CHAP. IX.] THE DICTIONARY. 



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Pikaua carry a load upon the 

 back 



Piki adhering, sticking very 

 close, adhesion, adhesive, 

 clinging, climbing, ascend 



Piki-arero the ligament of the 

 tongue, a climbing plant 



Pikinga adhesion, climbing 



Piki rangi a climbing to hea- 

 ven 



Piki kiki troublesome 



Piko a curve, a bend, to bend, 

 crooked, a humpbacked per- 

 son 



Piko piko ditto 



Pikonga a curve, or bending 

 of a line, road 



Pine scowling 



Pipi cry of a bird, cry of a 

 child " 



Pipi cockle 



Pipi tremble 



Pipi pi a turkey 



Pirangi desire, smile, lust 



Pirau stench, stinking, spoilt, 

 rotten 



Pirautia rotting 



Piri cleaving, sticking, close- 

 ness, crowding 



Piri kau a sheep from the 

 closeness of its wool 



Piringa closeness 



Pirinoa name of a place 



Piro stench x 



Pirounga corruption, stench 



Pirongia name of a mountain 



Piwai refuse of sweet pota- 

 toes 



Pingau a garment 



Pingore tough 



Pitao the carved figure at the 

 head of a canoe, a canoe so 

 called, the tattooed face of a 

 woman 



Pitao waka a carved canoe 



Pito the end, the navel 



Pitone end of the beach, name 

 of a place 



Pitorehu the navel-string 



Po night, darkness, season, 

 journey 



Po mate kai season of famine 



Poaka pig, swine 



Poeoi a tuft of feathers worn 

 as an ornament in the ear 



Poi a ball for play, to play 

 ball 



Poi poi, a ball, light 



Pou a post, pillar 



Pouroto the inside post of a 

 house 



Pouaka a box 



Poupou stakes 



Pou pou boils on the skin 



Pounamu green jade 



Pouri dark, dull, sorry, sor- 

 rowful, darkness 



Pouritanga darkness 



Poutou cut off, chop 



Poutoutoki cut up 



Poutoa noa beheaded 



Pouturi deafness" 



Pohewahewa doubt 



Pohewa id. 



Pohehe hinder, prevent, con- 

 fuse 



Pohe dead 



Poheua doubt 



Pohutukaua a timber - tree 

 (Metrosideros tomentosa) 



Poka besmeared 



Pokaikaha doubt 



Pokaia disembowel 



Poka alter, cover 



Poka pit, hole, excremental 

 dust 



Pokapu name of a place 



Poka noa idle 



Poke unclean 



Pokai fold, roll up 



Pokerioa wilful 



Pokarakara globular 



Pokatupapaku grave 



Poke poke to make 



Poki covered 



Pokihiwi shoulder 



