1. Through the opening of Rano Kau comes a gentle breeze, and it announces the fair weather of spring. It is like a signature of Hau Maka: Hau. 5. To blow freshly, coolness, zephyr, salubrious, breeze, wind (hahau, ahau); kona hauhau, kona hahau, a breezy spot; ahau ora, agreeable breeze; hakahahau, to hang out in the air; hakaahau, to blow ... The word ora (as in Mokuola) has not been defined enough earlier, but now we are ready for it, and the following are the main points of the item ora in my Polynesian wordlist:
A healthy life returns with spring seems to be the essence of ora. But another word, kioe, is still not understood. Kioe can be added to hiki, resulting in the name of a plant, hiki kioe (Cyperus vegetus), 'a plant whose roots were eaten during times of famine and the stems of which were used for medicinal purposes': . |