RAPANUI-ENGUSH VOCABULARY. 



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O 1 tai o, rippling water. 



(Compare, in some sea sense Mgv. : akao, 

 a narrow arm of the sea, to throw 

 stones into the water in order to 

 drive fish into a net.) 

 o 2 of. 



P Mgv., Mq., Ta.: o, of. 

 o 3 a verb sign. 



o mua, at first. 



ina o net, to be away (not-being-here). 

 oa oa atikea, ignorant, not to know. 

 oaha actual. 



oaha mai, without consequences. 

 oe 1 thou. 



P Pau., Mgv. : koe, id. Mq. : oe, koe, id. 

 Ta. : oe, id. 

 oe 2 dorsal fin (cf. ae, one, sword). 

 oeoe 1 to be lame. 



Ha. : oi, to limp, to walk stiffly. 

 oeoe 2 (hoe 2). 

 ogaa nest. 

 ogahea when. 



Ta.: nafea, nahea, id. Sa.: anafea, id. 

 oganeira a little while ago, earlier to-day, 

 instant, presently. 

 Sa. : analeila, earlier to-day. 

 ogapo last night. 



Ta. : inapo, id. Sa. : anapo, id. 

 oge hunger, dearth, famine, hungry. 



P Pau.: hoge, scarcity, dearth, hungry. 

 Mgv. : oge, hunger, famine, hungry. 

 Mq. : one, oke, id. Ta. : oe, id. 

 The Proto-Samoan carried the initial 

 aspirate, as shown by hoge in Tonga, Uvea, 

 and Niue; thus Paumotu derives from 

 Nuclear Polynesia directly. 

 Ohio iron, steel, chain, gold coin T (hiohio 2, 

 iho 4). 

 ohio gagau, ohio haha, bit (of bridle). 

 ohio raparapa, tin. 

 ohio tagataga, hinge. 

 ivi ohio, needle. 

 toto ohio, rust. 



hakamau ei ohio, to put in irons. 

 ohiohio whirlwind, waterspout. 

 PS Ta. : puahiohio, waterspout. 



Sa.: asiosio, id. To.: ahiohio, id. Fu.: 

 asiosio, id. Niue: hiohio, id. 

 ohititika to go in various directions. 

 oho 1 to delegate. 



rava oho, to root. 

 oho 2 to go , to keep on going, to walk, to 

 depart, to retire. 

 ka oho, begone, good-bye (koomai R. 



kohomai T). 

 oho amua, to precede. 

 oho mai, to come, to bring. 

 oho arurua, to sail as consorts. 

 hakaoho to send, a messenger. 

 oho 3 tehe oho te ikapotu, to abut, adjoin. 



mei nei tehe i oho mai aiineite ikapotu, 



as far as, to. 

 kai oho, to abstain, to forego. 

 hakaoho to put on the brakes. 

 oho 4 the head (only in the composite 

 rauoho hair). 



ohoa 1 ku ohoa, absence, to keep out of the 



way. 

 ohoa 2 moa ohoa, crow of cocks. (Cf. 00a.) 

 Mq. : oho, the squeal of frightened 

 swine, noise of fish when the seine 

 is drawn. Ta. : aaoa, crow of cocks. 

 ohogimai come here T (? hoki mai). 

 ohu 1 a cry, a call, to speak in loud tones, 

 to promulgate, to publish. 

 ohuohu to applaud, a distant sound. 

 ohu 2 to fence. 

 ohu 3 ear ornament Q. 

 oi 1 to approach, draw near. 



oi atu, to make room, begone. 

 hakaoi to toss about. 



hakaoi mai, close by, near at hand. 

 Mgv. : oi, to approach, to draw near, to 

 move, to shift place. 

 oi 2 to pull up, to uproot, to devastate, 



to weed, to take out. 

 oira (o ira). 



oka digging stick, stake, joist; to prick, to 

 pierce, to stick a thing into, to 

 drive into, to slaughter, to assas- 

 sinate. 

 kona oka kai, plantation. 

 pahu oka, a drawer. 

 okaoka a fork, to prick, to dig. 

 okahia to prick. 

 P Pau. : hoka, to pierce ; eoka, a fork. Mgv. : 

 oka, a digging stick, to spear. Mq. : 

 oka, a rafter, fork, to let blood, to 

 slaughter, to pierce, to introduce 

 into. 

 The Proto-Samoan stem was hoka (as 

 in Tonga and Niue hoka, by normal muta- 

 tion Viti dhoka) which proves in this item 

 a direct dependence of Paumotu upon 

 Nuclear Polynesia. 

 oko 1 hard, grievous, important, difficult. 

 mea oko, difficult. 



oko ke, considerable, hard to under- 

 stand, grave. 

 okooko ke important. 

 Mgv. : oko, strong, solid, firm, hard, ob- 

 stinate. Mq.: oko, strong, robust, 

 courageous. 

 oko 2 ripe. 



huaa tae oko, green fruit, unripe. 

 Mgv.: oko, ripe. 

 oko 3 sign of distributive numerals. 



Ma.: hoko, id. 

 okooko to pamper, to fondle. 



PS Sa. : o'oo'o, to visit a sick person. 



This is picturesquely human. The prim- 

 itive sense is clearly preserved in Rapanui, 

 the Samoan retains it only in a specific 

 instance which exhibits a character of that 

 people in marked and kindly contrast to 

 the indifference of the race generally to 

 the sick. 

 okorua (oko $-rua 1) to aid, to associate, to 

 be two together. 

 mo okorua, to associate, to accompany. 

 hiriga okorua, to go by twos. 

 piri okorua, a couple. 



