toa chicken; rooster

Part of Speech

n1/n2

• • chicken; rooster
  • • animals, birds

  • • Example 1842:
      

      E toa bara a vahara beiko teve na hake rori bona uraan, na ani batari bona vahara kukurii.

      The chicken and its chicks scratch the sea rubbish, eating the small worms.

      Source: Sii 47W 015-016

    • Example 3454:
      

      E toa vai a otei to kekeresko momohu tea nubunubu kurus tea kukan kiroko.

      The rooster craws for the first time in the early morning at three o'clock.

      Source: Sii 47W 022

Related entries

• See also:
  • haba toa tail feather of a rooster
  • kekeresko (of a rooster) crow
  • kirivate giblet; gizzard
  • pus toa hen
  • ipoto hug; embrace / catch an animal with one's hands; grab an animal
  • keu pluck (feathers) / pluck (a bird)
  • toputopu (of birds) pick; peck
  • vaatahavi clean something
  • vavataviri (of a group of people or animals) walk around; travel around