tarahi¹ ebb; go down (of tide)

Part of Speech	vi
Morphology	ta-rahi
Gloss	ACAUS-pull

• • ebb; go down (of tide)
  • • environment

  • • Example 1849:
      

      Bea tahii taneo bata mana tea tarahi, eove o vuri to kahi taneo hana rio iana.

      When the sea starts to ebb, that is the time when the fish start to hang in the net.

      Source: Eno 14W 010

    • Example 7273:
      

      Be tarahi, eara repaa gono mana o iana vai to paa hanahanau tea kave.

      When it is ebb tide, we eventually get the fish that are trapped in the net.

      Source: Eno 16W 134

Related entries

• See also:
  • gohoho¹ (of the tide) come in
  • masi¹ be low tide so that the reef becomes visible; be low tide
  • puhana² rise high (tide)
  • vaatarahi wait for the tide to ebb