moana Pronunciation

Rarotonga(n)

1. (n.) Ocean, the deep (blue) sea outside the barrier reef. Kua tere atu rātou nā te moana i te kimi i tēta‘i ‘enua ‘ōu. They sailed off across the ocean searching for a new land; Ka ‘aere tāua ka tautai moana āpōpō. Let's go deep-fishing tomorrow.

2. Deep blue. E pona moana tōna i 'a'ao mai ei ki te pure. She wore a blue dress to church; Kua riri ‘aia i te moana‘anga tōna piripou i te ‘inika. He was annoyed when he got blue ink over his trousers. (See uriuritūmoana, uruurutūmoana, ‘akamoana; cf. Moana1.) [Pn. *moana.].

Moana

Mangaia(n)

1. (n.) The ocean, sea; / pā moana .

2. (v.i.) To be light greenish blue, turquoise in color .

3. (v.i.) Light greenish blue, turquoise in color .

4. (n.) The ocean, deep sea, colour of the sea .

moana

Penrhyn (Tongareva)

1. 1) ocean, sea, lagoon. 2) blue (colour). (Syn. tai, roto.) .


moana māramarama / light blue.
moana pōiri / dark blue.
moana tāreva / deep ocean.
moana i tua / ocean.
kua tere ai taruia ki te moana. / Taruia sailed into the ocean.

moana

Rarotongan (Savage)

1. (adj.) dark blue, the dark shade of the blue colour.

2. (n.) general name for the sea, the ocean, the deep.

Taenga Moana Pronunciation

Mangaia(n)

1. (pers.) A person living in Ivirua, Canoe-making ta'unga, Ivirua .

2. (pers.) A person living in Ivirua, Karanga money sharer .

Pā moana

Mangaia(n)

1. (n.) The seas or ocean area and particularly the islands within, surrounding the area utilized as the modifer .

Teariki Moana Pronunciation

Mangaia(n)

1. (pers.) Person, Fruit Control Inspector - Oneroa (Atiu) .

2. (pers.) Person, Story teller .

3. (pers.) Person, Speaker at meetings .

4. (pers.) Person, Has post partum medicine and medicine to treat VD .

5. (pers.) Person, One of first two men to plant pineapples .

moana toto

Penrhyn (Tongareva)

1. (n(tn)) a place in Motukohiti; there is an old cemetry.

uriuri-tū-moana, uruuru-tu-moana

Rarotongan (Savage)

1. (n. lit.) the rapid twirling or whirling and rising up of sea water; a water spout.   .

ākeu-moana

Rarotongan (Savage)

1. literally means disturbed by the motion of the sea, denotes: sea giddiness.

āpeu-moana

Rarotongan (Savage)

1. (v.n.) literally means a trick of the sea: denotes sea-sickness or discomfort caused by the motion of the sea.

au-moana

Rarotongan (Savage)

1. (n.) an ocean current.

uruuru-tū-moana Pronunciation

Rarotonga(n)

1. Waterspout. Kua tu mai te uruuru-tu-moana I mua I te pai. A water sprout appeared in front of the ship. [uri RR, tū, moana.].

uriuri-tū-moana Pronunciation

Rarotonga(n)

1. Waterspout. (see uruuru-tū-moana.) [uri RR, tū, moana.].

Taenga Moana Va‘ine Pronunciation

Mangaia(n)

1. (pers.) A person living in Ivirua, Tīaki, Wednesday .

2. (pers.) A person living in Ivirua, Ear Cutting Committee, cutter (of pigs identified for the takurua mata’iti) .

Moana-nui-o-kiwa

Mangaia(n)

1. (loc.n.) The ocean area between the Cook Islands and New Zealand; possibly derived from New Zealand mythology .

Moana-nui-o-kiva

Rarotongan (Savage)

1. (n.) the great ocean of kiva.

moana-vai-a-vare

Rarotongan (Savage)

1. (n.) myth: the great, silent deep; the deep, dark, mysterious ocean.

Te Moana-Rēva Rēva Pronunciation

Mangaia(n)

1. (loc.n.) Poetic. A name for New Zealand in the Miri of Turi .