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- rua
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- two; second; other (precedes the noun);
te rua paiga,
the other side.
- hole, grave; holes in the rocks or between the rocks
of the coastal lagoons;
he keri i te rua,
to dig a hole.
- to vomit.
- ruau
- old woman, crone;
ruau hina tea,
white-haired old woman.
- ruga
- upper part, higher part; when used as a locative adverb,
it is preceded by a preposition:
i ruga,
above, on;
ki ruga,
upwards,
mai ruga,
from above. When used with a noun the same preposition
is repeated: he-ea te vî'e Vakai, he-iri
ki ruga ki te Ahu ruga,
the woman Vakai went, she climbed Ahu Runga.
- ruga nui
- high, elevated, lofty:
kona ruga nui,
high place, elevated position, high office;
mana'u ruga nui,
elevated thoughts.
- ruhi
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- a large, tasty, dark-coloured fish.
- west-southwest wind.
- ruku, rukuruku
- to dive; to fish underwater; diving;
i-turu-era au ki tai, he-ûi koai te tagata era, e-ruku-mai-era i te
îka, i te ura,
as I went down to the sea, I saw who those people were,
who were fishing underwater for fish and lobsters.
- rumaruma
- soft, loose (of soil):
he-rumaruma te oone.
- runu
- to take, to grab with the hand; to receive, to welcome
someone in one's home.
Ko Timoteo Pakarati ku-runu-rivariva-á ki a au i toona
hare,
Timoteo Pakarati received me well in his house.
- runurunu
- iterative of
runu:
to take continuously, to collect.
- ruperupe
- abundant (of the produce of the ground);
he-ruperupe te kumara,
the sweet potatoes are growing in abundance;
to produce an abundance of:
ku-ruperupe-ana te kaiga i te kai,
the land produced an abundance of staples.
Also figuratively, of someone's descendence:
ku-ruperupe-á te hua-ai o te tagata era,
this man's descendence multiplied.
- ruru
- a sea bird, black feathers, white wings.
- rûrú
- to shake, to jolt; to spray (water).
- ruruki
- any sharp, pointed instrument used for prising snails
or shellfish off the rocks; of women, to harvest seafood
with such instruments.
- rutu
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- to read, to recite, to pronounce words solemnly;
he-rutu i te kohau motu,
to read the rongorongo tablets;
hare rutu rogorogo mo hakama'a ki te ga poki ite kai, i te
rogorogo,
rongorongo school, house in which children were taught
reading and writing the rongorongo signs.
- to pelt with stones.
- to gather in great numbers (of people).