Miro
1. Wood, stick; also (probably
improperly) used for 'tree': miro tahiti,
a tree from Tahiti (Melia azedarach);
miro huru iti, shrub. 2. Wooden vessel
(canoe, boat); today pahú (a Tahitian
word) is more used, especially when speaking of
modern boats. 3. Name of the tribe, of royal
blood, descended from Ariki Hotu Matu'a.
Vanaga.
Miro-oone, model boat
made of earth in which the 'boat festivals' used
to be celebrated. Vanaga.
...
on the first day of the year the natives dress
in navy uniforms and performs exercises which
imitate the maneuvers of ships' crews ...
Métraux.
Tree, plant, wood, plank,
ship, building; miro hokuhoku, bush,
thicket; miro takataka, bush; miro
tupu, tree; miro vavau, switch.
Miroahi, firebrand. Mimiro, compass,
to roll one over another, to turn in a circle. P
Pau.: miro, to rope. Churchill.
1. Wood. 2. Ship (Ko te rua
o te raa i tu'i ai te miro ki Rikitea tupuaki ki
Magareva = On the second day the boat
arrived at Rikitea which is close to Mangareva.
He patu mai i te puaka mo ma'u ki ruga ki te
miro = They corralled the cattle in order to
carry them on to the boat.) Krupa.
T. 1. The tree Thespesia
populnea. ... a fine tree with bright-green
heart-shaped leaves and a yellow flower
resembling that of the fau, but not
opening wide. The fruit is hemispherical and
about twice the size of a walnut, consisting of
brittle shell in which are several septa, each
containing a single seed. The wood resembles
rosewood and is of much the same texture.
Formerly, this tree was held sacred. Henry. 2.
Rock. (To'a-te-miro =
Long-standing-rock.) Henry. |