‘akarū, caus. rū2. Make quiver, shake, tremble, vibrate.
E vao‘o ‘ua atu koe iāia, ‘eia‘a koe e ‘akarū atu.
You just leave him alone and don’t make him tremble.
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rūketekete, rūtetetete
rūketekete, rūtetetete, v.i.
1. To shiver, shake, tremble, vibrate; shivering.
Kua rūketekete tōna kōpapa nō te anu.
He shivered with cold;
Kua rūketekete te poti i te ‘akataka‘ia‘anga te matīni.
The boat vibrated when the engine was started up;
‘E ‘apinga tika ai te rūketekete i teia pa‘ī.
This ship vibrates an awful lot;
Kua ‘akangāro‘i poto‘ia te ‘akavā‘anga i te rūketekete‘anga te va‘ine i tōna tuatua-‘anga.
The court was adjourned briefly when the woman giving evidence started to tremble.
2. n. Tremulo, vibrato.
Kua ‘āviri te tamaiti iāku nō te rūketekete i tōku reo i te ‘īmene‘anga.
The boy laughed at me because of the tremulo in my singing. Maki rūketekete, rheumatism.
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rū2, v.i. Shiver, shake, vibrate, feel nervous or shaky, tremble.
Kua rū te pa‘ī i te taka‘anga te matīni.
The ship vibrated when the engines started up;
Kua rū tōna kōpapa nō te anu.
He shivered because it was so cold;
Kua rū te ‘enua i te ngārue-rue‘anga.
The ground shook during the earthquake;
Kua rū ‘aia i tōna tae‘anga ki roto i te pi‘a tārērē.
He felt nervous when he got into the examination room;
Kua rū pou roa ‘aia.
She was all of a flutter, dither.
[Pn. *luu3.]