KUPU HOU 4

Question 1

poniponi

Answer 1

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

Question 2

ukuuku

Answer 2

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

Question 3

pūhutihuti

Answer 3

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

Question 4

tīkape

Answer 4

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

Question 5

whakarihariha

Answer 5

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

Question 6

taipō

Answer 6

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

Question 7

tīare

Answer 7

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

Question 8

mutunga kore

Answer 8

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

Question 9

whakaweti

Answer 9

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

Question 10

korokī

Answer 10

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

Question 11

whakarewa

Answer 11

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).

Question 12

hāpopo

Answer 12

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

Question 13

takutai

Answer 13

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

Question 14

koroheketanga

Answer 14

1. (noun) old age, maturity.

Question 15

poutūmārōtanga

Answer 15

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

Question 16

whanatu

Answer 16

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

Question 17

waiaro

Answer 17

1. (noun) attitude.

Question 18

tūmahi whiti

Answer 18

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

Question 19

tūmahi wheako

Answer 19

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

Question 20

whakatewhatewha

Answer 20

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

Question 21

papatipu

Answer 21

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.

Question 22

hāwini

Answer 22

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

Question 23

rekereke

Answer 23

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

Question 24

whakataki

Answer 24

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

Synonyms: rangahau

Question 25

akiaki

Answer 25

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

Question 26

taute

Answer 26

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

Question 27

whakaruruhau

Answer 27

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

Question 28

wetereo

Answer 28

1. (modifier) grammatical.

Question 29

uhi

Answer 29

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

Uhia te korowai aroha

Question 30

kawenga

Answer 30

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

Question 31

horo

Answer 31

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

Question 32

mārika

Answer 32

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.

Question 33

whakapau kaha

Answer 33

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

Question 34

mirumiru

Answer 34

1. (noun) bubble.

Question 35

kāhaki

Answer 35

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

Question 36

rānaki

Answer 36

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

Question 37

huhuti

Answer 37

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

Question 38

rapu

Answer 38

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