tatasu3 angle while standing on the edge of the reef and throwing the [...]

Part of Speech vi
Morphology ta-tasu
Gloss RED-throw
    • angle while standing on the edge of the reef and throwing the fishing line into the water
      • fishing
      • Example 1200:
        A toobono na rahirahi raara tea busubusu ge tea tatasu en irihi ge tea agaagaa en namana.
        The Bluespotted Trevally, we catch it by casting the line or angling at the edge of the reef or by floating in the canoe in the deep ocean.
        Source: Eno 11W 218
      • Example 1201:
        Enaa paa tatasu maa nom irihi, evehee gohoho bata maa, menaa paa hae teo sinivi menaa paa busubusu voosu vaha bata koa maa.
        I was angling on the edge of the reef, but the tide came in, and I sat down in the canoe and just went home angling.
        Source: Eno 16W 034

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  • See also:
    • busubusu fishing with a line while sitting in a floating canoe
    • tatasu2 line fishing while standing of the on the edge of the reef