rahi¹ pull something; catch something (with a string)

• • pull something; catch something (with a string)
  • • fishing
    • transfer

  • • Example 2706:
      

      Beori rahi maa bari, ore paa ma kaku bari en vaan.

      When they catch it, they butcher it in the village. (i.e. the Humphead Wrasse.)

      Source: Sii 42W 102

    • Example 5433:
      

      A pasuaromo na rahi raara bona kanono en tea maa hana taataana. Amaa meha maa vuri na rahi raara tea huuhua.

      We catch the pasuaromo with a string on the reef where we can walk during low tide. At other times we catch it while paddling.

      Source: Eno 11W 171-172

    • Example 5982:
      

      A kiu te Bukimeasun he a vagana, a vavaatoa, rahi tamuana nana bona vavaatoa.

      Bukimeasun's work was fishing, kite fishing, (he) always pulled the kite. ,

      Source: Nah 02R 128-131

    • Example 5983:
      

      A gaagaga na rahi ri raara bona sitiring tea bon.

      The gaagaga-mullet, we catch with a string at night.

      Source: Eno 11W 045

Related entries

• See also:
  • agaagaa fish while sitting in a floating canoe
  • araa¹ angle; catch fish with a fishing rod and a fishing line
  • gaagaga¹ kind of mullet called "the drinker"
  • vaamin Humphead Wrasse
  • hinae kind of seaperch
  • metomo Humpback Snapper
  • pasuaromo kind of emperor
  • rahi parata pull something open
  • taninii Barred Spanish Mackerel
  • vagana ni use something for fishing; go fishing with something
  • varahirahi ni pull something back and forth