Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary
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KEEL, s., takere, hua, tangere.
Keep, v., pupuri, pupuru.
Keep (close), v., pirihongo.
Keep (in the mind), v., whaka-puke.
Keepsake, s., oha, manatunga, maimai-aroha.
Kernel, s., kano, karihi, kopia, nganga, pirere.
Kiok, v., whana.
Kidney, s., whatukuhu, ate-whatukuhu, ngakoko, takihi, whatu-manawa.
Kill, v., whaka-mate, patu, tukituki, mara.
Killed, to be, v., maru.
Kind, a., atawhai, aroha, atamai, whaka-mahuru, ngawari.
Kind (sort), s., tu.
Kindle, v., ka, tahu, tou, kaunaki, naws.
Kindle (to make fire by friction of wood), v., hika, hinga [see Fire-stick].
Kindred, s., whanaunga, huanga.
King, s., au, pu.
Kingfisher, s., kotare.
Kiss, v., mote.
Kitohen, s., kauta, kuhu, hereumu, kamuri.
Kite (a toy), s., kahu, manu.
Knead, v., popo, pokepoke.
Knee, s., turi.
Knee-cap, s., kopani.
Knee-joint, s., turipona, mona.
Kneel, v., tuturi, koropiko, tuturu.
Knife, s., maripi, mikara, kota, koripi, oka.
Knob, s., puku, tingou.
Knock, v., pakuku, patukituki, patoto [see Beat].
Knock (to pieces), v., pakaru, tukituki.
Knot (on a tree), s., mona, pupeka.
Knot (in a string), s., pona, whaha-porohe
Knot (of hair), s., tikitiki, putiki, puhi, ngoungou, parekoukou, rahiri, reke.
Know, v., mohio, matau, hua.
Knowing (clever), a., ihumanea, uhumanea, matau, mohio.
page 647Knowledge, s., matauranga, mohiotanga.
Knuckle, s., pona, monamona.