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Akatea. Kind of bush for tapa. 

 Akatotoo. Kind of mulberry tree for paper. 

 Atea. Tree whose bark was used to make cloth. 



Hiapo. Young branch of the Banyan, whose bark is used to make cloth, also the cloth 

 made from this bark. 



Ike. Tapa beater. 



Kokuu. Mallet of wood of this tree (Lily of India). 



Kotapa. To even the edges of cloth. 



]\Iapu. Native cloth. 



Mata. The right side of pretty cloth. 



Nie i te tapa. To equalize the edges of cloth. To cut off tlie unevenness. 



Pahito. Coarsely beaten tapa. 



Pahito hitohito. Coarsely beaten tapa. 



Pahoa. To beat bark for cloth. 



Papo i te tapa. To remake used tapa as new. 



Pataka : To peel wood, knocking underneath with a stone or other object. 



Peka i te tapa. To beat cloth in cross construction. 



Taemani. Said of lustrous, luminous cloth. 



Tahotahoki. To beat cloth slowly so that it will be closed. 



Tapa kokokoko. Native cloth. 



Tapa kookoo. Cloth. 



Tapa pia. Clear cloth. 



Tapa pokuu. Cloth made from breadfruit bark. 



Tihoo. To stretch (a cloth) in beating it, to make it larger and finer. 



Tipa. To beat a cloth for the first time. 



Titaa. Kind of beater of iron wood. 



Titapa. To even the borders of cloth. 



Tivaka. To put a length (leaf) in cloth. 



Tuaka. Cloth coarsely beaten. 



Tapa Tuakahikahi. Clear, thin cloth. 



Tumekaka. Cloth poorly beaten. 



Tutua. Wood on which tapa is beaten. 



Tututini. To reheat a cloth many times to renovate it. 



Ute. A species of tree {Morns papyrifera). Bark for tapa. Tapa. 



E tapa vakavaka. Strong cloth serving for wrapping. 



Uuka. To make cloth into a bundle. 



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