1. (particle) Used before a verb to name an event as occurring or a state existing. No tense is implied so it may be past, present or future

1. (verb) (-ngia) to burn, glow. 2. (stative) be alight, burning, ablaze.

1. (noun) time, season, period of time, interval, term, duration. 2. (noun) area, region, definite space.

4. (noun) Lord - a name for God.

1. (verb) (-ina,-tia) to love, feel pity, feel concern for, feel compassion, empathise.
2. (modifier) loving, affectionate, caring, compassionate, kindly, sympathetic, benevolent.
3. (noun) affection, sympathy, charity, compassion, love, empathy.

1. (verb) (-tia) to recite ritual chants, say grace, pray, recite a prayer, chant.

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1. (verb) (-a,-ngia) to work, do, perform, make, accomplish, practise, raise (money).
2. (noun) work, job, employment, trade (work), practice, occupation, activity, exercise, operation, function.
3. (noun) abundance, lots of, many, heaps of

1. (verb) to have a dream, have a vision.
2. (noun) dream, vision.

1. (personal name) Earth, Earth mother and wife of Rangi-nui - all living things originate from them.

1. (personal noun) Saturn - the sixth planet from the sun, circled by a system of broad flat rings.
3. (noun) peace (after war)

1. (verb) (-tia) to treat, apply medicines.
2. (verb) (-tia) to preserve.
3. (noun) remedy, medicine, drug, cure, medication, treatment, solution (to a problem), tonic.

1. (verb) (-tia) to be a person, man, human being, individual.
2. (modifier) human, individual.
3. (noun) person, man, human being, individual.

1. (stative) (modifier) be sacred, prohibited, restricted, set apart, forbidden, under atua protection - see definition 4 for further explanations.
3. (modifier) holy - an adaptation of the original meaning for the Christian concept of holiness and sanctity.
4. (noun) restriction, prohibition - a supernatural condition

1. (verb) (-hia,-na,-tia) to support, prop up, verify, advocate, accept (an invitation), agree.
2. (modifier) supporting.  
3. (noun) support, back.
4. (interjection) agreed, I support that - used as an exclamation to show agreement.

Acknowledges the breath of life.

1. (noun) domicile, standing, place where one has the right to stand - place where one has rights of residence and belonging through kinship and whakapapa.

1. (noun) sacred place, sacred site - a place subject to long-term ritual restrictions on access or use, e.g. a burial ground, a battle site or a place where tapu objects were placed.

1. (location) Canterbury.
2. (noun) the tribe that formerly occupied much of the South Island before they were displaced by Ngāti Māmoe, who in turn were later dominated by Ngāi Tahu.

Family.

1. (verb) (-a) to be born, give birth.
2. (noun) extended family, family group, a familiar term of address to a number of people - the primary economic unit of traditional Māori society. In the modern context the term is sometimes used to include friends who may not have any kinship ties to other members.