Tauako Flashcards
tītahataha
: (verb)(-tia) to sway from side to side, roll from side to side
rērere
(verb) to fly about from place to place
hākere
(adjective) be stingy, miserly, mean, mingy, niggardly, tight-fisted, ungenerous
āmiomio
(verb) to turn round and round
tarawhiti
(verb)(-a) to encircle
tāhurihuri
(verb)(-hia,-tia) to turn this way and that, spin
tāporepore
(intransitive verb) to become faint
Tāporepore ana taku manawa i te hiakai
I’m faint from hunger.
kowhana
(verb) to spring up (in the mind)
mumuhau
(noun) eddying wind
tupuranga
(noun) growth, place to grow (something)
mātanga
(noun) experienced person, expert, specialist, consultant, professional, practitioner, old hand, analyst
kapomata
(noun) screenshot
urupounamu
(noun) enquiry, query, question
tikumu
(noun) common mountain daisy, cotton plant, Celmisia spectabilis subsp. spectabilis - an alpine plant with foliage covered with fine short hairs, soft and woolly to touch. White daisies are carried above rosettes of leaves or on low-growing shrubs in spring and early summer
whakakopa
(verb) to fly away, depart