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spit (spray)iamootiaivspray, spit Roo oboi iamootiai.You are spraying your water out.
spit outimooꞌavspit things out slowly, cough things upUre kopi ora rautu imoꞌai.Coughs up blood in sputum.Roo urei iimoo'a.Spit out your phlegm.2.5.1Sick
splashorimadoutivsplash, sprinkleOri ro omurai da, obo hurahura rorimadouti kaAs clouds cover the sun, and sprinkle us with water.
spleenpoꞌeanspleen
splitimaberevsplitimabereutivsplitimaheꞌavsplit, tear, break Ruu e'akerei-da go'otai imahe'a.She is splitting a coconut with a knifeHioi-da oropoiꞌoi-ka, hioi-da moo-ro boomoi rioi imaheꞌai-ka.As soon as that was finished, I immediately split the pig open, (to clean away) the bowels.imaheꞌutivsplit many timesAaꞌo didimoi-da ruu-ro eꞌakerei eidai-ka, tiꞌoi imahe'uti omahoroi-ka.After that she took her knife and began to split them into piecesHioi-da rimoiti-ro taberai imahe'uti-kaWe both split the black palm up.iodovsplit in halfIahioi oropoiꞌoi-da ipiꞌipi iodoi-ka, kerekere imaheuti-ka.When the cutting up is done, the next job is to split them into thin pieces6.7Tool6.1Workiriodiovsplit upGaꞌai re mahumoi-re kerekere iriodioi ioropoiꞌoi, iohai-ka goꞌotoi eito.Once they had finished splitting material for bows and arrows, they took it back to the village.Ata himioi abeai-re merei-re odai-ka muꞌi eito gaꞌai iriodioi.One day father and son went to the bush to cut out material for some bows.6.7Tooloaberevsplitoabereꞌavsplit, tearoaheꞌadial. var.aboaꞌeavmake a cut along, split, tearResi oaheꞌai-ka, mabu goroi odudio oboi geema-ka.You must make drains, because there is a lot of water just under the surface.6.2Agricultureodoia1 2vsplit, use an adze to split bambooMaurai odoia kaumo.They are splitting the bamboo.omoabereavsplit for someoneomoabereutivsplit or tear into pieces
split openaheeꞌevsplit it open7.9.1Damage
spoiloaꞌomovspoil, reduce the quality of somethingRoo-ro rimo duu ito pani ai-oaꞌomo hipurai rauri mimoruo.You are spoiling the cooking pot, you're washing clothes in it.Irudeme hipurai ai-oaꞌomo maaka, omaꞌati hipura. He already turned (spoiled) his church shirt to a work shirt.synomodoboa1omodoboa1vspoilRimo idio obo boboi ruu beha-ka omodoboaꞌa.This is only our drinking water, do not spoil it.synoaꞌomo
spoil (plural objects)imaꞌoumovspoil more than one thing
spoil (self)aragogoutivspoil, fall to pieces by itself, break down, collapseMotoi ai-aragogouti, ara uubi atio agodaumo? The house is breaking down, where did the people go?Hua motoi aragogouti aꞌai himia, mabu ire hepui-ro hepu bia.Someone will tell you that the bush house will fall down itself, because that land is not your land.
sponge (noun)miriinrag or sponge for getting water out of a canoe
sponge to make cooler aadinsponge something to make it coolerDubu obo gua'oi-da aadi tamai erara-ka.With cool water, sponge the man's hot skin.
spoonmame1nspoon, scoop made from a coconut shell5.2.2.8Eating utensil
spoonbill (bird)bamebamenbird, royal spoonbill
spoorrato 2nspoor, footprintBoomoi ratoi-da hoboi piroraꞌoiaido himio tutui.We were following pig spoor all day long.6.4.1Hunt
sprayamoutivspray water on something, using something (eg mouth, pump sprayer) Ruu emaꞌai aꞌai kaumo Iehoma uumoo tiato uubi eito, ka emerioi aꞌai kaumo, omomoruodioi aꞌai kaumo, ka oobei-da mamouti duumoThey will give him to the people who do not know God, and they will mock him, insult him, and spit on him.Amouti oboi-da motoi keka-kekai eito.Spray water around the house.emauhivspray, flick or throw water, such as throwing water to wash out a dinghy, flicking water at a board to clean it, water dripping through the roof, or the wind spraying water into a boat Moo motoi ubui-da mihai-ro ai-remauhi. The rain splashed me from the roof of my house.Peei hepui emauhi ma arahuromo. Spray the mud in the canoe, it should come off
spreadaburaivspread, separateMoo ria-raamui tauo paburai turiaha mati. My family have already spread to every place.
spread (habitually)iburutidiovhabitually spreading things out
spread (on floor, repeatedly)ohoꞌoutivspread out on the floor
spread (on floor)ohoꞌoavspread out on the floor, as in spreading out a matTioi ohui-da hipurai oho'oa.The cloth is spread on top of the mat.
spread (plural objects, to dry)iamotoovspread out more than one thing to dryIda omohai-da, ma-aupoi, ma irudei, himioi ahura ma iamotoꞌai himioi-da, miamai-ka.Then bring the leaves in, wrench and rip them off, and spread them out to dry in the sun.7.5.9Put
spread (plural objects)iburutivspread multiple items out, using a repeated action
spread (single object, repeated action)oburutivspread something out, using a repeated actionErai oburuti.Spread the fire.
spread (single object)oburumaivspread it!, an instruction to spread one thing out
spread out (to dry)amotooꞌavspread out to dryTio pahai ito didimoi-da, ruu-ro himioi-da iamotooꞌai-ka himioi-ro ma iamai-ri.After cooking the pandanas leaf, she spread it out in the sun, so the sun might dry them.7.5.9Put
spring tidemimicfmihi-mihimimimimimoainvery high spring tide that often causes flooding, opposite to a very low moai tide, occurs during new moon and full moonObo mimi imoirai-da, hepu-hepu hi'ai tauo ododioi maaka. When the high tide came and the ground is covered with mud.