ei auē

Penrhyn (Tongareva)

1. (Interj,) hello, thank you, oh. ei auē, mai hea mai koe? Hello, where are you from? .

aere mai ē kai

Mangaia(n)

1. "Hello", a very polite way of greeting, by a person who is eating, or sitting at the table. Lit. "come here and eat!", this is, however, a formal and polite invitation which the caller does not expect to be accepted. The proper response would be "'are kino!"/”Goodbye” .

toa

Penrhyn (Tongareva)

1. (v.) to be brave. N, male. toa puaka male pig.

2. (n.) store, shop. Interj, hello. (When a kid calls a shop keeper, he/ she say 'toa!') ( .

3. (n(bn)) ironwood tree, Casuarina equisetifolia; growing on Penrhyn. tumu toa ironwood tree.

4. (n.) kind of fern. (This word is an older one which was replaced by maire. Syn. maire.) .

akahārāvei

Penrhyn (Tongareva)

1. (v(caus)) 1) to say something (hello, goodbye, etc.) on meeting. 2) to introduce. ( .

hārāvei

Penrhyn (Tongareva)

1. To meet, meet to say hello, meet to say goodbye. (Nom. Hārāveihanga.) .


Kua hārāvei rāua; kua songi rāua. / They (dual) met and they kissed.
Kua hano sokoau, kua hārāvei I tona matua. / Sokoau has come and met her parents.
ua ngaropōina iāu kia hārāvei iāia. / I have forgotten to say hello/ goodbye to him/ her.