The Toll of The Bush
Glossary of Maori Words Used in the Text
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.