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NEW ZEALAND AND POLYNESIAN RACES. 
Miro, Podocarpus ferrugenea, Tah. ; Mo, Nuk. ; a tree, Thespicia popul- 
neae. 
Moa, New Zealand, large extinct bird ; Ubique, the common fowl. 
Parana, sperm whale ; Palaaoa, Haw. ; Paaoa, Nuk. ; Mang., same as New 
Zealand and Tahaiti. 
Poepoe, ball used in play : a round thing ; Fae, Tong., Haw., Rar. ; Poe, 
Rar., Mang., a pearl. 
Pona, knot , Sami, Rar., Nuk., Haw., the parts of a sugar cane between the 
joints. 
Ponapona, joint ; Pona, Nuk, 
Pungawerewere, spider ; Punavelevele, Haw. ; Punaveevee, Nuk. 
Rae, Lae, Ae, Ubique, forehead. 
Rata, tree ; Lata, Tah., Tuscarpus edulis ; Lata, Tong., a tree, Metrosideros 
robusta. 
Rau, a leaf, Rar., Mang., Pau. ; Lau, La., Sam. ; Lau, Lou, Tong. ; Lau, 
Hau. ; Au, Ou, Nuk. ; Ndrau, Ndra, Vit. ; a leaf, foliage, raurau, Tah. 
Roromi } P ress > or S( l ueeze J Lomi, Lolomi, Omi to shampoo. 
Rongomai, a New Zealand god ; Tahaiti, Te Rongo, Orono Haw. 
Roro, brain ; Oo, Nuk., the core of the breadfruit ; Lolo, Sam., the kernel 
of the old cocoanut ; Lolololo, fat ; Lolo, Tong., oil, oily, Haw. 
Rororoi, kind of pudding, formed of mashed kumara or potatoe ; Loloi, 
Tong.; Tutolo, Haw. ; Turoro, Mang., a pudding in which cocoa-nut oil is an 
ingredient. 
R.uru, owl ; Lulu, Sam., Tong., Vit. 
Tapa, cloth (Tahaiti), New Zealand, a piece for a patch. 
Taro, arum ; Talo, Tao, Ubique. 
Ti, throughout the islands, name of a tree in New Zealand, , Dracena 
Australis, 
Toa, a tree (Tonga), Toa. 
Tohora, black whale, Tah., Haw. ; Tafola, Sam., Fak. ; Tafoa, Tong. 
Tupapaku, dead body ; Tupapau, Tah. 
Uri, fruit of the kiekie ; Kulu, Niua, Kuru, Rar. Paiuru, Tah.; Ulu, 
Haw., the breadfruit. 
Uwhi-ufi, yam (Tonga), potatoe (N.Z.) 
Wai, stingy ray (Tonga), fy, 
Wata, stand, or raised platform for food ; Fata, Tah. 
W au, paper mulberry ; a tree said by the natives to have been originally 
brought with them ; from its inner bark, they formerly made a kind of cloth 
used by females' as a cincture for the hair ; Fau, Sam., Tong., Nuk., the hibiscus 
liliaceus , a tree from whose bark the natives make twine ; Vau, Vit. ; the 
hibiscus ; the cincture worn by women is made from its bark ; Fau, Fak. ; Pau, 
Haw. 
Wiwi, rush; Wi, Tafifi, Tah. ; Tau, Rar. ; Tahihi, Haw. ; Tawiwi, to en- 
snare, entangle, to be entangled in the rushes. 
