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. haunga — smelly, stinky

46. he — a, some; in the category of

47. hea — where?

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

49. heihei — chicken

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

51. heoi — however; and so

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

53. hia — how many?

54. hiahia — to want

55. hiainu — thirst, thirsty

56. hiakai — hungry

57. hiamoe — sleepy

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

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

60. hipi — sheep

61. hoa — friend; partner; spouse

62. hoatu — to give (away from speaker)

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

64. hoko — to buy, sell, purchase

65. hokomaha — supermarket

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

67. homai — give (to the speaker)

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

69. hopu — to catch

70. horoi — to wash, to clean

71. horoia — washed (pass of horoi)

72. hou — new, modern; feather

73. hua — product, fruit

74. huarahi — street, path, road

75. hui — meeting; gathered

76. huka — sugar

77. hāte — shirt

78. hē — wrong; error, mistake

79. hēki — egg

80. hī — to catch fish with a line

81. hīkoi — to walk, step, tread

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

83. hōiho — horse

84. hōu — new, modern; fresh

85. hū — shoe

86. 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.

87. ia — he, she, him, her

88. iho — downwards

89. ihu — nose

90. ika — fish

91. ina — if, when

92. inanahi — yesterday

93. inapō — last night

94. ingoa — name

95. inu — to drink (v); drink (n)

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

97. ināianei — now

98. irāmutu — niece, nephew

99. iti — small, little

100. iwa — nine

101. iwi — tribe

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

103. kaha — strong, able

104. kahurangi — dark blue; woman of high status or rank

105. kai — eat (v); food (n)

106. kaiako — teacher (kai- + ako)

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

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

109. kainga — (pass) be eaten

110. kaiwhakaako — teacher

111. kanikani — dance, to dance

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

113. kapu — cup

114. karaka — orange (colour)

115. karakia — prayer, to pray

116. karanga — to call

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

118. kararehe — animal

119. kata — to laugh

120. kato — pluck

121. katoa — all

122. kau — swim; cow

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

124. kauhoe — to swim

125. kaukau — to bathe

126. kaumātua — elder; elderly

127. kaupapa — topic, theme, plan, subject

128. kawa — sour, yuck

129. kawe — to carry, convey

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

131. kei te — at the moment; now

132. keke — cake

133. kete — basket, kit

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

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

136. kimi — to look for, seek

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

138. kino — bad

139. kiore — rat

140. kiri — skin

141. kiriata — movie, film

142. Kirikiriroa — Hamilton

143. kite — to see

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

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

146. koa — happy

147. koe — you, one person

148. koha — gift

149. kohi — to collect, gather together

150. koi — sharp

151. koia — it is, so

152. konei — here, by speaker

153. konā — there, by listener

154. kore — zero, nothing

155. koretake — useless

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

157. koroua — elderly man, grandfather

158. korā — over there

159. kotahi — one

160. koti — coat, jacket

161. koutou — you, three or more people

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

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

164. kuia — elderly woman, grandmother

165. kupu — word

166. kura — school; treasured item

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

168. kurī — dog

169. kāhore — Negative used for verb sentences

170. kāinga — home

171. kākahu — clothing, garment

172. kākāriki — green

173. kāo — no!

174. kāore — negative used for verb sentences

175. kāpata — cupboard

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

177. kātahi — then

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

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

180. kēkē — armpit

181. kēmu — game

182. kī — to be full

183. kīhai — Negative word

184. kō — at a distance, yonder; shovel

185. kōhatu — stone

186. kōrero — to talk, speak

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

188. kōrua — you, two people

189. kōtiro — girl

190. kūaha — door

191. kūmara — kūmara, sweet potato

192. mahana — to be warm, warm

193. mahi — to do, work, make

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

195. mahue — to be left behind (trans)

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

197. makariri — cold

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

199. mamae — hurt, sore, pain

200. mana — prestige, authority

201. Mane — Monday

202. mano — thousand

203. manu — bird

204. manuhiri — guest

205. marae — traditional Māori gathering place

206. marama — month, moon

207. mataku — scared, afraid

208. matapihi — window

209. mate — to be sick, ill, dead

210. matekai — hungry, starving

211. matua — parent, father

212. mau — to wear clothes

213. maumahara — to remember, remember

214. maunga — mountain

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

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

217. mea — a thing (n); to say (v)

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

219. mere — bush, shrub

220. mihi — to greet; thank; acknowledge

221. miraka — milk

222. moana — sea

223. moe — sleep; to marry

224. moenga — bed

225. mokemoke — lonely

226. mokopuna — grandchild

227. momo — type, kind

228. moni — money

229. motokā — car, motorcar

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

231. motukā — car

232. mua — front, before

233. muri — behind, after

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

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

236. mā — clean, white, and others

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

238. māia — capable, brave, bold

239. māku — for me, by me

240. mākū — to be saturated, wet, damp

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

242. māna — for him, her, by him, her

243. māngere — lazy

244. Māori — indigenous people of Aotearoa/New Zealand

245. māra — garden

246. mārama — clear, understand

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

248. mātau — to know, understand

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

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

251. mātāmua — eldest; first; main

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

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

254. māui — on the left hand, left side

255. māuiui — sick

256. mīti — meat

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

258. mōhio — to know

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

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

261. mōu — for you

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

263. nama — number

264. nei — here, by speaker

265. ngahere — forest, bush

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

267. ngenge — tired

268. ngeru — cat

269. ngā — the, plural

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

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

272. niho — tooth

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

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

275. noho — to live; sit

276. nui — big, great, many

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

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

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

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

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

282. nō — from

283. nōku — mine, realised possession, ō category

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

285. nōu — yours

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

287. oho — to wake up

288. oma — to run, escape

289. one — beach, sand

290. ono — six

291. ope — group travelling together

292. ora — alive, well, healthy, safe

293. oti — to be completed

294. pahi — bus

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

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

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

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

299. paku — small

300. pango — black

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

302. papa — floor, ground, flat surface

303. parakuihi — breakfast

304. paru — dirt, mud, dirty

305. parāoa — bread, flour

306. pata — butter

307. patu — to strike, hit; to kill

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

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

310. pea — pair; pear

311. pene — pen

312. pepa — paper; pepper

313. pereti — plate

314. piki — to increase

315. pikitia — picture, film

316. pirihimana — police officer

317. poaka — pig

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

319. poto — short

320. pouaka — box

321. pounamu — greenstone

322. pukapuka — book, lungs

323. puku — stomach, belly

324. pukumahi — hard-working, industrious

325. pukuriri — fury; furious; grumpy

326. pupuhi — to shoot

327. puta — to appear, to come out

328. putiputi — flower

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

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

331. pāpā — father, uncle

332. pātai — question; to ask a question

333. pāua — abalone

334. pēhea — how?

335. pēke — bag

336. pēnei — like this, near speaker

337. pēnā — like that, near listener

338. pēpi — baby

339. pērā — like that, yonder

340. pēwhea — how? (variant of pēhea)

341. pīrangi — to want, desire

342. pō — night

343. Pōneke — Wellington [Port Nicholson]

344. pōro — ball (also 'paoro')

345. pōtae — hat

346. pōtiki — child; youngest child

347. pōuri — sad, dark

348. pōwhiri — welcome

349. pū — to blow gently

350. pūhā — green spinach-like vegetable

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

352. rangatira — chief, leader, boss

353. rangi — sky, day

354. rapu — to look for

355. raranga — plait; weave

356. rare — lolly

357. raro — under, below; time

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

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

360. rau — to put into; leaf

361. raumati — summer

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

363. rawe — lovely, excellent

364. reira — there (previously mentioned)

365. reka — sweet

366. reo — language, voice

367. rere — to escape; to fly

368. reta — letter

369. rima — five

370. ringa — hand, arm

371. ringaringa — hand, arm

372. riri — anger, angry

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

374. rite — to be ready, like, similar

375. roa — long

376. rongo — to hear, perceive, feel

377. rorohiko — computer

378. roto — in, inside, within; lake

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

380. runga — on

381. rā — day; the sun; over there

382. Rāhoroi — Saturday

383. rākau — tree; timber

384. rānei — or

385. Rātapu — Sunday

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

387. rāua — them; they (two people)

388. rīhi — dish; dishes; lease

389. rīwai — potato

390. rōpū — group

391. rūma — room

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

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

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

395. taha — to pass by; side

396. tahi — one, single

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

398. tai — tide; coast

399. taihoa — wait

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

401. take — beginning, cause, origin

402. taki — to lead, to bring along

403. takoto — to lie down

404. taku — my (singular); edge

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

406. tamaiti — child

407. tamariki — children

408. tamāhine — daughter

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

410. tangata — person

411. tangi — to cry; to make a sound

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

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

414. taonga — property, possession

415. tapahi — to cut up, chop

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

417. taputapu — gear, equipment

418. taraiwa — to drive; driver

419. tarau — trousers

420. tari — government department; office

421. tata — near, close

422. tatari — to wait

423. tatau — to count

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

425. taua — that, previously mentioned (singular)

426. tauira — student; example

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

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

429. taura — rope, cable

430. tawhiti — distant, a distant place

431. te — the, singular definite article

432. teina — younger sibling, same sex

433. tekau — ten

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

435. tia — to steer, adorned

436. tiaki — to look after, to care for

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

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

439. tiki — to fetch

440. tinana — body, trunk, torso

441. tino — very

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

443. titiro — to look at

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

445. tohu — a qualification, eg degree

446. tohunga — expert, priest

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

448. toki — adze, axe; champion

449. tokohia — how many people?

450. tokorua — two (of people)

451. tokotoru — three (people)

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

453. tonu — still

454. toro — to visit

455. toru — three

456. tua — beyond

457. tuahine — sister, of a male

458. tuakana — older sibling of the same sex

459. tuarua — second

460. tuatahi — first

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

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

463. tuhituhi — to write, draw

464. tuku — to put off, to leave aside

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

466. tungāne — brother, of a female

467. tunu — to cook, roast

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

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

470. tā — print, draw

471. tākaro — to play

472. tāku — my, ā category possession, singular

473. tāmaki — omen, portent

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

475. tāne — man, male

476. tāngata — people (plural of tangata)

477. tāone — town

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

479. tātahi — seaside, beach

480. tātau — we; us; everyone

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

482. tāu — your (singular + one item)

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

484. tāwāhi — overseas

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

486. tēhea — which, singular

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

488. tēnā — that, by the listener

489. tēpu — table

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

491. tērā — that over there, that

492. tētahi — a, one specific thing

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

494. tī — cabbage tree; tea

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

496. tīmata — to begin, to start

497. tītī — muttonbird

498. tō — your (singular); to drag

499. tōkena — stockings, socks

500. tōku — my (singular)

501. tōmuri — to be late

502. tōna — his, her

503. tōu — your, ō category possession, singular

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

505. tūpato — to be careful; caution, cautious

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

507. tūru — chair, seat, stool

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

509. ua — to rain; rain

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

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

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

513. utu — cost, price; to pay for

514. waea — wire; phone

515. waenganui — middle, centre, between

516. waewae — foot, leg

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

518. wahine — woman, wife

519. waho — out, outside, the outside

520. wai — water; who

521. waiata — to sing (v); song (n)

522. waiatatia — sung (pass. of waiata)

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

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

525. wareware — to forget; forgetful (trans)

526. waru — eight; to scrape, to peel

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

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

529. wera — to burn; burnt; hot, heat

530. whaea — mother, aunt

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

532. whakaae — to agree

533. whakaahua — to take photos; photograph

534. whakaako — teach

535. whakaaro — to think; thought, idea

536. whakaata — mirror

537. whakahoki — to return something, to reply

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

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

540. whakamā — to be embarrassed, ashamed

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

542. whakarite — to compare; arrange, organise

543. whakarongo — to listen

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

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

546. whakautu — to reply, to respond, answer

547. whara — to be injured

548. whare — house, building

549. wharepaku — toilet

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

551. whea — where? (variant of hea)

552. whenua — land

553. whero — red

554. whiti — to cross; shine, rise

555. whitu — seven

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

557. whā — four

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

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

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

561. wiki — week

562. wini — window

563. wā — time, times

564. wāhi — part, portion; place

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

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

567. ā — and; and then

568. āe — yes

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

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

571. āhua — shape, form, appearance

572. Ākarana — Auckland

573. ākonga — student

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

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

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

577. ānō — as though; as if

578. āporo — apple

579. āpōpō — tomorrow

580. āta — gently, carefully, deliberately

581. ātaahua — beautiful, well formed

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

583. āwangawanga — worried

584. āwhea — Āwhea = ahea. ‖ hea.

585. āwhina — to help

586. āwhinatia — helped (pass of āwhina)

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

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

589. ērā — those (over there)

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

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

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

593. ōku — mine, plural, ō category possession

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

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

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