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DEGREES OF CONSANGUINITY. 
waereere ; and the father's brothers or sisters, uncle or aunt, 
as well as the mother's, are all matua kekes , or parents once 
removed, and each can claim a child of the former, who is 
brought up as though their own, whilst the kuia, or grand- 
mother, has a prescriptive right to the potiki of the family, 
who inherits her property, and especially all the spells and 
charms which she is supposed to possess. 
A father is also a pa and papa. The son is a tama and 
tamaiti ; the daughter a tamahine; the grandchild a mokopuna; 
the daughter's husband a hunaonga, so also the son's wife, 
and to them the father-in-law or mother-in-law is a hungawai 
or poupou ; the mother-in-law is a hungarei ; a brother-in- 
law a taokete ; a woman's brother-in-law an autane , and a 
man's sister-in-law an auwahine. A nephew or niece is an 
iramutu ; a matua oiawai is a foster-father, matua wangai the 
father of an adopted child, and wangai au the adopted child. 
Tama riki is plural for both male and female children, and 
iamariki-tang a the period of youth, and tai-tamariki is a 
young man or youth. Papa ivaka angi a step-father, tupuna 
grandfather or ancestor, kurataJci puni is also an ancestor; 
wai wahine the wife of a younger brother, a sister-in-law ; 
mahanga , twins. Pa heke is a grown-up person, so also 
pa keke. Kaumatua is a middle-aged man, and koroheke an 
old one, so also nehe ; tai koroheke a very old man, and 
tauheke, ruwahine , and ruahine , an old woman. A deformed 
hump-backed person is a ngunu. There are several names 
for dwarfs, as takurua , pokohuri , potaka, and wheto. A bald 
person is a pakira. A takapau or takakau is a single person ; 
takakore a widower, widow, or naked person ; a puhi taumau , 
tamau , and taurangi , are all terms for a betrothed or promised 
female ; whai aipo a wife or companion, whilst a ivahine wai 
aipo , is a sister of a deceased wife. A pani is an orphan, 
and a panikoki one who has no relation left. Iwi is a tribe, 
and raue and hapu a family. Wanaunga and take taunga 
kindred, and taunga is a native of any particular place where 
his forefathers have always lived. 
