Te meʻe nei he puka kupu mo te reʻo rapanui. I toʻo mai au i te ŋā kupu vānaŋa i tāʻaku taiʻoiŋa, ʻe i haka tano ai i tū kupu era hai kupu parautiʻa rō mai te ŋā puka ko haka tikeʻa ʻā i raro. He vaʻai i te ŋā kupu i te reʻo māori o ʻAotearoa ʻe te reʻo paratane. Pehivaʻā, ¡he hāʻūʻū te meʻe nei ki a koe!
He papakupu tēnei mō te reo Rapanui. I whakahiatotia mai e au i taku ake rangahau, ā, i whakatūturutia ki ngā kupu tino pono nō ngā rauemi kua rārangitia i raro. Ka tukuna ngā whakamāoritanga me ngā whakapākehātanga. Ko te tūmanako nei kia whaihua tēnei ki a koe!
This is a dictionary for the Rapanui language. I compiled it from my own research, corroborated with the most reliable entries from the resources listed below. Translations are given in both New Zealand Māori and English. I hope you find it useful!
  • A grammar of Rapa Nui by Paulus Kieviet
  • Diccionario Etimológico Rapanui-Español by the Comisión para la Estructuración de la Lengua Rapanui
  • Diccionario de la Lengua Rapa Nui by the Chilean Ministerio de Desarrollo Social y Familia
  • La Tierra de Hotu Matuʻa by Sebastian Englert
  • Pollex by Simon J Greenhill, Ross Clark, and Bruce Biggs
    • Easter Island — The Rapanui Speech and the Peopling of Southeast Polynesia by William Churchill
    • Rapanui by Robert L Weber and Nancy L Weber, from the Comparative Austronesian Dictionary
    • Shore Fishes of Easter Island by John E Randall and Alfredo Cea
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