Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary
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QUACK, v., keke.
Quadruped, s., kararehe.
Quail (bird), s., kokoreke, koreke, kotoreke, koutareke.
Quake, v., wiri, huoioi, hungoingoi.
Quantity, s., maha, nui.
Quarrel, s., whawhai, pakanga, wheinga, whainga, riri.
Quarrel, v., kakari, tatau, kaikiri, whawhai, weikiki, whaka-nihoniho, whaka-nehenehe, whaka-nene.
Quartz, s., kiripaka.
Queen, s., tapairu.
Quench, v., tinei [see Extinguish].
Question, v., pakiki, ui, patai, pakirehua.
Quick, to be, v., horo, hue, kakama, ngahau, toitoi, hihiri, hauhau, nahau, whaka-maroro, napenape, napi.
Quicken, v., whaka-hohoro, whaka-ngawari.
Quocken (as a child in the womb), v., matua.
Quickly, adv., inangeto, inamata.
Quicksand, s., powharuwharu.
Quiet, a., marie, rangimarie, rangatira, marino, wahangu, hangu, rarata, mahaki, mahuru, mauru, maika, marire.
Quieten, v., whaka-marie, whaka-rarata.
Quietly, adv., marie, maika, ata.
Quill, s., hokai.
Quinsy, s., katirehe.
Quite, adv., ata, tonu, rawa, tino, tou, kita, hangehange, marire.