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Site: Te Ahu o te Reo Māori ki Te Taiuru
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Glossary: He Kuputaka | Glossary
P

Pātara wai

Peita

Pekanga


side road, branch off, branch road, extension (telephone), branch, branch path.

pēke



 (noun) bag

pene

pepa

Pikitia

(Noun) Picture

Piko

Pītakataka

Pito

Poaka

Pōari

1. (loan) (noun) board - the decision-making body of an organisation.



Pokea

Pōkēao

Pouaka kai

Pounamu

Poupou

(Noun) A carved wall panel in a meeting house

Pōuriuri

Pukapuka

Pūkeko

(noun) pūkeko, purple swamp hen, Porphyrio porphyrio - a deep blue-coloured bird with a black head and upperparts, a white undertail and a scarlet bill that inhabits wetlands, estuaries and damp pasture areas.



Pūkohukohu

Pūmou

purutia

(verb) (-tia) to hold, retain possession of, keep, hold on to, grip, restrain


Purutōha

Puta auahi

Pūtē-pāoro

R

 (particle) there (by the listener) - used after nouns, location words, pronouns and personal names to indicate position or connection with the listener or the principal character in a narrative. Like the other two locative particles, nei and , it follows manner particles (i.e. kau, kē, noa, rawa and tonu) and directional particles (i.e. mai, atu, iho and ake) in the phrase if they are present.


Rākau

Raki

north


Rangirua

Raranga

Rarau

Raro


(location) the bottom, the underside, under - a location word, or locative, which follows immediately after particles such as ki, i and kei or is preceded by a when used as the subject of the sentence.

rau

Rāwhiti

Rehutai

Reihana.

Reka tonu

Reo

Reporepo

Retireti

rima

rorohiko

Roto


(location) the inside, in, within, interior - used to refer to the space physically inside another defined space, e.g. a house, box, etc. It is a location word, or locative, which follows immediately after particles such as ki, i, hei and kei or is preceded by a when used as the subject of the sentence.

rua

Ruaonepū

Rukea te rangi

Runga


The top, upper part, on, on top of, the top surface (of something) - a location word, or locative, which follows immediately after particles such as ki, i, hei and kei or is preceded by a when used as the subject of the sentence.


rūri

Ruru

(noun) morepork, owl, Ninox novaeseelandiae - a native owl common throughout Aotearoa/New Zealand in wooded areas including suburbs, roosting by day and active at night.