Hahunga—A hahunga was a funeral ceremony, at which the natives usually assembled in great numbers, and during which "baked meats" were disposed of with far less economy than Hamlet gives us to suppose was observed "in Denmark."
Kainga—A native town, or village: their principal head-quarters.
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Haere mai! &c.—Sufficiently explained as the native call of welcome. It is literally an invitation to advance.
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Tutua—A low, worthless, and, above all, a poor, fellow—a "nobody."
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A pakeha tutua—A mean, poor European.
E aha te pai?—What is the good (or use) of him? Said in contempt.
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