= segments from Br10 and Br9 and two doubtful lines (The Eighth Land, p. 290.)

The middle (te tini) was located in front of the bay of Hanga Rau [te tini o mua i te hanga.o hanga rau]. The feather garlands went up, continued, and reached Puku Parari [i iri ai te maro.i oho.ai.he tuu ki puku parari]. They went up again and reached Puku O Heha [he iri hokoou he tuu.ki puku o heha].

From Puku O Heha they formed (a line) to the side, to Aro Huri [i hakataha hokoou ai ka aro huri]. From Aro Huri they turned again toward the sea [i hoki hokoou ai.a tai] and reached Maunga Koua [he tuu ki maunga koua], went down, went their way, and reached Hira Moko [he turu he oho.he tuu ki hira moko]. (He) made a second line (? he rua taupa) of feather garlands.

... Long ago in the very beginning of time there dwelt within a shell an infant god whose name was Ta'aroa. He was Ta'aroa the unique one, the ancestor of all gods, the creator of the universe whose natures were myriad, whose backbone was the ridgepole of the world, whose ribs were its supporters. The shell was called Rumia, Upset. Becoming aware at last of his own existence and oppressed by a yearning loneliness Ta'aroa broke open his shell and, looking out, beheld the black limitless expanse of empty space. Hopefully, he shouted, but no voice answered him. He was alone in the vast cosmos. Within the broken Rumia he grew a new shell to shut out the primeval void ...

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Tupa. Ancient buildings found scattered along the coast; made of stone, and almost all of them round, they served as shelters for fishermen. Tupatupa, to carry (someone) on a stretcher; to carry (a load) with the help of several people. Vanaga.1. Land crab. PS Mgv.: tutupa, a large crayfish. Mq., Ta.: tupa, land crab. Sa., To., Fu.: tupa, a land crab with large claws. 2. Mixture, to carry, tupatupa, to bring in one dead or wounded. Tupapaku, corpse. T Pau.: tupapaku, corpse, ghost. Mgv.: tupapaku, corpse, sick person. Mq.: tupapaku, tupapaú, id. Ta.: tupapau, corpse, ghost, specter. Churchill. KUPA, v. Haw., to dig out, hollow out, as a canoe or a trench; kupa-paku, a place deep down in the ground. Tah., tupa, to dig out, hollow out, scoop out. Fiji., cuva, to stoop, bow down.Mal., kubur, grave, tomb. Sunda., tumbuk, a hook, a staple. Sanskr., kûpa, a well, a pit.; kûpa-kara, a well-digger; kub-ja, humpbacked, crooked; kumbha, a pot, jar. Benfey (Sanskr. Dict.) refers the two latter to a lost verb kubh, with an original signification of 'to be crooked'. He offers no etymon, however, for kûpa, well, pit. The Polynesians reconcile the two. The Sanskrit kûpa finds its kindred in the Hawaiian and Tahitian kupa, and the Sanskrit kumbha, ku-ja, and kubh, with a primary sense of 'crooked', refer themselves to the Fijian cuva, 'to stoop, low down', a sense now lost within the Polynesian dialects proper. Pers., kuftan, kaftan, to dig, cleave; kuft, kâf, fissure. Armen., kup, pit, cistern. Greek, κυπτω, to bend forward, to stoop down; κυφος, humpbacked; κυμβη, a cup, a boat, a wallet; σκυφος, a cup; κυψελη, any hollow vessel. Lat., cubo, lie, recline: concumbo, incumbo; cupa, a vat, cask. Goth., kumbjan, lie down, recline; hups, the hips, loins. A.-Sax., cop, a hollow vessel, cup. Anc. Slav., kâpona, a goblet.  Russ., kopati, to dig; a cistern. Welsh, cwb or cwpan, a hollow place, kennel or cote. Gael., tubag, tub. Fornander. Compare also the type of structure, mainly in the Lake Titicaca basin area, called chullpa and Easter Island's tupa, both apparently built as 'adoratorios', in which mummies, skeletons, and skulls were displayed and worshipped … where tupa would be the expected Polynesian revaluation of chullpa. Schumacher.

The earth-oven, the lighting of fire (tumuteka; emulation te umu te ka), and the cooking (te tao) were the responsibilities of Rovi.When it was time to place (the food) into the earth-oven, to take out (the prepared food), and to take (the meal into the house) to the king, to Tuu Maheke, only Rovi was allowed to be there. He alone could supply the king, Tuu Maheke, with food.

Tumu. 1. Tree trunk. 2. Ancestors: tumu matu'á, parents; tumu tupuna, grandparents. By extension: tumu taína, members of friendly families. 3. Como término muy especial se usa tumu para se¤alar a familias o personas que no son parientes, de modo que sus hijos podían, según antigua usanza, casarse entre ellos y formar un nuevo tronco. 4. Origin of something; initiator of an idea; person who is the cause of a fight: tumu taûa. 5. He-kore te tumu, to be so weakened that you cannot stand (lit.: the trunk is lacking). Vanaga. Base, cause, element, origin, principle, source, spring, trunk, occasion, author, subject, motive; ina e tumu, accidental, fortuitous; tumu kore, causeless, baseless, weak in the legs, to waver; tumu o te hakareka, toy; tumu hatihati, weak in the legs; tumu o te hiriga, purpose of the voyage. T Pau.: fakatumu, to lay a foundation. Mgv., Mq., Ta.: tumu, cause, base, origin, principle, trunk. Tumumeika (tumu - meika), banana plant. Mgv., Mq.: tumumeika, id. Churchill.

Teka. Tekai, curl, a round ball, as of twine. (Tekateka) hakatekateka, rudder, helm. Churchill. Routledge's informants still knew the names of the immigrant canoes (RM:278); they were given as 'Oteka' and 'Oua'. One Rongorongo text shows ua as the term used for two canoes, while RR:76 [Barthel's no. 76, GD111] (phallus grapheme ure, used in this case for an old synonym teka; compare TUA. teka 'penis of a turtle', HAW. ke'a 'virile male') tends to confirm the oral tradition with a transpositional variant (Barthel 1962:134). Barthel 2. Pau.  teka, arrow. Ta.: tea, id. Mq.: teka, a game with darts. Sa.: te'a, id. Ma.: teka, id. Churchill. Mgv. teka, a support, scaffold. Ta.: tea, the horizontal balk of a palisade, the crossbeam of a house. Mq.: tekateka, across, athwart. Ha.: kea, a cross. Churchill. 65 - ono tekau ma rima illustrates how in the Maori dialect tekau stands for 10. Harawira.

Hapai. 1. To handle delicately, carefully; he hapai i te poki, to pick up, a baby; ka hapai mai i te kai nei, pass me this food here (wrapped in banana leaves). 2. To lift (one's feet when running): he hapai te va'e. Vanaga. To lift, to raise, to elevate, to embark, to carry, to transport, to offer, to accept, to transmit; hapai ki ruga, to load, to raise, to extract, to exhaust; hapai koona ke, to transfer, to remove; hapai rogo, to announce; hapaiaga, elevation, to raise; hapaihaga, burden, offering, assumption; hapaihakahoua, to report; hapaitari, to import. P Pau: hapai, to lift up, to raise. Mgv.: apai, apapai, aapai, to carry, to bear. Mq.: hapai, to lift, to raise, to take away, to displace. Ta.: apai, to bring; hapoi, hopoi, to transport. Churchill.

Koreha. 1. Sea eel; several sorts are distinguished: koreha puhi. haoko, migo, tapatea. 2. Koreha o raro o te oone, earthworm; koreha henua, snake. Vanaga. Eel, worm; koreha heenua, worm. Churchill.