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Postby hippynz on Thu Dec 17, 2009 10:07 am

I notice there are a lot of words missing that i have seen in other dictionaries.

One being
kurkuri = stinking
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Re: Dictionary

Postby jarrod on Wed Dec 23, 2009 7:05 pm

Yeh you're right... I think only the most common words are in the Māori Dictionary on Te Whanake..

With kurikuri though, the only meaning I've ever seen of that word is a type of plant/tree...This is what I found in the Kōrero Māori 'He Pātaka Kupu' (a play on words with the phrase 'he pātaka kai')

kurikuri
He tipu e 60 henemita te tupu. Aciphylla squarrosa.

Plant that grows to 60 centimeters. Aciphylla squarrosa.

Where'd you find that meaning?
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