Kupa Taka - Whare Uku

A

ahuwhenua = farming

aka = roots

Amerika ki te Tonga = South America

Amerika Pū = Central America

anga uku = mussel shell

arapī = Arab/s

arawhata = ladder

arotahi = focus

awaawa = valley

Ā

Āwherika ki te Raki = North Africa

āhuarangi = climate

ātete = resist

āwha puehu = dust storm

āwhiotanga = Circumference

E

Ē

H

hāparatia = shovelled

hāwai = irrigation

hīnaki = eel pot

hūka koi = sharp knife

hūka koi = sharp hook

hahore = bare, barren

hanganga = stucture

hauhake = harvest

haumarutanga = shelters

hauroa = height or length

hoahoa = design/plan

hokona = sell

huarere = weather

hukapapa = frost

I

Iharaira = Israel

Inia = India

Ī

Īhipa = Egypt

K

kā rera = tram

kāmura = carpenter

kāpeti = carpet

kēmu taura = string game

kōangi = cool

kōhunga = a variety of flax

kōmāmā = light (as in weight)

kōmako = bellbird

kōnakonako = glare

kōraha = desert

kōrari = flax stem

kōwhiuwhiu = fan

kahakore = weak

kaikā = eager

kaimahi paipa = plumber

kaimahi whakapuru raima = plasterer

kaiwhiore = incest

karāti = garage

karaehe = glass

katorika = catholic

kauhanga raro = open space

kaunihera = council

kawaka = cedar

kirikiri = gravel

kirokaramu = kilogram

koko(a) = scoop

komokomo = incorporate/include

konumohe = aluminium

korakora = particle/s

koropungapunga = porous

koti = goat

kupenga = fishing net

kurutē = crush

M

māngūngungu = gritty

mārō = stiff

mārire = quiet/peaceful

mātai(hia) = inspect closely

mātao = cold/cool

mātotoru = thickness

māuiui = sick

mīra = mill

mōmona = enrich

maniua otaota = compost

manu aute = kite

mauroa = durable

Mehikō = Mexico

Mehopotämia = Iraq

mïhana = mission

mihinare = missionary

mita huarau = square metre

momo = type

Moriā = Maori

motu = wound/s

moua = mower

muka = flax fibre

N

ngā toka matua kua tukitukia e te huarere = weathered parent material

ngāhoro = collapse

ngāwari = cheap

ngohengohe = soft ; pliable

ngote = absorb

NG

ngā toka matua kua tukitukia e te huarere = weathered parent material

ngāhoro = collapse

ngāwari = cheap

ngohengohe = soft ; pliable

ngote = absorb

O

oneone haumako = fertile soil

oneone mä = white earth

oneone whakatuki = rammed earth

oneone-ā-raro = subsoil

oneone-ā-runga = topsoil

onepū = sand

otaota = rubbish

Ō

ōpapa = minerals

ōrau = percentage

P

pā harakeke = flax plantation

Pākaratēhi = Bangladesh

Pāniora = Spain

pātū = wall

pēkē mau wūru = wool pack/s

pēre = bale

pōkai ātea = space probe

pū repo = canon

pū wairākau = compost

pūaha = opening

pūtake = base

paihere = bundle

papa = layer

papa pakitara = wall board/s

paraerae = sandal

paraerae = type of sandal

parahua = silt

pari = cliff

pereki uku maroke = adobe bricks

pihi = shoot

Pirihitia = Palestine

poke(a) = mix

poupou = steep

pourewa = elevated platform

Puāwanga o Amerika = Southwest of America

R

rāranga = weave

rū whenua = Earthquakes

rahirahi = thin

raima = concrete

rango = flies

raupeka = droop

reanga = generation

rehia = edible seaweed

repo = swamp

rino = steel

rito = centre shoot (the 'heart' of the plant)

Roma = Rome

rongoa = medicine

T

tā = tar

tākakau = straw

tāpaetia = stack

tārawa = roller/s

tīngongo = shrink

tūkuku(hia) = scrape

tūngia = burn off

tūrukiruki = sparse

tūtohi = chart

taera = title

taera pereki = brick tiles

tapi = mend

tarakihana = tractor

tarapī = fine

taratara = coarse

tauranga poti = port

tautuhia = define

test = test

tikanga = traditions

toka tūmāro = bedrock

tomokanga = entry

tuaina = twine

tukunga iho = result/outcome

U

uku maroke = adobe

ururua = overgrowth

Ū

Ūropi = Europe

W

wāhanga = part

wākena tō = wagon

Wīwī = France

wai kōrari = honey (nectar) of the flax flower

waihanga = design

waihonga = nectar

waihotanga o ngā mea ora = organic material

waipuke = flood

waru = scrape

wetekina = release

weu = fibre

whēwhē = boil/s

whakahoro = erosion

whakakōtao = makecooler

whakakore = undo

whakamātau = experiment

whakamōmona = nutrients

whakangohengohe = soften

whakangungu = protect

whakapōuri = darken

whakapuru = plaster

whakarākai = decorate

whakarākei = adorn

whakaruru = shelter/haven

whakatōkia = bleach

whakataetae = dye

whakataka = grazing

whakatauāki = proverb

whakawhenumi = absorb

whare mīere = beehive house

whare pōharu = cob House

whare perehi = printery

whare whakamaroke kirikau = tannery

whatu = weave

whiri = plait

WH