CHAP. IX.] 



THE DICTIONARY. 



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Pumau close, confined for 

 want of air, confident; pu- 

 mau ana taku wakaro I am 

 confident 



Pune close, tight ; ware pune, 

 sleeping house 



Puna spring, root 



Puna wai a spring, a well ; 

 puna awa the source of a 

 river 



Pupu a periwinkle, abundance 



Pupuhi blowing 



Pupuru a cartridge, hold 



Pupuri close,near,receive,hold 



Puputu close 



Pura pura seeds, fruits 



Pura film, mote 



Puranga heap, to heap 



Puranga paru dunghill 



Puri seize, help 



Puripu canon 



Purehurehu moth 



Puremu lascivious, adulterous, 

 adulterer, whoring 



Purepure spotted 



Purewa a muscle 



Puritia to, hold, keep back 



Puroku a goat 



Purorohu a current in the sea 



Puna rua a pulling match 



Puru a cork or stopper 



Puru holding fast 



Purui^-a flea 



Puta ake come up, make its 

 appearance 



Puta pass through, leave, de- 

 scend, appear, show ; puta 

 mai-koutou show your- 

 selves 



Puta an opprobrious term for 

 a woman 



Putake root 



Putahi any persons or things 

 derived from the same source 

 or family 



Putanga egress descend, ap- 

 pearance 



Putangitangi Paradise duck 



Putanga matamua the first- 

 born 



Pute bag 



Putoto a bird 



Puwa thistle 



Puwenua the poles on each 

 side of the sail 



Puwerewere a spider 



Punga an anchor, an odd one 



Pungaribu ashes 



Punga wera wera brimstone 



Punga wera pumice-stone 



Punga he hawato pumice- 

 stone 



Pungorungoru a sponge 



R. 



Ra a particle used in the pre- 

 sent tense of verbs, which 

 follows the verb, and is ge- 

 nerally used if we want to 

 express anything with force ; 

 for instance, haere mai ra 

 come here ! 



Ra sun, day, time 



Ra health, strength 



Ra sail of a ship or a canoe 



Ra rise up 



Ra i tenei ra, i tenei ra con- 

 tinually 



Ra ia that person, yet 



Rae point (of a coast), fore- 

 head 



Raena prominent, in sight, 

 within view 



Rai rai thin 



Rao rao a plain 



Ran young tops of a tree, 

 leaves, a grass so called 



Rau hundred 



Raua they (they two only) 



Rauhanga wiles, temptation 



Raukaua name of a tribe 



Raumati summer 



Rauparaha name of a chie 



Raupaua a net for small fish 



Raupo bulrushes (typhd) 



