KUPU HOU 4 Flashcards
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poniponi
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- (loan) (modifier) small, little, tiny.
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ukuuku
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- (verb) to be swept away, destroyed, wiped out.
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pūhutihuti
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- (adjective) to be bushy, shaggy, unkempt.
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tīkape
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- (verb) (-a,-ngia) to move, flick out (with a stick).
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whakarihariha
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- (verb) to be disgusted, appalled, dismayed, reviled, aghast, revolted, shocke
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taipō
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- (noun) goblin, spook, ghost - unwanted supernatural visitors not of human origin that haunt the living.
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tīare
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- (verb) to be hollow, empty, void.
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mutunga kore
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- (modifier) endless, eternal, perpetual, infinite.
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whakaweti
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- (verb) (-a) to threaten, bully, intimidate.
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korokī
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- (verb) to speak, talk, tell, sing (of birds).
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whakarewa
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- (verb) (-ia,-ina,-ngia) to set in motion, launch, put afloat.
- (verb) (-ia,-ina,-ngia) to heat, defrost.
- (verb) (-ia,-ina,-ngia) to melt (something), dissolve (something).
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hāpopo
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- (noun) corpse of an enemy - usually intended to be eaten.
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takutai
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- (noun) sea coast, coast, shore.
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koroheketanga
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- (noun) old age, maturity.
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poutūmārōtanga
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- (noun) meridian, acme, high point, pinnacle, maturity, prime, midday.
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whanatu
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- (verb) to go, go away, go ahead, become.
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waiaro
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- (noun) attitude.
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tūmahi whiti
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- (noun) transitive verb - a verb able to take a direct object.
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tūmahi wheako
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- (noun) experience verb - a verb that names a mental state, attitude, perception or experience.
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whakatewhatewha
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- (noun) investigator.
- (verb) (-ngia,-tia) to investigate, examine, explore, study, enquire into, look into.
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papatipu
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- (modifier) traditionally owned, customary title, ancestral (of land)
- (noun) ancestral land - Māori land held under customary title and not having a European title.
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hāwini
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- (loan) (noun) servant, attendant, maid.
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rekereke
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- (noun) heel (of the foot).
- (loan) (noun) reggae.
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whakataki
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- (verb) (-na) to go in search of, search out.
Synonyms: rangahau
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akiaki
1. (verb) (-hia,-na,-ngia,-tia) to urge, encourage, incite, urge on, exhort.
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taute
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
1. (verb) (-tia) to protect, shield, shelter.
2. (modifier) sheltered, protected, safe.
3. (noun) protector, adviser, mentor.
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wetereo
1. (modifier) grammatical.
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uhi
1. (verb) (ūhia,-a,-ngia) to cover, spread over.
Uhia te korowai aroha
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kawenga
1. (noun) load, pack, burden, luggage.
2. (noun) obligation, liability.
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horo
1. (verb) (-a,-tia) to slip, fall, crumble down, fall off, waste away.
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mārika
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
1. (verb) to give one's all.
2. (noun) effort, resolve, exploits, determination, tenacity, doggedness, perseverance.
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mirumiru
1. (noun) bubble.
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kāhaki
1. (verb) (-na,-tia) to carry off by force, hijack, remove, abduct, kidnap.
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rānaki
1. (verb) (-a,-na,-tia) to avenge, carry out vengeance
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huhuti
1. (verb) (hūtia) to pull out, hoist, haul up, pluck (feathers and hair), fish - alternative form for huti.
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rapu
1. (verb) (-a,-hia) to seek, look for, hunt, search for, inquire, investigate.
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kiriwara
1. (noun) addict.
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anuanu
1. (verb) to be cold, offensive, disgusted, appalled, ugly.
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hāneanea
1. (verb) to be pleasant, comfortable.
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kōnehunehu
1. (modifier) misty.
2. (noun) drizzle, fine rain, mist.
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ngao
1. strength, energy.
2. trough of the sea.
3. sproot, shoot.
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mātāpuna
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
1. (verb) (-a,-hia,-na,-tia) to reach out, stretch out, touch, announce.
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moata
(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
1. (verb) (-hia,-tia) to hope for, desire.
2. (noun) hope, desire, ambition.
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hikuwai o te tau
1. (noun) summer
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pūkāea
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
1. (noun) turbulence, violence, turmoil.
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tīwhana
1. (verb) (-tia) to curve, arch.
2. (noun) lines of moko over the eyebrows
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hahau
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
1. (verb) (-ria) to seek, look for, search for, hunt.
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taikaha
1. (verb) to be stubborn, persistent, violent, strict, severe, hard-nosed, stern, harsh, forceful.
3. (noun) severity, harshness, sternness.
4. (noun) violence.
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oati
1. (loan) (verb) (-tia) to swear an oath, swear in, promise, pledge, guarantee, vow, swear,
3. (loan) (noun) promise, guarantee, pledge, word, bond, vow, commitment, undertaking, assurance, oath.
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pūmau
1. (verb) to be fixed, constant, permanent, true to, steadfast, faithful, staunch.
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rēhita
1. (loan) (verb) (-tia) to register.
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paearu
1. (noun) criterion, criteria.
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hītoko
1. (verb) to hop on one foot.
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