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ahurei
1. (stative) be chief, prominent, unique. 2. (noun) splendour
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tūhāhā
(stative) be standing alone, isolated, unique
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tūtūā
1. (stative) be low-born.2. (modifier) disrespectful, lowly, mean, low-born.3. (noun) person of low birth, commoner, ordinary person.
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kai parāoa
(modifier) everyday, ordinary.
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whakahihiwa
(verb) to be watchful, alert, concentrate, focus.
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arotahi
1. (verb) (-hia,-tia) to look in one direction, look steadily, focus on, zero in on, concentrate on, take aim.
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hiwa
(verb) (-ia) to be watchful, alert, focus on.
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tuapeka
(verb) (-ina,-tia) to deceive, mislead, dissemble, dissimulate, dupe, conceal one's motives or intentions
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heahea
1. (stative) be foolish, silly, idiotic, stupid, crazy, scatty, irrational. 2. fool, idiot, buffoon.
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māhunga wai
(noun) dipstick, idiot - a colloquialism used to refer to someone flaky.
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poroheahea
(noun) idiot, fool,
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hukehuke
1. (stative) be foolish.2. (noun) fool, idiot.
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rorirori
1. (modifier) clumsy, stupid, fool, (noun) captive taken in war, slave, scoundrel, idiot, rascal, rogue.
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tawhito
1. (stative) be old, ancient, primeval - not used to describe people in classical Māori 2. (noun) wise person, expert, experienced person, authority.
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wānanga
1. (verb) (-hia,-tia) to meet and discuss.2. (noun) seminar, conference, forum, tertiary centre.3. (noun) tribal knowledge, lore, learning. 4. (noun) instructor, wise person, sage, authority, expert, guru, philosopher, savant.
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pūmahara
1. (modifier) thoughtful, learned, wise, perceptive, sagacious, astute. 2. (noun) memories, sagacity, thoughtfulness
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ruānuku
(noun) wise man, sage, old man
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hīnātore
1. (verb) to twinkle, glow with an unsteady light. 2. (noun) glimmer of light. 3. (noun) enlightened or wise person, sage. 4. (modifier) be phosphorescent, luminescent. 5. (noun) phosphorescence, phosphorus.
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tāmaota
(stative) be fresh, green, lush
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rearea
1. (verb) to spring up as fresh growth. 2. (noun) bellbird
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ururua
1. (verb) (-tia) to be overgrown (with bushes).
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hōu
(stative) be new, recent, fresh, modern
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haunga
1. (stative) be stinking, smelly, putrid, reeking, fetid, odorous, stale
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mātāpuputu
1. (stative) be elderly, old (of people), advancing years.
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tauheke
1. (verb) to decline, deteriorate, degenerate.2. (verb) to descend, go down.3. (noun) decline, deterioration, degeneration. 4. (noun) old man, male forbear, elder
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ukiuki
(stative) be old, of old, lasting, continuous
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pāhake
1. (noun) old man, senior. 2. (noun) adult.
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pakoko
1. (stative) be dried up, dried.
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tuaukiuki
(stative) be old, of long-standing, established, ancient.
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waikauere
(stative) be old, worn out.
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mātanga
(noun) experienced person, expert, specialist, consultant, professional
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aweko
1. (verb) (-tia) to be knowing, understanding 2. (modifier) old, ancient, aged.
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mate hirinaki
(verb) die of old age.
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akonga o mua
(noun) alumnus, alumni, old pupil, former pupil
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kauwheke/kauheke
(noun) ancestor, forebear, elder
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tūārangi
1. (modifier) from a distance, from afar, 2. (modifier) old, ancient 3. (noun) distance.
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tūpakeke
(stative) be grown up, mature, adult, old.
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