sea-sausage
  • tatasu¹ beat something for a while (with something)