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 Hotu Fifteenth night of lunar cycle
New Zealand Maori Hotu(hotu) Sob
New Zealand Maori Hourua Double canoe
New Zealand Maori Huu Any explosive noise/sound
New Zealand Maori Huu Silently, secretly
New Zealand Maori Hua Fruit, bear fruit; abundance
New Zealand Maori Hua/hua Birds captured for food Problematic
New Zealand Maori Oo/hua Fourteenth night of the moon
New Zealand Maori Hua Roe of abalone
New Zealand Maori Huahua Pimple
New Zealand Maori Huaanga Relative, member of same hapu or clan
New Zealand Maori Huata Spear with knob on butt
New Zealand Maori Huatahi Only child
New Zealand Maori Hue Calabash gourd (Lagenaria vulgaris)
New Zealand Maori Huu(w)haa Thigh (especially inner sides of)
New Zealand Maori Huhu Larva of beetle sp. (Prionoplus reticularis)
New Zealand Maori Huhu Strip off outer covering
New Zealand Maori Hunga/hunga Tow of flax, down, nap, fine dust
New Zealand Maori Hui Congregate, come together, meet
New Zealand Maori Huu/(w)ai Cockle (Chione stutchburyi) Problematic
New Zealand Maori Huia A bird (Heteralocha acutirostris)
New Zealand Maori Huka/huka Lock of hair
New Zealand Maori Huka Foam
New Zealand Maori Huke Uncover (especially an earth oven)
New Zealand Maori Hura Scrofulous swelling
New Zealand Maori Hura Nervous twitching of the shoulder; lift the arm suddenly with the elbow bent
New Zealand Maori Maahure/hure Cut to pieces, reduced to fragments; thief
New Zealand Maori Hure Search
New Zealand Maori Hura Begin to dawn; begin to flow, of the tide; bare, bald
New Zealand Maori Huri Turn (round or over)
New Zealand Maori Huritua Turn the back, face about = huritaitua, hurikotua
New Zealand Maori Huna-a Conceal
New Zealand Maori Huna The moon on the tenth day
New Zealand Maori Huna Destroy, devastate, lay waste
New Zealand Maori Hunaonga Son-in-law, daughter-in-law
New Zealand Maori Hunoonga Son/daughter-in-law
New Zealand Maori Hune Pappus of raupo seeds; down (of birds etc.)
New Zealand Maori Huuhi Swamp n
New Zealand Maori Huuhi Cat’s cradle, a string game
New Zealand Maori Hu(hu)ti Pluck, pull up/out
New Zealand Maori Huutia Passive of hu(hu)ti
New Zealand Maori Hutu A tree (Ascarina lucida)
New Zealand Maori Poo/hutu/kawa A tree (Metrosideros excelsa)
New Zealand Maori Hutu/kawa A tree (Metrosideros tomentosa)
New Zealand Maori Ngaa Take breath, breathe
New Zealand Maori Nga Definite article plural
New Zealand Maori Ngaere Soft, ripe; quake, oscillate (as a bog)
New Zealand Maori Ngawhaa Burst open, overflow (of a river), split
New Zealand Maori Ngawhingawhi Torn, worn out, exhausted
New Zealand Maori Ngaahoa/hoa Headache