ri‘iri‘i (ku) 2.S., n., finger. 3. ri‘iri‘i ni ‘inoni 
(a) a dwarf, (b) a great number of men. 
4. ‘ot ri‘iri't, v. tr., to break in pieces; 
‘oke ‘o't ri‘iri‘ire, thou shalt break them 
in pieces. Vaturanga ririki, Florida 
nggiringgirvi, Makura wiri-kikin, hand. 
rike, rikerike S., v. i., to rejoice. ruke U. 
rikanga v. n., sae rikanga, rejoicings of 
heart. Viti rika, to jump. 
riki 1. adj., small; Oa Riki, Little Oa Island. 
riki U. 2. likiS., riki huna, to loosen the bands 
holding a canoe, to take up anchor. 
Ripoo, Ripu, Rupoo S., a village on the west 
coast of Ulawa: Maadi‘a, its landing- 
place. 
riridi (na) eaves of house; riridine nume, i riri- 
dine, under the eaves. 
ririholo U., a gap in the hills, a pass. 
riro ha‘ariro, v. tr., to entice with food. 
ro numeral, two; used only in composition; 
used also in exclamation of a large num- 
ber; forms part of the pers. pron. moro, 
koro. e ro ola, two things; e ro ‘ata, 
only two things; e ro ini, two things; ro 
ola, vocative, you two, of husband and 
wife; ro mwane, you two, exclamation of 
surprise or vocative; ro mwane, the two 
pointers of the Southern Cross, M. A., 
p. 349; ro ‘inoni, you two, of husband 
and wife; ro ‘inoni ineu, my parents; ro 
hé‘t ma‘amana, ro ma‘amana, father and 
son; maraau ro one, east-northeast wind. 
roa n., black-lip pearl shell used as a coconut 
scraper; it forms part of a man’s ordi- 
nary baggage. 
roaroa windmill made of coconut leaf, a child’s 
plaything. Hedley, Funafuti Exped., p. 
304. 
rodi v. tr., to confirm, to make firm, to grip; 
hele rodi, to grip, to hold tight; rod 
gongi, to plight troth. 
rodo 1. n., night. ha‘arodo, hé‘irodo. i rodo, 
at night, by night; laelae + rodo, to go 
till nightfall; nga rodo, last night; si‘irz 
4 rodo, tonight. 2. v., redup., rorodo; 
e rodo ‘oto, it is night; ga rodo e rodo, 
the night fell; h&‘irodo e rodo, last night; 
maa rodo, to be blind. 3. to forget; 
sae rorodo, U., v. tr., to forget. 
rodosi v. tr., to be benighted, e rodosi‘emelu. 
rodoma‘ini S., rodoha‘ini tr., to be benighted. 
rodoma‘i, rodoha‘i partic., till nightfall; lae 
rodoma‘t, go till nightfall. Florida 
rorodo, blind; Omba dodo, cloud; mata- 
dodo, blind; Malo, N. H., bong dodo, 
night; Wango rodo, night. 
rodo 4. S., the name of a month, ’dsi rodo, 
February. 
rodohono 1. y. i., to become dark, to be pitch 
dark. hono. e rodohono pupulu, mid- 
night, pitch dark; saeku e rodohono, I 
lost consciousness. 2. n., darkness, of 
day or night; me’z rodohono. 
tohu, ro‘urohu v. i., to be silent, to cease 
speaking; toli rohu, to cease speaking. 
rohute‘ini tr., to ignore, to hold one’s 
peace at; mwane ‘o ro‘urohute‘inie ngar- 
alaku, hold not thy peace at my tears. 
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roka, ‘aroka adj., open, set open wide. 
rokasi v. tr., to open, to open out, to unfold. 
rokasila-(na) gerund. 
rokata‘i partic., open, unfolded. 
roma 1. an oyster shell found in Mara Masiki 
Channel, the red part at the base is 
employed in the making of shell money 
(haa). 
roma 2. v. i., to poison fish with Barringtonia, 
Celi ee 
rongo, rorongo S., rongorongo U., v. tr., to 
hear, to listen, to hear tidings of. 
ha‘arongo, qa‘arongo. ka‘a rongo lele- 
ngant, not hearing clearly; e rongo ‘oto 
mola ana walana, listened to his word; 
nou rongoa, I heard it; rongo ‘aela, U., to 
make a din, to chatter and disturb; 
rongo keni, to inquire about a girl asa 
wife for a boy, to betroth; rongo 
keninge, v. n. i‘ota‘i rongo keninga, to 
set about a betrothal; rongo ni ‘elinge, 
to hear with the ear; rongo odoodo, U., 
with poss. 3., to hear tidings of; rongo 
isuli, to be obedient to; ga‘arongoisuli. 
rongonga v. n., hearing. 
rongola-(ku) gerund. Mota ~rongo, to 
apprehend; Maori rongo, to hear; Lau 
ro, to hear. 
rongorongo U. 1. n., a measure, from the finger- 
tips to the right ear. U. 2.n., nga rongo- 
rongo ni ola, a multitude of things. 
ro‘o U., ro‘o rua, to wind a fishing-line on a 
board. 
rorahi v. tr., to hasten a person unduly, to be 
too soon for. rorora. 
rorahila-(ku) gerund. 
fori 1. v. tr., to ram, to load a gun. 2. 
ramrod. 
rori 3. v. tr., to take the pith from laths of 
palm wood, rori pi‘e. 
rori, ro‘irori 4. v. i., to babble, to prattle. 
kirort, hirori, ‘trort. 
roro 1. v. i., to be tied tightly, to incur a debt, 
to render oneself liable; roro mae, to 
strangle; roro to‘oni, a belt to hold up 
clothes. 
roro‘i tr., to tie tightly, to draw tight, to 
brace, to hold tight; pilt roro‘i, to press 
down tight. 
roroa‘i tr., to have incurred a debt, to 
involve oneself, to be placed in invid- 
ious case. ha‘aroroa‘t. 
roro (ku) 2. bosom, the belly of a snake; 7 rorona 
Abraham, on Abraham's bosom. 
roroma‘i roroma‘i sae, used with poss. 3 and 
locative 7; z roroma‘i sae ana, on his 
bosom. Mota rorot, to carry on the 
bosom. 
roro 3. roro waaro, to be diffused (of coloring 
matter in water). waaro. 
roro‘a 1. adj., set on edge (of teeth). 
roro‘a 2. adj., liable, at fault. ha‘aroro‘a't. 
e sa‘a roro‘a, there will be no fault; all 
right; muel roro‘a, we implicated our- 
selves. 
roro‘anga n., debt, fault. 
roro‘a 3. adv., precedes verb. 
n., a 
nou sa‘a roroa'‘ 
