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Wiki Tahi Kupu Flashcards

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Aotearoa

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New Zealand

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Aroha

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Love

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Māori

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Indigenous Race of NZ, normal, usual, natural or common

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Mana

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Spiritual/internal power

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Haka

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War dance

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Koha

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Gift

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Karanga

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Call

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Marae

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Meeting house

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Moko

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Traditional Tattoo

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Pākehā

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Non-Māori/white Person

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Pōwhiri

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Welcome ceremony

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Tangi

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To cry, or a funeral

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Taonga

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Precious/a treasure

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Waiata

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Song/sing

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Waka

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Boat

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Whānau

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Family

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Whenua

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Land/placenta

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Maunga

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Mountain

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Ngaki

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To weed/clear (also, revenge)

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Ngaro

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Lost/missing

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Ngata

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Satisfaction

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Ngākau

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Affection/heart/mind/soul

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Mātanga

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Sophisticated, experienced, skilled

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Ngārara

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Insect/bug/monster

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Tīrangi

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To be unsettled

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Kānga

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To curse, swear or verbally abuse

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Whakarongo

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Listen/hear (also to smell/taste too)

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Whare

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House/building/dwelling

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Whai

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To have, or possess, or to pursue/chase. (also, it’s a type of stingray)

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Whatitiri

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Thunder

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Whana

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To recoil, spring back (also: revolt/mutiny)

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Whāriki

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Floor mat, or carpet

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Whā

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Four

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Whāwhā

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To take in hand, hands on, to handle

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Whāea

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Mother/Aunty

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Whakahē

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To disagree, criticise, contradict

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Hōhonu kakī, pāpuku uaua

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Long on words, short on action

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Okea ururoatia

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Never say die

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Iti noa ana he pito mata

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From the withered tree a flower blooms

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E kore a muri e hokia

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What’s done is done

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Kia mai ki te tokanga nui a noho

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There is no place like home

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Mana

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Spiritual power, authority, power, influence

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Māna

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3rd party possession, for him/her
eg: he āporo tēnei māna, this apple is for her

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Aka

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Āka

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Clean/scrape away

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Wahine

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Wāhine

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Aku

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My, mine. Informal form of possession of more than one thing, must be followed by a noun

Ko aku tīpuna ērā. Those are my grandparents.

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Āku

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Mine, belonging to me (of more than one thing)

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Toto

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To be bleeding

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Tōtō

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Take

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Reason, root, origin

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Tāke

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Tax or to stack, haystack

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Tana

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Tāna

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Patu

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Strike/hit

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Pātu

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Wall, screen or edge

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Ata

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Āta

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Gently, slowly, carefully

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Pahi

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Pahī

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To ooze, flow, leak or seep

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Pene

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Pukapuka

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Rākau

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Ika

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Waka

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Ngeru

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Hū

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Manu

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Pūngāwerewere

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Rau

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Waka rererangi

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Wharekai

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Restaurant

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Whare rongoā

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Tāne

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Wahine

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Woman/female

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Kōtiro

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Tama

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Korua

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Kuia

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Pēpi

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Kaiako

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