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1. 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...
2. mace, n.3 View full entry 1598
...In Malaysia and Indonesia: a traditional unit of weight (about 2.4 grams or 37 grains), normally one-sixteenth of a tael; (hence) a gold or silver coin of this weight; a monetary unit...
3. Malay, n. and adj. View full entry 1598
...A member of a people chiefly inhabiting Malaysia, Brunei, and parts of Indonesia, and characteristically speaking the Malay language....
4. Maori, n. and adj. View full entry 1828
...The Polynesian language of the original people of New Zealand....
5. marae, n. View full entry 1769
...The courtyard of a Maori meeting house, or a central open space in a Polynesian village, esp. used as a forum or centre for ceremonies, social functions, debates, etc.; (N.Z.)...
6. matai, n.1 View full entry 1831
...A coniferous tree, Prumnopitys taxifolia (family Podocarpaceae), of lowland forests of New Zealand, prized for its heavy, durable wood (also matai tree); the wood of this...
7. mere, n.6 View full entry 1820
...A short flat Maori war club of hard wood, whalebone, or greenstone; (also) a miniature greenstone version of this. Also mere club....
8. mihanere, n. (and adj.) View full entry 1841
...A Maori convert to (esp. Protestant) Christianity; a Protestant Maori. Freq. attrib. or as Cf. missionary5....
9. moki, n.2 View full entry 1835
...A Maori raft, usually made of bulrushes or other similar material....
10. mokihi, n. View full entry 1844
...= moki...
11. muru, n. View full entry 1836
...A Maori raid undertaken as a compensation or reprisal for an offence against the community....
12. negeri, n. View full entry 1700
...In Indonesia: a village community consisting of a number of different clans and administered by clan leaders, later used by Dutch colonists as an administrative division. Now hist....
13. niu, n. View full entry 1864
...A tall, mast-like Maori ceremonial pole used in divination. Also more fully niu pole, niu rod....
14. ohu, n. View full entry 1862
...A team of volunteer workers; a working party. Now hist....
15. pa, n.2 View full entry 1823
...Originally: a fortified Maori village or stronghold (now hist.). In later use: any Maori village or settlement....
16. Pakeha, n. and adj. View full entry 1817
...A person who does not identify as Maori; spec. a New Zealander of European descent....
17. patu, n. View full entry c1771
...A short clublike instrument with sharpened edges, usually made of stone, whalebone, or nephrite, used esp. as a weapon for striking or as a pestle for pounding food. Cf. mere...
18. patu patu, n. View full entry 1769
...= patu...
19. pemuda, n. View full entry 1948
...In Indonesia: a member of any of a number of extremist nationalist groups of young political activists....
20. pisang, n. View full entry 1662
...A banana; a plantain; (also) a plant of either fruit. Now chiefly in reference to Malay and Indonesian cuisine....
