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rerere to spatter. 



paka rerere, cancer. 

 rereva (reva). 

 rero to daub. 



rerorero to crush, to bruise. 

 reru calf of the leg T (cf. heru). 

 rerureru fishgills. 

 retera letter. 

 retu tattooing on the head. 

 reva to hang, to suspend, flag, banner. 

 hakareva to hang up. 

 hakarereva to hang up, to balance. 

 hakarevareva to wave. 

 T Pau. : reva, a flag; fakarevareva, to hang 

 up, to suspend. Mgv. : reva, a 

 flag, a signal. Mq.: eva, to hang 

 up, to be suspended, to wave a 

 signal. Ta. : reva, a flag, banner; 

 revareva, to wave. 

 The germ sense is that of being sus- 

 pended; the passage to that which is sus- 

 pended is so short as to be in the use of the 

 Polynesian attributive no passage at all. 

 Any light object hung up in the island air 

 under the steady tradewind will flutter; 

 therefore the specification involved in the 

 wave sense is no more than normal 

 observation. 

 ri rice (riz). 



(riga) hakariga to subdue. 

 riha slow, tardy. 



Mgv. : ria, id. Mq. : id, id. Ta..: riha, id. 

 rihariha 1 feeble, cooked too much. 

 rihariha 2 greedy. 



Mq.: ihaiha, gorged, stomach filled to 

 repletion. 

 rike T (reke). 



rikiriki small, dainty, fine, frail, narrow. 

 P Pau. : Mgv. : rikiriki, small, little. Mq. : 

 iki, small, narrow, thin. Ta. : rii, 

 small, young animals. (The Poly- 

 nesian Wanderings, 229.) 

 riku vine (fern) T. 

 rima 1 five. 



P Mgv., Ta.: rima, id. Mq.: ima, id. 

 (The Polynesian Wanderings, 363.) 

 rima 2 arm, hand. 



rima atakai, obliging, kind, generous, 



a gift. 

 rima tuku, elbow. 



rima omo, infidelity, faithless, un- 

 faithful. 

 rima te kaha, sleeve. 

 kakari rima, wrist. 

 P Pau. : rima, hand, arm. Mgv. : rima, 

 hand, arm, paw, finger. Mq. : ima, 

 hand, arm. Ta. : rima, arm, hand, 

 finger. (The Polynesian Wander- 

 ings, 367.) 

 rima 3 to lead into error. 

 rimaetua supernatural. 



Mq. : imaima, that which returns after 

 a man's death. Ta. : rimaatua, 

 plague, dissension, mortal illness. 

 The obvious etymology must be put 

 aside, for "the hand of god" is without 

 meaning in Polynesian theology. The 

 explanation is suggested by the Mar- 

 quesas 



rimahakaviriviri fist, to clench the fist, a 



blow of the fist. 

 rimahati {rima 2hati) one-armed. 

 rima ko manaroa little finger T. 

 rimamaatoo rapacious. 

 rimamatua neanea thumb. 

 rimaroaroa tahaga middle finger T. 

 rimatitiri to walk with the hands behind 



the back. 

 rimaruru to clasp hands. 

 rimatuhi henna (?) index finger T. 

 rimatuhi a hana finger ring T (? ring 



finger). 

 rimu seaweed, slime, seamoss. 



P Pau.: rimu, moss, seaweed, sponge. 

 Ta. : rimu, id. Mgv. : rimu, moss. 

 Mq. : imu, moss, seaweed, lichen. 

 (ripoi) tae ripoi, blunder, to scare away. 

 hakaripoi disorder, blunder, to invert 

 the sense, to stray from the subject, 

 to damage, to exaggerate, to falsify, 

 to pervert, profanation, irreligious, 

 to throw into confusion, to mutilate, 

 to vitiate, to paralyze. 

 tae hakaripoi, excuse, to excuse one- 

 self. 

 hakaripoihaga damage, irreligion, per- 

 version. 

 Mgv. : ripo, to undo, to take asunder, 

 to put out of place, disordered, dis- 

 arranged, to be impious, wicked. 

 riri animosity, ill-will, spite, strength T, 

 anger, to disapprove. 

 manava riri, wrath. 

 ririhaga animosity. 

 hakariri to shock, to displease, to be 

 rude. 

 P Pau. : riri, anger, spite, vexation. Mgv. 

 riri, to be angry, to hate, to do 

 with violence. Mq. : riri, ii, anger, 

 force, fury, energy, ardor, faculty, 

 strength. Ta. : riri, anger, spite, 

 offense, to displease. 

 (ritarita) kokoma ritarita, to abhor. 



Ta. : rita, to gnash the teeth. 

 (rite) hakarite color, species, class, mode, 

 equality, condition, manner, pro- 

 portion, sort, figure; even, regular; 

 to align, to assimilate, to simulate, 

 to compare, to be equal, to imitate. 

 tae hakarite, unequal, unfair, inequal- 

 ity, irregular. 

 hakarite koe, unequal, unfair, incom- 

 parable. 

 hakarite ke, difference, diversity, un- 

 equal, singular, variety, extraordi- 

 nary, fantastic. 

 e tahi hakarite, thus, so, as, as much, 

 as many, equal, uniform, to re- 

 semble, to look like. 

 ariga hakarite, to look like. 

 niho hakarite, regular teeth. 

 hakaritega comparison, agreement, 

 parallel, likeness, similitude. 

 T Ma.: rite, like. Ha.: like, id. Rare: 

 arite, alike, resembling. 

 This is one of several words which Pere 

 Roussel, working out his task in inverted 

 order, has so overloaded with definition as 



