The Pamphlet Collection of Sir Robert Stout: Volume 70
Other Varieties
Other Varieties.
I have collected from various sources other words describing varieties and subvarieties, or perhaps local words.
page 421. | Raukaraka.—A term much used about Cook Strait; to describe the olive-coloured streaked variety of kawakawa. [Rau = leaf; karaka = Corynocarpus lœvigata.] |
2. | Kuru-tongarewa [Kuru = an ear-ornament; tongarewa = a precious jewel].—It is sometimes, apparently, connected with greenstone thus:— |
3. | Kawakawa-tongarewa. |
4. | Kuru-pounamu. |
5. | Tutaekoka (a stain in greenstone explained in a story already narrated).—I am unable to obtain a satisfactory meaning for koka. Mr. Tregear suggests koko [= the bird tui = Prosthemaders], which seems probable. |
6. | Kawakawa-aumoana.—Kawa = the plant Piper excelsum; moans = the ocean; au = cloud or fog. Perhaps the whole suggests sea-foam. |
7. | Kawakawa-Rewa.—Rewa. = to melt. Explained to me by a chief as like whales' blubber. |