vaiata eagle

Part of Speech n2
    • eagle
      • animals, birds
      • Example 8537:
        A naovana to dao raara bona vaiata a beera. A pakapaka nae he a maramarabi, evehee a gogoo kakaavoo. A otei bona a otei vaa tahii. A tabaan teve koa a iana. Mea naovana bona toro rake bona tabaan teve ei komana tahii.
        The bird that we call eagle is big. His wings are brownish, but he has a white neck. This boy is a boy of the sea. His only food is fish. And this bird must search his food here in the sea.
        Source: Sii 10W 001-005
      • Example 8538:
        Tea maa nubunubu, roava ge tauravi toro toka nana tea naono bara tea overe vai to kenana vo rori tahii, tea tara beo iana ani batari tahii. Be tara ahe bona iana vai a beera ore paa pahin toonoo gunaha vo tahii ore paa katamo bona iana bona kurinae, ore paa dee bona. Be no toka ore paa no ani bona.
        In the morning, at midday or in the afternoon he must perch on trees or coconut palms that bend over the sea, to see if the fish are eating in the sea. When he spots a big fish, he immediately rushes down to the sea and catches the fish with his claws and carries it away. When he is perching (on its tree), he eats it.
        Source: Sii 10W 006-012
      • Example 8539:
        A naovana vai a vaiata a mata kikis kurus, na tara viviana kurus nana bona iana vai a beera bara mataa, ore paa ato bona, ore paa no ani bona teo naono. O vaabuaku o matapaku tea vaiata. Bea vaiata gigo nana, eve toro matatopo nana bona hai teve. Be vahuhu ore paa kopo tea hai teve. Beo rupi vaabaaba vakavara, ore paa vabooboha.
        This bird, the eagle, has very sharp eyes, it spots a big and good fish, grabs it and then eats it on the tree. A second habit of the eagle is the following. When the (female) eagle is pregnant, she must prepare her nest. When she lays eggs, she sits in her nest. When the eggs have developed into creatures, they hatch.
        Source: Sii 10W 013-019
      • Example 8540:
        Bea sii naovana raka a suin nae, ore paa kikis, erau e sinanae repaa kapee tavus bona tea vaasusu bona tea naovo. Kapee vai e, ore paa naovo mi bona, pasi naovo hiavau ore paa varakaha ni maa bona gina. Erau e sinanae repaa naovo kaakoo vaha batana paana nae. Bea beiko nagunagu maa, ore paa ma toka vaavuriha vahaa toon ne sinanae. Pasi paku tamuana vo nom en ore antee bea beiko kikis bara nata ni bona maamihu taba to vaasusu nae sinanae bona.
        When the body of the little bird is dry and strong strong, its mother takes him out piggyback to teach it how to fly. Giving it a piggyback ride, she flies with it, she would fly up high and let it free in the height. Then the mother flies underneath it. When the child is exhausted, it perches again on its mother's back and has a rest. She will always do it like this, until the child is strong and knows everything that its mother has taught it.
        Source: Sii 10W 020-024

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