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. eke — to embark, get onto; riding

32. engari — but

33. haere — go, come

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

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

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

37. hapa — mistake; supper, dinner

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

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

40. harikoa — happy, joyful, euphoric

41. hau — wind, air, breath

42. he — a, some; in the category of

43. hea — where?

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

45. heihei — chicken

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

47. heoi — however; and so

48. hia — how many?

49. hiahia — to want

50. hiainu — thirst, thirsty

51. hiakai — hungry

52. hiamoe — sleepy

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

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

55. hipi — sheep

56. hoa — friend; partner; spouse

57. hoatu — to give (away from speaker)

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

59. hoko — to buy, sell, purchase

60. hokomaha — supermarket

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

62. homai — give (to the speaker)

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

64. horoi — to wash, to clean

65. horoia — washed (pass of horoi)

66. hou — new, modern; feather

67. hua — product, fruit

68. huarahi — street, path, road

69. hui — meeting; gathered

70. huka — sugar

71. hāte — shirt

72. hē — wrong; error, mistake

73. hēki — egg

74. hīkoi — to walk, step, tread

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

76. hōiho — horse

77. hū — shoe

78. 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.

79. ia — he, she, him, her

80. iho — downwards

81. ihu — nose

82. ika — fish

83. ina — if, when

84. inanahi — yesterday

85. ingoa — name

86. inu — to drink (v); drink (n)

87. ināianei — now

88. irāmutu — niece, nephew

89. iti — small, little

90. iwa — nine

91. iwi — tribe

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

93. kaha — strong, able

94. kai — eat (v); food (n)

95. kaiako — teacher (kai- + ako)

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

97. kainga — (pass) be eaten

98. kanikani — dance, to dance

99. kapu — cup

100. karaka — orange (colour)

101. karakia — prayer, to pray

102. karanga — to call

103. kata — to laugh

104. katoa — all

105. kau — swim; cow

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

107. kauhoe — to swim

108. kaukau — to bathe

109. kaumātua — elder; elderly

110. kaupapa — topic, theme, plan, subject

111. kawa — sour, yuck

112. kawe — to carry, convey

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

114. kei te — at the moment; now

115. keke — cake

116. kete — basket, kit

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

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

119. kimi — to look for, seek

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

121. kino — bad

122. kiri — skin

123. Kirikiriroa — Hamilton

124. kite — to see

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

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

127. koa — happy

128. koe — you, one person

129. kohi — to collect, gather together

130. koi — sharp

131. koia — it is, so

132. konei — here, by speaker

133. konā — there, by listener

134. kore — zero, nothing

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

136. koroua — elderly man, grandfather

137. korā — over there

138. kotahi — one

139. koti — coat, jacket

140. koutou — you, three or more people

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

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

143. kuia — elderly woman, grandmother

144. kupu — word

145. kura — school; treasured item

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

147. kurī — dog

148. kāhore — Negative used for verb sentences

149. kāinga — home

150. kākahu — clothing, garment

151. kākāriki — green

152. kāo — no!

153. kāore — negative used for verb sentences

154. kāpata — cupboard

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

156. kātahi — then

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

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

159. kēkē — armpit

160. kēmu — game

161. kī — to be full

162. kīhai — Negative word

163. kō — at a distance, yonder; shovel

164. kōrero — to talk, speak

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

166. kōrua — you, two people

167. kōtiro — girl

168. kūaha — door

169. kūmara — kūmara, sweet potato

170. mahana — to be warm, warm

171. mahi — to do, work, make

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

173. mahue — to be left behind (trans)

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

175. makariri — cold

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

177. mamae — hurt, sore, pain

178. mana — prestige, authority

179. Mane — Monday

180. mano — thousand

181. manu — bird

182. manuhiri — guest

183. marae — traditional Māori gathering place

184. marama — month, moon

185. mataku — scared, afraid

186. matapihi — window

187. mate — to be sick, ill, dead

188. matekai — hungry, starving

189. matua — parent, father

190. mau — to wear clothes

191. maunga — mountain

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

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

194. mea — a thing (n); to say (v)

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

196. mere — bush, shrub

197. mihi — to greet; thank; acknowledge

198. miraka — milk

199. moana — sea

200. moe — sleep; to marry

201. moenga — bed

202. mokemoke — lonely

203. mokopuna — grandchild

204. momo — type, kind

205. moni — money

206. motokā — car, motorcar

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

208. motukā — car

209. mua — front, before

210. muri — behind, after

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

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

213. mā — clean, white, and others

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

215. māia — capable, brave, bold

216. māku — for me, by me

217. mākū — to be saturated, wet, damp

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

219. māna — for him, her, by him, her

220. māngere — lazy

221. Māori — indigenous people of Aotearoa/New Zealand

222. māra — garden

223. mārama — clear, understand

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

225. mātau — to know, understand

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

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

228. mātāmua — eldest; first; main

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

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

231. māui — on the left hand, left side

232. māuiui — sick

233. mīti — meat

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

235. mōhio — to know

236. mōku — for me, unrealised, o category possession

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

238. mōu — for you

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

240. nei — here, by speaker

241. ngahere — forest, bush

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

243. ngenge — tired

244. ngeru — cat

245. ngā — the, plural

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

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

248. niho — tooth

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

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

251. noho — to live; sit

252. nui — big, great, many

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

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

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

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

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

258. nō — from

259. nōku — mine, realised possession, ō category

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

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

262. oho — to wake up

263. oma — to run, escape

264. one — beach, sand

265. ono — six

266. ope — group travelling together

267. ora — alive, well, healthy, safe

268. oti — to be completed

269. pahi — bus

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

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

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

273. pango — black

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

275. papa — floor, ground, flat surface

276. parakuihi — breakfast

277. paru — dirt, mud, dirty

278. parāoa — bread, flour

279. pata — butter

280. patu — to strike, hit; to kill

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

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

283. pea — pair; pear

284. pene — pen

285. pepa — paper; pepper

286. pereti — plate

287. piki — to increase

288. pikitia — picture, film

289. pirihimana — police officer

290. poaka — pig

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

292. poto — short

293. pouaka — box

294. pounamu — greenstone

295. pukapuka — book, lungs

296. puku — stomach, belly

297. pukumahi — hard-working, industrious

298. pukuriri — fury; furious; grumpy

299. pupuhi — to shoot

300. puta — to appear, to come out

301. putiputi — flower

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

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

304. pāpā — father, uncle

305. pātai — question; to ask a question

306. pāua — abalone

307. pēhea — how?

308. pēke — bag

309. pēnei — like this, near speaker

310. pēnā — like that, near listener

311. pēpi — baby

312. pērā — like that, yonder

313. pēwhea — how? (variant of pēhea)

314. pīrangi — to want, desire

315. pō — night

316. Pōneke — Wellington [Port Nicholson]

317. pōro — ball (also 'paoro')

318. pōtae — hat

319. pōuri — sad, dark

320. pū — to blow gently

321. pūhā — green spinach-like vegetable

322. rangatira — chief, leader, boss

323. rangi — sky, day

324. rapu — to look for

325. rare — lolly

326. raro — under, below; time

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

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

329. rau — to put into; leaf

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

331. rawe — lovely, excellent

332. reira — there (previously mentioned)

333. reka — sweet

334. reo — language, voice

335. rere — to escape; to fly

336. reta — letter

337. rima — five

338. ringa — hand, arm

339. ringaringa — hand, arm

340. riri — anger, angry

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

342. rite — to be ready, like, similar

343. roa — long

344. rongo — to hear, perceive, feel

345. rorohiko — computer

346. roto — in, inside, within; lake

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

348. runga — on

349. rā — day; the sun; over there

350. Rāhoroi — Saturday

351. rākau — tree; timber

352. rānei — or

353. Rātapu — Sunday

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

355. rāua — them; they (two people)

356. rīhi — dish; dishes; lease

357. rīwai — potato

358. rōpū — group

359. rūma — room

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

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

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

363. taha — to pass by; side

364. tahi — one, single

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

366. tai — tide; coast

367. taihoa — wait

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

369. take — beginning, cause, origin

370. takoto — to lie down

371. taku — my (singular); edge

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

373. tamaiti — child

374. tamariki — children

375. tamāhine — daughter

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

377. tangata — person

378. tangi — to cry; to make a sound

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

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

381. taonga — property, possession

382. tapahi — to cut up, chop

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

384. taraiwa — to drive; driver

385. tarau — trousers

386. tata — near, close

387. tatari — to wait

388. tatau — to count

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

390. taua — that, previously mentioned (singular)

391. tauira — student; example

392. taupō — Taupō, n. 1. A ferruginous earth or stone. 2. A…

393. taura — rope, cable

394. tawhiti — distant, a distant place

395. te — the, singular definite article

396. teina — younger sibling, same sex

397. tekau — ten

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

399. tia — to steer, adorned

400. tiaki — to look after, to care for

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

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

403. tiki — to fetch

404. tinana — body, trunk, torso

405. tino — very

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

407. titiro — to look at

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

409. tohu — a qualification, eg degree

410. tohunga — expert, priest

411. tohutohu — to instruct; to guide, direct; instructions, directions

412. toki — adze, axe; champion

413. tokohia — how many people?

414. tokorua — two (of people)

415. tokotoru — three (people)

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

417. tonu — still

418. toru — three

419. tua — beyond

420. tuahine — sister, of a male

421. tuakana — older sibling of the same sex

422. tuarua — second

423. tuatahi — first

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

425. tuhinga — writing, text (tuhi + nominal suffix -nga)

426. tuhituhi — to write, draw

427. tuku — to put off, to leave aside

428. tungāne — brother, of a female

429. tunu — to cook, roast

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

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

432. tā — print, draw

433. tākaro — to play

434. tāku — my, ā category possession, singular

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

436. tāne — man, male

437. tāngata — people (plural of tangata)

438. tāone — town

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

440. tātahi — seaside, beach

441. tātau — we; us; everyone

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

443. tāu — your (singular + one item)

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

445. tāwāhi — overseas

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

447. tēhea — which, singular

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

449. tēnā — that, by the listener

450. tēpu — table

451. tērā — that over there, that

452. tētahi — a, one specific thing

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

454. tī — cabbage tree; tea

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

456. tīmata — to begin, to start

457. tītī — muttonbird

458. tō — your (singular); to drag

459. tōkena — stockings, socks

460. tōku — my (singular)

461. tōna — his, her

462. tōu — your, ō category possession, singular

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

464. tūpato — to be careful; caution, cautious

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

466. tūru — chair, seat, stool

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

468. ua — to rain; rain

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

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

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

472. utu — cost, price; to pay for

473. waea — wire; phone

474. waenganui — middle, centre, between

475. waewae — foot, leg

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

477. wahine — woman, wife

478. waho — out, outside, the outside

479. wai — water; who

480. waiata — to sing (v); song (n)

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

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

483. wareware — to forget; forgetful (trans)

484. waru — eight; to scrape, to peel

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

486. wera — to burn; burnt; hot, heat

487. whaea — mother, aunt

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

489. whakaako — teach

490. whakaaro — to think; thought, idea

491. whakaata — mirror

492. whakahoki — to return something, to reply

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

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

495. whakarite — to compare; arrange, organise

496. whakarongo — to listen

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

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

499. whakautu — to reply, to respond, answer

500. whara — to be injured

501. whare — house, building

502. wharepaku — toilet

503. whea — where? (variant of hea)

504. whenua — land

505. whero — red

506. whiti — to cross; shine, rise

507. whitu — seven

508. whā — four

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

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

511. wiki — week

512. wini — window

513. wā — time, times

514. wāhi — part, portion; place

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

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

517. ā — and; and then

518. āe — yes

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

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

521. āhua — shape, form, appearance

522. Ākarana — Auckland

523. ākonga — student

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

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

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

527. ānō — as though; as if

528. āporo — apple

529. āpōpō — tomorrow

530. āta — gently, carefully, deliberately

531. ātaahua — beautiful, well formed

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

533. āwangawanga — worried

534. āwhea — Āwhea = ahea. ‖ hea.

535. āwhina — to help

536. āwhinatia — helped (pass of āwhina)

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

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

539. ērā — those (over there)

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

541. ētehi — some (plural of tētehi, variant of ētahi)

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

543. ōku — mine, plural, ō category possession

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

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

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