Ahurewa |
An elevated platform in a
pa, occupied by watchman. |
Ahuriri |
A low barrier across entrance to a
pa, over which persons stepped when passing through the gateway. |
Aparua |
The two outer defences, comprising an upright stockade and an outer elevated screen, latter sometimes oblique.See
taia. |
Ara kutoro |
A subterranean passage under a rampart. |
Ara piwai |
Small minor entrances. See
ngutuihe. |
Araroa |
Lane-like entrance passage, stockaded. |
Ara whakatara |
A zigzag, lane-like entrance passage. |
Awamate |
A fosse outside outermost stockade. |
Awarua |
A fosse between two stockades. An inner fosse. |
Awhikiri |
Innermost stockade of a
pa. See
kiri-tangata. |
Himu |
Stockade posts. |
Huahua |
Rails of a stockade. Syn.
huapae, paehua, Roau. See
kawiti. |
Huka |
Top of a rampart. ? Taranaki. |
Hukahuka |
Second stockade of a fort. |
Kahekoheko |
A stage projecting outward over a stockade, slanting upward. |
Kahia |
Grotesque human figure carved on stockade posts.
|
Kahupapa |
A form of tortoise to cover sappers. R. Taylor. |
Kaikirikiri |
Second stockade of a
pa. Capt. G. Mair. |
Kakerangi |
Elevated platform in a fort. |
Karewa |
Elevated outer stockade screen, or
pekerangi. |
Kātua |
Main stockade. Syn.
matua. |
Kauae |
Curtain of a
pa. |
Kaungaroa |
Side stockade of a
pa. |
Kāwawā |
Palisades of a stockade. Syn.
wawa. |
Kawiti |
Uppermost rail of a stockade. |
Kereteki |
Elevated outer screen stockade. Syn.
teki, pekerangi. |
Kiri-kaiahi |
Innermost stockade. Syn.
awhi-kiri, kiri-tangata. |
Kiritai |
The space immediately outside the outermost stockade. |
Kiri-tangata |
The innermost stockade. See
kiri-kaiahi, parakiri. |
Koau mãro |
Oblique outer stockade. See
matahao. |
Koke |
? Fosse inside innermost stockade. Rotorua. |
Koki |
Flanking angle. Bastion. See
pukoro. |
Kokoti |
A traverse. Syn.
niho, pakiaka. |
Kopani |
Earthen mound or timber stage to command a besieged
pa. |
Kopekope |
Thick layer of green
Phormium leaves lashed to stockades. |
Koperu |
? Rampart constructed of stones and clay. |
Koropi |
? Bars used in blocking gateway. |
Koruarua |
A trench. A rifle pit. See
parepare. |
Kotaretare |
Syn.
kahekoheko, whakaarero, whakatoro. Kotikoti. Taiepa kotikoti. Subdividing fences in interior of a
pa. |
Koukou |
The citadel or highest part of a fortified village. |
Kowhanga |
(A nest). Term applied to a fortified village. |
Kuwaha |
Gateway. Entrance. See
waha ngutu, waha tieke. |
Maioro |
A rampart of earth. A fosse. |
Maioro pekerangi |
A high rampart. |
Maioro maru |
A low rampart. |
Manioro |
Syn.
maioro. Whanganui.
|
Marae |
The plaza or open space of a village. Also the open space in front of a hut. |
Matahao |
Oblique outer stockade, leaning outward. See
koau maro |
Matua, Tuwatawata matua. |
Main stockade. |
Ngerengere |
Stockaded flanking angle, with sometimes an elevated platform. |
Ngutu |
Entrance. Narrow entrance passage, often outside gateway and formed by erecting a stockade or rampart parallel with outer defence of
pa. |
Ngutuihe |
Small minor entrances. See
ara piwai. |
Niho |
A traverse. Syn.
kokoti, pakiaka. |
Pa |
A fortified village. |
Pa huri |
A barricade of felled trees. |
Pa maori |
A native village, fortified. |
Pa taua |
A fortified, defensive place. |
Pa maioro |
A place defended by earthworks. |
Pa tuwatawata |
A place defended by means of stockades. |
Pa tahora |
An outlying fortified place of minor importance. |
Pa punanga |
A place of refuge for non-combatants, etc. |
Pa whakairo |
A first-class fortified village, having carved posts, etc. |
Paehua |
Rails of stockade. |
Pae-kawau |
Part of the gateway of a
pa. |
Paekiri |
Syn.
kiritai. |
Paetakū |
Sill of gateway. |
Pairi |
Elevated palisades of outer stockade. |
Pakaiahi |
Ramparts. Earthworks. |
Pakiaka |
Traverses. |
Pakorikori |
Small position with inferior stockade, as at a cultivation ground. |
Papatu |
Protective bulwark on a fighting stage. |
Parākiri |
Innermost stockade. |
Parehua |
Terrace of a scarped hill.
Syn. tuku, upane-pane, rengarenga. |
Parepare |
Small earthwork. Rifle pit. See
koruarua. |
Parepare kokoti |
Interior sub-dividing earthworks. |
Parihi |
? Syn.
koperu. |
Pekerangi |
Outer elevated screen palisading. (2) Elevated platform. See
aparua, kereteki, teki.
|
Piwatawata |
Syn.
tuwatawata. |
Pou matua |
Main posts of stockade. See
himu. Tukuwaru. |
Pourangi |
Elevated platform. See
puwhara, taumaihi. |
Pourewa |
Elevated platform. |
Pou take |
Main posts of stockade. See
pou matua, tumu. |
Pou tarewa |
Elevated platform. See
pourangi, tamarua. |
Pou toko |
Main posts of stockade. See
pou matua. |
Pou tokotū |
Main posts of stockade. See
whakawhenua. |
Pou tūrangi |
Main posts of stockade. See
whakaporo. |
Pou whakarae |
Main posts of stockade. |
Pua kainga |
Syn.
ahuriri. |
Puhara |
Elevated stage for defenders. See
pourangi. |
Puwhara |
Elevated stage for defenders. See
pourangi. |
Pukoro |
Flanking angle. Bastion. Extension of defences to include a spring, etc., or cover an entrance. |
Punanga |
Syn.
pa punanga. |
Raihe |
Stockade. Properly a fence of upright palisades or stakes secured to a rail; applied to any such fence. |
Rangi |
Any erection used in attacking a
pa. (2) A tortoise or testudo to cover sappers, etc. See
taik. |
Rengarenga |
Terraces of a scarped hill. Te Arawa. |
Riuroa |
Main entrance passage or lane of a
pa, inside the defences. Syn.
araroa, waharoa. |
Riuroa mataiti |
Subsidiary fenced lanes giving access to interior. |
Roau |
Rails of stockade. See
huahua. |
Tahitahi |
Glacis. |
Taiā |
Outer stockade. See
tata, wita, matahao. |
Taiepa kotikoti |
Sub-dividing fences in interior of
pa. |
Taiki |
Wattled wickerwork tortoise. Syn.
rangi. |
Taitai |
? Narrow space between stockade and rampart. |
Take |
Syn.
pou take. |
Takurua |
A covering defence or ravelin to protect entrance. |
Tamarua |
Secondary posts of stockade. |
Tātā |
Outer stockade. See
taia, wita, aparua. |
Taumaihi |
Elevated platform or earth mound. See
pouring.
|
Teki |
Outer elevated screen palisading. See
aparua, kereteki, pekerang |
Tiaroa |
Syn.
riuroa, waharoa. (2) Curtain of a
pa. |
Tihi |
Syn.
koukott, toi. |
Tiwatawata |
Syn.
piwatawata, tuwatawata. |
Toi |
Syn.
tihi. Uppermost part of a hill fort. |
Tokotu |
Upright form of elevated outer stockade. |
Tuku |
Terrace of a scarped hill fort. See
parehua. |
Tukumaru |
Main posts of stockade. See
pou. |
Tukuwaru |
Main posts of stockade. (2) Secondary posts in some districts. |
Tumu |
Stockade posts. See under
pou. |
Tuwatawata |
Syn.
tiwatawata.. Generic term for stockades. (2) Main stockade in some districts. See
wawa. |
Upanepane |
Terraces of a scarped hill. See
parehua. |
Waha ngutu |
Entrance, gateway. |
Waharoa |
Syn.
riuroa, araroa. |
Waha tieke |
Inner end of
waharoa. |
Wana. Wanawana |
Palisades of a stockade. |
Wawa |
Stockade. (2) Palisade or stake of a stockade. |
Whakaarero |
Syn.
kotaretare. |
Whakaawarua |
Fosse inside stockade. See
awarua. |
Whakakoki |
Re-entering angle in rampart |
Whakaporo |
Secondary round-headed posts of stockade. |
Whakarua-kotare |
Loopholes in stockade for musketry. |
Whakatoro |
Syn.
kotaretare. |
Whakawhenua |
Main posts of stockade. |
Witā |
Stockade inside the
pekerangi. Williams, W.B. Ngati-Porou seem to apply this term to the elevated outer palisading. |