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Games and Pastimes of the Maori
List of Games, Pastimes, Exercises, Toys, Musical — Instruments, etc., of the Maori Folk
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List of Games, Pastimes, Exercises, Toys, Musical
List of Games, Pastimes, Exercises, Toys, Musical
Instruments, etc., of the Maori Folk
| 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 | |
| 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.page 317 |
| 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.page 318 |
| 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.page 319 |
| 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.page 320 |
| 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. SeeTi 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.page 321 |
| 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.page 322 |
| 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.page 323 |
| 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:—page 324 |
| 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. |