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taeratanga

1. (noun) sexuality.

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Synonyms: hōkakatanga

hōkakatanga

1. (noun) sexuality.

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Synonyms: taeratanga


2. (noun) sexual orientation.

oranga taihema

1. (noun) (sexual & reproductive health) family planning.

hōkakarua

1. (noun) bisexual.

taera

1. (noun) sexual desire, sexual attraction.

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tauonioni

1. (verb) to copulate, have sexual intercourse.

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onioni

1. (verb) (-a,-tia) to move, wriggle, have sexual intercourse, copulate, make love.

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


2. (modifier) copulating, making love, having sex.

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3. (noun) sexual intercourse.

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Synonyms: mahimahi, ekeeke

ekeeke

1. (verb) (-ngia,-tia,-a) to get on, embark, board (a vessel), mount (horses, vehicles, etc.) - a number of people.

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2. (verb) (-a,-ngia) to have sex, copulate, have sexual intercourse, mount.

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Synonyms: mahimahi, onioni, kake, maunga, whakaeke

karihika

1. (modifier) lewd, immoral, crude, erotic, sexy, pornographic.

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Synonyms: tīweka


2. (noun) copulation, sexual union.


3. (noun) pornography.


4. (noun) slut, prostitute, whore.

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Synonyms: kairau, kaikairau, kaimahi kairau

pāwhera

1. (verb) (-tia) to cut open and dry fish.


2. (verb) (-tia) to violate a woman, rape, sexually assault.

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Synonyms: tūkino, repi


3. (noun) dried fish.

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4. (noun) rape, sexual violation.

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1. (verb) (-kia,-ngia) to touch, strike, hit (as by a stone), tag, affect.

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See also pānga


2. (verb) (-kia,-ngia) to be connected with, relate to, pertaining to, regarding.

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3. (verb) to be heard, reach one's ears, hold personal communication with.

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4. (verb) to blow (as the wind).

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5. (verb) (-kia,-ngia) to participate, act together, act in concert, join in (an undertaking).

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Synonyms: whai wāhi


6. (verb) to have sexual intercourse.

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7. (noun) contact (netball, etc.).

taitōkai

1. (verb) (-tia) to sexually abuse.

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2. (modifier) sexually abusing.

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3. (noun) sexual abuse.

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whakaputa uri tōrua

1. (noun) sexual reproduction.

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tōkai

1. (verb) to copulate, have sexual intercourse.

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kaikaiātara

1. (verb) to fornicate, have sexual intercourse outside marriage.


2. (modifier) fornicating.

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3. (noun) fornication, sexual intercourse outside marriage.

mahi whakaito

1. (noun) sexual harassment.

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mahimahi

1. (verb) to copulate, have sexual intercourse, have sex, make love.

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Synonyms: ai, onioni


2. (noun) sexual intercourse, love-making, copulation, sex.

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Synonyms: ekeeke, onioni


3. (noun) low-born, commoner, plebeian.


4. (noun) hīnau, Elaeocarpus dentatus - tall forest tree with long leaves, whitish underneath and producing masses of white flowers and edible berries, the pounded kernels of which form a meal from which hīnau bread is baked, while the bark is used for dye for the initial stage of producing the black of muka.

See also hīnau

oni

1. (verb) to wriggle, move, make sensual movements, make lascivious movements, make erotic movements.

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2. (verb) to perform sexual intercourse, copulate, have sex.

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3. (verb) to be almost, close to (of time).

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4. (noun) wriggling, making sensual movements, making lascivious movements, erotic dancing.

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aronga hōkaka

1. (noun) sexual orientation.

aronga taera

1. (noun) sexual orientation.

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Synonyms: hōkakarua, aronga hōkaka, hōkakatanga

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