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 | Muhu | Stupid, untaught; incorrect, faulty (of carving) |
| New Zealand Maori | Muhu/kai | Absent, inattentive |
| New Zealand Maori | Muu/muu | A large green beetle |
| New Zealand Maori | Peeraa | Like that; treat or do in that way; act or behave in that way; in that way, so |
| New Zealand Maori | Pihi | Spring up, begin to grow; shoot, sprout Uncertain Semantic Connection |
| New Zealand Maori | Too/taa | Sweat; condensed vapour |
| New Zealand Maori | Whakahoa | Make a companion of, associate with |
| New Zealand Maori | Taa | Slant, be oblique, deviate from the perpendicular or parallel Problematic |
| New Zealand Maori | Tori/tori | Cut in pieces, separate |
| New Zealand Maori | Toko-na | Prop up |
| New Zealand Maori | Tama-taane | Son |
| New Zealand Maori | Whaka(ta)taha | Go on one side, steal by; put on one side |
| New Zealand Maori | Whaka/ke/kero | Look out at the corner of the eyes |
| New Zealand Maori | Whakaata | Look at one's reflected image; look or peer into |
| New Zealand Maori | Whakaata | Simulate by gesture, pretend |
| New Zealand Maori | Whakaata/ata | Scare, frighten away |
| New Zealand Maori | Heke | Migrate; party of emigrants, migration |
| New Zealand Maori | Noni | Crooked, bent |
| New Zealand Maori | Whakamaa | Shy, embarrassed, ashamed; embarrassment, shame |
| New Zealand Maori | Whaka/rare | Distort (of a carving pattern) |
| New Zealand Maori | Tahaki | One side; the shore, regarded from the water |
| New Zealand Maori | Whakakaa | Inflame, incite |
| New Zealand Maori | Reu | Outer palisade of a pa Uncertain Semantic Connection |
| New Zealand Maori | Reureu | A lock of hair on one side of the head allowed to grow long... Uncertain Semantic Connection |
| New Zealand Maori | Mahue | Laid aside, put off (as clothes); forsaken, deserted, given up; left, left behind |
| New Zealand Maori | Whakatuu | Erect, set up, raise; propose a subject for discussion, etc.; instigate |
| New Zealand Maori | Tuangi, huangi, huu(w)ai, etc. | Bivalve molluscs: cockle (Chione stutchburyi), (Protothaca crassicosta) Phonologically Irregular |
| New Zealand Maori | Kauwhata | Stage or frame for fish, etc. |
| New Zealand Maori | Whaangongo | Administer liquid food to anyone; food for an invalid |
| New Zealand Maori | Whanonga | Behaviour, conduct, doing Uncertain Semantic Connection |
| New Zealand Maori | Aa, a | Of, belonging to (used in speaking of transitive actions, movable property, instruments, food...) |
| New Zealand Maori | Oo, o | Of, belonging to (used in speaking of parts of a whole, names, qualities, feelings, places occupied...) |
| New Zealand Maori | Toenga | Remnant |
| New Zealand Maori | Whakaware | Impose upon, beguile |
| New Zealand Maori | Whakawaa | Accuse, bring a formal charge against; condemn; investigate, adjudicate on |
| New Zealand Maori | Whakawaa/waa | Recriminate; wrangle; take counsel |
| New Zealand Maori | Wha(k)atika | Acknowledge as right |
| New Zealand Maori | Whakakore | Deny |
| New Zealand Maori | Whaka/tee | Squeeze fluid out of anything |
| New Zealand Maori | Tapa | Cut, split (n); pudenda muliebra |
| New Zealand Maori | E | Vocative...often used after, as well as before a name; calling attention, or expressing surprise |
| New Zealand Maori | Pehi/pehi | Waylay; ambuscade |
| New Zealand Maori | Whana | Travel, come, go Phonologically Irregular |
| New Zealand Maori | Rare | Dull, stupid; laziness, indolence |
| New Zealand Maori | Kopi | Doubled together; shut, closed; completed; gorge of a river |
| New Zealand Maori | Kopi | Nip between the legs |
| New Zealand Maori | Puupuu | Bundle |
| New Zealand Maori | Puu | Wicker receptacle for extracting oil from titoki berries or juice from tutu berries |
| New Zealand Maori | Wiri | Tremble, shiver |
| New Zealand Maori | Haamore/more | Bare of branches, smooth-barrelled, of a tree |
