tahitahi2 spear used for fishing or hunting

Part of Speech n3
Morphology tahi-tahi
Gloss RED-spear
    • spear used for fishing or hunting
      • tools & weapons
      • Example 2422:
        Mea bua tom keara paa gono bono buo tahitahi ae kara ibun teori.
        The two brothers took their spears and their strings (to thread the fish onto).
        Source: Skae 03W 042-044
      • Example 6926:
        O tahitahi o taba vai to tahi raara bona taba.
        A "tahitahi" is a thing that we spear animals with.
        Source: VaaSen 01W 847
      • Example 6927:
        O naono o mataa, na paku raara bono tahitahi.
        (The koverau bamboo is smaller than the kururu bamboo.) It is a useful plant, we make spears from it.
        Source: Sii 40W 007

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  • See also:
    • makaree fishing spear made of koverau-bamboo
    • sikiri1 spike / strong thin bamboo fishing spear with about six small, thin pieces of iron at one end