1. (noun) vital essence, vitality - of a person, place or object.

(Te Kōhure Textbook (Ed. 2): 227;)

1. (verb) to exceed, be in excess.

1. (noun) present in return for one received.

1. (noun) wind, breeze, breath.

(Te Kōhure Textbook (Ed. 2): 227;)

1. (verb) to be heard, resound, spread (news), famous.

1. (verb) (hāua,-a,-tia) to strike, hit, serve (with a bat, stick, racket, etc.), chop.

1. prefix added to a few words, sometimes having the effect of intensifying the meaning, e.g. kume (to pull) and haukume (to pull hard); kuru (to strike) and haukuru (to smash).

1. (noun) simplest form of fraction.

1. (noun) natural gas.

1. (noun) fluorine.

1. (noun) (golf) shank.

1. (noun) equivalent fraction.

1. (noun) equivalent fraction.

1. (noun) chlorine.

1. (noun) ceremonial offering of food to an atua - a rite of presenting the hau to the atua with an offering or incantation.

1. (loan) (noun) wind farm.

1. (noun) light wind.

1. (loan) (verb) to play golf.

1. (noun) strong wind, violent wind.

1. (noun) northerly wind - also as one word, i.e. hauraki.