Chap. XVII. TREATY OF fVAITANGI. 461 
*' of February, in the year One thousand eight hun- 
*' dred and four-tens of our Lord." 
Even to express this more simple agreement in the 
simple tongue of the savages, the writer of the Maori 
version had to coin several words, such as have been 
coined by the missionaries in the translation of the 
Bible. They are words which were before unknown 
to the native, and therefore not existing in his lan- 
guage. A native, in reading them, would, as nearly 
as is possible to him, approach to an English pronun- 
ciation of the English words ; but his appreciation of 
their meaning would depend entirely upon the expla- 
nation made to him at the time of the English word 
which he had thus attempted to pronounce. Thus, 
f^Pikitoria stands in the treaty for Victoria ; 
Kuini „ „ Queen ; 
Ingarani „ „ England ; 
Nu Tirani „ „ New Zealand ; 
fViremu Hopihona „ William Hobson ; 
Kapitana „ „ Captain; 
Roiara Nawi „ „ Royal Navy ; 
Kawana „ „ Governor; and 
Pepuere „ „ February. 
Two important words, Rangatiratanga and Ka~ 
wanatanga, also require some explanation. The ter- 
mination tanga and some variations of it are used in 
the Maori language to produce the abstract notion of 
any noun or verb to which they are added ; thus an- 
swering to our ing, nesa, ship, hood, &c. For exam- 
ple, hoko is Maon for "to buy" — hokonga, for "buy- 
ing ;" toa, "brave" — toanga, " bravery;" haere, " to go" 
— haerenga, "going" or "journey ;" tamariki, "child" — 
tamarikitanga, " childhood '" mute, "sick" — matenga, 
" sickness." Rangatira is Maori for " Chief," and 
Rangatiratanga is therefore truly rendered 'Chief- 
