VOCABULARY.

A. And; used before proper names and pronouns, when they stand as subject in a sentence; of; at length.

Ae, yes.

Aha, what.

Ahau, me; I.

Ahua, appearance.

Ai, which.

Ake, implying motion upwards.

Ana, her, his, plural poss.

Aku, my.

Ano, again; just as.

Ara, namely; (i.e.).

Aroha, loved; love.

Ata, quietly; dawn.

Atamira, stage.

Atawhaitia, was kind to; cherished.

Atu, implying direction away from speaker.

Au, I; Current.

Aua, those; Auahoki, I do not know.

E. O.; sign of present tense; when followed by Ana. Sign of future tense; exclamation.

Ehara, not.

Ehi, well!

Etahi, each.

Haere, come; go.

Haerenga, coming; going.

Haha, feel; to search with the hand.

Hanga, built.

Hapu, conceive.

Hari, rejoiced.

Hauwhenuapo, evening land breeze.

He, a.

Hei, at.

Heoti, enough.

Hi, dawn.

Hiahia, desire.

Hiainu, thirst.

Hihiri, strongly desired.

Hinemoa, see table.

Hinemaru, see table.

Hinewhata, name of the stump out in the Lake.

Hoa, friend.

Hoatu, give.

Hoe, paddle.

Homai, give.

Hoki, also; for; return.

Hokinga, return.

Horihori, false.

Huihui, gathered.

Huihuinga, gatherings.

Humariretanga, beauty.

I, sign of past tense, sign of the object. case, in.

Ia, but; he; she.

Iana, now.

Iho, implying direction downwards.

Ina, since; from.

Inu, drinking.

Inumia, drank.

Ingoa, name.

Iriirikapua, proper name.

Iwi, tribe.

Ka, inceptive particle (untranslatable).

Kahakaha, name of a garment.

Kahore, no.

Kahu, garment.

Kai, Kai tiki; messenger.

Kainga, dwelling place.

Kaiweka, a name.

Kakahu, garment.

Kaore, indeed; not.

Karanga, call.

Karearoto, darling.

Karere, messenger.

Katahi, first.

Katoa, all.

Kauanga, swimming.

Kauhoe, swimming.

Kauhoenga, swimming.

Kauwhau, story.

Kauwhautia, be recited.

Kawana, governor.

Kawea, was carried; (Kawe).

Kei, lest; at; with.

Keiwhea, where.

Ki, to; at.

Kia, let. Kia=ki a, to—

Kiaka, calabash.

Kiri, skin.

Kite, saw.

Kitekite, see frequently.

Kitemea, if.

Ko, particle (untranslatable) used before common Noun.

Koauau, flute.

Koe, thee; thou.

Koia, indeed.

Kopako, see table.

Kore, not; future negative.

Kotuku, white crane.

Kowhatu, rock.

Kua, sign of the perfect tense.

Kupu, word.

Ma, by.

Maeke, cold.

Mahara, thought.

Mai, implying direction towards the speaker.

Makere, go down; lost.

Manawa, heart.

Manu, float.

Manuhiri, stranger.

Marenatia, marriage.

Marino, calm.

Matamua, first born.

Mate, sick.

Matewai, thirsty.

Matoro, woo.

Matou, we.

Matua, parent.

Mau, grasp; take.

Maua, us two; we two.

Me, me pehea; how; like.

Mea, said; thing.

Miharo, wondered.

Mo, for.

Moana, sea.

Moe, sleep.

Moea, marriage, cohabit. Moea tahaetia, seduced.

Mohio, thought.

Mokai, slave.

Mokoia, the island in Rotorua.

Moku, for me.

Momoe, sleep together; marriage.

Mona, for him or her.

Muri, after.

Mutu, end; finish.

Na, denoting position near person spoken to. (Tena), lo.

Nana, his; hers.

Nei, denoting position near speaker. (Tenei).

No, from.

Noa, without restraint.

Noho, dwelt.

Nohoia, passive of Noho.

Nona, hers.

Nui, many.

Nunumikino, hasty.

Nga, sign of the plural.

Ngakau, heart.

Ngararanui, see table.

Ngaro, lost.

Ngenge, weariness.

Ngutu, lip.

O, of.

Ona, his or hers.

Ono, six.

Otiia, but.

Otira, but.

Owhata, a name.

Pa, touch.

Pai, fine; beautiful.

Pakaru, broken.

Pakikau, garment.

Pareparenga, banks.

Patu, weapon.

Pea, perhaps.

Pehea, how.

Pera, in this manner.

Pihanga, window.

Piki, climb.

Pirangi, desire; wish for.

Po, night.

Pokohiwi, shoulder.

Pononga, servant.

Poriro, bastard.

Potiki, child.

Pourewa, tower.

Pouri, darkness; sad.

Pu, general term for wind musical instruments.

Puhaehae, jealous.

Puhi, betrothed.

Puhihumarire, Puhi, betrothed; humarire, lovely.

Puku, secretly.

Pupuri, kept.

Puta, come forth.

Putorino, flute.

Ra, that.

Ranei, whether—or. Usually untranslatable.

Rangatira, chief.

Rangi, melody.

Rangiuru, mother of Tutanekai. See table.

Rangona, was heard.

Ratou, their; them; they.

Rapu, search.

Raua, they (two).

Raurangi=Taua rangi, that day.

Rawa, quite.

Reira, there. (Ki reira ki).

Rekareka, sweetness.

Reo, voice.

Ringa, hand.

Riro, gone.

Rite, like.

Ritenga, custom.

Roa, long.

Rongo, news; heard.

Roto, in; i roto i, within.

Rotorua, scene of the story.

Ru, earthquake.

Rua, second.

Runga, upon. (Ki runga ki).

Ta=Te a, thee of.

Tae, arrive.

Taha, calabash.

Tahae, thief.

Tahaetia, thievishly.

Tahi, one.

Tahu, cook.

Tahuri, turn.

Takatapui, bosom friend of the same sex.

Takawai, calabash; drinking vessel.

Takoto, lie down.

Taku, my.

Tamahine, daughter.

Tamaiti, child.

Tamariki, children.

Tana, hers; his.

Tane, husband; man.

Tangata, man.

Tangi, sound.

Tango, took.

Tapere, Whare tapere, meeting house.

Tapukorako, white hawk.

Tatahi, shore.

Tatemea, for.

Taua, that; before mentioned.

Tauhou, stranger.

Taurekareka, slave.

Tauwharenga, overhanging bank.

Tauwharewharenga, overhanging bank.

Tawakeheimoa. See table.

Tawaru, a garment.

Tawhito, ancient.

Te, the.

Teina, younger brother.

Tena, that.

Tenei, this; near the speaker.

Tera, that; implying distance.

Tere, drift.

Tetehi, one.

Tika, straight.

Tikanga, custom.

Tiki, bring.

Tiki. See table.

Tikina, bring.

Titiro, look.

To, To matou, our. Te o, the of; drag.

Tohu, sign.

Tohutohu, show.

Tokotoru, three.

Tona, hers; his.

Tonoa, be sent.

Tonu, always.

Toru, three.

Toto, drawn.

Totohu, sink.

Tu, stand.

Tuahine, sister.

Tuakana, elder brother or brethren.

Tuarua, second.

Tumu, stump.

Tupa. See table.

Tupato, cautious.

Tupu, real.

Tupuna, ancestress.

Turuawepo, midnight.

Tutanekai. See table.

Tuteaiti. See table.

Tutua, common person.

Tuwharetoa. See table.

U, arrive.

Ueue, shake.

Ui, ask.

Umukaria. See table.

Uri, offspring.

Uta, ashore.

Utu, dip.

Wa, time.

Waewae, feet.

Wahi, place; break.

Wahia, broke.

Wahiao. See table.

Wahine, woman.

Waho, outside.

Wai, who; water.

Waiariki, hot spring.

Waihotia, left.

Waikimihia, Hinemoa's bath.

Wairerewai, a name.

Waka, canoe.

Wawata, desire.

Wiri, tremble.

Wiringa, trembling.

Wha, four.

Whaiaipo, sweetheart.

Whare, house.

Whakaae, consent.

Whakaarahia, rouse.

Whakaaro, remember.

Whakahoroa, throw over.

Whakama, modesty.

Whakamahana, warm.

Whakamoea, married.

Whakangaio, pretend; pretence.

Whakapakanga, last.

Whakapuaki, declared.

Whakapupuni, hide.

Whakaritea, arranged.

Whakaroa, lingered.

Whakarongo, listen.

Whakata, took breath.

Whakatangata, become men.

Whakatangi, played.

Whakatau, intently.

Whakatau. See table.

Whakatere, buoy up.

Whakatika, stand up.

Whakaue Kaipapa. See table.

Whanowhanoa, rage.

Whangai, foster. Matua Whangai, foster parent.

Whanaunga, relations.

Whiti, cross.

This Vocabulary contains the exact meaning of words required by the story. It would only confuse the student if the full meaning of every word were given. The letter A, has 4 meanings given. The first meaning is And; a whakarongo mai hoki, 'and also listen.' The second use is before a proper name. A Tuwharetoa. The third is a Tutanekai Nga pu a Tutanekai. 'The instruments of Tutanekai.' Fourth, a ka mutu te ngenge etc. (lit.) 'At length, the weariness of her shoulders ended.' These meanings of A are sufficient for the text. The meanings of the letter A given by the late Rev. Colenso, are no less than sixteen, main division. Some of these again divide into twelve, fourteen, or more shades of meaning.

I ask the indulgence of Maori scholars in regard to the arrangement of Wh. In the larger Dictionaries "Whakaae" is given with Ae. "Whakaaro" with Aro. For convenience I have ventured to arrange all the causatives ("Whaka") under Wh.

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Transcriber's note: The book on which this e-text is based was printed before macrons were introduced into Maori to distinguish long vowels from short ones. This text has been preserved as we found it. Typographical errors were not corrected. Punctuation was not modernised.