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poniponi

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  1. (loan) (modifier) small, little, tiny.
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ukuuku

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  1. (verb) to be swept away, destroyed, wiped out.
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pūhutihuti

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  1. (adjective) to be bushy, shaggy, unkempt.
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tīkape

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  1. (verb) (-a,-ngia) to move, flick out (with a stick).
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whakarihariha

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  1. (verb) to be disgusted, appalled, dismayed, reviled, aghast, revolted, shocke
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taipō

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  1. (noun) goblin, spook, ghost - unwanted supernatural visitors not of human origin that haunt the living.
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tīare

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  1. (verb) to be hollow, empty, void.
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mutunga kore

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  1. (modifier) endless, eternal, perpetual, infinite.
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whakaweti

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  1. (verb) (-a) to threaten, bully, intimidate.
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korokī

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  1. (verb) to speak, talk, tell, sing (of birds).
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whakarewa

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  1. (verb) (-ia,-ina,-ngia) to set in motion, launch, put afloat.
  2. (verb) (-ia,-ina,-ngia) to heat, defrost.
  3. (verb) (-ia,-ina,-ngia) to melt (something), dissolve (something).
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hāpopo

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  1. (noun) corpse of an enemy - usually intended to be eaten.
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takutai

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  1. (noun) sea coast, coast, shore.
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koroheketanga

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  1. (noun) old age, maturity.
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poutūmārōtanga

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  1. (noun) meridian, acme, high point, pinnacle, maturity, prime, midday.
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whanatu

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  1. (verb) to go, go away, go ahead, become.
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waiaro

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  1. (noun) attitude.
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tūmahi whiti

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  1. (noun) transitive verb - a verb able to take a direct object.
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tūmahi wheako

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  1. (noun) experience verb - a verb that names a mental state, attitude, perception or experience.
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whakatewhatewha

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  1. (noun) investigator.
  2. (verb) (-ngia,-tia) to investigate, examine, explore, study, enquire into, look into.
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papatipu

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  1. (modifier) traditionally owned, customary title, ancestral (of land)
  2. (noun) ancestral land - Māori land held under customary title and not having a European title.
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hāwini

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  1. (loan) (noun) servant, attendant, maid.
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rekereke

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  1. (noun) heel (of the foot).
  2. (loan) (noun) reggae.
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whakataki

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  1. (verb) (-na) to go in search of, search out.

Synonyms: rangahau

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akiaki
1. (verb) (-hia,-na,-ngia,-tia) to urge, encourage, incite, urge on, exhort.
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taute
1. (verb) (-a,-tia) to tend, look after, nurture. 2. (verb) to consider, ponder, think about, contemplate, deliberate about, reflect on.
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whakaruruhau
1. (verb) (-tia) to protect, shield, shelter. 2. (modifier) sheltered, protected, safe. 3. (noun) protector, adviser, mentor.
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wetereo
1. (modifier) grammatical.
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uhi
1. (verb) (ūhia,-a,-ngia) to cover, spread over. Uhia te korowai aroha
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kawenga
1. (noun) load, pack, burden, luggage. 2. (noun) obligation, liability.
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horo
1. (verb) (-a,-tia) to slip, fall, crumble down, fall off, waste away.
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mārika
1. (particle) exactly, absolutely, unequivocally, positively, seriously, essentially, indubitably, for the most part, in the main, deliberately, intentionally, carefully, really, gently, quietly, silently, completely, thoroughly, well and truly, actually, in fact, quietly, peaceably, peacefully, just, merely, very - used following the word it relates to, to intensify qualities, including bad ones, or to follow āe. It can be used to show approval or disapproval.
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whakapau kaha
1. (verb) to give one's all. 2. (noun) effort, resolve, exploits, determination, tenacity, doggedness, perseverance.
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mirumiru
1. (noun) bubble.
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kāhaki
1. (verb) (-na,-tia) to carry off by force, hijack, remove, abduct, kidnap.
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rānaki
1. (verb) (-a,-na,-tia) to avenge, carry out vengeance
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huhuti
1. (verb) (hūtia) to pull out, hoist, haul up, pluck (feathers and hair), fish - alternative form for huti.
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rapu
1. (verb) (-a,-hia) to seek, look for, hunt, search for, inquire, investigate.
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kiriwara
1. (noun) addict.
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anuanu
1. (verb) to be cold, offensive, disgusted, appalled, ugly.
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hāneanea
1. (verb) to be pleasant, comfortable.
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kōnehunehu
1. (modifier) misty. 2. (noun) drizzle, fine rain, mist.
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ngao
1. strength, energy. 2. trough of the sea. 3. sproot, shoot.
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mātāpuna
1. (noun) source. I runga rawa o te awa o Nūhaka, e tata atu ana ki te mātāpuna, te mahi a te kōhatu e putu ana (HP 1991:15). / Right upstream of the Nūhaka river, near its source, there were many stones piled up.
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whātoro
1. (verb) (-a,-hia,-na,-tia) to reach out, stretch out, touch, announce.
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moata
(modifier) early. (noun) promptness, readiness. E tika ana kia nui ngā mihi a te iwi Māori ki te Pīhopa o Waikato, ki tōna moata ki te huhi i a tātau i tēnei hōnore (TTT 1/9/1929:1071). / It's appropriate that the Māori people should be full of praise of the Bishop of Waikato for his promptness in bestowing this honour on us.
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awhero
1. (verb) (-hia,-tia) to hope for, desire. 2. (noun) hope, desire, ambition.
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hikuwai o te tau
1. (noun) summer
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pūkāea
1. (noun) long wooden trumpet - from 1 to 2 metres in length and made of wood and bound with vine. The mouthpiece was a finely carved human figure, and about 8 centimeters inside the cylinder was a tongue or valve of wood called tohetohe
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hūkeri
1. (noun) turbulence, violence, turmoil.
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tīwhana
1. (verb) (-tia) to curve, arch. 2. (noun) lines of moko over the eyebrows
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hahau
1. (verb) (-ngia,-ria,-tia) (hāua) to strike, hew, chop, fashion with an adze, smite, hit. 2. (noun) adzing, hewing, chopping.
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hāhau
1. (verb) (-ria) to seek, look for, search for, hunt.
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taikaha
1. (verb) to be stubborn, persistent, violent, strict, severe, hard-nosed, stern, harsh, forceful. 3. (noun) severity, harshness, sternness. 4. (noun) violence.
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oati
1. (loan) (verb) (-tia) to swear an oath, swear in, promise, pledge, guarantee, vow, swear, 3. (loan) (noun) promise, guarantee, pledge, word, bond, vow, commitment, undertaking, assurance, oath.
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pūmau
1. (verb) to be fixed, constant, permanent, true to, steadfast, faithful, staunch.
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rēhita
1. (loan) (verb) (-tia) to register.
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paearu
1. (noun) criterion, criteria.
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hītoko
1. (verb) to hop on one foot.
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whakapuakanga
1. (noun) declaration, disclosure, statement, expression, pronouncement - an alternative derived noun form from whakapuaki.
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kīpeha
1. (noun) figure of speech, figurative expression.
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rāwekeweke
1. (verb) (-hia,-tia) to prepare, repair, fiddle with, play with, manipulate.
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kīrehu
1. (noun) idiom.
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huahuatau
1. (noun) metaphor, simile.
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orokati tārua
1. (noun) alliteration.
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tāruarua
1. (verb) (-tia) to repeat over and over, by rote. 2. (modifier) repeated, reduplicated. 3. (modifier) recurring, repetitive. 4. (noun) repetition, repeating.
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whakawhere
1. (verb) (-a,-hia,-ngia) to induce, prevail upon, persuade, press, appease, propitiate, convince 2. (noun) persuasion, influence, convinction.
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kōaro
1. (modifier) inverted, turned right round, inside out, upside down. 2. (noun) prejudice.
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whakamōmona
1. (verb) (-tia) to make fat, fatten, enrich, make fertile.
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whakamōmona kōrero
1. (verb) to exaggerate, embellish (a story, etc.). He tino kē hoki te koroua rā ki te whakamōmona kōrero (HJ 2012:38). / That elderly man is really great at exaggerating stories.
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pū
1. (particle) exactly, precisely - an intensifier which follows the word it modifies. 2. (particle) precise, very, exact - when following a noun. 3. (particle) completely, absolutely, very. 4. (verb) (-hia) to originate.
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toikupu
1. (noun) poetry.
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kārawarawa
1. (verb) (-hia,-ngia,-tia) to cut into strips.
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pito mata
1. (noun) potential - literally the 'uncooked portion'. The uncooked piece of kūmara that can be replanted having the potential to produce many more kūmara.
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whakatumatuma
1. (verb) (-tia) to act defiantly, defy, provoke, be outspoken. 2. (modifier) abrupt, forthright, outspoken, blunt, confronting, defiant, provocative. 3. (noun) provocation, incitement, aggravation, defiance.
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kōhao
1. (noun) hole (as in a needle).
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auraki
1. (verb) (-hia,-na,-ngia,-tia) to urge. 2. (verb) to return. 3. (modifier) mainstream.
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rikarika
1. (verb) to be eager, keen, enthusiastic.
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tohe
1. (verb) (-a,-ngia) to argue, persist, insist, contend with, press for, persevere, refuse, object, protest, try, dispute. 2. (noun) persistence, obstinacy, stubbornness, obduracy.
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pīkoko
1. (verb) to be hungry. 2. (noun) hunger.
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hihiko
1. (verb) to be quick, brisk, cheerful, inspired, energetic, spirited, lively, invigorated.
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kianga
1. (noun) act of speaking, saying, formulaic saying, expression.
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whakapuakanga
1. (noun) declaration, disclosure, statement, expression, pronouncement - an alternative derived noun form from whakapuaki.
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kupu ororite
1. (noun) onomatopoeia.
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huarite
1. (noun) rhyme.
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taikaha
1. (verb) to be stubborn, persistent, violent, strict, severe, hard-nosed, stern, harsh, forceful.
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whakarauika
1. (verb) (-tia) to assemble, gather together, heap up.
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rau (raua)
1. (verb) (-a) to put into, gather into, place into.
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kāmehameha
1. (stative) be priceless, inestimable, invaluable, precious
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matahīapo
1. (modifier) precious, prized. 2. (noun) treasure, prized possession.
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mahea
1. (verb) to be cleared away, free from obstruction, clear.
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waitau
1. (verb) to be undeveloped, immature. 2. (verb) to be worn out, faint. 3. (verb) to be spiritless, lacklustre, dull.
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ngao
1. strength, energy. 2. trough of the sea. 3. sproot, shoot.
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awe māpara
1. (noun) distant future - often in the phrase tua o te awe māpara. E whakapono ana au ka taea te reo onepunga o nāianei te whakamōmona ake, te whakamākūkū ake, kia āhua rite ai te reo kei tua i te awe māpara ki te reo i a nunui mā, i a roroa mā kua riro ki tua o te pae o maumahara (HM 4/1993:7). / I believe that the limited language of now can be enriched so that in the distant future it will be similar to the language of those who have passed on.
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whēkau
1. (noun) internal organs, intestine, bowels, entrails, guts.
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minenga
1. (noun) audience, congregation, gathering
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haepapa
1. (verb) (-tia) to eradicate, annihilate. 2. (verb) to be responsible, reliable.
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taunaki
1. (verb) (-tia) to support, recommend, reinforce. 2. (modifier) supporting. 3. (noun) evidence, testimony.
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arawhiti
1. (noun) bridge.
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tōrangapū
1. (modifier) political. 2. (noun) politics.
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kainamu
1. (verb) to be within a little of, almost, close to (of time). Kua kainamu ki te rua. / It is almost two.
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whakatepe
1. (verb) (-a) to finish off, conclude. 2. (verb) (-a) to do completely, do fully, do without ommission. 3. (verb) (-a) to do in unison so that nothing is missed.
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rangiwhata
1. (verb) to brag, boast, be pretentious. 2. (adjective) be boastful, pretentious, bragging. 3. (modifier) boastful, pretentious, bragging, pretentious. 4. (noun) braggart, boaster, loud-mouth.
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whēkaro
1. (verb) to look at in a kindly manner.
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hunuhunu
1. (verb) (-a,-tia) to bbq, singe, scorch, char, grill, plunder, pillage, maltreat.
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tākōkō
1. (verb) (-tia) to loosen.
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takoki
1. (verb) to be sprained.
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torutoru
1. (adjective) be few.
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kōwhiuwhiu
1. (verb) to fan. 2. (noun) fan.
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whakawhirinaki
1. (verb) (-tia) to lean against something, trust in, depend on, rely on. 2. (modifier) leaning against, trusting in, depending on, relying on. 3. (noun) trust, dependability, dependence.
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whakarāpopoto
1. (verb) (-a,-hia,-ngia,-tia) to summarise, précis. 2. (modifier) summarising. 3. (noun) summary, précis, synopsis.
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arotake
1. (verb) (-ngia,-tia) to evaluate, review, audit. 2. (noun) review, audit survey.
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whakatairanga
1. (verb) (-hia,-tia) to raise up, elevate, promote, advertise, market, emphasise.
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whakatutuki
1. (verb) (-a,-ngia,-tia) to carry to completion, complete, finish, accomplish, fulfil, execute.
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whaikaha
1. (verb) to have strength, be strong enough. 2. (modifier) having strength.
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rumaki
1. (verb) (-na) to immerse, drown. 2. (verb) (-na,-tia) to bury, plant. 3. (verb) (-na) to disappear below the horizon, disappear below the surface, set (of heavenly bodies). Ko te tāima tēnei e rumaki ai te wairua, maea rawa atu i te puke ki Ōhau (TTT 1/7/1922:13). / This is the time that the spirit disappears below the surface and eventually emerges at the hill at Ōhau.
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rongopai
1. (noun) gospel.
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pūtahitanga
1. (noun) confluence, junction, joining place, convergence.

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