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pū'ot
1
Sticky sap of one of the following trees: pagal'iw, puhpuh, toba'.
This is a white oozing sap, lota. An oblique slash is cut in the trunk of a tree, to'to' 2. Sap oozes out and is collected in a section of bamboo. It remains viscid indefinitely. It is used in making sticky perch traps, as described below.
2a
A sticky-perch trap for catching birds, hamuti, dragonflies, da''ūti.
The sap from certain trees, puhpuh, toba', is cooked until it boils to turn it a brown color so birds will not be frightened away. Sticks about 45 cm. long are used. The sap is painted onto the center portion and the sticks are then secured in the branches of a fruiting tree. The tree is guarded and birds are quickly retrieved as caught. Five to ten birds may be caught at a single sitting to be eaten as a side dish. To catch dragonflies, a long arrow-grass cane, bilāu, about 3 m. long is used. A thin stick is secured on the end and is tipped with sticky sap. The object is to touch a dragonfly that has landed on something. Children pass the time, palpāliw, by catching, roasting, pāga, and eating dragonflies as a snack food; they are not eaten as a mealtime side dish.
2b
For someone (agent maN-) to catch birds, dragonflies (patient -on) with a sticky-perch trap (inst), as described above.
mamū'ot; pamū'ot
For someone (agent) to use a particular trap (inst i-, paN-) for catching birds with a sticky-perch trap, as described above.
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