Entries from Williams 1971 in Pollex-Online
Williams, H. W. (1971). A Dictionary of the Maori Language. Wellington, Government Printer.
| Language | Item | Description |
|---|---|---|
| New Zealand Maori | Tere | Flow, as water |
| New Zealand Maori | Whakahere | Present (n); propitiatory offering |
| New Zealand Maori | Taraawa | A fish |
| New Zealand Maori | Rure | Shake something, brandish, dash upon, maltreat |
| New Zealand Maori | Ake | Indicating immediate continuation in time (postverbal) |
| New Zealand Maori | Mea (kau) ake | Immediately, soon, in a very little while |
| New Zealand Maori | Ake, ake, ake | Forever |
| New Zealand Maori | Whaka/ngahau | Lead by example, encourage, amuse |
| New Zealand Maori | Iwitua/raro, iwitua/roa | Backbone |
| New Zealand Maori | Tuaiwi | Back, backbone |
| New Zealand Maori | I | Preposition: simply transitive, serving to connect an active verb with its object |
| New Zealand Maori | Kooiwi | Bone; corpse; person, self... |
| New Zealand Maori | Kura | Precious; treasure, valued possession, darling |
| New Zealand Maori | Puu | Exceedingly, exactly; simple intensive |
| New Zealand Maori | Toro/papa | Lie flat |
| New Zealand Maori | Totoro | Creep, crawl |
| New Zealand Maori | Waia | Wet, watery, watered |
| New Zealand Maori | Kootawa/tawa | A mollusc |
| New Zealand Maori | Kuku/ti (pass. kuutia) | Draw tightly together, purse up, contract, pinch, nip |
| New Zealand Maori | Poro | Butt end, termination; piece of anything cut or broken off short; cut short, finished, broken off |
| New Zealand Maori | Taparuru | Slow, dawdling |
| New Zealand Maori | Koonini | Fruit of Fuchsia excorticata Uncertain Semantic Connection |
| New Zealand Maori | Takeo | Wearisome, trying, tedious Uncertain Semantic Connection |
| New Zealand Maori | Puutiki | Tie together, knot together; knot; a method of dressing the hair in a knob on the top of the head, adopted by chiefs |
| New Zealand Maori | Para/huhu | Strip off, as the cuticle from the fibre of flax; scutch; push up a sleeve or garment on the arm without rolling it |
| New Zealand Maori | Paakaru(karu) | Break in pieces, break through, break forth |
| New Zealand Maori | Pakaru | Shivered, broken, shattered; rent, torn, split; put to flight, dispersed; damage (n) |
| New Zealand Maori | Wha(k)arite | Make like; compare, liken; balance by an equivalent; put in order, arrange; fulfil, perform |
| New Zealand Maori | Whakakite | Reveal, disclose; display |
| New Zealand Maori | Korenga | Non-existence, absence, non-occurrence, etc.; broken place |
| New Zealand Maori | Tahu | Perform certain rites involving the use of fire; ?sacred rites; attract, tempt |
| New Zealand Maori | Hiamoe | Drowsy, sleepy; drowsiness |
| New Zealand Maori | Ao-maarama | World of life and light, as opposed to reinga [abode of departed spirits], or merely to seclusion |
| New Zealand Maori | Wera/wera | Warm, warmth; sweat (n,v) |
| New Zealand Maori | Puapua | Break of a wave; Clematis paniculata, wreath |
| New Zealand Maori | Mate | Calmed down, subsided [ex. moana] |
| New Zealand Maori | Manganga | Confusing, perplexing; confused, unintelligible Uncertain Semantic Connection |
| New Zealand Maori | Ai/taga | Progeny, descendants |
| New Zealand Maori | Whakaangi | Fly (a kite); float, move easily, fall through the air... |
| New Zealand Maori | Ea | Be requited, avenged |
| New Zealand Maori | Iwi | Nation, people |
| New Zealand Maori | Kainga | Refuse of a meal, as cockle shells, etc. |
| New Zealand Maori | Kekee | Creak Uncertain Semantic Connection |
| New Zealand Maori | Kero(kero) | Blink the eyes, wink |
| New Zealand Maori | Whaka/ke/kero | Look out at the corner of the eyes |
| New Zealand Maori | Whaka/namu/namu | Appear very small in the distance |
| New Zealand Maori | Koo/tiro | Girl |
| New Zealand Maori | Kuu(w)are | Ignorant; low in the social scale; held in no estimation |
| New Zealand Maori | Whenu, wenu, whengu | Twist or spin a strand of cord |
| New Zealand Maori | Whenu, wenu, whengu | Strand of a cord; warp of a flax garment |
