RAPANUI-ENGUSH VOCABULARY. 



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mou 2 to get (mau). 

 hakamou id. 



mou 3 to use up, to expend, to absorb. 

 hakamou to spend. 

 hakamou mou to use up, to expend. 

 mou 4 to be silent, shy, dejected, stupid, 

 taciturn, mute, uncomplaining, si- 

 lence, shut up!, attention! 

 mou no, to speak in laconic terms, 

 dull, mute, silence. 

 hakamou to silence, to shut up, to 



quiet. 

 Mq.: mou, peace, tranquil, quiet. 

 mou 5 to cease, to end, to finish, to con- 

 clude; a pact, agreement. 

 mou noa, to endure (mau). 

 mou a te toua, reconciliation. 

 ina kai mou, always, eternal, per- 

 petual. 

 ina e ko mou, incessant. 

 e ko mou, always. 

 tae mou, permanent, perpetual. 

 hakamou to accomplish, to end, to 

 conclude, to consummate, to con- 

 ciliate. 

 moumou e ko moumou, indissoluble. 

 hakamou mouga the finish, termina- 

 tion. 

 Mgv.: mou, to quench the thirst. 

 mou 6 to harass. 



mou no, to suffer damage. 

 hakamou to abolish, abrogate, anni- 

 hilate, nullify, annul, impoverish, 

 destroy, interrupt, exterminate, 

 plunder, smooth out folds. 

 moumou to devastate, pillage, devas- 

 tation, destruction. 

 hakamou mou to demolish, to ravage, 



to suppress. 

 Ta. : mou, to extinguish, to destroy. 

 moua enough, past (mou, mouga). 

 mouga 1 enough, that's all, at last (mou, 



moua). 

 mouga 2 mountain, ridge of hills. 

 mouga iti, hillock. 

 tua mouga, mountain top. 

 hiriga mouga, hillside, declivity, slope. 

 P Pau.: mahuga, mountain. Mgv.: mou, 

 maga, mountain. Mq. : mouna, 

 mouka, peak or crest of a mountain. 

 Ta. : maua, moua, mountain. 

 Regarding mauga as the basic form we 

 note that mouga is found in Rapanui, 

 Tonga, Uvea, Niue, and Tahiti. Pau- 

 motu mahuga is explicable through care- 

 lessness in the use, or record, of the aspirate. 

 The two forms of Mangareva indicate that, 

 like Tahiti, it had both forms ; in the dilapi- 

 dation, itself most unusual, they have 

 fared differently. (The Polynesian Wan- 

 derings, 195.) 

 mouga 3 extinction, end, interruption, solu- 

 tion. 

 te mouga o te hiriga, end of a voyage. 

 Pagaha mouga kore, without consola- 

 tion. 

 mouga 4 to get. 



mouku grass, hay, straw, herb, vegetable 

 (moku). 



mouku pakapaka, hay. 

 mouku no, meadow. 

 pua mouku, herb. 

 koona mouku, pasture, grass land. 

 PS Mgv. : mouku, a species of scented fern. 

 Pau.: mauku, a rush; moku, grass. 

 Mq. : mouku, reed. Ta. : mauu, a 

 plant resembling rushes. 

 Sa. : mau'u, grass and weeds used to 

 cover the roots of taro. To. : mo- 

 huku, grass. Fu.: mouku, cleared 

 land. Uvea: mohuku, grass. Ma.: 

 mouku, a large fern. 

 In Samoa this is herbage employed to a 

 specific end. The designation of grass in 

 general is Samoa mutia, Niue motietie, 

 Futuna mutie, Uvea musie. The variety 

 of sense in Southeast Polynesia may be 

 attributed to the specification of other 

 herbs commonly used as a mulch. We 

 note the intimate agreement of Rapanui 

 and Paumotu moku grass, a form not else- 

 where found. 

 moukuhiva couchgrass. 

 mounu bait, lure. 



PMgv.,Mq.: mounu, bait, to allure. Ta. : 

 maunu, id. 

 The duplicate forms are thus dis- 

 tributed: 



mounu Rapanui. Mangareva, Marquesas. Maori. 



Tonga, Uvea. 

 maunu Samoa, Tahiti, Maori. 



They are, therefore, not critical. 

 moua marshmallow T (mauve). 

 mu huhuru mu, woolly R (probably an abbre- 

 viation of mulone in the MSS.) 

 mua the front, that which comes foremost. 

 a mau, before, ahead, to precede, 



come on, forward. 

 kapu a mua, oho a mua, to go ahead. 

 i mua, before, heretofore, preceding. 

 i mua atu, sooner. 



ki mua, at first, before, to go before. 

 ko mua, at first, then, otherwhile. 

 mua a mua, to march at the head. 

 mua roa, the first. 

 P Pau., Mgv., Mq., Ta.: mua, front, 

 foremost. 

 muko to announce. 

 muraki to bury T. 

 muri the rear, that which comes last. 

 a muri, future. 

 a muri noa atu, never. 

 i muri, afterward, henceforth, here- 

 after. 

 i muri 00 na, to accompany. 

 ki muri, after, future, henceforth, 



then, final. 

 muri, last. . 



P Pau.,Mgv.,Ta. : muri, last. Mq. : mm, id. 

 mutone sheep, mutton. 



While beef, particularly when corned, 

 has come to popularity in the islands, 

 mutton is considered unpalatable. 



