Entries from Williams 1971 in Pollex-Online
Williams, H. W. (1971). A Dictionary of the Maori Language. Wellington, Government Printer.
Language | Item | Description |
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New Zealand Maori | Pirau | Decayed, pus |
New Zealand Maori | Piri | Adhere to |
New Zealand Maori | Piri | Joined to; be close |
New Zealand Maori | Piri/piri | A game resembling hide-and-seek |
New Zealand Maori | Pere | Riddle Problematic |
New Zealand Maori | Piripiri | A creeping burr (Acaena anserifolia); ferns (Haloragis spp.) and (Hymenophylla spp.); (Acanthisita chloris) |
New Zealand Maori | Pirita | A liane, supplejack (Ripogonum scandens); semi-parasitic plants (Loranthus, Elytranthe spp.); mistletoe (Tupeia antarctica, Ileostylus micranthus (Gdr)) |
New Zealand Maori | Piro | Putrid, stinking; foul smell; offensive matter from a sore |
New Zealand Maori | Pio | Extinguished |
New Zealand Maori | Pipi | (Chione stutchburyi), (amphidesma australe) |
New Zealand Maori | Pipiri | First month of year, June-July; twin stars |
New Zealand Maori | Pipiha | Spout (as whale) |
New Zealand Maori | Koo/piha | Pit for storing potatoes or taro |
New Zealand Maori | Pihe | Dirge accompanied by waving the arms in token of grief |
New Zealand Maori | Ngaa/kihi/ | Limpet Phonologically Irregular |
New Zealand Maori | Piere | Gape, as a wound; fissure, cleft, crack, chink |
New Zealand Maori | Piti | Put side by side, add |
New Zealand Maori | Pito | End, extremity |
New Zealand Maori | Piu/piu | Fern spp. (Blechnum capense), (discolor) (Dryopteris pennigera) Borrowed |
New Zealand Maori | Piu | Throw, wave about |
New Zealand Maori | Poo | Night |
New Zealand Maori | Poongia | Overtaken by night |
New Zealand Maori | Poa | Bait; allure by bait, entice |
New Zealand Maori | Poohue | (Clematis spp.), (Muhlenbeckia sp.), (Passiflora tetrandra), (Calystegia sp.) |
New Zealand Maori | Pohutu | To splash |
New Zealand Maori | Poohutu/kawa | A tree (Metrosideros excelsa) Phonologically Irregular |
New Zealand Maori | Ponga | A tree fern (Cyathea dealbata) |
New Zealand Maori | Ponga/ponga | Nostril |
New Zealand Maori | Ponga | A method of adzing timber |
New Zealand Maori | Pongi/pongi | Dull, stupid |
New Zealand Maori | Pongi | A dark variety of taro |
New Zealand Maori | Ata/pongipongi/ | Daybreak |
New Zealand Maori | Poi/poi | Wander about; toss, swing, wave about |
New Zealand Maori | Paoi | Pound, mash |
New Zealand Maori | Pooike | Head, top (of a tree)...; place aloft |
New Zealand Maori | Pookai | Coil, wrap up (I) |
New Zealand Maori | Poke/poke | Mix with fluid |
New Zealand Maori | Pokere | A black, kiltlike garment; dark, black; in the dark |
New Zealand Maori | Poko | Extinguished |
New Zealand Maori | Poko | Hole |
New Zealand Maori | Pokopoko | Nymphae. Pudenda muliebria (Tgr). |
New Zealand Maori | Pokohiwi | Shoulder |
New Zealand Maori | Pokihiwi | Shoulder |
New Zealand Maori | Pora | Coarse cloak, floor mat |
New Zealand Maori | Pora | Large sea-going canoe; stranger, wonderful person |
New Zealand Maori | Poorae | Trumpeter (Latris lineata) |
New Zealand Maori | Poorangi | Mad |
New Zealand Maori | Pore | Desire, start in sleep |
New Zealand Maori | Pore/pore | Faint with hunger Problematic |
New Zealand Maori | Pori | Wrinkle, fold, as of the skin, as with fat |