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. ariki — chief, leader

21. aroha — love, sympathy, compassion

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

23. ata — morning, shadow

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

25. atua — god

26. au — I, me

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

28. auau — to bark, howl

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

30. awa — river, stream

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

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

33. eke — to embark, get onto; riding

34. engari — but

35. haere — go, come

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

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

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

39. hapa — mistake; supper, dinner

40. hararei — holiday

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

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

43. harikoa — happy, joyful, euphoric

44. hau — wind, air, breath

45. he — a, some; in the category of

46. hea — where?

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

48. heihei — chicken

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

50. heoi — however; and so

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

52. hia — how many?

53. hiahia — to want

54. hiainu — thirst, thirsty

55. hiakai — hungry

56. hiamoe — sleepy

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

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

59. hipi — sheep

60. hoa — friend; partner; spouse

61. hoatu — to give (away from speaker)

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

63. hoko — to buy, sell, purchase

64. hokomaha — supermarket

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

66. homai — give (to the speaker)

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

68. hopu — to catch

69. horoi — to wash, to clean

70. horoia — washed (pass of horoi)

71. hou — new, modern; feather

72. hua — product, fruit

73. huarahi — street, path, road

74. hui — meeting; gathered

75. huka — sugar

76. hāte — shirt

77. hē — wrong; error, mistake

78. hēki — egg

79. hī — to catch fish with a line

80. hīkoi — to walk, step, tread

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

82. hōiho — horse

83. hū — shoe

84. 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.

85. ia — he, she, him, her

86. iho — downwards

87. ihu — nose

88. ika — fish

89. ina — if, when

90. inanahi — yesterday

91. ingoa — name

92. inu — to drink (v); drink (n)

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

94. ināianei — now

95. irāmutu — niece, nephew

96. iti — small, little

97. iwa — nine

98. iwi — tribe

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

100. kaha — strong, able

101. kai — eat (v); food (n)

102. kaiako — teacher (kai- + ako)

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

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

105. kainga — (pass) be eaten

106. kanikani — dance, to dance

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

108. kapu — cup

109. karaka — orange (colour)

110. karakia — prayer, to pray

111. karanga — to call

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

113. kata — to laugh

114. kato — pluck

115. katoa — all

116. kau — swim; cow

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

118. kauhoe — to swim

119. kaukau — to bathe

120. kaumātua — elder; elderly

121. kaupapa — topic, theme, plan, subject

122. kawa — sour, yuck

123. kawe — to carry, convey

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

125. kei te — at the moment; now

126. keke — cake

127. kete — basket, kit

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

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

130. kimi — to look for, seek

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

132. kino — bad

133. kiore — rat

134. kiri — skin

135. kiriata — movie, film

136. Kirikiriroa — Hamilton

137. kite — to see

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

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

140. koa — happy

141. koe — you, one person

142. koha — gift

143. kohi — to collect, gather together

144. koi — sharp

145. koia — it is, so

146. konei — here, by speaker

147. konā — there, by listener

148. kore — zero, nothing

149. koretake — useless

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

151. koroua — elderly man, grandfather

152. korā — over there

153. kotahi — one

154. koti — coat, jacket

155. koutou — you, three or more people

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

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

158. kuia — elderly woman, grandmother

159. kupu — word

160. kura — school; treasured item

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

162. kurī — dog

163. kāhore — Negative used for verb sentences

164. kāinga — home

165. kākahu — clothing, garment

166. kākāriki — green

167. kāo — no!

168. kāore — negative used for verb sentences

169. kāpata — cupboard

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

171. kātahi — then

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

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

174. kēkē — armpit

175. kēmu — game

176. kī — to be full

177. kīhai — Negative word

178. kō — at a distance, yonder; shovel

179. kōhatu — stone

180. kōrero — to talk, speak

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

182. kōrua — you, two people

183. kōtiro — girl

184. kūaha — door

185. kūmara — kūmara, sweet potato

186. mahana — to be warm, warm

187. mahi — to do, work, make

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

189. mahue — to be left behind (trans)

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

191. makariri — cold

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

193. mamae — hurt, sore, pain

194. mana — prestige, authority

195. Mane — Monday

196. mano — thousand

197. manu — bird

198. manuhiri — guest

199. marae — traditional Māori gathering place

200. marama — month, moon

201. mataku — scared, afraid

202. matapihi — window

203. mate — to be sick, ill, dead

204. matekai — hungry, starving

205. matua — parent, father

206. mau — to wear clothes

207. maumahara — to remember, remember

208. maunga — mountain

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

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

211. mea — a thing (n); to say (v)

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

213. mere — bush, shrub

214. mihi — to greet; thank; acknowledge

215. miraka — milk

216. moana — sea

217. moe — sleep; to marry

218. moenga — bed

219. mokemoke — lonely

220. mokopuna — grandchild

221. momo — type, kind

222. moni — money

223. motokā — car, motorcar

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

225. motukā — car

226. mua — front, before

227. muri — behind, after

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

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

230. mā — clean, white, and others

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

232. māia — capable, brave, bold

233. māku — for me, by me

234. mākū — to be saturated, wet, damp

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

236. māna — for him, her, by him, her

237. māngere — lazy

238. Māori — indigenous people of Aotearoa/New Zealand

239. māra — garden

240. mārama — clear, understand

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

242. mātau — to know, understand

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

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

245. mātāmua — eldest; first; main

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

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

248. māui — on the left hand, left side

249. māuiui — sick

250. mīti — meat

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

252. mōhio — to know

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

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

255. mōu — for you

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

257. nama — number

258. nei — here, by speaker

259. ngahere — forest, bush

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

261. ngenge — tired

262. ngeru — cat

263. ngā — the, plural

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

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

266. niho — tooth

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

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

269. noho — to live; sit

270. nui — big, great, many

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

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

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

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

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

276. nō — from

277. nōku — mine, realised possession, ō category

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

279. nōu — yours

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

281. oho — to wake up

282. oma — to run, escape

283. one — beach, sand

284. ono — six

285. ope — group travelling together

286. ora — alive, well, healthy, safe

287. oti — to be completed

288. pahi — bus

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

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

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

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

293. paku — small

294. pango — black

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

296. papa — floor, ground, flat surface

297. parakuihi — breakfast

298. paru — dirt, mud, dirty

299. parāoa — bread, flour

300. pata — butter

301. patu — to strike, hit; to kill

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

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

304. pea — pair; pear

305. pene — pen

306. pepa — paper; pepper

307. pereti — plate

308. piki — to increase

309. pikitia — picture, film

310. pirihimana — police officer

311. poaka — pig

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

313. poto — short

314. pouaka — box

315. pounamu — greenstone

316. pukapuka — book, lungs

317. puku — stomach, belly

318. pukumahi — hard-working, industrious

319. pukuriri — fury; furious; grumpy

320. pupuhi — to shoot

321. puta — to appear, to come out

322. putiputi — flower

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

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

325. pāpā — father, uncle

326. pātai — question; to ask a question

327. pāua — abalone

328. pēhea — how?

329. pēke — bag

330. pēnei — like this, near speaker

331. pēnā — like that, near listener

332. pēpi — baby

333. pērā — like that, yonder

334. pēwhea — how? (variant of pēhea)

335. pīrangi — to want, desire

336. pō — night

337. Pōneke — Wellington [Port Nicholson]

338. pōro — ball (also 'paoro')

339. pōtae — hat

340. pōtiki — child; youngest child

341. pōuri — sad, dark

342. pōwhiri — welcome

343. pū — to blow gently

344. pūhā — green spinach-like vegetable

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

346. rangatira — chief, leader, boss

347. rangi — sky, day

348. rapu — to look for

349. raranga — plait; weave

350. rare — lolly

351. raro — under, below; time

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

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

354. rau — to put into; leaf

355. raumati — summer

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

357. rawe — lovely, excellent

358. reira — there (previously mentioned)

359. reka — sweet

360. reo — language, voice

361. rere — to escape; to fly

362. reta — letter

363. rima — five

364. ringa — hand, arm

365. ringaringa — hand, arm

366. riri — anger, angry

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

368. rite — to be ready, like, similar

369. roa — long

370. rongo — to hear, perceive, feel

371. rorohiko — computer

372. roto — in, inside, within; lake

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

374. runga — on

375. rā — day; the sun; over there

376. Rāhoroi — Saturday

377. rākau — tree; timber

378. rānei — or

379. Rātapu — Sunday

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

381. rāua — them; they (two people)

382. rīhi — dish; dishes; lease

383. rīwai — potato

384. rōpū — group

385. rūma — room

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

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

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

389. taha — to pass by; side

390. tahi — one, single

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

392. tai — tide; coast

393. taihoa — wait

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

395. take — beginning, cause, origin

396. taki — to lead, to bring along

397. takoto — to lie down

398. taku — my (singular); edge

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

400. tamaiti — child

401. tamariki — children

402. tamāhine — daughter

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

404. tangata — person

405. tangi — to cry; to make a sound

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

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

408. taonga — property, possession

409. tapahi — to cut up, chop

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

411. taputapu — gear, equipment

412. taraiwa — to drive; driver

413. tarau — trousers

414. tari — government department; office

415. tata — near, close

416. tatari — to wait

417. tatau — to count

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

419. taua — that, previously mentioned (singular)

420. tauira — student; example

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

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

423. taura — rope, cable

424. tawhiti — distant, a distant place

425. te — the, singular definite article

426. teina — younger sibling, same sex

427. tekau — ten

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

429. tia — to steer, adorned

430. tiaki — to look after, to care for

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

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

433. tiki — to fetch

434. tinana — body, trunk, torso

435. tino — very

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

437. titiro — to look at

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

439. tohu — a qualification, eg degree

440. tohunga — expert, priest

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

442. toki — adze, axe; champion

443. tokohia — how many people?

444. tokorua — two (of people)

445. tokotoru — three (people)

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

447. tonu — still

448. toro — to visit

449. toru — three

450. tua — beyond

451. tuahine — sister, of a male

452. tuakana — older sibling of the same sex

453. tuarua — second

454. tuatahi — first

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

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

457. tuhituhi — to write, draw

458. tuku — to put off, to leave aside

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

460. tungāne — brother, of a female

461. tunu — to cook, roast

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

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

464. tā — print, draw

465. tākaro — to play

466. tāku — my, ā category possession, singular

467. tāmaki — omen, portent

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

469. tāne — man, male

470. tāngata — people (plural of tangata)

471. tāone — town

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

473. tātahi — seaside, beach

474. tātau — we; us; everyone

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

476. tāu — your (singular + one item)

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

478. tāwāhi — overseas

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

480. tēhea — which, singular

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

482. tēnā — that, by the listener

483. tēpu — table

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

485. tērā — that over there, that

486. tētahi — a, one specific thing

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

488. tī — cabbage tree; tea

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

490. tīmata — to begin, to start

491. tītī — muttonbird

492. tō — your (singular); to drag

493. tōkena — stockings, socks

494. tōku — my (singular)

495. tōmuri — to be late

496. tōna — his, her

497. tōu — your, ō category possession, singular

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

499. tūpato — to be careful; caution, cautious

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

501. tūru — chair, seat, stool

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

503. ua — to rain; rain

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

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

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

507. utu — cost, price; to pay for

508. waea — wire; phone

509. waenganui — middle, centre, between

510. waewae — foot, leg

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

512. wahine — woman, wife

513. waho — out, outside, the outside

514. wai — water; who

515. waiata — to sing (v); song (n)

516. waiatatia — sung (pass. of waiata)

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

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

519. wareware — to forget; forgetful (trans)

520. waru — eight; to scrape, to peel

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

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

523. wera — to burn; burnt; hot, heat

524. whaea — mother, aunt

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

526. whakaae — to agree

527. whakaahua — to take photos; photograph

528. whakaako — teach

529. whakaaro — to think; thought, idea

530. whakaata — mirror

531. whakahoki — to return something, to reply

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

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

534. whakamā — to be embarrassed, ashamed

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

536. whakarite — to compare; arrange, organise

537. whakarongo — to listen

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

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

540. whakautu — to reply, to respond, answer

541. whara — to be injured

542. whare — house, building

543. wharepaku — toilet

544. whati — broken, snapped; break, snap; run away; turn

545. whea — where? (variant of hea)

546. whenua — land

547. whero — red

548. whiti — to cross; shine, rise

549. whitu — seven

550. whiwhi — to be in possession of; acquire, obtain, to get

551. whā — four

552. whāia — chased (pass of whai - note lengthening of first vowel)

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

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

555. wiki — week

556. wini — window

557. wā — time, times

558. wāhi — part, portion; place

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

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

561. ā — and; and then

562. āe — yes

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

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

565. āhua — shape, form, appearance

566. Ākarana — Auckland

567. ākonga — student

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

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

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

571. ānō — as though; as if

572. āporo — apple

573. āpōpō — tomorrow

574. āta — gently, carefully, deliberately

575. ātaahua — beautiful, well formed

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

577. āwangawanga — worried

578. āwhea — Āwhea = ahea. ‖ hea.

579. āwhina — to help

580. āwhinatia — helped (pass of āwhina)

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

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

583. ērā — those (over there)

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

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

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

587. ōku — mine, plural, ō category possession

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

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

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