These are some kupu/words that we were using while writing a story about the bad weather in Te Reo Maori.
Kupu taka: Huarere
cloud ao, kapua
cloud, dark pōkēao
cloudless tīhore
clouds, threatening on horizon kaiwaka
cloudy , overcast kōmaru, kōruki
fine paki
fog, mist kohu
frost hukapapa
hail ua whatu
hurricane hau āwhiowhio
lightning uira
rain cloud okewa
rain drops (heard hitting roof, ground) kōpatapata
rain ua
rain, clearing of mao, maomao
rain, heavy makerewhatu
rain, sprinkling kōuaua
snow, foam hukarere
storm āwhā, tūpuhi
thunder whaititiri, whaitiri
wind, east marangai
wind, north hau raki
wind, south hau tonga
wind, west hau ā-uru
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