| Language |
Item |
Description |
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New Zealand Maori
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Whaanau
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Extended family group
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New Zealand Maori
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Whaanau
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Born, give birth
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New Zealand Maori
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Whaanau-tanga
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Birth, derived n.
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New Zealand Maori
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Whanaunga
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Kinsman, relative
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New Zealand Maori
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Whatianga
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Unit of measure (from elbow to fingertip)
Problematic
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New Zealand Maori
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Whatu
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Finger-weave, a technique in which the weft takes a half or twist around each warp. Used in the manufacture of the fabric used to make cloaks
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New Zealand Maori
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Whatu
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Stone, kernel, eyeball
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New Zealand Maori
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Houi
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A tree (Hoheria sp.). Eastern dialect
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New Zealand Maori
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Wheenei
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Like this
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New Zealand Maori
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Wheenaa
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Like that (near you)
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New Zealand Maori
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Wheeraa
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Like that (yonder)
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New Zealand Maori
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Wheao
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Meaning uncertain, but probably "a person of high birth"
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New Zealand Maori
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Hemo
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Break wind, fart
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New Zealand Maori
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Whero
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A colour, red, orange (said of raataa flowers, ripe karaka berries)
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New Zealand Maori
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Whenu
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The weft threads in a cloak or plaited mat or basket
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Fijian
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Dakai ni vanua
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Cannon
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New Zealand Maori
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Puu repo
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Cannon
Problematic
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New Zealand Maori
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Wehi
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Be afraid, fear; awe
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New Zealand Maori
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Whetee
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Be forced out (as pus from a boil), as eyes in the puukana
Problematic
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East Uvea
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Fia-
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Verbal prefix indicating wish, desire
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Fijian
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Via-
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Verbal prefix indicating wish, desire
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New Zealand Maori
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Whiri-a
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Braid (rope, cordage)
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New Zealand Maori
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Hiinaki
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Woven torpedo-shaped eel-trap
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New Zealand Maori
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Whiti-kia
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Shine (of the sun only)
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New Zealand Maori
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Ta/whiti/
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Traditional place name; distant (local noun)
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New Zealand Maori
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Hoa/hoa
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Set out, lay out, plan (as a house, troops)
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New Zealand Maori
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Hoe-a
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Paddle n. and v.
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New Zealand Maori
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Hoki
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Also, and, too; indeed, definitely. (Postposed particle) Certainement, assurément, sans nul doute (Lch)
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Ifira-Mele
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Forau
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Travel by land or sea
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New Zealand Maori
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Hori ki waho
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Go forth, go out (Not in Wms.)
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New Zealand Maori
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Hoou
|
New (WMA)
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New Zealand Maori
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Hou
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New (EMA)
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New Zealand Maori
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Huu(w)haa
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Thigh
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Marquesas
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Puuhaa. Puha (Lch) (Atl).
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Thigh. Cuisse, jambe (Lch).
Phonologically Irregular
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New Zealand Maori
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Hungawai
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Parent-in-law
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New Zealand Maori
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Huri noa
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Turn right around
Problematic
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New Zealand Maori
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Huruhuru
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Hair (body-hair), fur, feathers
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New Zealand Maori
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Huti/huti
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A sweet-potato variety
Problematic
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New Zealand Maori
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-(C)(a)nga
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Gerundive suffix
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New Zealand Maori
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Ngaa/i
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A prefix to a personal name used as the tribal name
Problematic
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New Zealand Maori
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Ngaawhaa
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Boiling spring
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New Zealand Maori
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Ngahuru
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Ten (archaic)
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New Zealand Maori
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Ngaakau
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Intestines; seat of the emotions
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New Zealand Maori
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E/ngari/
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But (actually), but (rather)
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New Zealand Maori
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E/rangi/
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But (actually), but (better) (EMA)
Phonologically Irregular
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New Zealand Maori
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Ngaro
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Disappeared, forgotten, lost, destroyed, unavenged (of a death) . Be out of sight, invisible (no agent implied)
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New Zealand Maori
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Ngaro
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Housefly (western dialects)
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Fijian
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Gasau
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Reed, arrow
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New Zealand Maori
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Ngau-a
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Gnaw, bite
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New Zealand Maori
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Ngoto
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To penetrate deeply, as a weapon, as a paddle into water
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