| Language |
Item |
Description |
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New Zealand Maori
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Puuwhaa
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Sow-thistle (Sonchus spp.) boiled as greens
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New Zealand Maori
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Punga
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Anchor
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New Zealand Maori
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Puke
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Mound, hill; mons veneris
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New Zealand Maori
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Kaipuke
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Ship, sailing vessel
Problematic
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New Zealand Maori
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Puke
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Mons veneris
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New Zealand Maori
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Purapura
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Tubers used for seed
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New Zealand Maori
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Pure
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Ritual confirming personal sanctity
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New Zealand Maori
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Puu
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Generic term for flutes and trumpets; gun
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New Zealand Maori
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Hahu
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Disinter (especially bones of dead) which are then scraped clean
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Mangareva
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ʔAka
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To dance in traditional fashion; dance accompanied by chant, usually of a warlike nature
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New Zealand Maori
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E hara...i
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Negates nominal predicates
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Fijian
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Sara
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Intensive (postposed), very
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New Zealand Maori
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Haaro
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Remove outer skin of flax leaves by scraping with a shell, to scutch
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New Zealand Maori
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Hau
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Return gift; ritual offering to the gods
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New Zealand Maori
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Haunga
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Smell (n. v.i.) e.g. of fish, body odour
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New Zealand Maori
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Hawa
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Chipped (as a tooth, a cup); soiled (as with grease); semen
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New Zealand Maori
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He
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Preposed nominal particle non-specific for number and identity, a, an, some; nominal predicate marker
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New Zealand Maori
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Hee
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Error, be in error, mistaken, to have made a faux pas
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New Zealand Maori
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Hinga
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Fall from an erect position to a horizontal one
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New Zealand Maori
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Hinga
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Be defeated in battle; die
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New Zealand Maori
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Hikurangi
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Name of several prominent and high mountains
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New Zealand Maori
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Hinahina
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Ngaati Porou name for maahoe, a tree known as whitey-wood from the colour of the bark
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New Zealand Maori
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Whoo/atu
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Give (away) (dial)
Phonologically Irregular
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New Zealand Maori
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Hoi/hoi
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Interjection expressing exasperation (at noise); shut up!
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New Zealand Maori
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Hoko-
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A prefix meaning twenty (or perhaps ten) times the following digits two to nine
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New Zealand Maori
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Ko/tahi
|
One
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New Zealand Maori
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Hopo
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Become apprehensive (said of thoughts, heart)
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New Zealand Maori
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Huupee
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Snot
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New Zealand Maori
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Taa
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Strike
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New Zealand Maori
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Taa
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Vocative of respect, sir
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New Zealand Maori
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Taa (kupenga)
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Make nets
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New Zealand Maori
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Tae, taaea
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Arrive at, reach; achieve (?)
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New Zealand Maori
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Taaea
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Accomplished, achieved, able to be achieved
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New Zealand Maori
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Taha(a)rangi
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Horizon
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New Zealand Maori
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Taawhero
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A tree (Weinmannia racemosa), with smallish, toothed leaves, reddish when young. Timber reddish and of no use, not even for burning. Eastern dialect ;
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New Zealand Maori
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Tawhito
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Esoteric term for penis
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New Zealand Maori
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Tawhito
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Esoteric term for penis
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New Zealand Maori
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Taahuhu
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Ridgepole of a house
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New Zealand Maori
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Tohunga
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Priest, expert, artisan
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New Zealand Maori
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Tai
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Sea near shore, tide; shore as opposed to inland
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New Zealand Maori
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Taina
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Younger sibling of the same sex (EMA)
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Marquesas
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Taaia
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His, her
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New Zealand Maori
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Tainahi
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Yesterday (Eastern dialect)
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New Zealand Maori
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Tai puu
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Full tide
Problematic
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New Zealand Maori
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Taaki-na
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Take out (food from fire, eel-trap from water)
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New Zealand Maori
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Taku
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My (neutral category of possession)
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New Zealand Maori
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Taranga
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The mother of Maaui-tikitiki
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New Zealand Maori
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Taraka
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Father of Maaui (MAS)
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New Zealand Maori
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Taarawa
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A transverse line, e.g. a rail, a clothes-line, a line of waves on the surface of the sea; hang on a line, rail . Part of the structure of a bird snare
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New Zealand Maori
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Tare
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Gasp for breath, pant; desire something
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