Mihi Kupu Flashcards

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horetātā

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(verb) to be fierce, truculent, ferocious, belligerent, hostile

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marutuna

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(stative) be imposing, awe-inspiring, commanding

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wehi

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(verb)(-ngia) to be awesome, afraid, fear

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horetītī

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(verb) to be fierce, truculent, ferocious, belligerent, hostile

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kauanuanu

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(verb)(-tia) to respect, think highly of, admire, esteem, revere, venerate

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pīpipi

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(noun) cirrostratus - cloud forming a thin, fairly uniform semi-translucent layer at high altitude. Often used in the phrase pīpipi o te rangi

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rongomaiwhiti

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(noun) sacredness, uniqueness

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pare kawakawa

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(noun) mourning wreath (for the head), chaplet - garland of greenery worn by women at tangihanga

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tāura

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(noun) trainee, student, initiate

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takatū

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(verb) to prepare, get ready (used only of people getting ready), make ready.

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kōmata o te rangi

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(noun) zenith, highest point of the celestial sphere, acme, high point, pinnacle

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mōteatea

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(verb) to grieve

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mātāwaka

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(noun) kinship group, tribe, clan, race, ethnic group

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pūatatangi

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(noun) dawn chorus

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ahunga

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Noun direction (of movement), bearing, orientation

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tōpū

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(verb)(-tia) to be assembled, in a body, as a group

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pītongatonga

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(modifier) thick, impervious, impenetrable, impermeable

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tīkoke

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(modifier) high in the heavens, high, tall, towering, lofty

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tūtarakauika

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(noun) leader of a school of whales, personification of whales

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tinei

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(noun) extinguishment, elimination, obliteration, extinguishing

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tārake

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(modifier) isolated, standing out in the open

Tōna tikanga kia papā te whatitiri, kia hikohiko te uira, kia pōrukuruku te rangi i tō wehenga atu, engari i rangi pai huarere, i tau ko pakiwaru, ko te paki o Atutahi, te whetū tārake o te rangi (HM 1/1995). / The thunder is supposed to resound, the lightning flash and the sky be clouded over at your departure, but it’s a fine day, the fine weather has settled and it’s the fine weather of Canopus, the star that stands out in the sky.

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“E kore e mōnehunehu te pūmahara ki ngā momo rangatira o neherā, nā rātou nei i toro te nukuroa o Te Moananui-a-Kiwa me Papatūānuku. Ko ngā tohu a ō rātou tapuwae i kākahutia ki runga i te mata o te whenua – he taonga, he tapu.”

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Time will not dim the memory of the special class of rangatira of the past who braved the wide expanse of the ocean and land. Their sacred footprints are scattered over the surface of the land, treasured and sacred.

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tāwhati

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(verb) to die, pass away, pass on

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ikapahi

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(verb)(-tia) to assemble, come together, congregate

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pūhangaiti

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(verb) to lie in a heap

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pani

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(verb)(-a) to smear, spread (anything upon something else), daub, paint, polish

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whakarei

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(verb)(-a) to ornament, embellish

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tokomatua

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(noun) group (of people), gang, band, work gang