Te Ika a Maui, or New Zealand and its Inhabitants
Appendix B
Appendix B.
The following Table will show the close connexion between the natives of New Zealand and the Polynesian race in general:—
Atua, general name for the Deity in almost all the islands; teu, Aleutian isles.
Aitua, satisfaction of the spirit, an evil omen; Aitua, Spirit, Samoan, Rarotonga; Maitu, Pau.
Aka, creeping plant, a liand; Tonga, Rarotonga, Mangarewa, Nukahiva, yaka, a wild yam.
Akaaka, root of a potato; Samoa, Tahaiti, Hawaii, Vitia, Tarawa.
Hue, general name for the pumpkin or melon, or creeping vines; Fue Pohue, convolvus; Fue Fue, wild vine, Sam.; Hue, Nuk., Haw.; Pohuehue, do.; Pohue, Tah.; the gourd convol.; Braziliensis.
Huhu, moth; Uu, Rar., Nuk., an insect of the beetle kind.
Hutu, a tree, Phillocladus, Trachamanoides, Tah. and Nuk., the Barringtonia speciosa; Ifi, Sam. Ton.; ihi, Nuk, a species of chesnut.
Ipu, calabash, cup; Sam., Tong., Nuk., Tah., Mang., Haw.
Iro, maggot, Ilo, Haw.; Vio, Tah.; Io, Nuk.
Kaho, and Kakaho, reed, a rush; Kaho, Tong.; Kakaho, Tong.; Kakao, Mang.; Aeho, Tah.; Ahuawa, Haw.
Kakana, grain, food, Feejee.
Kakau, handle of a tool, the stalk or stem of a plant, Nuk.; Kau, Tang.; Au, Sam., Haw.
page 467Kawakawa; evidently used when the natives first arrived as Cava; the memory of the custom is preserved in the names of places where they used to meet for drinking it, as Kawaranga, in the Thames.
Kete, basket; Rar., Mang.; Ete, Sam., Haw.; Kete in the Tong. and Vit., is the stomach or belly.
Kiri, skin, Rar.; Kili, Feejee; Fakaafa, Tong.; Iri, Tah.; Ili, Haw.; Kii, Nuk.; a skin, bark, rind; also a rasp, file, originally of the shark's skin.
Kiore, rat, Mang.; Kiole, Pau.; Iole, Sam., Haw.
Kirikiri, gravel, pebbles, Tar.; Kilikili, Iliili, Sam., Haw.
Ko, native spade, Nuk.; O, Tah., Haw., Mexico.
Kohia, the New Zealand passion flower, ohia, the eugenia malaccensis (Hawaiki).
Kuku, muscle, shell-fish, Tong.; ùù, Sam., Haw.
Kuku, pigeon; Nuk., a green dove.
Kukupa, pigeon, Pau.; Uupa, Tah.
Kumara, sweet potato, Batata; Kumara, Mang.; Kumaa, or Kumawa, Nuk.; Umara, Tah.; Uala, Haw.
Kumete, Umete, Ubique, wooden bowl.
Kupenga, Upenga, Upena, Upea, Ubique, sieve.
Kuri, dog, Rar., Mang.; Kuli, Tong.; Uli, Sam.; Uri, Tar.; Koli (Feejee).
Mai, maire tree; Mai, Mea, Tong., Mang., Nuk., Tar.; Maiore, Tah., Mang., Pau.; Aeiore, Haw.; breadfruit tree.
Mahana, warm; Tah., the sun, a day.
Marae; properly the court before the Tohunga's house; it applied to any open space in a pa; in Tahaiti, it is a sacred enclosure; Mara (Fejee), a burial place.
Miro, Podocarpus ferrugenea, Tah.; Mo, Nuk.; a tree, Thespicia populneae.
Moa, New Zealand, large extinct bird; Ubique, the common fowl.
Paraua, sperm whale; Palaaoa, Haw.; Paaoa, Nuk.; Mang., same as New Tah., Zealand
Poepoe, ball used in play: a round thing; Fae, Tong., Haw., Rar.; Poe, Rar., Mang., a pearl.
Pona, knot, Sam., Rar., Nuk., Haw., the parts of a sugar cane between the joints.
Ponapona, joint; Pona, Nuk.
Pungawerewere, spider; Punavelevele, Haw.; Punaveevee, Nuk.
Rae, Lae, Ae, Ubique, forehead.
Rata, tree: Lata, Tah., Tuscarpus edulis; Lata, Tong., a tree, Metrosideros robusta.
Rau, a leaf, Rar., Mang., Pau.; Lau, La., Sam.; Lau, Lou, Tong.; Lau, Hau.; Au, Ou, Nuk.; Ndrau, Ndra, Vit.; a leaf, foliage, raurau, Tah.
Romi, Roromi to rub, press, or squeeze; Lomi, Lolomi, Omi, to shampoo.
Rongomai, a New Zealand god; Tahaiti, Te Rongo, Orono Haw.
Roro, brain; Oo, Nuk., the core of the breadfruit; Lolo, Sam., the kernel of the old cocoanut; Lolololo, fat; Lolo, Tong., oil, oily, Haw.
Rororoi, kind of pudding formed of mashed kumara or potato; Loloi, Tong.; Tutolo, Haw.; Turoro, Mang., a pudding in which cocoanut oil is an ingredient.
Ruru, owl; Lulu, Sam., Tong., Vit.
Tapa, cloth (Tahaiti), New Zealand, a piece for a patch.
Taro, arum; Talo, Tao, Ubique.
Ti, throughout the islands, name of a tree in New Zealand, Draacena Australis.
Toa, a tree (Tonga), Toa.
Tohora, black whale, Tah., Haw.; Tafola, Sam., Fak.; Tafoa, Tong.
Tupapaku, dead body; Tupapau, Tah.
page 468Uri, fruit of the kiekie; Kulu, Nius, Kuru, Rar.; Paiuru, Tah.; Ulu, Haw., the breadfruit.
Uwhi-ufl, yam (Tonga).
Wai, stingy ray (Tonga), fy.
Wata, stand, or raised platform for food; Fata, Tah.
Wan, paper mulberry; a tree said by the natives to have been originally brought with them; from its inner bark, they formerly made a kind of cloth used by females as a cincture for the hair; Fau, Sam., Tong., Nuk., the hibiacus liliaceus, a tree from whose bark the natives make twine; Vau, Vit.; the hibiscus; the cincture worn by women is made from its bark; Fau, Fak.; Pau, Haw.
Wiwi, rush; Wi, Tafifi, Tah.; Tau, Rar.; Tahihi, Haw.; Tawiwi, to ensnare, entangle, to be entangled in the rushes.