1. Good (in general). 2. To be well, healthy: e-rivariva koe, keep well. 3. To treat someone well; to put something in order: aana-á peaha e-rivariva nei, perhaps that's him himself who keeps it in good order like this. 4. Kindness: te rivariva o te Atua mo tatou, God's kindness for us. 5. Usefulness, advantage, good; mo ai te rivariva? ta'e mooku, moona-á for whose good is it? not mine, but his. 6. Possible; ana rivariva, if possible; ekó rivariva, impossible. 7. Ironically: ku-rivariva-ana ó? is that good? (of course not). Rivarivaga, good thing, good luck; ana ta'e hakarogo-mai korua ki taaku kî, ina ekó rava'a te rivarivaga e korua, if you do not listen to my words you will not have good luck. Rivariva-haga, good, benefit; to turn out well (a song, a piece of work, etc. Vanaga.

Calm, modesty, health; to satisfy, to restore, to convert; tae riva, coarse, imperfect, uncertain, inconvenient, inconsistent, unseemly, inefficacious, inopportune, insignificant, dishonest, filthy; noho tae riva, indecent; riva ke, to make famous; riva maoa, correct; riva mo tere, navigable; riva atu, progress; riva kia ku, interest; riva no iti, convalescence; mea riva, seemly; vanaga tae riva, confused speech; ina kai riva, uncertain; e ko riva, incurable. Rivaga, goodness, quality; rivaga ke, wonderful, marvelous. Rivariva, neatness, effect, seasonableness, magnificence, excellence, curiosity, elegance, loyalty, good, well, neat, handsome, charming, decent, delicate, excellent, flourishing, exquisite, good looking, commendable, loyal, magnificent, majestic, opportune, reasonable, affable, pious, agreeable, pleasing, holy; tae rivariva, dishonesty, illegal, unworthy; igoa tae rivariva, nickname; rivariva ke, illustrious, better, best, precious, remarkable; tagata rivariva, devout; rivariva atu, to excel; mea rivariva, to delight, to deserve; hakatu rivariva, fine appearance; rivariva maitai, good; rivariva noa, moral, perfect, precious, rich. Rivarivaga, perfection; rivarivaga ke, pomp. Hakariva, happiness, attention, operation; to be happy, to rejoice, to make famous, to govern, to rule, to operate, to adorn, to cure; rara hakariva, to intermeddle. Hakarivaga, joy, gladness. Hakarivariva, deliberation, explanation, judgment, justification, admonition, agreement, paraphrase, process, receipt, petition for pardon, reparation, resolution, restoration, condemnation; to condemn, to correct, to judge, to set in order, to organize, to refute, to govern, to administer, to arrange, to assign, to complete, to compose, to deliberate, to develop, to explain, to justify, to adjust to, to accomodate, to plead, to prepare, to resolve, to retrace, to simplify, to care for, to stipulate, to convert, to verify, to translate, to tell a story, to moralize, to plot, to join, to reason, to remedy, to preach, to sharpen, to make ready, to avow, to conciliate, to free of difficulties, to clear away, to inquire, to intervene, to smooth, to traffic, to mitigate, to gormandize; hakarivariva ki toona reoreo, to drive mad; hakarivariva ki te kahu, toilet; tagata hakarivariva, arbiter, umpire, interpreter. Hakarivarivaiho, to modify, to renew, to rectify, to reform. Churchill.

1. A deity invoked when praying for rain (meaning uncertain). 2. To twine tree fibres (hauhau, mahute) into strings or ropes. 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.