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. karu — eye

120. kata — to laugh

121. kato — pluck

122. katoa — all

123. kau — swim; cow

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

125. kauhoe — to swim

126. kaukau — to bathe

127. kaumātua — elder; elderly

128. kaupapa — topic, theme, plan, subject

129. kawa — sour, yuck

130. kawe — to carry, convey

131. kawea — brought (kawe + passive suffix -a)

132. kawhe — coffee

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

134. kei te — at the moment; now

135. keke — cake

136. kete — basket, kit

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

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

139. kimi — to look for, seek

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

141. kino — bad

142. kiore — rat

143. kiri — skin

144. kiriata — movie, film

145. Kirikiriroa — Hamilton

146. kite — to see

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

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

149. koa — happy

150. koe — you, one person

151. koha — gift

152. kohi — to collect, gather together

153. koi — sharp

154. koia — it is, so

155. konei — here, by speaker

156. konā — there, by listener

157. kore — zero, nothing

158. koretake — useless

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

160. koroua — elderly man, grandfather

161. korā — over there

162. kotahi — one

163. koti — coat, jacket

164. koutou — you, three or more people

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

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

167. kuia — elderly woman, grandmother

168. kupu — word

169. kura — school; treasured item

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

171. kurī — dog

172. kāhore — Negative used for verb sentences

173. kāinga — home

174. kākahu — clothing, garment

175. kākāriki — green

176. kānga — corn

177. kāo — no!

178. kāore — negative used for verb sentences

179. kāpata — cupboard

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

181. kātahi — then

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

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

184. kēkē — armpit

185. kēmu — game

186. kī — to be full

187. kīhai — Negative word

188. kīhini — kitchen

189. kō — at a distance, yonder; shovel

190. kōhatu — stone

191. kōrero — to talk, speak

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

193. kōrua — you, two people

194. kōtiro — girl

195. kūaha — door

196. kūmara — kūmara, sweet potato

197. mahana — to be warm, warm

198. mahi — to do, work, make

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

200. mahue — to be left behind (trans)

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

202. makariri — cold

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

204. mamae — hurt, sore, pain

205. mana — prestige, authority

206. Mane — Monday

207. mano — thousand

208. manu — bird

209. manuhiri — guest

210. marae — traditional Māori gathering place

211. marama — month, moon

212. mataku — scared, afraid

213. matapihi — window

214. mate — to be sick, ill, dead

215. matekai — hungry, starving

216. matua — parent, father

217. mau — to wear clothes

218. maumahara — to remember, remember

219. maunga — mountain

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

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

222. mea — a thing (n); to say (v)

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

224. mere — bush, shrub

225. mihi — to greet; thank; acknowledge

226. miraka — milk

227. moana — sea

228. moe — sleep; to marry

229. moenga — bed

230. mokemoke — lonely

231. mokopuna — grandchild

232. momo — type, kind

233. moni — money

234. motokā — car, motorcar

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

236. motukā — car

237. mua — front, before

238. muri — behind, after

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

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

241. mā — clean, white, and others

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

243. māia — capable, brave, bold

244. māku — for me, by me

245. mākū — to be saturated, wet, damp

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

247. māna — for him, her, by him, her

248. māngere — lazy

249. Māori — indigenous people of Aotearoa/New Zealand

250. māra — garden

251. mārama — clear, understand

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

253. mātau — to know, understand

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

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

256. mātāmua — eldest; first; main

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

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

259. māui — on the left hand, left side

260. māuiui — sick

261. mīti — meat

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

263. mōhio — to know

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

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

266. mōu — for you

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

268. nama — number

269. nei — here, by speaker

270. ngahere — forest, bush

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

272. ngenge — tired

273. ngeru — cat

274. ngā — the, plural

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

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

277. niho — tooth

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

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

280. noho — to live; sit

281. nui — big, great, many

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

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

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

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

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

287. nō — from

288. nōku — mine, realised possession, ō category

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

290. nōu — yours

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

292. oho — to wake up

293. oma — to run, escape

294. one — beach, sand

295. ono — six

296. ope — group travelling together

297. ora — alive, well, healthy, safe

298. oti — to be completed

299. pahi — bus

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

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

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

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

304. paku — small

305. pango — black

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

307. papa — floor, ground, flat surface

308. parakuihi — breakfast

309. paru — dirt, mud, dirty

310. parāoa — bread, flour

311. pata — butter

312. patu — to strike, hit; to kill

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

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

315. pea — pair; pear

316. pene — pen

317. pepa — paper; pepper

318. pereti — plate

319. piki — to increase

320. pikitia — picture, film

321. pirihimana — police officer

322. poaka — pig

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

324. poto — short

325. pouaka — box

326. pounamu — greenstone

327. pukapuka — book, lungs

328. puku — stomach, belly

329. pukumahi — hard-working, industrious

330. pukuriri — fury; furious; grumpy

331. pupuhi — to shoot

332. puta — to appear, to come out

333. putiputi — flower

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

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

336. pāpā — father, uncle

337. pātai — question; to ask a question

338. pāua — abalone

339. pēhea — how?

340. pēke — bag

341. pēnei — like this, near speaker

342. pēnā — like that, near listener

343. pēpi — baby

344. pērā — like that, yonder

345. pēwhea — how? (variant of pēhea)

346. pīrangi — to want, desire

347. pō — night

348. Pōneke — Wellington [Port Nicholson]

349. pōro — ball (also 'paoro')

350. pōtae — hat

351. pōtiki — child; youngest child

352. pōuri — sad, dark

353. pōwhiri — welcome

354. pū — to blow gently

355. pūhā — green spinach-like vegetable

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

357. rangatira — chief, leader, boss

358. rangi — sky, day

359. rapu — to look for

360. raranga — plait; weave

361. rare — lolly

362. raro — under, below; time

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

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

365. rau — to put into; leaf

366. raumati — summer

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

368. rawe — lovely, excellent

369. reira — there (previously mentioned)

370. reka — sweet

371. reo — language, voice

372. rere — to escape; to fly

373. reta — letter

374. rima — five

375. ringa — hand, arm

376. ringaringa — hand, arm

377. riri — anger, angry

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

379. rite — to be ready, like, similar

380. roa — long

381. rongo — to hear, perceive, feel

382. rorohiko — computer

383. roto — in, inside, within; lake

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

385. runga — on

386. rā — day; the sun; over there

387. Rāhoroi — Saturday

388. rākau — tree; timber

389. rānei — or

390. Rātapu — Sunday

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

392. rāua — them; they (two people)

393. rīhi — dish; dishes; lease

394. rīwai — potato

395. rōpū — group

396. rūma — room

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

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

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

400. taha — to pass by; side

401. tahi — one, single

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

403. tai — tide; coast

404. taihoa — wait

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

406. take — beginning, cause, origin

407. taki — to lead, to bring along

408. takoto — to lie down

409. taku — my (singular); edge

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

411. tamaiti — child

412. tamariki — children

413. tamāhine — daughter

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

415. tangata — person

416. tangi — to cry; to make a sound

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

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

419. taonga — property, possession

420. tapahi — to cut up, chop

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

422. taputapu — gear, equipment

423. taraiwa — to drive; driver

424. tarau — trousers

425. tari — government department; office

426. tata — near, close

427. tatari — to wait

428. tatau — to count

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

430. taua — that, previously mentioned (singular)

431. tauira — student; example

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

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

434. taura — rope, cable

435. tawhiti — distant, a distant place

436. te — the, singular definite article

437. teina — younger sibling, same sex

438. tekau — ten

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

440. tia — to steer, adorned

441. tiaki — to look after, to care for

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

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

444. tiki — to fetch

445. tinana — body, trunk, torso

446. tino — very

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

448. titiro — to look at

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

450. tohu — a qualification, eg degree

451. tohunga — expert, priest

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

453. toki — adze, axe; champion

454. tokohia — how many people?

455. tokorua — two (of people)

456. tokotoru — three (people)

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

458. tonu — still

459. toro — to visit

460. toru — three

461. tua — beyond

462. tuahine — sister, of a male

463. tuakana — older sibling of the same sex

464. tuarua — second

465. tuatahi — first

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

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

468. tuhituhi — to write, draw

469. tuku — to put off, to leave aside

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

471. tungāne — brother, of a female

472. tunu — to cook, roast

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

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

475. tā — print, draw

476. tākaro — to play

477. tāku — my, ā category possession, singular

478. tāmaki — omen, portent

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

480. tāne — man, male

481. tāngata — people (plural of tangata)

482. tāone — town

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

484. tātahi — seaside, beach

485. tātau — we; us; everyone

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

487. tāu — your (singular + one item)

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

489. tāwāhi — overseas

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

491. tēhea — which, singular

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

493. tēnā — that, by the listener

494. tēpu — table

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

496. tērā — that over there, that

497. tētahi — a, one specific thing

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

499. tī — cabbage tree; tea

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

501. tīmata — to begin, to start

502. tītī — muttonbird

503. tō — your (singular); to drag

504. tōkena — stockings, socks

505. tōku — my (singular)

506. tōmuri — to be late

507. tōna — his, her

508. tōu — your, ō category possession, singular

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

510. tūpato — to be careful; caution, cautious

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

512. tūru — chair, seat, stool

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

514. ua — to rain; rain

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

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

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

518. utu — cost, price; to pay for

519. waea — wire; phone

520. waenganui — middle, centre, between

521. waewae — foot, leg

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

523. wahine — woman, wife

524. waho — out, outside, the outside

525. wai — water; who

526. waiata — to sing (v); song (n)

527. waiatatia — sung (pass. of waiata)

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

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

530. wareware — to forget; forgetful (trans)

531. waru — eight; to scrape, to peel

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

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

534. wera — to burn; burnt; hot, heat

535. whaea — mother, aunt

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

537. whakaae — to agree

538. whakaahua — to take photos; photograph

539. whakaako — teach

540. whakaaro — to think; thought, idea

541. whakaata — mirror

542. whakahoki — to return something, to reply

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

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

545. whakamā — to be embarrassed, ashamed

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

547. whakarite — to compare; arrange, organise

548. whakarongo — to listen

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

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

551. whakautu — to reply, to respond, answer

552. whara — to be injured

553. whare — house, building

554. wharepaku — toilet

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

556. whea — where? (variant of hea)

557. whenua — land

558. whero — red

559. whiti — to cross; shine, rise

560. whitu — seven

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

562. whā — four

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

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

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

566. wiki — week

567. wini — window

568. wā — time, times

569. wāhi — part, portion; place

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

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

572. ā — and; and then

573. āe — yes

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

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

576. āhua — shape, form, appearance

577. Ākarana — Auckland

578. ākonga — student

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

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

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

582. ānō — as though; as if

583. āporo — apple

584. āpōpō — tomorrow

585. āta — gently, carefully, deliberately

586. ātaahua — beautiful, well formed

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

588. āwangawanga — worried

589. āwhea — Āwhea = ahea. ‖ hea.

590. āwhina — to help

591. āwhinatia — helped (pass of āwhina)

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

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

594. ērā — those (over there)

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

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

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

598. ōku — mine, plural, ō category possession

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

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

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