roovu grouper; Honeycomb Grouper; Brown-Spotted Reef Cod

Part of Speech n2
    • grouper; Honeycomb Grouper; Brown-Spotted Reef Cod
      • animals, fishes
      • Scientific Name Epinephelus merra
      • Example 6228:
        A roovu na teitei batana tea maa kopua bara rapana namana. A roovu vai to dao riori bona roovu suuna, sa bebeera haana. A roovu vai to dao riori bona poonata na teitei batana irihi bara tea maa kopua. Na hopohopo batana bono vasu vaa komana kopua. A roovu bona a girogiroasi, a meha maa hum kakaavoo ae meha maa hum na paru vareko bata nana. A meha roovu a bebeahu, a roovu bona a tara vagogooravi vasiihum ae na tokotokoo paru vareko batana. A roovu bona na teitei nana rapana namana. Na teitei batana tea maa pata eva. A roovu bona na aniani ria tavaan. A roovu a iana a mataa, a benobenoana.
        The Honeycomb Grouper stays in the lagoons and near the ocean. This grouper is called genuine grouper, it is not very big. The grouper called poonata stays at the edge of the reef and in the lagoons. It slips into the stones inside the lagoon. This grouper is colourful, some parts are white, but others are quite black. Another grouper is long, this grouper looks a bit red and has quite black spots. This grouper lives near the ocean. It stays in the coral patches. This grouper is eaten by the people. The grouper is a good fish, it is fleshy.
        Source: Vaa 09W 341-353
      • Example 6229:
        A roovu na gono raara tea araa - tea kaku araa to dao raara bona agaagaa ge busubusu ge tea sunuu taataana. A roovu eve he a gogooravi, a suin nae he na tokotokoo paru batana.
        We get the grouper by line fishing - a kind of line fishing that we call "floating" or "casting" or "torching". The grouper is red, its body has dark spots.
        Source: Eno 11W 195-197

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