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Piri
1. To
join (vi, vt); to meet
someone on the road;
piriga, meeting,
gathering. 2. To choke:
he-piri te gao.
3. Ka-piri, ka piri,
exclamation: 'So many!'
Ka-piri, kapiri te
pipi, so many
shellfish! Also used to
welcome visitors:
ka-piri, ka-piri! 4.
Ai-ka-piri ta'a me'e
ma'a, expression
used to someone from
whom one hopes to
receive some news, like
saying 'let's hear what
news you bring'. 5.
Kai piri, kai piri,
exclamation expressing:
'such a thing had never
happened to me before'.
Kai piri, kai piri,
ia anirį i-piri-mai-ai
te me'e rakerake,
such a bad thing had
never happened to me
before!
Piripiri,
a slug found on the
coast, blackish, which
secretes a sticky
liquid.
Piriu,
a tattoo made on the
back of the hand.
Vanaga.
1.
With, and. 2. A shock,
blow. 3. To stick close
to, to apply oneself,
starch; pipiri,
to stick, glue, gum;
hakapiri, plaster,
to solder; hakapipiri,
to glue, to gum, to
coat, to fasten with a
seal; hakapipirihaga,
glue. 4. To frequent, to
join, to meet, to
interview, to
contribute, to unite, to
be associated,
neighboring; piri mai,
to come, to assemble, a
company, in a body, two
together, in mass,
indistinctly; piri
ohorua, a couple;
piri putuputu, to
frequent; piri mai
piri atu, sodomy;
piri iho, to be
addicted to; pipiri,
to catch; hakapiri,
to join together,
aggregate, adjust,
apply, associate,
equalize, graft, vise,
join, league, patch,
unite.
Piria;
tagata piria,
traitor.
Piriaro
(piri 3 - aro),
singlet, undershirt.
Pirihaga,
to ally, affinity,
league.
Piripou
(piri 3 - pou),
trousers.
Piriukona,
tattooing on the hands.
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