Te reo - colours

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Contents 1 ari 2 hae 3 hahae 4 hāmā 5 hāmā 6 hana 7 hāpira (eng) 8 hātea 9 hāura 10 hengia 11 hina 12 hiriwa 13 hīwera 14 hīwerawera 15 hoata 16 hohoata 17 horetea 18 hōrua 19 hunga 20 ingoingo 21 ira 22 iraira 23 kaho 24 kahurangi 25 kākaka 26 kakano 27 kakano whakauru 28 kākaramea 29 kākarauri 30 kākāriki 31 kākata 32 kanapa 33 kano 34 kanokore 35 kara(ina) (eng) 36 karaka 37 karakara 38 karamea 39 karatiwha 40 kārearea 41 karera 42 katea 43 kauruki 44 kauruku 45 keha 46 kehu 47 kenehuru 48 keretewha 49 kikiwa 50 kikorangi 51 kiri waitutu 52 kirikotea 53 kiriwhero 54 kita 55 kiwa 56 kiwakiwa 57 kiwikiwi 58 koehu 59 kōhangohango 60 kōingoingo 61 kōiraira 62 koka 63 kōkōwai 64 kōmahi 65 kōmō 66 kōpatapata 67 kōpuni 68 kōpura 69 kōpure 70 kōpurepure 71 kōrae 72 kōrako 73 kōrangorango 74 kōreko 75 kōrinorino 76 korio 77 kororā 78 korotingotingo 79 korotiwha 80 korotiwhatiwha 81 kōruhi 82 kōtea 83 kōtiwhatiwha 84 kōtuhi 85 kōtukutuku 86 kōura (eng) 87 kōuraura 88 kōwhai 89 kupango 90 kura 91 kuratea 92 mā 93 māhinahina 94 makauri 95 mākekehu 96 mākura 97 mākurakura 98 māmangu 99 manauri 100 mangaeka 101 mangu 102 mangumangu 103 māota 104 mārari 105 matahanahana 106 matakakā 107 mataura 108 matawhero 109 mawera 110 māwhe 111 māwhero 112 mea 113 mōheahea 114 momo 115 mōrea 116 mōtea 117 muhani 118 mumura 119 muramura 120 ngā tae 121 ngangana 122 niwaniwa 123 nonokura 124 ōpure 125 pāhekeheke 126 pāhoko 127 pāhokohoka 128 pākā 129 pākā kōrito 130 pākurakura 131 pango 132 pāpango 133 para karaka 134 parāone 135 paraumu 136 parauri 137 parawera 138 pariko 139 pārikoriko 140 paruparu 141 pawhero 142 peapeau 143 poapoa 144 pokere 145 pōporo 146 pōrangorango 147 pounamu 148 pōuriuri 149 pūaho 150 pūhinahina 151 pūmā 152 pūnganangana 153 pungapunga 154 purepure 155 pūrikoriko 156 pūwhero 157 pūwherowhero 158 rauwhero 159 reko 160 renga 161 ropiropi 162 tae(a) 163 taeanga maha 164 tāekeka 165 taekore 166 tāhei 167 tāhekeheke 168 tahutahu 169 taingia 170 tāingoingo 171 taitea 172 tarapī 173 tarare 174 tārekoreko 175 tawa 176 tāwakawaka 177 tawatawa 178 tawauri 179 tea 180 teatea 181 tīhaere 182 titiwha 183 tiwha 184 tiwhaia 185 tongi 186 tore 187 tōwhero 188 tū-ā- 189 tuatea 190 tūmomo 191 tūrehu 192 tutu 193 tūtutpō 194 ūkura 195 ura 196 uri 197 uriuri 198 uru tūrehu 199 urukehu 200 waiārangi 201 waiporoporo 202 waipū 203 wairau 204 waituhi 205 waitutu 206 weko 207 whakakakakaka 208 whakakōingoingo 209 whakamā 210 whakamāpau 211 whakameremere 212 whakaura 213 whakawaikura 214 whakawaituhi 215 wheko 216 whero

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