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Week One Flashcards

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Aotearoa

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New Zealand

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aroha

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To love, feel pity, concern for, compassion, empathise

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mana

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Noun - prestige, authority, control, power, influence

Verb - To be legal, binding, effectual, authoritative, valid

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haka

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verb -to dance, perform

noun -performance of haka

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koha

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Noun - gift, present, donation, contribution

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karanga

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Verb - To call,call out, shout, summon

Noun - formal call, ceremonial call, welcome call

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marae

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Verb - to be generous, hospitable

Noun - courtyard, open area in front of a wharenui

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moko

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Noun - grandchild

Noun - Māori tattooing designs on the face or body done under traditional protocols

Noun - logo, trademark

Noun -lizard, skink, gecko

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Pākehā

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Noun - foreigner, New Zealander of European descent

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pōwhiri

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Verb - to welcome, invite, beckon, wave

Noun - invitation, rituals of encounter, welcome ceremony on a marae

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tangi

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Verb (-hia) to cry, mourn, weep,

Verb (-hia) to sing, make a sound

Verb (-hia) to ring, chime

Noun - sound, intonation, mourning, grief, pitch

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taonga

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Noun - property, goods, possessions, object

Noun - treasure, anything prized

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waiata

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Verb (-hia-tia) to sing

Noun - song, chant, psalm

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waka

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Noun - canoe, vehicle, conveyance, spirit medium

Noun - water trough

Noun - allied kinship groups descended from the crew of a canoe which migrated to NZ and occupying a set territory.

Noun - crew of a canoe

Noun - flock, flight of birds

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whānau

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Verb (-a) to be born, give birth

Noun - extended family, family group

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whenua

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Noun - land, country, nation, state

Noun - ground

Noun - territory, domain

Noun - placenta

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maunga

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Noun - mountain, mount, peak

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ngaki

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Verb (-a,-na) to clear (weeds), weed, cultivate, plan

Verb (-a,-na) to avenge, take revenge, take vengence

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ngaro

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Verb (-mia) to be hidden, out of sight, covered, disappeared, absent

Verb (-mia) to destroy

Stative - be missing, lost, consumed, gone, extinct

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ngata

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Verb - to be satisfied, appeased

Noun - satisfaction, gratification

Noun - snail, slug, leech

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ngākau

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Noun - seat of affections, heart, mind soul

Noun - something used to indicated to a friendly tribe that their assistance was required in a warlike expedition

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mātanga

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Modifier - sophisticated, experienced, skilled

Noun - experienced person, expert, specialist, consultant, professional, practitioner

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ngārara

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Noun - insect, creepy-crawly, reptile

Noun - bug, bacterium, bacteria, germ

Noun - monster

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tīrangi

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Verb - to be unsettled

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kānga

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Loan - corn, maize, sweetcorn

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whakarongo

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Verb (-hia, -na) to listen, hear, obey

Verb (-hia, -na) to taste, smell, feel

Modifier - listening

Noun - listening, hearing, obeying

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whare

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Noun - house, building, residence, dwelling, shed, hut, habitation

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whai

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Verb (whāia) - to follow, chase, pursue, look for, search for, court, woo, aim at

Verb - to perform karakia

Noun - pursuit

Noun - curative spell

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whatitiri

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Noun - thunder

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whana

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Verb (-ia) to spring back, kick (backwards), impel

Verb - to revolt, rebel, mutiny, rise up, riot

Verb - to rush, charge

Noun - jerking, recoiling, springing back

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whāriki

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Verb (-hia, -tia) to cover with a mat, spread out on the ground

Noun - floor covering, ground cover, floor mat, carpet, mat

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whā

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Numeral - 4, four

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whāwhā

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Verb (-ria, - tia) to take in the hand, feel (with the hand), lay hold of, handle,

Verb (-tia), to use, handle, manipulate, operate, work

Noun - handling, hands on

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whāea

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Noun - mother, aunt, aunty

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whakahē

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Verb (-ngia, -tia) to disagree, contradict, find fault with, condemn, object to, criticise

Verb (-ngia, -tia) to cause to go astray

Modifier - disapproving, negative, critical

Noun - dissent, opposition, disagreement, dissension

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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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Tā whaakahua

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whare

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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

48
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waka rererangi

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wharekai

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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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koroua

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kuia

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pēpi

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kaiako

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kaitākaro

Māori (14 decks)

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