RAPANUI-ENGUSH VOCABULARY. 



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ahere continued . 



vowel in the same syllable that I prefer to 

 regard ahere as derivative by loss of initial 

 aspiration from habere as from a stem sahele 

 despite the absence of the second aspirate 

 in the usually conservative Tongan; the 

 existence of the second aspirate may be 

 indicated by Marquesas hee, and Manga- 

 reva ere points to an early Proto-Samoan 

 stem hele. In this case Rapanui is in a 

 development stage midway between Pau- 

 motu and Mangareva. 

 aherepo (ahere-po i) clandestine. 



moe aherepo, sleepwalker, somnam- 

 bulist. 

 ahi 1 candle, stove, fire (vahi). 

 ahi hakapura, match. 

 ahi hakagaiei, firebrand waved as a 

 night signal. 

 P Mgv. : ahi, fire, flame. Mq. : ahi , fire, 

 match, percussion cap. Ta.: ahi, 

 fire, percussion cap, wick, stove. 

 ahi 2 to be night. 



agatahi ahi atu, day before yesterday. 

 ahiahi afternoon, night. 

 kai ahiahi, supper. 

 P Pau., Mgv., Mq., Ta.: ahiahi, after- 

 noon, evening. 

 The Samoans derive aftafi from afi fire, 

 as being the time when fires are lighted 

 in the houses. No great value attaches 

 to these explanations, and we must recog- 

 nize that there is an aetiological passion 

 which is basic in their tradition retro- 

 jected into an indefinite past. The only 

 other evidence which we can oppose to 

 this etymology is the Viti name for even- 

 ing, yakavi, in which avi has a resemblance 

 and is remote from the fire sense in that 

 language; in considering the value which 

 this suggestion may possess we must re- 

 gard the dialectic forms kayavi and tara- 

 navi, of which the former is metathetic. 

 ahipipi (ahi i-pipi 2) a spark, to flash. 

 aho 1 outside, out of doors, away. 

 ki aho, out of doors, outside. 

 no aho, exterior. 

 ca ki aho, to send away. 

 tokerau aho, west. 

 P Pau., Mgv., Mq., Ta.: vaho, outside. 

 aho 2 (ao 1). 



ahu 1 to transfer, to transplant, to take up 

 by the roots. 

 Pau., Mgv., Mq. : ahu, to move, to trans- 

 plant. 

 ahu 2 to puff up, to swell, a swelling, pro- 

 tuberance. 

 gutu ahu, swollen lips, 

 ahu ah u to swell, plump, elephantiasis, 

 dropsy. 

 ahuahu pupuhi, amplitude. 

 manava ahuahu, indigestion. 

 Mgv.: ahuahu, enormous, corpulent. 

 ahu 3 paralysis. 



ahu 4 a carved god of dancing, brought forth 

 only on rare occasions and held of 

 great potency Q. 



ahuahu inflammation. 



Mgv.: ahu, hot, reddened, flushed. 



ahukarukaru (ahu 2-karukaru) dropsy. 



ahuru (auru). 



ai 1 (ko ai) who, which. 



P Pau.: ko vai, who, which. Mgv.: ai, id. 

 Mq.: 6 ai, id. Ta.: vai, id. 

 The Proto-Samoan was manifestly hai, 

 as we may see from ko hai of Tonga and 

 Niue. A somewhat rare mutation gives 

 vai in the Paumotu and Tahiti, wai in 

 Maori, Hawaii and Sikayana. Viti dhei 

 argues that the Proto-Samoan aspiration 

 was of that stouter value (The Polynesian 

 Wanderings, page 346) which commonly 

 appears in modern Samoan as s; the vowel 

 change reflects a Melanesian type. As 

 loan material in Melanesia, Proto-Samoan 

 hai appears under three vowel guises: 



hai Bugotu 



ai Lemaroro, Savo. 



hei Arag, Norbarbar, Nggela, Nggao. 



he Motlav, Volow, Lo. 



sei Mota, Mosin, Rotutna, Marina. Sesake. Vatu- 



ranga, Merlav, Lakon, Maewo. 

 tei Wango, Ulawa, Saa. 

 se Efate, Gog, Pak. Vuras, Alo Teqel 

 si Atnbrym. 

 oi Duke of York. 



ai 2 then. 



Mq.: ai, then. 

 ai 3 consequence. 

 Mq.: ai, id. 

 at 4 (hai). 

 aia look! 



Mgv.: aia, see there, forward, courage! 

 Mq.: aia, there, come on! 

 ainara here, ready to, to place. 

 (aipoi, hakaaipoi R) hakaripoi. 

 aita no. 



Ta.: aita, no. 

 aite to represent (a causative, He), (haite). 

 aka 1 root. 



aka tot or 0, to take root. 

 P Pau., Mq.: aka, root. Ta. : aa, id. 

 aka 2 anchor. 

 aka 3 causative (haka). 

 akarau to bite at the hook, to nibble. 

 akari aspect, physiognomy, stature, matter. 

 akari rivariva, comely. 

 akari tino, limb. 



akari pake, to disguise the appearance. 

 akatari gift, pledge, to recompense, to ran- 

 som, to remunerate, to pay, to give 

 wages, lucrative. 

 Mq.: kalai, gift, pledge, present. 

 The sense agreement satisfies, the form 

 is less satisfactory; akatari is an unaspi- 

 rated variant of hakatari (tari 2) and in the 

 Marquesas it becomes normally akatai. 

 The excision of the former syllable, really 

 basic to the sense of haka, is unusual. In 

 a considerable series of Marquesan voca- 

 bles beginning with ka the haka sense is 

 obscure, yet it may be recognized in 

 kanoho to set in order. 

 akatariga gift, gain, present, remunera- 

 tion, retribution, salary, wage. 



