- piri
- to join (vi, vt); to meet someone on the road; piriga, meeting, gathering.to choke: he-piri te gao.ka-piri, ka piri, exclamation: "So many!" Ka-piri, kapiri te pipi, so many shellfish! Also used to welcome visitors: ka-piri, ka-piri!ai-ka-piri ta'a me'e ma'a, expression used to someone from whom one hopes to receive some news, like saying "let's hear what news you bring."kai piri, kai piri, exclamation expressing: "such a thing had never happened to me before". Kai piri, kai piri, ia anirá i-piri-mai-ai te me'e rakerake, such a bad thing had never happened to me before!
Rapanui-English dictionary. 2008.