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 | Pa/hawa/ | Smeared |
New Zealand Maori | Hawaiki | The traditional homeland |
New Zealand Maori | Haaware/ware | Full of saliva, dribbling; slimy (as eels), clammy; slime |
New Zealand Maori | Haawini/wini | Shiver with cold Uncertain Semantic Connection |
New Zealand Maori | Hee/hee | Err, go astray |
New Zealand Maori | Whee | Stick-insect, mantis Phonologically Irregular |
New Zealand Maori | Hea | Mourn, grieve, be in pain |
New Zealand Maori | Hea(hea) | Mourn, grieve. pant. sob |
New Zealand Maori | Hei | Ornament for the neck or ear; to tie or wear around the neck |
New Zealand Maori | Hei | Ornament for the neck or ear; to tie or wear around the neck |
New Zealand Maori | Heka(heka) | Mouldy |
New Zealand Maori | Para/heka/ | Semen, smegma |
New Zealand Maori | Heke | Descend; miss a mark; practise surf riding |
New Zealand Maori | Here-a | Snare, tie |
New Zealand Maori | Here | Bird spear Problematic |
New Zealand Maori | Heru-a | Comb |
New Zealand Maori | Hema | Left (hand) |
New Zealand Maori | Hema | Pudenda Problematic |
New Zealand Maori | Hema | To bevel, champer; tapering |
New Zealand Maori | Hemo | Weak, exhausted; passed by, gone away, disappear, be consumed, die, miss a mark, finished, cease; break wind |
New Zealand Maori | Heu | Clear away, shave, separate, pull asunder |
New Zealand Maori | Hewa | Deluded, under a false impression |
New Zealand Maori | Hewa | Bald (strictly having the top of the head bald) Uncertain Semantic Connection |
New Zealand Maori | Hii | Fish with line |
New Zealand Maori | Hii | Have diarrhoea |
New Zealand Maori | Hika | Action of firemaking |
New Zealand Maori | Hika | Female genitals |
New Zealand Maori | Hiikaro-hia | Extract, pick out |
New Zealand Maori | Hiki | Lift up, raise; carry in the arms, nurse (e.g. a baby) |
New Zealand Maori | Hiko | Snatch |
New Zealand Maori | Hiku | Tail of fish |
New Zealand Maori | Hi/hira | Shy, suspicious |
New Zealand Maori | Hira | Be important, great, of consequence |
New Zealand Maori | Hina | Grey-haired |
New Zealand Maori | Hina | Personification of moon, goddess |
New Zealand Maori | Hinu | Oil, grease |
New Zealand Maori | Tauhinu, taihinu | A shrub (Pomaderris phylicaefolia) |
New Zealand Maori | Whaka/hinuhinu | Glossy |
New Zealand Maori | Hipa | Start aside |
New Zealand Maori | Hihi | Ray of sunlight |
New Zealand Maori | Hihii | Hiss |
New Zealand Maori | Hiwa | Light-heartedness as shown in singing, laughing; wakeful, alert; a charm recited over a new-born child |
New Zealand Maori | Hiwa | Black |
New Zealand Maori | Hiwi | Ridge of hill |
New Zealand Maori | Hoo- | Give, transfer to another, go |
New Zealand Maori | Hoo-mai/atu/ake | Give |
New Zealand Maori | Ho- | Go. Used with directionals atu, ake |
New Zealand Maori | Hoa | Friend, partner, spouse |
New Zealand Maori | Hoa/riri/ | Enemy |
New Zealand Maori | Hoata | Pale, colourless Problematic |