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Language: Maori

Source/Author:  Bruce Biggs 
Identifiers:  ISO-639-3:mri  Glottocode: maor1246 
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Data Entry:  Typed By: Simon Greenhill  Checked By: Simon Greenhill 
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Classification:  Austronesian:Malayo-Polynesian:Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian:Eastern Malayo-Polynesian:Oceanic:Central-Eastern Oceanic:Remote Oceanic:Central Pacific:East Fijian-Polynesian:Polynesian:Nuclear:East:Central:Tahitic 
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ID: Word: Item: Annotation: Cognacy: Loan:
1 hand ringa(ringa) irregular medial C (see Pollex) 1, 64, 34  
2 left mauii   1, 59  
3 right katau   5, 40  
3 right matau   5, 13  
4 leg/foot waewae Correction via Peter Keegan 1, 100  
5 to walk haere-a-waewae   6  
6 road/path ara   1  
7 to come haere mai   1, 42  
8 to turn word info huri   15  
9 to swim kauhoe   5  
10 dirty paru   7  
11 dust pu|ehu   1, 74  
11 dust puehu   1, 74  
12 skin kiri   1  
13 back word info tuaraa   11, 113  
14 belly puku      
15 bone iwi   52, 5  
16 intestines wheekau   12  
17 liver ate   1  
18 breast uu   1  
19 shoulder pakihiwi   8  
20 to know, be knowledgeable moohio   52  
21 to think whakaaro      
22 to fear mataku   1  
23 blood toto   4  
24 head upoko   10  
25 neck ua   18  
26 hair word info makawe      
27 nose ihu   1  
28 to breathe whakataa      
29 to sniff, smell hongi   9  
30 mouth waha   1, 8  
31 tooth niho   1  
32 tongue arero   15  
33 to laugh kata   7  
34 to cry tangi   1  
35 to vomit ruaki   8, 31  
36 to spit tuha   120  
37 to eat kai   1, 47  
38 to chew word info katikati      
39 to cook word info tao   10  
40 to drink inu   1  
41 to bite ngau   7  
42 to suck ngote   9  
43 ear taringa   1  
44 to hear rongo   1  
45 eye mata   1  
46 to see kite   1  
47 to yawn haamama(mama)   19, 28  
48 to sleep moe   10, 109  
49 to lie down word info takoto   7, 10  
50 to dream moemoeaa   7, 27  
51 to sit noho   16  
52 to stand tuu   2  
53 person/human being tangata   1, 66, 97  
54 man/male taane   1, 11  
55 woman/female wahine   1, 106, 116  
56 child tamaiti   6, 64  
57 husband taane   14  
58 wife wahine   5, 68  
59 mother whaea   6  
60 father matua   9  
61 house whare   14  
62 thatch/roof raurau   55  
63 name ingoa   6  
64 to say koorero   11  
65 rope taura   9  
66 to tie up, fasten herehere   43  
67 to sew word info tui   13, 16  
68 needle ngira L from English   L
69 to hunt word info whaiwhai   6  
70 to shoot word info whana   1  
71 to stab, pierce oka   67  
72 to hit word info patu   7  
73 to steal taahae   5  
74 to kill patu   9  
75 to die, be dead mate   1  
76 to live, be alive ora   6  
77 to scratch word info rakuraku (<M) 9  
78 to cut, hack word info taa   1  
79 stick/wood raa|kau   1, 26  
80 to split word info waawaahi   4  
81 sharp koi(koi)   14, 66  
82 dull, blunt puuhuki   18  
83 to work word info mahi   54  
84 to plant too   4  
85 to choose whiri   1  
86 to grow word info tupu   1  
87 to swell word info puku   24  
88 to squeeze word info kotee   47  
89 to hold word info pupuri      
90 to dig keri   1  
91 to buy hoko   7  
92 to open, uncover huaki (<M) 8  
93 to pound, beat word info tuki   2  
94 to throw word info panga      
95 to fall word info makere   10  
96 dog kurii   7  
97 bird manu   1  
98 egg heeki L from English   L
98 egg hua manu hua manu (arch.) 5  
99 feather huru-manu   1  
100 wing parirau   9  
101 to fly rere   11  
102 rat kiore   12  
103 meat/flesh kiko   10  
104 fat/grease ngako   14  
105 tail whiore   10  
106 snake naakahi L from Hebrew   L
107 worm (earthworm) noke   7  
108 louse word info kutu   1  
109 mosquito waeroa   54  
110 spider pungaawerewere   1, 57, 99  
111 fish ika   1  
112 rotten word info pirau   15  
113 branch word info manga   2, 35  
114 leaf rau   1  
115 root paki|aka   2  
116 flower puaawai   1  
117 fruit hua   1  
118 grass karaaihe L from English 56 L
119 earth/soil oneone Sand? (POc *qone) 35  
119 earth/soil repo Dirt 11  
119 earth/soil kere- Earth (in compounds only). 10  
120 stone koowhatu   1, 39  
121 sand one   1  
122 water word info wai   2  
123 to flow tere   10  
124 sea moana   10  
124 sea tai   1  
125 salt tote L from English   L
126 lake roto   6  
127 woods/forest ngahere   16  
128 sky rangi   1  
129 moon marama   7  
130 star whetuu   1  
131 cloud word info kapua   67  
132 fog kohu   1, 47  
133 rain ua   1  
134 thunder whatitiri   14  
135 lightning uira   2  
136 wind hau   10  
137 to blow word info hua      
137 to blow word info pupuhi   6  
138 warm word info mahana   1, 72  
139 cold word info makariri   1, 52  
140 dry word info maroke   13  
141 wet maakuu   10  
142 heavy taimaha   46, 66  
143 fire ahi   1  
144 to burn word info tahu   8  
145 smoke word info au|ahi   2  
146 ash pungarehu   67, 60  
147 black mangu      
148 white maa      
149 red whero   36  
150 yellow koowhai      
151 green kaakaariki      
152 small iti   1  
153 big nui   11  
154 short word info hakahaka hakahaka (height) 10  
154 short word info poto poto (length) 9  
155 long word info roa   12, 105  
156 thin word info rahirahi   5  
157 thick word info matotoru   3  
158 narrow whaaiti   84  
159 wide whaanui      
160 painful, sick maauiui   1, 12  
161 shy, ashamed whaka|maa   1  
162 old word info pakeke      
163 new hoou   1  
164 good pai   76  
165 bad, evil kino   9  
166 correct, true tika   9  
167 night poo   1  
168 day ao (not night) 1, 54  
168 day raa (period) 7  
169 year tau   1  
170 when? word info aahea aahea (future) 5  
171 to hide word info huna   1, 16  
172 to climb word info piki   6  
173 at i   1  
173 at kei   5  
173 at hei      
174 in, inside i roto   5  
175 above i runga   9  
176 below i raro   8  
177 this teenei   7, 1  
178 that teenaa   1  
178 that teeraa   65  
179 near tata   9  
180 far tawhiti      
181 where? word info whea   3, 35  
182 I au   1, 21  
183 thou koe   1  
184 he/she ia   1  
185 we word info taaua 1 dual incl. 1, 29  
185 we word info taatou 1 pl. incl. 1, 39  
185 we word info maaua   2, 29  
185 we word info maatou   2, 39  
186 you koorua   x  
186 you koutou   16  
187 they raaua dual x  
187 they raatou   1, 72  
188 what? word info aha   1  
189 who? word info wai cf M-F 1, 19  
190 other atu atu (Particle) 19  
191 all katoa   13  
192 and me   2, 46  
192 and hoki 'also'?-MW    
193 if me (hemea)   5  
194 how? word info peehea   11  
195 no, not kaahore   11  
196 to count tatau   8, 80  
197 One word info tahi   41  
198 Two word info rua   1  
199 Three word info toru   1  
200 Four word info whaa   1, 66  
201 Five word info rima Five.(Source: Pollex) 1  
202 Six word info ono Six. (Source: Pollex) 1  
203 Seven word info whitu Seven.(Source: Pollex) 1  
204 Eight word info waru   3  
205 Nine word info iwa Nine.(Source: Pollex) 5, 44  
206 Ten word info ngahuru Ten (archaic) (Bgs), Ten (Best).(Source: Pollex) 5, 32  
206 Ten word info hangahuru Ten (archaic) (Bgs), Ten (Best).(Source: Pollex) 5  
206 Ten word info tekau   30  
207 Twenty word info rua tekau Twenty (obs.), ten (mod) (Bgs).(Source: Pollex) 3, 4  
208 Fifty word info rima tekau      
209 One Hundred word info rau A large number, hundred.(Source: Pollex) 2  
210 One Thousand word info mano Thousand, multitude.(Source: Pollex) 2  

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