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M


Mahea (te rangi)


Mākū


Mākūkū


Mamae


Mamaoa


mano


Manuhiri


Marae ātea



courtyard, public forum - an open area in front of the wharenui where formal welcomes to visitors take place and issues are debated. The marae ātea is the domain of Tūmatauenga, the atua of war and people, and is thus the appropriate place to raise contentious issues.


Maroke


Matapihi


Matau


Matua

1. (verb) to be adult, grown-up.


2. (stative) main, chief, important, primary.


3. (noun) father, parent, uncle.



Mātua

1. (noun) parents - plural form of matua.




Mauī


Māwhero


me


me he tē

Like a boss! 



Mīharo


Mihia


Miraka tepe


Motukā


Motupaika


Mou


Moumahara


Mōwhiti


Mua


(location) the front, in front of, before, ahead - 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.


Muri


(location) the rear, behind, at the back of - 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.


N

 (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.



nei

(particle) here - used after nouns, location words, pronouns and personal names to indicate position or connection with the speaker or the principal character in a narrative. Like the other two locative particles,  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.



Nē rā

Nē rā

(Common saying) is that so? won't you? won't we? isn't it? - interrogative emphasising a question, request or proposal.



ngā


O

ono


P

Paehaukū


Paemahana


Paepae


Paepae manuhiri


Paepae tangata whenua


Pahikara


Pahipoto


Pahirahi


paiā


Paki


Pakitara


Pango


Pāorooro


Papa


(noun) board, timber, floor, slab, plank, chart, plane surface, bed (of a lake or the sea), Earth, shell of crayfish and molluscs - anything broad, flat and hard.



papa tuhituhi


Parāoa Poke


Parauri



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