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. auē — alas! (an expression of woe, sadness)

29. awa — river, stream

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

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

32. eke — to embark, get onto; riding

33. engari — but

34. haere — go, come

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

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

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

38. hapa — mistake; supper, dinner

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

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

41. harikoa — happy, joyful, euphoric

42. hau — wind, air, breath

43. he — a, some; in the category of

44. hea — where?

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

46. heihei — chicken

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

48. heoi — however; and so

49. here — to tie, to bind (v0: dog lead (n)

50. hia — how many?

51. hiahia — to want

52. hiainu — thirst, thirsty

53. hiakai — hungry

54. hiamoe — sleepy

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

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

57. hipi — sheep

58. hoa — friend; partner; spouse

59. hoatu — to give (away from speaker)

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

61. hoko — to buy, sell, purchase

62. hokomaha — supermarket

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

64. homai — give (to the speaker)

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

66. hopu — to catch

67. horoi — to wash, to clean

68. horoia — washed (pass of horoi)

69. hou — new, modern; feather

70. hua — product, fruit

71. huarahi — street, path, road

72. hui — meeting; gathered

73. huka — sugar

74. hāte — shirt

75. hē — wrong; error, mistake

76. hēki — egg

77. hī — to catch fish with a line

78. hīkoi — to walk, step, tread

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

80. hōiho — horse

81. hū — shoe

82. 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.

83. ia — he, she, him, her

84. iho — downwards

85. ihu — nose

86. ika — fish

87. ina — if, when

88. inanahi — yesterday

89. ingoa — name

90. inu — to drink (v); drink (n)

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

92. ināianei — now

93. irāmutu — niece, nephew

94. iti — small, little

95. iwa — nine

96. iwi — tribe

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

98. kaha — strong, able

99. kai — eat (v); food (n)

100. kaiako — teacher (kai- + ako)

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

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

103. kainga — (pass) be eaten

104. kanikani — dance, to dance

105. kapu — cup

106. karaka — orange (colour)

107. karakia — prayer, to pray

108. karanga — to call

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

110. kata — to laugh

111. katoa — all

112. kau — swim; cow

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

114. kauhoe — to swim

115. kaukau — to bathe

116. kaumātua — elder; elderly

117. kaupapa — topic, theme, plan, subject

118. kawa — sour, yuck

119. kawe — to carry, convey

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

121. kei te — at the moment; now

122. keke — cake

123. kete — basket, kit

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

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

126. kimi — to look for, seek

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

128. kino — bad

129. kiore — rat

130. kiri — skin

131. kiriata — movie, film

132. Kirikiriroa — Hamilton

133. kite — to see

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

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

136. koa — happy

137. koe — you, one person

138. kohi — to collect, gather together

139. koi — sharp

140. koia — it is, so

141. konei — here, by speaker

142. konā — there, by listener

143. kore — zero, nothing

144. koretake — useless

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

146. koroua — elderly man, grandfather

147. korā — over there

148. kotahi — one

149. koti — coat, jacket

150. koutou — you, three or more people

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

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

153. kuia — elderly woman, grandmother

154. kupu — word

155. kura — school; treasured item

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

157. kurī — dog

158. kāhore — Negative used for verb sentences

159. kāinga — home

160. kākahu — clothing, garment

161. kākāriki — green

162. kāo — no!

163. kāore — negative used for verb sentences

164. kāpata — cupboard

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

166. kātahi — then

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

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

169. kēkē — armpit

170. kēmu — game

171. kī — to be full

172. kīhai — Negative word

173. kō — at a distance, yonder; shovel

174. kōrero — to talk, speak

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

176. kōrua — you, two people

177. kōtiro — girl

178. kūaha — door

179. kūmara — kūmara, sweet potato

180. mahana — to be warm, warm

181. mahi — to do, work, make

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

183. mahue — to be left behind (trans)

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

185. makariri — cold

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

187. mamae — hurt, sore, pain

188. mana — prestige, authority

189. Mane — Monday

190. mano — thousand

191. manu — bird

192. manuhiri — guest

193. marae — traditional Māori gathering place

194. marama — month, moon

195. mataku — scared, afraid

196. matapihi — window

197. mate — to be sick, ill, dead

198. matekai — hungry, starving

199. matua — parent, father

200. mau — to wear clothes

201. maumahara — to remember, remember

202. maunga — mountain

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

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

205. mea — a thing (n); to say (v)

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

207. mere — bush, shrub

208. mihi — to greet; thank; acknowledge

209. miraka — milk

210. moana — sea

211. moe — sleep; to marry

212. moenga — bed

213. mokemoke — lonely

214. mokopuna — grandchild

215. momo — type, kind

216. moni — money

217. motokā — car, motorcar

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

219. motukā — car

220. mua — front, before

221. muri — behind, after

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

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

224. mā — clean, white, and others

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

226. māia — capable, brave, bold

227. māku — for me, by me

228. mākū — to be saturated, wet, damp

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

230. māna — for him, her, by him, her

231. māngere — lazy

232. Māori — indigenous people of Aotearoa/New Zealand

233. māra — garden

234. mārama — clear, understand

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

236. mātau — to know, understand

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

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

239. mātāmua — eldest; first; main

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

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

242. māui — on the left hand, left side

243. māuiui — sick

244. mīti — meat

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

246. mōhio — to know

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

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

249. mōu — for you

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

251. nama — number

252. nei — here, by speaker

253. ngahere — forest, bush

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

255. ngenge — tired

256. ngeru — cat

257. ngā — the, plural

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

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

260. niho — tooth

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

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

263. noho — to live; sit

264. nui — big, great, many

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

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

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

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

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

270. nō — from

271. nōku — mine, realised possession, ō category

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

273. nōu — yours

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

275. oho — to wake up

276. oma — to run, escape

277. one — beach, sand

278. ono — six

279. ope — group travelling together

280. ora — alive, well, healthy, safe

281. oti — to be completed

282. pahi — bus

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

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

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

286. paku — small

287. pango — black

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

289. papa — floor, ground, flat surface

290. parakuihi — breakfast

291. paru — dirt, mud, dirty

292. parāoa — bread, flour

293. pata — butter

294. patu — to strike, hit; to kill

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

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

297. pea — pair; pear

298. pene — pen

299. pepa — paper; pepper

300. pereti — plate

301. piki — to increase

302. pikitia — picture, film

303. pirihimana — police officer

304. poaka — pig

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

306. poto — short

307. pouaka — box

308. pounamu — greenstone

309. pukapuka — book, lungs

310. puku — stomach, belly

311. pukumahi — hard-working, industrious

312. pukuriri — fury; furious; grumpy

313. pupuhi — to shoot

314. puta — to appear, to come out

315. putiputi — flower

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

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

318. pāpā — father, uncle

319. pātai — question; to ask a question

320. pāua — abalone

321. pēhea — how?

322. pēke — bag

323. pēnei — like this, near speaker

324. pēnā — like that, near listener

325. pēpi — baby

326. pērā — like that, yonder

327. pēwhea — how? (variant of pēhea)

328. pīrangi — to want, desire

329. pō — night

330. Pōneke — Wellington [Port Nicholson]

331. pōro — ball (also 'paoro')

332. pōtae — hat

333. pōtiki — child; youngest child

334. pōuri — sad, dark

335. pōwhiri — welcome

336. pū — to blow gently

337. pūhā — green spinach-like vegetable

338. ra — Ra (i), ad. 1. There, yonder. “Keiwhea a Whakatau?” “Ra,…

339. rangatira — chief, leader, boss

340. rangi — sky, day

341. rapu — to look for

342. rare — lolly

343. raro — under, below; time

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

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

346. rau — to put into; leaf

347. raumati — summer

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

349. rawe — lovely, excellent

350. reira — there (previously mentioned)

351. reka — sweet

352. reo — language, voice

353. rere — to escape; to fly

354. reta — letter

355. rima — five

356. ringa — hand, arm

357. ringaringa — hand, arm

358. riri — anger, angry

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

360. rite — to be ready, like, similar

361. roa — long

362. rongo — to hear, perceive, feel

363. rorohiko — computer

364. roto — in, inside, within; lake

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

366. runga — on

367. rā — day; the sun; over there

368. Rāhoroi — Saturday

369. rākau — tree; timber

370. rānei — or

371. Rātapu — Sunday

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

373. rāua — them; they (two people)

374. rīhi — dish; dishes; lease

375. rīwai — potato

376. rōpū — group

377. rūma — room

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

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

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

381. taha — to pass by; side

382. tahi — one, single

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

384. tai — tide; coast

385. taihoa — wait

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

387. take — beginning, cause, origin

388. taki — to lead, to bring along

389. takoto — to lie down

390. taku — my (singular); edge

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

392. tamaiti — child

393. tamariki — children

394. tamāhine — daughter

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

396. tangata — person

397. tangi — to cry; to make a sound

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

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

400. taonga — property, possession

401. tapahi — to cut up, chop

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

403. taputapu — gear, equipment

404. taraiwa — to drive; driver

405. tarau — trousers

406. tari — government department; office

407. tata — near, close

408. tatari — to wait

409. tatau — to count

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

411. taua — that, previously mentioned (singular)

412. tauira — student; example

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

414. taura — rope, cable

415. tawhiti — distant, a distant place

416. te — the, singular definite article

417. teina — younger sibling, same sex

418. tekau — ten

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

420. tia — to steer, adorned

421. tiaki — to look after, to care for

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

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

424. tiki — to fetch

425. tinana — body, trunk, torso

426. tino — very

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

428. titiro — to look at

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

430. tohu — a qualification, eg degree

431. tohunga — expert, priest

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

433. toki — adze, axe; champion

434. tokohia — how many people?

435. tokorua — two (of people)

436. tokotoru — three (people)

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

438. tonu — still

439. toro — to visit

440. toru — three

441. tua — beyond

442. tuahine — sister, of a male

443. tuakana — older sibling of the same sex

444. tuarua — second

445. tuatahi — first

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

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

448. tuhituhi — to write, draw

449. tuku — to put off, to leave aside

450. tukua — let go! to be released (tuku + passive suffix -a)

451. tungāne — brother, of a female

452. tunu — to cook, roast

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

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

455. tā — print, draw

456. tākaro — to play

457. tāku — my, ā category possession, singular

458. tāmaki — omen, portent

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

460. tāne — man, male

461. tāngata — people (plural of tangata)

462. tāone — town

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

464. tātahi — seaside, beach

465. tātau — we; us; everyone

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

467. tāu — your (singular + one item)

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

469. tāwāhi — overseas

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

471. tēhea — which, singular

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

473. tēnā — that, by the listener

474. tēpu — table

475. tērā — that over there, that

476. tētahi — a, one specific thing

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

478. tī — cabbage tree; tea

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

480. tīmata — to begin, to start

481. tītī — muttonbird

482. tō — your (singular); to drag

483. tōkena — stockings, socks

484. tōku — my (singular)

485. tōmuri — to be late

486. tōna — his, her

487. tōu — your, ō category possession, singular

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

489. tūpato — to be careful; caution, cautious

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

491. tūru — chair, seat, stool

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

493. ua — to rain; rain

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

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

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

497. utu — cost, price; to pay for

498. waea — wire; phone

499. waenganui — middle, centre, between

500. waewae — foot, leg

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

502. wahine — woman, wife

503. waho — out, outside, the outside

504. wai — water; who

505. waiata — to sing (v); song (n)

506. waiatatia — sung (pass. of waiata)

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

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

509. wareware — to forget; forgetful (trans)

510. waru — eight; to scrape, to peel

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

512. wera — to burn; burnt; hot, heat

513. whaea — mother, aunt

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

515. whakaae — to agree

516. whakaahua — to take photos; photograph

517. whakaako — teach

518. whakaaro — to think; thought, idea

519. whakaata — mirror

520. whakahoki — to return something, to reply

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

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

523. whakarite — to compare; arrange, organise

524. whakarongo — to listen

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

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

527. whakautu — to reply, to respond, answer

528. whara — to be injured

529. whare — house, building

530. wharepaku — toilet

531. whea — where? (variant of hea)

532. whenua — land

533. whero — red

534. whiti — to cross; shine, rise

535. whitu — seven

536. whā — four

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

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

539. wiki — week

540. wini — window

541. wā — time, times

542. wāhi — part, portion; place

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

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

545. ā — and; and then

546. āe — yes

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

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

549. āhua — shape, form, appearance

550. Ākarana — Auckland

551. ākonga — student

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

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

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

555. ānō — as though; as if

556. āporo — apple

557. āpōpō — tomorrow

558. āta — gently, carefully, deliberately

559. ātaahua — beautiful, well formed

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

561. āwangawanga — worried

562. āwhea — Āwhea = ahea. ‖ hea.

563. āwhina — to help

564. āwhinatia — helped (pass of āwhina)

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

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

567. ērā — those (over there)

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

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

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

571. ōku — mine, plural, ō category possession

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

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

Vocabulary for a lesson

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