Today me and my class were trying to find what all these moari words mean so we a text from a story could a visit to tapu te ranga marae.
Word / vocabulary
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prediction
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Text Meaning
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karanga,
|
welcome
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Greeting to sing
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tangata whenua
|
chief
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Would know that we are coming in peace
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mihi,
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greeting
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The meeting between people
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kawa
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In a moari meeting house
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Ways of doing things
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koha
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A gift or donation
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Our gift to the marae
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kuia
|
ancestor
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Who calls the visitor onto the marae
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tipuna
|
Grandfather
|
dad
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hongi
|
Greeting rubbing noses together
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Rubbing noses twice
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urupa
|
cemetery
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Brutal site
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whare kai
|
Eating place
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supper
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Pare Hinetai No Waitaha
|
place
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island
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poroporoaki
|
A farewell speech
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goodbye
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