| Language |
Item |
Description |
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New Zealand Maori
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Ngau-a
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Gnaw, bite
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New Zealand Maori
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Ngoto
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To penetrate deeply, as a weapon, as a paddle into water
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New Zealand Maori
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Au
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Cloak pin, skewer
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New Zealand Maori
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Eke
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Mount (e.g. a horse), go up onto. Mount a woman (esp. Ngapuhi)
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New Zealand Maori
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Ingoa
|
Name n.
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New Zealand Maori
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Hui-a
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Take off (e.g. a shirt)
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New Zealand Maori
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Huuwai
|
A cockle
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New Zealand Maori
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Ka(a)
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Inceptive aspect marker. Vowel length morphologically conditioned
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New Zealand Maori
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Kaha/wai
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Fish sp. (Arripis trutta). a saltwater fish that is also found in the fresh water of large rivers
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New Zealand Maori
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Kaa
|
Burn intrans.
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New Zealand Maori
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Kai-
|
Prefix denoting human agent
Problematic
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New Zealand Maori
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Kei
|
While, still (Western dialects)
Problematic
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New Zealand Maori
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Kai
|
While, still (Eastern dialects)
Problematic
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New Zealand Maori
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Kai
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Caveat, lest; do not (before statives). (EMA)
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New Zealand Maori
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Kei
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Caveat, lest; do not (before statives) (WMA)
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New Zealand Maori
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Kakau
|
Swim (archaic)
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New Zealand Maori
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Kake-a
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Climb, tree, hill (esp. northern dialects)
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New Zealand Maori
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Kare
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Surface agitation of water (as by canoe paddles); ripples
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New Zealand Maori
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Kaare
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Negative marker (EMA only)
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New Zealand Maori
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Karo
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Pick out of a hole (e.g. as ear-wax)
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New Zealand Maori
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Mena
|
If
Problematic
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New Zealand Maori
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Ka [verb] ana
|
When/if
Problematic
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New Zealand Maori
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Te Kanawa
|
Personal name (male)
Problematic
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New Zealand Maori
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Kapi
|
Closed (as a gate, door)
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New Zealand Maori
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Hakihaki
|
Scabies, the itch
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New Zealand Maori
|
Katau
|
Right (not left) (Eastern dialects)
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New Zealand Maori
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Kau-(r)ia
|
Swim
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New Zealand Maori
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Kau/hoe
|
Swim
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New Zealand Maori
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Kauere
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The eastern dialects' name for the puuriri, a large forest tree
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New Zealand Maori
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Kaurima/rima
|
Upper stick of fire-plough
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New Zealand Maori
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Kawiti
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Attached point on a fishing lure
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New Zealand Maori
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Uru/kehu/
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A person with light-coloured hair and skin
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New Zealand Maori
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Kei
|
Preposed particle indicating current position
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New Zealand Maori
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Kete
|
Plaited flax basket with carrying handles
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New Zealand Maori
|
Ki
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Preposed nominal particle marking indirect object or goal of intransitive constructions and instrument of transitive constructions; to
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New Zealand Maori
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Ki
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Preposed nominal particle marking instrument with transitive verbs
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New Zealand Maori
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Kii
|
Be full (of container, house, stomach etc.)
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New Zealand Maori
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Kia
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To denote wish, purpose, or effect
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New Zealand Maori
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Kiekie
|
A climbing plant (Freycinetia banksii) whose long narrow leaves are used to make the finest plait-work
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New Zealand Maori
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Paa/kira/
|
Bald (Bgs)
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New Zealand Maori
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Kirikiri
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Gravel, beach pebbles. No coral rubble in New Zealand
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New Zealand Maori
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Kiinaki
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Meat or fish provided to eat with vegetable food, relish
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New Zealand Maori
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Kiihai
|
Past tense negativiser
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New Zealand Maori
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Kite-a
|
See, find
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New Zealand Maori
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Koo-
|
-like, similar, kind of
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New Zealand Maori
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Koo
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Descend, fall from a height, as a bird, kite; sink, as a canoe
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New Zealand Maori
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Koowhanga
|
Nest
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New Zealand Maori
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Koo(w)hatu
|
Stone. General term, except in eastern dialects which retain poo(w)hatu
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New Zealand Maori
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Kohe(kohe)
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A tree (Dysoxylum spectabile) . Saplings tall, straight, branchless trunks
Uncertain Semantic Connection
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New Zealand Maori
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Koowhiwhi
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A tree (Pittosporum tenuifolium) (EMA)
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