Kupu 4

Front 1

mate tauwhiro

Back 1

1. (noun) social problem.

Front 2

kari

Back 2

1. (verb) (-a) to dig, thrash.
2. (noun) digging

Front 3

tātā

Back 3

1. (verb) (-hia,-ia,-kia,-kina) to strike repeatedly, beat up, batter, lash, pound.
2. (verb) (-kia,-kina) to cut up (with an axe), break into pieces (by dashing on the ground).
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3. (verb) (-ia,-tia) to oppose, contradict, criticise, express disapproval, censure, reprimand, find fault with.

Front 4

kāpui

Back 4

1. (verb) (-a,-tia) to gather up in a bunch.

Front 5

toipoto

Back 5

1. (stative) be close together.

Front 6

toiroa

Back 6

1. (stative) be wide apart.

Front 7

whakatairanga

Back 7

1. (verb) (-hia,-tia) to raise up, elevate, promote, advertise, market, emphasise.
2. (stative) promotional, advertising
3. (noun) advertisement, marketing, promotion.

Front 8

matatini

Back 8

1. (stative) be complex, having many parts, complicated, composite.
2. (noun) complex, composite.

Front 9

matariki

Back 9

1. (stative) be small, minute.
2. (noun) leading light, celebrity.

Front 10

mātāpuputu

Back 10

1. (stative) be elderly, old (of people), advancing years.
2. (noun) elderly people, older generation, old folk, senior citizens.

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au

Back 11

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1. (noun) string, cord, gall bladder, current, wake (of a canoe, etc.), whirlpool, rapid, smoke, cloud, mist, fog. See also kouawai

Front 12

mahuki

Back 12

1. (verb) to well up in the mind (of emotions), spring up.
2. (stative) be clear, plain, comprehensible.

Front 13

mātātahi

Back 13

1. (noun) young people, younger generation.

Front 14

māngari

Back 14

1. (noun) luck, fortune, good fortune.

Front 15

whakaharahara

Back 15

1. (verb) to be extraordinary, marvellous - often follows nui.

Front 16

arotahi

Back 16

1. (verb) (-hia,-tia) to look in one direction, look steadily, focus on, zero in on, concentrate on, take aim.
2. (noun) focus, lens.

Front 17

whakapaparanga

Back 17

1. (noun) layer, series of layers, generation.
2. (noun) level, story.

Front 18

kāmehameha

Back 18

1. (stative) be priceless, inestimable, invaluable, precious.

Front 19

taurima

Back 19

1. (verb) (-tia) to treat with care, tend, entertain, foster, adopt.
2. (verb) (-tia) to entertain, give hospitality.
3. (modifier) adopted, fostered.
4. (modifier) entertaining, festival.
5. (noun) foster child, hospitality.

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tongarewa

Back 20

1. (stative) be precious.
2. (noun) a semi-transparent variety of greenstone, an ear ornament of greenstone.

Front 21

whare tongarewa

Back 21

1. (noun) museum.