Te Tuhi Whakam ā rama mō te Kupu M ā ori
Nā Te Awanui Black, Nō Ngāti Pukenga, Ngāi Te Rangi, Raukawa, Aotea
4 T7ta, he mahi whakaamm I 1 js&jrfwfcwwsr, JL^mahunga!
Ko aura tenei tetahi o nga kaituhi mo te papakupu reo Maori anahe,
ko Te Matapuna tona nei ingoa. Na, ahakoa pehea nei te raraku i taku mahunga i etahi ata, kare rawa e kitea tetahi maramatanga ririki noa iho nei mo etahi o nga kupu
e tohe nei au kite whakamarama! Neke atu i te rua tau au e mahi ana i tenei mahi, engari, kare ano kia tino ngawari noa. Tokotoru matau e ngana ana kite whakatutuki i tenei mahi hei painga mo nga uri
whakatipu, engari ahakoa pehea te whana, te kipakipa mete kutete i etahi o enei kupu, kore kore rawa e whai miraka!
Tera etahi tangata e riti ana i tenei tuhinga, e mea ana, pena kei te kuare te tangata nei ki tana mahi, kare ona take! Pai ke atu te porowhiu atu ite kaiatahi na kite wapu o Tauranga hei tonotono! Ehara, kei te tika pea hoki enei whakahe. Heoi, taku raruraru, mete raruraru o nga kaituhi katoa, kei te ngaro marika etahi o nga mohiotanga mo etahi o enei kupu na te kore e korerotia, na te rereke hoki o te noho a te tangata inaianei. Ehara te nuinga o tatau i
te tangata noho riu, noho ngahere, noho moutere, noho kurae pera i 6 tatau matua. Ki te kore te tangata e rongo i te tui e koko ana i runga i te kowhai, me pehea ia e mohio ki tona roreka? He mohio ake te nuinga o tatau kite tangi ate tui, mete hu ote wheketere, i ta te kiwi! Kati, ka whakatakoto atu au i etahi kupu kia wanangatia e koutou. He aha hoki enei momo kahu ua?
Kare e kore, he mohio ake etahi o koutou e hika taurewa ma. Ma
koutou pea e whiu mai he maramara
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Hipora Kaku Katekate Koka Koura Koure Mai Mangaeka Ngupara Pokeka
Pureku Tatara Tarakinakina Timu Tipapa Tot Whakatipu Tonakenake Tuahau Tuapora
kai ma katuarehe nei e whanga atu nei. Ki te uia au na wai tenei Inoi, maku e ki atu naku, na te hunga rangatahi e hao nei i nga kopua kanaenae o te iwi, e kimi ana i te ika e ngata ai te hiakai. Kati ake ra, ka nui te mihi. Taihoa
ka whiua atu ano etahi kupu hei whakararu i 6 koutou pinati! Pena he whakamarama au, tukua mai ki ta matau hekeretari, ki a Waitangi Teepa i Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Maori, ki tana I-mera ranei: waitangi@ tetaur awh iri. govt. nz
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Ngā taipitopito pukapuka
Muka, Volume 16, Issue 1, 1 September 2003, Page 4
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463Te Tuhi Whakamārama mō te Kupu Māori Muka, Volume 16, Issue 1, 1 September 2003, Page 4
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