KUPU HOU 4 Flashcards

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poniponi

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  1. (loan) (modifier) small, little, tiny.
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ukuuku

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  1. (verb) to be swept away, destroyed, wiped out.
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pūhutihuti

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  1. (adjective) to be bushy, shaggy, unkempt.
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tīkape

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  1. (verb) (-a,-ngia) to move, flick out (with a stick).
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whakarihariha

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  1. (verb) to be disgusted, appalled, dismayed, reviled, aghast, revolted, shocke
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taipō

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  1. (noun) goblin, spook, ghost - unwanted supernatural visitors not of human origin that haunt the living.
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tīare

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  1. (verb) to be hollow, empty, void.
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mutunga kore

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  1. (modifier) endless, eternal, perpetual, infinite.
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whakaweti

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  1. (verb) (-a) to threaten, bully, intimidate.
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korokī

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  1. (verb) to speak, talk, tell, sing (of birds).
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whakarewa

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  1. (verb) (-ia,-ina,-ngia) to set in motion, launch, put afloat.
  2. (verb) (-ia,-ina,-ngia) to heat, defrost.
  3. (verb) (-ia,-ina,-ngia) to melt (something), dissolve (something).
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hāpopo

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  1. (noun) corpse of an enemy - usually intended to be eaten.
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takutai

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  1. (noun) sea coast, coast, shore.
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koroheketanga

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  1. (noun) old age, maturity.
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poutūmārōtanga

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  1. (noun) meridian, acme, high point, pinnacle, maturity, prime, midday.
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whanatu

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  1. (verb) to go, go away, go ahead, become.
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waiaro

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  1. (noun) attitude.
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tūmahi whiti

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  1. (noun) transitive verb - a verb able to take a direct object.
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tūmahi wheako

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  1. (noun) experience verb - a verb that names a mental state, attitude, perception or experience.
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whakatewhatewha

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  1. (noun) investigator.
  2. (verb) (-ngia,-tia) to investigate, examine, explore, study, enquire into, look into.
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papatipu

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  1. (modifier) traditionally owned, customary title, ancestral (of land)
  2. (noun) ancestral land - Māori land held under customary title and not having a European title.
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hāwini

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  1. (loan) (noun) servant, attendant, maid.
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rekereke

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  1. (noun) heel (of the foot).
  2. (loan) (noun) reggae.
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whakataki

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  1. (verb) (-na) to go in search of, search out.

Synonyms: rangahau

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akiaki

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  1. (verb) (-hia,-na,-ngia,-tia) to urge, encourage, incite, urge on, exhort.
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taute

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  1. (verb) (-a,-tia) to tend, look after, nurture.
  2. (verb) to consider, ponder, think about, contemplate, deliberate about, reflect on.
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whakaruruhau

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  1. (verb) (-tia) to protect, shield, shelter.
  2. (modifier) sheltered, protected, safe.
  3. (noun) protector, adviser, mentor.
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wetereo

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  1. (modifier) grammatical.
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uhi

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  1. (verb) (ūhia,-a,-ngia) to cover, spread over.

Uhia te korowai aroha

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kawenga

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  1. (noun) load, pack, burden, luggage.
  2. (noun) obligation, liability.
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horo

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  1. (verb) (-a,-tia) to slip, fall, crumble down, fall off, waste away.
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mārika

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  1. (particle) exactly, absolutely, unequivocally, positively, seriously, essentially, indubitably, for the most part, in the main, deliberately, intentionally, carefully, really, gently, quietly, silently, completely, thoroughly, well and truly, actually, in fact, quietly, peaceably, peacefully, just, merely, very - used following the word it relates to, to intensify qualities, including bad ones, or to follow āe. It can be used to show approval or disapproval.
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whakapau kaha

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  1. (verb) to give one’s all.
  2. (noun) effort, resolve, exploits, determination, tenacity, doggedness, perseverance.
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mirumiru

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  1. (noun) bubble.
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kāhaki

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  1. (verb) (-na,-tia) to carry off by force, hijack, remove, abduct, kidnap.
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rānaki

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  1. (verb) (-a,-na,-tia) to avenge, carry out vengeance
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huhuti

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  1. (verb) (hūtia) to pull out, hoist, haul up, pluck (feathers and hair), fish - alternative form for huti.
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rapu

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  1. (verb) (-a,-hia) to seek, look for, hunt, search for, inquire, investigate.
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kiriwara

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  1. (noun) addict.
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anuanu

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  1. (verb) to be cold, offensive, disgusted, appalled, ugly.
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hāneanea

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  1. (verb) to be pleasant, comfortable.
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kōnehunehu

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  1. (modifier) misty.
  2. (noun) drizzle, fine rain, mist.
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ngao

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  1. strength, energy.
  2. trough of the sea.
  3. sproot, shoot.
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mātāpuna

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  1. (noun) source.

I runga rawa o te awa o Nūhaka, e tata atu ana ki te mātāpuna, te mahi a te kōhatu e putu ana (HP 1991:15). / Right upstream of the Nūhaka river, near its source, there were many stones piled up.

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whātoro

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  1. (verb) (-a,-hia,-na,-tia) to reach out, stretch out, touch, announce.
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moata

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(modifier) early.

(noun) promptness, readiness.

E tika ana kia nui ngā mihi a te iwi Māori ki te Pīhopa o Waikato, ki tōna moata ki te huhi i a tātau i tēnei hōnore (TTT 1/9/1929:1071). / It’s appropriate that the Māori people should be full of praise of the Bishop of Waikato for his promptness in bestowing this honour on us.

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awhero

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  1. (verb) (-hia,-tia) to hope for, desire.
  2. (noun) hope, desire, ambition.
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hikuwai o te tau

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  1. (noun) summer
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pūkāea

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  1. (noun) long wooden trumpet - from 1 to 2 metres in length and made of wood and bound with vine. The mouthpiece was a finely carved human figure, and about 8 centimeters inside the cylinder was a tongue or valve of wood called tohetohe
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hūkeri

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  1. (noun) turbulence, violence, turmoil.
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tīwhana

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  1. (verb) (-tia) to curve, arch.
  2. (noun) lines of moko over the eyebrows
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hahau

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  1. (verb) (-ngia,-ria,-tia) (hāua) to strike, hew, chop, fashion with an adze, smite, hit.
  2. (noun) adzing, hewing, chopping.
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hāhau

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  1. (verb) (-ria) to seek, look for, search for, hunt.
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taikaha

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  1. (verb) to be stubborn, persistent, violent, strict, severe, hard-nosed, stern, harsh, forceful.
  2. (noun) severity, harshness, sternness.
  3. (noun) violence.
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oati

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  1. (loan) (verb) (-tia) to swear an oath, swear in, promise, pledge, guarantee, vow, swear,
  2. (loan) (noun) promise, guarantee, pledge, word, bond, vow, commitment, undertaking, assurance, oath.
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pūmau

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  1. (verb) to be fixed, constant, permanent, true to, steadfast, faithful, staunch.
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rēhita

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  1. (loan) (verb) (-tia) to register.
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paearu

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  1. (noun) criterion, criteria.
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hītoko

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  1. (verb) to hop on one foot.