_Matua._ _A father, or uncle either patruus or avunculus._
_Whaea._ _A mother, or aunt on either side._
_Tamahine._ _Eldest niece; also used more generally._
_Tuakana._ _Elder brother of males, elder sister of females; also elder brother’s children in reference to younger brother’s children, elder sister’s children in reference to younger sister’s children._
_Teina._ _The younger brother of males, the younger sister of females; also the younger brother’s children in reference to elder brother’s children, the younger sister’s children in reference to elder sister’s children._
_Hungawai._ _A father-in-law, or mother-in-law._
_Hunaonga._ _A son-in-law, or daughter-in-law._
_Taokete._ _A man’s brother-in-law, or sister’s sister-in-law._
_Potiki._ _A brother’s children, or sister’s children; also the youngest child of a family._
_Mokopuna._ _A grand-child, or child of a nephew or niece._
_Ariki._ _The first born male or female._
_Waewae._ _A man’s younger brother: literally the foot._
_Puhi._ _A betrothed female, also a female of rank restricted from marriage._
_He wahine taumaro._ _A betrothed female._ N.B.—There is a distinction between a _Puhi_ and a _wahine taumaro_. The betrothed female is a _Puhi_ in reference to her father’s act of consent, and a _wahine taumaro_ in reference to her future father-in-law’s act of consent to the arrangement.
OF SOME MAORI WORDS REQUIRING EXPLANATION.
_Ihi_ has the sense of _tapu_ when occurring in _karakia_, or invocations of spirits.
_Kahukahu_, the spirit of the germ of a human being: also called _Atua noho-whare_, or house-dwelling _Atua_. Verbi _kahukahu_ significatio simplex est panniculus; et panniculus quo utitur femina menstrualis nomine _kahukahu_ dicitur κατ’ ἐξοχὴν. Apud populum Novæ Zelandæ creditur sanguinem utero sub tempus menstruale effusum continere germina hominis; et secundùm præcepta veteris superstitionis panniculus sanguine menstruali imbutus habebatur sacer (_tapu_), haud aliter quàm si formam humanam accepisset: mulierum autem mos est hos panniculos intra juncos parietum abdere; et hâc de causâ paries est domûs pars adeo sacra ut nemo illi innixus sedere audeat.
_Karakia._ This word generally rendered by ‘charm,’ does not signify what the word charm would mean, in its popular sense. The word ‘invocation’ conveys more correctly its meaning; for it is a prayer addressed to spirits of deceased ancestors, in form somewhat like a litany.