panama

Penrhyn (Tongareva)

1. (n(tn)) a district in Rarotonga, halfway between the airport and the Avatiu harbour. Some Penrhyn people have settled there. Originally, the name was Kaikaveka (kaikāveka), but after the canal of Panama was built, the place was nicknamed as Panama (panama). A certain Taripo (taripo) dug a water ditch there. Now the nickname has totally replaced the original name.

Panama

Mangaia(n)

1. (loc.n.) The name of the isthmus and country of Panama .

pare Pronunciation

Rarotonga(n)

1. Wear hat or other head covering. Put your hat on; Kua pare ‘aia i tōna ‘ei. She put on her chaplet of flowers.

2. Hat, circlet, headdress. There’s the hatband for you to keep. Pare ariki, crown, coronet. Pare ka‘a, hat made from prepared coconut husk fibre. Pare kāpu, peaked cap. Pare kōta‘a, head-dress made from the prepared skin of the frigatebird. Pare kumete, sun-helmet. Pare maire, chaplet made from the scented maire fern. Pare rito, hat plaited from the young heart leaves of the coconut palm, panama hat. Pare ‘uru manu, fur hat. Pare (kīni), bail. Pare (naero) rōve, burr on a rivet.

3. Family repre+D44:D52sentative, a member of the family chosen to look after their mutual interest, harmony and well-being. (See parepare1, ‘akapare-(pare)1, ‘akataupare, tāpare(pare).) [Pn. *pale2.].