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Glossary

• Ariki, the Priest-Chief. See note.
• Atua, a spirit, god.
• Haeremai, welcome.
• Haerera, farewell.
• Hangi, food cooked in a Maori oven.
• Hapu, a sub-tribe.
• Huia, a bird (Heteralocha acutirostris).
• Kai, food.
• Kainga, the home.
• Kaiwae, the floor of a canoe.
• Kakino, bad.
• Karaka, a tree.
• Kauri, the great N.Z. pine tree.
• Kehua, a ghost.
• Kiritangata, the innermost barricade.
• Kiwi, the wingless apteryx.
• Koe, korua, kotu—you, you two, all of you.
• Kowhai, a tree.
• Kumara, the sweet potato.
• Makutu, magic.
• Mana, authority, prestige.
• Manuka, the tea-tree.
• Marae, the village common.
• Maro, an apron.
• Matai, a tree.
• Matakite, second-sight.
• Mere, a stone or jade club.
• Morepork, the settler's name for the native owl.
• Nikau, a species of palm.
• Niu, divining rods.
• Noa, cleansed from tapu.
• Pa, a fortified village. See note.
• Pai, good.
• Pakeha, a white man.
• Pakeha-maori, a white man living as a Maori.
• Papa-tea, an untattooed person.
• Patu, strike.
• Pikau, a pack carried on the back.
• Pounamu, jade, greenstone.
• Pupurangi, a species of large snail.
• Rangatira, a chief.
• Reinga, Te, the Land of Shades. See note.
• Rongo pai, the Good Word.
• Runanga, a Parliament.
• Taepo, a supernatural being.
• Taniwha, a fabulous saurian monster.
• Tapairu, High-Priestess. See note.
• Tapu, sacred, infected. See note.
• Taraire, a tree.
• Tatau, a door.
• Taua, a war party.
• Tawhara, the flower spathe of a climbing plant.
• Te kai tango atua, the undertaker.
• Tena koe—korua—kotu, sing., dual, and plural greeting.
• Tetere, a war trumpet.
• Tiki, a breast ornament.
• Titoki, a tree.
• Tohunga. See note.
• Tohunga-ta, a tattooer.
• Tui, the parson bird.
• Tutua, a slave.
• Umu, an oven of heated stones.
• Uto, vengeance.
• Utu, payment in compensation.
• Wahine, wife, womenfolk.
• Wai-piro, alcoholic beverage.
• Waiata, a song.
• Whare, a native house.
• Whare-kura, the Maori university.
• Whare-matoro, the Maori pleasure house.
• Whare-puni, the sleeping house.