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ORIGIN, AS TRACED BY THE LANGUAGE. 
It is evident the New Zealanders, from their own account, 
did not all come either at the same time, from the same place, 
or to the same part of the island :* the peculiar difference of 
dialect still existing amongst the tribes, would, to the skilful 
Polynesian philologist, point out almost the precise locality 
from whence each came. In one part the k is not used, in 
another the ng is omitted. In the Society and the Sandwich 
Isles we find the same. But this is a subject for those better 
acquainted with the Polynesian dialects. It is sufficient at 
present to dwell upon generals, and leave the more minute 
investigation to that time when all these languages, and the 
leading ones of the globe, shall be brought together. In the 
mean time, I shall add at the end of this chapter a list of a 
few words which seem to bear an affinity to many we are 
accustomed to, and conclude with venturing to hint, that the 
many points of resemblance in feature, general customs, and 
manners, may enable us to discover in the widely-spread 
Polynesian race, a remnant of the long-lost tribes of Israel, and 
when the time arrives for their restoration from all countries 
* This is clearly seen in the variation of names which we find in different 
parts of the island, which evidently proves, that each emigration gave them 
according to the impressions formed on first landing. Thus, in the 
North Kukupa is in the South Keriru, a pigeon.— Kuku, pigeons pre¬ 
served in their own fat. 
„ Tui „ Koko Tui. 
„ Tupakihi „ Tutu, Coriaria sarmentosa. 
„ Kapura „ Ahi, Fire. 
„ Paua „ Hau, Smoke. 
„ Tomai rangi „ Hau nui, Dew and flowers. 
Nearly all the trees differ in their names ; thus in the North the pliormium 
tenax is called korari ; in the South, that is the name of the flower stalk only, 
the plant itself is called harakeke. So also the names of address vary in 
different parts: the Nga puhi say E koro, or E mara ; those in the South 
laugh at it. There they say, E tama or E hoa. And in the more central 
part of the island, it is E pa. In fact, we have a remarkable instance of this 
difference occurring in recent times: when that valuable tuber, the potatoe, 
was introduced by Captain Cook, and given in the North, the natives there 
called it kapana. In the Thames, where he also left it, they named it riivai ; 
and in the South, or Cook’s Straits, it goes by the name of Taewa. Still 
later, the hen was called in one part a heihei, in another a tikaokao ; so the 
horse was a hoiho, and also a hurt, or big dog, that being the only animal they 
were then acquainted with. 
