"whakananu" meaning in Maori

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Verb

Forms: whakananua [passive], whakananutia [passive]
Etymology: whaka- + nanu (“mixed, jumbled”). Etymology templates: {{af|mi|whaka-|nanu|t2=mixed, jumbled}} whaka- + nanu (“mixed, jumbled”) Head templates: {{head|mi|verb|passive|whakananua|or|whakananutia|||||f1accel-form=passive|f2accel-form=passive|f3accel-form=passive|f4accel-form=passive|head=}} whakananu (passive whakananua or whakananutia), {{mi-verb|a|tia}} whakananu (passive whakananua or whakananutia)
  1. to contaminate
    Sense id: en-whakananu-mi-verb-CX~1MQeV
  2. to confuse, to make something incoherent or unintelligible
    Sense id: en-whakananu-mi-verb-WXWlvu2m
  3. to jumble
    Sense id: en-whakananu-mi-verb-aHBdP1Gi Categories (other): Maori entries with incorrect language header, Maori terms prefixed with whaka-, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Maori entries with incorrect language header: 18 22 43 18 Disambiguation of Maori terms prefixed with whaka-: 20 24 36 20 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 18 18 46 18 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 12 12 65 12
  4. to mix Synonyms: natu, konatu, ranu, whakaranu, whāranu
    Sense id: en-whakananu-mi-verb-hQhSgKOS
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: whakaranu
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          "english": "[Māori] language is now contaminated, it has been made gibberish...I have seen letters sent to Te Pipiwharauroa with English [loan] words which I did not understand their meanings clearly.",
          "ref": "1903 December 1, Rēweti Kōhere, “Te Reo Maori”, in Te Pipiwharauroa, page 2:",
          "text": "Kua whakananu te reo inaianei, kua tapiritia ki te reo kihi...E kitea ana e ahau i roto i ngā pukapuka tuku mai ki Te Pipiwharauroa ētahi kupu a te pākehā kahore nei i mārama ki a au he aha rā te tikanga.",
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        {
          "word": "natu"
        },
        {
          "word": "konatu"
        },
        {
          "word": "ranu"
        },
        {
          "word": "whakaranu"
        },
        {
          "word": "whāranu"
        }
      ]
    }
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      "form": "whakananua",
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    },
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      "form": "whakananutia",
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        "7": "",
        "8": "",
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          "ref": "1903 December 1, Rēweti Kōhere, “Te Reo Maori”, in Te Pipiwharauroa, page 2:",
          "text": "Kua whakananu te reo inaianei, kua tapiritia ki te reo kihi...E kitea ana e ahau i roto i ngā pukapuka tuku mai ki Te Pipiwharauroa ētahi kupu a te pākehā kahore nei i mārama ki a au he aha rā te tikanga.",
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      ],
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          "incoherent",
          "incoherent"
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        "to jumble"
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          "jumble",
          "jumble"
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      "glosses": [
        "to mix"
      ],
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        [
          "mix",
          "mix"
        ]
      ],
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        {
          "word": "natu"
        },
        {
          "word": "konatu"
        },
        {
          "word": "ranu"
        },
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          "word": "whakaranu"
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