22 Transactions, — Miscellaneous, 



MAORI. 



tako, the gums, palate (Gr.) dakos, a biting 



tae, to be overcome ) iri \ j n ,.1 



. • , , ,, Gr. due, a battle 



tai-apu, to storm, assault j v 7 



tdkakau, the forearm (comp. of (Gr.) daktulon, the finger 



" cow" and "finger") 



tamau, to fasten ((Goth.) tamjan, to tame 



tamoe, to repress l(Gr.) damao, to tame, subdue 



ta«, to lie at rest (Gr.) dauo, to sleep 



taitea, fearful, timid 1,^ -. , ., , c 



... ' Gr. dado, to tear 



tainted, nervous j 



tiw, exudation (Gr. 1 deisa, moisture 



ua, to rain (Gr.) lutein, to rain 



ura, brown, (from pura, fire) (Eng.) brown, from (A.S.) brun, 



from byrnan, to burn, from 



(Gr. ) pur, fire. 



But it is to our own language that Maori shows some of the 



strangest resemblances. The Teutonic roots of the English 



speech have close approximation to Maori. Here are some of 



the most curious. The (M.) tokari, to cut off, or notch, is our 



word, duck, to cut short, (W.) tociaw, to cut short. The (M.) 



vara, to roar, is roar. The (M.) patu, to beat, and patu a 



weapon, is (Eng.) beat, (root A.S. bat) and bat, as a cricket bat. 



(M.) toi, the toe, is toe. (M.) poka, to thrust, is (Eng.) poke. 



(M.) karapiti, to grapple, is grapple. (M.) taka, a thread, is 



(Eng.) to tack with a thread: (M.) taka, to turn, to veer, is 



(Eng.) tack, to go about ; (M. ) takai, to wind round and round, is 



(Eng.) tangle ; (M.) tangai, the bark, is (Eng.) tan, (for dyeing,) 



and tannin. (M.) hau, to chop, is (Eng.) hew. (M.) hopu- 



hopu, to catch frequently, is (Eng.) hobble, a leg-fastening. 



(M.) hiteki, to hop, is (Eng.) hitch, to move by jerks. (M.) 



hoanga, a whetstone, is (Eng.) hone. (M.) hoto, a spade, is 



(Eng.) hoe. (M.) hape, bent, is (Eng.) hoop. (M.) hake, 



crooked, bent, is the (Eng.) hook. (M.) hakui, an old woman, 



(Eng.) hag. (M.) hae, to hate, is (Fr.) hair, and (Eng.) hate. 



(M.) hoko, to sell, is (Eng.) hawker, one who sells. (M.) hoe, to 



row, (Eng.) hoy, a boat. (M.) hua, to call, (Eng.) hue and cry. 



(M.) tae, to dye, is dye. (M.) kiri, the hide, is (Eng.) curt;/, to 



dress hides. (M.| tope, to cut off, is (Eng.) to top, as to top 



shoots of plants. (M.) koripi, to cut, is (Eng.) clip. (M.) 



tapahi, chapped or chopped, is (Eng.) chapped or chopped — the 



(M.) tapa-tapahi, cut in pieces, is only chop-choppy. The (M.) 



kuri, the dog (once a cattle-dog), is the Scotch cooley or collie, 



the cattle-dog. I only cease from fear of too utterly wearying 



you with examples, but hundreds of words, in both European 



and Asiatic Aryan languages, have similar brotherhood with 



Maori, and have been collected by me. These Maori words are 



not Anglo-Maori, they are to be found embalmed in old songs 



