Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary
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BABY, s., potiki, tamaiti, kohungahunga.
Bachelor, s., ropa.
Back, adv., ki muri.
Back, s., tuara.
Back, lower part of, tiki.
Back (of a house), tuaroa, tuarongo.
Back (of the neck), kopako.
Back (of the head), kohamo, kopako, hemihemi, [murikokai.
Backbite, v., ngautuara.
Backwards, adv., whaka-muri.
Backwater, s., auhoki, muriwai.
Bad, a., kino, reho, marutuna.
Bad weather, s., ori, puhoro, paroro.
Bag, n., pute, putea, ngake.
Bait, s., poapoa.
Bait (for fish), s., maunu, mounu, parangia, kaweru, moka.
Bake, v., tunu.
Bald, a., hamore, mamore, moremore, hewa, hore, pakira, pakiri, rakenga, marakerake.
Bale (water), v., ehu, tata, tiheru, koko, taitai.
Baler (for water), s., tata, tiheru.
Ball, s., poi.
Ball (as of string), s., pokai.
Ballast, s., whaka-taimaha.
Band (fillet), s., ruruku, nunanga.
Band (for the hair), s., pare, aute, tupare.
Band (of workmen), s., apa, apu, ohu.
Bandage, s., takai.
Banish, v., pei, pana.
Bank up a fire (that it should not go out), v., kanoti, whaka-noti, komau, kumou.
Bank, s., maioro, onehuka, tupehau.
Bank (of a river), s., taha, tahataha, paretai, tahatu, tuparipari.
Banter, v., whaka-ngako.
Baptism, s., iriiringa.
Baptise, v., iriiri, tohi, toto, tua.
Bar (shoal-water), s., ranga, tahuna.
Barb, s., niwha, kaniwha.
Bare patch, s., apure.
Bark, s., hiako, kiri, tangai, peha, tapeha.
Bark (as a dog), ao, au, tau, tewe.
Barnacle, s., koromaungaunga.
Barren, a., pa, pakoro, pakoko, pukupa, pukauri, pakeka, pakeho, pakihi, papaku.
Barricade, s., aweto, arai, tauarai, papatu.
Barter, v., hoko.
Basaltic stone, s., kara, koma.
Base, a., tutua, ware.
Bashful, a. [see Ashamed].
Bask, v., inaina, whaka-pahake.
Basket, s., kete, honae, rahu, taukoro, rori, tapakuri, rawhi, kohaohao, paepae, pepepe, poha, pokororoa, hao, rukuruku.
Basket, for cooked food, s., hanganoa, hapainga, paro, rourou, poti, poihewa, putiki, kakapu, kono, mairehu, kono-taniwha, tokanga, kopae, poha, pohewa, rongoua.
Basket, fishing, s., hinaki, tohake, whaka-tomo, kotutu, pahao, punga, taruke, whaka-rapa, kawhiu, koikoi, kowhaowhao, purau, rori, tarake.
Bastard, poriro, meamea, poroiro.
Bat, s., pekapeka.
Bath (hot spring), s., waiariki.
Bathe, v., kaukau, pipi.
Battens, s., kaho, paetara, paewai, patu, taka.
Battle, s., parekura, kaurewarewa, kawaumaro, pipiri, tahuna, rangataua, parewhero, tatauranga, ruatapuke.
page 632Battle-field, s., parekura.
Bawl, v., haparangi, parare, karanga, hamama.
Bay, s., whanga, kokorutanga.
Beacon, s., tohu.
Beach, s., one [see Coast].
Beak, s., ngutu.
Beam (of a house), s., kauae, kurupae.
Beam (of light), s., hihi.
Bear, v., kawe, amo, mau, pikau, tari [see Carry].
Bear (to bear up under trouble), manawanui.
Bear (to bear fruit), v., hua.
Beard, s., pahau, paihau, kumikumi.
Beard (grey), s., mourea.
Beast, s., kuri, kararehe.
Beat, v., patu, kuru, paoi, aki, hau, ike, ta, patato, pakipaki, patoto, patuki.
Beat down (as fruit from a tree), ta.
Beat (as the heart), kapakapa, taporepore, panapana.
Beat in (as wind or rain), hawhe.
Beauty, s., humarire, ataahua.
Beautiful, a., humarire, ataahua, piwari.
Because, conj., hoki, no te mea.
Beckon, v., tawhiri.
Bed, s., moenga.
Bed (in a cultivation), moa, karawa, wakawaka, tahuna, tawaha, rauaka.
Beetle, s., papapapa, kekereru, mumutawa, ngungutawa, kiriwai, mumuwharu.
Befool, v., hangarau, hangareka, tinihanga, taruru.
Before, adv., keiwha, i mua i.
Beg, v., inoi, korara, peo, matai, pinono, unene, motiro, matiro, motoi.
Begin, v., timata, anga, hoto, whaka-taki.
Begin (a song), v., hapai.
Begin (a quarrel), v., hoto.
Beguile, v., patipati, whaka-wai, taruru.
Behind, prep., inonira, i muri i, i tua i.
Behold, int., na ! nana ! rere !
Behold, v., tiro, kite, matakitaki, toro.
Belch, v., kupa, pupa.
Believe, v., whaka-pono.
Bell-bird, s. kohimako, kohorimako, kokomako, makomako, kokorohimako, kokorimako, komako, kopara, korimako.
Belly, s., hapara, kopu, riu, tia, manawa, takapu.
Belly (of a fish), s., riu.
Belonging to, a, no.
Below, prep., i raro i, ki raro i.
Belt, s., whitiki, tatua, maro, tu, whitau [see Girdle].
Bend (to make crooked), v., whaka-makaka, whaka-noni, whaka-piko, kopa, [see Angle].
Bend (the body as in rowing), v., koiri.
Bend (as a stick), v., piko, manana, makaka, kowhana, nuke, tapore, pingore, piwari, whana, tatao, tawharu, kowhane.
Bend (as a path, river, &c.), kowhane, piko, kope, noni, konae, koru.
Bend (the legs and arms), v., hupeke, pepeke, koropeke.
Bend (of the arm), s., whatianga.
Beneath, prep. [see Below].
Benefit, v., awhina.
Bent (inwards), to be, v., hakoko.
Bent (like a hook), v, ahoka.
Benumbed, to be, v., humenge, hauaitu, korongenge, matangerengere, mangenge, teteka, turiwetautau, kerewai, turiwataitai, matengatenga, matarekereke, pororotua.
Berry, kano.
Beseech, v. [see Beg].
Besides, prep., haunga.
Besiege, v., whaka-pae.
Besmear, v., pani, mirimiri.
Bespeak, v., taunaha.
Best, a., pai rawa, tino pai.
Betray, v., tuku.
Betrothed, a., taumau, taunaha, puhi, whaka-ihi, pakuha, taipu.
Better, it is, engari, erangi.
Between, prep., ki waenganui o.
Bevel, v., haratua, hihira.
Bewildered, a., poauau, pororaru, pohehe, pokaku, pokaikaha, pokeka, ponana, porauraha, nanu, raru, porahurahu, kanaenae, umaraha.
Bewitch, v., makutu, whaiwhaia.
Beyond, prep., pahaki, ki tua atu i.
Bier, s., amo, kauhoa.
Big, a., nui, rahi, tetere.
Bile, s., pawa, au.
Bilge (of canoe), s., riu.
Bill, or beak, s., ngutu.
Bind, v. [see Tie].
Bindweed, s., panahi, pohue.
Bird, s., manu, topatopa.
Bird's-nest, s., kowhanga, owhanga.
Birds (captured for food), s., huahua.
Birth, s., whanautanga.
Birth-mark, s., ira.
Bit (morsel), s., wahi, maramara, kora.
Bite, v., hohoni, kai, ngau, kakati, patoto.
Bitter, a., kawa.
Bittern, s., hurepo.
Black, a., mangu, pango, aniwaniwa, uriuri, kupara, mouriuri.
Black (pigment), s., ngarahu, ngarehu.
Black (skin), s., hengia.
Blacken, v., whaka-mangu.
Bladder, s., tongamimi.
Bladder (of fish), s., koputaputa.
Blade, s., rau.
Bladebone, s., papaahuahua, papakai, papamatu.
Blame, v., riri.
Blaze, v., hiko, mura, papahu, kongange.
Bleed, v., toto, tatao.
Blemish (on the skin), tonga, tona, ira, kiritona, kautona.
Blighted [see Withered].
Blind, a., matapo, pura, kapo, pohe, kekerepo, moari, parewha.
Blink, v., whaka-kikiwa, tunewha, kimo, momoe, kero, tungehe.
Blister (on the skin), s., koputa, kopu, tangorongoro, kopuku, koputa.
Block (of wood), s., poro.
Block up, v., arai, aukati, kati, epa, pa, puru, papani, ri, tairi, karapoti.
Blocked up (of a river), a., puni.
Blood, s., toto, parapara.
Bloody, a., putoto.
Bloom, v., hua, pua.
Blossom, s., pua, puawai.
Blow, s., tu, moto, kuru.
Blow (as a whale), v., puha.
Blow (as the wind), v., pupuhi, pu, pukeru.
Blow (gently), v., anene, hanene, hengi, pahengihengi, ranga.
Blow (to fan), v., kowhiuwhiu.
Blowhole (in a rock), s., pehu.
Blunder, s. [see Mistake].
Blunt, a., puhiki, punuki, ngongore, puhiku, puruhia.
Blushing, to be, v., matahanahana.
page 633Bluster, v., rupahu, tupehupehu, pehu.
Board, s., papa.
Boast, v., whaka-pakari, whaka-pehapeha, whaka-hihi, whaka-kake, whaka-hirahira, paki-waha, whaka-toatoa, whaka-rangaranga, whaka-manamana, whaka-puta.
Boaster, s., whaka-ihuwaka.
Body, s., tinana, hapopo, waiaro.
Body (of canoe), kaunaroa.
Body, in a, adv., topuni.
Bog, s. repo, hu, mato, maata, ngaeki, korepo, oru, karupuru, tapatupatu.
Boil, v., pupu. koropupu, hu, korohuhu.
Boil, s., whewhe.
Boiler, s., huahua, kohua.
Boiling-spring, s., ngawha.
Boisterous, a., pua, tuperepere.
Bold, a., toa, maia [see Brave].
Bone, s., iwi, wheua.
Bones, to exhume and remove, v., hahu.
Booty, s., parurenga, parakete, tangaika.
Border, s., taniko, remu, korohunga, kurupatu, ripa.
Bore, v., ore, wiri.
Bore (tidal-wave), s., rorea.
Born, to be, v., whanau, rere, puta.
Bosom, s., uma, rei, poho.
Both, a., e rua e rua; ngatahi.
Bottle (made of seaweed), s., kohihi.
Bottle (made of a shark's stomach), s., koki.
Bottom, s., raro.
Bough, s., manga, peka.
Boundary, s., rohe, kaha, patanga, ripa, tautika.
Bountiful, a., atawhai, atamai, oha.
Bow, v., tuohu, tupoupou.
Bow (of archer), s., kopere.
Bow (of canoe, &c.), ihu, parata.
Bowels, s., ngakau, hinengaro, whekau, nono, whekawheka, piro.
Bowl, s., kumete, oko, paka.
Box, s., papahou, papa.
Boy, s., tamaiti.
Brace (stay), s., hokai, hongoi, kaumahaki.
Brackish, a., kotaitai, mataitai.
Brains, s., roro, ngoto.
Branch, s., manga, peka, puarakau.
Brandish, v., rurerure, pivi, whaka-hana.
Brave, a., toa, kaitoa, maia, kikopuku, kiriuka.
Bread, s., taro, pua.
Breadth, s., hokai, whanui, raununui, wharahi.
Break (of day), s. [see Dawn].
Break (off), v., auru, whawhati.
Break (half through), v., kongunu.
Break (in pieces), v., pakaru, whatiwhati, papa, pahu, koropehu, ngawhere, korarirari, kowhakiwhaki, pae.
Break (on crest of wave), s., tuatea.
Breast, s., uma, poho, u, rei.
Breastplate, s., kouma.
Breath, s., ha, manawa, kumia.
Breath (to take), v., whaka-nga.
Breath (to hold), v., pepe.
Breathe, v., whaka-ha, nga, ta.
Breech, s., papa, papatikoka, papatoiake.
Bridge, s., arawhata.
Bridge (to bridge over), v., kahupapa.
Bridge (of the nose), s., kaka-o-te-ihu.
Bright, a, kanapa, kanapu, konapu, ngangana.
Brighten, v., whaka-kanapa.
Brim, s., ngutu, tahataha, parua.
Brimstone, s., whanariki, kupapapapa.
Bring, v., mau, tiki, ngita, kawe, hari.
Bring (forth, in childbirth), v., whanau.
Bring (to land), v., whaka-u.
Bring (upon), v., whaka-tari.
Brink, s., tahataha.
Brisk, a., hau, ngahau, arita, hihiko, kakama.
Brittle, a., papa noa, motuhanga.
Broach to (as a canoe), v., rara.
Broad, a., wharahi, whanui.
Broadside on, kopae, koronae.
Broil, v., tunu.
Broken, to be, v., hawa, pakaru, kore, mangungu, pororere, poreke, mawhaki, pakore, tonganga, potapota, porokere.
Broken (as a string), motu.
Broken (as a stick), whati.
Broken (to pieces), pakaru.
Brood, v., tapapa, pehi.
Brother (of a sister), s., tungane.
Brother (elder brother of a man), tuakana, hamua, kauaemua.
Brother (younger brother of a man), teina, taina.
Brother-in-law, s., autane, taokete.
Brow, s., rae.
Brow (of a hill), s., taumata.
Brown, a., paka, ura.
Bruised, to be, v., koparu, maru, mangungu.
Brushwood, s., huru, hururua, hurupa, hurupi, heuheu, mauwha, patoa.
Bubble s., mirumiru.
Bubble, up, v., hu, horohuhu, koropupu, koropuhapuha.
Bud, s., rito, korito, kopuku, rapupuku.
Bug (Maori bug, or kauri bug), kekereru, kekerengu.
Build, v., hanga, whaihanga.
Build (walls of native house), v., tuparuparu, tupuni.
Builder, s., kai hanga.
Bulrush, s., kopupungawha, ngawha, raupo, karito.
Bump, s., puku.
Bunch, s., tautau, pu.
Bundle, s., paiere, paihere, pupu, kakati, tapiki, tiraha, moruru.
Bundle, s., pupu.
Bung, s., puru.
Bung, v., puru.
Buoy, s., karewa, pouto.
Burden, s., pikaunga, kawenga, wahanga.
Burial-place, s., wahitapu, hore, urupa, toma.
Burn, v., hunu, pahunu, ka, toro, wera, pawera, tore, nawe, ngiha, pukauri, kapuipui.
Burn (to set on fire), v., tahu, tumata.
Burn (by the sun), v., tikaka.
Burn, s., wera.
Burnt place (the vegetation having been destroyed by fire), s., hawera, tawera, parawera, wera.
Burrow, v., apu.
Burst, v., pahu, papa.
Burst (open), v., pawhara, kowha, ngawha, kowhera.
Bury, v., tanu, tapuke, komoti, nehu.
Bury (itself), v., apu.
Bush, s., puia.
Bushman, s., kowao, mohoao, waoko.
Bush Wren, s., hurupounamu.
Busy, to be, v., raru.
But, conj., eaoia, heoi, heoti, kaore, ia, otira, otiia, oti, raia.
But now, tena, tanganei.
Butt (of jokes), s., omeke.
Butterfly, s., pepepe, mokarakara.
Buttook, s., papa.
Buy, v., hoko.
page 634Buzz, v., huhu, mapu, rorohu.
By (as by an agent), prep., e, i, ma, na.
By (as “by such a path”), ra, ma, na.
By (as “one by one”), taki, tataki.
By-and-bye, adv., taihoa, takaro.
Bystander, s., paerangi.