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1. hapu, n. View full entry 1843
...A clan, sub-tribe, or small community....
2. hongi, n. View full entry 1843
...The pressing of noses together as a form of salutation. Hence as intr....
3. hue, n.3 View full entry 1843
...A local name for the bottle gourd, Lagenaria vulgaris....
4. kahu, n. View full entry 1843
...The Pacific marsh harrier, Circus approximans....
5. kakapo, n. View full entry 1843
...The ground-parrot or owl-parrot of New Zealand, Strigops habroptilus, with green plumage, marked with dark-brown and yellow....
6. kanga, n.1 View full entry 1843
...Indian corn, Zea mays....
7. katipo, n. View full entry 1843
...A large, black, venomous New Zealand spider, Latrodectus katipo, closely related to the Australian jockey spider (jockey2) and the American black widow (...
8. ko, n.1 View full entry 1843
...A digging-stick....
9. kohua, n. View full entry 1843
...A Maori oven....
10. mana, n. View full entry 1843
...Power, authority, or prestige; spec. (in Polynesian and Melanesian religions) an impersonal supernatural power which can be associated with people or with objects and which can be transmitted or inherited....
11. puha, n. View full entry 1843
...Any of several kinds of sowthistle (genus Sonchus), introduced Eurasian weeds used as a vegetable by the Maoris; spec. prickly sowthistle, S. asper, sometimes regarded as...
12. tuna, n.3 View full entry 1843
...Either of two freshwater eels, Anguilla dieffenbachii or A. australis schmidtii, found in New Zealand....
13. weta, n. View full entry 1843
...Any of several wingless orthopteran insects of the genus Deinacrida, Pachyrhamma, or Hemideina....
