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. hapū — subtribe; to be pregnant

41. hararei — holiday

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

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

44. harikoa — happy, joyful, euphoric

45. hau — wind, air, breath

46. haunga — smelly, stinky

47. he — a, some; in the category of

48. hea — where?

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

50. heihei — chicken

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

52. heoi — however; and so

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

54. hia — how many?

55. hiahia — to want

56. hiainu — thirst, thirsty

57. hiakai — hungry

58. hiamoe — sleepy

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

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

61. hipi — sheep

62. hoa — friend; partner; spouse

63. hoatu — to give (away from speaker)

64. hoe — to paddle, row (v); oar (n)

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

66. hoko — to buy, sell, purchase

67. hokomaha — supermarket

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

69. homai — give (to the speaker)

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

71. hopu — to catch

72. horoi — to wash, to clean

73. horoia — washed (pass of horoi)

74. hou — new, modern; feather

75. hua — product, fruit

76. huarahi — street, path, road

77. hui — meeting; gathered

78. huka — sugar

79. huna — to hide

80. hāte — shirt

81. hē — wrong; error, mistake

82. hēki — egg

83. hī — to catch fish with a line

84. hīkoi — to walk, step, tread

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

86. hōiho — horse

87. hōu — new, modern; fresh

88. hū — shoe

89. 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.

90. ia — he, she, him, her

91. iho — downwards

92. ihu — nose

93. ika — fish

94. ina — if, when

95. inanahi — yesterday

96. inapō — last night

97. ingoa — name

98. inu — to drink (v); drink (n)

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

100. ināianei — now

101. irāmutu — niece, nephew

102. iti — small, little

103. iwa — nine

104. iwi — tribe

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

106. kaha — strong, able

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

108. kai — eat (v); food (n)

109. kaiako — teacher (kai- + ako)

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

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

112. kainga — (pass) be eaten

113. kaiwhakaako — teacher

114. kanikani — dance, to dance

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

116. kapu — cup

117. karaka — orange (colour)

118. karakia — prayer, to pray

119. karanga — to call

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

121. kararehe — animal

122. karu — eye

123. kata — to laugh

124. kato — pluck

125. katoa — all

126. kau — swim; cow

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

128. kauhoe — to swim

129. kaukau — to bathe

130. kaumātua — elder; elderly

131. kaupapa — topic, theme, plan, subject

132. kawa — sour, yuck

133. kawe — to carry, convey

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

135. kawhe — coffee

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

137. kei te — at the moment; now

138. keke — cake

139. kete — basket, kit

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

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

142. kimi — to look for, seek

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

144. kino — bad

145. kiore — rat

146. kiri — skin

147. kiriata — movie, film

148. Kirikiriroa — Hamilton

149. kite — to see

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

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

152. koa — happy

153. koe — you, one person

154. koha — gift

155. kohi — to collect, gather together

156. koi — sharp

157. koia — it is, so

158. konei — here, by speaker

159. konā — there, by listener

160. kore — zero, nothing

161. koretake — useless

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

163. koroua — elderly man, grandfather

164. korā — over there

165. kotahi — one

166. koti — coat, jacket

167. koutou — you, three or more people

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

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

170. kuia — elderly woman, grandmother

171. kupu — word

172. kura — school; treasured item

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

174. kurī — dog

175. kāhore — Negative used for verb sentences

176. kāinga — home

177. kākahu — clothing, garment

178. kākāriki — green

179. kānga — corn

180. kāo — no!

181. kāore — negative used for verb sentences

182. kāpata — cupboard

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

184. kātahi — then

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

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

187. kēkē — armpit

188. kēmu — game

189. kī — to be full

190. kīhai — Negative word

191. kīhini — kitchen

192. kō — at a distance, yonder; shovel

193. kōhatu — stone

194. kōrero — to talk, speak

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

196. kōrua — you, two people

197. kōtiro — girl

198. kūaha — door

199. kūmara — kūmara, sweet potato

200. mahana — to be warm, warm

201. mahara — thought, memory

202. mahi — to do, work, make

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

204. mahue — to be left behind (trans)

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

206. makariri — cold

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

208. mamae — hurt, sore, pain

209. mana — prestige, authority

210. Mane — Monday

211. mano — thousand

212. manu — bird

213. manuhiri — guest

214. marae — traditional Māori gathering place

215. marama — month, moon

216. maranga — to arise; to get up

217. mataku — scared, afraid

218. matapihi — window

219. mate — to be sick, ill, dead

220. matekai — hungry, starving

221. matua — parent, father

222. mau — to wear clothes

223. maumahara — to remember, remember

224. maunga — mountain

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

226. mauī — left (direction)

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

228. mea — a thing (n); to say (v)

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

230. mere — bush, shrub

231. mihi — to greet; thank; acknowledge

232. miraka — milk

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

234. moana — sea

235. moe — sleep; to marry

236. moenga — bed

237. mokemoke — lonely

238. mokopuna — grandchild

239. momo — type, kind

240. moni — money

241. motokā — car, motorcar

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

243. motukā — car

244. mua — front, before

245. muri — behind, after

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

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

248. mā — clean, white, and others

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

250. māia — capable, brave, bold

251. māku — for me, by me

252. mākū — to be saturated, wet, damp

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

254. māna — for him, her, by him, her

255. māngere — lazy

256. Māori — indigenous people of Aotearoa/New Zealand

257. māra — garden

258. mārama — clear, understand

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

260. mātau — to know, understand

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

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

263. mātāmua — eldest; first; main

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

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

266. māui — on the left hand, left side

267. māuiui — sick

268. mīti — meat

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

270. mōhio — to know

271. mōkai — pet

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

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

274. mōu — for you

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

276. nama — number

277. nei — here, by speaker

278. ngahere — forest, bush

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

280. ngenge — tired

281. ngeru — cat

282. ngā — the, plural

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

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

285. niho — tooth

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

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

288. noho — to live; sit

289. nui — big, great, many

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

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

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

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

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

295. nō — from

296. nōku — mine, realised possession, ō category

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

298. nōu — yours

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

300. oho — to wake up

301. oma — to run, escape

302. one — beach, sand

303. ono — six

304. ope — group travelling together

305. ora — alive, well, healthy, safe

306. oti — to be completed

307. pahi — bus

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

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

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

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

312. paku — small

313. pango — black

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

315. papa — floor, ground, flat surface

316. parakuihi — breakfast

317. paru — dirt, mud, dirty

318. parāoa — bread, flour

319. pata — butter

320. patu — to strike, hit; to kill

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

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

323. pea — pair; pear

324. pene — pen

325. pepa — paper; pepper

326. pereti — plate

327. piki — to increase

328. pikitia — picture, film

329. pirihimana — police officer

330. poaka — pig

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

332. poto — short

333. pouaka — box

334. pounamu — greenstone

335. pukapuka — book, lungs

336. puku — stomach, belly

337. pukumahi — hard-working, industrious

338. pukuriri — fury; furious; grumpy

339. pune — spoon

340. pupuhi — to shoot

341. puta — to appear, to come out

342. putiputi — flower

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

344. Pākehā — New Zealander of European descent

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

346. pāpā — father, uncle

347. pātai — question; to ask a question

348. pāua — abalone

349. pēhea — how?

350. pēke — bag

351. pēnei — like this, near speaker

352. pēnā — like that, near listener

353. pēpi — baby

354. pērā — like that, yonder

355. pēwhea — how? (variant of pēhea)

356. pīrangi — to want, desire

357. pō — night

358. Pōneke — Wellington [Port Nicholson]

359. pōro — ball (also 'paoro')

360. pōtae — hat

361. pōtiki — child; youngest child

362. pōuri — sad, dark

363. pōwhiri — welcome

364. pū — to blow gently

365. pūhā — green spinach-like vegetable

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

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

368. rahi — large, numerous, great, big

369. rangatira — chief, leader, boss

370. rangi — sky, day

371. rapu — to look for

372. raranga — plait; weave

373. rare — lolly

374. raro — under, below; time

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

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

377. rau — to put into; leaf

378. raumati — summer

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

380. rawe — lovely, excellent

381. reira — there (previously mentioned)

382. reka — sweet

383. reo — language, voice

384. rere — to escape; to fly

385. reta — letter

386. rima — five

387. ringa — hand, arm

388. ringaringa — hand, arm

389. riri — anger, angry

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

391. rite — to be ready, like, similar

392. roa — long

393. rohe — district, area, boundary, territory

394. rongo — to hear, perceive, feel

395. rorohiko — computer

396. roto — in, inside, within; lake

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

398. runga — on

399. rā — day; the sun; over there

400. Rāhoroi — Saturday

401. rākau — tree; timber

402. rānei — or

403. Rātapu — Sunday

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

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

406. rāua — them; they (two people)

407. rīhi — dish; dishes; lease

408. rīwai — potato

409. rōpū — group

410. rūma — room

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

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

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

414. taha — to pass by; side

415. tahi — one, single

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

417. tai — tide; coast

418. taihoa — wait

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

420. take — beginning, cause, origin

421. taki — to lead, to bring along

422. takoto — to lie down

423. taku — my (singular); edge

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

425. tamaiti — child

426. tamariki — children

427. tamāhine — daughter

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

429. tangata — person

430. tangi — to cry; to make a sound

431. tango — to take hold of

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

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

434. taonga — property, possession

435. tapahi — to cut up, chop

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

437. taputapu — gear, equipment

438. tara — point; spike; peak; wall; sea bird

439. taraiwa — to drive; driver

440. tarau — trousers

441. tari — government department; office

442. tata — near, close

443. tatari — to wait

444. tatau — to count

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

446. taua — that, previously mentioned (singular)

447. tauira — student; example

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

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

450. taura — rope, cable

451. tautoko — to support

452. tawhiti — distant, a distant place

453. te — the, singular definite article

454. teina — younger sibling, same sex

455. tekau — ten

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

457. tereina — to train

458. tia — to steer, adorned

459. tiaki — to look after, to care for

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

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

462. tiki — to fetch

463. tina — dinner, lunch

464. tinana — body, trunk, torso

465. tino — very

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

467. titiro — to look at

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

469. tohu — a qualification, eg degree

470. tohunga — expert, priest

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

472. toki — adze, axe; champion

473. tokohia — how many people?

474. tokorua — two (of people)

475. tokotoru — three (people)

476. tomo — to enter, go into

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

478. tonu — still

479. toro — to visit

480. toru — three

481. tua — beyond

482. tuahine — sister, of a male

483. tuakana — older sibling of the same sex

484. tuarua — second

485. tuatahi — first

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

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

488. tuhituhi — to write, draw

489. tuku — to put off, to leave aside

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

491. tukuna — submitted, submit! released, release! (tuku + passive suffix -na)

492. tuna — eel

493. tungāne — brother, of a female

494. tunu — to cook, roast

495. tunua — (pass) be roasted; be baked

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

497. tuāhine — female cousins or sisters of a male

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

499. tā — print, draw

500. tākaro — to play

501. tāku — my, ā category possession, singular

502. tāmaki — omen, portent

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

504. tāne — man, male

505. tāngata — people (plural of tangata)

506. tāone — town

507. tāra — dollar

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

509. tātahi — seaside, beach

510. tātau — we; us; everyone

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

512. tāu — your (singular + one item)

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

514. tāwāhi — overseas

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

516. tēhea — which, singular

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

518. tēnā — that, by the listener

519. tēpu — table

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

521. tērā — that over there, that

522. tētahi — a, one specific thing

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

524. tī — cabbage tree; tea

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

526. tīmata — to begin, to start

527. tītī — muttonbird

528. tō — your (singular); to drag

529. tōkena — stockings, socks

530. tōku — my (singular)

531. tōmuri — to be late

532. tōna — his, her

533. tōu — your, ō category possession, singular

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

535. tūpato — to be careful; caution, cautious

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

537. tūru — chair, seat, stool

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

539. ua — to rain; rain

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

541. umu — earth oven

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

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

544. utu — cost, price; to pay for

545. waea — wire; phone

546. waenganui — middle, centre, between

547. waewae — foot, leg

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

549. wahine — woman, wife

550. waho — out, outside, the outside

551. wai — water; who

552. waiata — to sing (v); song (n)

553. waiatatia — sung (pass. of waiata)

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

555. wairua — spirit

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

557. wareware — to forget; forgetful (trans)

558. waru — eight; to scrape, to peel

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

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

561. wera — to burn; burnt; hot, heat

562. whaea — mother, aunt

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

564. whakaae — to agree

565. whakaahua — to take photos; photograph

566. whakaako — teach

567. whakaaro — to think; thought, idea

568. whakaata — mirror

569. whakahoki — to return something, to reply

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

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

572. whakamā — to be embarrassed, ashamed

573. whakamārama — to explain, illuminate, explain, clarify

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

575. whakarite — to compare; arrange, organise

576. whakarongo — to listen

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

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

579. whakautu — to reply, to respond, answer

580. whara — to be injured

581. whare — house, building

582. wharepaku — toilet

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

584. whea — where? (variant of hea)

585. whenua — land

586. whero — red

587. whiti — to cross; shine, rise

588. whitu — seven

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

590. whā — four

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

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

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

594. wiki — week

595. wini — window

596. wā — time, times

597. wāhi — part, portion; place

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

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

600. ā — and; and then

601. āe — yes

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

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

604. āhua — shape, form, appearance

605. Ākarana — Auckland

606. ākonga — student

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

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

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

610. ānō — as though; as if

611. āporo — apple

612. āpōpō — tomorrow

613. āta — gently, carefully, deliberately

614. ātaahua — beautiful, well formed

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

616. āwangawanga — worried

617. āwhea — Āwhea = ahea. ‖ hea.

618. āwhina — to help

619. āwhinatia — helped (pass of āwhina)

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

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

622. ērā — those (over there)

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

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

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

626. ōku — mine, plural, ō category possession

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

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

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