T

to

particle sometimes used with the article in ancient legends; i uto to te hau, the ribbon was in the float.

to rise (of the sun) during the morning hours up to the zenith: he-to te raá.

sugarcane; tôa tahito, lower part of the sugarcane, near the ground; tôa taúru, higher, tenderer part of the sugarcane, given to children; tôa paka, sugarcane cut for storing, their leaves are removed so that the canes keep their juice for days and even weeks.

to'a

enemy, killer, murderer, assassin; he to'a o te îka, killer (lit.: murderer of the victim).

toe

to be left over; leftovers, surplus; ku-toe-á te kai, there is food left; ina he vai toe, there is no more water; ina e-tahi taína mo toe, none of the brothers must be left over, meaning: none must be left without his share.
long hair, mane; he-patu i te toe, to toss one's long hair back.

toega

leftovers.

toga

winter season. Two seasons used to be distinguished in ancient times: hora, summer, and toga, winter.
to lean against somehing; to hold something fast; support, post supporting the roof.
to throw something with a sudden movement.
to feed oneself, to eat enough; e-toga koe ana oho ki te aga, eat well first when you go to work.

tohake

to grow well, to develop well, to grow to a good height (e.g. of a plant or a child).

tohu

to bless or to curse: he-tohu rivariva, to bless; he-tohu rakerake, to curse. The reduplicated form is more common: totohu.

toka

any large, smooth rock in the sea not covered by seaweeds (eels are often found between such rocks).
to be left (of a small residue of something, of sediments of a liquid, of dregs); to settle (of sediments); ku-toka-ana te vai i raro i te puna, there is little water left at the bottom of the lake; ku-toka-á te oone, the sediments have settled.

tokaga

residue, remainder; firm, stable remainder or part of somthing.

toke, tokea

to steal; thief; toketoke, to repeatedly steal things of little value; vî'e toke kenu, adulterous woman (lit.: woman who steals husbands).

tokerau

wind; air. Various winds: puhiga Orogo, southwest wind (which blows from Orongo); ruhi, west-southwest wind; te papakino, north wind [perhaps a misprint for papakino; roto o niu, east wind; nukura mea, northwest wind; veki, northeast wind; motu rau uri, southeast wind; motu takarua, west wind.

our (exclusive, i.e. ours only, not yours).

tomáûa

our (dual exclusive, i.e. belonging to me and him, but not to you).

tomo

to berth (a boat); to reach the anchoring-ground; to disembark; to land; garu mo tomo ki Riorio, garu mo ta'e tomo, e-hatipú-nó te vave , some surfers reach Riorio (a small beach near Hangaroa), some do not, because the wave dies before.

tomoga

disembarkment, landing-place, key, wharf.

tono

to push; he-tono i te vaka kiroto ki te vai, to launch a canoe into the water.

tonokio

corn, callous.

to'o

to take; to receive; to accept; ka to'o te kai, take your food; he-to'o mai, to bring.

to take repeatedly, without the owner's permission.

to'ou

thy, your (singular).

topa

to bend down, to drop to the ground; to fall on a certain date.
to stop doing something, to drop; ina ekó topa taau aga, do not stop, keep doing your work.
to remain, to be left over, to be unfinished; he topa te kai, the food is not finished, there is some left.
to come to one's memory; i te aamu he topa te vânaga tûai, in the legends old words come to memory.
to remember, to reflect (with mana'u as subject); e-topa rivariva tokorua mana'u ki te me'e nei, let the two of you think carefully about this thing.

topatagi

to remember with sorrow, to miss, to pine for (mo); ananake te raá he topatagi te ûka riva ko Uho mo toona ga matu'a, Ko Uho the good girl missed her parents every day.

illegitimate (of children born out of wedlock after a woman's legitimate children)

toretore

cooked in parts, only half-cooked in others (of food).
multicoloured, motley, striped.

toretore kao

crevice; iraro i te vai kava me'e rahi te toretore kao, there are many crevices at the bottom of the sea.

toritori

to walk or move painfully and laboriously for want of strength (of old or sick people)

toro

to touch something (ki) with the hand (i te rima), intending to take it; to reach out for (ki); ka-toro toou rima ki te kumara era, ka-too-mai, reach out for those sweet potatoes and take them.

toro maîka

banana grove.

toromiro

tree (Sophora tetraptera) anciently used for sculpting the statuettes called moai toromiro.

toru

three (when preceded by the particle e and following a noun); he-˚'i-atu ko te ˚ka etoru he saw that they were three young women.
third (when between the article te and a noun); te toru tagata Ku'uku'u A'Huatava the third man was Ku'uku'u A'Huatava.

totara

frizzy: uha totara, frizzy-feathered hen.

totâtou

our (inclusive, i.e. yours and ours).

totáûa

our (dual inclusive, i.e. belonging to you and me only).

toto

blood; he-gaaha te toto mai roto mai te haoa, blood gushes from inside the wound; toto hatukai, coagulated blood.
rust; to rust.

tótó

to get wider.
lazy, slothful; to enjoy comfort and idleness: tagata tótó, vî'e tótó. Extremely vulgar is the expression kaúha tótó, lazybones, slack-arse.

to prune; to trim (nails).

totoro

to crawl; ki totoro te poki, when the baby crawls (one of the first stages of its development, after puepue).

tou

in ancient times, a tou was someone who had recovered from an epidemic, but whose illness meant that someone else in the family had to die. The tou were regarded as portents of evil.

toûa

egg yolk; the colour yellow; soft, fibrous part of tree bark; toûa mahute, mahute fibres.

toutou

lush; fertile (land).