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 | Takahi-a | Trample, step, tread |
New Zealand Maori | Takaa | Thread by which the hook is fastened to the line |
New Zealand Maori | Takahuri | Roll, turn |
New Zealand Maori | Takai-a | Wrap up, wrap round, wind round; wrapper, covering |
New Zealand Maori | Whaka/takariri | Rousing indignation |
New Zealand Maori | Taakaro | Engage in single combat; wrestle; play, sport |
New Zealand Maori | Takaamio | To go round about Problematic |
New Zealand Maori | Takaaanini | Giddy, dizzy |
New Zealand Maori | Takao | Rude jest, insulting proverb |
New Zealand Maori | Takapau | Plaited floormat |
New Zealand Maori | Takataka/poo | A taro variety Uncertain Semantic Connection |
New Zealand Maori | Takawiri | Twisted, cross-grained |
New Zealand Maori | Take | Base, origin, cause |
New Zealand Maori | Taakeke | Net; cord from which snares for birds were suspended; to make a net |
New Zealand Maori | Takere | Bottom [ex. of sea, basket]; main part of the hull of a canoe; keel; centre of a pathway worn by foot traffic |
New Zealand Maori | Taketake | Red-billed Gull (Larus scopulinus) |
New Zealand Maori | Taki | To lead, bring along, tow with a line |
New Zealand Maori | Taakiri | Draw away suddenly, strike (a match), pull up/out, pluck; start convulsively; make return stroke in paddling canoe, fly back as a spring |
New Zealand Maori | Takini | Sphinter muscle; hymen |
New Zealand Maori | Whare/tako | Common meeting-house |
New Zealand Maori | Tako/tako | Upright, erect, extended |
New Zealand Maori | Takoki | Sprained |
New Zealand Maori | Takoto | Lie down |
New Zealand Maori | Taa/taku/ | Utter slowly or deliberately, recite; saying, direction, command, any deliberate utterance |
New Zealand Maori | Taku/taku | Recite (chiefly of genealogy, incantations, etc.) |
New Zealand Maori | Ta/taku/, taku/taku | Threaten (behind one's back) |
New Zealand Maori | Takurua | Season (winter); star name (Sirius) |
New Zealand Maori | Takurua-whare-ana | Altair (WD6) |
New Zealand Maori | Takurua-pare-wai | Altair (Best 1910:97-99) |
New Zealand Maori | Taakapu | Gannet (Morus serrata) Phonologically Irregular |
New Zealand Maori | Taakupu | Gannet (Morus serrata) |
New Zealand Maori | Tara | Point, spike, spine |
New Zealand Maori | Tara | Gossip |
New Zealand Maori | Pakiwai/tara/ | Tale |
New Zealand Maori | Tara | Loosen, separate |
New Zealand Maori | Tara | Tern (Sterna striata) |
New Zealand Maori | Tara-a-whare | The side wall of a house |
New Zealand Maori | Taarai | Dress, shape, fashion (particularly of working timber with an adze) |
New Zealand Maori | Taraire | (Beilschmeidia tarairi) |
New Zealand Maori | Tarakihi | Fish species, (Dactylopargus macropterus) |
New Zealand Maori | Taramea | A spear-grass (Aciphylla squarrosa) Problematic |
New Zealand Maori | Taramoa, taataraamoa | (Rubus sp.) |
New Zealand Maori | Tarao | Kelpfish (Odax vittatus) |
New Zealand Maori | Tarawai | Juice, sap of a tree |
New Zealand Maori | Taarere | Swing on a rope |
New Zealand Maori | Taarewa | Hanging, afloat, trailing |
New Zealand Maori | Taari/a | Awaited |
New Zealand Maori | Tari | A mode of plaiting with several strands; noose for catching birds etc. |
New Zealand Maori | Tari | Carry, bring |
New Zealand Maori | Taringa | Ear |