RAPANUI-ENGLISH VOCABULARY. 



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haro continued. 



the hand or other member, to 

 spread, to point the yards. 



b. to hoist, to pull up, to entice. 



c. to stiffen, to grasp, to squeeze. 

 haroharo to point, to limp. 



PS Sa. : falo, to stretch out. To. : falo, 

 to stretch out, to make tense. Fu. : 

 falo, to stretch out, to lay hands on. 

 haruharu to rob, to steal, to arrest, to 

 seize, to cling, to grasp unexpect- 

 edly, to take by force; robber 

 (aruaru, aaru). 

 Pau.: haru, to extort, to carry off, to 

 usurp. Ta. : haru, robber, to seize 

 by force 

 hata 1 table, bureau. 



P Pau. : afata, a chest, box. Mgv. : avala, 

 a box, case, trunk, coffin. Mq. : 

 fata, hata, a piece of wood with 

 several branches serving as a rack, 

 space, to ramify, to branch; fatad, 

 hatad, stage, step, shelf. Ta. : fata, 

 scaffold, altar. (The Polynesian 

 Wanderings, 343.) 

 (hata 2) hakahata to disjoint. 



hakahatahata to loosen, to stretch. 

 P Pau.: rata, an interval, interstice. 

 Mgv.: kohata, the space between 

 two boards, to be badly joined; 

 akakohata, to leave a space between 

 two bodies badly joined; hatahata, 

 to be large, broad, wide, spacious, 

 far off. Mq.: hatahata, fatafata, 

 having chinks, not tightly closed, 

 disjointed. Ta. : fatafata, open. 

 hatahata 1 calm, loose, prolix, vast. 



Mgv.: hatahara, broad, wide, spacious, 

 at one's ease. Mq.: hatahata, 

 empty, open. 

 hatahata 2 tube, pipe, funnel. 

 hati to strike, to break, to peel off bark; 

 slip, cutting, breaking, flow, wave 

 (aati, ati, hahati). 

 tat hati, breakers, surf. 

 tumu hatihati, weak in the legs. 

 hakahati to persuade. 

 P Pau.: fali, to break. Mgv.: ati, hati, 

 to break, to smash. Mq.: fati, 

 hati, id. Ta.: fati, to rupture, to 

 break, to conquer. (The Polyne- 

 sian Wanderings, 219.) 

 hatipu slate. 



hatu 1 to fold, to double, to plait, to braid 

 (haatu, hahatu, mahatu). 

 noho hatu, to sit crosslegged. 

 hoe hatu, clasp knife. 

 hatuhatu to deform. 

 P Pau.: pifatu, to fold. Mgv.: atu, to 

 fold in two, to bend double; hatu- 

 hatu, to fold with care, to put in 

 many pleats; hahatu, to fold in one 

 or two thicknesses. Mq.: fatu, 

 hatu, to fold, to double. Ta. : fatu, 

 to braid. (The Polynesian Wan- 

 derings, 228.) 

 hatu 2 to recommend. 



hau 1 



a. hibiscus. 



b. wick. 



P Pau. : fau, hibiscus. Mgv. : hau, eau, id. 

 Mq. : fau, hau, id. Ta. : fau, id. 

 (The Polynesian Wanderings, 328.) 

 hau 2 to contribute. 



Ta.: aufau, to pay, to contribute, to 

 subscribe. 

 hau 3 hat, cap, helmet. 



hakarere ki te hau, to take off the hat. 

 Ta. : fauurumaa, war bonnet. 

 hau 4 dew. 



hakaritorito ki te hau, to bleach in the 

 dew. 

 P Mgv., Mq., Ta.: hau, dew. 

 hau 5 to blow freshly, coolness, zephyr, 

 salubrious, breeze, wind (hahau, 

 ahau). 

 kona hauhau, kona hahau, a breezy 



spot. 

 ahau ora, agreeable breeze. 

 hakahahau to hang out in the air. 

 hakaahau to blow. 

 T Mgv.: hau, to blow, blusterous, to 

 breathe. 

 haua hoarse. 

 (hauha) araha hauha, to wait for, to look 



forward to. 

 hauhau 1 dog (onomatopoetic). 

 hauhau 2 



a. to scratch, to scrape, to rub. 



b. wood used in plowing fire. 

 hauhau 3 (hau 5). 



hau mar u (hau 5-marumaru) cool, cold. 



hauu to replace. 



hauva twin, cut T. 



hauvaero (hau 3-vaero) plume, aigrette, 



head ornament. 

 hauvarikapau (hau 3-varikapau) plume, 



aigrette, head ornament. 

 hava (ha causative-fa) to remove, to dis- 

 perse. 

 Mq. : ava, to be lost, gone, absent, out 

 of sight. 

 he article. 



P Mgv., Mq.: e, the. 

 Sa.: se, id. 

 hea where? 



ki hea, whither? 

 P Pau.: tehea, where? Mgv., Mq., Ta.: 

 hea, id. Mgv.: ea, id. 

 See note under ahea; in this case also 

 Tonga and Niue sacrifice the root and em- 

 ploy fe as where. 

 heaga prey, victim, sacrifice. 



Mgv. : eaga, victim, reprisal, retaliation. 

 Mq.: heana, heaka, human victim. 

 heatua population T. 

 heenua (henua). 

 heetuu (hetu). 

 heguhegu 1 to desire earnestly. 

 PS Sa. : fego, to look covetously. 



Vowel mutation is much less frequent ; 

 in my theory of the strong element of these 

 languages this is as it should be. But a 

 mutation o-u has been observed (The 



