A Leaf from the Natural History of New Zealand
Of A Canoe
Of A Canoe.
E a, to be hauled on shore as a canoe
Haumi, piece of wood by which the body of a canoe is lengthened; the joint by which it is connected to the canoe
Hautu, a man, who stands in a canoe to keep time for the rowers
Honga, strip of wood on the side of a canoe
Hirau, paddle
Hoe, paddle
Hokai, stay or brace
Hutihuti, rape
Ihu, head of a ship or boat
Kaituki, captain of a canoe
Kaupapa, fleet
Kei, stern of a canoe
Koke, to go ahead, as a canoe
Kopapa, small canoe
Koki, small canoe
Komaru, sail of a ship or canoe
Konia, canoe
Kopapa, canoe
Kopiupiu, to swing, as a vessel to her anchor
Koporo, square sterned canoe or boat
Korea, small canoe
Kotokoto, sheet of a sail; the sprit
Mama, to leak
Mamaru, sail of a canoe or ship
Manu, to float
Moki, canoe, made of raupo; a raft
Neke, skid, upon which canoes are dragged into the sea; a canoe
Niao, gunwale of a canoe or boat
Noko, stern of a canoe
Oe, paddle
Pahua, board sewed on the body of the canoe
Paremata, stern of a vessel
Pinaku, war canoe
Pitau, war canoe with a carved stern
Punga, anchor; a stone used as an anchor
Purengi, stay for a mast
Puwenua, stay for a mast
Ra, sail of a canoe or boat; it includes the mast, which, separately, is called the rakau
Rahiri, rope
Rango, skid; a piece of wood laid upon the ground, over which boats or canoes are dragged
page 73Rapa, stern part of a canoe; carved stern
Ranawa, side boards of a canoe. Syn. with Pahua
Rauwawa, boards sewed on the body of a canoe. Syn. with Pahua
Rere, to sail
Rewa, mast
Riu, interior of a canoe
Ta, vessel to bale water with in a canoe; also to bale
Ta, carved stern of a canoe
Takere, keel
Takotokoto, sprit of a sail
Tangere, keel of a ship or canoe
Tangi, to bale water
Tata, vessel with which water is baled out of a canoe
Tatai, to ornament with feathers
Tau, carved stern of a canoe
Taumaru, cross bars of a canoe
Taurua, double canoe
Tawai, canoe, without attached sides
Tete, figure head of a canoe; a war canoe
Tiheru, vessel with which to bale a canoe
Tiratu, mast of a native sail
Tirou, to steer a canoe by dashing the paddle into the water and drawing it towards one
Titoko, sprit of a sail
Tiwai, small canoe, having no carved stern
Tokai, strip of wood which covers the joint of the sides of a canoe
Toko, pole, to shove with
Tuki, song during the time of rowing a canoe
Tute, to shove with a pole
U, to arrive by water
Umere, song, repeated in dragging a canoe
Uruku. Syn. with Taurua
Urunga, Urungi, rudder, or steering paddle
Uta, to put on board a ship or canoe
Wahu, sheets of a sail
Waka, canoe
Wakaheke, rope
Wakarei, carved work, at the head and stern of a canoe
Wakarewa, to cause to float; to launch
Wakawito, sail for a canoe or boat.