Rapa

1. To shine; shiny, polished; he-rapa te moai miro, the wooden figurine is shiny, polished. 2. Emblem, badge of timo īka (person entrusted with putting a death spell on an assassin). Rapahago, name of a spirit (akuaku), anciently considered as benevolent; rapahago, a fish. Raparapa, to dazzle; dazzled: he-raparapa te mata. Marīa raparapa, calm, smooth shiny sea. Vanaga.

1. Pau.: rapa, a fool, madness. Ma.: rapa, a familiar spirit. 2. Pau.: rapa, blade of a paddle. Mgv.: raparapahoe, id. Ta.: rapa, id. Mq.: apa, id. Sa.: lapa, flat. Ma.: rapa, flat part of a shovel. 3. Pau.: rapae, a sand-pit. Ta.: rape, arapai, id. 4. Mgv.: rapahou, primipara. Ma.: rapoi, id. 5. Mgv.: raparapa, green. Ta.: rapa, id. 6. Mgv.: raparapa, flat. Ta.: rapa, a flat rock. Sa.: lapalapa, a flat coral. Ma.: raparapa, the flat part of the foot. 7. Ta.: raparapa, square. To.: labalaba, id. Ha.: lapalapa, square (of timber, of a bottle, of a cow yard). Churchill.