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[Note - S = Samoan; M = Maori; H = Hawaiian]
Aiga extended family (S)
Ala Niho leg stripe tattoo design lit. tooth path (H)
Alaka'i guide or leader (H)
Ali'i sacred chiefs (S,H)
'Ama'u a fern that grows up in the uplands (H)
Aotearoa "Land of the Long White Cloud" (Maori name for the North Island of New Zealand)
Ariki sacred chiefs (M)
Au special tattooing comb (S)
'Aumakua ancestral guardian spirit (H)
'Aumakua Pueo an Hawaiian ancestral guardian that manifests as an owl
'Awa or 'Ava Piper methysticum; a plant in the pepper family; a narcotic drink made from the roots of this plant (H)
Fue fly whisk (S)
Halau schools (H)
Hale Mua the first formal institute of learning in which a Hawaiian male enters
Hapu sub-tribe (M)
Hulu Pueo the feathers of the owl (H)
Inu 'Awa to drink 'awa (H)
Kahuna a master artist, artisan, or craftsman (H)
Kakau (v.) traditional Hawaiian art of tattooing
Kapu taboos (H)
Kauä a class of Hawaiian outcasts (H)
Kava Piper methysticum; a plant in the pepper family; a narcotic drink made from the roots of this plant; also 'ava, 'awa, or kavakava
Koru spiral - a common design in Maori tattooing, carving and other arts
Kuleana responsibility, privilege (H)
Lima tattoos on the hands (S)
Mai'a a fruit that has seeds, but doesn't grow from seeds; banana (H)
Malu tattoo on a woman's thighs (S)
Mana a person's spiritual power or life force
Matai a person with a chiefly title (S)
Moko traditional tattoo art (M)
Moko Kauae woman's chin moko
Moku O Keawe a poetic name for the island of Hawai'i
Nahiri spiritual plane
Pahupu an elite company of Hawaiian warriors from Maui
Pakeha white people
Pala'ai coward
Pe'a an intricate tattoo that covers the body from mid-torso to the knees (S)
Pe'ahi Niu crescent fan; Hawaiian tattoo design based on the fan
Pitau unfurling fern frond; Maori spiral design based on the fern
Pito belly button; Maori spiral design based on the belly button
Pounamu New Zealand jade, Nephrite jade; commonly called Greenstone
Pueo the Hawaiian owl
Puhoro an intricate Maori tattoo extending from mid-torso to the knees, which featured the characteristic design of a spiral on the buttock
Pule a prayer, to pray (H, S)
Siva traditional Samoan dance
Ta Moko the process of tattooing
Ta' Rapanui traditional tattoo art
Tanoa 'ava bowl (S)
Tatatau Tongan traditional tattoo art
Tatau Samoan traditional tattoo art
Teorewai a Maori tribe whose name means "to gently swivel the water so that it ripples and splashes just a little."
Te Waipounamu "The Greenstone Waters" (Maori name for the South Island of New Zealand)
Tohunga a master artist, artisan, or craftsman (M)
To'oto'o orator's staff (S)
Tufuga a master artist, artisan, or craftsman (S)
Tulafale talking chiefs (S)
Uhi Maori tattoo chisel, sometimes serrated; (n.) Hawaiian traditional tattoo art
Wananga a gathering, often for educating others (S)
Whakapapa one's genealogy (M)
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