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a e g h haka i k m n o p r t u v
- 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!