Ki te whakaarohia ēnei kupu Māori tawhito, te kohi-ā-kiko me te kaiuaua, ka kitea kei roto i aua ingoa tētahi o ngā tino tohu o te mate nei, arā te tere o te tūpuhi, o te iti haere o te tinana o te tangata e pāngia ana (TTT 1/7/1922:10). / If we consider these ancient Māori words, 'kohi-a-kiko' and 'kaiuaua', those names reveal the symptoms of this disease, namely skinniness, and the shrinking of the body of the person afflicted.

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