CHAP. IX.] 



THE DICTIONARY. 



375 



Nana behold, because, for, 

 listen 



Nana of him 



Nanu agony, groans, quarrel 



Nanakia terrible 



Napo last night 



Nara healthful 



Nawake three days ago 



Nawake nui four days ago 



Nawi a rush, the scar of a 

 wound 



Ne a particle to signify a re- 

 moval or change of place 



Nei hither 



Nehu dust 



Neke remove; neke mai 

 come nearer ; kia nekehia 

 koe remove thou ; neke atu 

 go away 



Nekehia ketia depart 



Neko a garment 



Nene slipping easily 



Nia a particle affixed to the 

 root of verbs for forming the 

 imperative 



Nihau the gunnels of a canoe 



Niho^tooth ; mho tunga a 

 rotten tooth 



Nikau the cabbage palm (Are- 

 ca sapidd) 



Noof, denoting possession 



No for 



Noa free, disengaged, common 



Noatia without cause 



Nou of thee or thine 



Nohea koia ? where was it ? 



Nohea whence from 



Nohinohinga smallness 



Nohi nohi little, small, light, 

 easy 



Nohoia inherit 



Noho sit down, fix, not mov- 

 ing, stop, fast 



Noho puku fasting stomach 



Nohopukutanga fasting 



Noho iho sit down 



Nohoanga presence, seat, ha- 

 bitation 



Nohowanga id. 



Nohu sinking with pain 



Noke walking to a distance, 



change the situation 

 Nokona then 

 Noku of mine 

 No mua in old times 

 Nona of his 



No naianei the present time 

 Nonohi little, small ; nonohi 



rawa the smallest 

 Nope a gnawing pain 

 Nui great, large 

 Nuinga abundance, fulness, 



size 



Nuinui very great 

 Nuitia openly 

 Nuku squeezing, pressing 

 Nuku mai come close to me 

 Nukua mai id. 

 Numi numi afraid, confounded 



Ng. 



Ng is pronounced like a g 

 with a nasal sound 



Nga article for the plural num- 

 ber 



Ngau bite, gnaw 



Ngaua pains 



Ngaue tremble, quake 



Ngaueue id. 



Ngaueuetia shake it 



Ngaueue wenua earthquake 



Ngahau break forth, issue 



Ngohoro fall 



Ngakau heart 



Ngakihi a button, a shell-fish 



Ngaki tilling the ground ; to 

 kai nguki wenua farmers 



Ngakinga a farm 



Ngako fat 



Ngamu, i. </., namu 



Ngamu ngamu id. 



Nga motu the Sugarloaf 

 Islands 



Nganga dregs, residue, a tu- 

 mult 



