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Vocab 5 Flashcards

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Areare

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To be open, clear of obstruction

To be projecting

To be arched

To be concave

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Pāmu

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Farm

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Mania

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To slide, slip

(Stat) To be slippery

To be smooth, silky (of hair)

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Pūhuki 🧈🪡🍙🥄

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to be blunt, dull, not sharp

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Papatahi

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To be flat, level

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Porotaka

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To be round, circular

Roundness

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Pōuriuri

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to be darkish, gloomy, sombre in colour

Intense darkness

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Pūhuruhuru

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hairy, covered with hair

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Kūiti

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Narrow, confined

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Tāroaroa

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To be tall, long

Height of a person

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Taratara 🐗🦔🦥

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to be prickly, spiky, rough, coarse

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Pūioio

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to be strong, tough, hard, muscular

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Ngohengohe 🐇

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to be soft, supple, pliable, flexible

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Pīngore

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to be flexible, pliable, supple, pliant

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Whakatairanga 📺

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(-hia,-tia) to raise up, elevate, promote, advertise, market, emphasise

Advertisement

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Maitai

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Iron, steel, cutlery, metal

Foreign

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Urukehu

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to be light-haired, blond, fair-haired, red-haired, ginger-haired, sandy-haired, auburn.

red-haired person, ginger-haired person, sandy-haired person, auburn-haired person

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Mārō ⛵🚈🚛

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to keep steadily on course, head straight

stiff, hard, solid, unyielding, determined, firm

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Ehara [Sub] i te [noun] [adj]

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[sub] is not (a) [adj] [noun]

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Whānui

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be broad, wide, extensive

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Koio 🏃🏋️😓

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to be weary, stiff - from over-exertion

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Tapawhā

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Four sided, rectangle

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Korou

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(-ngia,-tia) to desire, long for, fancy, wish for, want

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Kahurangi

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be blue, precious
Prized, honorable, distinguished
Treasured possession, darling, jewel
Light green, translucent variety of greenstone without flaws or spots - a highly valued variety

Dame (title)

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Mingimingi

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to be curly, twisted (especially of the grain of timber, hair, etc.)

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Hina

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be grey-haired, grey, pale in colour

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Porohewa 👴

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to be bald, being bald at the back of the head

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Horehore 🦲

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bald, bare, smooth

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Torokaka 👩🏼🙍🏼‍♀️💇

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be stiff and straight (of hair)

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Pūhutihuti 🐗

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to be bushy, shaggy, unkempt

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Karu rewha

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To be cross eyed

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Kāpō

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Be blind, blindly

Blindness, blind person

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Kiritea

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be white-skinned, fair (complexion), pale (of complexion)

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(Kiri) mangumangu

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Black (skin)

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Pākākā 🐈

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be reddish-brown, ginger-coloured, chestnut, burnt orange, ochre

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Kōtiwhatiwha 🦒🦎

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to be spotted, freckled, dotted, flecked, speckle

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Nawe

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to be at fault, flawed, imperfect, faulty

Scar, mark

Grievance, objection

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Ira

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dot, spot, freckle, mole, birthmark, decimal point

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Huru ngutu

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Mustache (lip hair)

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kūwhewhewhewhe

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Wrinkled, puckered

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Pukukata

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Laugh uproariously

Hilarious

Laughter, mirth

Someone who laughs a lot

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Whīroki

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to be lean, emaciated, thin, skinny, slim

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Hūneinei 😫

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To be angry, annoyed, vexed, irritated, irate

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Matangurunguru 😑

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to be numb, discontented, disappointed, mortified

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Kaniawhea

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to feel remorse, feel a compunction (to do something)

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Pōkaikaha

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to be confused, at a loss, in doubt, perplexed, mystified, baffled, flustered, bewildered, stressed out, flummoxed, bamboozled

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Mauri rere

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To be panicked

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Mauri tau (mauritau)

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be deliberate, without panic, relaxed

composed, unruffled, serene, relaxed, deliberate.

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Manawarū😍🫣

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to be delighted, enraptured, ecstatic, fascinated

to be anxious, fidgety, uneasy, apprehensive

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Ngākau kore

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to be disinclined, unenthusiastic, callous, dispirited, indifferent

apathy, reluctance, indifference, lack of interest

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Tiriwhana

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to be curved, arched

To pry free of

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Pūhaehae 🧟🐊🦖

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(stat) be envious, jealous

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Mīere (n)

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Honey, golden syrup, syrup

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Nohopuku 🤫

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to be silent, quiet, inactive

To fast, diet

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Karapoti 🎪🔄⭕

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(-a) to surround, hedge in, encircle

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Pohewa 🦄

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(-tia) to imagine, fancy, fantasize, conjure up, create, dream up

to be mistaken, confused

imaginary, fanciful, illusory, mythical

Vision, apparition

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Wē

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The middle

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Ine 📏📐

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(-a) to measure, compare

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Pātuki 🥊

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(-a) to strike, knock, beat, pound, assault

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Tā (V2) 🛌🏖️🏨

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to breathe, take breath, rest - usually used with manawa, e.g. tā te manawa

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Tāpiri

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(-a,-hia,-tia) to add on, supplement, append, join, add

additional, extra, more, supplementary, auxiliary, further, added

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Mātotoru 🪨

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To be thick, dense, heavy

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Mahuki ⛲

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to well up in the mind (of emotions), spring up

to be clear, plain, comprehensible

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[tō] tero!

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up yours! stuff you! get stuffed! - a curse that is used to show disdain for the actions or statements of others, implying that they would be advised not to comment

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Horopaki

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(-na) to surround

Context

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Matahīapo

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precious, prized

treasure, prized possession

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Whakataki 👀

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(-na) to go in search of, search out

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Whakamau (2) 😠

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(-a) to be vindictive, hold a grudge, dig one’s toes in, dig one’s heels in, be obstinate

unforgiving, vindictive

grievance, complaint, grudge, resentment

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Hononga

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union, connection, relationship, bond

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Nanakia 😗🦹🧙

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to be better than expected, not too bad, pretty good

crafty, treacherous, deceitful, cruel

demon, pest, villain, scoundrel, tricky character, interesting character

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Whakatupu

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(-a,-ngia,-ria) to rear, grow, raise, cultivate, produce, farm

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Kakā 🌶️

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be hot, red-hot (e.g. chillies), spicy, inflamed

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Rorirori

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clumsy, stupid, foolish, crazy, idiotic

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Rawakore

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poor, destitute, underprivileged; without property - sometimes written as rawa-kore and rawa kore

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Wairangi 😵‍💫

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(-hia,-tia) to be beside oneself, in a daze, infatuated, foolish, suffering from mental illness, demented, deranged, unbalanced, unhinged, crazy, mentally distressed, eccentric

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Pakihawa 🤡

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to be clumsy, awkward, inept, bumbling, uncoordinated, blundering, ham-fisted

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Piripono

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be loyal, faithful, devoted

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Pārurenga 🤕

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victim, prey - person subjected to violence or ill treatment

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Kare ā-roto

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emotions, feelings, inner thoughts, heartfelt thoughts

Soulmate

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Kare

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dear, friend - usually an affectionate term of address for a friend but can also be used to attract attention

(-a) to long for, desire ardently

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Rāoa 🫢😵🥦

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To choke, be choking

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Hanepī 🤷🫨

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to be confounded, dumbfounded, aborted, unsuccessful

To get stage fright

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Kīnga

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The act of speaking

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Tūmomo

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manner, sort, type of, kind, variety, genre

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Huke 🐕🦴🏔️

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(-a) to dig up, expose by removing the earth, excavate, uncover, mine. To paw the ground.

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Waiwaiā

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Beautiful

Beauty

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Mōhū 🫢

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Selfish

Silently, quietly

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Tāwharau ☔⛺

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To shelter

Shelter

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Kōingo 🙏💓❤️‍🔥

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(-tia) to yearn, fret, grieve, desire

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Popore 💭🎁

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(-a,-tia) to desire, wish anxiously for, want, show favour to, treat kindly

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Whakapuke

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to begin to rise (of feelings, water, etc.)

Rising (of feelings, etc)

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Hāmua 👫

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Elder sibling, regardless of gender

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Tatao 👫

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Younger sibling, regardless of gender

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Maioha 🫶 👋😘

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(-tia) to greet affectionately, welcome, appreciate.

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Ka mahue (te) (poss)

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why didn’t [you], [you] should have, could have, could’ve, instead of, rather than, rather than doing what is right you do something else - an idiom used to criticise someone’s thoughtless action, or something that should have been done but was not

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Kawititanga (o te ringaringa)

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Wrist

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Kapukapu 🦶🌊

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Sole of the foot

To curl (as a wave)

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Takapū 🦵

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Calf of the leg, calf muscle

to be corpulent, plump, stout, portly, rotund, burly, tubby

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Kōmata🤱🌱🌸

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end, extremity, nipple (of the breast)

young tender shoots of plants

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Takakaha 🦵

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Tibia, shin

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Matiwae

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Toe

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Tanoi 🦶

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to be sprained, out of joint

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Haukume 🚂 🚜🪡

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(-a) to pull hard, pull strongly

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Kaiponu 🔐🤫🙊📦

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(-hia,-tia) to keep to oneself, withhold (especially of things which should be shared, including knowledge), refuse to let go

avaricious, acquisitive, covetous, grasping, miserly, mercenary

avaricious person, acquisitive person, covetous person, grasping person, miserly person, mercenary person, miser, skinflint

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Tawhito 🤶

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to be old, ancient, primeval, out of date - not used for people in classical Māori

wise person, expert, experienced person, authority

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Kamakama

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To be eager, quick, keen

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Hunga (n)

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group, people, company of people, party

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Waiwai (v1)

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(-tia) to be essential, crucial, vital

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Paemanu

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Collarbone, clavicle

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Rekereke 🦶🐕‍🦺

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Heel of the foot

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Poho 🫀🏋️💏

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chest, bosom, seat of affections, stomach

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Tuke 💪🩰🖇️

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To nudge, elbow

elbow, angle, bend

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Pokohiwi 🙋💃🧗

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Shoulder

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114
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Arero 👅

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Tongue

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Pona 🪢💪

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(-ia) to knot, tie in a knot, tie up

knuckle, joint (e.g. ankle, elbow), knee

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Tuwhera 📖

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To be open

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117
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Haukāinga

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home, true home, local people of a marae, home people

Also hau kāinga

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118
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Niko 🧬

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(-a) to form into a coil, coil (a rope), wrap (a rope) around something, go roundabout, embellish, gild

Curve, crescent shape

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119
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Toro 🗺️🎒🕵️

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(-a,-hia,-na) to visit, go to see, pay a visit, call on, survey, reconnoitre, probe, explore

(-a,-hia,-na,-ngia) to stretch forth, stretch out, extend

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120
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Ānini 🫨

A

to be dizzy, giddy, aching (of the head only)

Ānini [te] māhunga, upoko ānini - headache

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121
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Kirikā 🥵

A

(stat) be burning, feverish

Fever

122
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Tikotiko 🚽

A

Diarrhea

123
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Tākaikai 🫔

A

(-tia) to wrap round and round

Bandage

124
Q

Piriora 🩹🤕

A

Bandage

125
Q

Takai 🫔

A

(-a,-ngia) to wrap up, wrap round, wind round

Bandage

126
Q

Tūnga 🦷🤕

A

decaying, aching (of a tooth)

127
Q

Ngau [te] puku

A

Stomach ache

128
Q

Ihu hūpē

A

“Runny nose, “ inexperienced

129
Q

Pōātinitini🫨🤕

A

to be giddy, dizzy, faint, light-headed, brain-weary

130
Q

Tūroro 🤒

A

to be sick, ill, unwell

Unwell person, patient

131
Q

Ero 🧟🐟🤕🤮

A

(-a) to be putrid, septic

Discharge from a wound

132
Q

Mariao 🤕😷🥸

A

ulcer, sore, abscess, pimple

133
Q

Mahu 🩹🤕♨️

A

to be healed, heal

134
Q

Pāpaka 🫢🤕🩹🧑‍⚕️

A

scab, eczema

135
Q

Mangeo 🐑 👚

A

To be itchy, irritated

Irritation, annoyance, frustration

136
Q

Hīwiniwini 😣

A

to suffer from aching pains

137
Q

Ai 🫦

A

(-tia) to copulate, have sex, make love

138
Q

Atarua 👓

A

to be poor-sighted, vision-impaired

blurred vision, dim vision, poor eyesight, seeing double

139
Q

Hōrapa 📰

A

to be disseminated, circulated, dispersed, spread, promulgated, extended

140
Q

Arokore

A

disinterest, indifference, apathy, disregard, ignore

141
Q

Rengakura

A

Beetroot

142
Q

Huamata 🥕🥬🥒🥖

A

Salad

143
Q

Ranu 🥗

A

(-a,-hia,-mia,-tia) to mix, mix together

Mixture, sauce

144
Q

Kīnaki 🍱

A

(-hia,-tia) to add (ingredients), eat one kind of food with another, complement, garnish, condiment

ingredients, relish, sauce, embellishment

145
Q

Kakukaku 🥕

A

Crunchiness

146
Q

Mōwhakiwhaki 🥠🦴

A

Brittle

147
Q

Kiko

A

Flesh, content

Body, substance

Content, subject matter

148
Q

Pakē 🪴🍂🦴

A

to make a cracking noise, crack, creak, rustle

crack, sharp retort, snap

Crisp

149
Q

Kōmāmā 🥭🍉🍼

A

to be soft, light (in weight), digestible

150
Q

Whakatiki (v1) 🫗🍽️🫙

A

(-a,-hia,-tia) to deprive of food, starve, diet

Malnourishment, malnutrition

151
Q

Kōpūtoitoi 💦☔💧🌊

A

to be moist, spongy

152
Q

Nakunaku 🍽️

A

(-a,-hia,-tia) to reduce to fragments
(-a,-tia) to digest (food)

to be disconnected, disjointed
broken in pieces, crushed, minced

Digestion

153
Q

Whakaatu

A

(-hia,-ria,-tia,-ngia) to show, announce, notify, reveal, point out, disclose, display, demonstrate, model (clothing), exhibit, perform

154
Q

Pā (v1) 🥁

A

(-kia,-ngia) to touch, strike, hit (as by a stone), tag, affect

155
Q

Pēnei

A

(-ngia,-tia) like this - near or related to the speaker. If the comparison is completed the second element is introduced by me

to act in this way, behave in this way

To think mistakenly

This direction

156
Q

[māu] (rawa)/(hoki) te kōrero

A

talk about the pot calling the kettle black, you can talk

157
Q

Whērā 🗺️

A

(-hia,-ngia) to open out, spread out, fan out

158
Q

Ngōki 🦎

A

To crawl, creep

159
Q

Matau

A

On the right hand, right

Right side

160
Q

Mauī

A

On the left hand, left

The left side

161
Q

Tū

A

(-ria) to stand, take place, set in place, establish, hold, convene

to remain, placed

To stop, halt

162
Q

Tōtika

A

straight, correct, right, suitable, appropriate

163
Q

Koki 🕋

A

To turn

Corner

164
Q

Arahanga 🌉

A

Bridge, ladder

165
Q

Huarahi matua

A

Motorway

166
Q

Kiromita

A

Kilometer

167
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Uaua

A

to be difficult, hard, demanding

sinew, muscle, vein, artery

168
Q

Heahea 🤡

A

to be foolish, silly, idiotic, stupid, crazy, scatty, irrational

169
Q

Hinu 🥩🍨

A

fat, grease, lard, dripping, oil, petrol

170
Q

Penupenu 🥔

A

(-a,-hia,-ngia) to mash

171
Q

Tāwhirowhiro

A

to whirl, spin

Blender, food processor

172
Q

Kūrarirari 🌨️

A

to be wet, sloppy, slushy

173
Q

Patatini 🍓🫐

A

Berry, fleshy fruit with multiple pips

174
Q

Parau 🤥

A

To be false

to be in vain, vainly, fruitless

Deceit, lies, falsehood

175
Q

Runaruna 🎸

A

pastime, hobby, leisure pursuit

Amateur

176
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Whakapakari 🏋️💪🦵🧓

A

(-hia,-tia) to strengthen, mature (of people), develop

refinement, strengthening, polishing, perfecting, refining, developing

177
Q

Hipa 🚏🚗🚲

A

To be passed

To pass by

178
Q

Puke

A

(-a) to well up, rise (as water), swell, flood

hill, hillock, mound

179
Q

Mahuru (v) 😊

A

(stat) be soothed, set at rest, settled, calmed, appeased.

180
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Hawa 💩

A

squalid, filthy, dirty

filth, excrement, sewage, refuse, squalor

181
Q

Pārure 🧿

A

(-a,-hia) to overcome, maltreat, mistreat, ill-treat, abuse, plunder

182
Q

Tōna [pai] nei

A

so so, not too bad, quite good, OK I guess, somewhat, sort of - an idiom used to give qualified praise. Also used to indicate qualified agreement with someone else’s statement

183
Q

Rīpeka ❌

A

(-tia) to crucify, mark with a cross

Cross, crossroad

Ex

184
Q

Kōpā🏢🍿🥘

A

to be cramped, restricted in size, crowded, overcrowded, packed

185
Q

Ata pongipongi

A

Wee hours of the morning, dawn

186
Q

Hemo😵‍💫😵🫥

A

(-a) to die, to be faint

to pass by, miss the mark

to cease, disappear, fade, vanish

187
Q

Tiripapā 🎇

A

to explode in succession

Fireworks

188
Q

Porotiti 🛞

A

to revolve, spin, rotate, twirl, move around, produce a humming sound with a disc

Wheels

189
Q

Mea rawa ake ⏲️

A

very soon, next minute

190
Q

Titikaha 🫡

A

to be steadfast, unwavering, resolute, committed, dedicated, unswerving

191
Q

Haute 🍻

A

(-hia) to treat someone, shout (drinks, etc.)

192
Q

Pāpāho 📺

A

(-ngia, -tia) To broadcast

193
Q

Aroā 🧠

A

to be comprehended, understood, perceived

comprehension, perception, awareness

194
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Tīpako 🌷🌿🥀

A

(-a,-hia,-na,-tia) to pick out, take one at a time, takea little here and there, highlight, cull, single out, select (computer)

Sample

195
Q

Āhuru 🧸

A

to be warm, comfortable, cosy, comfy

196
Q

Wetewete 🎈🕊️

A

(-a,-kia,-kina) to untie, unravel, release, set free

release, loosening, untying

197
Q

Hāngai🌗📚↕️↔️

A

(-tia) to be apposite, relevant to, correspond to, in line with, opposite, directly

198
Q

Tāwhai 🦜🦎©️

A

(-tia) to imitate, impersonate, mimic
To trace, copy

199
Q

Kāore he aha (ki au)

A

Absolutely nothing
Means nothing to me, I don’t care, doesn’t bother me

200
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Hāhi ⛪

A

church, sect, religion

201
Q

Whakahua

A

(-ina,-ngia,-tia) to pronounce, recite, express, mention, say, perform, narrate

202
Q

Whakatūpato

A

(-hia,-ngia,-tia) to warn, alert, caution, forewarn, take care

caution, warning, alert

203
Q

Kapakapa 🦋

A

to quiver, flutter, throb, pulsate, beat

flapping, fluttering, beating

204
Q

Tonotono 📄☕☕🍵

A

to request, demand (frequently)

dogsbody, gofer, lackey, flunky

205
Q

Aorangi

A

Planet

206
Q

Whakawātea 🤮

A

(-ngia,-tia) to clear, free, dislodge, purge, get rid of

freeing, removing, clearing

207
Q

Pakanga 🤺🥷🦸

A

(-tia) to fight, battle, wage war, be at war with

208
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Hoto (v) 😳😮

A

to be startled, make a convulsive movement, suddenly overcome

To begin

209
Q

Waiaro

A

Attitude

210
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Pupuru 🤜

A

(purutia) to hold, retain possession of, keep, hold on to, grip, maintain, restrain, keep in the memory, clasp, save (computer)

211
Q

Taka-🍥🍭🌀

A

A prefix in words involving a sense of revolution, rotation, or circuit

212
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Rānei ↔️

A

whether, or - a particle to indicate alternatives. Follows the second phrase or word, but may also follow the first option as well

nor, neither - follows the second phrase or word

Used to emphasise that a range of alternatives exists, and that the correct or prevailing one is not known

213
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Pine 👥

A

(-a) to be close together

214
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Hana ☀️

A

to shine, glow, give out heat, radiate

215
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Ture 🧑‍⚖️

A

(-tia,-a,-ngia) to make laws, make legal, protect legally

law, rule, statute, act (of parliament), commandment, ordinance, justice system

216
Q

Taurima 🫕📺🎫

A

(-tia) to treat with care, tend, entertain, foster, adopt

(-tia) to entertain, give hospitality

217
Q

Whakapūmau 📝🏰🧑‍⚖️🗿

A

(-tia) to make permanent, make constant, establish, confirm, validate, certify, ratify, enact

218
Q

Whiriwhiri

A

(-a,-hia,-tia) to select, choose, pick
(-a,-hia,-tia) to discuss, decide, consider, negotiate

Negotiation

219
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Waia 🧶🐈‍⬛🎸

A

to be accustomed to, familiar with, used to, practised

220
Q

Neke

A

(-hia) to move, shift

221
Q

Hāneanea 🛋️

A

to be pleasant, comfortable

Comfort, armchair, sofa

222
Q

Whakapā 📱☎️🤫

A

(-kia,-ngia) to touch, contact, tell privately

223
Q

Utauta 🚚

A

(-ina) to load a number of things, bear

equipment, property, tool, goods, prop

224
Q

Heuheu 🧹

A

(-a) to scatter, clear away

to disperse

225
Q

Oke 😓😮‍💨🤑

A

(-a) to be eager, struggle, writhe, strive, fight for, battle for, keep going

226
Q

Rerehua

A

to be pleasant to the sight, fancy, aesthetically pleasing, appealing

Beauty

227
Q

Tua 🌍

A

the further side (of a solid body), beyond, other side - a location word, or locative, which follows immediately after particles such as ki, i, hei and kei or is preceded by a when used as the subject of the sentence

228
Q

Aronga

A

Direction, facing; focus, interest, desire

sense, separate meaning (of a word, phrase or sentence), definition

229
Q

Reo peha

A

Figurative language, metaphor, simile, whakataukī, aha atu

230
Q

Wiri ana papa

A

Trembling buttocks
Shaking in your seat (from fear)

231
Q

Toitū 🏝️🗻 ♻️

A

to be undisturbed, untouched, permanent, entire

To be sustainable

232
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Reri

A

(s) to be ready
Readiness

233
Q

Pao 😶👀

A

to stare vacantly, have a far-off look

Glazed (of the eyes)

234
Q

Tūmataiti 🙊✉️

A

private, confidential
anonymity

235
Q

Moumou 🗑️🍗🍤🍤

A

(-hia,-tia) to waste, wasteful

236
Q

I ōna wā

A

Sometimes

237
Q

Haramai

A

(-tia) to come, arrive - a variation of haere mai. However it should be regarded as a separate word able to take a passive ending and derived noun ending

Welcome

Arrival, visit

238
Q

Tūpono 💎🌷

A

(-hia,-tia) to come upon accidentally, happen, happen by chance, come about, chance upon

239
Q

Kua tē te koito

A

run out of oomph, exhausted, used up, not working - an idiom used to indicate that a person has run out of energy or something no longer works

240
Q

Waihanga 🏛️🛖🧱🏗️

A

(-tia) to make, build, construct, erect, create, develop, generate

241
Q

Āhei

A

(-a,-tia) to be able, possible, within one’s power, enable

(St) be allowed, permitted

Ability, opportunity

242
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Ōrite

A

to be like, alike, similar, identical, even, equal

To be congruent, equal (math)

being equal, being similar (to something else)

Similarity

243
Q

Whaiaro

A

personal (of belongings, thoughts, characteristics, etc)

244
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Hāunga

A

besides, except, not including, apart from, notwithstanding, not counting, excluding, despite

245
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Awhe 🏟️🍿

A

(-a,-hia,-tia) to hem in, surround, beset, envelop, encircle

(-a,-hia) to gather into a heap, gather together, scoop up, heap up

To go, travel

246
Q

Rerekē

A

be different, unusual, abnormal, changed, different from, amended

247
Q

I [tō] taha

A

At [your] side: with you

248
Q

Reanga 👨‍👧

A

Generation

249
Q

Korihi 🦜🗯️🎶

A

To sing (of birds)

Chorus, refrain

250
Q

Tāhuhu 🏠

A

ridge pole (of a house), subject of a sentence, main theme, direct line of ancestry

251
Q

Mimiti 🍇🍷🦕

A

(St) be dried up, reduced, diminished

disappeared, exterminated, dwindled, declined, decreased

252
Q

Whakawhirinaki 🩼

A

(-tia) to lean against something, trust in, depend on, rely on

trust, dependability, dependence

253
Q

Karekau

A

No, not, nothing

254
Q

Warea (e te moe) 💤

A

to be overcome, be occupied with, be bothered with, be overtaken by (sleep) - used only in this passive form

255
Q

Rangahau 🔎

A

(-a,-tia) to seek, search out, pursue, research, investigate

Research, survey

256
Q

Hauwarea 🚮🔹🧑‍🦯

A

to be of little account, insignificant, cursory, inconsequential, unimportant

weakness, frailty, feebleness

257
Q

Whanake ↗️⏭️📈

A

to move onwards, move upwards
To rise, grow, develop

258
Q

Uwhi
(uhi)

A

(ūwhia,-a,-ngia) to cover, spread over, spread out (forming a cover), bestow

Cover, tablecloth

259
Q

Hongere 📺🏞️

A

TV channel, channel (in water)

260
Q

Mata (v) 🥦

A

to be raw, uncooked, not fully developed, immature, unripe, green, fresh

261
Q

Hei tāna

A

He/she said, according to her/him

262
Q

Waihoki

A

furthermore, likewise, in like manner, moreover, also, in addition - a conjunction

263
Q

Otirā

A

but, but indeed, but at the same time - a conjunction (Joins two clauses)

264
Q

Purotu 👰🐩🎇

A

to be pleasant, agreeable, clear, beautiful, handsome
beautiful, handsome, good-looking, attractive, gorgeous, pleasant, agreeable

265
Q

Tarahae 🐊

A

To quarrel, bicker
jealous, envious, resentful
Jealousy

266
Q

Puāwai 🌻🍎

A

(-tia) to bloom, come to fruition, open out (of a flower)

267
Q

Mahuta 🌃🌒✨🐸

A

to rise (of stars, the moon, etc.)

to jump, land (from a boat, etc.)

268
Q

[te] hia…

A

(k) I’m surprised that…
(te can be T-possessive)

269
Q

[te] hia kore…

A

(k) I’m surprised you didn’t…
(te can be T possessive)

270
Q

Taki (v) 🚸

A

(-na) to tow with a line, entice, challenge, begin or continue a speech, recite, make a speech

(-na) to lead, bring along, lead a song.

(-na) to rise - used in the passive for the rising of stars and heavenly bodies

271
Q

Piere nuku

A

Extremely difficult

272
Q

Matainaina 😍

A

(-hia,-tia) to desire, wish for, want, crave, need

desire, wish, want, need, aspiration

273
Q

Matakakā 🐯

A

to be wild, ferocious, fearful, shy

westerly wind - sometimes as hau matakakā

274
Q

Morimori 🧑‍🍼

A

(-a,-tia) to nurse (an infant), caress, handle

(-a,-tia) to promote the development and well-being, pamper, pander to, indulge, mollycoddle

(-a,-tia) to touch, handle, stroke, caress (the head of a chief) - it was a breach of tapu for another person to touch a chief’s head

promoting the development and well-being, pampering, pandering to, indulging, mollycoddling

275
Q

Taringa morimori

A

Inattentive person

276
Q

Pū (p)

A

exactly, precisely - an intensifier which follows the word it modifies

precise, very, exact - when following a noun

277
Q

Taurekareka 🔗🤖 👮

A

(-tia) to be enslaved

dastardly, shameful, low, base, dishonourable

captive taken in war, slave, prisoner of war
scoundrel, idiot, rascal, rogue

278
Q

Pā (V2) 🤝🟰

A

(-kia,-ngia) to be connected with, relate to, pertaining to, regarding

(-kia,-ngia) to participate, act together, act in concert, join in (an undertaking)

279
Q

Pito mata

A

potential - literally the ‘uncooked portion’. The uncooked piece of kūmara that can be replanted having the potential to produce many more kūmara

280
Q

Mao ⛈️🌦️🌤️

A

to stop raining, become fine, clear (of rain)

fine weather, clearing weather

281
Q

Me te aha

A

and as a result, as a result, consequently, hence, thus - an idiom to say that what follows is a result of what has been stated earlier in the sentence, or in the previous sentence

282
Q

Kotahi atu (ana)

A

straight for, directly to, made a beeline for, straight there - used to indicate that something is going straight to a place

283
Q

Whakanoa

A

(-ia,-tia) to remove tapu - to free things that have the extensions of tapu, but it does not affect intrinsic tapu

removal of tapu

284
Q

Nako 💭

A

to have on one’s mind, much in one’s thoughts, desire earnestly

Earnest desire

285
Q

Ihiihi 😮😧

A

to shudder with fear, be terrified
terror-stricken, excited, inspired by awe and respect
thrill, excitement, exhilaration, passion, elation

286
Q

Whakaihiihi 🎇🔬📡

A

(-a) to excite, make exciting, stimulate, boost
stimulating, significant, interesting, exciting

287
Q

Tupuranga

A

Growth, place to grow something

288
Q

Whakauaua

A

(-tia) to try strenuously
strenuous, reluctant

(-tia) to make difficult
complicating, complex, difficult

289
Q

Tuohu 🙇😰

A

to stoop, bow the head, cower, crouch, bow down, give in, submit

crestfallen, dejected, downhearted, downcast

290
Q

Hōkai 📷📏🗺️

A

to be extended, embracing a wide angle, far apart, at a distance

breadth, diagonal, brace

291
Q

Whio 😙

A

(-tia) to whistle

292
Q

Whakamahuki 🗨️🧑‍🏫

A

(-na,-tia) to explain, elucidate, enlighten

293
Q

Reo whakamahuki

A

An aside

294
Q

Tito 🎼🎶📝📖

A

(-a,-hia,-ngia) to compose, invent stories, etc.

Falsehood, lies, deception

295
Q

Meinga 🏁🏳️✅

A

(stative) to be done, dealt with, made to (passive of mea)

296
Q

Papare 🏎️🛹🤺🏰

A

(parea) to turn aside, divert, ward off, parry, cause to face or point in a different direction, go to one side, avoid, evade

protection, fortification

297
Q

Taupua 🪜😮‍💨

A

(-tia) to support

To be temporary

to rest, support oneself, lie in wait, take breath

298
Q

Tā-

A

Prefix having a causative effect similar to that of whaka-, e.g. piri (stick, keep close together) and tāpiri (to join, add, append); tāmahana (to reheat food), tāuhi (to cover), tāuwhiuwhi (to sprinkle)

299
Q

Nehu 🪦🐕🦴 🌊

A

(-a) to bury, inter

Fine dust, powder, pollen

Sea spray

300
Q

Atarau

A

Moonlit

Moonlight

Māori Vocab (9 decks)

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