| Englert | my comments | Atan | ||
| He Anakena | 1 |
Ana = Cave. Kena = A sea bird, with a white breast and black wings, considered a symbol of good luck and noble attitudes. |
a he anakena | 1 a tiu rai |
| Hora iti | 2 | Hora = Ancient name of summer (toga-hora, winter summer). | hora iti | 2 a tete |
| Hora nui | 3 | hora nu | 3 a tete pa | |
| Tagaroa uri | 4 | Uri = 1. Dark; black-and-blue. 2. Green; ki oti te toga. he-uri te maúku o te kaiga, te kumara, te taro, te tahi hoki me'e, once winter is over, the grasses grow green, and the sweet potatoes, and the taro, and the other plants. | tagaroa uri | 4 oto pa |
| Ko Ruti | 5 | ko ruti | 5 noe ma | |
| Ko Koró | 6 | ko koro | 6 tetema | |
| Tua haro | 7 |
Tu'a
= 1. Back, shoulder, tu'a ivi, shoulder
blade; tu'a ivi more, lumbago; moa
tu'a ivi raá, "sun-back chicken": chicken
with a yellow back which shines in the sun. 2
Behind (a locative adverb, used with i, ki,
a, o, etc). Haro = To pull; popohaga o te rua raá, i haro i te aka o te miro, on the morning of the second day, they pulled up the anchor of the boat. |
tua haro | 7 te nu ari |
| Tehetu'upú | 8 |
Hetu'u
= Star, planet; hetu'u popohaga
morning star; hetu'u ahiahi
evening star; hetu'u viri
meteorite. Pú = 1. To come forward to greet someone met on the road; to walk in front, to go in front: ka-pú a mu'a, let them go first. 2. Pú a mu'a, to intervene, to come to someone's rescue; he-pú-mai a mu'a, he-moaha, he came to my rescue and saved my life. 3. Ancient expression: ai ka-pú, ai ka-pú, tell us frankly what you think. 4. Hole, opening, orifice; well; circumference, rotundity; swirling water; pú-haga, vaginal orifice; pú-henua (also just henua), placenta. He pú henua nó te me'e aau, he-oti-á; ina-á me'e ma'u o te rima i-topa-ai koe, a placenta was all you had, it is a past thing now; you held nothing in your hands when you were born (stern words said to children to make them realize that they must not be demanding, since they were born naked and without possessions). 5. To dig out (tubers): he-pú i te uhi, to dig out yams. |
ko te hetuu pu | 8 apepu ari |
| Tarahao | 9 |
Tara = 1. Thorn: tara
miro. 2. Spur: tara moa. 3. Corner;
te tara o te hare, corner of house;
tara o te ahu, corner of ahu. Hao = To plant (sweet potatoes): he hao i te kumara. 2. To bury (the paega stones, which served as the foundations for the boat-shaped houses. |
ko tara hao | 9 mati |
| Vaitu nui | 10 | Tu = To crush into puree, like women of old did, crushing sweet potatoes and mixing them with cooked egg to give the children. | he vaitu nui | 10 aaperirá |
| Vaitu poru | 11 | Potu = Small stick (toothpick?); extremity or remainder of something. | a he vaitu potu | 11 mé |
| He Maro | 12 | Maro = A sort of small banner or pennant of bird feathers tied to a stick. | he maro | 12 tiúni |