tarahi2 ebb tide; time when the tide ebbs

Part of Speech n3
Morphology ta-rahi
Gloss ACAUS-pull
    • ebb tide; time when the tide ebbs
      • environment
      • Example 6246:
        ... ei to rosin kahi batari bono tarahi.
        (When we have finished lining up the nets, we just wait for the fish to get trapped,) those which are about to escape the ebb tide.
        Source: Eno 16W 133
      • Example 6494:
        eara repaa ihuana koa rara vaan beara sisira rara o tarahi vaa tea roava ge tea bon.
        then we just wait in the village until we observe that the tide is ebbing down during the day or the night. (lit. we observe the ebbing during the day or the night).
        Source: Hel 15E(Sha) 007
      • Example 7071:
        Tea tanaa eara na vaobete vararana ni naora amaa kave beo puhana taneo gunaha vaha batana vo teo tarahi.
        For the tanaa fishing we place the nets in a row when the high tide starts going down again towards ebb tide.
        Source: Eno 16W 131
      • Example 7274:
        O kaku vagana bona na pakupaku raara teo gohoho ge teo tarahi, ei tea maa hana taataana sa ei haana namana.
        This kind of fishing (varigomo) is done when the tide comes in or when the tide ebbs, that is where we can walk, this is not in the deep ocean.
        Source: Eno 12W 004

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