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a e g h haka i k m n o p r t u v
- roa, long: haga roa, long bay, wide beach; ara roa râkei, wide, neat path.
- roaroa, long, tall, far, distant: tagata roaroa, tall man; kaiga roaroa, distant land.
- roaroa tahaga, middle finger.
- roe, ant.
- rogo, errand, order, message, notice; tagata rogo, messenger.
- rogorogo, to recite, to declaim, to read out while singing; tagata rogorogo, men who could read the text of the kohau rogorogo, the tablets bearing signs to be recited.
- rohirohi, tired; this word is much used instead of ga'ega'e; kaiga rohirohi, land where one has worked hard, getting much tired.
- ro'iro'i, to dribble; ka ro'iro'i i te koreha, dribble on the eel, that is, let fall your spittle, mixed with chewed bait, to attract the eel. to let fall drops of juice onto something, for instance, the juice of the plant called pua, onto the garment called nua to dye it.
- rokia, grass, pasture, weeds; this seems to be an older word than maúku, used nowadays; ku-riku-hakaou mai-á te rokia, the weeds have grown again.
- romi,
- to hide something; ka-romi te me'e nei, hide this. to cover with soil, to earth up, to heap up with soil, for instance, sweet potatoes: he-romi te kumara. to cover the body with clothing: he-romi te kahu.
- used bye women in an ancient expression referring to one's poverty: ekó romi-á te puhaga, I cannot cover up my nakedness. A man would say: ekó hami-á, I have not even got a loincloth.
- rona, figure made of wood, or stone, or painted, representing a bird, a birdman, a lizard, etc.
- ro'ou, to look after, to care for; mo te matu'a e-ro'ou i taana ga poki, it is for the father (mother) to care for his (her) children.
- rori, to turn around; he-rori te ariga ki te hanau momoko o tu'a, faces turned around towards the hanau momoko behind.
- roro, brain; tagata roro piro, idiot, literally: man of rotten brain.
- rorororo, fat, grease; to coat something with grease to varnish it.
- roroa, elongated; ariga roroa, elongated face.
- rorau, a variety of turtle.
- roto,
- inside.
- lagoon (off the coast, in the sea).
- to press the juice out of a plant; taheta roto pua. stone vessel used for pressing the juice out of the pua plant, this vessel is also just called roto.
- roto o niu, east wind.
- rotu, to throng, to flock, to crowd, used of people gathering in great numbers for a feast, for mourning, for working, etc. he-rotu, he-tatagi, the mourners are flocking together; he-rotu i te umu, they are crowding around the earth oven; he-rotu, he aga, they come to work in throngs.
- roturotu, to clap hand, to applaud.
- rou, fishhook, distinct from the magai for being more open.