_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._ _Huanga._ _A relation in general._ _Whanaunga-tutu._ _A blood relation._ _Ariki._ _The first born male or female._ _Waewae._ _A man’s younger brother: literally the foot._ _Hamua._ _Syn. tuakana._ _Maronui._ _A married man or woman._ _Takakau._ _A single man or woman._ _Pouaru._ _A widow._ _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. ―――― VOCABULARY 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. _Kaupapa_, one whom the spirit of an ancestor visits, and who is its medium of communication with the living. _Pukenga_, a spirit, the author or first teacher of any _karakia_. _Tapairu_, any very sacred ancestral Spirit: also sometimes applied to the female _Ariki_. _Tauira_, a person who is being instructed by a _tohunga_, or by the spirit of a parent or ancestor. He had to submit to a strict fast of several days before he was taught any important _karakia_. _Tipua_, or _Tupua_, the spirit of one who when living was noted for powerful _karakia_.