Tregeak. — Curious Pohiucsian Words. 



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parative study of words not to read in a lost consonant in Maori 

 between a pair of vowels, or as the initial letter of a word 

 commencing with a vowel. This lost consonant may be any 

 consonant, but the most probable letter to try with is k. 



First, we will notice those words where k is sometimes used, 

 sometimes not : — 



Maori. 

 Maoa, cooked . . . . . . Maori- 



Apiti, a cleft 



Ahua, appearance 



Ita, fast, secure . . 



Paiaka, a root . . . . . . j „ 



V A., firmness .. .. ■" • • \ " 



Ake, upicards . . . . . . i „ 



Ahore, no; not.. .. .. „ 



PuREi, isolated tufts of gras.< . . 



Atae, hoiv great ! . . . . ' „ 



Also, having probable relation, — 



;Maoii. 



-Maoka, cooked. 

 Kapiti, a crevice. 

 Kahua, appearance. 

 KiiA, fast, tight. 

 Pakiaka, a root. 

 Uka, to be fixed. 

 Kake, to inount, to rise. 

 Kahore, VcO ; 7iot. 

 PuREKiREKi, tufts of gruss. 

 Katae, how great ! 



Tui, to pierce 



Apo, to grasp) 



Ori, to cause to rcace to-and-fro 



Oko, a boivl 



Maori — Tuki, to tlirust. 

 Kapo, to snatch. 

 „ KoRiKOEi,<o7ttorf, to loriggle. 

 „ KoKO, a spoon. 



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