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NEW ZEALAND LANGUAGE. [PART III. 



Raurau a plain, a village situ- 

 ated on a plain 

 Raha show 

 Rahi length, great, long, tall, 



enlarge, forehead 

 Rahu rahu fern 

 Rahui prohibition, prohibit 

 Raka firmament ; he wetu 



raka the starry firmament 

 Rakapika shrub (Metroside- 



ros Jlorida) 

 Rakau tree, general name for 



wood 



Rakautia becoming a tree 

 Rakau mo te ihu a bowsprit 

 Raku a scratch 

 Raku raku a small hoe, or 

 anything to scrape with, 

 scrape, scratch 

 Rama candle, light 

 Rama rama name of a tree 



(Myrtus bullata) 

 Ranei an adverb added to in- 

 terrogative particles ; for in- 

 stance, Kowai ranei ? who ? 

 Raneatanga riches 

 Ranu mixture ; ranu gravy 

 Ranga make, fabricate 

 Rangai a crowd, a shoal 

 Rangaunu name of a place 

 Rangatira a gentleman 

 Rangatiratanga chieftainship 

 Rangi heavens, sky, light 

 Rangi to be accustomed to 

 Rangiatea clear atmosphere 

 Rangimarie meek, still 

 Rangiuru the upper regions 



of the atmosphere, heavens 

 Rangitetahi a name 

 Rangitoto red sky, name of a 



place 



Rangitunoa a day without em- 

 ployment 

 Rangona spoken, heard, made 



known 



Rapa the upright board at the 

 stern of a canoe, name of a 

 place 



Rapa rapa sole of the foot, 

 foot, shoe 



Rape a sort of gourd 



Rapu search 



Rapua to search 



Rara rib 



Raputia seeking 



Rarau a plant so called 



Ra raku time of scratching 



Raramata name of a place 



Rarata flock, tame 



Raratuna a game so called 



Rare a sort of grass 



Raro below, under 



Raru raru troubled, uneasy 



Rata name of a timber tree 

 (Metrosideros robusta) 



Ratou they (all together) 



Rawa used to form the super- 

 lative degree of adj. 



Rawa a remainder 



Rawa to the utmost extent, to 

 the last 



Rawatia very high 



Rawanga a remainder 



Raweke use, treat badly 



Rawengi to like 



Rawiri a shrub (Lcptosper- 

 mum ericoides) 



Rea rea depart 



Rei pit of the stomach 



Reinga the other world, its 

 entrance at Cape Maria van 

 Diemen; hell (of the mission- 

 aries) 



Reira there, therefore, thence 



Reo voice, speech, dialect 



Reo reo a shell-fish so called 



Reua oppressive heat 



Rehu chip or beat off, for in- 

 stance, a flint 



Rehu a flute, pipe 



Rehurehu depart, descend, set 



Reka joking, sweet, agreeable 

 to mind or taste ; agree, sweet 



Rekatanga joy 



Rekereke the heel 



Reko a bird so called 



