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. inumia — [the liquid was] drunk (inu + mia; pass)

88. ināianei — now

89. irāmutu — niece, nephew

90. iti — small, little

91. iwa — nine

92. iwi — tribe

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

94. kaha — strong, able

95. kai — eat (v); food (n)

96. kaiako — teacher (kai- + ako)

97. kaikōrero — speaker, orator (kai- + kōrero)

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

99. kainga — (pass) be eaten

100. kanikani — dance, to dance

101. kapu — cup

102. karaka — orange (colour)

103. karakia — prayer, to pray

104. karanga — to call

105. karangatia — (pass) be called; be welcomed

106. kata — to laugh

107. katoa — all

108. kau — swim; cow

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

110. kauhoe — to swim

111. kaukau — to bathe

112. kaumātua — elder; elderly

113. kaupapa — topic, theme, plan, subject

114. kawa — sour, yuck

115. kawe — to carry, convey

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

117. kei te — at the moment; now

118. keke — cake

119. kete — basket, kit

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

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

122. kimi — to look for, seek

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

124. kino — bad

125. kiore — rat

126. kiri — skin

127. kiriata — movie, film

128. Kirikiriroa — Hamilton

129. kite — to see

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

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

132. koa — happy

133. koe — you, one person

134. kohi — to collect, gather together

135. koi — sharp

136. koia — it is, so

137. konei — here, by speaker

138. konā — there, by listener

139. kore — zero, nothing

140. koretake — useless

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

142. koroua — elderly man, grandfather

143. korā — over there

144. kotahi — one

145. koti — coat, jacket

146. koutou — you, three or more people

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

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

149. kuia — elderly woman, grandmother

150. kupu — word

151. kura — school; treasured item

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

153. kurī — dog

154. kāhore — Negative used for verb sentences

155. kāinga — home

156. kākahu — clothing, garment

157. kākāriki — green

158. kāo — no!

159. kāore — negative used for verb sentences

160. kāpata — cupboard

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

162. kātahi — then

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

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

165. kēkē — armpit

166. kēmu — game

167. kī — to be full

168. kīhai — Negative word

169. kō — at a distance, yonder; shovel

170. kōrero — to talk, speak

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

172. kōrua — you, two people

173. kōtiro — girl

174. kūaha — door

175. kūmara — kūmara, sweet potato

176. mahana — to be warm, warm

177. mahi — to do, work, make

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

179. mahue — to be left behind (trans)

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

181. makariri — cold

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

183. mamae — hurt, sore, pain

184. mana — prestige, authority

185. Mane — Monday

186. mano — thousand

187. manu — bird

188. manuhiri — guest

189. marae — traditional Māori gathering place

190. marama — month, moon

191. mataku — scared, afraid

192. matapihi — window

193. mate — to be sick, ill, dead

194. matekai — hungry, starving

195. matua — parent, father

196. mau — to wear clothes

197. maumahara — to remember, remember

198. maunga — mountain

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

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

201. mea — a thing (n); to say (v)

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

203. mere — bush, shrub

204. mihi — to greet; thank; acknowledge

205. miraka — milk

206. moana — sea

207. moe — sleep; to marry

208. moenga — bed

209. mokemoke — lonely

210. mokopuna — grandchild

211. momo — type, kind

212. moni — money

213. motokā — car, motorcar

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

215. motukā — car

216. mua — front, before

217. muri — behind, after

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

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

220. mā — clean, white, and others

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

222. māia — capable, brave, bold

223. māku — for me, by me

224. mākū — to be saturated, wet, damp

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

226. māna — for him, her, by him, her

227. māngere — lazy

228. Māori — indigenous people of Aotearoa/New Zealand

229. māra — garden

230. mārama — clear, understand

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

232. mātau — to know, understand

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

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

235. mātāmua — eldest; first; main

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

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

238. māui — on the left hand, left side

239. māuiui — sick

240. mīti — meat

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

242. mōhio — to know

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

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

245. mōu — for you

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

247. nama — number

248. nei — here, by speaker

249. ngahere — forest, bush

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

251. ngenge — tired

252. ngeru — cat

253. ngā — the, plural

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

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

256. niho — tooth

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

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

259. noho — to live; sit

260. nui — big, great, many

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

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

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

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

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

266. nō — from

267. nōku — mine, realised possession, ō category

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

269. nōu — yours

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

271. oho — to wake up

272. oma — to run, escape

273. one — beach, sand

274. ono — six

275. ope — group travelling together

276. ora — alive, well, healthy, safe

277. oti — to be completed

278. pahi — bus

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

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

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

282. paku — small

283. pango — black

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

285. papa — floor, ground, flat surface

286. parakuihi — breakfast

287. paru — dirt, mud, dirty

288. parāoa — bread, flour

289. pata — butter

290. patu — to strike, hit; to kill

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

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

293. pea — pair; pear

294. pene — pen

295. pepa — paper; pepper

296. pereti — plate

297. piki — to increase

298. pikitia — picture, film

299. pirihimana — police officer

300. poaka — pig

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

302. poto — short

303. pouaka — box

304. pounamu — greenstone

305. pukapuka — book, lungs

306. puku — stomach, belly

307. pukumahi — hard-working, industrious

308. pukuriri — fury; furious; grumpy

309. pupuhi — to shoot

310. puta — to appear, to come out

311. putiputi — flower

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

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

314. pāpā — father, uncle

315. pātai — question; to ask a question

316. pāua — abalone

317. pēhea — how?

318. pēke — bag

319. pēnei — like this, near speaker

320. pēnā — like that, near listener

321. pēpi — baby

322. pērā — like that, yonder

323. pēwhea — how? (variant of pēhea)

324. pīrangi — to want, desire

325. pō — night

326. Pōneke — Wellington [Port Nicholson]

327. pōro — ball (also 'paoro')

328. pōtae — hat

329. pōtiki — child; youngest child

330. pōuri — sad, dark

331. pū — to blow gently

332. pūhā — green spinach-like vegetable

333. rangatira — chief, leader, boss

334. rangi — sky, day

335. rapu — to look for

336. rare — lolly

337. raro — under, below; time

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

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

340. rau — to put into; leaf

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

342. rawe — lovely, excellent

343. reira — there (previously mentioned)

344. reka — sweet

345. reo — language, voice

346. rere — to escape; to fly

347. reta — letter

348. rima — five

349. ringa — hand, arm

350. ringaringa — hand, arm

351. riri — anger, angry

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

353. rite — to be ready, like, similar

354. roa — long

355. rongo — to hear, perceive, feel

356. rorohiko — computer

357. roto — in, inside, within; lake

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

359. runga — on

360. rā — day; the sun; over there

361. Rāhoroi — Saturday

362. rākau — tree; timber

363. rānei — or

364. Rātapu — Sunday

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

366. rāua — them; they (two people)

367. rīhi — dish; dishes; lease

368. rīwai — potato

369. rōpū — group

370. rūma — room

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

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

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

374. taha — to pass by; side

375. tahi — one, single

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

377. tai — tide; coast

378. taihoa — wait

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

380. take — beginning, cause, origin

381. takoto — to lie down

382. taku — my (singular); edge

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

384. tamaiti — child

385. tamariki — children

386. tamāhine — daughter

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

388. tangata — person

389. tangi — to cry; to make a sound

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

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

392. taonga — property, possession

393. tapahi — to cut up, chop

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

395. taraiwa — to drive; driver

396. tarau — trousers

397. tata — near, close

398. tatari — to wait

399. tatau — to count

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

401. taua — that, previously mentioned (singular)

402. tauira — student; example

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

404. taura — rope, cable

405. tawhiti — distant, a distant place

406. te — the, singular definite article

407. teina — younger sibling, same sex

408. tekau — ten

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

410. tia — to steer, adorned

411. tiaki — to look after, to care for

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

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

414. tiki — to fetch

415. tinana — body, trunk, torso

416. tino — very

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

418. titiro — to look at

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

420. tohu — a qualification, eg degree

421. tohunga — expert, priest

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

423. toki — adze, axe; champion

424. tokohia — how many people?

425. tokorua — two (of people)

426. tokotoru — three (people)

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

428. tonu — still

429. toru — three

430. tua — beyond

431. tuahine — sister, of a male

432. tuakana — older sibling of the same sex

433. tuarua — second

434. tuatahi — first

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

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

437. tuhituhi — to write, draw

438. tuku — to put off, to leave aside

439. tungāne — brother, of a female

440. tunu — to cook, roast

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

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

443. tā — print, draw

444. tākaro — to play

445. tāku — my, ā category possession, singular

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

447. tāne — man, male

448. tāngata — people (plural of tangata)

449. tāone — town

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

451. tātahi — seaside, beach

452. tātau — we; us; everyone

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

454. tāu — your (singular + one item)

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

456. tāwāhi — overseas

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

458. tēhea — which, singular

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

460. tēnā — that, by the listener

461. tēpu — table

462. tērā — that over there, that

463. tētahi — a, one specific thing

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

465. tī — cabbage tree; tea

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

467. tīmata — to begin, to start

468. tītī — muttonbird

469. tō — your (singular); to drag

470. tōkena — stockings, socks

471. tōku — my (singular)

472. tōna — his, her

473. tōu — your, ō category possession, singular

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

475. tūpato — to be careful; caution, cautious

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

477. tūru — chair, seat, stool

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

479. ua — to rain; rain

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

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

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

483. utu — cost, price; to pay for

484. waea — wire; phone

485. waenganui — middle, centre, between

486. waewae — foot, leg

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

488. wahine — woman, wife

489. waho — out, outside, the outside

490. wai — water; who

491. waiata — to sing (v); song (n)

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

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

494. wareware — to forget; forgetful (trans)

495. waru — eight; to scrape, to peel

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

497. wera — to burn; burnt; hot, heat

498. whaea — mother, aunt

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

500. whakaako — teach

501. whakaaro — to think; thought, idea

502. whakaata — mirror

503. whakahoki — to return something, to reply

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

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

506. whakarite — to compare; arrange, organise

507. whakarongo — to listen

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

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

510. whakautu — to reply, to respond, answer

511. whara — to be injured

512. whare — house, building

513. wharepaku — toilet

514. whea — where? (variant of hea)

515. whenua — land

516. whero — red

517. whiti — to cross; shine, rise

518. whitu — seven

519. whā — four

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

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

522. wiki — week

523. wini — window

524. wā — time, times

525. wāhi — part, portion; place

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

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

528. ā — and; and then

529. āe — yes

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

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

532. āhua — shape, form, appearance

533. Ākarana — Auckland

534. ākonga — student

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

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

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

538. ānō — as though; as if

539. āporo — apple

540. āpōpō — tomorrow

541. āta — gently, carefully, deliberately

542. ātaahua — beautiful, well formed

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

544. āwangawanga — worried

545. āwhea — Āwhea = ahea. ‖ hea.

546. āwhina — to help

547. āwhinatia — helped (pass of āwhina)

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

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

550. ērā — those (over there)

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

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

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

554. ōku — mine, plural, ō category possession

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

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

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