earth - Te Aka Māori Dictionary

ao

1. (verb) to dawn.

(Te Kōhure Textbook (Ed. 2): 175-180;)

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2. (modifier) bright.

(Te Kōhure Textbook (Ed. 2): 175-180;)

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3. (noun) world, globe, global.

(Te Kōhure Textbook (Ed. 2): 175-180;)

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Synonyms: Rangawhenua, Tangaroa, Matawhero, Whiro, Whiringa ki Tawhiti, ao-mārama, ao tūroa, aotūroa, ao mārama, Kōpū, Kōpūnui, Rangipō, taiao, Takero, Tāwera, Pareārau, Meremere, Meremere-tū-ahiahi

4. (noun) Earth.

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5. (noun) day, daytime - as opposed to night.

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6. (noun) cloud.

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Papatūānuku

1. (personal name) Earth, Earth mother and wife of Rangi-nui - all living things originate from them.

(Te Māhuri Study Guide (Ed. 1): 39-42;)

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horopū

1. (verb) to swallow whole.

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2. (verb) to slip, slump, slide (of earth).

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3. (modifier) staunch, genuine, steadfast, loyal, firm, dependable.

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Synonyms: pirihongo, ngākau pono, piripono, tōmau, pirihonga, pirihonge

hāngī

1. (noun) hāngī, earth oven - earth oven to cook food with steam and heat from heated stones. Also as hāngi.

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2. (noun) food cooked in an earth oven.

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hapī

1. (noun) cooking pit, earth oven (in which food is cooked by steam and heat from heated stones), hāngī.

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huke

1. (verb) (-a) to dig up, expose by removing the earth, excavate, uncover, mine.

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2. (verb) (-a) to paw (the ground).

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kauae raro

1. (noun) lower jaw.

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2. (noun) terrestrial knowledge, earthly knowledge.

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kete aronui

1. (noun) basket of knowledge of aroha, peace and the arts and crafts which benefit the Earth and all living things - one of the three baskets of knowledge. This basket relates to knowledge acquired through careful observation of the environment. It is also the basket of ritual, of literature, philosophy and is sometimes regarded as the basket of the humanities.

(Te Māhuri Textbook (Ed. 2): 123;)

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ketu

1. (verb) (-a) to dig, remove earth, dig out, ferret out.

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2. (verb) (-a) to root (of pigs).

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3. (noun) pointed paddle-shaped implement - to loosen soil for cultivation, earthworks, etc.

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Synonyms: wauwau, pīnaki

nuku

1. (verb) (-hia,-tia) to move, shift, extend.

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Synonyms: mahinga, nukunuku, kori, tākiri, koni, korikori, neke, paheke, panuku, whakakorikori, mū, konikoni, hūnuku, tīkape, onioni, kaneke, kareu, whakangāueue, rangaranga, takataka, neneke, ngatē, ngeungeu, oraora, pakuku, pīoraora, heke, ki hori, hiki, oreore, ngatete

2. (verb) (-hia,-tia) to move, shift, extend, indent (computer).

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3. (noun) wide extent, throughout, length and breadth, all over, all through.

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4. (noun) the Earth.

one

1. (noun) beach, sand, mud, earth, soil.

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Synonyms: kirikiri, onepū, wharu, paruparu, kene, hū, paru, poharu

oneone

1. (noun) earth, soil, dirt, ground, land.

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Synonyms: tuawhenua, motu, uta, whenua, taiwhenua

paioneone

1. (noun) clod (of earth).

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papa

1. (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.

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Synonyms: paraki

2. (noun) victory.

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