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rare 1. a sleeping-mat plaited of coconut leaves; 
hé‘u rare, poe rare, to plait such a mat. 
2. v. tr., to singe a pig with dry coconut 
leaves; an ordeal wherein the accused 
standing on a platform is singed with 
dry coconut leaf. M.A., p. 212. 
rareta‘ini, ra‘erareta‘ini v. tr., to tend, to care 
for, to do chores. 
rareta‘i v. tr. hd‘irareta‘t. 
rareta‘inila-(ku) gerund. 
raro 1. S., adv., precedes the verb, used of con- 
secutive action; then, consequent upon, 
constantly. ko raro ma‘ohie ka‘u, they 
are still awaiting it. 
raro 2. U., mwai lehu raro, open places, glades. 
raro 3. raro suue‘i, to turn a bag inside out. 
raroni v. tr., to hurt, to do harm to; e sa‘a 
raronie auhenue inge‘ie, he will do no 
evil to his neighbor. 
raru‘e S., riru‘i U., pers. pron., dual. 3, suffixed 
to verbs and prepositions as object. 
rata a bamboo water-carrier; te‘i rata, to filla 
bamboo with water. San Cristoval 
rata. 
ratawaari U., half and half, neither one thing 
nor the other. 
rate ta‘atakai rate, takatakai rate, down (of 
nestlings). 
rato 1. v.i., to be full grown, of fullage. 2.n., 
a full-grown person, an elder; mu rato 
ni mwane, old men; mu rato ni keni, old 
women; nani rato, for the elders. 
ratonga v. n., full growth. 
rau 1. n., a leaf used as a wrapper for food to 
be cooked; mwarau, thin; ‘apai reu, a 
leaf; mu ‘apai reu ana mu dango, the 
leaves of the trees; a Lulu reu, a proper 
name (lit., folder of leaves). Mota 
nau, Polynesian rau. 
rau 2. S. (ma, ni), bank, side, of things; with 
locative 7 beside. ro rdéui wei, the two 
banks of the stream; 7 reune wai, beside 
the stream. Wango rau, Florida lau. 
rau 3. n.,a plank; used with genitive. rdureu. 
radi hapa, a thwart; radi dango, S., rdi ‘ei, 
U., a plank; rai hist, a stake. 
rau 4. v. tr., to scrape up, to gather up with 
the hand. Mota rau. 
rau 5. v. i., to heal over (of a wound). 
scab over a wound, a scar. 
rau 7. v. i., to adhere, to abide; rau mehu, to 
abide. 
raungi tr., to adhere to, to abide in. 
rauhe‘ini tr., to be constantly in a place. 
rdusi tr., to adhere to and spoil; e ka‘a me‘i 
ola ke rdusie, pure, undefiled. 
rduhe‘i v. i., to frequent; e tale‘i reuhe‘t ‘oto 
ana, he frequented it. 
rau 8. v. i., to be humble, lowly; me‘t keni reu. 
a lowly woman. 
rdute‘i partic., humble, t‘o réute‘t. 
rau 9. rdut helu, 10,000 coconuts. cf. ‘apai niu. 
Rauehu the pinnacle rock at the east entrance 
to Mara Masiki Channel. 
rauka n., trigger of a gun (English lock). 
rd4‘urepu 1. jellyfish, Portuguese man-o’-war. 
riépu. 2.awhip. 
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raururu to abide constantly. radu 7. Wedau 
rau numa, to cohabit. 
re cf. rd 1. 
re‘a adj., white. vrere‘a, marare‘a, rere, 
huhurere‘a. Viti rea, albino. 
reke v.i.,to jump, toleap. ha‘areke, ha‘arekehi. 
reko esculent hibiscus. 
renga‘a adj., glistening. 
reoreo the chambered nautilus, hoi reoreo; 
pieces of the shell cut in various patterns 
are used for inlaying. reoreo alaha, a 
large variety of nautilus; kala reoreo, 
kala hite, kala ‘apani pa‘aleo, to cut 
nautilus shell for inlaying; toli reoreo, to 
inlay with nautilus. 
repa, rerepa v. i., to be elliptical in shape, said 
of the shinbone, which is often distorted, 
owing to rheumatism. 
reparepata‘a U., rounded in shape. 
repi n., a harlot. ha‘arepi. Florida rebi. 
repo 1. v. i., to be ripe, full grown; aau Rost 
repo, the nuts are just ripening; aau e 
repo kosi holaa, when the nuts are ripe 
the weather is calm. 2. a fully grown 
person. repo ni mwane, an adult man; 
repo ni keni, an adult woman; foro repo, 
used of a person in authority. 
reponga v. n., full age. 
repoha v. n., used with poss. 3: repohaana, 
ripeness, old age. 
‘ai repo a tree used to make pestles for 
pounding yams and taro. 
repo 3. v. tr., to suspend, to hang up (of things). 
rere 1. v. tr., tosharpen by rubbing. ha‘arere. 
rere hdu, to sharpen an axe; rere hiunge, 
axe-sharpening. 
rere‘a adj., white, clean, sharpened; prob- 
ably connected with rere. cf. re‘a, 
M. L., p. 97, re‘are‘a does not appear; 
in Viti rea albino the final a is probably 
adjectival. 
rere 2. quicksands; 7 rere, the beach at A‘ulu. 
Saisai rere, a shoal, bank, at sea. 
rere‘a adj., clean, white. ha‘arere‘a. 
rerede 1. v. tr., to slip, to slide. 2. U., a land- 
slip. 
rereha (na) U., rerehana wéieu, a school of 
bonito. 
rerepata‘a S., adj., rounded in shape. 
rerepono v. i., to be thick, closely matted, of 
bush. pono. 
rereqeluqelu U., v. i., to be laid low, recum- 
bent. gqelu. 
rete rete héu, to gnash, to grind the teeth; rete 
héunge, gnashing of teeth. munurete. 
reu cf. rau. 
ri U., liS., verbal suffix. ha‘atauri. 
ride U., ride ni ‘inoni, a dwarf. 
rienga hd‘irienga, v. n., a contest. 
rihu‘e n., a cliff. Wango rihua. 
rihunge‘ini v. tr., to pray to (a Wango word 
introduced in early days). 
rihunge‘inge v. n., prayer. 
livuti. 
ri‘i the treble drum in the para ni ‘o‘o. 
riirii 1. n., locust, cicada, its shrilling is taken 
as a bad omen. 
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