Vocabulary for a lesson

1. a — [a name follows] | Not translatable into an English word; nominal particle, used before names and pronouns: a Mere, a kōrua, a ia.

2. aha — what

3. ahakoa — although

4. ahatia — what happened to (pass of aha)

5. ahau — I, me

6. ahi — fire

7. ahiahi — early evening, afternoon

8. ai — Not translatable into an English word; verbal particle; used in various subordinate structures, for example relative clauses, adverbials, ...ai

9. ake — up, upwards (Various uses and meanings, eg upwards, as in: piki ake, titiro ake; comparative as in: nui ake; own, as in: tōku whānau ake)

10. ake, ake, ake — for ever and ever

11. ako — to learn, to teach

12. aku — my, mine (plural form of taku, neutral for possession category)

13. ana — indeed, when, if

14. anake — only, just, alone

15. anei — here, by me

16. anō — again, also (Various meanings, eg again; also, too; self [reflexive] as in: ki a ia anō)

17. ao — world, dawn, cloud

18. Aotearoa — New Zealand

19. ara — to rise (v); path (n)

20. aroha — love, sympathy, compassion

21. arā — over there, away from us both; that is, namely

22. ata — morning, shadow

23. atu — away from current orientation (often not translatable by a separate English word)

24. atua — god

25. au — I, me

26. aua — those (previously mentioned, plural of taua)

27. auau — to bark, howl

28. awa — river, stream

29. e — by; of course; a term of address follows; [in the future]; particle used in a negation

30. ehara — exclamation: sure enough, without a doubt; not

31. engari — but

32. haere — go, come

33. haerenga — journey (n); travel (v)

34. haka — to perform traditional dance; haka, a traditional dance, war dance

35. hanga — to build, erect, make (v); construction, practice (n)

36. hapa — mistake; supper, dinner

37. hari — to feel happy; to take or carry

38. haria — to be carried (hari + passive suffix -a)

39. harikoa — happy, joyful, euphoric

40. hau — wind, air, breath

41. he — a, some; in the category of

42. hea — where?

43. hei — at, in, with, for, to, as a; hay; necklace (Various meanings, eg future preposition)

44. heihei — chicken

45. heke — rafter (n); to descend, get off (v)

46. heoi — however; and so

47. hia — how many?

48. hiahia — to want

49. hiainu — thirst, thirsty

50. hiakai — hungry

51. hiamoe — sleepy

52. hine — term of address for a girl: E hine!

53. hinga — to fall from an upright position; to fall (and not be able to get up again)

54. hipi — sheep

55. hoa — friend; partner; spouse

56. hoatu — to give (away from speaker)

57. hoki — to go back, return; also, indeed

58. hoko — to buy, sell, purchase

59. hokomaha — supermarket

60. hokona — sold (hoko + passive suffix -na)

61. homai — give (to the speaker)

62. hone — to plunder, acquire wrongfully (v); ocean swell (n)

63. horoi — to wash, to clean

64. horoia — washed (pass of horoi)

65. hou — new, modern; feather

66. hua — product, fruit

67. huarahi — street, path, road

68. hui — meeting; gathered

69. huka — sugar

70. hāte — shirt

71. hē — wrong; error, mistake

72. hēki — egg

73. hīkoi — to walk, step, tread

74. hōhā — annoyed, bored (adj), a nuisance (n)

75. hōiho — horse

76. hū — shoe

77. i — object of the sentence, from; concerning; in; in the past; on; → | Several uses; not always translatable with a specific English word. Past tense verb particle: I haere ia ... She went Past time marker: I tērā wiki ... Last week Direct object marker: Ka kai ia i te āporo. Source marker (from): Kua hoki mai au i te kura.

78. ia — he, she, him, her

79. iho — downwards

80. ihu — nose

81. ika — fish

82. ina — if, when

83. inanahi — yesterday

84. ingoa — name

85. inu — to drink (v); drink (n)

86. ināianei — now

87. irāmutu — niece, nephew

88. iti — small, little

89. iwa — nine

90. iwi — tribe

91. ka — will happen | Verbal particle with a range of meanings; not directly translated with an English word

92. kaha — strong, able

93. kai — eat (v); food (n)

94. kaiako — teacher (kai- + ako)

95. kaimahi — worker, employee (kai- + mahi)

96. kainga — (pass) be eaten

97. kanikani — dance, to dance

98. kapu — cup

99. karaka — orange (colour)

100. karakia — prayer, to pray

101. karanga — to call

102. kata — to laugh

103. katoa — all

104. kau — swim; cow

105. kaua — negative word, do not, eg: Kaua e tangi

106. kauhoe — to swim

107. kaukau — to bathe

108. kaumātua — elder; elderly

109. kaupapa — topic, theme, plan, subject

110. kawa — sour, yuck

111. kawe — to carry, convey

112. kei — Various uses, meanings, eg: preposition, present time and place location; at the moment; it might be that...

113. kei te — at the moment; now

114. keke — cake

115. kete — basket, kit

116. ki — to, at, →; | Has various uses and meanings

117. kia — may you be; may we be; let it be that; | Various uses, meanings. Often not translatable by an English word.

118. kimi — to look for, seek

119. kimihia — sought; look for! (kimi + passive suffix -hia)

120. kino — bad

121. kiri — skin

122. Kirikiriroa — Hamilton

123. kite — to see

124. kitea — seen (kite + passive suffix -a)

125. ko — is, are (Various uses; not usually translatable with an English word), [equals], [topic marker]

126. koa — happy

127. koe — you, one person

128. kohi — to collect, gather together

129. koi — sharp

130. koia — it is, so

131. konei — here, by speaker

132. konā — there, by listener

133. kore — zero, nothing

134. koro — term of address for an elderly man, grandfather (E koro)

135. koroua — elderly man, grandfather

136. korā — over there

137. kotahi — one

138. koti — coat, jacket

139. koutou — you, three or more people

140. kua — then; have; has; had | Verbal particle; indicating completed action or movement into a state

141. kuhu — to enter, to go or come in

142. kuia — elderly woman, grandmother

143. kupu — word

144. kura — school; treasured item

145. kuri — Kuri, n. 1. Dog. Ka rongo te kuri ra i…

146. kurī — dog

147. kāhore — Negative used for verb sentences

148. kāinga — home

149. kākahu — clothing, garment

150. kākāriki — green

151. kāo — no!

152. kāore — negative used for verb sentences

153. kāpata — cupboard

154. kāretu — Kāretu, n. Hierochloe antarctica, a sweetscented grass. Homai ki au…

155. kātahi — then

156. kāti — stop! (as in: kāti te tangi)

157. kē — already; different; other; differently; rather; strange; actually

158. kēkē — armpit

159. kēmu — game

160. kī — to be full

161. kīhai — Negative word

162. kō — at a distance, yonder; shovel

163. kōrero — to talk, speak

164. kōrerotia — spoken (kōrero + passive suffix -tia)

165. kōrua — you, two people

166. kōtiro — girl

167. kūaha — door

168. kūmara — kūmara, sweet potato

169. mahana — to be warm, warm

170. mahi — to do, work, make

171. mahia — worked (mahi + passive suffix -a)

172. mahue — to be left behind (trans)

173. mai — towards the speaker in space or in orientation; to here

174. makariri — cold

175. makawe — hair of the head (human, used in plural: ngā makawe)

176. mamae — hurt, sore, pain

177. mana — prestige, authority

178. Mane — Monday

179. mano — thousand

180. manu — bird

181. manuhiri — guest

182. marae — traditional Māori gathering place

183. marama — month, moon

184. mataku — scared, afraid

185. matapihi — window

186. mate — to be sick, ill, dead

187. matekai — hungry, starving

188. matua — parent, father

189. mau — to wear clothes

190. maunga — mountain

191. mauria — to be carried (mau + passive suffix -ria)

192. me — and, should, with (various meanings, uses, eg with, like, should)

193. mea — a thing (n); to say (v)

194. mehemea — if (presuming not; cf. ki te, if, expressing simple uncertainty)

195. mere — bush, shrub

196. mihi — to greet; thank; acknowledge

197. miraka — milk

198. moana — sea

199. moe — sleep; to marry

200. moenga — bed

201. mokemoke — lonely

202. mokopuna — grandchild

203. momo — type, kind

204. moni — money

205. motokā — car, motorcar

206. motu — island (n); cut (v), cut off (adj)

207. motukā — car

208. mua — front, before

209. muri — behind, after

210. mutu — be ended, finished (but not necessarily completed)

211. mutunga — end (mutu + noun ending -nga)

212. mā — clean, white, and others

213. māharahara — worry (n); anxious (adj)

214. māia — capable, brave, bold

215. māku — for me, by me

216. mākū — to be saturated, wet, damp

217. māmā — mother (n); easy, simple (adj)

218. māna — for him, her, by him, her

219. māngere — lazy

220. Māori — indigenous people of Aotearoa/New Zealand

221. māra — garden

222. mārama — clear, understand

223. mātakitaki — to watch, to observe, examine, inspect

224. mātau — to know, understand

225. mātou — we, us (three or more people, excluding the person/ people addressed)

226. mātua — parents, fathers (plural form of matua)

227. mātāmua — eldest; first; main

228. māu — for you, by you; ā category possession

229. māua — we, us (two people, excluding addressee)

230. māui — on the left hand, left side

231. māuiui — sick

232. mīti — meat

233. mō — for, unrealised, ō category possession, about

234. mōhio — to know

235. mōna — for him, her, unrealised, o category possession

236. mōu — for you

237. na — Na (i), pronominal suffix of the 3rd pers. sing., which…

238. nei — here, by speaker

239. ngahere — forest, bush

240. ngaro — to be lost, missing, gone, hidden (trans)

241. ngenge — tired

242. ngeru — cat

243. ngā — the, plural

244. ngākau — heart, as in seat of the affections and feelings

245. Ngāti — tribal name prefix (as in: Ngāti Porou, Ngāti Kahungunu)

246. niho — tooth

247. no — No. 1. prep. From, of, belonging to. (a) As part…

248. noa — free from tapu; only, just, merely

249. noho — to live; sit

250. nui — big, great, many

251. nā — Various meanings, eg by, belonging to (ā category), by way of

252. nāku — mine, realised possession, it was done by me (ā category)

253. nāna — by him, her, belonging to him, her

254. nāu — you (past tense); yours (singular)

255. nē — tag question, translated variously depending on the English structure; eh?

256. nō — from

257. nōku — mine, realised possession, ō category

258. nōna — belongs to him or her (Å catergory), his, hers

259. o — of, belonging to | Has several uses

260. oho — to wake up

261. oma — to run, escape

262. ono — six

263. ope — group travelling together

264. ora — alive, well, healthy, safe

265. oti — to be completed

266. pahi — bus

267. pai — good (adj); to like (v); good

268. pakaru — broken (applied to a thing not a body part) (trans)

269. pakeke — hard, stiff (adj); to grow up (v); age, adult, elder (n)

270. pango — black

271. pani — orphan (n); to be orphaned (v): to smear, spread out (v)

272. papa — floor, ground, flat surface

273. parakuihi — breakfast

274. paru — dirt, mud, dirty

275. parāoa — bread, flour

276. pata — butter

277. patu — to strike, hit; to kill

278. patua — hit/killed (patu + passive suffix -a)

279. pau — to be consumed, used up completely, all gone (trans)

280. pea — pair; pear

281. pene — pen

282. pereti — plate

283. piki — to increase

284. pikitia — picture, film

285. pirihimana — police officer

286. poaka — pig

287. ponga — Ponga. 1. n. Cyathea dealbata, a tree-fern. 2. A method…

288. poto — short

289. pouaka — box

290. pounamu — greenstone

291. pukapuka — book, lungs

292. puku — stomach, belly

293. pukumahi — hard-working, industrious

294. pukuriri — fury; furious; grumpy

295. pupuhi — to shoot

296. puta — to appear, to come out

297. putiputi — flower

298. pā — a fortified settlement (n); to touch (v)

299. pānui — to read; to publish, advertise; notice, advertisement

300. pāpā — father, uncle

301. pātai — question; to ask a question

302. pāua — abalone

303. pēhea — how?

304. pēke — bag

305. pēnei — like this, near speaker

306. pēnā — like that, near listener

307. pēpi — baby

308. pērā — like that, yonder

309. pēwhea — how? (variant of pēhea)

310. pīrangi — to want, desire

311. pō — night

312. Pōneke — Wellington [Port Nicholson]

313. pōro — ball (also 'paoro')

314. pōtae — hat

315. pōuri — sad, dark

316. pū — to blow gently

317. rangatira — chief, leader, boss

318. rangi — sky, day

319. rapu — to look for

320. rare — lolly

321. raro — under, below; time

322. raruraru — trouble, problem; be in difficulty, in trouble

323. rata — friendly, at ease (adj); calm (n); to like (v)

324. rau — to put into; leaf

325. rawa — Various meanings, eg too, quite, very; really

326. rawe — lovely, excellent

327. reira — there (previously mentioned)

328. reka — sweet

329. reo — language, voice

330. rere — to escape; to fly

331. reta — letter

332. rima — five

333. ringa — hand, arm

334. ringaringa — hand, arm

335. riri — anger, angry

336. riro — gone away; to be awarded: acquired, obtained

337. rite — to be ready, like, similar

338. roa — long

339. rongo — to hear, perceive, feel

340. rorohiko — computer

341. roto — in, inside, within; lake

342. rua — two; grave, hole, storage pit

343. runga — on

344. rā — day; the sun; over there

345. Rāhoroi — Saturday

346. rākau — tree; timber

347. rānei — or

348. Rātapu — Sunday

349. rātou — they, them, three or more people

350. rāua — them; they (two people)

351. rīhi — dish; dishes; lease

352. rīwai — potato

353. rōpū — group

354. rūma — room

355. tae — to reach, arrive (v); colour (n)

356. taea — to be able, to be achieved (tae + passive suffix -a)

357. taenga — arrival (tae + nominal suffix -nga)

358. taha — to pass by; side

359. tahi — one, single

360. tahu — burn; cook; light (set on fire); husband, wife; lover

361. tai — tide; coast

362. taihoa — wait

363. taka — to come around in a cycle; to fall from a height

364. take — beginning, cause, origin

365. takoto — to lie down

366. taku — my (singular); edge

367. tama — son, nephew (term of address for a boy, son: tama)

368. tamaiti — child

369. tamariki — children

370. tamāhine — daughter

371. tana — his/her (neutral category); ton

372. tangata — person

373. tangi — to cry; to make a sound

374. tangohia — pick up! (command); taken away (tango + passive suffix -hia)

375. taniwha — monster, traditional guardian of bodies of water

376. taonga — property, possession

377. tapahi — to cut up, chop

378. tapahia — cut! to be cut (tapahi + passive suffix -a)

379. taraiwa — to drive; driver

380. tarau — trousers

381. tata — near, close

382. tatari — to wait

383. tatau — to count

384. tau — to land, settle; be calm; to attack; lover; handsome; year; age; number

385. taua — that, previously mentioned (singular)

386. tauira — student; example

387. taura — rope, cable

388. tawhiti — distant, a distant place

389. te — the, singular definite article

390. teina — younger sibling, same sex

391. tekau — ten

392. tere — to flow, float, move quickly; fast

393. tia — to steer, adorned

394. tiaki — to look after, to care for

395. tika — to be right, correct, straight, in order

396. tikanga — reason, meaning, right way of doing things, custom (tika + nominal suffix -nga)

397. tiki — to fetch

398. tinana — body, trunk, torso

399. tino — very

400. tipu — to grow (v); a plant, shoot

401. titiro — to look at

402. toa — shop; male animal; expert; to be strong

403. tohu — a qualification, eg degree

404. tohunga — expert, priest

405. toki — adze, axe; champion

406. tokohia — how many people?

407. tokorua — two (of people)

408. tokotoru — three (people)

409. tono — to apply for, to order (v): an application (n)

410. tonu — still

411. toru — three

412. tua — beyond

413. tuahine — sister, of a male

414. tuakana — older sibling of the same sex

415. tuarua — second

416. tuatahi — first

417. tuhi — to write; to indicate, point out

418. tuhituhi — to write, draw

419. tuku — to put off, to leave aside

420. tungāne — brother, of a female

421. tunu — to cook, roast

422. tupu — to grow, develop; a plant, shoot (variant of tipu)

423. tuākana — older brothers of a male; older sisters of a female

424. tā — print, draw

425. tākaro — to play

426. tāku — my, ā category possession, singular

427. tāna — his, her, ā category possession, singular

428. tāne — man, male

429. tāngata — people (plural of tangata)

430. tāone — town

431. tāria — (pass) be waited for; be expected; after a time

432. tātahi — seaside, beach

433. tātau — we; us; everyone

434. tātou — we, us, inclusive, three or more people

435. tāu — your (singular + one item)

436. tāua — we, us, you and I, inclusive, dual

437. tāwāhi — overseas

438. tē — Tē (i), particle used with verbs to make an emphatic…

439. tēhea — which, singular

440. tēnei — this (by speaker); this is; this

441. tēnā — that, by the listener

442. tēpu — table

443. tērā — that over there, that

444. tētahi — a, one specific thing

445. tētehi — a, one specific thing (variant of tētahi)

446. tī — cabbage tree; tea

447. tīkina — be fetched (tiki + passive suffix -na (note the first i is lengthened)

448. tīmata — to begin, to start

449. tītī — muttonbird

450. tō — your (singular); to drag

451. tōkena — stockings, socks

452. tōku — my (singular)

453. tōna — his, her

454. tōu — your, ō category possession, singular

455. tū — stand; to be wounded; a wound

456. tūpato — to be careful; caution, cautious

457. tūpuna — grandparents (plural form of tupuna; variant of tīpuna)

458. tūru — chair, seat, stool

459. tūtaki — to meet; to close up, to block (v); meeting (n)

460. ua — to rain; rain

461. uaua — difficult (adj); muscle, vein, artery (n)

462. uru — join; enter; participate, go in; west

463. uta — to load; shore; inland; the land; to load

464. utu — cost, price; to pay for

465. waea — wire; phone

466. waenganui — middle, centre, between

467. waewae — foot, leg

468. waha — load, burden; to carry on the back; mouth

469. wahine — woman, wife

470. waho — out, outside, the outside

471. wai — water; who

472. waiata — to sing (v); song (n)

473. waiho — to remain, rest; to leave behind

474. waka — vehicle (land, air and sea)

475. wareware — to forget; forgetful (trans)

476. waru — eight; to scrape, to peel

477. wehe — to depart, leave; to separate, divide

478. wera — to burn; burnt; hot, heat

479. whaea — mother, aunt

480. whai — to follow, to chase; to have, to acquire

481. whakaaro — to think; thought, idea

482. whakaata — mirror

483. whakahoki — to return something, to reply

484. whakamaua — be fixed; put on (pass of whakamauto)

485. whakapai — to improve, to fix up, bless, cleaning

486. whakarite — to compare; arrange, organise

487. whakarongo — to listen

488. whakatika — to straighten, to correct, to fix

489. whakatā — to rest (v); relaxed (adj)

490. whakautu — to reply, to respond, answer

491. whara — to be injured

492. whare — house, building

493. whea — where? (variant of hea)

494. whenua — land

495. whero — red

496. whiti — to cross; shine, rise

497. whitu — seven

498. whā — four

499. whānau — family; to be born, be born

500. whāngai — to feed, to foster (v); fostered child (n)

501. wiki — week

502. wini — window

503. wā — time, times

504. wāhi — part, portion; place

505. wāhine — women, wives (plural form of wahine)

506. wānanga — study, analyze; seminar, a place of learning

507. ā — and; and then

508. āe — yes

509. āhea — Āhea = awhea, a hea, ad. interrogative, of future time.…

510. āhei — Āhei (i), pt. 1. Able. Mo te whai rawa ake…

511. āhua — shape, form, appearance

512. Ākarana — Auckland

513. ākonga — student

514. āku — my, mine (pl, for ā category items, plural form of tāku)

515. ākuanei — Ākuanei, ad. of time following. Presently, today. Akuanei u tonu…

516. āna — his, her, plural, for ā category items

517. ānō — as though; as if

518. āporo — apple

519. āpōpō — tomorrow

520. āta — gently, carefully, deliberately

521. ātaahua — beautiful, well formed

522. āu — your, ā category possession (plural form of tāu)

523. āwangawanga — worried

524. āwhea — Āwhea = ahea. ‖ hea.

525. āwhina — to help

526. āwhinatia — helped (pass of āwhina)

527. ēnei — these, near me (plural of tēnei)

528. ēnā — those, near you (plural of tēnā)

529. ērā — those (over there)

530. ētahi — some, a few (plural of tētahi)

531. ō — your, one person, neutral category possession, plural

532. ōku — mine, plural, ō category possession

533. ōna — his, her, plural, ō category possession

534. ōu — yours, one person, ō category possession, plural

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