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Kupu Hou - Pepa Tuatoru Flashcards

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Māturu

-hia

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To trickle, drip

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Hinu

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Fat, grease, dripping, oil, petrol

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Ūkui

-a

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To wipe, erase, sweep away

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Rangahau

-a, tia

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To seek, search out, pursue, research, investigate

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Āta

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Gently, slowly, carefully, clearly, deliberately, openly, thoroughly, intently, cautiously

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Ketuketu

-a, ngia, tia

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To scratch around, delve into

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Tohunga

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Be expert, proficient, priest, healer

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Rā

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Sail (of a canoe)

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Ama

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Outrigger (of a canoe)

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Tārai

-a, tia

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To sculpt, carve

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Reo irirangi

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Radio

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Karapoti

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Surroundings

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Whāki

-a, na

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To reveal, disclose, confess, dob in, nark, admit

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Taumāhekeheke o te Ao

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Olympics

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Pūkenga

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Skilled, skill, expertise, expert, specialist

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Pūrotu

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Pleasant, beautiful, handsome

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Whakatatū

-ria, tia

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To decide, settle, agree, agreement

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Haunga

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Be stinky, smelly, putrid, reeking, stale

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Angiangi

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Be thin (not of people’s physique)

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Kikī

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Be tight, crowded, full

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Koi

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Sharp, pointed

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Koropuku

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Convex, rounded (like upside down bowl)

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Māheniheni

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Smooth

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Mārō

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Hard, stiff, solid

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Maroke

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Dry

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Mātotoru

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Thick

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Pāhekeheke

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Slippery, unstable

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Papatahi

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Flat

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Pārū

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Be dull

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Pīata

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Shiny, bright, glossy

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Pikopiko

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Windy, curvy, bent

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Poto

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Short

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Pukupuku

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Lumpy

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Tangatanga

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Loose

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Tapawhā

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Square

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Taratara

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Rough, prickly, coarse

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Tāroaroa

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Tall

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Tōtika

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Straight, correct, right

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Waipawa

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Be brittle

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Wete

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Untie, unravel, release, set free, detach, disconnect

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Whāiti

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Narrow

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Whānui

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Wide, broad

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Whāruarua

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Concave (like a bowl)

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Whīwhiwhi

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Tangled, entwined

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Porowhita

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Circle, round

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Rino

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Steel, iron, metal

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Parahitiki / kirihou

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Plastic

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Āneanewa

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Wobbling about

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Reti

-a, hia, tia

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Slide down, to slide

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Ārai

-a, hia, tia

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To obstruct, shield, prevent, screen, hinder, block out, barrier, screen

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Tauaro

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Opposite, facing towards one another, antonym

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Kē

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Instead, already, actually

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Parata

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Taniwha living in the ocean and swallows vessels

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Kaumingomingo

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Mixed up

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Whana

-ia

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Kick (backwards)

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Whanaunga

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Relative, cousin

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Whakarākai

-ngia, tia

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To adorn, decorate, embellish

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Ringi

-a, hia, tia

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To pour out

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Tapa

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Tūturi

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To kneel, bend the knees

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Motuhake

-tia

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To separate, set aside, stand alone, independent

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Horopaki

-na

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Context, to surround

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Pānga

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Effects, association, connections with

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Pūrakau

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Myth, ancient legend, story

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Tea

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Clear, white, transparent

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Whakahīhī

-tia

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To be proud, to ridicule/mock, pride, vanity, arrogance

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Whanonga

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Behaviour, conduct

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Hūmārie

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Be humble, pleasant, gentle, peaceful, nice

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Makawe

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Hair (only used in plural form)

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Ohorere

-tia

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To start suddenly, be sudden, startled, shocked

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Waiaro

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Matapiko

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Stingy, mean, tight arse

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Hina

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To be grey-haired, grey, pale in colour

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Marae

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Generous, hospitable

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Tūpuhi

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Be thin, lean, skinny

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Mātau

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Be clever, knowledgable

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Kūare

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Be ignorant, unaware, naive, illiterate

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Wahangū

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Be dumb, quiet, not talkative, silent, reserved

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Ngutungutu

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Talkative, to gossip, dispute, squabble

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Raupā

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Be calloused, cracked, chapped (skin)

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Māhaki

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Humility, modesty, humbleness

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Ngoikore

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Weak, feeble

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Tipua / tupua

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Goblin, demon, strange being

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Nēhi

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Mangō

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Pupuhi

-pūhia

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To blow, shoot, fire (a gun)

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Tatari

-tāria

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To wait for, await

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Koinei

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This is, this was, these are

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Koinā / koirā

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It is that, that is

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Whakahoki

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Reply, response

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Pono

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Truth, be true, honest, sincere

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Hēremana

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Kuki

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Chef, cook

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Minita

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Rōia

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Pūremu / moe tahae

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Mania

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Whakawhirinaki

-tia

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To lean against something, depend on, rely on, trust, dependence

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Arahanga

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Paurewa

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Tower

Eg. Paurewa karaka

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Pito

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Whakaae

-hia, ngia, tia

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To agree, consent, accept

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Huarahi / huanui

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Road, highway, street

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Tiriti

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Takahanga waewae

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Ararewa

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Tōnui

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Be prosperous, successful, thriving

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Whakapoapoa

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To entice, attract, tempt

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Hunahuna

-ia

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To hide, conceal

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Hemanga

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Empty space, void

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Whakatīkai

-tia

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To show disrespect, insult, put down

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Tauwehe

-a

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To separate, remove, divide

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Whakatau

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Kohimu

-tia

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To whisper, gossip

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Hautū

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To steer, navigate

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Tō

-ia

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Drag, pull

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Uhi

-ūhia, a, ngia

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To cover, spread over

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Rumaki

-na

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To immerse, drown

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Pūkoro

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Noa iho

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Only, just, merely, quite (often has sense of treating things or activities it modifies as being of little importance)
Eg. Ko au noa iho

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Anake

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Only, none but, alone, no one else (names all the entities referred to)
Eg. Ko au anake kei te ora

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Pae maunga

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Mountain range

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Ngahare

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Forest, bush

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Hotuhotu

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Whakahē

-ngia, tia

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To disagree, contradict, object to

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Uawhatu

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Waipuke

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Paki

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Fine weather

Eg. He paki te rā

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Kōpatapata

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Light rain

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Whaitiri / whatitiri

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Hau pūkeri

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Strong wind

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Kōruki

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Marangai

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Bad weather

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Hukapapa

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Hiko / uira

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Kohu

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Āwhiowhio

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Āwhā, tūpuhi

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Paku kōrero

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Mention

E.g. Kāore au i paku kōrero mō Hata!

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Angitu

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Successful, fortunate

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Whakaputa mōhio

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Know it all, smart-Alec

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