RAPANUI-ENGLISH VOCABULARY. 



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paparaha a flat stone (paraha). 

 papatema baptism. 

 pavau to bend back (of sugar canes). 

 papekoo cemetery T (? papaku). 

 para I a short club T. 



Mq. : parahua, a paddle-shaped club. 

 para 2 to become bad, to soften, to decay, 

 to rot, to ripen, old, used up. 

 niho para, decayed teeth. 

 para rakerake, overripe. 

 tae para, unripe. 

 hakapara to mellow. 

 PMgv. : para, ripe, mature; akapara, to 

 ripen, to improve morally. Mq.: 

 pad, ripe, soft, overripe, rotten, old, 

 used up. Ta. : para, ripe. 

 The germ sense is that of softness to the 

 touch, the variety in the meanings is not 

 that of deviation but the particularization 

 of the degree of such softness. 

 para 3 spleen. 

 paraha flat. 



paraha rima, palm of the hand. 

 Mgv. : paraha, to sit down on the ground 

 with the legs thrust out, to lie down 

 on the stomach, to brood as a hen. 

 Mq. : padha, flat, squashed. 

 parapara paper, card. 

 pararaha flat, sole Q. 



korae pararaha, wide brow. 

 pararaha rima, palm of the hand. 

 pararaha vae, sole of the foot. 

 pararuga dried fruit. 

 parau to speak T, to talk T. 



PS Pau.: parau, to speak. Mq.: peau, 

 to say, to talk. Ta. : parau, word, 

 speech, to speak, converse, dis- 

 course, book. 

 To.: balan, to babble. So.: lalau, to 

 make a speech. (Ma.: parau, a 

 lie, falsehood. Ha.: palau, id.) 

 parehe to break, a crack. 

 parei 1 dressed up (pare). 

 parei 2 to sparkle (of the eyes). 

 parera 1 a shallow, a reef. 

 parera 2 deep water, profound, gulf. 

 parera tai, deep sea. 

 tat parera, high tide. 

 hohonu parera, fathomless, unsound- 

 able. 

 parera 3 to lead astray. 



hakaparera to frighten, to scare. 

 pareu skirt, apron. 



Mgv., Mq., Ta. : pareu, loincloth, apron. 

 pari wave breaking on shore. 



vai pari, a wave high up on the beach. 

 pari pari tai pari pari, a squall. 

 Mgv. : pari, a wave, breaker, a wave 

 that strikes upon a rock and breaks 

 into foam with a noise. 

 paru to boast, to brag. 

 parue throw away T Q. 

 patara to loosen, to unchain, to release. 

 hakapatara to unite, to release, to set 



free, to unfold. 

 Ta. : tatara, to untie, to set free, to 

 unloose. 



pateriareka patriarch. 

 pati blister, wart, dropsy. 

 patiga blister. 

 patoketoke to be unsteady. 

 patu 1 to abandon, to throw away, to quit, 

 to omit; to unclothe, to let down 

 the hair. 

 pati ki te kahu, to undress. 

 patu toona rake, immodest. 

 Mq.: patu, to throw from one place to 

 another, to throw with the fingers. 

 Ta. : patu, to throw away. 

 patu 2 to come into leaf, to unfold. 

 patu 3 to lead away, to turn aside, to dodge. 



patu mat, to lead to, to bring. 

 patupatu page. 



(pau 1) ? hakapau to pierce (cf. takapau, 

 to thrust into). 

 Pau.: pau, a cut, a wound, bruised, 

 black and blue. 

 pau 2 resin. 



Mq.: epau, resin. Ta.: lapau, gum, 

 pitch, resin. 

 (paupau) hakapaupau grimace, irony, to 



grin. 

 paura, gunpowder. 

 pava 1 peace, to cease from wrath. 

 pava noa, peace. 

 hakapava to make peace, to pacify, to 

 persuade. 

 pava 2 yellow T. 

 pe 1 like, as. 



PS Mgv. : pe, as, the same as, also. 

 Sa.: pet, like, as. Niue: pehe, thus. 

 pe 2 and, also (in numerals). 



e rua te hagahuru pe aha, twenty-four. 

 PS Sa. : pe, a restrictive particle in count- 

 ing, only. To.: be, only. Uvea: 

 pe, id. 

 I am more than doubtful as to this iden- 

 tification, for the particle is conjunctive 

 in Rapanui and restrictive throughout 

 Nuclear Polynesia. But the fact that it 

 is in each case a particle used in numera- 

 tion shows that there exists some inter- 

 relation between the two regions in which 

 alone it is found. 

 peaha perhaps, about, possibly, maybe, 

 chance, doubtful. 

 reoreo peaha, unlikely, improbable. 

 Ma.: pea, perhaps. 

 peapea an erasure, scratch. 



hakapeapea to efface, to erase. 

 peata saint. 

 peau to sweep all away. 



Ma. : peau, to be turned away, 

 (pee) hakapec no kai hoao, abundance. 

 pegopego compact, thick, stuffed, bushy. 

 hakapegopego thickness, to thicken, to 

 put a burden on. 

 pehea how. 



P Mgv.: peea, how, in what manner, how 

 many. Mq.: pehea, peheka, how, 

 why, who, what. Ta.: pehea, how. 



pei like, as. 



pet ra, thus, like that; such, the same 



as. 



