sikiri¹ spike / strong thin bamboo fishing spear with about six small, [...]

1. • spike
   • • tools & weapons

   • • Example 3064:
       

       Be mahaka, ean repaa nana manae. Matatopo vai tea karem anie, ean re vaatei amaa sikiri. Be kavara ean repaa vahoa nie tahii tea tahitahi.

       When it (the koverau bamboo) is dry, you eventually warm it over the fire. Now you have prepared it for scraping (its bottom), and then you put the spikes on it. When (it is) finished, you use it for the first time in the sea for spearing fish.

       Source: Sii 26W 027-030

2. • strong thin bamboo fishing spear with about six small, thin pieces of iron at one end

   • • Example 544:
       

       A sii babakui paa onau tea kave. Tahi a sii babakui bono sikiri tean.

       A small shark got trapped in the net. Spear the small shark with your spear.

       Source: SiiSen 01W 033-034

     • Example 6338:
       

       Enaa na tahi ni nao o sikiri, me paa no taga koa toon na iana, me paa sapirin.

       I threw a spear and (it) only poked the back of the fish and it bounced back.

       Source: VaaSen 01W 823

Related entries

• See also:
  • keeroo stopper on a hook or a spear
  • makaree fishing spear made of koverau-bamboo
  • kuna sikiri spike of the fishing spear
  • tahitahi² spear used for fishing or hunting