Rapa Nui - English
1. Rima hand2. Maui left
3. Hema left
4. Mata'u right
5. Kotau right
6. Ba'e leg/foot
7. Va'e leg/foot
8. Vae leg/foot
9. Haere to walk
10. Here to walk
11. Ara road/path
12. Oho to come
13. Hiho to come
14. Teka to turn
15. Taviri to turn
16. Amio to turn
17. Tioi to turn
18. Kau to swim
19. Haba/haba dirty
20. Hava dirty
21. One dirty; sand
22. Tahavahava dirty
23. Hunga fine dust
24. *funga small pieces
25. Nga/rahu white powder used in tattooing
26. Huga reduced to powder
27. Garahu embers, soot
28. Pugaehu dust
29. Rehu dust
30. Kiri skin
31. Tuaivi Back, Spine
32. Tu'a ivi back
33. Tua back
34. Kopu Abdomen, belly
35. Manaba Belly
36. Manava belly
37. Ibi bone, needle
38. Ivi bone
39. Kokoma bowels, guts, intestines
40. Nenenene intestines
41. Ate liver
42. àte liver
43. U'u breast, teat; milk
44. Û breast
45. Hu breast
46. Kapuhibi shoulders
47. Kapuhivi shoulder
48. Kekehu shoulder
49. Agi to know, be knowledgable
50. Kite to know, be knowledgable; to see
51. Mana'u to think
52. Manako to think
53. Riaria to fear
54. Mataku to fear
55. Toto Blood
56. Puoko head
57. Gao neck
58. Kaki neck
59. Huru/huru hair
60. Huruhuru feather
61. Oho hair
62. Rauoho hair
63. Ihu nose
64. Haa to breathe; four
65. Anave unusual loss of breath
66. Hongi kiss, smell
67. Hogi to sniff, smell
68. Haha mouth
69. Ngutu Beak, bill, lip, mouth
70. Gutu mouth
71. Niho tooth
72. Àrero tongue
73. Arero tongue
74. Kata laugh, smile
75. Tagi to cry, bark, mew
76. Tangi lament
77. Rua to vomit; two
78. àànu saliva, to spit
79. Aanu to spit
80. Kai food, to eat
81. Mama to chew
82. Tunu to cook
83. Unu to drink
84. Gau to bite
85. Omo/omo to sip, to suck
86. Omo to sip, to suck
87. Miti to suck
88. Taringa ear
89. Tariga ear
90. Garo'a to hear
91. Rongo to hear
92. Mata eye
93. Tikea to see
94. Ite to see
95. Hoka/mama to yawn
96. Amama to yawn
97. Moe to sleep; to lie down
98. Noho to sit
99. Tu'u to stand, arrive; mast, shaft; to hit
100. Tutu to stand
101. Tangata person/human being, man
102. Tane man/male
103. Tamaroa man/male
104. Bahine woman/female
105. Tama(ha)/hine feminine, female
106. Tama woman/female
107. Uha woman/female
108. Poki child
109. Kenu husband
110. Vî'e wife
111. Matu'a mother/father
112. Kui mother
113. Koro father
114. Hare house
115. àto thatch/roof
116. Ato to roof
117. Puru thatch/roof
118. Ingoa name
119. îgoa name
120. Kî to say
121. Tako to say
122. Taura cable, cord, rope, string
123. Ha/ha'u to tie up, fasten
124. Haha'u to tie up, fasten
125. Hahi to tie up, fasten
126. Tui/tui necklace
127. Tui to sew
128. Tiha to tie up
129. Hika net-needle
130. Ivi bone, needle
131. Nira needle
132. Poko to hunt
133. Huki drill
134. Oka to stab, pierce
135. Hakapau to stab, pierce
136. Tutu to hit
137. Kori to steal
138. Kamo to steal
139. Tiga'i to kill
140. Tahia to kill
141. Mate to die, be dead
142. Ora alive, healthy, recover from illness
143. Katikati to scratch
144. Raku to scratch
145. Rakuraku to scratch
146. A/bahi to cut, hack
147. Motu to cut, hack
148. Tarai carve, model, mould, sculpt
149. Vahi separate
150. Avahi break, smash
151. Hore to cut, hack
152. Tata to cut, hack
153. Miro stick, wood
154. Ngahaa to split
155. Gaha burst
156. Ihi to split
157. Hahara to split
158. Kaìkaì sharp
159. Ka'i sharp
160. Puni dull, blunt
161. Mene dull, blunt
162. Hanga work, make, labour, employment
163. Aga to work
164. Oka digging-stick; lever, stick; to plant
165. Tanu to plant
166. Vae to choose
167. Maiti to choose
168. Tupu sprout, be pregnant, germinate, grow
169. Riku to grow
170. Ahu to swell
171. Arakea to swell
172. Gatu to squeeze
173. Taomi to squeeze
174. Kuku tie branches together
175. Aaru grasp, hold
176. Mau to hold
177. Ka/karo to dig, excavate, hollow, shell (pick nose, pluck out eye)
178. Keri dig
179. Kakaro carve a hole
180. Ketuketu to dig
181. Ho'o to buy
182. Mono barter
183. Hoko to buy
184. Hahata to open, uncover
185. Huaki to ppen, uncover
186. Tukittuki to pound, beat
187. Bero throw; stab
188. Vero to throw
189. Tiri to throw
190. Hinga fall
191. Topa fall, descend, dismount
192. Higa to fall
193. Kuri dog
194. Paihega dog
195. Manu animal, bird, insect
196. Toua yolk of egg
197. Mâmari egg
198. Huruhuru feather
199. Kará wing
200. Rere fly, run, leap, jump
201. Kiore rat
202. Kiora rat
203. Kio'e rat
204. Kiko flesh, meat
205. Nako fat, grease
206. Hiku tail, tail end
207. Vaero tail
208. Koreha worm (earthworm)
209. Kutu louse
210. Na'ona'o mosquito
211. Namu mosquito
212. Hônu spider
213. Tukutuku rahinuku spider
214. Ika fish
215. îka fish
216. Para decay
217. Popo/popo deteriorate
218. Pipiro rotten
219. Maga branch
220. Rara branch
221. Rau sprout (of sweet-potato)
222. Rau/pa leaf
223. Raupá leaf
224. Rou leaf
225. Aka root
226. Pua flower
227. Hua flower
228. Kai fruit, food, eat
229. Mauku every kind of grass
230. Mouku grass, hay, straw, herbs
231. Pua mouku grass
232. Repo clay
233. Karu earth/soil
234. Maka stone
235. Ma'ea stone
236. Poatu Po'atu stone
237. Poatu stone
238. Bai water
239. Vai water
240. Tehe to flow
241. Tahe to flow
242. Moana blue
243. Tai sea
244. Miti salt, salty
245. Kava salt
246. Rano lake formed in crater of volcano
247. Rangi sky
248. Ragi sky, cloud
249. Mahina moon, month
250. Kavake moon
251. Hetu'u star
252. Kohu shade, shadow, cloud, fog
253. Punga cloud
254. Kapua fog
255. 'Uua rain
256. Ua rain
257. ûa rain
258. Patiri thunder
259. Atutiri thunder
260. 'Uira lightning
261. Uira lightning
262. Matagi wind, air, breeze
263. Hau squall, tempest
264. Tokerau wind
265. Hahau breeze
266. Puhi blow
267. Angi to blow
268. Hana hot, warm; heat; feel warm
269. Mahana warm, temperate, tepid
270. Takeo cold
271. Anounu cold
272. Paka scab
273. Paka/paka dry
274. Pakapaka dry
275. Moro dry
276. Lali wet, become wet
277. Hehe wet
278. Rari wet
279. Pagaha'a heavy (metathesis?)
280. Taimaha heavy
281. Afi fire
282. Ahi fire
283. Tutu ignite, kindle, set fire to
284. àu smoke
285. Au smoke; I
286. Auahi chimney
287. éoéo ash
288. Ehuehu ash
289. Kere/kere black
290. 'uri black
291. Uri black, dark, bruised, obscure
292. Uri/uri black, brown, brunette, tawny
293. Kerekere black
294. Tea/tea white
295. Teatea white
296. Ritorito white
297. Mea red
298. Herohero bright red
299. Engaenga red, yellow
300. Para yellow
301. Mata green
302. Iti small
303. Poto short; concise
304. Korereka small
305. Rahi more, much, many
306. Nui big
307. Peti short
308. Roa length
309. Ra'i thin
310. Matoru thick
311. Eepe thick
312. Rikiriki narrow
313. Vakavaka narrow
314. Kau wide
315. Mumae pain
316. Mauìuì sick, ill
317. Mamae painful, sick
318. Haa/maa shy, ashamed
319. Koroua decrepit, old age, worn with age
320. Korohua decrepit, senile; grow old; senelity, old age
321. Tuuai old
322. Tuai old, past
323. Ho'ou new
324. Reka pleasant
325. Rivariva good
326. Kino bad, perverse
327. Titika correct, true
328. Poo night
329. Raa day
330. Matahiti year
331. Ta'u year
332. Agahé when (in the past)
333. Romi to hide
334. Eke climb, embark, mount
335. I at, in, on
336. Roto inside, lining
337. Runga above
338. Ruga above
339. Raro under, below
340. Me'e-nei this
341. Nei this, here
342. Era that
343. Hahine near, next (to), close to, at hand
344. Tupuaki close, near, next to, to approach
345. Kumi far
346. Hee where?
347. Hé where
348. Kou you, thou
349. Ia third person personal pronoun (he/she)
350. Matou we
351. Tatou we
352. Korua second personal dual pronoun (you)
353. Raúa they
354. Aha what?
355. Aai who?
356. Tahi other, all
357. Me and
358. E and
359. Ma and
360. Pe and
361. Piri and
362. Ana if
363. Pehea how?
364. Pehe how?
365. Pe hé how?
366. Kai negative imperative (no, not), caveat
367. Ta'e no, not
368. Ina kai no, not
369. Tataku to count
370. Tahi one
371. Toru three
372. Ha four
373. Rima five
374. Ono six
375. Hitu seven
376. Va'u eight
377. Iba nine
378. Iva nine
379. Angahuru ten
380. Kauatu ten
381. Kumi ten
382. Rau one hundred
383. Mano one thousand
384. Piere one thousand
Popularity of Use
A % E % I % O % U %
253 65% 81 21% 137 35% 99 25% 138 35%
B % C % D % F % G %
10 2% 0 0% 0 0% 2 <1% 43 11%
H % J % K % L % M %
69 17% 0 0% 97 25% 1 <1% 64 16%
N % P % Q % R % S %
62 16% 42 10% 0 0% 103 26% 0 0%
T % V % W % X % Y %
95 24% 25 6% 0 0% 0 0% 0 0%
Z %
0 0%
Popularity of use
65% A:
35% I, U, A: I (at, in, on), Ia (third person personal pronoun (he/she)), Aai (who?), 'Uua (rain), Ua (rain), ûa (rain), àu (smoke), Au (smoke; I), U'u (breast, teat; milk), Û (breast),
26% R, I, U, A: Rau (one hundred), Raúa (they), Ra'i (thin), Raa (day), 'uri (black), 'Uira (lightning), Uira (lightning), Rari (wet), Rara (branch), Rau (sprout (of sweet-potato)), Uri (black, dark, bruised, obscure), Uri/uri (black, brown, brunette, tawny), Aaru (grasp, hold), Riaria (to fear), Rua (to vomit, two), Ara (road/path),
25% K, O, R, I, U, A: Ono (six), Kai (negative imperative (no, not), caveat), Korua (second personal dual pronoun (you)), Kou (you, thou), Raro (under, below), Rikiriki (narrow), Kau (wide), Koroua (decrepit, old age, worn with age), Roa (length), Rou (leaf), Aka (root), Kai (fruit, food, eat), Karu (earth/soil), Kará (wing), Kiora (rat), Kiko (flesh, meat), Ika (fish), îka (fish), Kui (mother), Koro (father), Kî (to say), Oka (to stab, pierce), Kori (to steal), Ora (alive, healthy, recover from illness), Raku (to scratch), Rakuraku (to scratch), Kaìkaì (sharp), Ka'i (sharp), Oka (digging-stick; lever, stick; to plant), Riku (to grow), Kuku (tie branches together), Ka/karo (to dig, excavate, hollow, shell (pick nose, pluck out eye)), Kakaro (carve a hole), Kuri (dog), Puoko (head), Kaki (neck), Kai (food, to eat), Kau (to swim), Kiri (skin), Kopu (Abdomen, belly),
24% T, K, O, R, I, U, A: Iti (small), Toua (yolk of egg), Tukittuki (to pound, beat), Tiri (to throw), Tata (to cut, hack), Tarai (carve, model, mould, sculpt), Katikati (to scratch), Tutu (to hit), Tako (to say), Taura (cable, cord, rope, string), Tui/tui (necklace), Tui (to sew), àto (thatch/roof), Ato (to roof), Tutu (to stand), Kutu (louse), Tai (sea), Ritorito (white), Tutu (ignite, kindle, set fire to), Atutiri (thunder), Tuuai (old), Tuai (old, past), Titika (correct, true), Ta'u (year), Toru (three), Kauatu (ten), Tataku (to count), Tatou (we), Roto (inside, lining), Tu'u (to stand, arrive; mast, shaft; to hit), Toto (Blood), Kata (laugh, smile), Tua (back), Tioi (to turn), Kotau (right),
21% E, T, K, O, R, I, U, A: E (and), Ta'e (no, not), Era (that), Eke (climb, embark, mount), Reka (pleasant), Korereka (small), Kerekere (black), Tea/tea (white), Teatea (white), éoéo (ash), Kere/kere (black), Kio'e (rat), Tokerau (wind), Takeo (cold), Rere (fly, run, leap, jump), Kiore (rat), Ketuketu (to dig), Keri (dig), Arakea (to swell), Tikea (to see), Ite (to see), Àrero (tongue), Arero (tongue), Kite (to know, be knowledgable; to see), Ate (liver), àte (liver), One (dirty; sand), Teka (to turn),
17% H, E, T, K, O, R, I, U, A: Ha (four), Hitu (seven), Tahi (one), Tahi (other, all), Aha (what?), Hee (where?), Hé (where), Ho'ou (new), Korohua (decrepit, senile; grow old; senelity, old age), Rahi (more, much, many), Herohero (bright red), Ehuehu (ash), Auahi (chimney), Ahi (fire), Hehe (wet), Hahau (breeze), Hau (squall, tempest), Hetu'u (star), Kohu (shade, shadow, cloud, fog), Tehe (to flow), Tahe (to flow), Hua (flower), Hiku (tail, tail end), Koreha (worm (earthworm)), Huruhuru (feather), Ahu (to swell), Hahara (to split), Ihi (to split), Ha/ha'u (to tie up, fasten), Haha'u (to tie up, fasten), Hahi (to tie up, fasten), Uha (woman/female), Hare (house), Tiha (to tie up), Hika (net-needle), Huki (drill), Tahia (to kill), Hore (to cut, hack), Ho'o (to buy), Hoko (to buy), Hahata (to open, uncover), Huaki (to open, uncover), Huru/huru (hair), Huruhuru (feather), Oho (hair), Rauoho (hair), Ihu (nose), Haa (to breathe; four), Haha (mouth), Hu (breast), Kekehu (shoulder), Rehu (dust), Oho (to come), Hiho (to come), Haere (to walk), Here (to walk),
16% N, M, H, E, T, K, O, R, I, U, A: Kumi (ten), Mano (one thousand), Rima (five), Ina kai (no, not), Ma (and), Ana (if), Me (and), Matou (we), Hahine (near, next (to), close to, at hand), Kumi (far), Me'e-nei (this), Nei (this, here), Romi (to hide), Matahiti (year), Kino (bad, perverse), Mumae (pain), Mauìuì (sick, ill), Mamae (painful, sick), Haa/maa (shy, ashamed), Nui (big), Matoru (thick), Mata (green), Taimaha (heavy), Anounu (cold), Moro (dry), Hana (hot, warm; heat; feel warm), Mahana (warm, temperate, tepid), Mea (red), Miti (salt, salty), Rano (lake formed in crater of volcano), Mahina (moon, month), Moana (blue), Maka (stone), Ma'ea (stone), Mauku (every kind of grass), Mouku (grass, hay, straw, herbs), Na'ona'o (mosquito), Namu (mosquito), Hônu (spider), Tukutuku rahinuku (spider), Nako (fat, grease), Miro (stick, wood), Motu (to cut, hack), Mate (to die, be dead), Kamo (to steal), Nira (needle), Mene (dull, blunt), Manu (animal, bird, insect), Mâmari (egg), Mono (barter), Mau (to hold),Taomi (to squeeze), Tanu (to plant), Maiti (to choose), Kenu (husband), Matu'a (mother/father), Tane (man/male), Tamaroa (man/male), Tama(ha)/hine (feminine, female), Tama (woman/female), Mama (to chew), àànu (saliva, to spit), Aanu (to spit), Tunu (to cook), Unu (to drink), Omo/omo (to sip, to suck), Omo (to sip, to suck), Miti (to suck), Mata (eye), Hoka/mama (to yawn), Amama (to yawn), Moe (to sleep; to lie down), Noho (to sit), Niho (tooth), Mataku (to fear), Mana'u (to think), Manako (to think), Kokoma (bowels, guts, intestines), Nenenene (intestines), Amio (to turn), Rima (hand), Maui (left), Hema (left), Mata'u (right),
11% G, N, M, H, E, T, K, O, R, I, U, A: Angahuru (ten), Runga (above), Ngahaa (to split), Hinga (fall), Ingoa (name), Engaenga (red, yellow), Tangata (person/human being, man), Angi (to blow), Rangi (sky), Hanga (work, make, labour, employment), Agahé (when (in the past)), Ruga (above), Matagi (wind, air, breeze), Maga (branch), Ragi (sky, cloud), Higa (to fall), Aga (to work), Gaha (burst), Gatu (to squeeze), Tiga'i (to kill), îgoa (name), Gau (to bite), Tariga (ear), Garo'a (to hear), Tagi (to cry, bark, mew), Gutu (mouth), Hogi (to sniff, smell), Agi (to know, be knowledgable), Garahu (embers, soot), Huga (reduced to powder), Tangi (lament), Taringa (ear), Rongo (to hear), Ngutu (Beak, bill, lip, mouth), Hongi (kiss, smell), Gao (neck), Hunga (fine dust), Nga/rahu (white powder used in tattooing),
10% P, G, N, M, H, E, T, K, O, R, I, U, A: Pehea (how?), Pehe (how?), Pe hé (how?), Pugaehu (dust), Piere (one thousand), Pe (and), Piri (and), Tupuaki (close, near, next to, to approach), Poo (night), Eepe (thick), Peti (short), Poto (short; concise), Para (yellow), Paka (scab), Paka/paka (dry), Pakapaka (dry), Puhi (blow), Patiri (thunder), Punga (cloud), Kapua (fog), Poatu Po'atu (stone), Poatu (stone), Pua mouku (grass), Repo (clay), Pua (flower), Para (decay), Popo/popo (deteriorate), Rau/pa (leaf), Raupá (leaf), Pipiro (rotten), Topa (fall, descend, dismount), Tupu (sprout, be pregnant, germinate, grow), Puni (dull, blunt), Hakapau (to stab, pierce), Poko (to hunt), Puru (thatch/roof), Poki (child), Pagaha'a (heavy (metathesis?)), Paihega (dog),
6% V, P, G, N, M, H, E, T, K, O, R, I, U, A: Va'u (eight), Iva (nine), Rivariva (good), Vakavaka (narrow), Kavake (moon), Kava (salt), Vai (water), Vaero (tail), Vero (to throw), Vae (to choose), Vahi (separate), Ivi (bone, needle), Vî'e (wife), Avahi (break, smash), Anave (unusual loss of breath), Kapuhivi (shoulder), Ivi (bone), Manava (belly), Tuaivi (Back, Spine), Tu'a ivi (back), Tahavahava (dirty), Hava (dirty), Taviri (to turn), Vae (leg/foot), Va'e (leg/foot),
2% B, V, P, G, N, M, H, E, T, K, O, R, I, U, A: Iba (nine), Bai (water), Bero (throw; stab), A/bahi (to cut, hack), Bahine (woman/female), Kapuhibi (shoulders), Manaba (Belly), Haba/haba (dirty), Ba'e (leg/foot), Ibi (bone, needle),
<1% L, F, B, V, P, G, N, M, H, E, T, K, O, R, I, U, A: Lali (wet, become wet), Afi (fire), *funga (small pieces),
0% Z, Y, X, W, S, Q, J, D, C
Conclusion: Beginning in 35% with words suggesting an early family huddled in rain and smoke, struggling to stay warm (smoke of a fire?), and a child suckling breast milk. No understanding of how children are conceived.
At 26% there seem to be large numbers of other people (Black people?). Raa meaning 'day' seem to equate to contact with Ancient Egyptians. And sweet potato is available as a food source. There is lightning and people are afraid.
25% food supply includes fish, fruits, rats, digging with sticks for roots. Domestication of the Dog. Dismemberment and discussion of Body parts.
They rise to a cultural peak at 16% before declining down through less than 1%.
At <1% Lali (to become wet) is the only remnant of the L linguistic group. If the L value had occured between A and I-U, I would have thought they evolved to become/from the Samoans.
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