va'e, foot, leg; te va'e mata'u, te va'e maúi, right
foot, left foot.
va'e ruga, va'e
raro, quick and light, without detour
(lit.: foot up, foot down). Ka-oho koe ki a nua era va'e ruga va'e
raro, ina ekó hipa-hipa, hurry straight to your mother, do not
make any detours.
va'e pau, misshapen foot, clubfoot.
vaega, middle, centre; i vaega o, in the middle of.
vaero, chicken's long tail feather; lobster's antenna (vaero ura).
vaha, hollow; opening; space between the fingers (vaha rima);
door cracks (vaha papare).
vahavaha, to fight, to wrangle, to argue
with abusive words.
vahi,
to separate, to part; ka-vahi, separate
them; ku-vahi-ra-á, the separation has been done. O te
Atua i-vahi-ai i te vai, i te henua, God separated the water from the
earth.
to pass (of the beginning of a season); ku
vahi-á te toga, ku vahi-á te hora, winter is past its
beginning, summer is past its beginning.
vai, water, liquid, juice;
vai tagata, semen, sperm (also: takatea);
vai kava,
saltwater, sea, ocean.
vaiapuga, to be unsuccessful (when asking for a girl in marriage). I-vaiapuga-nó
au, kai rava'a-mai te rega mo te poki, I was unsuccessful, I did not
get the girl for my son. E-vaiapuga-nó tooku ara, i-oho-atu-ai
hai kona uha, ina kai rava'a. My trip was useless, going to the girl's
place, I didn't get her.
vaiarega, celebration where men and women keep apart. Te me'e he koro
vaiarega: e-tahi hiritoke o te hare mo te tagata, e-tahi hiritoke mo te ga
vi'e, mo katikati i te ate-atua, i te rîu, ate rivariva. The
festivals called vaiarega are this: one side in front of the house
(built for the purpose of the feast) is for the men, the other is for the
women, to practice ate-atua or rîu songs, which are
serious, not frivolous, songs.
vaihí, a tasty species of taro.
vaiora, generous, munificent person; he vaiora tou tagata era, that
man is a generous person.
vairua,
good fortune, good luck. o te vairua
i rava'a-mai-ai-i tooku kahu, by a piece of good fortune I got myself
some clothes.
misfortune, bad luck; he uga koe e te
maga i te vairua-á, you have been unlucky; o piría
te vairua, so that no misfortune may happen to you. (Both expressions
are ancient and almost unknown today).
vaka, canoe, small boat; vaka ama, outrigger canoe. Каноэ.
vaka-ivi, graves under ahu which hold skeletons (lit. "bone
canoe").
vaka-ure, to lay foundation stones in the outline of a canoe (e.g. for hare
paenga); nowadays used in the more general sense, without reference to
a special shape of outline.
vakovako, rectangular; rectangle.
vana, a sea-urchin, larger than the hatuke and with shorter,
thinner spines.
vanavana, radiate, said of any object with
its parts radiating horizontally from a central axis, such as the feather
hats on Thomson's Plate 54 [opens new window].
ha'u vanavana belt adorned with multicolour feathers radiating out
horizontally, used on occasion of important festivals.
Compare with:
ha'u tara, ha'u teketeke the feathers of which stick out vertically.
vánaga, to speak, to talk, to pronounce;
conversation, talk, word, language; he vânaga i te vânaga
rapanui, to speak Rapanui; vânaga reoreo, lies, lying
words, falsehoods.
vanavanaga, to talk at length; useless talk.
varavara, to sow, to plant (seedlings)
leaving adequete growing space between them.
to have one's mouth water, to feel a
consuming desire for, to crave (ki); ku varegao-á au ki
te koreha, I have this sudden craving for eels;
to crave, to desire, in a general sense:
he-varegao ki te mee rakerake, to have evil desires, cravings.
vari,
menstruation, period (also: tiko).
to tack, to veer (nautical); ku-vari-mai-á
te miro, the boat arrives, have veered [around Rano Kau].
varu,
to cut one's hair (te puoko);
to shave.
to paint, to put on make-up: he varu
te kiea.
varua, spirit, soul; sleep, dream. This is a Tahitian word, but the
same term may have been used in ancient times.
varu a-roto, to have diarrhoea.
vatavata, merry, happy; kope vatavata,
poki vatavata, merry youngster, merry child, of smiling, pleasant
temperament.
vavae, to separate, to part, to be divided into groups; ku-vavae-á
te tagata, the men are divided into several teams (see vae).
vave,
coastal wave (waves in the open sea are
called pari).
not yet (used in the imperative,
following the verb); ina koe ekó oho-vave, ka-tiaki-no mai, don't
go yet, wait for me.
vavovavo, echo; to echo.
vehi,
song in someone's honour; ka-hoa-mai
te vehi o te repa. sing us a song in our friend's honour.
to form a circle, to sit in a circle;
ku-vehi-á te ga kope, the youngsters are seated in a circle;
ku-vehi-á te gogoro, the assistance is seated in a circle;
ku-vehi-á te mahigo i tau
raá tomo era te Matu'a the people
formed a large circle on the day the Padre arrived; vehi-á te
taro, the taros are planted in a circle.
vekeveke, eyelash.
vekuveku,
wet (said of birds wet from the rain).
disshevelled: ku-vekuveku-á te
oho (oho, hair).
messy, full of garbage (of houses); ku-vekuveku-á
te hare, the house is a mess.
veo, nail; to nail.
vera, heat, hot, to feel hot; veravera, to burn, to be
consumed. The following two terms are of obscure meaning: vera pipiro was
said of person who did use face powder and vera hati was said of
those did.
vera-paka, scar; to heal (of scars).
vere,
to cut (plants).
hair, beard;
vere gutu, moustache;
vere kukumu, whiskers, mutton-chops;
vere kauva'e, beard;
vere ha'iga (or haíga), armpit hair;
vere puku, pubic hair.
verepaka,moa gao verapaka, chicken with featherless neck .
verevere, down, fine hairs; moa va'e
verevere, chicken with feathers on its feet.
verehiva, drizzle (also: ehu ûa).
veretaûeve, servant, employee.
veri,
fly eggs.
pretty; he-veri-nó te kope
era, this youth is really pretty; ko te veri te vî'e, how
pretty this woman is!
veri arahu, scorpion.
veri-gao, a sort of scarf made of human hair.
veriveri, puddle, small pond; to get wet
going through puddles; veri-veri-á te va'e, I got my feet
wet.
vero, to throw, to hurl (a lance, a spear). This word was also used
with the particle kua preposed: koía kua vera i te
matá, he is the one who threw the obsidian [weapon].
verovero,to throw, to hurl repeatedly,
quickly (iterative of vero) .
veta, a seaweed.
veti, neighbour; also seems to mean a stranger who has come to
settle, an immigrant.
veu, root of certain plants: veu kumara, veu uhi.
veu te va'e, to run; ka-veu te va'e ruga, va'e raro, run as fast as
you can.
veveke,
dragonfly.
to arrive early; e-veveke koe; do
come early. E-haaki koe i te gagata tupa o te rago mo veveke mai! Tell
the stretcher-bearers to come early at dawn!
vevete, to untie, to release.
veveveve, to be in a hurry, to hurry; he-veveveve
au mo oho ki te aga, I am in a hurry to get to work.
vî'e, woman, female; matû'a vî'e, mother.
Vî'e hoa, ancient name of a spirit of the other world..
vihaviha, uninhabited, deserted, abandoned.
viri,
to wind, to coil, to roll up; he viri
i te hau, to wind, coil a string (to fasten something).
to fall from a height, rolling over, to
hurl down, to fling down.
viriviri, round, spherical (said of small
objects).
viviri te henua, to feel dizzy (also: mimiro te henua ).
viví, partridge (modern onomatopoeia).
vo'u, to raise shouts (te karaga); vo'u vo'u, to raise
continual shouts or groans.
vovo, girl, daughter (term of
endearment used by parents to their daughters, brothers to their sisters,
or more generally to any female).
vuhi, water puddle; to get dirty; ku-vuhi-á
(ku-vuhivuhi-á) te kahu, I got my clothes dirty.