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 | Rare | Dull, stupid; laziness, indolence |
| New Zealand Maori | Whaka/rare | Distort (of a carving pattern) |
| New Zealand Maori | Rare/rare | Confused in mind |
| New Zealand Maori | Maataamuri | Last, latter |
| New Zealand Maori | Maihi, maahihi | Facing boards on the gable of a house... |
| New Zealand Maori | Nau | Come, go |
| New Zealand Maori | Noo te mea | From the fact that, because |
| New Zealand Maori | Oho | Start from fear, surprise, etc.; spring up; begin speaking |
| New Zealand Maori | Oho | Arise, be roused (of feelings); fruitful |
| New Zealand Maori | Oho/rere | Start suddenly; |
| New Zealand Maori | Whiu/nga | Plaited border of a cloak |
| New Zealand Maori | Puhi | Wind |
| New Zealand Maori | Puu | Bunch, bundle; anything growing in a bunch, tuft; heap, stack |
| New Zealand Maori | Rangi | Chief (generally in the form of respectful address: E rangi 'sir') |
| New Zealand Maori | Rapa | Anything broad and flat; stern-post of a canoe; blade of a paddle etc.... |
| New Zealand Maori | Kooiti | Little finger or toe; fingers, toes, generally |
| New Zealand Maori | Ruha(ruha), ruwha | Ragged, worn out [exx. net, basket]; rag, worn-out garment, etc. |
| New Zealand Maori | Uru/pou | To plunge (vi) |
| New Zealand Maori | Tuu/pou | Bow the head, stoop down; fall or throw oneself headlong; dive; headlong, head first... |
| New Zealand Maori | Takere | Partly filled |
| New Zealand Maori | Taitama | Young man |
| New Zealand Maori | Toha/toha | Spread abroad (vt); disperse, scatter (vi) |
| New Zealand Maori | Wawaa | Scattered, separated, distributed |
| New Zealand Maori | Mama | Perform certain rites with the object of nullifying a hostile spell or of removing tapu Problematic |
| New Zealand Maori | Maaroo | Fathom, measured with the arms extended |
| New Zealand Maori | Raakau | Wood, timber; stick, spar, mast; weapon; wooden |
| New Zealand Maori | Toro-na | Stretch forth, extend; thrust or impel endways |
| New Zealand Maori | Taa, taia | Net (vt) |
| New Zealand Maori | Taa/nga | The operation of netting or weaving |
| New Zealand Maori | Hiainu | Thirst |
| New Zealand Maori | Wheinu | Thirsty, thirst |
| New Zealand Maori | Tauhoa | Befriend |
| New Zealand Maori | Aa | And, and then |
| New Zealand Maori | Aa | As far as, until |
| New Zealand Maori | Whaka/aroaro | Ponder over, consider |
| New Zealand Maori | I te /aroaro/ o | In the presence of, before |
| New Zealand Maori | Tautahi | Odd one; single child (i.e. one at a birth); (sometimes) only child... |
| New Zealand Maori | Roi | Food of pounded fern root |
| New Zealand Maori | Ngutu | Mouth, entrance. "In the entrance of a *paa*, the *ngutu* were the two side passages leading from the main outer entrance into the *paa* itself." |
| New Zealand Maori | Puuniu | Fern spp. (Todea superba, Polystichum vestitum) |
| New Zealand Maori | Waere/nga | Clearing for cultivation |
| New Zealand Maori | Waahanga | Part, portion |
| New Zealand Maori | Wero | Spine of a sting-ray |
| New Zealand Maori | Kauamo | Litter (bed arranged between two poles to carry a sick person on) |
| New Zealand Maori | Raukawa | An aromatic plant used as a scent (Nothopanax edgerleyi); the scent from same |
| New Zealand Maori | Tiitoko | Pole used to stretch or extend anything: spreader, sprit (of a sail) etc.; stretch, extend with a pole or anything rigid; keep off or away; propel with a pole |
| New Zealand Maori | Whakarau | To multiply |
| New Zealand Maori | Whakamahara | Remind |
| New Zealand Maori | Whakaturi | Love token, keepsake |
| New Zealand Maori | Hiikoko | Wasted, starved Phonologically Irregular |
