vaamunihi kind of barracuda

Part of Speech n2
    • kind of barracuda
      • animals, fishes
      • Scientific Name Sphyraenidae
      • Example 8045:
        A vaamunihi a iana vaa namana, evehee na tara potee nana bono korotoe. A iana bona na bebeera rakaha nana. A kakaavoo, eove he ahiki to karivana. Na antee ri raara tea rahi tea huuhua ge beara beana kie.
        The vaamunihi is a fish of the deep-sea, and it looks like the korotoe (barracuda). This fish is very big. It is white, but it does not have scales. We can catch it by angling while paddling or when we use baits for it.
        Source: Eno 11W 236-240
      • Example 8046:
        Vaamunihi. A iana vai o korotoe be o rutaa ore paa tei bata koana matana vaan teara. A iana vai a bebeahu, a komanae a kakaavoo, a toon nae he a paru vanamanamana. Beve beera oha, erau dao vai ara bona vaamunihi. A iana bona mee a bebeera sana. Bea abana rahi maa bari namana, ore paa kaku bari vaan.
        Vaamunihi. When the barracuda is small, it just stays in front of our village. This long fish, its belly is white, while its back is blueish black. When it is bigger, we call it vaamunihi. This fish is very big. When the people catch it, they butcher it in the village.
        Source: Sii 42W 104-111

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