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NEW ZEALAND LANGUAGE. [PART III. 



Kuhua hide 



Kuku anything that holds fast, 



as a vice, pincers, tongs, also 



name of a shellfish 

 Kuku a pigeon, a term used 



for birds generally 

 Kukumi protracted, extended, 



dilated 



Kukupa a pigeon 

 Kurnara sweet potato 

 Kumea pulling, drawing, 



pushing, hauling (the seine) 

 Kumete a vessel to hold vic- 

 tuals, water-trough 

 Kumi ten fathoms 

 Kumu the anus 

 Kumu kumu name of a fish, 



beard 



Kupako a sound as of any- 

 thing approaching 

 Kupanga a corner for a ship 



to anchor in 



Kupenga a seine, fish-net 

 Kupu agreement, promise, 



saying, answer, words 

 Kupu huna ana speaking in a 



parable 

 Kura red 

 Kura kura very red 

 Kura tau a year in which there 



is much battle, bloodshed 

 Kuri a dog, a young dog 

 Kuru the fist 

 Kurua strike with the fist 

 Kurupai a cross 

 Kuru tou the long feathers in 



a bird's tail, the tail 

 Kuru tongia thin soil 

 Kuruhi an old woman 

 Kuta a louse 

 Kutu id. 



Kutu kutu an insect, a worm 

 Kuwaha a gate 

 Kuware a fool, an ignorant 



man, ignorant, to believe 

 Kuwaretanga ignorance 

 Kuwaru name of a shell-fish 



M. 



Ma white, pure, clean, pale; 

 kia ma koutou be you clean 



Ma, i.g., mo for 



Ma conjunctive particle for 

 numerals, and 



Ma giving 



Maenene soft 



Mai name of a tree, ' Dacry- 

 dium* 



Mai i. g. matai 



Maia be joyful, forthcoming, 

 apparent, exposing 



Mai here, hither; used as an 

 affix to verbs; haere rnai 

 come 



Maiatanga boldness, courage 



Mairitawaka name of a tree, 

 ' Eugenia Main ' 



Maieore skinning, pulling off 

 the skin 



Mairi name of a tree 



Maitiko toes 



Maiki to nurse, pressing to the 

 breast 



Maori indigenous, native, na- 

 tural; haere maori walking, 

 as a native has no other 

 chance ; wai maori fresh 

 water 



Maoritanga native custom, na- 

 tural use 



Mau of thine, for thee 



Mau take, fetch, bear; mau- 

 ria mai bring hither 



Maua we two 



Maua ripe, cooked 



Mauahara hate, malice, to 

 hate, hatred 



Maui left (hand) 



Maui a person of tradition 



Mauiuitia suffer, labour 



Maumaunia wasting 



Maumau taking, waste, to 

 waste, name of a fish, in vain 



Maumau uaua noa labour in 

 vain 



