Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary

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KEEL, s., takere, hua, tangere.

Keep, v., pupuri, pupuru.

Keep (close), v., pirihongo.

Keep (in the mind), v., whaka-puke.

Keepsake, s., oha, manatunga, maimai-aroha.

Kernel, s., kano, karihi, kopia, nganga, pirere.

Kiok, v., whana.

Kidney, s., whatukuhu, ate-whatukuhu, ngakoko, takihi, whatu-manawa.

Kill, v., whaka-mate, patu, tukituki, mara.

Killed, to be, v., maru.

Kind, a., atawhai, aroha, atamai, whaka-mahuru, ngawari.

Kind (sort), s., tu.

Kindle, v., ka, tahu, tou, kaunaki, naws.

Kindle (to make fire by friction of wood), v., hika, hinga [see Fire-stick].

Kindred, s., whanaunga, huanga.

King, s., au, pu.

Kingfisher, s., kotare.

Kiss, v., mote.

Kitohen, s., kauta, kuhu, hereumu, kamuri.

Kite (a toy), s., kahu, manu.

Knead, v., popo, pokepoke.

Knee, s., turi.

Knee-cap, s., kopani.

Knee-joint, s., turipona, mona.

Kneel, v., tuturi, koropiko, tuturu.

Knife, s., maripi, mikara, kota, koripi, oka.

Knob, s., puku, tingou.

Knock, v., pakuku, patukituki, patoto [see Beat].

Knock (to pieces), v., pakaru, tukituki.

Knot (on a tree), s., mona, pupeka.

Knot (in a string), s., pona, whaha-porohe

Knot (of hair), s., tikitiki, putiki, puhi, ngoungou, parekoukou, rahiri, reke.

Know, v., mohio, matau, hua.

Knowing (clever), a., ihumanea, uhumanea, matau, mohio.

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Knowledge, s., matauranga, mohiotanga.

Knuckle, s., pona, monamona.