Find, Seek, Search - The many ways to say this in Maori

Kia ora! I feel like this was a successful week. I used A.I for the first time to help me in my reo maori studies.

I wanted to focus on learning as many words as possible relating to Find, Seek, and Search. I loaded the Te Wiremu Papakupu into Notebooklm (Google)

and it was able to produce the below for me. The page numbers were me double checking my hardbook copy to ensure these were correct entries in Te Wiremu.

anything with @ are just my own personal notes and thoughts on each word.

[A Dictionary of the Maori Language, H.W.Williams, 1957]

Kimi (ii), v.t. [pg.118]

Seek, look for. Kua ngaro ia; kimi kau te wahine ra (T. 96).

@ idea of on the lookout. Search with eyes.

Whai. [pg. 484]

"Kua riro ki uta ki te whai kai" (He has gone ashore to look for food)".

@ idea of aquisition.

Haha. [pg. 30]

"Kei te haha te tuakana o te wahine nei" (The woman's elder brother is seeking)

"E haha ana au ki taku toki" (I am looking for my axe).

@ idea of rumaging.

Hahu: [pg. 30]

Defined as "Search for". An example is "A hahu noa ana ia i tetahi kai ma tona puku" (And he searched for food for his belly).

@ similar to Haha. the idea of rumaging. Seekout with hands.

Hāhau: [pg. 38]

Another term for "Seek". For instance, "Hei aha ma korua i hāhauria ai tena wahine?" (Why did you two seek that woman?).

@ idea of grabbing.

Arataki: [pg. 14]

One of its meanings is "Seek". An example: "Haere ki te arataki i to tuahine" (Go and seek your sister).

@ idea of retracing steps. Deducing one's activities.

• Kaiarohi: [pg. 86]

Means "Look for". For example, "E kaiarohi ana i au ki te whare" (He is looking for me at the house)

@ perhaps the idea of noseying about.

Mohaha: [pg. 205]

Can mean "Seek".

@ similar idea to haha.

Pohau: [pg. 287]

Means "Seek". An example: "Kei te pohau a Paku i a koe" (Paku is seeking you).

@ unsure, perhaps related to hahau.

Rangahau: [pg. 323]

Means "Seek, search out, pursue". An example is "Kaore koa ko au e kimi ana, e rangahau ana i nga pari ra, i nga piringa hakoakoa" (I am indeed searching, exploring the cliffs, the hiding places of the albatross).

@ idea of set on. Due diligences are taken.

Rapa (iii): [pg. 325]

Means "Seek, look for". Example: "E tama i kimihia, e tama i rapaa, i rapaa taua ki roto te Kore-te-whiwhia" (O child sought, O child looked for, we were looked for in the place of not obtaining).

@ idea of outstreched hands.

Rapu (i): [pg. 326]

Means "Seek, look for". It's used in "Kei te rapu hoa te maia ra mona" (The brave one is looking for a friend for himself).

@ similar to rapa. Seek with ones hands.