vahakaa beat the surface of the water in order to chase fish into the net

• • beat the surface of the water in order to chase fish into the net
  • • fishing

  • • Example 5120:
      

      Be vira vakavara, eove repaa vahakaa, o iana repaa ona tea kave.

      When he has finished dropping the net, he starts hitting the water with a stick, (chasing the fish towards the net,) so that the fish get trapped in the net.

      Source: Eno 21W 012

    • Example 6351:
      

      A kave seige, a kave bona na vavaasun riori orepaa vahakaa maa.

      The seige net, they put up this net and then they beat the water to chase the fish into the net.

      Source: VaaSen 01W 711

    • Example 8412:
      

      A vahakaa ei beara sun pina bata ni maara o iana to mene rosin kahi bona kave. Eara na vatete bata maara a iana vo tea kave beara navuhu vaakaras bata ni maara a tahii.

      Beating the water surface is when we stand (in the water and) block (the route of) the fish so that they do not escape from the net. We chase the fish into the net when we beat the water with a big noise.

      Source: Eno 16W 177-178

Related entries

• See also:
  • too vahakaa beater; fisherman who beats the surface of the water to chase the fish into a net
  • vira ni throw (the fishing net); drop (the fishing net)
  • naba huuhua team of paddlers
  • naba vahakaa group of fishermen beating the water
  • ona¹ be trapped, get caught (for example in a net or trap)