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Maori
Etymology
ko- + natu (“to mix, to stir”).
Verb
konatu (passive konatua or konatutia)
- to stir, to mix, to blend
- Synonyms: natu, ranu, whakaranu, whāranu
Derived terms
Further reading
- Williams, Herbert William (1917) “konatu”, in A Dictionary of the Maori Language, page 156
- “konatu” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.