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The Toll of The Bush

Glossary of Maori Words Used in the Text

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Glossary of Maori Words Used in the Text

  • Ha'-ka, native dance.
  • Hang'-i, food cooked in stone ovens.
  • Ha'-pu, a sub-tribe.
  • Kai, food.
  • Ka'-ing-a, dwelling-place.
  • Ka'-ka, the parrot.
  • Ka'-pai, good.
  • Kau'-ri, Dammara australis.
  • Ki-a or-a, well-wishes.
  • Kop-a ma-o-ri, native oven.
  • Kō-re-ro, talk.
  • Kō-ti-ro, a girl.
  • Ni'-kau, the palm tree.
  • Pa, a fortified hill.
  • Pa'-kt-ha, a white man.
  • Pi'-kau, a load carried on the back.
  • Pin'-e, a pin.
  • Pa'-hu-tu-ka'-wa, the Christmas tree.
  • Rang'-a-ti'-ra, a chief.
  • Ri'-wai, potatoes.
  • Ta'-pu, sacred.
  • Ta' -ta-ra-mo' -a, a bramble.
  • To-i to-i, a kind of coarse grass.
  • U'-to, payment in expiation.
  • U'-tu, price.
  • Wa'-hi-ne, a woman.
  • Whar'-e, native house.

Pronunciation.—The stress is on the first syllable.
A is pronounced ah, as Tah-tah-rah-mo-ah (Tataramoa).
Terminal i equals terminal y, as Hahug-y (Hangi). In other places it has either the sound of ee, as Peecow [Pikau], or of i in thick, as Tick-y (Tiki).
   O as in English, Kō-tet-ro (Kotiro), K?ppa (Kopa),
   U as oo in goose, Fo-hoo-too-kah-wah (Pohutukawa).
   E as in met; terminal e as English a or y, Whar-ray (Whare).
   In diphthongs a certain slurring of the individual vowels occurs:—Mah-o-ry, Mau-ry (Maori); Kah-oo-ry, Kau-ry (Kauri); Kah-y, Kye (Kai),
   Ng has the sound of ng in such words as song, ring.

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