Parts of Trees.

Auru, to break off

Eka, mouldy substance

Harakeke, flax

Heu, brushwood

Hiako, bark; rind

Hua, fruit

Ikararaua, middle fibre of a leaf

Kakano, grain

Karo, fruit of the Tataka

Kauru, head of a tree; the crooked root of the Toi

Kiri, bark; rind

Korari, flax; the stalk of the flax

Korito, heart of the fern tree

Koroi, fruit of the Kahikatea

Mahuri, young tree

Makowa, expanded, as a leaf

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Manga, branch

Mati, fruit of the Fuschia

Mauku, cooked fruit of the Ti tree

Mauti, grass

Mimiha, resin; a bituminous substance

Mingimingi, knot in timber

Muka, fine flax

Otaota, weeds

Pakiaka, root

Peka, branch; firewood

Peke, fork of a tree

Pia, gum of the flax plant, and of the fern tree; also the saccharine exudation from the Manuka

Pokere, pulp of the Tawa berry

Pona, joint, or knob, in a tree

Poporo, potatoe apple

Pota, prepared flax

Pua, flower

Puaka, flower; small branches of trees

Puawai, flower

Pumanga, knot in timber

Pureke, outside of the flax leaf

Putake, root

Rahurahu, fern

Rakau, tree

Rarahu, fern

Rarauhe, fern

Rau, leaf

Renga, good fern root

Rito, heart of the fern tree

Take, root

Takirikau, best flax, scraped with the nail

Tanikoniko, vein in timber

Tarutaru, grass

Tihore, Syn. with Takirikau

Tipoto, prepared flax

Ti-waranui, best flax

Tohika, manna obtained from the Manuka

Toko, Tokotoko, stick

Tumu, stump

Tumutumu, stump

Tuware, worked flax

Ururua, thicket

Wahia, firewood

Ware, resin

Witau, common flax.

Parts of Fish, Birds, &c.

He weke, lateral fin

Hiawero, beast's tail

Hiore. Syn. with Hiawero

Hiku, tail

Kopai, bird's nest

Kowanga, nest with young birds in it

Kurutu, bird's tail

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Pi, young of birds

Piha, gill

Pikari, young birds

Popoia, lateral fin

Rapa, dorsal fin

Raurau, caudal fin

Titiko, bird's tail

Toretore, roe of fish

Unahi, scales of fish

Waero, tail of an animal.