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1. Vein, artery, gland, sinew, tendon, muscle, nerve. Kua motu te uaua i tona rima ē kua 'ī te toto. The artery in his wrist was severed and the blood spurted out; Kua 'uti te uaua i tōna vaevae i tōna tu'e'anga i te pōro. He pulled a tendon in his leg while kicking the ball. Tāviriviri uaua, perform gymnastics. Tei te tāviriviri uaua tērā aronga. They are doing gymnastics. Kua tāviriviri uaua rātou. They performed gymnastics. Uaua pukupuku, varicose veins; prominent (bulging) muscles. E uaua pukupuku te maki i muri i tōna vaevae. She has varicose veins at the back of her legs; E tangata uaua pukupuku 'a Tuna. Tuna is a well-muscled man. Uaua mingi, uaua ‘uti, cramp in the muscles.

2. (fq.) ua¹. Rain frequently, continu-ously; very rainy. Mē uaua, kāre e tārekareka. There won't be any sports if it goes on raining; Nō te uaua, nō reira i repo ei te vai. We have had so much rain, that’s why the water was so dirty; Kua ‘ō‘onu te vai i roto i te au kauvai i te uaua‘anga. The amount of water in the rivers increased as the rains continued; ‘E marama uaua tika ai tēia. This has been a very wet month. [ua¹ RR.].

3. Rubber tube, inner tube (tyre). Kua 'akangote 'aia i te kāratīni ki roto i te mō'ina nā roto i te uaua. He sucked the kerosene into the bottle through a rubber tube; Kāre e tano te uaua pātikara, 'e angiangi roa. A bicycle tube won't be any good, it is too thin. A bicycle tube won’t be any good, it is too thin.

4. Elastic. Kua motu te uaua i tōna piripou pā'ī tai. The elastic broke in his bathing trunks.

5. Sinewy, stringy, tough (of meat, bread); toughness, etc. Kua uaua teia puakatoro, 'e puakatoro tangata metua. This beef is tough, it must have been an old cow; kāre e marū iāku tēnā puakani'o nō te uaua. I can’t chew up that goat meat, it’s so tough; Kua riri ‘aia ki te tangata tunu i te uaua‘anga te varāoa. He was annoyed with the baker for making such tough bread. Uaua ngatā, difficult, arduous. Kua uaua ngata te tuatua e tae ei kia ratou. It will be very difficult to get a message through to them; 'E mea uaua ngatā e ma'uti mai ei te tūtau, kua keta ki te tumu o te toka. It is going to be a devil of a job getting the anchor free, it is caught round the base of a rock.

6. Elastic, flexible, adaptable. No te uaua i taua pupu, no reira i kore ei e 'ati. Their team was flexible, that's why they weren't beaten. [Pn *uaua.].

1. (n.) rubber. (Syn. rapa, pūsangisangi.) tākai ki te uaua to bind rubber around something.

2. (v.) to rain often. (< Redup. of ua1.) e rā uaua tēia. It is rainy day today.

1. (n.) A showery, rainy day, the entire period .

2. (v.i.) To be elastic, rubbery .

3. (n.) An elastic, a rubber .

4. (n.) An elastic .

5. (v.i.) Unsettled, as a spordically rainy day .

6. (v.i.) To be strong; to be difficult to move, hard to work upon, difficult to split, as firewood .

1. (n.) The veins of blood which show on one's arm, or on the forehead of a man who has been drinking or is angry .

1. (n.) the sinews, tendons, muscles, li-gaments; the name used to denote rub-bez, because of the similarity of rubber to the human sinews, ie., the quality of being able to stretch same: adj. tough, sinewy; ropy, dificult, arduous: fig. denotes: difficult to accomplish; la-borious, strenuous, vigorous, etc.: .

e ua-ua te moa nei / this fowl is tough.

2. (adv. d) enotes: doing ar-duously, carrying out anything with difficulty, dificulty in doing anything: v.i. to be strenuous.

3. (n. Eg.) denotes: energy, vigour, etc.

4. (n.) a swelling or a rising, as some part of the body; pimples, etc.

1.  vein in body- human and animal .

2. rain then stops then rains during the day .

1. nerves (of the body) .

1. (n.) Gymnastics; physical training .

1. (v.i.) Stiff, strong .

1. (v.) To fish using two hooks generally a spreader bar, on one line, in order to take two fish at once .

1. (n.) Elastic drawstring as used in women's underpants .

1. (n.) Rubber boots .

1. A shower, gentle rain .

1. Bone, spine. Kua va‘ī koe iaku ki te kiri e te kiko, e kua akaketaketa iaku ki te ivi e te uaua (Job 10.11). Thou hast clothed (wrapped) me with skin and flesh, and hast fenced (stiffened) me with bones and sinews; Kua puta tōna vaevae i te ivi tōtara. His foot was pierced by a porcu-pine fish spine. Ivi kaokao, rib. Ivi marō, dry bones. Diseases leaving chalky deposits on the bones. Ivi metua, backbone, vertebrae. Ivi mokotua, backbone; the necessary basis of anything. Ivi paku‘ivi, shoulder-blade. Ivi poti, ribs of a boat. Ivi tangata, skele-ton. Ivi turi, kneecap. Ivi umauma, collarbone; breastbone.

2. Ridge, spur (of mountain). ‘E ivi maunga kokota ‘ua. Quite a narrow ridge; I kite māua i te ngā‘i kai‘anga rautī a te puakani‘o ki runga i tērā ivi. We noticed the place on that ridge where the goats have been eating the Cordyline leaves.

3. Outline (e.g. Of a sermon), skeleton draft. Kua kave 'aia i tāna ivi ki te 'orometua kia 'akatika. He took his text and the outline of his sermon to the pastor for approval.

4. Race (of people), stock. (See kāiviivi, iviivi.) [Pn. *hui1.].

1. Spurt out in a jet, escape with a hiss. Kua 'ī te toto i tōnarima i te motu'angate uaua. The blood spurted from his arm as the artery was severed; Kua 'ī te pēnitī ki va'o i te puta'anga te tamaru. The petrol sprayed out when the drum was holed; I te ‘ī‘anga te matangi, kua kite ‘aia ē kua puta te kiri o te mōtokā. When the air hissed out, he saw that the tyre had been punctured. (See ‘i‘ī1, ‘ī‘ī1, kō‘ī, kō‘ī‘ī1.) [Pn. *sii2.].

2. Fish for or catch with a line (not with rod, cf. Tākiri, nor trawling, cf. Tāvere). E tuku mai koe iāku kia 'aere kia 'ī mai i tēta'i 'a'ai, nō āpōpō. Let me go and try and catch a tuna for tomorrow. Kua motumotu te a'o i tō māua 'ī'anga i te nanue i napō. The lines broke when we were fishing for nanue last night; ‘E aronga ‘ī kōperu tērā i te ava. Those people in the reef-channel are fishing for scad; Ka ‘apai au iā koe ā tēta‘i pō kia ‘āpi‘i au iā koe i te ‘ī mangā. I‘ll take you out one night and teach you how to catch barracuda; ‘E ‘ā‘ā tāku i kite ana i konei, i tōku manako kua ‘ī takere‘ia e Toma mā. I’ve seen a moray eel here before, I think Toma and his friends have already caught it. (See ‘ī‘ī2.) [Pn. *sii1.].

3. Name of the letter I..

4. exclaim. Look! 'Ī, tērā e 'aere atū ra! Look, there he goes!; 'Ī, kia kite koe I tōku manuia! Look, see how lucky I've been! .

5. *Protrude (?). (See ‘i‘ī2, ‘ī‘ī4.).

6. *Encounter, get involved with (?). (See ‘i‘ī3, and ‘ī‘ī5.).

1. (v.i.,fq.) Eta. Taut(en), stretch(ed) tight, distended (so as to be rigid). E 'uti'uti I te au niuniu 'āua kia etaeta meitaki ka pātia ai ki runga I te au pou. Pull the fencing wires nice and tight before you nail them to the posts; Kua etaeta te kōpū o te puaka nō te mea 'e ma'ata tāku kai i 'ōake ei. The pig's belly was distended with the amount of food i'd given it; 'E a'a rā i etaeta ai te uaua i tōku vaevae? Why do veins of my legs stand out like that?Kiritia tena pona, 'e etaeta roa i runga iā koe. Take that blouse off, it's too tight on you; 'E puāngiangi etaeta tei 'oko'ia mai. They've bought a (football) bladder that inflates well. [eta RR.].

1. Taut(en), stretch(ed) tight (as a rope, inflated tyre or tight-fitting garments). ‘Ūtia kia eta. Pull it tight; Kua motu te niuniu i te eta‘anga. The wire snapped as it tightened; Kua rava tēnā eta.That’s taut enough; Kāre e meitaki kia pāmu eta roa, ka nga‘ā. It’s no good pumping it up too tight, it‘ll burst; Ko te pōro eta ake tēnā i tēia. That ball is firmer (better inflated) than this one; ‘E ‘apinga eta te uaua, elastic stretches; ‘E eta roa teia pona i runga iāku. This shirt is too tight on me. (See etaeta, tāeta(eta).).

1. A small whorled shell. ‘E ra uaua te ra reka no te ko ‘i pupu. Rainy days are good for gathering bead-shells. [Pn. *puupuu2.].

2. Of pū1 in some senses only.

3. (-‘ia) Gargle. ‘Aere pupu‘ia to‘ou va ‘a. Go and gargle, (cf. Pupū.).

1. Pukupuku. Flex muscles. Mānea tika ai te ‘akapukupuku uaua ā te au māpū-‘akatumutumu ‘inapō. The muscle flexing of the young body builders last night was really nice.

1. (caus.) pāetaeta. Become taut, tight and stiff. Te 'akapāetaeta mai nei te uaua i ōku vaevae. The muscles of my legs are tightening up.