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tamariki as a plural
Tamariki —
A handful of words change slightly in the plural (eg, wahine becomes wāhine). The exception to the rule that words in Māori don't change in the plural is the word for child (tamaiti) which because tamariki is plural.

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Vocabulary

  • tamaiti — child
āe • ahau • āhua • ake • ake, ake, ake • ātaahua • atu • au • āwangawanga • e hoa mā • e tū • haere mā raro • haunga • hiahia • hiainu • hiakai • hiamoe • hīkoi • hoa • hōhā • hou • ia • iho • iti • kaha • katoa • kau • keke • kēkē • kia • Kia kaha! • kia ora • kino • koe • koro • koutou •  • mai • māuiui • ngenge • noho • nui • oma • ora • pai • pēhea? •  • rātau • tama • tamaiti • tamariki • tātou • tere • tino • wāhine • waiata • whaea
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