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. mahara — thought, memory

199. mahi — to do, work, make

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

201. mahue — to be left behind (trans)

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

203. makariri — cold

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

205. mamae — hurt, sore, pain

206. mana — prestige, authority

207. Mane — Monday

208. mano — thousand

209. manu — bird

210. manuhiri — guest

211. marae — traditional Māori gathering place

212. marama — month, moon

213. maranga — to arise; to get up

214. mataku — scared, afraid

215. matapihi — window

216. mate — to be sick, ill, dead

217. matekai — hungry, starving

218. matua — parent, father

219. mau — to wear clothes

220. maumahara — to remember, remember

221. maunga — mountain

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

223. mauī — left (direction)

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

225. mea — a thing (n); to say (v)

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

227. mere — bush, shrub

228. mihi — to greet; thank; acknowledge

229. miraka — milk

230. mo — Mo, prep. 1. For, on account of. Ka kawe nei…

231. moana — sea

232. moe — sleep; to marry

233. moenga — bed

234. mokemoke — lonely

235. mokopuna — grandchild

236. momo — type, kind

237. moni — money

238. motokā — car, motorcar

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

240. motukā — car

241. mua — front, before

242. muri — behind, after

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

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

245. mā — clean, white, and others

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

247. māia — capable, brave, bold

248. māku — for me, by me

249. mākū — to be saturated, wet, damp

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

251. māna — for him, her, by him, her

252. māngere — lazy

253. Māori — indigenous people of Aotearoa/New Zealand

254. māra — garden

255. mārama — clear, understand

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

257. mātau — to know, understand

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

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

260. mātāmua — eldest; first; main

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

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

263. māui — on the left hand, left side

264. māuiui — sick

265. mīti — meat

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

267. mōhio — to know

268. mōkai — pet

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

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

271. mōu — for you

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

273. nama — number

274. nei — here, by speaker

275. ngahere — forest, bush

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

277. ngenge — tired

278. ngeru — cat

279. ngā — the, plural

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

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

282. niho — tooth

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

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

285. noho — to live; sit

286. nui — big, great, many

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

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

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

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

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

292. nō — from

293. nōku — mine, realised possession, ō category

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

295. nōu — yours

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

297. oho — to wake up

298. oma — to run, escape

299. one — beach, sand

300. ono — six

301. ope — group travelling together

302. ora — alive, well, healthy, safe

303. oti — to be completed

304. pahi — bus

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

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

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

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

309. paku — small

310. pango — black

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

312. papa — floor, ground, flat surface

313. parakuihi — breakfast

314. paru — dirt, mud, dirty

315. parāoa — bread, flour

316. pata — butter

317. patu — to strike, hit; to kill

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

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

320. pea — pair; pear

321. pene — pen

322. pepa — paper; pepper

323. pereti — plate

324. piki — to increase

325. pikitia — picture, film

326. pirihimana — police officer

327. poaka — pig

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

329. poto — short

330. pouaka — box

331. pounamu — greenstone

332. pukapuka — book, lungs

333. puku — stomach, belly

334. pukumahi — hard-working, industrious

335. pukuriri — fury; furious; grumpy

336. pune — spoon

337. pupuhi — to shoot

338. puta — to appear, to come out

339. putiputi — flower

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

341. Pākehā — New Zealander of European descent

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

343. pāpā — father, uncle

344. pātai — question; to ask a question

345. pāua — abalone

346. pēhea — how?

347. pēke — bag

348. pēnei — like this, near speaker

349. pēnā — like that, near listener

350. pēpi — baby

351. pērā — like that, yonder

352. pēwhea — how? (variant of pēhea)

353. pīrangi — to want, desire

354. pō — night

355. Pōneke — Wellington [Port Nicholson]

356. pōro — ball (also 'paoro')

357. pōtae — hat

358. pōtiki — child; youngest child

359. pōuri — sad, dark

360. pōwhiri — welcome

361. pū — to blow gently

362. pūhā — green spinach-like vegetable

363. pūkoro — Pūkoro, n. 1. Sheath, case, pocket. 2. Halo. Used also…

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

365. rahi — large, numerous, great, big

366. rangatira — chief, leader, boss

367. rangi — sky, day

368. rapu — to look for

369. raranga — plait; weave

370. rare — lolly

371. raro — under, below; time

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

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

374. rau — to put into; leaf

375. raumati — summer

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

377. rawe — lovely, excellent

378. reira — there (previously mentioned)

379. reka — sweet

380. reo — language, voice

381. rere — to escape; to fly

382. reta — letter

383. rima — five

384. ringa — hand, arm

385. ringaringa — hand, arm

386. riri — anger, angry

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

388. rite — to be ready, like, similar

389. roa — long

390. rohe — district, area, boundary, territory

391. rongo — to hear, perceive, feel

392. rorohiko — computer

393. roto — in, inside, within; lake

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

395. runga — on

396. rā — day; the sun; over there

397. Rāhoroi — Saturday

398. rākau — tree; timber

399. rānei — or

400. Rātapu — Sunday

401. rātau — them; they (three or more people)

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

403. rāua — them; they (two people)

404. rīhi — dish; dishes; lease

405. rīwai — potato

406. rōpū — group

407. rūma — room

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

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

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

411. taha — to pass by; side

412. tahi — one, single

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

414. tai — tide; coast

415. taihoa — wait

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

417. take — beginning, cause, origin

418. taki — to lead, to bring along

419. takoto — to lie down

420. taku — my (singular); edge

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

422. tamaiti — child

423. tamariki — children

424. tamāhine — daughter

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

426. tangata — person

427. tangi — to cry; to make a sound

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

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

430. taonga — property, possession

431. tapahi — to cut up, chop

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

433. taputapu — gear, equipment

434. taraiwa — to drive; driver

435. tarau — trousers

436. tari — government department; office

437. tata — near, close

438. tatari — to wait

439. tatau — to count

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

441. taua — that, previously mentioned (singular)

442. tauira — student; example

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

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

445. taura — rope, cable

446. tawhiti — distant, a distant place

447. te — the, singular definite article

448. teina — younger sibling, same sex

449. tekau — ten

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

451. tia — to steer, adorned

452. tiaki — to look after, to care for

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

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

455. tiki — to fetch

456. tinana — body, trunk, torso

457. tino — very

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

459. titiro — to look at

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

461. tohu — a qualification, eg degree

462. tohunga — expert, priest

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

464. toki — adze, axe; champion

465. tokohia — how many people?

466. tokorua — two (of people)

467. tokotoru — three (people)

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

469. tonu — still

470. toro — to visit

471. toru — three

472. tua — beyond

473. tuahine — sister, of a male

474. tuakana — older sibling of the same sex

475. tuarua — second

476. tuatahi — first

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

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

479. tuhituhi — to write, draw

480. tuku — to put off, to leave aside

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

482. tungāne — brother, of a female

483. tunu — to cook, roast

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

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

486. tā — print, draw

487. tākaro — to play

488. tāku — my, ā category possession, singular

489. tāmaki — omen, portent

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

491. tāne — man, male

492. tāngata — people (plural of tangata)

493. tāone — town

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

495. tātahi — seaside, beach

496. tātau — we; us; everyone

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

498. tāu — your (singular + one item)

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

500. tāwāhi — overseas

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

502. tēhea — which, singular

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

504. tēnā — that, by the listener

505. tēpu — table

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

507. tērā — that over there, that

508. tētahi — a, one specific thing

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

510. tī — cabbage tree; tea

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

512. tīmata — to begin, to start

513. tītī — muttonbird

514. tō — your (singular); to drag

515. tōkena — stockings, socks

516. tōku — my (singular)

517. tōmuri — to be late

518. tōna — his, her

519. tōu — your, ō category possession, singular

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

521. tūpato — to be careful; caution, cautious

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

523. tūru — chair, seat, stool

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

525. ua — to rain; rain

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

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

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

529. utu — cost, price; to pay for

530. waea — wire; phone

531. waenganui — middle, centre, between

532. waewae — foot, leg

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

534. wahine — woman, wife

535. waho — out, outside, the outside

536. wai — water; who

537. waiata — to sing (v); song (n)

538. waiatatia — sung (pass. of waiata)

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

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

541. wareware — to forget; forgetful (trans)

542. waru — eight; to scrape, to peel

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

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

545. wera — to burn; burnt; hot, heat

546. whaea — mother, aunt

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

548. whakaae — to agree

549. whakaahua — to take photos; photograph

550. whakaako — teach

551. whakaaro — to think; thought, idea

552. whakaata — mirror

553. whakahoki — to return something, to reply

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

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

556. whakamā — to be embarrassed, ashamed

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

558. whakarite — to compare; arrange, organise

559. whakarongo — to listen

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

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

562. whakautu — to reply, to respond, answer

563. whara — to be injured

564. whare — house, building

565. wharepaku — toilet

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

567. whea — where? (variant of hea)

568. whenua — land

569. whero — red

570. whiti — to cross; shine, rise

571. whitu — seven

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

573. whā — four

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

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

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

577. wiki — week

578. wini — window

579. wā — time, times

580. wāhi — part, portion; place

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

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

583. ā — and; and then

584. āe — yes

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

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

587. āhua — shape, form, appearance

588. Ākarana — Auckland

589. ākonga — student

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

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

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

593. ānō — as though; as if

594. āporo — apple

595. āpōpō — tomorrow

596. āta — gently, carefully, deliberately

597. ātaahua — beautiful, well formed

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

599. āwangawanga — worried

600. āwhea — Āwhea = ahea. ‖ hea.

601. āwhina — to help

602. āwhinatia — helped (pass of āwhina)

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

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

605. ērā — those (over there)

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

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

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

609. ōku — mine, plural, ō category possession

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

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

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