Koha gift, present (usually money, can be food or precious items, given by guest to hosts).Waiata song or chant which follows a speech.Haka chant with dance for the purpose of challenge ( see other references to haka on this site).Kaikōrero or kaiwhai kōrero speaker (there are many other terms).Whaikōrero the art and practice of speech making.Tangata whenua original people belonging to a place, local people, hosts.Karanga the ceremony of calling to the guests to welcome them onto the marae.Tangi short (verbal version) for the above or to cry, to mourn.Tangihanga funeral ceremony in which a body is mourned on a marae.

Marae the area for formal discourse in front of a meeting house or the whole marae complex, including meeting house, dining hall, forecourt, etc.Hear the late Tairongo Amoamo read the complete list: click on arrow to play or download as mp3 (493kb) The marae We have included individual sound files of spoken versions of all these words – just click on the word and it will be spoken! (See also pronunciation notes and te reo for email.) New: 365 more useful Māori words and phrases n., A bundle of tapa pieces ( moʻomoʻo).These words are grouped according to the following functions and associations: n., A unit of measure equal to half a span (kīkoʻo).ħ. n., Chalk, chalky white earth, as of limestone.Ħ. Poho pono nā peʻa i ka makani (song), the sails are well filled with wind.ĥ.vt., To belly out, puff out, as clothes on a line or a sail to hollow or dub out, as a wooden container. nvt., Patch, as in clothes a wooden patch inserted into a calabash, as to mend a break to patch, mend.Ĥ. Poho ʻinamona, stone mortar for grinding cooked kukui nuts and salt into a relish to mix the relish.ģ.nvt., Mortar to knead, as bread or poi (Kep.

Poho kai, hollow where sea remains at low tide.Ģ.

n., Hollow or palm of the hand, hollow of the foot, depression, hollow container, receptacle, pouch, as for tobacco box, as for matches hollow of a canoe, divided into three parts (mua, waena, hope).

Poho hawaiian slang