pumpun
‘fish bait’ worm-like sea creature.
This creature is about four inches long, has red wrinkly skin, and lives in holes in the sea-covered sand under the houses.
This type of worm is used for fish bait.
‘fishing’ to get worms; to dig for fish bait.
People get these worm-like creatures to use for fish-bait either by using raw cassava or by digging for them.
tools of pumpun hunting.
Here is the how, what, and why of the two methods of pumpun hunting: Method one uses raw cassava which is grated and put into a small cloth and dipped in the sea at low tide and squeezed
so that the cassava juice goes into the hole of the +"pumpun's" nest, irritating the +"pumpun" so that it wiggles out of its
hole. Method two uses a stick to probe the hole, open and widen it, and a shovel to scoop pumpun out.