GLOSSARY OF MAORI WORDS ----------------------- ARIKI Principal chief; first-born of a family of note; priest-chief. ATUA God; ancestral spirit. HAKA Posture dance. HANGI Earth oven. HAPU Subtribe; section of a tribe. HEITIKI Tiki suspended by a cord round neck of wearer. HEKE A migration. HUI Metting; assembly. IWI Tribe; people; nation. KAI Food. KAINGA Unfortified village; home. KAWANATANGA The Government. KORERO Conversation; conference. MAKUTU Magic; to bewitch. MANA Prestige; power; influence; authority; control. MAORITANGA Maorihood; Maori culture. MARAE Communal meeting place in village. MERE Short flat weapon of stone or greenstone. MOKIHI Raft of dry flax stems. MOKO Tattoo marks; tattoo pattern. MURU Plunder; pillage. NGA Plural of the definite article. NGATI Prefix denoting the tribe. PA Fortified village; stockade; fort. PAKEHA European; foreigner. PATAKA Raised storehouse. PATU Weapon; club. POI Ball dance; light raupo ball with attached flax used in poi dance. RANGATIRA Chief; person of good breeding. REINGA The spirit world. RUNANGA Council; assembly. TAIAHA Weapon of quarter-staff type. TAIPO Devil; goblin. TANGATA Man; human being. TANGI Dirge or lamentation for the dead; mourning; mourning ceremony. TANIWHA Fabulous monster; a spirit (euphemism for the dead). TAPU Sacred; forbidden; under religious, ceremonial, or superstitious restriction. TAUA War party; hostile expedition. TE The definate article. TIKI Figure of greenstone, etc. TOHUNGA Priest; wizard; gifted person. UMU Earth oven. UTU Revenge; payment; satisfaction for a wrong. WAHINE Woman. WAIATA Song. WAKA Canoe. WHAKAPAPA Genealogical tree. WHARE House; hut. WHAREPUNI Sleeping house; dormitory house. WHARERUNANGA Public meeting house; assembly hall. WHATA Rat-proof store, elevated stage for storing food. [Extracted from Encyclopedia of New Zealand by Corey Woodward 2000.]