1. (loan) (noun) rice.
E kore a ia e pai ki ngā kupu a Tiati Tāmati, i te mea he iwi kai nui te Māori, ā ko te kī a Tāmati e kī nei he iwi ware, he iwi kai raihi (TW 12/10/1878:504). / He will never agree with Judge Thomas, because Māori are big eaters, and Thomas was saying they were a low race, a people who eat rice.
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.
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He Pātaka Kupu is a monolingual Māori language dictionary, and was designed using its own culturally authentic terms.
