SIKAYANA WORDS. 
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Are — implies concavity, or over hanging, an area. Wli-are , house. 
Pu-are , open. Tau wh-are, over hanging. Waka-are, the opening- 
up of the horizon after rain, leaving a space between the earth and 
heaven, for the wind to enter in and clear the sky. Are-are , ex- 
cavating, opening, concave. 
Atea — empty, white, or blank. Whare-atea, empty house. Pua- 
tea, a white plant. 
I — before 0, will almost always contain the idea of a curl, as Io, 
tough, knotty, curled ; Io, a lock of hair. Awh-io, giddy. Awh-io- 
wh-io, to whirl round. K-oi-ngo o ie ngakau, a wringing or thirsting 
of the heart. Am-io-m-io, syn. Awh-io wh-io. 
Iti — little. Iti-iti, a plural adjective. R-iki, little. Ririki, plural 
adjective. Iti-oioi, very small. Iti-iho, least. Iti-rori rori, 
Oe — tapering to a point. Koe, a spade. Oe , a paddle. 
Re-hu — a flute ; dissolving away, fainting, hazy, soft, mellow, 
dying away. Ko-rehu, a haze. Rehu-rehu , evening twilight. 
Tama — child. Tama-iti, little child. Tama-hine , female child. 
Tama-riki, children. E tama-ma , my friends. 
Ura — red. K-ura, red ochre. Ko-ura, Cray fish. Waka-ura, to 
make red, to blush. Ura-nga o te ra, redness of the sky. Rangi- 
ura, red sky. Wai-kura, rust. Ura-ura, sea-shore. 
A VOCABULARY OF SIKAYANA WORDS. 
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English . 
Sikayana . 
Maori. 
Man 
Woman 
Boy 
Girl 
Father 
Mother 
Old man 
Son 
Tamali-kirriky 
Tama-’feeny 
Tanata 
Fafeeny 
Tilui tanata 
Areeky 
Tamana 
Tinana 
Tangata 
Wahine 
Tama-riki, pi. 
Tamahine 
Matua tane, papa 
Waea, matua whine 
Koroeke 
Tamaiti, Ariki chief 
Brother 
Sister 
Kawe 
Taeena 
Tuakana 
Upoko 
Huru 
Head 
Hair 
Face 
Brow 
Ear 
Eye 
De bo soulu 
Ladoo 
Lofee mata 
Moa-lai 
Kaootalina 
Karimata 
Mata 
Rae 
Taringa 
Kanohi 
