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- hoa
-
- master, owner; tagata hoa papaku,
owner or relative of a dead; hoa manu, "bird master,"
that is, he who received the first egg at the annual festivals
in Orongo; he to'o mai e te hoa manu i te mamari ki toona
rima, he ma'u, he hoko, the "bird master" receives the egg
in his hand and carries it, dancing.
- friend, companion: e ga hoa ê!
- to cast away, to throw away, to abandon,
perhaps also to expel.
- to confess a sin; he hoa i te ta'u: term used
of a category of rongorongo boards [see ta'u].
- hoga'a
- nest in which there are eggs = te
hakapupa raûa ko te mamari. [Englert gives no
translation, but this is literally "the nest with its eggs"]
- hogi
-
- to smell something; he hogi te eo o te
umu, to smell food cooking
- to kiss; he hogi te matu'a poreko i taana
poki, the mother kisses her little boy.
- hohoni
- to peel: he hohoni i te kumara,
to peel sweet potatoes.
- hohora
- to spread a nua cover on the
ground, or a mat of gaatu (totora reeds).
- hoke
-
- the outmost parts of rectangular fishing-net,
hoke kupega, which are: matu'a and matagi.
- the first of the three forward-pointing toes
of gallinaceans: hoke-pou-kau-haga.
- banana-leaf when it starts drying up (the
fresh leaf is called rito).
- hoki
- to return, to go back,
to come back; ka hoki ki rá
go back there! ana oho koe ki Hiva, e hoki mai
ki nei, if you go to the mainland, do come back
here again.
- hoko
-
- to jump; to rock or swing
in rhythm with the chants in festivals, as was the ancient
custom; an ancient dance.
- number prefix: "in a group of…": hokotahi, alone;
hokorua, in a group of two (also companion,
e hakarere te kai mo toou hokorua, leave some food
for my companion); hakatoru, in a group of three, etc.;
hokohía, in a group of how many? hokohía
ana oho koe ki te rano? With how many people will you go
to the volcano?
- homo
- meteorite.
- hônu
-
- turtle.
- spider (the species found in houses).
- hônui
-
- person worthy of respect, person of authority
- livelihood, heirloom, capital;
ka moe koe ki toou hônui, you must marry to
ensure your livelihood (said to a little girl); he
hônui mo taaku poki, this is the heirloom for my
son.
- hooku
-
any person towards whom one feels sympathy, or for whom one
feels sorry, hooku can be used in the former sense
to address a parent or neighbour, but is especially used
in the second sense, of an unfortunate person with whom
one commiserates: "this poor fellow."
- hoona
- revenge, compensation; to get one's own back,
to get even.
- ho'ou
-
- new, fresh.
- newcomer, recently arrived stranger.
- hope
- meal offered to persons upon contracting them to carry out
some work.
- hopu
-
- to wash oneself, to bathe.
- aid, helper, in the following expressions:
hopu kupega, those who help the motuha
o te hopu kupega in handling the fishing nets;
hopu manu, those who served the tagata
manu and, upon finding the first manutara
egg, took it to Orongo.
- hora
- ancient name of summer (toga-hora,
winter summer).
- hora-ura
- small sea crustacean, which seems to be
a small prawn or a large shrimp.
- hopohopo
- to feel a strong imbalance of the mind,
either from boiling anger, or overbrimming joy: he hopohopo
te manava.
- hore, horehore
- to cut with a knife or with an
obsidian blade (also: horea).
- horeko
- solitary, lonely; kona
horeko, solitary place, loneliness.
- horihori
- to tire, become tired (also: rohirohi).
- horo
- to swallow, to gulp down;
horohoro, to swallow repeatedly: he horohoro te
aanu, [my] mouth waters, it makes [my] mouth water.
- horo'i
- to rinse, to wipe dry: he
horo'i te rima, to wipe one's hands dry.
- horou
- to hurry (also: horohorou).
- hotake
- sea mollusc, black in colour, found
sticking to rocks. The small white shells (Melanella)
which are usually found adhering to it are called pipi
hotake.
- hoto
- shoulder-blade, back of shoulder;
generally used for "shoulder" instead of kapuhivi.
- hou
- to cut a small hole with a toki,
like the holes in the paega stones into which fitted the
frame of the hare paega houses; to bore,
to pierce, to perforate:
hou oone, "dirt-borers," i.e. rats.
- hove
-
- widow, widower.
- exclamation expressing surprise at the unexpected,
upon finding that what you had imagined was wrong; for
instance, upon seeing ashore someone you thought had
gone fishing in the ocean you could say: hove i oho ai koe i ruga
i te vaka ki te îka hî, oh, I thought
you had gone on your canoe to go fishing!