Entries from Dye 1983 in Pollex-Online

Dye, Tom (1983) Fish and fishing on Niuatoputapu. Oceania 53(3): 242-271.

Language Item Description
Niuatoputapu Lalo Northern (leeward) side of island
Niuatoputapu Namo Reef flat (including littoral zones)
Niuatoputapu Tahi Salt water; shallow salt water lagoon
Niuatoputapu Mata/ʔuluʔulu Living fringing and barrier reef fronts
Niuatoputapu Moana Open ocean
Niuatoputapu Keleʔa Edible gastropod sp. (Trochus maculatus)
Niuatoputapu Hihi Edible gastropods (Nerita spp.)
Niuatoputapu ʔElili Mollusc (Turbo sp.)
Niuatoputapu ʔOta Raw
Niuatoputapu Hakau Patch reef
Niuatoputapu Kahi Bivalve sp. (Asaphis violascens)
Niuatoputapu Tuʔahi Bivalve sp. (Laevicardium biradiata) Phonologically Irregular
Niuatoputapu Toutai Male-dominated 'hunting' (marine exploitation)
Niuatoputapu Fangota Female-dominated 'gathering' (marine exploitation)
Niuatoputapu Uku Diving Problematic
Niuatoputapu Kupenga Netting
Niuatoputapu Faka/ma/maha Ebbing tide
Niuatoputapu Vaka Boat
Niuatoputapu Hii Trolling
Niuatoputapu Lafo/lafo Fishing for shallow water snapper on the windward reef flat
Niuatoputapu Ofa Fathom
Niuatoputapu Sili pulou Catch with cast net
Niuatoputapu Sili pulou Catch with cast net
Niuatoputapu Lo/loto Deep water
Niuatoputapu Paka Crab
Niuatoputapu Limu Seaweed
Niuatoputapu Paa mataʔu Fishing with trolling lure
Niuatoputapu Paa mataʔu Fishing with trolling lure
Niuatoputapu Ngeʔesi tofe Pearl-shell lure
Niuatoputapu Ngeʔesi tofe Pearl-shell lure
Rurutu Kupenga taa/taa Driving fish into net by beating on water
Niuatoputapu Kupenga toho Two-man drag net
Niuatoputapu Kupenga haʔo/haʔo Fishing by encircling with net
Niuatoputapu Kupenga tali/ava Fishing with net strung across channel
Niuatoputapu Koa White water
Niuatoputapu Faka/poa Fishing with grated coconut bait
Niuatoputapu Hoka tofuaʔa Harpooning whales
Niuatoputapu Tao Spear
Niuatoputapu Mata/ʔitao Spear point
Niuatoputapu Ama Fishing at night with a light
Niuatoputapu Velo Method of spear-fishing
Niuatoputapu ʔAukava Fish poisoning
Niuatoputapu Paa Fish fence
Niuatoputapu ʔOa Woven coconut frond basket
Niuatoputapu Maka/feo (Pieces of) coral
Niuatoputapu Moka Wooden-stake fish trap
Niuatoputapu Vahe/vahe Distribution of catch
Niuatoputapu ʔInasi Portion, share
Niuatoputapu Vahe To pay
Niuatoputapu Tufa/tufa Distribution of fish to people outside the fishing party