RAPANUI-ENGUSH VOCABULARY. 



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tahito to intone. 



tahitorae intonation. 

 tahu to assist. 



T Ma. : tahutahu, to attend upon. 



This is another of a small class in this 

 speech which is found in Southeast Poly- 

 nesia (commonly in Rapanui only), Maori, 

 and Hawaii. 

 tahuga pair, to share out, to put in order, 

 to distribute. 

 hakatahuga to put in pairs, to arrange. 

 P (Metathetic from stem tufa). Mgv.: 

 tahua, a collection of things prop- 

 erly classified and kept in order. 

 Mq. : tauna, a couple. 

 tahuri to pirouette, to turn a boat. 



P Pau. : tahurihuri, to toss about. Mgv. : 

 tahuri, to turn oneself. Mq. : tahui- 

 hui, to have a rolling motion. 

 Ta. : tahuri, to turn, to turn about. 

 (The Polynesian Wanderings, 335.) 

 tahuti 1 to run, to hasten together (tohuti) . 

 tahuti noa, irruption. 

 hakatahuti to fight. 

 T Mq. : tahuti, to run, to go quickly. 

 tahuti 2 variable, varied. 

 tai 1 salt water. 



taitai brackish, salty. 

 P Mgv., Mq., Ta. : tai, salt water. Mq.: 

 taitai, to salt. Ta. : taitai, salty. 

 (The Polynesian Wanderings, 418.) 

 tai 2 sea, ocean. 



tai hati, breakers. 

 tai hohonu, depths of the sea. 

 tai kaukau, tide. 

 tai negonego, tide. 

 tai 0, ripple. 

 tai parera, tide. 

 tai poko, breakers. 

 tai titi, tide. 

 tai ua, tide, ebb. 

 tai vanaga, ripple. 

 P Mgv., Mq., Ta.: tai, sea, ocean. (The 

 Polynesian Wanderings, 418.) 

 taie to overflow, to go beyond. 



ku taie te tai, the sea floods high. 

 taiko 1 fog, mist. 

 taiko 2 to fertilize. 

 hakataiko id. 

 taka 1 a dredge. 



P Mgv. : akataka, to fish all day or all 



night with the line, to throw the 



fishing line here and there. 



This can apply only to some sort of net 



used in fishing. We find in Samoa ta'a a 



small fishing line, Tonga taka the short 



line attached to fish hooks, Futuna taka- 



taka a fishing party of women in the reef 



pools (net), Maori taka the thread by which 



the fishhook is fastened to the line, Hawaii 



kaa in the same sense, Marquesas takako a 



badly spun thread, Mangareva takara a 



thread for fastening the bait on the hook. 



taka 2 ruddy. 



taka 3 wheel, arch. 



takataka ball, spherical, round, circle, 

 oval, to roll in a circle, wheel, cir- 

 cular piece of wood, around. 



taka 3 continued. 



miro takataka, bush. 

 haga takataka, to disjoin. 

 hakatakataka to round, to concen- 

 trate. 

 P Pau.: fakatakataka, to whirl around. 

 Mq. : taka, to gird. Ta.: taa, cir- 

 cular piece which connects the 

 frame of a house. 

 takai a curl, to tie. 



takaikai to lace up. 

 takaitakai to coil. 

 P Pau. : takai, a ball, to tie. Mgv. : takai, 

 a circle, ring, hoop, to go around 

 a thing. Mq. : takai, to voyage 

 around. Ta. : taai, to make into a 

 ball, to attach. 

 takapau I coldness. 

 takapau 2 a fold, inside out. 

 takapau 3 to swell up, tumor, dropsy, 



paralysis. 

 takapau 4 to thrust into; a sheath, vagina. 

 takapau 5 viri takapau, to go around. 

 takarameta sacrament. 

 taka to re hipu takatore, plate, dish. 

 takaure a fly (kakaure T). 

 takaure iti, mosquito. 

 takaure marere ke, swarm. 

 Mgv. : takaure, a fly not found in dwell- 

 ings. Mq. : tikaue, a fly. 

 takeo bitter. 



Pau.: takeo, poisonous. Ta.: taeo, drunk, 

 poisoned. 

 takere hill. 

 taki a line. 



taki eeve, the buttocks. 

 taki tua, vaha taki tua, the perineum. 

 taki turi, gills. 

 Mgv.: taki, line. Mq. : taki (in com- 

 position), id. 

 takoe thine. 



Pau.: takoe, id. 

 taku prediction, prophecy, prognostic, to 

 predict. 

 tagata taku, wizard. 

 P Ta.: tau, to invoke, to pray. (The 

 Polynesian Wanderings, 225.) 

 takurua full of stones, pebbly, stony, a path 



among the rocks. 

 tama 1 child. 



P Pau.: tama-riki, child. Mgv.: lama, 

 son, daughter, applied at any age. 

 Mq.: tama, son, child, young of 

 animals. Ta.: tama, child. 

 tama 2 to align. 



tamaahine (tama i-ahine) daughter, female. 

 tamaiti child. 



P Mq.: temeiti, temeii, young person. Ta. : 

 tamaiti, child. 

 tamaki to display. 

 tamaroa boy, male. 



PMgv.: tamaroa, boy, man, male. Mq.: 

 tamaoa, boy. Ta.: tamaroa, id. 

 tameti Saturday {Samedi). 

 tana his. 



Pau., Ta.: tana, id. 

 tanoa convolvulus T. 



