CHAP. IX.] 



THE DICTIONARY. 



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Taumatia espoused 



Tauna or tahuna a sandbank, 



shallow water, roast by the fire 

 Taunutanga reviling, slander 

 Taunutia to mock 

 Taupiri name of a place 

 Taupoki cover 

 Taupuhipuhi stand up, confide 

 Taura cord, rope 

 Tan rau a century 

 Taurauga a landing place, a 



wharf, name of a place and 



person 



Tauri a turn, turn over 

 Taurite ready 

 Tautari a tomb surrounded 



with wickerwork, name of a 



mountain 

 Tautiti guide 

 Tautoru three stars in the belt 



of Orion 



Tauwaru sort of fishing-net 

 Taha taha the sides of any- 

 thing 

 Taha id. 

 Taha calabash 

 Taha taha ara the wayside 

 Taha taha wai the waterside 

 Taha wai id. 

 Tahae steal, pilfer, covet, a 



thief 



Tahae tia s tol e n 

 Tahaetanga theft, pilfer 

 Tahaku the sides and ends 



united as a parallelogram 

 Tahi one, together, or as one ; 



for instance, E wakaro tahi 



be of the same mind 

 Tahihuru a dog's-skin 

 Tahi tatou we all together 

 Tohoho sob, pant 

 Tahuri mai turn to me 

 Tahuri turn, convert 

 Tahu husband 

 Tahu kindle 



Tahuhu the joist of a floor 

 Tahuna, part. pass, of tahu 

 lighted, burned 

 VOL. n. 



Tahunga sandbanks, flats 

 Taka fall, change; for in- 

 stance, the wind ; to fall, 



change 



Takanga fall 

 Takaro play, playful 

 Takaia to wrap up 

 Taka kau lonely 

 Takapau a sleeping-mat, a 



mat 



Takapu the calf of the leg 

 Takawaru name of a fish 

 Takawera name of a star 

 Take bottom 

 Takeke name of a fish 

 Takere the bottom or keel of 



a ship 



Takiwa the firmament 

 Takiwa a bay having no river 

 Takitahi by single numbers, 



each of them individually 

 Taki rua by pairs 

 Takimahatia abundantly 

 Takoto kau empty 

 Takoto lie down, place to lay 



anything 

 Takototanga place, treasure, a 



tomb 



Taku my 

 Tako taniwa a shark's tooth, 



worn as ornament in the ear 

 Tama child, son, embryo 

 Tama iti son, child (male) 

 Tamahine daughter 

 Tamahine tanga youth 

 Tamara a full-grown man or 



woman 



Tamariki son, children 

 Tamariki tanga youth 

 Tami tami craw or stomach of 



a bird or person 

 Tamuri the snapper fish 

 Tana his 



Tane husband, male 

 Tanekaha a pine-tree (Phyl- 



locladus trichomanoides) 

 Tanihi blind of one eye 

 Taniwa name of a sea-monster 

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