Filters

Idioms

Phrases

Proverbs

Loan words

Historical loan words

Filters

Idioms

Phrases

Proverbs

Loan words

Historical loan words

uru-mā-tonga

1. (modifier) south-western.

E rua tau i mua atu ka pā te matakite ki a ia i te tukinga o te waka ki waho mai o tōna kāinga, kei te pito uru-mā-tonga o te rohe o Taranaki (Te Ara 2017). / Two years earlier he had begun to have visions after a boat was wrecked off shore from his home in the south-western end of Taranaki.

Show example

Hide example


2. (noun) south-west.

I te tau 2003 ka ako ia i tētahi rōpū rangatahi kia auaha i tētahi waka i te uru-mā-tonga o Poihākena (Te Ara 2017). / In 2003 he taught a group of youths from the south-west of Sydney to create a canoe.

Show example

Hide example

Te Kākano 3rd Edition

New edition of the leading Māori-language textbook out now.

More info

The App

Te Aka Māori Dictionary is also available as an iOS and Android app. Download below.

iOS Android

The Book

Te Aka Māori-English, English-Māori Dictionary and Index by John C Moorfield comprises a selection of modern and everyday language that will be extremely useful for learners of the Māori language.

More info

He Pātaka Kupu

Te kai a te rangatira

He Pātaka Kupu is a monolingual Māori language dictionary, and was designed using its own culturally authentic terms.

Visit website

00:00