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that apparently have no " bird-meaning " and those that have. 

 Of course some of these apparently unimportant words may 

 hereafter be found to have a vital connection, but it is more 

 easy to keep the words concerning the bird in mind if we strip 

 away into a separate division those meanings which do not 

 appear to have direct relationship. 



The meanings of moa not related to the bird-meaning are 

 as follows : — 



New Zealand — 



Moa, a kind of stone or stratum of stone ; ironstone. 

 (2.) Petrified wood. (3.) A garden-bed, land having 

 divisions between, small prominences like garden- 

 beds. (4.) A kind of drill for boring hard stones. 

 (5.) A species of coarse sea-side grass (Spinifex hir- 

 sutus). (6.) To jump forward, to jump up, to ascend. 

 (7.) To oscillate, to swing.— Moamoa, small round 

 shining stones, like marbles. — Whaka-moa, to lay in 

 a heap. 

 Samoa — 



Moa, the end of a bunch of bananas. (2.) The fleshy 

 part of the alili (a mollusc). (3.) A child's top. 

 (4.) The epigastric region. (5.) The middle, as of 

 a road or river.— Moamoa, full-grown. (2.) The 

 name of a fish. (3.) A piece of cloth used to take 

 hold of a fish with. 

 Tahiti— 



Moa, the name of a species of fern. (2.) A whirli- 

 gig made of the amae seed. (3.) A bunch of miro 

 leaves used in the sacred place. — Momoa, to espouse 

 or contract marriage. (2.) Long and narrow, 

 applied to the face. (3.) The ankle-joint. (4.) The 

 knuckles. (5.) To make sacred, to put under a re- 

 striction. — Haa-moa, to make sacred. — Haa-moamoa, 

 to observe the former customs as to sacred places 

 and persons, restrictions regarding food, &c. 

 Hawaii — ■ 



Moa, the name of a stick used in play. (2.) The name 

 of a plant. (3.) The name of a piece of wood 

 on which to slide downhill. (4.) A kind of moss. 

 (5.) A variety of banana. 

 Marquesas — 



Moa, a priest of the secondary rank. 

 In regard to one of these meanings in Maori, I have 

 included it in the list of words unrelated to the bird because 

 the form is doubtful. The Hawaiian word is moo, a garden- 

 bed ; a division made for irrigation ; any planted patch of food, 

 provided it be much longer than it is wide. And this variation 

 brings to notice that both moo and moa in Hawaiian mean to 



