Haka |
Posture dance. 2. Song accompanied by action. |
Hapi tawa |
A childish pastime. |
Henga or Takahenga |
A game. |
Heru a Maui |
A puzzle made of flax. |
Hikawai |
See under
Ti. |
Himorimori |
Syn.
Tarere. A rude form of swing. |
Hitaka |
A whip top. See
Potaka. |
Homata |
A toy dart thrown in the air; not the same as
Teka. |
Horewai |
A child's kite. |
Horu |
Sometimes applied to a trumpet. |
Horua |
A toboggan sled. See
Panukunuku, Reti, Toreherehe. |
Huhi |
Cat's cradle, See
Maui, Whai |
Huhu |
Bullroarer. Syn.
Purerehua, Purorohu, Rangorango, Turorohu, Wheorooro. |
Kaea |
Syn.
Pu Kaea. Long wooden trumpet. See
koea. |
Kaeaea |
Shell trumpet occasionally so termed. |
Kāhu |
A kite. Generic term. See
Manu, Pakau. |
Kai |
Puzzle, riddle, toy. Syn.
Maka, Panga. |
Kaihota a |
A whip top. See
Potaka. |
Kaihora |
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Kaimu |
The game of draughts. Modern. See
Mu. |
Kaimakamaka |
The game of jackstones or knuckle bones. Syn.
Koruru, Ruru, Tikai, Tutukai, Koropu. |
Kaipara |
Athletic games. |
Kairerere |
The long jump. |
Kaitaka |
Whip top. See
Kaihotaka, Hitaka, Potaka ta. |
Kakara |
Shell trumpet. Syn.
Kaeaea, Potipoti, Pu moana, Puhaureroa, Pupakapaka, Pu tarar, Pu tatara, Pu taratara. |
Karangi |
Small earthen mounds over which whip tops were lashed.
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Kărărī |
A toy, jumping jack. Syn.
Karetao, Keretao, Toko raurape Korotao. |
Kare |
Whip for tops. Syn.
Ta. |
Karetao |
Syn.
Karari. |
Karihi taka |
A finger game. |
Kaukau |
Bathing.
Kau, to swim.
Kau whakataetae, swimming race. |
Kaupeka |
A toy or game. |
Kautarere |
A form of swing. |
Keretao |
Syn.
Karari. |
Kikiporo |
A form of clappers, a time beating device. Syn.
Pakakau, Pakuru. See
Mapara. |
Koauau |
A form of flute. |
Koea |
A long wooden trumpet. See
Kaea, Pu-kaea. |
Koke |
A toy. A large leaf having a grass culm attached to it as a balancer. Launched through the air from an eminence. Syn.
Kokewai, Kokewau, Niu, Topa, Reti. |
Kokiri |
Water leap, with use of a springless beam. |
Komekome |
A game played with the fingers. Cf.
Kopikopi. |
Kongutu |
Mouthpiece of a
pu kaea. Outer end is
whara. |
Kopapa |
Surf riding plank. Small canoe employed by surf riders. See
Whakahekeheke. |
Kopikopi |
Some game played by opening and closing the hands. |
Koropu |
Syn.
Kaimakamaka. |
Kŏrŏrŏhū |
The 'whizzer.' Syn.
Porotiti, Purorohū, Pirorohu, Takawairori, Wairori, Tarari. |
Korotao |
Syn.
Karari. |
Koruru |
Syn.
Kaimakamaka. |
Kotiritiri |
Given by Williams as a game played with light sticks weighted at one end which are caused to bob up and down in a pool of water. |
Ku |
A game resembling
Matimati. 2. A very primitive form of musical instrument. |
Kukau |
A form of Jew's harp. See
Roria, Tarari. |
Kura-winiwini |
A string game. |
Kurupakara |
Some form of game or pastime. |
Maimai |
A form of posture dance.
|
Maka |
Syn.
Kai. Panga. Riddles, Puzzles, etc. |
Makamaka rakau |
Syn.
Taumahekeheke. Dart throwing. |
Mamau. Takaro mamau |
Wrestling. See
Nonoke. Whatoto. |
Manu |
A kite. See
Kahu, Pakau, Horewai. |
Manu aute |
A kite covered with
aute bark. |
Manu pakau |
A winged kite. |
Manu kaka |
A kite covered with feathers of the
kaka parrot. |
Manu paitiiti |
A form of kite. |
Manu patiki |
A kite resembling a flounder in form. |
Manu puai |
A triangular form of kite. |
Manu tara |
A form of kite. |
Manu taratahi |
A triangular form of kite. |
Manu totoriwai |
A bird like form of kite. |
Manu tu |
A form of kite. |
Manu tukutuku |
A generic term for flying kites. |
Manu whara |
A large form of kite. See also
Peru, Puhihi, Tahu, Tangotango, Tarehurehu, Tioriori, Tohe, Turu. |
Mapara |
Pieces of wood used as castanets or clappers. See
Pakoko. |
Marae toro teka, or Prepared ground for dart throwing. |
papa pere. |
Matakapua |
Stilts. See under
Pou. |
Matakokiri |
A child's toy, a leaf of
Cordyline made to spring off the finger. |
Matimati |
A hand clapping game. See under
Ti. |
Mekemeke |
Boxing. |
Moari |
A form of swing. Giant stride. Sometimes called
Morere, pourerere and
tarere. |
Moki |
Plank used by surf riders. Syn.
Kopapa. |
Moki. Mokihi |
Rude floats or rafts. |
Morere |
See
Moari. |
Mu |
Introduced game of draughts. |
Mu torere and Torere |
A peculiar game resembling draughts. |
Neti |
Syn.
Niti, Teka. A dart. See
Pahu, Marae. |
Nguru |
Nose flute with curved end. |
Niti |
Syn.
Neti, Teka. |
Niu |
A toy. A large leaf with grass culm attached as a balancer. Syn.
Koke, Kokewau, Topa, Reti, Kokewai. |
Nonoke |
Wrestling. Syn.
Mamau, Whatoto.
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Omaoma. Takaro omaoma. |
Foot racing. |
Pahu |
A gong. Syn.
Pakū. |
Pahu or Pehu |
A toy dart. See
Teka, Niti, Neti. |
Pahu kahatu |
Canoe shaped form of gong. |
Pakakau |
Syn.
Pakuru, Kikiporo. Sticks used in beating time. |
Pakau |
Flying kites. |
Pakau roharoha |
Winged flying kite. |
Pakēkē |
Clappers. See
Mapara, Pakoko, Tokere. |
Paki waitara. Korero tara. |
Korero purakau. Folk tales, etc. |
Pakoko |
A form of clappers. See
Pakeke. Tokere. Tokerangi. |
Pakū |
See
Pahu. |
Pakuru |
See
pakakau. |
Panga |
Syn.
Kai. Maka. Riddles. Puzzles. |
Panokonoko. Panonoko. |
A string game. Syn.
Patokotoko. Pato-katoka. |
Panukunuku |
A toboggan. Syn.
Horua, Papa reti, Panunu, Toreherehe. |
Papaki |
A hand clapping game. |
Papa takiri |
Piece of wood used in spinning a humming top. |
Para |
Dart throwing game. Called
para toetoe, para mako, etc., according to material of darts.
Wewero toetoe seems to have been another name for
para toetoe. |
Paratiti |
See
Ripi. |
Para whakawai |
Mimic combats of above nature. |
Patokotoko |
Syn.
Panokonoko. |
Pekapeka |
Windmill toy, fashioned from a leaf of
Phormium. |
Pepe taki manawa |
Long recitations repeated in one breath. Also termed simply
takimanawa and
tatau manawa. |
Peru |
A form of flying kite. Cf.
perue, a kite name at the Cook Islands. |
Pioi |
A form of swinging, as on a limber branch. Or such a pastime as seesaw (
tiemi). |
Piri |
A form of hide and seek. Called also
whakapupuni. |
Piripiri |
A form of hide and seek. Called also
whakapupuni. |
Pirori |
A hoop.
|
Pirorohū |
The whizzer. See
Kororohu. |
Piu |
Skipping with rope. |
Poi |
Ball used in
haka poi. Poi awe, ball decorated with dog's hair.
Poi kokau, a plain, unadorned ball. |
Poike |
The knob on end of a dart (
Teka), etc. |
Poi rakau |
A game consisting of throwing and catching sticks. See
Ti rakau, Titi touretua. |
Pokirua |
A form of the hand clapping
matimati game. |
Ponga |
Some form of game. |
Pono kawakawa |
Some form of game. |
Pororua |
A form of flute. |
Poroteteke |
A boy's game of standing on the head while repeating a form of words. |
Porotiti |
The whizzer. See
Kororohu. |
Potaka ta |
Whip top. Also
hitaka, kaitaka, kaihotaka. |
Potaka wherorua |
Double ended whip top. |
Potaka kotorerua |
Double ended whip top. |
Potaka tikitiki |
Double ended whip top. |
Potaka takiri |
Humming top. See
Whitirea |
Potaka kukume |
Humming top. See
Whitirea |
Potaka hue |
Humming top fashioned from a small gourd. |
Poteteke |
A kind of dance. 2. Fugleman. |
Potipoti |
Shell trumpet. Syn.
Pu tatara, Pu moana, etc. |
Pou koki |
Stilts. Syn.
Matakapua, Pou tokorangi, Pou toti, Pou turu, Toko, Wae rakau, Pou toko. |
Pourerere |
A form of swing. Same as
moari. |
Pou tokorangi |
Stilts. See
Pou koki.
Titiao denotes stilts with high placed steps;
papaku po those with low steps. |
Puhaureroa |
Shell trumpet. See
Pu tatara. |
Puhihi |
Plumes, etc., on a kite. |
Pu hoho |
Probably same as
pu torino. |
Pu kaea |
A wooden trumpet. Also called
Kaea, Pu tahoro, Titimatai, Wharawhara. |
Pu moana |
Shell trumpet. Same as
Pu tatara. |
Punipuni |
A finger game. (Taylor. White.) See
Williams's Maori Dictionary. 5th ed. p. 361. |
Pu pakapaka |
Shell trumpet. See
Pu tatara. |
Purerehua |
Bullroarer. Also
Huhu, Turorohu, Rango-rango, Wheorooro. The first two names are also applied to the whizzer, being sound words.
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Purŏrŏhū |
Bullroarer. 2. Whizzer. |
Putahi |
Central part of the design on which
mu torere was played. 2. The base keeper in the game of
poi rakau. |
Pu tahoro |
Same as
Pu kaea. |
Pu tara |
The shell trumpet. Also called
Puhaureroa, Potipoti, Pu moana, Pu toto; perhapsalso
Tetere and
Tuteure.
Pu tatara is sometimes employed to denote the wooden trumpet,
tatara being a sound word. |
Pu tatara |
The shell trumpet. Also called
Puhaureroa, Potipoti, Pu moana, Pu toto; perhapsalso
Tetere and
Tuteure.
Pu tatara is sometimes employed to denote the wooden trumpet,
tatara being a sound word. |
Pu torino |
A form of flageolet. |
Pu toto |
Shell trumpet. See
Pu tara. |
Rangorango |
The bullroarer. |
Rapatahuri, repetahuri |
A game or toy. |
Rara tuna |
A game (Taylor). At Taupo a pattern of cats cradle. |
Rarī |
Some form of gong; perhaps the
pahu. Cf. the Fijian
lali, a wooden gong. |
Rehu |
Some form of flute. |
Reti |
Toboggan. Also
Horua, Panunu, Panukunuku, Toreherehe. Sometimes applied to the
topa or
koke. See
Williams's Maori Dictionary. 5th ed. p. 394. |
Ripi |
Game of ducks and drakes. Syn.
Paratiti. |
Rore kiore |
A game. (Taylor). |
Roria |
Jew's harp. See
kukau, tarari. |
Ruku |
The Maori form of diving; the water jump. |
Ruriruri |
Song accompanied by arm action. |
Ruru |
The game of jackstones. See
Kaimakamaka. |
Ta |
Whip for a top. Syn.
Kare. |
Tāhū |
A rod used to brace the wings of a kite. |
Takaro tupeke |
Jumping as game or pastime. |
Takaro ringaringa |
Wrestling sometimes so termed. See
Mamau. |
Takimanawa |
See under
Pepe. Tatau manawa. |
Takawairori (or
wairore) |
The
whizzer. See
Kororohu. |
Tangotango |
Some part of a
taratahi kite. |
Tara-koekoea |
A childish pastime.
|
Tararī |
Same as
kororohu. Williams's Dictionary gives it as a name for the primitive
roria or jew's harp. |
Taratahi |
A triangular form of kite. See
Manu. |
Tarehurehu |
A form of kite. See
Manu. |
Tarere |
The
moari form of swing. Also applied to other forms of swing. See
kautarere. |
Tatau kaho |
A breath holding contest, the recital of a rhythmical jingle in one breath. Also termed
pumanawa and
takimanawa. |
Tatau Manawa |
A breath holding contest, the recital of a rhythmical jingle in one breath. Also termed
pumanawa and
takimanawa. |
Tatau tangata |
A counting out performance. |
Taumahekeheke |
Applied to contests such as dart throwing, etc. |
Tauparoro |
A game in which one player, by means of rapid movements of the hand, avoids the downward strokes of a rod wielded by another. Also the act of tapping
mapara or
pakuru. |
Taupiripiri |
Foot racing in couples, the two performers holding each other. |
Taupupuni |
A game of hide and seek. |
Taupunipuin |
A game of hide and seek. |
Taurumaki |
A ducking pastime much favoured by bathers. |
Taururumaki |
A ducking pastime much favoured by bathers. |
Taurumakimaki |
A ducking pastime much favoured by bathers. |
Tawharau manu tukutuku |
A shed in which large sized kites were kept. |
Teka |
A small dart.
Piu teka=dart throwing. See
Neti |
Tētěrě |
A trumpet. Applied to the wooden, shell and flax forms. |
Ti |
A game resembling
Matimati, Hikawai, Pokirua and Ku. |
Ti ringaringa |
A game resembling
Matimati, Hikawai, Pokirua and Ku. |
Ti kai |
Jack stones. See
Kaimakamaka. |
Ti rakau |
Syn.
Poi rakau, Tititouretua, Tititourea, Titouretua. See
Titi. |
Tiemi |
Anything in the nature of seesaw. See
Pioi. |
Tikitiki |
A double pointed whip top. Syn.
Wherorua. |
Tioreore |
Some form of game or pastime. |
Tioriori. Manu tioriori |
A form of kite. |
Tipao |
Some game, according to Williams. A form of sling. |
Tirango |
A toy manipulated as is a bullroarer.
|
Titi |
The sticks used in the game of
Ti rakau. |
Toi |
The sticks used in the game of
Ti rakau. |
To |
Apparently the name of some musical instrument of former times. "Na, ka tae te mahi, he ku, he pakuru, he to, he pu torino, he koauau, he torehe, he ti papaki ringa, he porotiti, he kaupeka,—kaore a Kae i kata." |
Tohe. Putohe |
The 'tonsil' of a
pu kaea, wooden trumpet. 2. Part of
taratahi kite to which cord is attached. |
Tokerangi |
Wooden clappers. See
Pakeke, Pakoko, Tokere, Mapara. |
Tokere |
Clappers, castanets. 2. According to Williams also applied to a simple pastime played by drawing a leaf through the closed fist and inviting guesses as to the point to which the end has been drawn. |
Toko |
Stilts. See
Pou koki. |
Toko raurape |
A toy. Syn.
Karetao, etc. See
Karari. |
Topa |
A toy. Same as
Koke, Kokewau, Niu, Reti. |
Torehe |
Probably some form of musical instrument. See under
To. |
Toreherehe |
A toboggan. See
Horua, Panukunuku. |
Torino |
The
pu torino. |
Tungoungou |
A childish pastime. |
Tureureu |
Some form of game. (Rev. R. Taylor.) |
Turŏrŏhū |
Applied to the bullroarer and whizzer. A sound word. |
Turu |
To fly a kite. Syn.
Whakaangi. |
Turupepeke |
A boy's game of throwing somersaults. (Rev. R. Taylor.) |
Tuteure |
A shell trumpet (Williams). 2. A long form of
koauau (Ngati-Porou). |
Tutoko |
Vaulting with pole. |
Tutukai |
Jack stones. See
Kaimakamaka. |
Upoko-titi |
A childish pastime. |
Wairori |
The whizzer. Perhaps also
wairore. |
Wenewene |
Holes in a native flute. |
Wewero toetoe |
Dart throwing. Light reeds (culms) of
toetoe (
Arundo conspicua) being used. |
Whai |
Cats cradle. Some of the patterns or designs formed are named as follows:—
|
Te Waka-o-Tamarereti |
Te Komore |
Mouti |
Purerekohu |
Te Puke-ki-Hikurangi |
Te Rara-tuna |
Maui or Nga Maui |
Tongariro |
Te Ikiiki |
Te Kotiro |
Te Manuka-piko |
Tonga-raurepa |
Tama-a-roa |
Kopu |
Te Whare-o-Takoreke |
Nga Ihiihi-o-Kopu |
Te Mahau |
Te Whare-totokau |
Nga Tara-kaikape |
Te Ana-i-Taupo |
Tiremiremi |
aekohu |
Te Ahi i tunua ai te manawa o Nuku-tauparoro |
|
Te Whakahua-horopito |
Te Tutira-o-Maui |
Te Rara-matai |
Tunui-a-te-ika |
Te Whare-pora |
Tamahine |
Wiwirau |
Te Whare-puni |
Tonganui |
Kotore-huia |
Ngutu-huia |
Te Ara-tiatia-a-Pawa |
Kawe-tupapaku |
Moi-haere |
Te Whai-papaki-tahi-a-Maui |
Kapunga-uru-tutu |
Te Toemi-a-Rua-mitimiti |
Paepae-hamuti. |
Whakahekeheke |
Surf riding. Also
whakarerere. |
Whakaoriori potaka |
Songs sung while spinning humming tops. |
Whakapupuni |
Game of hide and seek. Also
piripiri. |
Whakarerere |
Surf riding. Also
whakahekeheke. See
Ko-papa, Moki. |
Whara |
The bell mouthed outer end of a wooden trumpet. 2. The trumpet itself is sometimes termed a wharawhara. |
Wharawhara |
The bell mouthed outer end of a wooden trumpet. 2. The trumpet itself is sometimes termed a wharawhara. |
Whare rehia |
Any house in which amusements are indulged in may be so termed. Also employed to denote the arts of pleasure. |
Whare tapere |
Any house in which amusements are indulged in may be so termed. Also employed to denote the arts of pleasure. |
Whatoto |
Wrestling. Syn.
Mamau, Nonoke. Names of grips, etc., are—
Ta, Kairaho, Wiri, Mutu, Mamau, Awhiawhi, Urutomo, Taha, Whiu, Rou. |
Wheorooro |
The bullroarer. See
Huhu. |
Whio |
A wind instrument. |
Whitirea |
Humming top. See under
Potaka. |
Wi |
A game resembling tag. |