Rarotongan
Facts
- Language: Rarotongan
- Alternate names: Cook Island, Cook Islands Maori, Kuki Airani, Maori, Rarotongan-Mangaian
- Language code: rar
- Language family: Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Central Pacific linkage, Tokelau-Fijian, Polynesian, Nuclear Polynesian, Northern Outlier Polynesian-East Polynesian, Solomons Northern Outlier Polynesian-East Polynesian, Central Northern Outlier Polynesian-East Polynesian, East Polynesian, Central Eastern Polynesian
- Number of speakers: 13100
- Script:
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Introduction
Rarotongan is a language of Cook Islands. It is spoken in 13 Cook Islands. Also in French Polynesia, New Zealand, United States.
Dialects
Aitutaki, Atiu, Mangaia, Mauke, Mitiaro, Rarotonga. Lexical similarity: 83% with Tuamotuan (See: Tuamotuan), 79% with Hawaiian (See: Hawaiian), 75% with Mangareva (See: Mangareva), 73% with Marquesan (See: Marquesan, North).
The Rarotongan Verb
Verblist
- mātau
- tangi
- uaua
- ʻakamāngiki
- ʻakatāne
- ʻakavaʻine
- àamama -- to yawn
- àere -- to walk
- 'akangangata, 'akapu'ata, 'akatū'era'era -- to open, uncover
- 'akangē(ngē), 'akapetetue, ngaru, ōpuepue, ē -- to swell
- 'akapa'e, 'iki'iki -- to turn
- 'akatakoto, 'akatīpapa, moe -- to lie down
- ànga/ànga -- to work
- apuapu, kimi -- to hunt
- araara, karanga, kōrero, tuatua -- to say
- àrara, angi, puì -- to blow
- eti, kati -- to bite
- -ìa, ìitiki-a, -na, nati-a, rii, taapeka -- to tie up, fasten
- -ìa, maka, peeì-a, tii, tiri -- to throw
- -ìa, miti, ngote-a -- to suck
- -ìa, ngau-a -- to chew
- iì, mataku -- to fear
- ìnga, makuru, marere, topa -- to fall
- inu -- to drink
- ìri -- to choose
- kai-nga -- to eat
- kake-a -ìa -na -- to climb
- kata -- to laugh
- kau -- to swim
- keiaa -- to steal
- keri -- to dig
- kikini, putu, tā, tāmate, tāmatemate -- to kill
- kite -- to see
- kite, maatau -- to know, be knowledgeable
- kokoti, kootia, motu, tarai, vaaì/a -- to cut, hack
- kuku-a, puke/na, tango -- to hold
- maàra -- to think
- mate, po'e -- to die, be dead
- mauri, ora -- to live, be alive
- moe -- to sleep
- moemoeaa -- to dream
- ngaa -- to breathe
- ngaàa, tapaì, vaaì -- to split
- no'o -- to sit
- 'oko -- to buy
- 'ongi -- to sniff, smell
- paakia, papaki, patu, taa, ta-ia, tuki -- to hit
- pātia, pātiatia, vero, verovero -- to stab, pierce
- pi(i)pini, puni -- to hide
- puaki, rua/ki -- to vomit
- puaki, tu/tuà/ -- to spit
- raku(raku), raraku -- to scratch
- rere -- to fly
- romi, tatau -- to squeeze
- rongo -- to hear
- taa/àna/ -- to shoot
- ta'e -- to flow
- tangi -- to cry
- tanu, tanutanu, tatanu -- to plant
- tātā'i -- to come
- tatau, tārē -- to count
- ta'u, tao -- to cook
- ta'u, tutungi -- to burn
- tui -- to sew
- tuki -- to pound, beat
- tupu -- to grow
- tuu -- to stand