| Haga
1. Bay, fishing spot. (Figuratively)
he haga o te ákuáku, it is the [evil] spirit's
fishing spot, i.e. a place where they hide waiting for
people to fall under their power. 2. To want, to love.
Ku haga á i te vai, I want water, I am thirsty.
Vanaga.
1. Bay, strait, anchorage, strand,
beach. P Mq.: hana, haka, small bay,
creek, cove. 2. Work, labor, employment, act, affair,
creation, design, state, maker, fashion, manufacture,
occupation, profession; to do, to make, to construct, to
employ, to form, to manufacture, to fashion, to found,
to be busy with; haga rakerake, crime; tagata
haga ei mea, mercenary; haga no iti, to plot
mischief; haga ke, to act contrary; haga
takataka, to disjoin; haga nui, difficulty,
fatigue, to weary; tuhi ki te haga, to give
employment; haga hakahou, to make over, to renew,
recovery; haga koroiti, to deal prudently;
haga nuinui ke, to overburden. P Pau.: haga,
to do, action, work, a deed. Mgv.: haga, aga,
work, labor. Mq.: hana, haka, action, act,
work, occupation. Ta.: haa, work, to labor, to
make. 3. Agreement, conduct, liking, intention, desire,
will; to resolve, to permit, to endeavor, to tolerate,
to be willing, to wish, to approve; haga ihoiho,
fixed desire; haga mai, haga no mai, to
agree, to hearken favorably; tae haga, despite,
involuntary, to refuse, to renounce; noho hakahaga,
apathy. 4. = haka. Pau.: haga = haka.
5. Mgv.: haga, a fish. Mq.: haka, id. 6.
Mgv.: haga, a fishtrap. Sa.: faga, a
fish-trap, bird-cage. Ma.: hanganoa, a small
basket for cooked fish. 7. Mgv.: haga, a measure
of a fathom. Ta.: aa, to measure length. Mq.:
aka, ana, to measure with the arms. Ma.:
whanga, id. Churchill.
Hagaava (haga 1 - ava
2), entrance of a harbor. Hagahaga: 1. (haga
2), work. 2. hesitation, to hesitate. Churchill. |
