konatu

Maori

Etymology

ko- +‎ natu (“to mix, to stir”).

Verb

konatu (passive konatua or konatutia)

  1. to stir, to mix, to blend
    Synonyms: natu, ranu, whakaranu, whāranu

Derived terms

  • natunatu

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.
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