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1000ish Most Common Reo Māori Words > 6 > Flashcards

6 Flashcards

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pata

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butter

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rango

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fly, blowfly

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taiapa

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fence

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tāra

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dollar

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tihi

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summit

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tohorā

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whale

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turituri

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be quiet! noisy

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whakangā

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to rest

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āporo

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apple

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hōhonu

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deep

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kongakonga

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small piece, fragment

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makere

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to fall

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nanakia

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rascal
clever, cunning

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tari

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study

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tīni

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to change

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tote

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salt

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tōtika

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straight, direct, right

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whakamātautau

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examination, test

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whakatūpato

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to warn, to caution

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kauaka

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Negative word, do not (variant of kaua), eg:
Kauaka e tangi – Don’t cry

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kāwana

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government, governor

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kekeno

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seal

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mārika

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indeed, quite, certainly; āe mārika

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matū

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fat, chemical

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ngata

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snail

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pare

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headband, headdress

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tuahine

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sister, of a male

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whakatata

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to come closer to

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rerenga

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voyage
rere + nominal suffix -nga

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tāhau

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your, ā category possession, singular (variant of tāu)

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tokotoru

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three (people)

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tomo

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to enter, go into

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whakapapa

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genealogy

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akoranga

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thing that is taught or learnt

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kaute

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to count

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kēhua

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ghost

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kūmara

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kūmara, sweet potato

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tuhinga

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writing, text
tuhi + nominal suffix -nga

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whakahau

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to command, order

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aituā

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accident; to have an accident

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kohi

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to collect, gather together

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konā

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there, by listener

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paipa

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pipe

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paru

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dirt, mud, dirty

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pūngāwerewere

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spider

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rangona

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to be heard (passive form of rongo)

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rekareka

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pleasant, delighted

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tātai

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to measure, to calculate

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tuawhā

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fourth

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kawenga

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load, luggage, burden
kawe + nominal suffix -nga

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pēwhea

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how? (variant of pēhea)

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tinihanga

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to decieve, cheat

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53
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wharekura

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Māori-medium secondary school

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horo

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quick

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55
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koha

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gift

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manga

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stream

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pani

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orphan; to be orphaned

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pātene

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button

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pāua

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pāua (abalone)

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rori

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road

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tapuwae

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footprint

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tauhou

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strange, unfamiliar; stranger

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whakaheke

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to decrease, drop, lower

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whakakī

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to fill something

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whakapakari

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to strengthen

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kaitākaro

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player, sportsperson
kai- + tākaro

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kōiwi

A

bone

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pekapeka

A

bat

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ēnā

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those, near you; plural of tēnā

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hao

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to catch in a net, a net

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hemo

A

to be dead

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kāpata

A

cupboard

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ngenge

A

tired

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pana

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to push away, to expel

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ui

A

to ask, enquire

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uku

A

clay

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uwha

A

female animal

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whakauru

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to enter, to join, to enrol

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ariki

A

chief, leader

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kāwhe

A

calf

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kohikohi

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to collect, gather together

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miriona

A

million

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panga

A

to throw

84
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tāhuhu

A

ridgepole of a house

85
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toto

A

blood

86
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wehenga

A

departure, leaving
wehe + nominal suffix -nga

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whakanui

A

to honour, to praise

88
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auau

A

to bark, howl

89
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kāpene

A

captain

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karere

A

messenger

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kiromita

A

kilometre

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nekeneke

A

to move gradually

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paki

A

to slap, to pat

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pakipaki

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to applaud, to clap; applause

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pūtake

A

reason, cause

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putu

A

to heap up; a heap, pile

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reri

A

ready

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whakatikatika

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to rearrange, to put in order, to fix

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hāmama

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to yell, shout

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hauora

A

health, healthy

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kapi

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to be covered or occupied (of space)

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ngunguru

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to growl

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pātata

A

close (of distance)

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pātiki

A

flounder (fish)

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roanga

A

length of time
roa + nominal suffix -nga

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tira

A

travelling party

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tuanui

A

roof

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whakapae

A

lying crosswise, horizontal

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whāriki

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mat, carpet, rug

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kakara

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scent, smell

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kawea

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kawe + passive suffix -a

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kimihia

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kimi + passive suffix -hia

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kōhua

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to boil; cooking pot

114
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kukume

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to pull, to drag

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ngātahi

A

together

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piriti

A

bridge

117
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retireti

A

skates, skating

118
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rita

A

litre

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tamāhine

A

daughter

120
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taraiwa

A

to drive; driver

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tarau

A

trousers

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tuki

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to hit, to knock, to beat, to pound

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whara

A

to be injured

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haina

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to sign (a letter, document)

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kā

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to burn, be alight

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kake

A

to climb

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kano

A

colour

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mīere

A

honey

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panana

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banana

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piro

A

stinking, putrid

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pūrākau

A

traditional story

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tāpiri

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to join something on, to add

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tohua

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tohu + passive suffix -a

134
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whakatoi

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to give cheek

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whiua

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whiu + passive suffix -a

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ahatia

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aha + passive suffix -tia

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ākau

A

shore, coast

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āwangawanga

A

worried

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kaimoana

A

seafood

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kaipūtaiao

A

scientist
kai- + pūtaiao

141
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kānga

A

corn

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māhau

A

for you
(variant of māu)

143
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mokomoko

A

lizard

144
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pūmau

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fixed, permanent

145
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rongoā

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medicine

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taupoki

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to cover, close with a lid; lid, cover

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tuhituhinga

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writing, text
tuhituhi + nominal suffix -nga

148
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awatea

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daylight

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haunga

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smelly, stinky

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