GLOSSARY / KUPUTAKA

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.

1. (noun) paramount chief, high chief, chieftain, lord, leader, aristocrat, first-born in a high ranking family - qualities of a leader is a concern for the integrity and prosperity of the people, the land, the language and other cultural treasures (e.g. oratory and song poetry), and an aggressive and sustained response to outside forces that may threaten these.

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. 2. (noun) incantation, ritual chant, chant, intoned incantation, charm, spell - a set form of words to state or make effective a ritual activity.

1. (location) Christchurch.

1. (location) Dunedin.

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. (experience verb) (rangona,-hia,-na,-tia) to hear, feel, smell, taste, perceive - used for all the senses except sight. 2. (noun) news, report, fame, tidings, reputation. 3. (noun) peace (after war). 4. (noun) perception, awareness. 1. (personal name) atua of peace, kumara and all cultivated foods. 1. (personal noun) Saturn - the sixth planet from the sun, circled by a system of broad flat rings.

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) be sacred, prohibited, restricted, set apart, forbidden, under atua protection 2. (modifier) sacred, prohibited, restricted, set apart, forbidden, under atua protection 3. (noun) restriction, prohibition - a supernatural condition. A person, place or thing is dedicated to an atua and is thus removed from the sphere of the profane and put into the sphere of the sacred. It is untouchable, no longer to be put to common use. The violation of tapu would result in retribution, sometimes including the death of the violator and others involved directly or indirectly.

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

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.

1. immediate 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.