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On Easter Island the fibres of a rope would have come from the hauhau tree and from the mahute:

Mahute. A tree (Boussonetia papyrifera) formerly more abundant on the island, the fibres of which were used for clothing (see nua and hami). Vanaga. The tree Broussonetia papyrifera, indispensible for all types of fasteners (lines, twine, ropes, and rigging). Barthel 2. Maute, paper mulberry (mahute G). P Mgv.: eute, ute, id. Mq.: ute, id. Ta.: aute, Hibiscus rosa-sinensis. Pau.: aute, id. Mahutehute (mahute - tutu 1) bast cloth in the last stage of preparation (maute). Churchill.

The methods used were hiri (weaving in-and-out) and hiro (spinning):

Hiri. 1. To braid, plait, tress (hair, threads). 2. To rise in coils (of smoke). 3. To hover (of birds). Vanaga. 1. To elevate, to mount. Hiriga, to elevate; elevation, mounted, ascension, assumption, declivity; hiriga mouga, hillside. Hirihiri, a swing, seesaw. P. Pau.: iri, to be put up in a place, to lodge. Mgv.: iri, placed in a higher position than the observer, as a box on a high shelf. Ta.: iri, to lodge or stick up in a place. The germ signification is 'above, higher'. In Samoa it is used most commonly in a tropical sense, but the primal sense is sufficiently retained in the signification to lodge, to stick in, to show general concord with Rapanui and particular harmony with the other languages of Southeast Polynesia. 2. To make a bag; taura hiri, to make a cord; rauoho hiri, plaited hair; hirihiri, frizzed; rauoho hirihiri, lock of hair. P Mgv.: hiri, wo weave, to plait; akahiri, to make a mat. Mq.: hii, large plait of coconut fiber. Ta.: firi, to plait, to braid. When we interpret in the sense of local conditions Père Roussel's definition 'to make a bag' the concord is perfect, for bags are woven. The germ sense is plainly the act of twining in and out, over and under, which, with specific differences due to manner and material, may result in plaiting or weaving; see hiro. 3. To go, to walk, to voyage, to arrive, to appear; hiri tê reka, to go without noise; hiri koroiti, to go softly; hiri tahaga no mai, to go without a halt. Hiriga, voyage, journey; hiriga hakapa, to go by twos; hiriga hipa, to go obliquely; hiriga kokekoke, to go by sudden steps; hiriga okorua, to go by twos; hiriga tahataha to go across; hiriga tekiteki, to go on hopping; hiriga tê mataku, to go on fearlessly; hiriga totoro, to go on all fours; hiriga varikapau; to go in a ring; hiriga veveveve, to go boldly. Churchill. Pau.: Hirinaki. 1. To incline, to slope. Ta.: hirinai, to rest upon. Ma.: irinaki, to rest upon. 2. To be apprehensive. Ta.: hirinai, to apprehend. Churchill. Mgv.: Aka-hiria, to enquire after. Sa.: sili, to ask, to demand. Hirihiri, to fish for turtle. Mq.: fiifiii, a small net for taking turtle. Churchill. HILI, v. Haw., to braid, plait, twist, turn over, spin; wili, id.; wili, s. a ribbon a roll; wili-wili, to stir round, to mix; another dialectical variation is hilo, to twist, turn, spin. Sam., fili, to plait, as sinnet; filo, to mix, s. twine, thread; vili, a gimlet a whirlpool. Marqu., fau-fii, twist, braid. N. Zeal., wiri, id. Rarot., iro, id. Tah., firi, id.; hiro, id. Fiji., siri, askew, not nicely in a row, wrong, in error. Tagal and Bisays, hilig, a woof. Greek, είλω, to roll up, to press together, pass to and fro, to wind, turn round; έλισσω, turn round or about, roll, whirl; έλιξ, adj., twisted, curled; s. anything of a spiral shape, twist, curl, coil; ίλλω, to roll, of the eyes, to squint, look askance; ίλλος, squinting; ίλλας, a rope, band; ίλιγξ, a whirlpool. Sanskr., vel, vehl, to shake, tremble; vellita, crooked; anu-vellita, a bandage. To this Sanskrit vel Benfey refers the Greek είλω, the Latin volvo, and the Gothic walojan. Liddell and Scott also incline to connect είλω and volvo with the same root. To me it would seem as if the Sanskrit vrij, whose 'original signification', Benfey says, is 'to bend', and the Sanskrit vrit, whose 'original signification', Benfey says, is 'to turn', were nearer akin to the primary form from which the Greek είλω, ίλλω, and the Polynesian hili, wiri, descend: that primary form being vri, now lost to the Sanskrit, with a primary sense of to bend, twist, turn over, braid, and of which vel, vell, or vehl, is possibly another secondary and attenuated form. With such a Sanskrit vŗi. surviving in vŗij and vŗit, the derivation of the Latin filum, thread, as twisted, spun; of the Latin varus, bent asunder, parting from each other, varix, crookedness; of the Saxon wile, deceit; of the Swedish willa, confusion, error, wilse, astray, becomes easy and intelligible. (Fornander)

Hiro. 1. A deity invoked when praying for rain (meaning uncertain). 2. To twine tree fibres (hauhau, mahute) into strings or ropes. Ohirohiro, waterspout (more exactly pú ohirohiro), a column of water which rises spinning on itself. Vanaga. To spin, to twist. P Mgv.: hiro, iro, to make a cord or line in the native manner by twisting on the thigh. Mq.: fió, hió, to spin, to twist, to twine. Ta.: hiro, to twist. This differs essentially from the in-and-out movement involved in hiri 2, for here the movement is that of rolling on the axis of length, the result is that of spinning. Starting with the coir fiber, the first operation is to roll (hiro) by the palm of the hand upon the thigh, which lies coveniently exposed in the crosslegged sedentary posture, two or three threads into a cord; next to plait (hiri) three or other odd number of such cords into sennit. Hirohiro, to mix, to blend, to dissolve, to infuse, to inject, to season, to streak with several colors; hirohiro ei paatai, to salt. Hirohiroa, to mingle; hirohiroa ei vai, diluted with water. Churchill. Ta.: Hiro, to exaggerate. Ha.: hilohilo, to lengthen a speech by mentioning little circumstances, to make nice oratorial language. Churchill. Whiro 'Steals-off-and-hides'; also [in addition to the name of Mercury] the universal name for the 'dark of the Moon' or the first day of the lunar month; also the deity of sneak thieves and rascals. Makemson.

he huru o te me'e  [E:69] Huru. Custom, tradition, behaviour, manners, situation, circumstances; poki huru hare, child who stays inside (to keep a fair complexion); te huru o te tagata rivariva, a fine person's behaviour; pehé te huru o Hiva? what is the situation on the mainland? Huruhuru, plumage, feathers (the short feathers, not the tail feathers), fleece of sheep. Vanaga. Samoa: sulu, a torch; to light by a torch; sulusulu, to carry a torch; susulu, to shine (used of the heavenly bodies and of fire). Futuna: susulu, the brightness of the moon. Tonga: huluaki, huluia, huluhulu, to light, to enlighten; fakahuhulu, to shine; iuhulu, a torch or flambeau, to light with a torch. Niuē: hulu, a torch; huhulu, to shine (as the moon). Maori: huru, the glow of the sun before rising, the glow of fire. Churchill 2.
1	he	ngaatu	a Oti.
1		tavari
1		riku
1		ngaoho
1		naunau.
1		uku koko
1		nehenehe
1		poporo.
1		kavakava atua
1		kohe.
1		nehenehe [sic!]
1		pua
1		harahara
1		hua taru.
1		makere
1		hata.
1		tuere heu.
1		tureme

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