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1. ake, n. View full entry 1835
...= akeake...
2. akeake, n. View full entry 1841
...Any of several shrubs or small trees sometimes used for their hard timber, esp. the hop-bush, Dodonaea viscosa (family Sapindaceae), and any of several olearias (family...
3. aroha, n. View full entry 1846
...Chiefly in Maori contexts: love, affection; warmth of feeling; an instance of this. Cf. aloha...
4. cockabully, n. View full entry 1896
...A small blunt-nosed freshwater fish in New Zealand....
5. cockatoo, n. View full entry 1634
...The name of numerous beautiful birds of the parrot kind, esp. the genus Cacatua, inhabiting Australia and the East Indian Islands, distinguished by a crest or tuft of...
6. copper Maori, n. View full entry c1826
...A Maori oven in which food is placed on heated stones and covered with flax, earth, etc....
7. drongo, n. View full entry 1841
...A name originally belonging to a Madagascar bird, Dicrurus (Edolius) forficatus; thence extended to other species of Dicrurus, and in a wide sense to...
8. goorie | goory, n. View full entry 1937
...A (mongrel) dog. Hence as a term of abuse....
9. haeremai, n. View full entry 1769
...A Maori term of welcome....
10. haka, n. View full entry 1832
...A Maori ceremonial posture dance accompanied by chanting; one danced by members of a sports team, etc....
11. half-pie, adj. View full entry c1926
...Halfway towards, imperfect, mediocre. Also absol. or as ...
12. hangi, n. View full entry 1861
...A Maori earth-oven in which food is placed on heated stones....
13. hapu, n. View full entry 1843
...A clan, sub-tribe, or small community....
14. hapuku | hapuka, n. View full entry 1838
...A large marine food fish, Polyprion oxygeneios; = cod2b and grouper2....
15. Hau Hau, n. View full entry 1865
...A follower of the Pai-Marire religion during the nineteenth-century Maori Wars. Also attrib....
16. hei-tiki, n. View full entry 1835
...A greenstone neck-ornament worn by Maoris....
17. hina hina, n. View full entry 1867
...= mahoe...
18. hinaki, n. View full entry 1845
...A wicker eel-pot....
19. hoki, n. View full entry 1872
...The blue grenadier, Macruronus novaezelandiae; the flesh of this fish as food....
20. Hokonui, n. View full entry 1947
...= moonshine4....
