CHAPTER IX. 



DICTIONARY OF THE NEW ZEALAND LANGUAGE. 



A. 



A of the (genitive of the arti- 

 cle) 



A ! interjection of surprise 



A if the sound is prolonged, it 

 denotes a continuation of the 

 thing spoken of. It has this 

 signification from being a 

 root, meaning existence, 

 light, action, continued ac- 

 tion, eternity. In this sense 

 it enters into the composition 

 of many of the following 

 words 



A and 



Ae ra ! yea, yes, truly ! 



Ae yes 



Ai speak, say, speech 



Ai a paiticle, used for forming 

 the conjugation of verbs 



Aianei to day, now 



A i waenganui po at midnight 



Ao world, light, earth, gather 



Ao o te rangi the light of hea- 

 ven 



Aoatea, i. g., awatea, daybreak 



Aonga daybreak 



Aonga o te ra sunrise 



Au abbreviation of ahau I 



Au abbreviation of tau thy 



Aua those 



Aua no, I do not know 



Aua hoki I do not know 



Aue ! woe ! 



Aue the lamentation, the woe 



Auetanga groaning, groans 



Ahaha? What do you say ? 



Aha? what? which? Mo te 

 aha for what or why 



Aha rau a hundred whats or 

 questions 



Ahea? when? 



Ahau I 



Ahakoa nevertheless, whether 



Aha koia ? what is it ? 



Ahi, contracted ai fire, light, 

 fiery, to beget, copulation, 

 generation. Ai, to speak, is 

 no doubt the same root 



Ahi na Maui the begotten of 

 Maui (native name of New 

 Zealand). By others Ika na 

 Maui, the fish of Maui 



Ahinga time of copulation 



Ahinga tapu a house or sleep- 

 ing-room for a man and his 

 wife 



Ahi ahi evening 



Ahinei, i. g. aianei to-day 



Aho a fishing line, string, the 

 woof of a cloth, or mat 



Ahu heap together 



Ahu ahu name of a place 



Ahua image, likeness, form, 

 shape 



Ahuatanga appearance 



Ahunga entrance 



Ahuareka form 



Ahuareka o nga wae wae steps 

 of the feet, footmarks 



Aka, i. </., haka 



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