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taheta

1 taheta

name of the concave stones used as water tanks in many of the ancient hare paega houses.

Rapanui-English dictionary > taheta
2 kau

to move one's feet (walking or swimming); ana oho koe, ana kau i te va'e, ka rava a me'e mo kai, if you go and move your feet, you'll get something to eat; kakau (or also kaukau), move yourself swimming.

to spread (of plants): ku-kau-áte kumara, the sweet potatoes have spread, have grown a lot.

to swarm, to mill around (of people): ku-kau-á te gagata i mu'a i tou hare, there's a crowd of people milling about in front of your house.

to flood (of water after the rain): ku-kau-á te vai haho, the water has flooded out (of a container such as a taheta).

to increase, to multiply: ku-kau-á te moa, the chickens have multiplied.

wide, large: Rano Kau, "Wide Crater" (name of the volcano in the southwest corner of the island).

expression of admiration: kau-ké-ké! how big! hare kau-kéké! what a big house! tagata hakari kau-kéké! what a stout man!

Rapanui-English dictionary > kau
3 roto

inside.

lagoon (off the coast, in the sea).

to press the juice out of a plant; taheta roto pua. stone vessel used for pressing the juice out of the pua plant, this vessel is also just called roto.

Rapanui-English dictionary > roto