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matua

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parent, father

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tikanga

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custom, habit, agreed way of doing things
tika + nominal suffix -nga

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mate

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to be sick, ill, dead

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mutu

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be ended, finished (but not necessarily completed)

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whakaahua

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to take photos; photograph

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whakautu

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to reply, to respond

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mehemea

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if (presuming not; cf. ki te, if, expressing simple uncertainty)

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tangi

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to cry

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awa

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river

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pēhea

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how?

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ringa

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hand, arm

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waho

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out, outside, the outside

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toru

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three

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ika

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fish

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rau

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hundred

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konei

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here, by speaker

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moe

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to sleep

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ōku

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mine, plural, ō category possession

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tāna

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his / her, ā category possession, singular

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pou

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pole, post

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tuna

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eel

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anake

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only, just

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heke

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to descend, go down

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tahi

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one, single

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kākahu

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clothing, garment

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wāhanga

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part, portion, section

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pakeke

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grown up, adult

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āe

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yes

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āwhina

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to help

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kaua

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Negative word, do not, eg: Kaua e tangi – Don’t cry

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rangatira

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chief, leader, boss

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whakataetae

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competition

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karanga

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to call

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iti

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small, little

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pukapuka

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book

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maha

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many

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kuia

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elderly woman, grandmother

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pango

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black

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ērā

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those, over there; plural of tērā

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aua

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I don’t know, as in: He aha tērā? Aua!

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take

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reason, cause, origin

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tāne

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man

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hea

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where?

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hou

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new

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ehara

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Negative used for nominal sentences, as in:
He kurī tērā. Ehara tērā i te kurī.
Ko Mere tēnei. Ehara tēnā i a Mere.

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tinana

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body, trunk, torso

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ahi

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fire

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oma

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to run, escape

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rōpū

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group

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marama

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month, moon

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hēoi

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and so, therefore

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Ngāti

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tribal name prefix, as in: Ngāti Porou, Ngāti Kahungunu

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wahine

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woman, wife

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huarahi

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path, road

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hia

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how many?

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āhuatanga

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property, characteristic, feature, circumstance
āhua + nominal suffix -tanga

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kau

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manner particle, as in: kāore kau, kāre kau, ehara kau

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mihi

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to greet

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ngaro

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to be lost, missing, gone

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aku

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my, mine, plural form of taku, neutral for possession category

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pouaka

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box

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auē

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Alas! An expression of woe, sadness

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kōrua

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you, two people

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tuarua

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second

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aroha

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love, sympathy, compassion

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uru

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to enter, to go into

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anei

A

here, by me

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waewae

A

foot

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hua

A

fruit

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rārangi

A

line, row

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rerekē

A

different, changed

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maunga

A

mountain

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tāua

A

we, us, you and I, inclusive, dual

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piki

A

to climb

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tauira

A

student

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rima

A

five

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whaea

A

mother, aunt

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whakaatu

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to display, show, demonstrate

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āna

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his, her, plural, for ā category items

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whā

A

four

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mātua

A

parents, fathers (plural form of matua)

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tuhi

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to write, to draw

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kiia

A

crowded, full up

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tuku

A

to allow

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pepa

A

paper

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rō

A

in (short form of roto, as in: ki rō whare)

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kete

A

basket, kit

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moko

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Term of address to a grandchild: E moko

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toi

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origin, source; native, indigenous

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kāhore

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Negative used for verb sentences – not (variant of kāore)

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hāora

A

hour

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Pākehā

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Pakehā

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tipu

A

to grow, develop

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māku

A

for me, by me

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ata

A

morning, shadow

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mutunga

A

end
mutu + noun ending -nga

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whatu

A

eye

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huia

A

a treasured bird, now extinct

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pīrangi

A

to want, desire

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waea

A

telephone

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whakamārama

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to explain

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tīma

A

team

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waenganui

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middle, centre, between

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tiaki

A

to look after, to care for

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oti

A

to be completed

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rūma

A

room

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mana

A

prestige, authority

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taki

A

to recite, to recount

109
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ara

A

path

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hunga

A

group of people

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motokā

A

car, motorcar

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rahi

A

large

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tōu

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your, ō category possession, singular

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tawhiti

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distant, a distant place

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tāku

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my, ā category possession, singular

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ako

A

to learn, to teach

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riro

A

be obtained, be carried away, gone away

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kurī

A

dog

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wera

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to burn; burnt; hot, heat

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mēnā

A

if

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koia

A

it is, so

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ngahere

A

forest

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tiro

A

to look

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ātaahua

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beautiful, well formed

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kararehe

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animal

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mīharo

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to wonder at; amazing

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motu

A

island

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nuinga

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majority
nui + nominal suffix -nga

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reka

A

sweet

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tai

A

the sea, as opposed to land

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eke

A

to climb up on

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kanohi

A

face

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taka

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to fall, to fall off, to drop

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whakahoki

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to return, to reply

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tatari

A

to wait

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kata

A

to laugh

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toka

A

rock

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kino

A

bad

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whakarongo

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to listen

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kōtiro

A

girl

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koroua

A

elderly man, grandfather

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mātauranga

A

education, knowledge

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puku

A

stomach, belly

144
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tiki

A

to fetch
tiki atu – go and fetch, bring
tiki mai – come and fetch, take away

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hui

A

meeting

146
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ono

A

six

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tamaiti

A

child

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mataku

A

scared, afraid

149
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otirā

A

but, on the other hand

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taku

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my, neutral, singular

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tana

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his / her, neutral, singular

152
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tau

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number,to settle down,year period of time,beloved darling, to land on / alight/ come to rest

153
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tērā

A

that, yonder

154
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tō

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your, neutral, one person, singular
ō category possessive determiner, singular, as in: tō tātou

155
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tō

A

stove

156
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tō

A

to drag

157
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tōna

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his / her, ō category possession, singular

158
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wā

A

time, place/ space/ area

159
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Wai?

A

who?

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