tahitahi¹ spear something

• • spear something
  • • fishing

  • • Example 3564:
      

      Na gono raara tea kave ae tea tahitahi.

      We get it (the parrotfish) by netting or by spearing.

      Source: Eno 11W 085

    • Example 6925:
      

      Teebona to kahi pino rori, eara repaa tahitahi riori bona makaree.

      (The fish will be afraid of the light and flee down to the beach.) There they (the fish) are trapped, and we spear them with the fishing spear.

      Source: Eno 16W 169

Related entries

• See also:
  • kobuha kind of parrotfish
  • makaree fishing spear made of koverau-bamboo
  • koverau kind of bamboo, smaller and stronger than common bamboo; grows in clusters and is used for making fishing spears and hooks
  • oha² halfbeak
  • tahi spear something