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QUACK, v., keke.

Quadruped, s., kararehe.

Quail (bird), s., kokoreke, koreke, kotoreke, koutareke.

Quake, v., wiri, huoioi, hungoingoi.

Quantity, s., maha, nui.

Quarrel, s., whawhai, pakanga, wheinga, whainga, riri.

Quarrel, v., kakari, tatau, kaikiri, whawhai, weikiki, whaka-nihoniho, whaka-nehenehe, whaka-nene.

Quartz, s., kiripaka.

Queen, s., tapairu.

Quench, v., tinei [see Extinguish].

Question, v., pakiki, ui, patai, pakirehua.

Quick, to be, v., horo, hue, kakama, ngahau, toitoi, hihiri, hauhau, nahau, whaka-maroro, napenape, napi.

Quicken, v., whaka-hohoro, whaka-ngawari.

Quocken (as a child in the womb), v., matua.

Quickly, adv., inangeto, inamata.

Quicksand, s., powharuwharu.

Quiet, a., marie, rangimarie, rangatira, marino, wahangu, hangu, rarata, mahaki, mahuru, mauru, maika, marire.

Quieten, v., whaka-marie, whaka-rarata.

Quietly, adv., marie, maika, ata.

Quill, s., hokai.

Quinsy, s., katirehe.

Quite, adv., ata, tonu, rawa, tino, tou, kita, hangehange, marire.

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Title: Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary

Author: Edward Tregear

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