vavaatoa² fish with a kite

• • fish with a kite
  • • fishing

  • • Example 6000:
      

      Evei o iana to rahirahi maa riori tea vavaatoa; saka kavara rio iana haana, ahiki. O iana vai koa (1) hori, (2) hoohoa, (3) pasuaromo, (4) ponpon.

      These fish that they catch with the kite; it is not all kinds of fish, no. Only the following fishes: (1) hori squirrlefish, (2) hoohoa needlefish, (3) pasuaromo emperor, (4) ponpon needlefish.

      Source: Naph 02W 023-025

    • Example 9199:
      

      Nao nana tea vavaatoa.

      He went kite fishing.

      Source: Nah 02E(Eno) 095

    • Example 9200:
      

      Manae, tabae amaa ariono, mene vaave ge mene vavaatoa?

      Boys, what are the ariono vines for, are they for thatching or for kite fishing?

      Source: Eno 13W 045

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• See also:
  • tereree slide along; hover over the water surface
  • araaraa ni use something for angling
  • araaraa ponpon ni use something for angling needlefish
  • mata vagana fishing method