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  Te Papakupu o te Taitokerau - R
raka [3] [Noun] denoting the fruit, karaka tree berry Ko mätou ngä tamariki i kohi raka.
raka [5] entangled Ana raka äku waewae kua hinga ahau.
raka,...raka,...rakahia [2] [Universal] rake, scrape, scratch, to cultivate Ka raka haere ia i ngä tarutaru.
www.edesignz.co.nz /dictionary/dictionary-searchresults/R.htm   (4328 words)

  
 Wayfinding / Non-Instrument Weather Forecasting
Lewis quotes Gill about the importance of knowledge of the winds: "'In olden times, great stress was laid on this knowledge for the purpose of fishing, and especially for their long sea voyages from group to group.
At the edge of the horizon are a series of holes through which Raka, the god of winds, and his children, love to blow'" (75).
David Malo, in Hawaiian Antiquities (12-13), gives the following classification of Hawaiian cloud names and their signficance: "The clouds, objects of importance in the sky, were named for their colors.
pvs.kcc.hawaii.edu /navigate/winds.html   (3941 words)

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