Best. — Clothing of the Ancient Maori. 637 



'expression " karukaru kete" made use of. Thus, I may say, 

 " I am going to collect my karukaru kete." I do not say 

 " my property," lest people should say that I was conceited ; 

 but still it has that meaning. Again, in a manuscript book 

 written by my worthy old teacher, H. T. Pio, of the sons of 

 Awa, I find this : " Ka reiva te taica. Ka ki atit te tangata o te 

 kainga, ' Haere, kia pai te haere. Te karukaru kete kei mahue, 

 te ■pdrdra kete kei mahue. Kei piki i mua o te aroaro o te 

 tohunga, te mate o tena he kahupo, kaore e hopu i tetehi karu- 

 karu kete, vie te mea e matapo ana. E kore raiua e hopu. He 

 hara ' " — " The war-party goes forth. The people say, ' Fare- 

 well ! Be cautious. Forsake not the karukaru kete (take 

 food with you). Forsake not the pdrdra kete (the sacred 

 basket of the priest, in which is carried the tajni food for the 

 Taumata and Kete rites before battle), lest ye pass before 

 the person of the priest and be afflicted by the kahupo. If so, 

 you will take no karukaru kete (loot, or prisoners), but be as 

 one blind. You will take none, because you have sinned.'" 

 However, this is digression. 



Kaupapa : This word is applied to the body of a feather 

 cloak. The body or basis or groundwork is woven of dressed 

 flax-fibre, and is termed the " kaujjapa." The feathers are 

 inserted as the weaving proceeds, being secured by the aho. 



Kin kiore : An expression applied to close, neat weaving, 

 in which the aho are very close together. Of neat work in 

 weaving or carving a mohio will say, " Na te rehe." This 

 word seems to be applied to a small-handed dexterous person, 

 handy at fine work, and of a quick, nervous temperament, as 

 in " Ou mahi a te rehe," " He rehe, na te rehe," and " He viai- 

 kutu tona tukunga iho." " Maikutu" means meddlesome. Of a 

 child who is continually handling, fingering, or pulling things 

 about we say, " Ou mahi a te ^naikutu." 



Hinarunaru (= hingarungaru) : This word is used to denote 

 rough, poor weaving ; it has a ridgy and uneven appearance. 

 It is also appHed to a rough or lumpy sea. 



Taheha and takeka are words used to describe rough, un- 

 sightly weaving. 



Hukihuki means unfinished: " Ko te koroivai i tukuna e 

 koe, haere hukiMiki ana" (the koroivai cloak that you sent 

 goes in an unfinished state). 



Buha is a term given to worn-out fishing-nets, the same 

 being made of whitau. They were often utilised as kilts, &c. 

 An old proverb says, " Ka pu te ruha, ka hao te rangatahi " 

 (the old net is cast aside when the new one is brought into 

 use), a saying applied to a young person taking up the labours 

 of his aged parents. 



Parahuhu : To draw fibre across the thumb-nail in order 

 to scutch it. 



