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Ka

(Particle) used before a verb when the action is in the future.


Kahurangi


Kai.


Kaiako

1. (noun) teacher, instructor.



Kaiāwhina

1. (noun) helper, assistant, contributor, counsel, advocate.



Kaikaranga


Caller - the woman (or women) who has the role of making the ceremonial call to visitors onto a marae, or equivalent venue, at the start of a pōwhiri. The term is also used for the caller(s) from the visiting group who responds to the tangatawhenua ceremonial call. Traditionally this role was based on one's status within the hapū or whānau, the eldest sister normally being given the role. Skilled kaikaranga are able to use eloquent language and metaphor and to encapsulate important information about the group and the purpose of the visit.



Kaiotaota


Kairīwhi

1. (loan) (noun) reliever, successor, substitute, replacement.



Kaitautoko

1. (noun) supporter, sponsor, backer, advocate, benefactor, seconder (meeting).




Ka mau te wehi


Ka mutu pea

Wonderfullhow great, how marvellous, how wonderful - an idiom used to praise a person or something.

Kānga pakō


Kapua


Karaka


Karakara


karakia

1. (verb) (-tia) to recite ritual chants, say grace, pray, recite a prayer, chant.



karawhiua


Kareao


Karera


Kāri


Karoti


Kātahi rā koe!


Kau


Kāuta-repo


kei a wai?


kei runga noa atu koe


Kei te

(Particle) in the act of, is, are - when followed by a verb indicates continuing action in the present.


Kei whea


Kererū

(noun) New Zealand pigeon, kererū, Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae - a large green, copper and white native bush pigeon which was eaten by Māori. Kererū were one of two foods harvested during the Māori new year.




Kete

(Noun) Basket


ki

(particle) to, into, towards, on to, upon - indicates motion towards something



Kiriata


Kiwi

(noun) northern brown kiwi, North Island brown kiwi, kiwi feather, Apteryx mantelli and tokoeka, Apteryx australis - flightless, nocturnal endemic birds with hair-like feathers and a long bill with sensitive nostrils at the tip.




Koa


koe

(pronoun) you (one person) - like all pronouns and personals, takes a when following ki, i, kei and hei but does not take a when used as the subject of the sentence. Never occurs after he, te and ngā and is not used after the prepositions a, o, mā, mō, nā, nō or with  and .




Kohanga Reo


Kohu


Koia, kei a koe


Kōpaka


Kōpaki moe


Korekau


Kōrero


kotahi


Kōtiro


ko wai?


Kōwhai


Kua

(particle) has, had, have, will have - a particle used before ordinary verbs and statives denoting that an action is under way or completed, or a state established. It relates to something that has changed from one state to another


Kūaha


kutikuti