RAPANUI-ENGLISH VOCABULARY. 



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veo 2 (vero i ) 



veo 3 metal, copper. 



Mgv.: veo, copper, tin. Ta.: veo, cop- 

 per, brass. 

 vera hot, fire, to flame, torch, to light, 

 kindle. 

 vera paka, burning. 

 vera itiiti no, lukewarm. 

 vera mahana, hot. 

 veraga combustion. 

 veravera hot, heat, burning, cooked 



too much. 

 hakavera to kindle. 

 hakaverapaka to heat up. 

 hakaveravera to grill. 

 P Pau.: vera, fire; veravera, heat. Mgv.: 

 vera, fire among the reeds. Mq. : 

 vera, ved, burning, hot, fire, cooked. 

 Ta. : vera, vea, id. 

 vere I beard, moustache (vede Q). 

 vere gutu, moustache. 

 verevere shaggy, hairy, tow, oakum. 

 Mgv.: vert, bristly, shaggy, chafed (of 

 a cord long in use). Mq.: veevee, 

 tentacles. Ta.: verevere, eyelash. 

 vere 2 to weed (ka-veri-mai, pick, cut- 

 grass T). 

 verevere to weed. 

 P Mgv.: vere, to weed. Mq.: veevee, 

 vavee, id. 

 verega fruitful, valuable. 



verega kore, unfruitful, valueless, con- 

 temptible, vain, futile, frivolous. 

 tae verega, insignificant, valueless. 

 matakti verega kore, scruple. 

 Mgv.: verega, a design put into execu- 

 tion; one who is apt, useful, having 

 a knowledge how to do things. 

 veri 1 myriapod, centipede. 



P Pau. : veri, centipede. Mgv. : veri, a 

 poisonous marine annelid resem- 

 bling the centipede. Mq.: vet, cen- 

 tipede, myriapod. Ta. : veri, centi- 

 pede, a marine insect. 

 veri 2 monster, monstrous. 

 veveri execrable. 



veriveri abominable, frightful, hideous, 

 horrible, to shock, illicit, impure, 

 immoral, ugly, contemptible. 

 veriveri ke, detestable, infamous, re- 

 pulsive. 

 oone veriveri, mud, slime. 

 P Pau.: veri, disgusting, hideous. Mgv.: 

 veriveri, very bad, disagreeable, 

 ugly, repulsive. 

 vero 1 arrow, dart, harpoon, lance, spear, 

 nail, to lacerate, to transpierce 

 (veo). 

 P Mgv.: vero, to dart, to throw a lance, 

 the tail; verovero, ray, beam, ten- 

 tacle. Mq.: veo, dart, lance, har- 

 poon, tail, horn. Ta.: vero, dart, 

 lance. 

 vero 2 to turn over face down. 

 vetevete to untie, to unbutton, to unbridle, 

 to disentangle. 

 vevete to absolve, to unchain, to untie, 

 to deliver, to set free, to unfold, 



vetevete continued. 



to unroll, to detach, to liberate, to 

 enlarge, to slacken. 

 vevetea slack, loose. 

 vevetehaga remission. 

 P Mgv., Mq.: vetevete, to untie, to loosen, 

 to detach. Ta.: vete, id. 

 veuveu kahu aruga o te veuveu, royal (sail). 

 veve in haste, to hurry. 



veveveve to hasten, diligent, greedy, 

 prompt, rash, speedy, swift, quick. 

 ki veveveve, voluble. 

 P Pau.: vave, speedily. Mgv.: vave, 

 prompt, quick, to make haste; 

 vevaveva, to eat quickly. Mq.: 

 veve, vave, prompt, quick. Ta.: 

 vave, id. 

 veveara (veve-ara 2) waking, to wake up. 

 veveri stupefied, commotion, to apprehend, 

 to start up out of sleep, sensation. 

 vevete (vetevete). 

 viatiko viaticum. 

 vicario vicar. 

 vie woman, wife. 



vie hanau, midwife. 

 noho vie, to marry. 

 hakarere ki te vie, to divorce. 

 vigiria, vigil. 



vihaviha uninhabited, desolate. 

 viku 1 sacred. 



koona viku, sanctuary. 

 hakaviku to consecrate, to interdict. 

 (viku 2) hakaviku to pout. 

 vinea vine. 

 vlretute virtue. 



viri to turn in a circle, to clew up, to groom, 

 to twist, to dive from a height, to 

 roll (kaviri). 

 hakaviri crank, to groom, to turn a 

 wheel, to revolve, to screw, to beat 

 down. 

 kahu hakaviri, shroud. 

 viriga rolling, danger. 

 viriviri ball, round, oval, bridge, roll, 

 summit, shroud, to twist, to wheel 

 round, to wallow. 

 hakaviriviri to roll, to round. 



rima hakaviriviri, stroke of the fist, 

 fisticuff. 

 P Pau.: viriviri, to brail, to clew up; 

 koviriviri, twisting. Mgv.: viri, to 

 roll, to turn, to twist; viviri, to fall 

 to the ground again and again in a 

 fight. Mq. : vii, to slide, to roll, to 

 fall and roll. Ta. : viri, to roll up, 

 to clew up. 

 virigine virgin. 

 viritopa (viri-topa 6) danger, 

 vitiviti crayfish. 



Pau. : kohitihiti, a shrimp. Mgv. : kavttt- 

 viti, a small crab that hides in the 

 sand. 

 (viuviu) hakaviuviu to squat. 

 voka to put on shoes. 



Mq.: oka, to introduce into. 

 vou squeak of rats. 



Mgv.: ? vuho, the noise made by a man 

 or fish that escapes. 



