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Ira gave the name 'Apina Nui A Papa Nihoniho A Vere Nuanua A Papa O Rae' to the neck of the figure of Hinariru.

Nua. 1. Mother; this seems a more ancient word than matu'a poreko. 2. Blanket, clothing, cape formerly made from fibres of the mahute tree. Vanaga. Cloak T. Churchill. Nu'a 1. Thick; piled one on top of the other, as leis, mats, or ocean swells; heaped; lush, thick-growing; much traveled, as a road; multitude, as of people, mass. Also hānu'a. Moena kumu nu'a, a sleeping mat made thick at one end to serve as a head rest; lit. 'mat piled beginning'. Nu'a moena, a heap of mats. Nu'a kanaka, many people. Haki nu'a ka uahi i ke kai, the spray breaks in masses in the sea. Ka nu'a o ka palai, the thick clump of palai ferns. Ho'o nu'a, to heap up; to give generously and continuously; to indulge, as a child; surging, rising in swells, as the sea. 2. A kind of seaweed. Nu'a-kea, a goddess of lactation. Wehewehe.

Nuahine. 1. Old woman. 2. Ko te Nuahine ká umu a ragi kotekote, ancient name of 'the woman in the moon' inspired by the resemblance of its landscape with the likeness of a woman sitting, lighting the fire of her oven. Vanaga. Nuehine. Old woman. Churchill. "[Englert 1948, 165:] '... se selia nombrar Ko te Nuahine káumu à rangi kote kote que significa: La vieja que enciende el curanto en el cielo kotekote. Puedo haber sido una personificación de la luna porque las viejos decían, comentando este nombre, que no es una montaña que seve en la luna, sino una mujer anciana que está suntada [sentada?] al lado un gran curanto umu pae (de piedras en circulo)." (Barthel)

Ira took [he too mai] the string (hau) for making string-figures (kaikai) in order to introduce [uru mo hakamaa] Makoi to the game and help him gain knowledge of the content (urunga) of the string-figures.

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... string games could be resumed after it was clear that the Sun had managed to leave the horizon and was rapidly gaining in altitude: 'Before the sun starts to leave the horizon ... when it shows only on the horizon, ... then string games were no longer allowed as they might lacerate the sun. Once the sun had started to go higher and could be seen in its entirety, string games could be resumed, if one so wished. So the restriction on playing string games was only applicable during the period between the sun's return and its rising fully above the horizon ...

[Two stone statues, erua moai, of Tuu Hokorua:] (1) Ko Apina Iti ko Rapa Kura.

(8) Renga Tini a toto renga.

(9) Vai A Mei a uhi kapokapo.

(10) Rua Ngau a nua ngirongiro.

(11) Roro Hau a mana ai rea

(12) Vai Poko a raa mata turu.

(13) Ko Te Hereke a kino ariki.

(15) Ara Koreu a pari maehaeha.

(16) Hanga Kuokuo a vave renga.

(17) Opata Roa a mana aia.

(18) Vai Tara Kai Uo a ngao roaroa a ngao tokotokoa.

(19) Hia Uka a hakairiiri [to cause to rise] a hakaturuturu [to cause to descend].

(20) Hanga Ohiro a pakipaki renga.

Iri. 1. To go up; to go in a boat on the sea (the surface of which gives the impression of going up from the coast): he-eke te tagata ki ruga ki te vaka, he-iri ki te Hakakaiga, the men boarded the boat and went up to Hakakainga. 2. Ka-iri ki puku toiri ka toiri. Obscure expression of an ancient curse. Vanaga. Iri-are, a seaweed. Vanaga. To. 1. Particle sometimes used with the article in ancient legends; i uto to te hau, the ribbon was in the float. 2. To rise (of the sun) during the morning hours up to the zenith: he-to te raá. Vanaga. 1. Of. T Pau., Ta.: to, of. Mgv.: to, genitive sign. Mq.: to, of, for. 2. This, which. Churchill. Mgv.: To, to make a canoe of planks. Mq.: to, to build a canoe. Sa.: to, to build. Churchill. Puku.1. To feel an urge to defecate or to urinate, etc.: ku-puku-á te mimi: to need to urinate. 2. Rock, boulder: puku ma'ea; puku oone, hillock, earth mound. 3. Puku tagata, pubis. Puku-ine, to get stuck in the oesophagus (of food). Pukupuku, joints, bones of a joint; pukupuku rima, wrist bones; pukupuku va'e, ankle. Pukuraga, followers, disciples, students. Puku rekoreko is the juicy part between two knots (puku). Vanaga. 1. Puku haga oao, east, east wind. 2. Pubes. T Mgv.: puku, clitoris; pukuhou, the age of puberty; pukutea, a man between 30 and 45. 3. Unripe; puku no, unripe; pukupuku, green, immature. Mgv. puku, to be unripe. Mq.: puku, a fruit which has not yet reached its maturity. 4. To gorge; mahaga puku, to take the bait greedily. PS Sa.: pu'u, to take the whole at one mouthful, to put into the mouth whole. Fu.: pukupuku, to rinse the mouth, to gargle. Niuē: puku, to take into the mouth. Pukuhina, (puku 4), to choke on a fishbone. Pau.: pukua, to choke with a fishbone. Mgv.: pukua, to be suffocated by anything that sticks in the throat. Mq.: pukua, bad deglutition. Ta.: puunena, puufeto, to choke, to gag. Ha.: puua, to be choked, to have something sticking in the throat. Pukupuku; 1. Elbow. G. 2. Wrinkled, knotty, wen, scrofula; gao pukupuku, scrofula. T Pau.: puku, a swelling; pukupuku, a wrinkle, knotty, rough. Mgv.: puku, a knot in the wood; pukupuku, knotted, rough, uneven, lumpy. Mq.: puku, knot in wood, boss, protuberance, tumor, boil; toopuku, toopuu, boil, wart, tumor; pukupuku, wrinkled, knotty. Ta.: puú, boss, protuberance, swelling; puúnono, tumour; puúpuú, wrinkled, knotty. Pukuraga, servant T. Churchill. Rei matapuku, necklace made of coral or of mother-of-pearl. Henry.