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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; liar., Mang.; Ete, Sam., Haw.; Kete in the Tong, and Vit., 
is the stomach or belly. 
Kiri, skin, Rar.; Kili, Eeejee; Pakaafa, 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.; 0, Tah., Haw., Mexico. 
Kohia, the New Zealand passion flower, ohia, tho eugenia malaecensis 
(Hawaiki). 
Kuku, muscle, shell-fish, Tong.; ira, Sam., Haw. 
Kuku, pigeon; Nuk., a green dove. 
Kukupa, pigeon, Pau.; TJupa, Tah. 
Kumara, sweet potato, Batata; Kumara, Mang.; Kumaa, or Kumawa, Nuk.; 
Umara, Tah.; Uala, Haw. 
Kumete, Umete, Ubique, wooden hotel. 
Kupenga, Upenga, IJpena, Upea, Ubique, sieve. 
Kuri, dog, Ear., Mang.; Kuli, Tong.; Uli, Sam.; Uri, Tar. ; Koli (Feejee). 
Mai, maire tree; Mai, Mea, Tong., Mang., Nuk., Tar.; Maiore, Tab., Mang., 
Pau.; Aeiore, Haw.; bread fruit 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 (Fejee), a burial 
place. 
Miro, Podocarpus ferrugenea, Tah.; Mo, Nuk.; a tree, Thespicia populneae. 
Moa, New Zealand, large extinct bird; Ubique, the common fowl. 
Paraua, sperm whale; Palaaoa, Haw.; Paaoa, Nuk.; Mang., same as New 
Tali., Zealand. 
Poepoe, ball used in play: a round thing; Pae, Tong., Haw., Ear.; Poo, 
Ear., Mang., a pearl. 
Pona, Jcnot, Sam., Ear., Nuk., Haw., the parts of a sugar cane between the 
joints. 
Ponapona , joint; Pona, Nuk. 
Pungawerewere, spider; Punavelevele, Haw.; Punaveevee, Nuk. 
Eae, Lae, Ae, Ubique, forehead. 
Eata, tree; Lata, Tab., Tuscarpus edulis; Lata, Tong., a tree, Metrosideros 
robusta. 
Eau, a leaf, Ear., Mang., Pau.; Lau, La., Sam.; Lau, Lou, Tong.; Lau, 
Hau.; Au, Ou, Nuk.; Ndrau, Ndra, Vit.; a leaf, foliage, raurau, Tah. 
Eoromi ) to rU ^’ P res8 > or s( l ueeze 5 ^omi, 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. 
Eororoi, kind of pudding formed of mashed kumara or potato; Loloi, Tong.; 
Tutolo, Haw.; Turoro, Mang., a pudding in which cocoanut oil is an ingredient. 
Ruru, otvl; 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, Draacena 
Australis. 
Toa, a tree (Tonga), Toa. 
Tohora, black whale, Tali., Haw.; Tafola, Sam., Pak.; Tafoa, Tong. 
Tupapaku, dead body; Tupapau, Tah. 
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