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NEW ZEALAND LANGUAGE. [PART III. 



Rui rui scatter, shake 



Rui sow, shake off 



Rurea beset, in order to plun- 

 der 



Ruruhi an old woman 



Ruri ruri toss about, pitch 



Ruru rum an .owl 



Kuril close, hidden 



Rutu strike, beat 



Ruha weary, tired 



Ruku ruku a basket loosely 

 tied up 



Ruku dive, diving 



Rumakina bend 



Runga above, upon 



Runanga assembly, council 



Rupe blow the nose 



Ruperupea shake off 



T. 



Ta an instrument to mark the 

 skin with, a file, mark, knit 

 a fishing-net 



Ta gen. poss. ; for instance, 

 the fruit of the tree ta te 

 rakau hua 

 Taea prosper 

 Taemai name of a place 

 Tae mai approach, come 

 Taenga atu appearance 

 Taere a snare for catching sea- 

 fowls 



Tai sea ; wai tai, sea-water, a 

 woman bearing children, an 

 affectionate term for mother 

 Taia engrave, impress 

 Taiapohia carry 

 Taieke spri ng-tide 

 Taiepa enclosure, wall, fence 

 Taiepatia hedged, enclosed 

 Taioa by and by 

 Taihou stranger 

 Taimaha heavy, load heavy 

 Taimahatia heavenly, laden 

 Taipa name of a river 

 Taipari a flowing tide, flood 

 Taipouri the dark part or hold 

 of a ship 



Taitima an ebbing tide, ebb 

 Tairiki riki neap tide 

 Tairaki a gentle current of the 



sea 



Tai tai salt 

 Taitamariki young man ; wah- 



mi taitamariki the first wife 

 Tairua the sea-sands 

 Taiwaka pakoa a very low tide 

 Taiwaru a fresh-water trout 

 Tao a long spear, stick, stave 

 Taokete a brother or sister in 



law, a relation 

 Taonga treasure, property, 



goods, rich ; tangata taonga, 



rich people 

 Taora po eoi spear dressed 



with parrots' feathers 

 Tau one revolution of the earth 



round the sun, a year ; a 



game, revolving, meeting 

 Tau iho lay down upon 

 Tau number ; pass, tauia 

 Tau thy 

 Tau stranger 

 Taua war, meeting, battle, 



excursion ; nga rongo taua 



warriors ; he tangata taua 



a warrior 

 Taua we 

 Taua that 

 Taua iti a skirmish 

 Taua tapu a war with certain 



ceremonies 

 Taua toto a war excursion for 



the exercise of the lex talionis 

 Taua rekareka a sbive 

 Tauataua name of a fish 

 Tauhiuhia sprinkle 

 Tauhou stranger 

 Tauinu name of a shrub 

 Tauiwi a strange tribe, tribes 

 Tauhoe a stranger 

 Taumanu the beams of a canoe 

 Taumarumaru shadow, to 



shadow 



Taumarumaru tanga shadow 

 Taumaro a sweetheart 



