sunuu³ torch fishing; fishing by torchlight

• • torch fishing; fishing by torchlight
  • • fishing

  • • Example 1008:
      

      A genun na gono raara tea sunuu tea bon. Tea roava he na poto koa raara.

      We catch the genun parrotfish by torch fishing at night. During the day we catch it with our hands.

      Source: SiiSen 03W 182 rev by Ond

    • Example 5627:
      

      O sunuu pihae. Ei o kaku sunuu to pakupaku momohu rohori. Nomana na paku riori bono raama benesin. O sunuu pihae na kavara, o sunuu raama benesin koa to tei vai nomana.

      The torch fishing with coconut fronds. This is a kind of torch fishing that they practiced before. Today they do it with a Coleman lamp. The torch fishing with coconut fronds is finished, only the fishing with Coleman lamps exists today.

      Source: Sii 26W 053-054

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• See also:
  • genun kind of parrotfish
  • pihae coconut frond
  • vavaakopo² fishing with Cole-lamps
  • naabu ni be afraid of something or somebody
  • rapisi¹ long bush knife
  • sunusunuu ni use something for torch fishing
  • susuutu fish with torches