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he
article, also verbal prefix. (See grammar.)
hé
where? i hé, where; ki hé, whereto; mai hé, wherefrom.
hegahega
reddish, ruddy.
heguhegu
to speak and act in a manner of systematic contradiction, or hostility; ure heguhegu, hostile, aggressive person.
hehe
sweet potato, when cooked (familiar).
hehega
to dawn; ki hehega mai te raá, when the sun rises.
héhehéhe
humid, moist, wet (on the surface).
hehe'i
to frighten away (birds or other animals).
heheu
gooseflesh, the temporary feeling of cold on the skin: he heheu te kiri o te takeo. [Translator's note: the dictionary has ke heheu…; this is very likely a misprint.]
hei
  1. headband made of mahute and embellished with bird feathers.
  2. exclamation: hey! hullo!
he'ihe'i
to fan oneself; to chase away the flies with a sort of fan.
hei pa'a
sterile woman.
hei para
"ripening," this term refers to the time when such plants as the banana or sweet potato lose their fresh green colour and become yellow, which is taken as a symbol of bad omen or of death in the family.
heka, hekaheka
soft.
heke
  1. octopus.
  2. to excel, to surpass, to overcome, to do better than. Like its synonym ha e, it is used in the negative: ekó heke mai ki au, you are not going to get the better of me.
  3. to lose one's maidenhead: ku heke á te poki, the girl has been deflowered.
henua
land, ground, country; te tagata noho i ruga i te henua the people living on the earth. Placenta: henua o te poki.
hepi'i
to have a blister: ku hepi'i á tooku rima i te pureva, I got a blister on my finger from a stone.
here
to catch eels in a snare of sliding knots; pole used in this manner of fishing, with a perforation for the line.
here, herehere
to tie, to fasten, to lash; herega, cable, tie; figuratively: pact, treatise.
herehere
rasp made of a piece of obsidian with one rough side.
hereka
sore, ulcer, excoriation, flaying.
herékeréke
stomach upset, indigestion: ku heré-heréke te manava, [Note the discrepancy; it is not possible to tell which is correct, which is a misprint.]
here'u
to profane, to desacrate; to hinder, obstruct work; but mostly used in the sense of to obstruct or interfere with someone, by breaking a taboo; ina koe ekó here'u i te hanautama, do not walk over a seated pregnant woman's feet [literaly: do not interfere with a pregnant woman]; ana poreko te poki, ina ekó rivariva mo uru ki roto ki te hare o here'u i te poki; e nanagi te pito o te poki, ai ka rivariva mo uru ki roto ki te hare, when a child is born, one must absolutely not enter the house, lest one interferes with the child; only after the umbilical cord has been cut can one enter the house.
heriki
a type of pasture, the cover of which is used as a carpet laid on the ground.
herohero
  1. crimson, bright red; he varu i te ki'ea ka herohero ró te hakari, to paint one's body red with ki'ea; ku hú á te huka-huka, ku herohero á i roto i te ahi, burning wood shows red in the fire.
  2. the colour of ripe fruit, the yellow of ripe bananas.
  3. figuratively: angry: ku herohero á te manava = ku ká te manava.
heru
  1. to shake one's hair; he heru i te pukao, he patu, she shook her hair, throwing it back.
  2. shin, calf of the leg.
heruheru
to scratch the ground (of chickens looking for food).
heruru
to roar (of the wind, the sea, thunder).
hetiki
to mark a string, for instance by tying knots, in order to use it as a measure; ka hatiki taau hau, mark your string; generally, to tie knots on a string.
hetu
  1. to (make) sound; figuratively: famous, renowned.
  2. to crumble into embers (of a bonfire)
hetu'u
star, planet; hetu'u popohaga morning star; hetu'u ahiahi evening star; hetu'u viri meteorite.
heu
offspring of parents from two different tribes, person of mixed descent, e.g. father Miru, mother Tupahotu.
heuheu
body hair (except genitals and armpits).
heva
to get upset, to become temporarily estranged because of a violent internal pain; to be madly keen, passionately fond of. Ga heva te va'e ihi, spread-leg devotee (insulting term for "woman").
heve hoki
perhaps, by any chance, could it be that… (expresses doubt, surprise). Heve hoki he tagata rakerake, koe, i ta'e haaki mai? Could he be a foul fellow, and you didn't tell me? Heve hoki koe, e ta'e hoki mai ki nei? What could be wrong with you, that you won't come back?