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1. Type of crab. E va'aruā rata tēnā. That’s a rata crab's hole; Ka 'aere tāua kā rāma rata; Let's go out with torches and hunt for rata; Let’s go out with torches and hunt for rata; ‘Ōmai kia kai au i te rata. Give me the rata to eat.

1. (n.) A general term for various shore crabs. E 'opu mai koe i tērā pāpaka ‘ei māunu. Catch that crab for bait; Ka ‘apai au i tēia anga papaka 'ei kākapu re‘u 'ava‘ava, I’ll take this crab shell for an ashtray. Pāpaka toka, a reef-haunting crab, said to be phosphorescent. Pāpaka tua-‘uru‘ura, a hairy-backed crab. Kāre e kainga ana te papaka tua- ‘uru‘uru. The hairy-backed crab is not eaten. [Ce. *paapaka.] .

1. General term for the larger terrestrial hermit crabs (Coenobita spp.). Tēia te unga 'ei māunu nā'au. Here are the land crabs for your bait; I rama unga ana rāua i napō, tērā tei roto i te tini. They were out hunting hermit crabs with torches last night, there they are in the tin; E tukituki i te vaevae unga ‘ei paru. Pound up the hermit crab’s legs for ground bait. Unga kaveu, ungā‘onu, ungāpara, coconut crab (Birgus latro). [Pn. *‘u„a.].

1. (n.) General name for small sandburrowing beach crabs; Kō'iti raukura is the red-clawed beach crabs; Kō'iti raukura is the red-clawed fiddler crab (Ucs tetragonon); Kō'iti teatea is the very widespread ghost crab (Ocypode laevis). E keri koe i tēia va'arua kō'iti. Dig out this kō'iti hole' E 'aere kōtou e rama kō'iti mai' 'ei paru ika nāku āpōpō. Go out with a torch and catch some kō'iti for my ground bait tommorow. [Ce.*koo-fiti2.] .

1. (n.) Small terrestrial hermit crabs (Coenobita spp.). ‘E tini kākara kī tā mātou i te kāinga. We’ve got a tinful of kākara at home; Kāre i ma‘ata roa tā mātou k̄akara i napō, ‘e unga ‘ua te ra‘i ‘anga. We didn’t get many little hermit crabs last night, they were mostly the large sort; I rama kākara ana mātou ‘ei tākiri āpōpō. We’d been hunting with torches for little hermit crabs (to use as bait) for tomorrow’s angling.

1. A small reef crab, fawn with dark brown spots on the back, cream underneath. E mou i te mānia ki te vaevae meangiti kia kore koe e pākatia. Hold the mānia crab by its shortest leg so you don’t get nipped.

1. (older form) n. A small land crab (Geograpsus grayi), coloured brown and violet. Kua 'opu'opu mātou i te kara‘ī kia ma'ata ei māunu nā mātou. We caught a lot of kara‘ī crabs for our bait; 'E va'arua kara‘ī tērā i raro i tēia potonga rākau. There is a kara‘ī hole under this log.

1. Coconut crab (Birgus latro). Tei te rama kaveu rāua. They are out hunting coconut crabs with torches.

1. In kō‘iti raukura. The red-armed fiddler crab (Uca tetragonon).

1. Send some-body off, esp. on an errand. Kua ungaunga atū ra 'aia ia rātou kia 'oki ki tō rātou ngutu'are. Then he sent them all back to their homes; Kua riria rāua nō tāna ungaunga putuputu ia rāua. They were annoyed at him sending them here and there on errands; Kua ungaunga‘ia rātou kia ‘aere ki va‘o. They were told to go outside.

1. (v.) to order, send for, summon. kua unga ia iāu kia hano. He ordered me to go.

1. (n(zn)) kind of land crab, living in sandy coastal area, edible, but not eaten nowadays. tupa henua land crab. tupa tai kind of marine crab. ranga tupa to look for a land crab.

1. (n.) fermented coconut sauce. ¶The ingredients are: 1) grated matured coconut (ota sakari). 2) white marine crabs (kōhiti). 3) turban snails (ariri). The crabs are squeezed to extract the juice (roromi i te kohu kōhiti); the snails are cut into tiny pieces (tīpūpū i te kai o te ariri kia hiohio). The mixture of grated coconut, extract of crabs and snail meat is to be fermented. (Rar. mitiore.) .

1. (v.) V, 1) to beat, mash. 2) to hit against, bump. (Pass. tukitukia. || < Redup. of tuki.) tukituki i te mangamanga kia marū to beat the octopus to soften it. tukitukia te uto. Mash the flesh of germinated coconuts. tukitukia nā taro/ maniota/ pītete. Mash taros/ manioc/ potatoes. tukitukia nā unga. Crash hermit crabs. (cf. mitiore.) tukitukia nā unga ei saru. Crash hermit crabs [together with the shells they stay in] to make ground bait. kua tukituki hua tērā poti. That boat was all the way bumping.

1. (n.) Turtle. Tē pae 'uā ra taua 'onū ra, ko 'Akairi-rau-kava, i runga i te kiriātai. The turtle 'Akairi-rau-kava was just floating on the surface; Ka 'aere māua ka pātia 'onu. We're going turtle-spearing; Kua kakekake te tamariki ki runga i te 'onu. The children climbed onto the tortoise. 'Onu 'enua, Tortoise. Ungā 'onu, A cococnut crab with a carapace resembling the turtle's shell. 'E ara tēia nō te ungā 'onu. Here is a turtleshell-crab's trail. [Pn. *fonu.] .

1. (rflx.) Tanu. Bury oneself to moult (of coconut crab). E 'akatanu ana te unga ia rātou i roto i ngā marama anu. The coconut crabs bury themselves to moult during the cold months.

1. (-‘ia). Fish or search for fish, crabs, etc. Using burning torches, or any sort of light. E 'aere tātou e rama kākara mai ākonei. Let's go out with torches after crabs later on tonight; 'E au tangata rama pōre 'o tērā i runga i te akau. There are people out on the reef with torches looking for pōre‘o; kua tari mai ‘aia i te ariri i tō māua rama‘anga. He collected the ariri (shellfish) when we went torch fishing; kua ramā‘ia teia kauvai, tēia te ira tapuae. This stream has been fished by people using torches, there is a trail of footprints here. [Pn. *rama.].

1. Unga kaweu .

1. Come out in goose-pimples. (? = ‘i‘ī2.).

1. (n.) A variety of small lagoon crab .