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 Paku/paku Dry
New Zealand Maori Paku Scab
New Zealand Maori Pakuu Resound, make sudden sound/report
New Zealand Maori Para/a Ripe
New Zealand Maori Para/a Rotten
New Zealand Maori Para/nga Excrement
New Zealand Maori Para King fern (Marattia salicina)
New Zealand Maori Para Pimple, affected with pimples
New Zealand Maori Paara Frostfish (lepidopus caudatus)
New Zealand Maori Paraha Flat, broad
New Zealand Maori Pararaha Wide and shallow, of a vessel
New Zealand Maori Paraki A freshwater fish, (Retropinna retropinna) when adult (Best 1929:177)
New Zealand Maori Parangia Overcome with (sic) sleep
New Zealand Maori Pararaa Roar (of sea), v
New Zealand Maori Pararaha A shallow vessel made by cutting a slice from a gourd
New Zealand Maori Pararee Speak loudly, bawl
New Zealand Maori Parari Gully, ravine Problematic
New Zealand Maori Paraaoa Sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus); short flat weapon made of whale bone
New Zealand Maori Paraheka A white deposit beneath the prepuce
New Zealand Maori Parata Mythical sea monster
New Zealand Maori Pare-tao Ferns (Asplenium obtusatum, A.lucidum)
New Zealand Maori Parau False, dissembling
New Zealand Maori Para/parau/ Making vain pretensions, speaking falsely
New Zealand Maori Pare Ward off; protection
New Zealand Maori Pare Band for the hair, fillet, wreath; ornament for the head; crest, topknot
New Zealand Maori Paremo Drowned; disappeared
New Zealand Maori Pa/remo, paa/remo/remo Slip, slippery
New Zealand Maori Pare-tai Washboard of a canoe
New Zealand Maori Pari Cliff
New Zealand Maori Pari Be full (of tide); tai pari, full tide. Flowing (of the tide only); flow over (of the tide).
New Zealand Maori Pariri Shoot of a plant; shoot up, grow
New Zealand Maori Pa(a)roro Threatening clouds, bad weather, storm
New Zealand Maori Paru/u A fish, resembling *paakirikiri* [blue cod] Problematic
New Zealand Maori Paru Crush
New Zealand Maori Paruparu Crushed, smashed, fermented cockles
New Zealand Maori Paru Intestines of crayfish or shellfish
New Zealand Maori Paaruru Wind screen, shield
New Zealand Maori Pana Spring (as of a trap), fillip
New Zealand Maori Pana Throb
New Zealand Maori Panau Jump (of fish)
New Zealand Maori Pane Head
New Zealand Maori Pani Paint, smear
New Zealand Maori Pani Block up
New Zealand Maori Pani Persons bereaved; generally orphan, sometimes widow Problematic
New Zealand Maori Panoko Sandperch (Cheimarrichthys forsteri)
New Zealand Maori Pao-a Strike (as with a hammer)
New Zealand Maori Papa Board
New Zealand Maori Papa Anything broad, flat and hard; flat rock, slab
New Zealand Maori Paa/papa Small fish sp., like maomao Problematic
New Zealand Maori Papa Box, chest