vuvuatovo Ivory Cone

Part of Speech n3
    • Ivory Cone
      • animals, shellfish
      • Example 9576:
        O vuvuatovo o kehaa vai to teitei batana tea ahono bara irihi. O kehaa bona o beera. Bean tarae teo kakaamuru, na tara vapaopao nana a suin nae. Bean dee kahi mae bona tahii, ean repaa pae e teo kasuana, a suin nae repaa kakaavoo, ore paa tara vamanin kurus. O vuvuatovo a rivuhu tea Highlands. Na siki riori, ore paa aha bona kosi nae.
        The Ivory Cone is a shellfish that stays in the green seaweed or at the edge of the reef. This shellfish is big. When you see it in the white sand, its body looks greenish like mossy seaweed. when you take it out of the saltwater and then bury it in the sand, its body becomes white and looks beautiful. The Ivory Cone is a valuable in the Highlands. They crush it and then polish its bottom.
        Source: Sii 45W(Joy) 323-332
      • Example 9577:
        Vuvuatovu o sii kehaa o sii tara vamanin kurus. O kehaa bona saka an haa raara. Beara nao irihi are paa kapa ahe bata rae teo vasu,
        The Ivory Cone is a little very beautiful looking shell. We do not eat this shell. When we go to the edge of the reef, we recognise it under the stones.
        Source: Sii 18W 234-236

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