Te reo - colours
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ari
- eng: white, clear
- source: nz maori word encyclopedia
hae
- eng: gleam
- source: h w williams
hahae
- eng: gleam
- source: nz maori word encyclopedia
hāmā
- eng: light-coloured
- source: h w williams
hāmā
- eng: faded
- source: nz maori word encyclopedia
hana
- eng: pink
- source: oxford, reed, huia et al
hāpira (eng)
- eng: sapphire
- source: ngata, teake et al
hātea
- eng: faded
- source: h w williams
hāura
- eng: brown
- source: oxford, reed, huia et al
hengia
- eng: black
- source: nz maori word encyclopedia
hina
- eng: grey
- source: h w williams
hiriwa
- eng: silver
- source: ngata, teake et al
hīwera
- eng: brown, red
- source: nz maori word encyclopedia
hīwerawera
- eng: gleaming red
- source: nz maori word encyclopedia
hoata
- eng: tow-coloured
- source: ngata, teake et al
hohoata
- eng: pale
- source: h w williams
horetea
- eng: pale
- source: nz maori word encyclopedia
hōrua
- eng: ochre
- source: ngata
hunga
- eng: light coloured
- source: h w williams
ingoingo
- eng: spotted
- source: h w williams
ira
- eng: variegated, stain, mark, freckle
- source: h w williams
iraira
- eng: variegated
- source: nz maori word encyclopedia
kaho
- eng: light coloured
- source: h w williams
kahurangi
- eng: blue
- source: oxford, reed, huia et al
kākaka
- eng: brown
- source: nz maori word encyclopedia
kakano
- eng: colour
- source: h w williams
kakano whakauru
- eng: variegated
- source: nz maori word encyclopedia
kākaramea
- eng: red
- source: h w williams
kākarauri
- eng: dark coloured
- source: h w williams
kākāriki
- eng: green
- source: oxford, reed, huia et al
kākata
- eng: rusty coloured, brown
- source: ngata
kanapa
- eng: gleaming
- source: h w williams
kano
- eng: colour
- source: ngata, teake et al
kanokore
- eng: colourless
- source: www.tki.org.nz
kara(ina) (eng)
- eng: colour
- source: ngata, teake et al
karaka
- eng: orange
- source: oxford, reed, huia et al
karakara
- eng: coloured
- source: ngata, teake et al
karamea
- eng: ochre
- source: ngata, teake et al
karatiwha
- eng: deep black
- source: nz maori word encyclopedia
kārearea
- eng: green
- source: nz maori word encyclopedia
karera
- eng: light green
- source: oxford, reed, huia et al
katea
- eng: whiten
- source: nz maori word encyclopedia
kauruki
- eng: slightly coloured
- source: h w williams
kauruku
- eng: slightly coloured
- source: h w williams
keha
- eng: whitish
- source: nz maori word encyclopedia
kehu
- eng: brown, reddish
- source: nz maori word encyclopedia
kenehuru
- eng: dark
- source: nz maori word encyclopedia
keretewha
- eng: dark skinned
- source: h w williams
kikiwa
- eng: black
- source: nz maori word encyclopedia
kikorangi
- eng: blue, sky blue
- source: teake
kiri waitutu
- eng: dark skinned
- source: nz maori word encyclopedia
kirikotea
- eng: fair
- source: nz maori word encyclopedia
kiriwhero
- eng: florid
- source: nz maori word encyclopedia
kita
- eng: intensely bright
- source: h w williams
kiwa
- eng: black
- source: nz maori word encyclopedia
kiwakiwa
- eng: black
- source: nz maori word encyclopedia
kiwikiwi
- eng: grey
- source: oxford, reed, huia et al
koehu
- eng: discoloured
- source: h w williams
kōhangohango
- eng: mottled
- source: nz maori word encyclopedia
kōingoingo
- eng: spotted
- source: h w williams
kōiraira
- eng: spot
- source: nz maori word encyclopedia
koka
- eng: brown
- source: nz maori word encyclopedia
kōkōwai
- eng: ochre
- source: ngata, teake et al
kōmahi
- eng: dark coloured
- source: h w williams
kōmō
- eng: whitish
- source: nz maori word encyclopedia
kōpatapata
- eng: freckled, spotted
- source: nz maori word encyclopedia
kōpuni
- eng: black
- source: nz maori word encyclopedia
kōpura
- eng: ruddy, shining
- source: nz maori word encyclopedia
kōpure
- eng: spotted
- source: nz maori word encyclopedia
kōpurepure
- eng: spotted
- source: nz maori word encyclopedia
kōrae
- eng: faded
- source: nz maori word encyclopedia
kōrako
- eng: albino
- source: nz maori word encyclopedia
kōrangorango
- eng: spotted, mottled
- source: nz maori word encyclopedia
kōreko
- eng: white
- source: nz maori word encyclopedia
kōrinorino
- eng: mottled surface
- source: nz maori word encyclopedia
korio
- eng: pale
- source: nz maori word encyclopedia
kororā
- eng: grey
- source: nz maori word encyclopedia
korotingotingo
- eng: spotted, speckled
- source: nz maori word encyclopedia
korotiwha
- eng: spot
- source: nz maori word encyclopedia
korotiwhatiwha
- eng: spotted
- source: nz maori word encyclopedia
kōruhi
- eng: discoloured
- source: h w williams
kōtea
- eng: pale
- source: nz maori word encyclopedia
kōtiwhatiwha
- eng: spotted
- source: nz maori word encyclopedia
kōtuhi
- eng: hazy
- source: ngata, teake et al
kōtukutuku
- eng: spotted
- source: nz maori word encyclopedia
kōura (eng)
- eng: gold
- source: ngata, teake et al
kōuraura
- eng: golden brown, bronze
- source: ngata, teake et al
kōwhai
- eng: yellow
- source: ngata, teake et al
kupango
- eng: dark in colour
- source: h w williams
kura
- eng: red, redden, glowing
- source: oxford, reed, huia et al
kuratea
- eng: reddish, pale red
- source: ngata, teake et al
mā
- eng: light-coloured
- source: nz maori word encyclopedia
māhinahina
- eng: grey
- source: nz maori word encyclopedia
makauri
- eng: black
- source: nz maori word encyclopedia
mākekehu
- eng: light
- source: nz maori word encyclopedia
mākura
- eng: light red
- source: nz maori word encyclopedia
mākurakura
- eng: reddish
- source: nz maori word encyclopedia
māmangu
- eng: black
- source: nz maori word encyclopedia
manauri
- eng: dark in colour
- source: h w williams
mangaeka
- eng: yellow, pale brown
- source: oxford, reed, huia et al
mangu
- eng: black
- source: oxford, reed, huia et al
mangumangu
- eng: black
- source: nz maori word encyclopedia
māota
- eng: dark green
- source: oxford, reed, huia et al
mārari
- eng: faded, soiled
- source: nz maori word encyclopedia
matahanahana
- eng: blush
- source: nz maori word encyclopedia
matakakā
- eng: red
- source: nz maori word encyclopedia
mataura
- eng: reddish
- source: nz maori word encyclopedia
matawhero
- eng: reddish
- source: nz maori word encyclopedia
mawera
- eng: reddish
- source: nz maori word encyclopedia
māwhe
- eng: faded
- source: ngata, teake et al
māwhero
- eng: pink
- source: oxford, reed, huia et al
mea
- eng: red
- source: nz maori word encyclopedia
mōheahea
- eng: light
- source: nz maori word encyclopedia
momo
- eng: various
- source: ngata
mōrea
- eng: red
- source: nz maori word encyclopedia
mōtea
- eng: pale
- source: nz maori word encyclopedia
muhani
- eng: light-coloured
- source: ngata, teake et al
mumura
- eng: glow
- source: h w williams
muramura
- eng: bright
- source: ngata, teake et al
ngā tae
- eng: colours
- source: oxford, reed, huia et al
ngangana
- eng: glowing, red
- source: nz maori word encyclopedia
niwaniwa
- eng: deep black
- source: nz maori word encyclopedia
nonokura
- eng: red
- source: nz maori word encyclopedia
ōpure
- eng: piebald
- source: h w williams
pāhekeheke
- eng: striped
- source: nz maori word encyclopedia
pāhoko
- eng: rainbow
- source: nz maori word encyclopedia
pāhokohoka
- eng: rainbow
- source: nz maori word encyclopedia
pākā
- eng: brown, red
- source: nz maori word encyclopedia
pākā kōrito
- eng: light brown
- source: nz maori word encyclopedia
pākurakura
- eng: glow red
- source: nz maori word encyclopedia
pango
- eng: black
- source: h w williams
pāpango
- eng: dark in colour
- source: h w williams
para karaka
- eng: orange-yellow
- source: nz maori word encyclopedia
parāone
- eng: brown
- source: oxford, reed, huia et al
paraumu
- eng: brown
- source: oxford, reed, huia et al
parauri
- eng: dark in colour
- source: ngata, teake et al
parawera
- eng: black
- source: nz maori word encyclopedia
pariko
- eng: dark
- source: nz maori word encyclopedia
pārikoriko
- eng: stained
- source: nz maori word encyclopedia
paruparu
- eng: discoloured
- source: h w williams
pawhero
- eng: red
- source: nz maori word encyclopedia
peapeau
- eng: tawny
- source: h w williams
poapoa
- eng: discolour
- source: ngata, teake et al
pokere
- eng: black
- source: nz maori word encyclopedia
pōporo
- eng: dark in colour
- source: h w williams
pōrangorango
- eng: piebald
- source: h w williams
pounamu
- eng: dark green
- source: ngata, teake et al
pōuriuri
- eng: sombre in colour
- source: ngata, teake et al
pūaho
- eng: intensely white
- source: nz maori word encyclopedia
pūhinahina
- eng: grey
- source: nz maori word encyclopedia
pūmā
- eng: grey, whitish
- source: nz maori word encyclopedia
pūnganangana
- eng: yellow
- source: nz maori word encyclopedia
pungapunga
- eng: yellow
- source: nz maori word encyclopedia
purepure
- eng: spotted, tufts of colour
- source: nz maori word encyclopedia
pūrikoriko
- eng: stained
- source: nz maori word encyclopedia
pūwhero
- eng: reddish
- source: nz maori word encyclopedia
pūwherowhero
- eng: reddish
- source: nz maori word encyclopedia
rauwhero
- eng: brown, ruddy
- source: nz maori word encyclopedia
reko
- eng: white
- source: nz maori word encyclopedia
renga
- eng: discoloured, yellow, light coloured
- source: h w williams
ropiropi
- eng: streaked
- source: nz maori word encyclopedia
tae(a)
- eng: colour
- source: ngata, teake et al
taeanga maha
- eng: multicoloured
- source: ngata, teake et al
tāekeka
- eng: in streaks
- source: nz maori word encyclopedia
taekore
- eng: colourless
- source: www.tki.org.nz
tāhei
- eng: contrasting bands of colour
- source: h w williams
tāhekeheke
- eng: streaked
- source: nz maori word encyclopedia
tahutahu
- eng: brilliant
- source: nz maori word encyclopedia
taingia
- eng: to colour, to dye, stain
- source: www.tki.org.nz
tāingoingo
- eng: spotted
- source: nz maori word encyclopedia
taitea
- eng: white
- source: nz maori word encyclopedia
tarapī
- eng: fine streak
- source: nz maori word encyclopedia
tarare
- eng: mottled
- source: nz maori word encyclopedia
tārekoreko
- eng: grey
- source: oxford, reed, huia et al
tawa
- eng: purple
- source: oxford, reed, huia et al
tāwakawaka
- eng: striped
- source: nz maori word encyclopedia
tawatawa
- eng: mottled
- source: nz maori word encyclopedia
tawauri
- eng: black
- source: nz maori word encyclopedia
tea
- eng: white, clear
- source: nz maori word encyclopedia
teatea
- eng: light in colour, albino
- source: h w williams
tīhaere
- eng: pale in colour
- source: h w williams
titiwha
- eng: gleaming
- source: nz maori word encyclopedia
tiwha
- eng: spot
- source: nz maori word encyclopedia
tiwhaia
- eng: spotted
- source: nz maori word encyclopedia
tongi
- eng: speck
- source: nz maori word encyclopedia
tore
- eng: white spot
- source: nz maori word encyclopedia
tōwhero
- eng: red
- source: nz maori word encyclopedia
tū-ā-
- eng: somewhat
- source: ngata, teake et al
tuatea
- eng: pale
- source: nz maori word encyclopedia
tūmomo
- eng: various
- source: nz maori word encyclopedia
tūrehu
- eng: pale
- source: nz maori word encyclopedia
tutu
- eng: purple
- source: oxford, reed, huia et al
tūtutpō
- eng: redness
- source: nz maori word encyclopedia
ūkura
- eng: showing red
- source: nz maori word encyclopedia
ura
- eng: brown, red
- source: nz maori word encyclopedia
uri
- eng: dark in colour, dark green
- source: h w williams
uriuri
- eng: dark in colour, dark green
- source: ngata, teake et al
uru tūrehu
- eng: light
- source: nz maori word encyclopedia
urukehu
- eng: light
- source: nz maori word encyclopedia
waiārangi
- eng: red
- source: nz maori word encyclopedia
waiporoporo
- eng: purple
- source: oxford, reed, huia et al
waipū
- eng: redden
- source: nz maori word encyclopedia
wairau
- eng: discoloured
- source: h w williams
waituhi
- eng: red
- source: nz maori word encyclopedia
waitutu
- eng: dark skinned
- source: h w williams
weko
- eng: turning black
- source: nz maori word encyclopedia
whakakakakaka
- eng: irregular stripes
- source: nz maori word encyclopedia
whakakōingoingo
- eng: variegated
- source: nz maori word encyclopedia
whakamā
- eng: whiten
- source: nz maori word encyclopedia
whakamāpau
- eng: turning brown, turning red
- source: nz maori word encyclopedia
whakameremere
- eng: striking
- source: ngata, teake et al
whakaura
- eng: glowing colour
- source: h w williams
whakawaikura
- eng: redden
- source: nz maori word encyclopedia
whakawaituhi
- eng: turning red
- source: nz maori word encyclopedia
wheko
- eng: turning black
- source: nz maori word encyclopedia
whero
- eng: red, reddish brown, whero
- source: oxford, reed, huia et al