urita octopus

• • octopus
  • • animals, unclassified

  Scientific Name

  Cephalopod mollusc

  • • Example 1186:
      

      Bean gono urita, ean repaa kabotoe, busu kahii bono hum paru vaa kahoo nae.

      When you get an octopus, you turn its inside out, remove the black part on his head, and throw it away. (lit. you throw from it the black part of its head)

      Source:

      Sii 47W 041-042

    • Example 7760:
      

      O urita na tei me nana bono kukan totoka o kuna. Paana kuna nae na tei me nana bono taba o rakorakoto to rakoto araraara beara ato e. Na aniani nana bono vahara iana, kobaa bara o vahara katoo.

      The octopus has eight arms. Under its arms it has the sticky things (suckers) that stick on us when we touch it. It eats little fish, hermit crabs and other little crabs.

      Source:

      Jub 02W 067-070

    • Example 7761:
      

      Na tei me nana bono kukan o kaku urita:

      There are three kinds of octopus:

      Source:

      Jub 02W 070

    • Example 7762:
      

      1. O urita vaa irihi. O urita bona o beera. Na teitei koana irihi tea maa avaava.

      1. The octopus of the edge of the reef. This octopus is big. It only stays at the edge of the reef in their caves.

      Source:

      Jub 02W 071-073

    • Example 7763:
      

      2. O urita vaa tea ahono. Na teitei koana tea ahono. O urita bona o kuna kakato.

      2. The octopus of the green seaweed. It only stays in the green seaweed. This octopus has short arms.

      Source:

      Jub 02W 074-076

    • Example 7764:
      

      3. O urita uris. O urita bona o kuna bebeahu na tavutavus koana tea bon. O urita na aniani ria tavaan bara na bebeana ni riori mee.

      3. The rope octopus. This octopus has long arms and only comes out at night. The people eat the octopus and also use it for baits.

      Source:

      Jub 02W 077-079

    • Example 7765:
      

      Be ta peha moon vurahe bono urita, eve toro sue nao,"E! Ma kasi o urita!" A peha moon repaa nomaa, ore ma kasi bono urita, ore paa kaboto bona. Erau ore paa mate.

      When a woman finds an octopus, she should say, "Hey! Come and dig out the octopus!" Then a woman comes, and digs out the octopus, then she turns its inside out. And so, it dies.

      Source:

      Sii 42W 024-030

Related entries

• See also:
  • kaboto turn the inside of something out
  • kasi¹ dig something out; dig a hole
  • kuna¹ claw of a crab or lobster; spine of a sea urchin; arm of an octopus
  • avaava¹ cave; big hole in a tree or rock
  • bebeana ni use something for baits
  • busu kahi remove something from something and throw it away
  • kete irihi walk along the edge of the coral reef, fishing for fish, crabs and octopus, and collecting shells
  • kukan totoka eight
  • orita octopus
  • potee² be like something or somebody