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. kapa — group, row of people, as in: kapa haka

106. kapu — cup

107. karaka — orange (colour)

108. karakia — prayer, to pray

109. karanga — to call

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

111. kata — to laugh

112. kato — pluck

113. katoa — all

114. kau — swim; cow

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

116. kauhoe — to swim

117. kaukau — to bathe

118. kaumātua — elder; elderly

119. kaupapa — topic, theme, plan, subject

120. kawa — sour, yuck

121. kawe — to carry, convey

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

123. kei te — at the moment; now

124. keke — cake

125. kete — basket, kit

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

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

128. kimi — to look for, seek

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

130. kino — bad

131. kiore — rat

132. kiri — skin

133. kiriata — movie, film

134. Kirikiriroa — Hamilton

135. kite — to see

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

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

138. koa — happy

139. koe — you, one person

140. koha — gift

141. kohi — to collect, gather together

142. koi — sharp

143. koia — it is, so

144. konei — here, by speaker

145. konā — there, by listener

146. kore — zero, nothing

147. koretake — useless

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

149. koroua — elderly man, grandfather

150. korā — over there

151. kotahi — one

152. koti — coat, jacket

153. koutou — you, three or more people

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

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

156. kuia — elderly woman, grandmother

157. kupu — word

158. kura — school; treasured item

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

160. kurī — dog

161. kāhore — Negative used for verb sentences

162. kāinga — home

163. kākahu — clothing, garment

164. kākāriki — green

165. kāo — no!

166. kāore — negative used for verb sentences

167. kāpata — cupboard

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

169. kātahi — then

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

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

172. kēkē — armpit

173. kēmu — game

174. kī — to be full

175. kīhai — Negative word

176. kō — at a distance, yonder; shovel

177. kōhatu — stone

178. kōrero — to talk, speak

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

180. kōrua — you, two people

181. kōtiro — girl

182. kūaha — door

183. kūmara — kūmara, sweet potato

184. mahana — to be warm, warm

185. mahi — to do, work, make

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

187. mahue — to be left behind (trans)

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

189. makariri — cold

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

191. mamae — hurt, sore, pain

192. mana — prestige, authority

193. Mane — Monday

194. mano — thousand

195. manu — bird

196. manuhiri — guest

197. marae — traditional Māori gathering place

198. marama — month, moon

199. mataku — scared, afraid

200. matapihi — window

201. mate — to be sick, ill, dead

202. matekai — hungry, starving

203. matua — parent, father

204. mau — to wear clothes

205. maumahara — to remember, remember

206. maunga — mountain

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

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

209. mea — a thing (n); to say (v)

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

211. mere — bush, shrub

212. mihi — to greet; thank; acknowledge

213. miraka — milk

214. moana — sea

215. moe — sleep; to marry

216. moenga — bed

217. mokemoke — lonely

218. mokopuna — grandchild

219. momo — type, kind

220. moni — money

221. motokā — car, motorcar

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

223. motukā — car

224. mua — front, before

225. muri — behind, after

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

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

228. mā — clean, white, and others

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

230. māia — capable, brave, bold

231. māku — for me, by me

232. mākū — to be saturated, wet, damp

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

234. māna — for him, her, by him, her

235. māngere — lazy

236. Māori — indigenous people of Aotearoa/New Zealand

237. māra — garden

238. mārama — clear, understand

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

240. mātau — to know, understand

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

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

243. mātāmua — eldest; first; main

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

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

246. māui — on the left hand, left side

247. māuiui — sick

248. mīti — meat

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

250. mōhio — to know

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

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

253. mōu — for you

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

255. nama — number

256. nei — here, by speaker

257. ngahere — forest, bush

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

259. ngenge — tired

260. ngeru — cat

261. ngā — the, plural

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

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

264. niho — tooth

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

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

267. noho — to live; sit

268. nui — big, great, many

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

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

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

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

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

274. nō — from

275. nōku — mine, realised possession, ō category

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

277. nōu — yours

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

279. oho — to wake up

280. oma — to run, escape

281. one — beach, sand

282. ono — six

283. ope — group travelling together

284. ora — alive, well, healthy, safe

285. oti — to be completed

286. pahi — bus

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

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

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

290. paki — to slap, to pat; to be fine; a fine day

291. paku — small

292. pango — black

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

294. papa — floor, ground, flat surface

295. parakuihi — breakfast

296. paru — dirt, mud, dirty

297. parāoa — bread, flour

298. pata — butter

299. patu — to strike, hit; to kill

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

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

302. pea — pair; pear

303. pene — pen

304. pepa — paper; pepper

305. pereti — plate

306. piki — to increase

307. pikitia — picture, film

308. pirihimana — police officer

309. poaka — pig

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

311. poto — short

312. pouaka — box

313. pounamu — greenstone

314. pukapuka — book, lungs

315. puku — stomach, belly

316. pukumahi — hard-working, industrious

317. pukuriri — fury; furious; grumpy

318. pupuhi — to shoot

319. puta — to appear, to come out

320. putiputi — flower

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

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

323. pāpā — father, uncle

324. pātai — question; to ask a question

325. pāua — abalone

326. pēhea — how?

327. pēke — bag

328. pēnei — like this, near speaker

329. pēnā — like that, near listener

330. pēpi — baby

331. pērā — like that, yonder

332. pēwhea — how? (variant of pēhea)

333. pīrangi — to want, desire

334. pō — night

335. Pōneke — Wellington [Port Nicholson]

336. pōro — ball (also 'paoro')

337. pōtae — hat

338. pōtiki — child; youngest child

339. pōuri — sad, dark

340. pōwhiri — welcome

341. pū — to blow gently

342. pūhā — green spinach-like vegetable

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

344. rangatira — chief, leader, boss

345. rangi — sky, day

346. rapu — to look for

347. raranga — plait; weave

348. rare — lolly

349. raro — under, below; time

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

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

352. rau — to put into; leaf

353. raumati — summer

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

355. rawe — lovely, excellent

356. reira — there (previously mentioned)

357. reka — sweet

358. reo — language, voice

359. rere — to escape; to fly

360. reta — letter

361. rima — five

362. ringa — hand, arm

363. ringaringa — hand, arm

364. riri — anger, angry

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

366. rite — to be ready, like, similar

367. roa — long

368. rongo — to hear, perceive, feel

369. rorohiko — computer

370. roto — in, inside, within; lake

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

372. runga — on

373. rā — day; the sun; over there

374. Rāhoroi — Saturday

375. rākau — tree; timber

376. rānei — or

377. Rātapu — Sunday

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

379. rāua — them; they (two people)

380. rīhi — dish; dishes; lease

381. rīwai — potato

382. rōpū — group

383. rūma — room

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

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

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

387. taha — to pass by; side

388. tahi — one, single

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

390. tai — tide; coast

391. taihoa — wait

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

393. take — beginning, cause, origin

394. taki — to lead, to bring along

395. takoto — to lie down

396. taku — my (singular); edge

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

398. tamaiti — child

399. tamariki — children

400. tamāhine — daughter

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

402. tangata — person

403. tangi — to cry; to make a sound

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

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

406. taonga — property, possession

407. tapahi — to cut up, chop

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

409. taputapu — gear, equipment

410. taraiwa — to drive; driver

411. tarau — trousers

412. tari — government department; office

413. tata — near, close

414. tatari — to wait

415. tatau — to count

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

417. taua — that, previously mentioned (singular)

418. tauira — student; example

419. taumaha — difficult of spirit or health; to be heavy (s), weight (n)

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

421. taura — rope, cable

422. tawhiti — distant, a distant place

423. te — the, singular definite article

424. teina — younger sibling, same sex

425. tekau — ten

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

427. tia — to steer, adorned

428. tiaki — to look after, to care for

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

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

431. tiki — to fetch

432. tinana — body, trunk, torso

433. tino — very

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

435. titiro — to look at

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

437. tohu — a qualification, eg degree

438. tohunga — expert, priest

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

440. toki — adze, axe; champion

441. tokohia — how many people?

442. tokorua — two (of people)

443. tokotoru — three (people)

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

445. tonu — still

446. toro — to visit

447. toru — three

448. tua — beyond

449. tuahine — sister, of a male

450. tuakana — older sibling of the same sex

451. tuarua — second

452. tuatahi — first

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

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

455. tuhituhi — to write, draw

456. tuku — to put off, to leave aside

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

458. tungāne — brother, of a female

459. tunu — to cook, roast

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

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

462. tā — print, draw

463. tākaro — to play

464. tāku — my, ā category possession, singular

465. tāmaki — omen, portent

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

467. tāne — man, male

468. tāngata — people (plural of tangata)

469. tāone — town

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

471. tātahi — seaside, beach

472. tātau — we; us; everyone

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

474. tāu — your (singular + one item)

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

476. tāwāhi — overseas

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

478. tēhea — which, singular

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

480. tēnā — that, by the listener

481. tēpu — table

482. tēra — Tēra. 1. definitive pron. (pl. ēra), used epithetically or absolutely.…

483. tērā — that over there, that

484. tētahi — a, one specific thing

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

486. tī — cabbage tree; tea

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

488. tīmata — to begin, to start

489. tītī — muttonbird

490. tō — your (singular); to drag

491. tōkena — stockings, socks

492. tōku — my (singular)

493. tōmuri — to be late

494. tōna — his, her

495. tōu — your, ō category possession, singular

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

497. tūpato — to be careful; caution, cautious

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

499. tūru — chair, seat, stool

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

501. ua — to rain; rain

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

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

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

505. utu — cost, price; to pay for

506. waea — wire; phone

507. waenganui — middle, centre, between

508. waewae — foot, leg

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

510. wahine — woman, wife

511. waho — out, outside, the outside

512. wai — water; who

513. waiata — to sing (v); song (n)

514. waiatatia — sung (pass. of waiata)

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

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

517. wareware — to forget; forgetful (trans)

518. waru — eight; to scrape, to peel

519. wawata — to long for, yearn for; dream

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

521. wera — to burn; burnt; hot, heat

522. whaea — mother, aunt

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

524. whakaae — to agree

525. whakaahua — to take photos; photograph

526. whakaako — teach

527. whakaaro — to think; thought, idea

528. whakaata — mirror

529. whakahoki — to return something, to reply

530. whakahokia — returned (whakahoki + passive suffix -a), returned

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

532. whakamā — to be embarrassed, ashamed

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

534. whakarite — to compare; arrange, organise

535. whakarongo — to listen

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

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

538. whakautu — to reply, to respond, answer

539. whara — to be injured

540. whare — house, building

541. wharepaku — toilet

542. whea — where? (variant of hea)

543. whenua — land

544. whero — red

545. whiti — to cross; shine, rise

546. whitu — seven

547. whā — four

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

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

550. wiki — week

551. wini — window

552. wā — time, times

553. wāhi — part, portion; place

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

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

556. ā — and; and then

557. āe — yes

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

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

560. āhua — shape, form, appearance

561. Ākarana — Auckland

562. ākonga — student

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

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

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

566. ānō — as though; as if

567. āporo — apple

568. āpōpō — tomorrow

569. āta — gently, carefully, deliberately

570. ātaahua — beautiful, well formed

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

572. āwangawanga — worried

573. āwhea — Āwhea = ahea. ‖ hea.

574. āwhina — to help

575. āwhinatia — helped (pass of āwhina)

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

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

578. ērā — those (over there)

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

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

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

582. ōku — mine, plural, ō category possession

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

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

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