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Item |
Description |
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New Zealand Maori
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Taa/niko/
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Finger-weaving in patterns
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New Zealand Maori
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Noa
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Be ordinary, of no consequence, free from tapu, without limits
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New Zealand Maori
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Noa
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A particle postposed to nouns (only, ordinary, just) and verbs (without restraint, without avail, unlimited, unrestricted, just)
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New Zealand Maori
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Nohinohi
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Small (MAN)
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New Zealand Maori
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Inoi
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To ask for something, to pray .
Phonologically Irregular
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New Zealand Maori
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Nukuroa
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? traditional placename
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New Zealand Maori
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Nu/numi/
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Disappear, pass behind and so out of sight
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New Zealand Maori
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Nu(u)mi-a
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Passive form of nunumi
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East Uvea
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O
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Same actor conjunction ; pour, à. S'emploie après un verbe de movement et exprime le but et la consèquence
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New Zealand Maori
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Oo
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Call; answer a call by "Oo!"
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New Zealand Maori
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Otira
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But, but also, but in the end
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New Zealand Maori
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Paa/ia
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Block up, act as barrier; blocked up, obstructed, dammed; stockade, fortified place; fish weir
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New Zealand Maori
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Paa
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Term of address to mature, respected male; to priest
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New Zealand Maori
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Whae
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Mother (term of address) to mature woman
Problematic
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New Zealand Maori
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Paepae
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Beam, bar; especially squatting beam of a latrine
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New Zealand Maori
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Paawhara-tia
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To rip open, open out (as a fish for smoking or drying)
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New Zealand Maori
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Paakati
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A fish, Spotty = paakarikari
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New Zealand Maori
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Pa/paki (pass. paaki/a)
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Slap, pat, slap against or together (as waves)
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New Zealand Maori
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Paki/paki
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(Freq. of papaki) Clap hands, pat
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New Zealand Maori
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Pakoko
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Dried up, as a desiccated corpse, or dried whitebait; carved figures on canoe bows or posts, with characteristic protruding chests and concave backs
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New Zealand Maori
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Paarara
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Bask in the sun
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New Zealand Maori
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Pahu
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Bark (as dog); glance off, ricochet (as a dart). Alarum made of stone or wood (Wms 3rd ed). Wooden gong
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New Zealand Maori
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Paatee
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A tree from which pop-guns are made
Problematic
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New Zealand Maori
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Patu
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Strike, club, beat; kill
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New Zealand Maori
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Patu
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General name for mallets and short clubs
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New Zealand Maori
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Whee-
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Like, resembling
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New Zealand Maori
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Pee
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Roe of Haliotis
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New Zealand Maori
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Pe(pe)ha
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Pithy saying, aphorism, proverb
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New Zealand Maori
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Peenaa
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(Be) like that (near or associated with) you
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New Zealand Maori
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Peenei
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Like this
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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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Peke
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Spring, leap, jump upwards
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New Zealand Maori
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Piingao
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A shore plant (Scirpus frondosus) whose leaves dry a bright orange
Problematic
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New Zealand Maori
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Piki
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Climb tree or mountain, ascend (actually or figuratively)
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New Zealand Maori
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Piki/tanga
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Upwards path, ascent
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New Zealand Maori
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Aa/piti/
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To add something, supplement
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New Zealand Maori
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Pito
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Navel, umbilical cord
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New Zealand Maori
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Piiwai
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Small sweet-potatoes passed over in the first harvest butgleaned when food is short
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New Zealand Maori
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Poo(w)hatu
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Stone (EMA)
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New Zealand Maori
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Ponga
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A tree-fern (the surface of the trunk is distinctively patterned)
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New Zealand Maori
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Po/poki
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Cover over (e.g. earth oven); place upside down (e.g. canoe)
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New Zealand Maori
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Poki/poki
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Overrun, spread over; finger (as a flute). Freq. of popoki
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New Zealand Maori
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Pookia
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Covered over; overtaken. Passive of popoki
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New Zealand Maori
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Pokowhiwhi
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Shoulder (Aupoouri dialect WMA)
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New Zealand Maori
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Pono
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True, not false
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New Zealand Maori
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Whakapono-hia
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Believe; christianity
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Marquesas
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Poto
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Short. Court, courtaud (Lch).
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New Zealand Maori
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Pou
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Post n., a general term
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New Zealand Maori
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Pou/pou
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Carved planks supporting rafters at side walls of a house
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Marquesas
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Poito
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Float
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