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Place Name Words
Term | Definition |
---|---|
Ahi | Fire |
Ao | Cloud (not starting with k) |
Ara | Path/Road |
Atua | God |
Au | Current |
Awa | River / Channel / Gully / Valley |
Haka | Dance |
Hau | Wind |
Hua | Fruit / Egg |
Ika | Fish |
Iti | Small (Not starting with R) |
Kai | Food / Eat |
Kino | Bad / To dislike |
Mā | White / Clear. Sometimes a shortening of Manga (Not starting with T) |
Manga | Branch / Tributary / Stream |
Mānia | Plain / Plateau |
Manu | Bird |
Mata | Headland / Point / Surface / Eye / Raw |
Matā | Flint / Quartz / Obsidian |
Maunga | Mountain |
Moana | Sea / Lake |
Mātā | Heap / Plant |
Motu | Island |
Muri | End / Breeze |
Mutu | End / Finished |
Nui | Big / Plenty of |
O | Of |
Ō | The place of |
One | Mud / Sand / Beach |
Pā | Fortified village / Clump / Flock |
Pae | Ridge / Resting Place (Not a Cemetery) |
Papa | Broad / Flat / Ground Covered with Vegetation |
Pō | Night |
Poto | Short |
Puke | Hill |
Puna | Spring of Water |
Rangi | Sky |
Rau | Hundred / Many / Leaf |
Riki | Small / Few (Not starting with I) |
Roa | Long / High |
Roto | Lake / Inside |
Rua | Cave / Hollow / Two |
Tahi | One / Single |
Tai | Sea / Coast / Tide |
Tapu | Forbidden / Sacred |
Tea | White / Clear (Not starting with M) |
Wai | Water |
Waka | Canoe |
Whanga | Bay / Harbour / Inlet / Stretch of Water |
Whare | House |
Whata | To Elevate / A Raised Platform for Storing Food |
Whenua | Land / Country |