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Collected songs and legends from the southern Cook Islands

A Food Vocabulary List

A Food Vocabulary List

Te au Ingoa no te au apinga e te au kai, ma te au puaka, e te au Ika, e te au manu, ko te au mea katoa tei kitea e te mata tangata.108

1 Tera te au apinga

Te pakaku; te ngaito, Te rarua, te aoa, te ukoru te noku, te marota, te maropiri, te marore, nga pua te marovai, -vai109, te maropakaku, te maropuiri. te marotui110, te angata, te mokoroa, te marotikoru, te moenga, te vana, te kauare, te maroperekau, te maropiipii, te piritutaetuna, te piri tarenga te angavaivai, te angatoto, te tiputa, te po kura, te angatea, te angaoaoa, te angatutu, te angapuru, te angatukutoa, te angatukurenga, te angatukuangi, te angatakiri,

2 Tera te au kai na te tangata.

1) E nu, nutea, nu uri, nu kaureu, nu kura, nu taa, nu rakita, nu mangaro, nu maraina, nu pokura,
2) E kuru, mauri, e atu, e oeoe, patea, e kuru oi, e kuru peka,
3) Ii ure, ii kura, ii tea, e ii karea, e ii toetoe, e ii pauoka e ii kaureu.
4} Taro kiekie, koakoa, matarei, nokanoka, angaea, mapura e rere, karatea, e veo
5) Meika turita, uarau, tarotea, kaivai, unauna, e ai, taanga, tikoma, tapua, kiri mangeo, pooto, pivaikura, koputea, e ai koka, raumanu, takapekape, naoa, aumakariri, rokiva, taiko
6) Uatu tongareona, kaka, tuvake, pooto, potu, pivai, manoa
7) Kape aparu, pui, koka, vairungirungi.
8) Ui pirita, para, tuatea, ui toka, ui kouti, koveoveo, rarai, oi, oitea,oaoa, oimangaro
9) Motini
10) Tera te au ika enua. e puaka, e moa, tuna, kokopu, kopiri, kovao, rukou, poro, poroiti, pipi, kaikaia rupe, raurangi, rirei
11) Tera te au ika o te tai

Toora, mango, urua, onu, rata, mamaringa, varu, aai, aomanga, manga, oka, atea, u, pakati, au, roro, ume, aupa, maiava, maemae, uoa, kanae, mamaru, aateatea, vaaroa, reue, kiipiro, kopiti, kutikuti, tuua, akakuru, teku, tekupa, te rotea, te parangi, te komata, te vite, tea uru, taputapu, tarao, patukiparu, pakoukou, koua, kavakava, te kati a rangi, maito, api, patuki toka, manini, maroro, koperu, pou e, miro, tuamaro karai, kiokio, kikira, rateretere, rari, angamea, maruri, aku, komutumutu, panako, katoti, aputu, ke

12) Tera te ingoa no te au Manu

Kotora, rupe, koputu, mokora, potaa, kakaia, rakoa, tuatea, titi, peperuei, kotuku, kukupa, kuri, e a tangaroa, e ioe, kakirori, karavia, tavake, ngoio, moomoo

13) Tera te au ika kino tei tautai ia e te vaine

Rori, ngau, tuatae, patito, te ngaupapa, mokiko, urekoa, ngata, urari, Kai, pipitara, tuatava, tunani, paua, kuku, pangoa, te papaka, mania, vaeuri, koura, tatararoa, aangatea, kaukauka, tuapuku, tutuma, tuaonu, koteka, papatea, ariri, karikao, ungapara, ungaunga, karea, roaroa, E tuke, vana, kina, puputoemine111

[Note added by Bob O'Brien as transcriber:] Hall later counted all the entries with his purple pencil then added the following summary:

9 kinds of coconuts; 7 breadfruit; 7 chestnuts; 9 taro; 21 banana; 8 plantain; 5 kape; 11 yams; 67 fish; 20 birds; 38 crabs, etc.