tootoo alive

Part of Speech adj
    • alive
      • physical properties
      • Example 450:
        O biae vai o tootoo na marabi nana a suin nae, beve avaha o girogiroas nae repaa vataaree vamataa.
        When alive, the Commercial Trochus has a brown body, when it gets empty, its colouring becomes beautiful.
        Source: Sii 45W(Joy) 035-036
      • Example 487:
        Matanasiiri. A iana bona mee a avuavuhu hata kurus, beve a tootoo.
        Pacific Ocean Perch. This fish has a very bad smell, when it is alive.
        Source: Eno 20W 022
      • Example 1616:
        O giroasi teori na tapatapau batana. Beori o tootoo, eori repaa tei me rori bono peho kaku, beori mate, o giroasi teori repaa tapau.
        Their colour changes (the colour of the beardfish). When they are alive, they have one kind of colour, when they are dead, their colour has changed.
        Source: Eno 20W 007-009
      • Example 7638:
        ... vai to - to hana kahi ni karaara, beara paa tootoo
        this one who - who freed us when we are saved,
        Source: Aro 15R 165

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  • See also:
    • biae Commercial Trochus
    • magara2 beardfish, a fish with a little beard on its chin
    • matanasiiri Pacific Ocean Perch