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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.

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Battle-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.

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Bluster, 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.

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Buzz, 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.