Swell

"Swell" in mi

amotai

(series of waves, lasting after the wind has ceased)

huaroa

(series of waves, lasting after the wind has ceased)

huene

(series of waves, lasting after the wind has ceased)

tai whakarākau

(series of waves, lasting after the wind has ceased)

tārawa

(series of waves, lasting after the wind has ceased)

āmai

(series of waves, lasting after the wind has ceased)

kōpuku

(intransitive: to become bigger, especially due to being engorged)

pupuhi

(intransitive: to become bigger, especially due to being engorged)

tōuwha

(intransitive: to become bigger, especially due to being engorged)

uru(h)umu

(intransitive: to become bigger, especially due to being engorged)

whakaahu

(intransitive: to become bigger, especially due to being engorged)

whakakōpuku

(to cause to become bigger)

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.