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1. agar-agar, n. View full entry 1769
...Any of various red algae from which agar may be extracted (cf. agarophyte); esp. any of several South-East Asian seaweeds of the genera Gracilaria and ...
2. ake, n. View full entry 1835
...= akeake...
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. manoao, n. View full entry 1867
...Either of two New Zealand coniferous trees of the family Podocarpaceae, both formerly assigned to the same genus, Dacrydium: (originally) the silver pine, Lagarostrobos colensoi(in later...
5. Maori, n. and adj. View full entry 1828
...The Polynesian language of the original people of New Zealand....
6. micky, n. View full entry 1898
...= mingimingi1....
7. mingi, n. View full entry 1867
...= mingimingi1....
8. miro, n.2 View full entry 1898
...A bird of the genus Miro (family Eopsaltridae), now usually regarded as a subgenus of the genus Petroica, containing the New Zealand robin, Petroica australis...
9. napoh, n. View full entry 1822
...The greater chevrotain or mouse deer, Tragulus napu, of South-East Asia....
10. paddy, n.1 View full entry 1623
...Now freq. in form padi. Rough or unhusked rice (Oryza sativa), either as a growing crop or when harvested but not yet threshed....
11. pae-pae, n.3 View full entry 1958
...A type of Polynesian raft....
12. paha, n. View full entry 1839
...A unit of weight in Malaysia and Indonesia formerly used esp. for gold and silver, equal to ¼ tael (approx. 9.4 grams)....
13. Pakeha, n. and adj. View full entry 1817
...A person who does not identify as Maori; spec. a New Zealander of European descent....
14. pasar gelap, n. View full entry 1959
...In Malaysia and Indonesia: the black market....
15. pie on, adj. View full entry 1916
...Very good, excellent....
16. pikau, v. View full entry 1834
...trans. To carry (a load or pack) on the back or shoulders; to carry on the back as a pack....
17. 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....
18. piupiu, n. View full entry 1882
...A Maori skirt made of a fringe of treated dried flax-blades attached to a waistband, now worn by men and women mainly on ceremonial occasions or for concert performances. Also: the dressed...
19. putchuk, n. View full entry 1617
...Costus, the fragrant root of the Kashmiri plant Saussurea lappa (family Asteraceae (Compositae)). Also: the plant itself. Now rare....
20. rata, n. View full entry 1773
...The edible fruit of the tree Inocarpus fagifer (family Fabaceae (Leguminosae)), native to the South Pacific. Obs.rare....
