CHAP. IX.] 



THE DICTIONARY. 



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Aroha love, to love 



Arohahina beloved 



A rohatia beloved 



Aropaua a double net for 

 small fish 



Arotau true, faitbful 



Aru follow, pursue, drive, woo, 

 courtship, wooing 



Aruaru to woo, pursue, also 

 a short fishing-net 



Aruhe, also aroi, arohi, and 

 arue fernroot 



Arukanga, also arunga, arua- 

 ruarunga, arumanga (ab- 

 stract of aru) persecution, 

 wooing, following 



Arumia, i. g., aru 



Aruru name of a place 



Atapai well disposed 



Ata shadow 



Ata prosper 



Ata the morning, sunrise 



Ata po daybreak 



Atawatea, or atewatea mid- 

 day, noon 



Atatu early in the morning 



Atawai attachment, good will, 

 grace. Matua atawai fos- 

 ter-father 



Atawaitia to have mercy 



Atawaitanga, i. a., atawai 



Ataahua favour 



Atamarietanga humiliation 



Atata daylight 



Atamira bed, coffin, tomb, 

 house for the dead 



Ateahiahi in the evening 



A taran gi shadow 



Atetahi ra the day after to- 

 morrow 



Ate liver 



Ati ati drive out 



Atuwaana to distribute 



Atua God, gods. The Su- 

 preme Being 



Atuahua fair, beautiful, lovely 



Atu motion from; haere atu 

 be off! thither, forth 



Atu used in forming the com- 

 parative degree of adjectives 



Awa river 



Awa aw a valley 



Awaki two days after to- 

 morrow 



Awaki nui atu three days after 

 to-morrow 



Awangawanga hope ; to hope 



Awaroa name of a river 



Awatea light, daybreak 



Awi draw near, entwining, 

 entangling 



Awinatia drawing near, help- 

 ing 



E. 



E, or He indefinite article a 

 or an 



E used for forming the voca- 

 tive case : it is either used 

 alone, or with the nom. of 

 the definite article te. E is 

 also used with verbs, and is 

 in that case only the article, 

 the substantive being nothing 

 else but the participle or infi- 

 nitive ; for instance, E noho 

 ki raro sit down. Literal, 

 a sitting down. The infini- 

 tive stands in this case for 

 the imperative 



E! exclam. Behold! Alas! 



E verb. See He 



Eaha? which? 



Eaoia ? wherefore ? 



Eono six 



Ehara negation. No, not 



Ehea? which? 



Ehia? how many ? 



E hoa friend, form of address 



Ebore negation. Not 



Ekara sir ! 



E'ko to a little girl ! 



E'mara friend ! 



E'marama friends ! 



Engari that is good 



