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Transactions. — Miscellaneous. 



Arabic. Maoei. 



kali, ground covered with herb- kari, an isolated wood ; to dig 



age 

 kahiveh, coffee kaica, bitter 



kau-akawa, a pepper tree {Piper 

 excelsum) 

 Mr. Tregear says " the Maoris had not learnt to drink 

 kava," the common Polynesian intoxicant, prepared from the 

 root or leaves of a pepper tree, P. niethysticum. If not, why did 

 they call this New Zealand pepper tree by the old name ? 

 Moreover, the Eev. E. Taylor, a man who possessed a great 

 deal of curious knowledge respecting the Maoris, is satisfied 

 they carried on the manufacture of kata (or kawa) in New 

 Zealand, and that this appears in the names of certain places, 

 such as Kaicaranga, and says that they still chew the root as 

 medicine. In Arabia, we are told, kakiceh, or coffee, (the 

 primitive Mcniri " kava,") was looked on as an intoxicant, and 

 as such prohibited by the Koran. It is not surprising that 

 the prohibition was vain, if, as is evident, its use dated from 

 primeval times. 



Maori. 



karopa, squinting; often, it is 

 said, connected with cerebral 

 disease 

 ynarama, the moon 

 ka, burn ; tu-nu, roast 

 kara, secret plan, conspiracy 



Arabic 

 kalab, insanity 



ka-mar, the moon 



ka-nun, place for fire 



karar, conclusion, determina 



tion 



karrabe, a large flagon 

 kari-m, generous 

 katkalat, laughing loud 

 kata,-'- cut 



katakntakata,-'- cut to pieces 

 katr, dropping, as water 

 khata, a mistake 

 khatt, mark or line drawn 



khati, a snner 

 khiuhtd, cheeks 

 kh-alik, creator 

 kii'ah, a cap 

 l-ahi-b, flame 

 lama, shining 

 ma, water 



karaha, calabash with wide brim 



ha-kari, a gift 



katakata, laughing often 



koti, cut 



kotiknti, cut to pieces 



kato, flow, as a river 



kata, to laugh 



au-kati, the celebrated boundary 



line drawn by the King Natives 

 kati, don't ! 

 ntintu, lips 

 ariki, chief 



kiira, a head ornament 

 ahi, fire 

 ram a, a torch 

 ma, (in comp.) a branch of a 



stream 



• A tinal guttural being uutransliterable is omitted. 



