RAPANUI-ENTGUSH VOCABULARY. 



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pikiga ascent, steps, stairs. 



Mgv. : pikiga, a stair, ladder, step. 

 pikipiki rauoho pikipiki, hair black and 

 curly. 

 P Pau. : tupikipiki, to curl, to frizzle. 

 piko 1 post. 



moa tara piko, cock with long spurs. 

 piko 2 crooked, tortuous. 



piko mai piko at it, sinuosity. 

 hakapiko pliant, to bend. 

 pikopiko crooked. 



hoe pikopiko, pruning knife. 

 veo pikopiko, arrow that flies ill. 

 P Pau.: piko, bent, twisted, sinuous. 

 Mgv. : piko, crooked, twisted, false. 

 Mq.: piko, crooked, bent. Ta. : 

 pio, id. (The Polynesian Wan- 

 derings, 243.) 

 piko 3 to hide oneself, to lie in wait, to set a 

 trap, to take refuge, to withdraw, 

 to beat a retreat, security, ambush, 

 padlock. 

 piko reoreo, false security. 

 piko etahi, to withdraw one after an- 

 other. 

 pikoga asylum, receptacle, refuge, re- 

 treat, snare. 

 pine toto pine, bruise, contusion. 

 piniku mesh. 



raraga piniku, to net. 

 ^ Mq. : piniku, veins of the coconut leaflet. 

 pipi 1 to blanch, to etiolate. 

 pipi 2 a spark, to sparkle. 

 pipi 3 young branches, shoot, sprout, to bud. 



Mq.: pipi, tip of the banana blossom. 

 pipi 4 snail T, pea, bean. 



P Mgv. : pipi, small shellfish in the shape 

 of a mussel. Mq.: pipi, generic 

 term for shells. Ta. : pipi, generic 

 term for beans. 

 The change to a vegetable sense in 

 Tahiti and Rapanui is inexplicable. In 

 Rapanui we have both senses, but not 

 from the same source of record. 

 pipi 5 to boil with hot stones. 

 pipi 6 a wave. 



pipi 7 thorn, spiny, uneven. 

 pipi 8 small. 



haha pipi, small mouth. 

 pipi 9 rump, the rear. 

 pipine to be wavy, to undulate. 

 pipu bowl R (? hipu). 

 pirari honey. 



Mgv. : pirari, honey or nectar of flowers. 

 Ta. : piapia, nectar of flowers. 

 piri 1 with, and. 

 piri 2 a shock, blow. 



piri 3 to stick close to, to apply oneself, 

 starch. 

 pipiri to stick, glue, gum. 

 hakapiri plaster, to solder. 

 hakapipiri to glue, to gum, to coat, to 



fasten with a seal. 

 hakapipirihaga glue. 

 P Pau.: piripiri, resin, glue. Mgv.: piri, 

 to stick together. Mq. : pii, to 

 glue. Ta. : piri, glue, viscous, to 



piri 3 continued. 



adhere. (The Polynesian Wan- 

 derings, 289.) 

 piri 4 to frequent, to join, to meet, to inter- 

 view, to contribute, to unite, to be 

 associated, neighboring (pire T.) 

 piri mai, to come, to assemble, a com- 

 pany, in a body, two together, in 

 mass, indistinctly. 

 piri okorua, a couple. 

 piri putuputu, to frequent. 

 piri mai piri atu, sodomy. 

 piro iho, to be addicted to. 

 pipiri to catch. 



hakapiri to join together, aggregate, 

 adjust, apply, associate, equalize, 

 graft, vise, join, league, patch, unite. 

 P Pau.: piri, to adhere; piritaga, to ally 

 oneself. Mq.: pii, to be attached, 

 united, allied; had pii, to frequent, 

 to patch, to join, to border on. 

 piria tagata piria, traitor. 

 piriaro (piri 3-aro) singlet, undershirt. 



Ta.: piriaro, id. 

 pirihaga to ally, affinity, league. 

 piripou (piri 3-pou) trousers. 



Ta. : piripou, id. 

 piriukona tattooing on the hands. 

 piro poison. 



piro ekapua, wormeaten. 

 pipiro fetid, gangrene, rot, rotten, 

 putrid odor, decay, to putrify. 

 haha pipiro, foul breath. 

 tae pipiro, incorruptible. 

 vai pipiro, stinking water. 

 hakapipiro infection. 

 P Pau.: piropiro, dirt, filth. Mgv.: piro, 

 stench. Mq.: piro, pio, rotten, 

 stinking. Ta.: piro, stench. 

 The germ sense is clearly that of an 

 obnoxious odor, the variety of the defini- 

 tions here included arises from undue 

 specification of that which is really a 

 general description. 

 (piti) hakapiti to pull up, to collect, to lift 



up, to turn up. 

 pito navel. 



P Pau., Mgv.: pito, the navel; pitopito, 

 button. Mq.,Ta.: />//#, navel. (The 

 Polynesian Wanderings, 293.) 

 po 1 darkness, night, late. 



po haha, dark night, gloom. 

 P Pau. : po-tagotago, darkness. Mgv., Mq., 

 Ta. : po, darkness, night. (The 

 Polynesian Wanderings, 330.) 

 po 2 calendar day. 



po e rua, Tuesday. 

 po te tagata, life T. 

 P Pau., Mgv., Mq., Ta. : po, calendar day. 

 poa shock, to strike, to blot, contagion. 



PS Sa. : po, to slap. Fu. : pdp o, id. 

 poepoe canoe, dugout (paepae). 

 Pau., Ta. : paepae, a raft. 

 These canoe names suggest Proto- 

 Samoan paopao (Samoa, Futuna, Niue); 

 see paepae. 



