RAPANUI-ENGLISH VOCABULARY. 



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poripori 2 rounded wood. 



Mgv. : port, to bend into a bow or arch ; 

 akapori, bent, curved. Mq. : poriri, 

 circumference, circle, round, ring. 

 poro to notch. 



PS Sa. : polo, to cut up, to carve. 

 porohata to sink into ruin, to crumble. 

 poroieko to slip, to slide. 

 porokimo next (proximus). 

 porotetani Protestant. 

 potaka cart, wagon. 



hakapotaka to cart. 

 T Pau. : potaka, round, oval. Ta. : potad, 

 id. Mgv.: potaka, a wheel, to go 

 round. 

 pott boat. 



Mgv., Mq., Ta. : pott, boat, canoe. 

 The Mgv. tipoti, a small trough, and 

 Maori poti, a basket, lead Mr. Tregear to 

 the note that this may be not an impor- 

 tation. 

 poto short, concise, laconic, summary, pres- 

 ently. 

 polo no, moment, provisional. 

 poto noa, concise. 

 tagata poto, a dwarf. 

 ava poto, a short distance. 

 popoto laconic. 

 potopoto short. 

 hakapoto to decrease, to shorten, 



summary. 

 hakapotopoto to abridge, to contract. 

 P Pau.: hakapoto, to shorten. Mgv.: 

 poto, short; akapoto, to shorten, to 

 abridge, to diminish, to lessen. 

 Mq.: poto, short. Ta. : poto, id. 

 potu end, tip. 

 potupotu cockroach. 



Mq.: popotu, id. Ta. : popoti, id. 

 pou column, post, pillar. 



P Pau., Mgv., Mq., Ta.: pou, id. 

 pouri darkness. 



pohurihuri gloom. 



hare pohurihuri, prison, jail. 

 puru ki te hare pohurihuri, to im- 

 prison. 

 P Pau.: hakapouri, to hide the view. 

 Mgv.: pouri, obscurity, darkness. 

 Ta. : pouri, obscurity, darkness, 

 ignorant. 

 pouro they T. 

 pu 1 a trumpet. 



P Mgv. : pu, a marine shell. Mq.: pu, 

 conch shell. Ta. : pu, shell, trumpet. 

 pu 2 a small opening, hole, mortise, stirrup, 

 to pierce, to perforate, to prick. 

 pu moo naa, hiding place. 

 taheta pu, fountain, spring. 

 hakapu to dowel, to pierce, to per- 

 forate. 

 PS Sa., Fu., Niue: pu, a hole. 

 pua 1 flower, ginger, soap. 

 pua mouku, grass. 

 P Pau.: pua, a flower. Mgv.: pua, a 

 flower, turmeric, starchy matter of 

 the turmeric and hence soap. Mq. : 

 pua, a flower, soap. Ta. : pua, id. 

 (The Polynesian Wanderings, 427.) 



pua 2 to grease, to coat with tar, to paint. 

 (Cf. puo 2.) 

 pua ei tneamea, to make yellow. 

 Mgv.: pua, soap. Mq.: pua, to wash 

 with soap. Ta. : pua, to wash. 

 puaka animal, cattle (but not swine horu). 

 puaka toro, steer. 

 puaka lamaroa, bull. 

 puaka tamaahine, heifer. 

 tiaki puaka, neatherd. 

 P Pau.: puaka, beast, animal. Mgv.: 

 puaka, animal, pig. Mq.: puaka, 

 puad.id. Ta.: puad, id. (The Poly- 

 nesian Wanderings, 427.) 

 puapua a piece of cloth. 



T Ma. : puapua, cloth wrapped about the 

 arm. 

 puepue poki puepue, abortive child. 

 puga 1 coral, lime. 



puga pupil, branching coral. 

 P Pau. : pua, lime. Mgv. : puga, a kind 

 of madrepore. Mq.: puna, puka, 

 coral, lime. Ta. : pud, id. 

 puga 2 ragi puga, sky with white clouds, 



coming rain. 

 pugaehu fine rain, spindrift, fog, mist, haze, 



sleet, (pugaheu R). 

 (puhapuha) hakapuhapuha to stuff, to 

 cram with food. 

 T Ta. : puhaha, the bulky, puffed appear- 

 ance of a person. 

 puhare emptiness, vacuity. 



Ta. : pufarefare, hollow, empty, vacuity. 

 puheenua (henua 2) placenta. 



Pau.: pufenua, id. Ta.: pufanua, pu- 

 fenua, id. 

 puhi to blow (puhu Q). 



puhi mai, to spring up. 

 pupuhi wind, fan, to blow, puffed up, 

 to blow fresh, to ferment, to swell, 

 to bloat, to spring out, to gush, 

 yeast. 

 pupuhi vai, syringe. 

 Pupuhi eve, squirt. 

 pupuhi heenua, volley. 

 pupuhi nunui, cannon. 

 pupuhi nui, swivel gun. 

 ahuahu pupuhi, amplitude. 

 vai pupuhi, water which gushes forth. 

 pupuhihia to carry on the wind. 

 hakapupuhi togush, leaven, volatilize. 

 puhipuhi to smoke, to smoke tobacco, 

 a pipe. 

 P Pau.: puhipuhi, to blow, to breathe. 

 Mgv.: puhi, to blow. Mq.: puhi, 

 to blow, to smoke, a gun, to shoot, 

 Ta.: puhi, to blow; pupuhi, a gun, 

 to shoot, 

 puhura {pu i-hura 2) fife, flageolet, flute. 

 puka 1 book. 



puka 2 to obstruct, to encumber. 

 pukao crown. 



Mq.: pukao, pointed; paS pukao, a 

 pointed style of hair dressing. 

 puke to hill up a plant, tb heap up, to collect, 

 to gather into a pile, a heap, mass. 

 puke maea, a stone pile. 

 hakapuke to heap, to pile up. 



