Entries from Bruce Biggs in Pollex-Online

Language Item Description
New Zealand Maori Taarehu Fade from sight, disappear
New Zealand Maori Ta/tari/ Wait for
New Zealand Maori Tamaiti Child
New Zealand Maori Tamariki Children; be a child, be children (not yet adult)
New Zealand Maori Tamatea Nights of the moon's first quarter
New Zealand Maori Tana Third person singular neutral possession
New Zealand Maori Taane Male, husband, man; not used of animals
New Zealand Maori Taniwha Mythical reptilian monster, usually water-dwelling
New Zealand Maori Taokete Brother-in-law of a male, sister-in-law of a female . Same generation affine of the same sex
New Zealand Maori Tapu Be under ritual restriction, prohibited
New Zealand Maori Taahoata Pumice
New Zealand Maori Taatari To wring out juice, to tighten a wire or rope by twisting
New Zealand Maori Taatou First person inclusive plural pronoun
New Zealand Maori Taatau First person inclusive plural pronoun (EMA)
New Zealand Maori Tau Loop of cord attaching a club to the wrist; cord handle of a basket
New Zealand Maori Tau Settle, as a bird, anchor, as a boat, come to rest
New Zealand Maori Tau Prefix marking reciprocal, antagonistic action e.g. tauwehe "separate" v.t.
East Uvea Taulekaleka Young man
New Zealand Maori Tauturu To support
New Zealand Maori Tawari A tree (Ixerba brexioides) with a showy white flower
New Zealand Maori Te Definite article singular
New Zealand Maori Tee Emit sharp explosive sound, crack; squeak ; fart
New Zealand Maori Te/tee Gnash (of teeth)
New Zealand Maori Tee Negative, not
New Zealand Maori Tee Fart
New Zealand Maori Whe/tee(tee) Force out (as pus from a boil); stick out (as eyes in the %puukana|)
New Zealand Maori Kuu/tee/tee Squeeze out, as in milking a cow
New Zealand Maori Taaku My (dominantly possessed) item
New Zealand Maori Tewha/tewha An axe-like wooden weapon brandished in speech-making
New Zealand Maori Tee(w)hea Which? (singular referent)
New Zealand Maori Kei Present position, at; present continuous pseudo-verbal tense marker Phonologically Irregular
New Zealand Maori Teina Younger sibling of the same sex (WMA)
New Zealand Maori Teka A dart used in a traditional game
New Zealand Maori Teke Cunt Problematic
New Zealand Maori Tekau Twenty (obsolete), ten (modern) (Bgs)
New Zealand Maori Teenaa koe Customary greeting to one person
New Zealand Maori Teenei The one near me, this (head noun or qualifier)
New Zealand Maori Teetahi A, an, a certain, but unspecified one, another
New Zealand Maori Tii (Cordyline spp.)
New Zealand Maori Tia A peg, stake; to stick in, as a peg or a thatching needle
New Zealand Maori Tiwha-ia Insert paaua shell into eyes of carved figures; inlay
New Zealand Maori Tika Straight, correct, true
Tuamotu Tiikaro Scoop out (as the eyes) To pick the soil, as with a pickaxe; to scrape, as with a hoe
New Zealand Maori Tiki Carved human figure
New Zealand Maori Tiki Fetch something (with atu), bring (with mai)
New Zealand Maori Tiiki/na Passive-imperative of tiki
New Zealand Maori Tiki/tiki Hair tied in a topknot; a girdle
New Zealand Maori Tikirau A hill at Te Kaha
New Zealand Maori Maaui-tikitiki-a-Taranga Youngest child of Taraga
New Zealand Maori Tiko Defecate, faeces