ruuvu dive

Part of Speech vi
    • dive
      • motion
      • Example 520:
        A baaban na rahirahi koa raara bona sitiring ge tea ruuvu.
        The Narrow-Banded Sergeant-Major is caught with a string or by diving (and spearing it).
        Source:
        Eno 11W 018
      • Example 6302:
        A ruuvu ei beara ena batara tahii, eara repaa ruuvuruuvu bata mi rara a kuna vanavana tea tahi o iana.
        Diving is when we are swimming in the sea and then dive with a shooting spike to spear a fish.
        Source:
        Eno 16W 104

Related entries

  • See also:
    • dovo drown / lie deep in the water
    • goo (of a boat) sink
    • nava2 bar (the section between two knots of bamboo or sugarcane) / knot of a bamboo
    • ruvu dive
    • mahaa Lined Bristletooth; black fish with stripes, closely related to the rabitava-fish
    • nava1 dive in the deep sea; swim under the water
    • ruruvuna deep
    • ruuvu hopo dive into (the sea)
    • ruuvuruuvu mi dive habitually with something
    • varuruvu bathe; have a bath