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a e g h haka i k m n o p r t u v
- rua,
- 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,
- 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,
- 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).