subaaka flying fox

Part of Speech n2
    • flying fox
      • animals, mammals
      • Example 4348:
        E mutanae nomaa vai mepaa no ropusu bona subaaka, mepaa no huraka bona.
        His wife came now and went (and) took the flying fox off (the tree) and went (and) gutted it (removed its intestines).
        Source: Aro 11R 046-047
      • Example 6521:
        O giroas no subaaka o paru. Eori saka antee haari tea naovo binubinu tea roava. Ei kou tea roava to goroho riori. Na hana gunaha rori, beori goroho rori. Tea tauravi to tagune riori, eori repaa nao tea rake bona tabaan teori. A tabaan teori a vua veresun, vua ruhu, ae a meha maa kaku vua to antee riori tea an. A subaaka na an riori, a tabaan a mataa. (Pasuhupi teo koara vaa hiava.)
        The colour of the flying fox is black. They cannot fly around during the day. Because they sleep during the day. They hang in the trees when they are sleeping. In the evening they wake up and then they go to look for their food. Their food is the fruit of the wild banana, the ficus fruit and other kinds of fruit that they can eat. The flying fox is eaten, it is good food. (Pasuhupi in the mountain dialect)
        Source: Joy 26W 103
      • Example 6522:
        Evehe e roosuu na naonao mepaa vana atai nao bona subaaka mepaa vaahana nao hanana.
        But the giant had gone (before in the evening) and on his way (he) had shot a flying fox and hung (it on a tree) on the road.
        Source: Aro 11R 043-044

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