Te ehua 2008. Ua hano te tau toiki tenei fetue no te kaikai iti.
Sea urchins! In 2008. Kids collect these urchins for snacking.
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Marquesan Word of the Day
FETUE
A green sea urchin with thick spines. Has VERY tasty eggs, and the spines can be used as pencils on rock.
[pronunciation: feh-too-ay]
Te mama hou
Mea momona: te mama! Fresh chitons (known as mama; they’re like a kind of limpet with hinges in its shell) await their destiny, to be deshelled and eaten raw with lime juice. Mmm!
Te i’a mate
Te BARRACUDA mate…eek! Fishing in the Marquesas is not for the faint of heart…
