Wānanga Flashcards
To land on, arrive, settle, consent, reach the bottom
Tatū
To sway to and fro
Kōngangengange
To extend, stretch
Whakamārō
To adorn, decorate, enhance, elaborate, beautify, ornament
Whakapaipai
Likeness, resemblance, notion idea, theme, concept, feeling
Ariā
To pine for, mope, fret, grieve for
Whakamomori
Decision, solution, verdict, ruling, outcome, judgement, conclusion
Whakataunga
To untie, unravel, release, set free, detach, disconnect
Wete (kina,a, kia)
To feel, hear, smell
Rongorongo
To fly about from place to place, to sail from place to place.
To flee, escape, run, fly in all directions
Rērere
To give drink to, breastfeed
Whāinuinu
Ahorangi
Teacher of high standing, professor
To urge, order, command, exhort, direct
To shelter, to protect
Whakahau
To rise up, rise to the surface
Puea
Dawn
Haeata
To be damp, covered in dew
Dew, damp, moisture
Haukū
To shake. Move to and fro
Ngarue
To be abundent, plentiful
Generous, munificent, magnanimous
Oha
To lie face upwards, lie on ones back, lying open, exposed
Tīraha
To push, shove shake
To steer
Ue
To be rich, fertile
Haumako
To be exterminated, utterly consumed, voracious, destructive, wreak havoc
Orotā
To spur, motivation
Kipakipa
To be swollen
Uruumu
Random, disconnected
Tupurangi
Whakaroaroa
Procrastinate
Unveiling
Hura kōhatu
pokerehū
(verb) to be without cause, unintentional, by mistake, by accident, inadvertent
māhukihuki
(verb) to be perceptive
tiketike
(verb) to be high, lofty, important, enhanced
whakaio
(verb) to stand firm
I whakaio tahi a ia ki ngā tāne kīhai i pīrangi ki te mau rākau mō tētehi pakanga ehara nā rātou, whawhai kē rānei mō tētehi kāwanatanga nāna tō rātou iwi i muru, i whakakorara
She stood firm with the men who did not wish to take up arms for a war that was not theirs, or to fight for a government that had dispossessed and scattered their people.
whakaaturanga
(noun) exhibition, television programme, expo, demonstration, pageant, production, publicity, display, presentation, performance, show, exhibit
tātari
(verb)(-tia) to strain, filter, sift, sift through, sort out, measure out, analyse
whakarauika
(verb)(-tia) to assemble, gather together, heap up
riaki
(verb)(-na) to lift up, raise
māturu
(noun) drop (liquid), drip, droplet