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112 Cards in this Set
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Hui
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meeting, conference, gathering
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Marae
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the area for formal discourse in front of a meeting house; or the whole marae complex, including meeting house, dining hall, forecourt, etc.
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Haere mai!
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Welcome! Enter!
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Nau mai!
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Welcome!
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Tangihanga
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funeral ceremony in which a body is mourned on a marae
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Tangi
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short (verbal version) for the above; or to cry, to mourn
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Karanga
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the ceremony of calling to the guests to welcome them onto the marae
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Manuhiri
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guests, visitors
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Tangata whenua
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original people belonging to a place, local people, hosts
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Whaikōrero
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the art and practice of speech making
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Kaikōrero or kaiwhai kōrero
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speaker (there are many other terms)
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Haka
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chant with dance for the purpose of challenge (see other references to haka on this site)
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Waiata
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song or chant which follows a speech
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Koha
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gift, present (usually money, can be food or precious items, given by guest to hosts)
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Whare nui
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meeting house; sometimes run together as one word – wharenui
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Whare whakairo
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carved meeting house
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Whare kai
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dining hall
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Whare paku
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lavatory, toilet
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Whare horoi
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ablution block, bathroom
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Aroha
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compassion, tenderness, sustaining love
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Ihi
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power, authority, essential force
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Mana
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authority, power; secondary meaning: reputation, influence
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Manaakitanga
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respect for hosts or kindness to guests, to entertain, to look after
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Mauri
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hidden essential life force or a symbol of this
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Noa
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safe from tapu (see below), non-sacred, not tabooed
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Raupatu
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confiscate, take by force
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Rohe
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boundary, a territory (either geographical or spiritual) of an iwi or hapū
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Taihoa
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to delay, to wait, to hold off to allow maturation of plans, etc.
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Tapu
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sacred, not to be touched, to be avoided because sacred, taboo
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Tiaki
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to care for, look after, guard (kaitiaki: guardian, trustee)
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Taonga
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treasured possession or cultural item, anything precious
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Tino rangatiratanga
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the highest possible independent chiefly authority, paramount authority, sometimes used for sovereignty
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Tūrangawaewae
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a place to stand, a place to belong to, a seat or location of identity
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Wehi
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to be held in awe
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Whakapapa
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genealogy, to recite genealogy, to establish kin connections
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Whenua
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land, homeland, country (also afterbirth, placenta)
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Ariki
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male or female of high inherited rank from senior line of descent
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Hapū
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clan, tribe, independent section of a people (modern usage – sub-tribe); pregnant
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Iwi
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people, nation (modern usage – tribe); bones
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Kaumātua
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elder or elders, senior people in a kin group
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Ngāi Tātou
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a term for everyone present – ‘we all’
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Pākehā
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this word is not an insult; its derivation is obscure; it is the Māori word for people living in New Zealand of British/European origin; originally it would not have included, for example, Dalmatians, Italians, Greeks, Indians, Chinese
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Rangatira
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person of chiefly rank, boss, owner
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Tama
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son, young man, youth
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Tamāhine
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daughter
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Tamaiti
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one child
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Tamariki
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children
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Tāne
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man/men, husband(s)
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Teina/taina
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junior relative, younger brother of a brother, younger sister of a sister
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Tipuna/tupuna
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ancestor
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Tuahine
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sister of a man
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Tuakana
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senior relative, older brother of a brother, older sister of a sister
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Tungāne
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brother of a sister
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Wahine
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woman, wife (wāhine: women, wives)
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Waka
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canoe, canoe group (all the iwi and hapū descended from the crew of a founding waka)
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Whāngai
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fostered or adopted child, young person
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Whānau
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extended or non-nuclear family; to be born
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Whanaunga
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kin, relatives
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Au
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current
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Awa
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river
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Iti
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small, little
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Kai
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in a place name, this signifies a place where a particular food source was plentiful, e.g., Kaikōura, the place where crayfish (kōura) abounded and were eaten
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Manga
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stream
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Mānia
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plain
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Maunga
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mountain
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Moana
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sea, or large inland ‘sea’, e.g., Taupō
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Motu
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island
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Nui
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large, big
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Ō or o
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means ‘of’ (so does a, ā); many names begin with Ō, meaning the place of so-and-so, e.g., Ōkahukura, Ōkiwi, Ōhau
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One
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sand, earth
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Pae
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ridge, range
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Papa
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flat
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Poto
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short
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Puke
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hill
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Roa
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long
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Roto
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lake; inside
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Tai
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coast, tide
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Wai
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water
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Whanga
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harbour, bay
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E noho rā
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Goodbye (from a person leaving)
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Haere rā
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Goodbye (from a person staying)
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Haere mai
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Welcome! Come!
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Hei konā rā
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Goodbye (less formal)
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Kia ora
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Hi! G’day! (general informal greeting)
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Mōrena
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(Good) morning!
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Nau mai
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Welcome! Come!
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Tēnā koe
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formal greeting to one person
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Tēnā kōrua
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formal greeting to two people
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Tēnā koutou
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formal greeting to many people
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Tēnā tātou katoa
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formal inclusive greeting to everybody present, including oneself
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Arero
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tongue
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Ihu
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nose
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Kakī
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neck
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Kauae (also kauwae)
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chin
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Kōpū
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womb
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Māhunga (also makawe)
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hair (always plural, indicated by ngā [the, plural]); also head
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Manawa
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heart
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Niho
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teeth
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Poho (also uma)
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chest
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Puku
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belly, stomach
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Raho
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testicles
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Ringa
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hand, arm
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Tenetene (also tara)
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vagina
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Toto
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blood
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Tou
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anus
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Turi (also pona)
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knee
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Tūtae
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excrement, ordure
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ū
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breast
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Wai-ū
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breast milk
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Upoko
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head
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Ure
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penis
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Waewae
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foot/feet, leg/legs
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