haumako

1. (verb) to be rich, fertile.

Ko te takune, kia tau katoa mai ērā momo kupu kia haumako ake ai te papakupu Māori e āhei mai ana tātou katoa (HM 1/1994:4). / The intention is that all those types of words will enrich the Māori dictionary that we will all be able to access.

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2. (modifier) fertile, rich, productive.

He whenua haumako tērā e mahue atu rā, matomato ana te tipu mai o ngā rākau. / That was a fertile land we were leaving where the plants grow vigorously.

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Synonyms: oho, māpua, tōnui, mōmona, whairawa, rangatira, rari

3. (noun) fertility, richness.

I tana hokinga ki Hawaiki ka kōrero a Kupe mō te haumako o ngā oneone i Aotearoa (Te Ara 2014). / When Kupe returned to Hawaiki he spoke of the richness of the soils in Aotearoa/New Zealand.

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Synonyms: matū, mōmona

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