NEW ZEALAND AND POLYNESIAN RACES. 
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The following Table will show the close connexion between 
the natives of New Zealand and the Polynesian race in general. 
Atua, general name for the Deity in almost all the islands ; ten, Aleutian 
isles. 
Aitua, satisfaction of the spirit , an evil omen j Aitua, Spirit , Samoan, Raro- 
tonga ; Maitu, Pan. 
Aka, creeping plant , a Hand ; Tonga, Rarotanga, Mangarewa, Nukahiva, 
yaka, a wild yam. 
Akaaka, root of a potato ; Samoa, Tahaiti, Hawaii, Vitia, Tarawa. 
Hue, general name for the pumpkin , melon , or creeping vine ; Fue Pohue, 
convolvulus ; Fue Fue, wild vine, Sam. ; Hue, Nuk., Haw. ; Pohuehue, do ; 
Pohue, Tah. ; the gourd convol, Braziliensis. 
Huhu, moth ; Uu, Rar., Nuk., an insect of the beetle kind. 
Hutu, a tree , Phillocladus, Trachamanoides , Tah. and Nuk., the Barringtonia 
speciosa ; Ifi, Sam. Ton. ; ihi, Nuk, a species of Chestnut. 
Ipu, calabash , cup ; Sam., Tong., Nuk., Tah., Mang., Haw. 
Iro, maggot , Ilo, Haw. ; Vio, Tah. ; Io Nuk. 
Kaho, and Kakaho, reed, a rush ; Kaho, Tong. ; Kakaho, Tong. ; Kakao, 
Mang. ; Aeho, Tah. ; Ahuawa, Haw. 
Kakana, grain , food, Fiji. 
Kakau, handle of a tool , the stalk or stem of a plant, Nuk. ; Kau, Tang. ; 
Au, Sam., Haw. 
Kawakawa ; evidently used when the natives first arrived, as Cava ; the 
memory of the custom is preserved in the names of places where they used to 
meet for drinking it, as Kawaranga, in the Thames. 
Kete, basket , Rar., Mang. ; Ete, Sam., Haw. ; Kete in the Tong, and in 
Vit. it is the stomach or belly. 
Kiri, skin, Rar., Kili, Fiji ; Fakaafa, Tong. ; Iri, Tah. ; Ili, Haw. ; Kii, 
Nuk. ; a skin, bark, rind ; also a rasp file, originally of the shark’s skin. 
Kiore, rat, Mang. ; Kiole, Pau. ; Iole, Sam., Haw. 
Kirikiri, gravel, pebbles, Tar. ; Kilikili, Iliili, Sam., Haw. 
Ko, native spade, Nuk. ; O, Tah., Haw., Mexico. 
Kohia, the New Zealand passion flower, ohia, the eugenia malaccensis 
(Hawaii). 
Kuku, mussel, shell-fish, Tong. ; uu, Sam., Haw. 
Kuku , pigeon ; Nuk., a green dove. 
Kukupa, pigeon, Pau. ; Uupa, Tah. 
Kumara, sweet potato. Batata ; Kumara, Mang. ; Kumaa, or Kumawa, Nuk. 
Umara, Tah. ; Uala, Haw. 
Kumete, Umete, Ubique, wooden bowl. 
Kupenga, Upenga, Upena, Upea, Ubique, sieve , and net. 
Kuri, dog, Rar., Mang. ; Kuli, Tong. ; Uli, Sam. ; Uri, Tar, ; Koli (FijiJ. 
Mai, matre tree ; Mai, Mea, Tong,, Mang., Nuk., Tar. ; Maiere, Tah., 
Mang., Pau. ; Aeiore, Haw. ; breadfruit tree. 
Mahana, warm ; Tah., the sun, a day. 
Marae ; properly the court before the Tohunga’s house ; it applied to any 
open space in a pa ; in Tahaiti, it is a sacred enclosure ; Mara (Fiji), a burial 
place. 
