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1. hinaki, n. View full entry 1845
...A wicker eel-pot....
2. huia, n. View full entry 1845
...A New Zealand bird, Heteralocha acutirostris, the tail feathers of which are highly prized by the Maoris as ornaments....
3. inanga, n. View full entry 1845
...The New Zealand name for a small fish, Galaxias attenuatus, the young form of which is called whitebait....
4. kai, n. View full entry 1845
...Food, victuals....
5. kareao | kareau, n. View full entry 1845
...The native name for the New Zealand creeping plant Ripogonum parviflorum. Also kareao-vine....
6. poroporo, n. View full entry 1840
...Either of two shrubs native to New Zealand and Australia, Solanum aviculare and S. laciniatum (family Solanaceae), bearing lavender or purple-blue flowers followed by edible orange...
7. taiaha, n. View full entry 1845
...A long-handled Maori club with a sharp tip. Also fig....
8. titoki, n. View full entry 1845
...A New Zealand tree, Alectryon excelsum, N.O. Sapindaceæ, producing tough, crooked timber, and bearing panicles of reddish flowers, with leaves like those of the ash. Also called New...
9. towai, n. View full entry 1845
...A large New Zealand timber tree, Weinmannia racemosa, N.O. Saxifragaceæ, also called by colonists black birch....
10. tupuna, n. View full entry 1845
...An ancestor; a grandparent....
11. umu, n. View full entry 1845
...= hangi; also, the food prepared in this oven. ...
12. warehou, n. View full entry 1848
...A large marine food-fish, Seriolella brama, found near the South Island of New Zealand....
13. weka, n. View full entry 1845
...The native name for the flightless rails Ocydromus australis and O. brachypterus of New Zealand. Also called weka rail....
