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Lessons 1–123 · 655 unique words · Alphabetical order
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.
ahai
— Ahai = wai, pron. Who? Ko ahai to tane?
4.
ahakoa
— although
5.
ahatia
— what happened to (pass of aha)
6.
ahau
— I, me
7.
ahi
— fire
8.
ahiahi
— early evening, afternoon
9.
ai
— Not translatable into an English word; verbal particle; used in various subordinate structures, for example relative clauses, adverbials, ...ai
10.
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)
11.
ake, ake, ake
— for ever and ever
12.
ako
— to learn, to teach
13.
akomanga
— classroom
14.
aku
— my, mine (plural form of taku, neutral for possession category)
15.
ana
— indeed, when, if
16.
anake
— only, just, alone
17.
anei
— here, by me
18.
anō
— again, also (Various meanings, eg again; also, too; self [reflexive] as in: ki a ia anō)
19.
ao
— world, dawn, cloud
20.
Aotearoa
— New Zealand
21.
ara
— to rise (v); path (n)
22.
ariki
— chief, leader
23.
aroha
— love, sympathy, compassion
24.
arā
— over there, away from us both; that is, namely
25.
ata
— morning, shadow
26.
atu
— away from current orientation
(often not translatable by a separate English word)
27.
atua
— god
28.
au
— I, me
29.
aua
— those (previously mentioned, plural of taua)
30.
auau
— to bark, howl
31.
auē
— alas! (an expression of woe, sadness)
32.
awa
— river, stream
33.
e
— by; of course; a term of address follows; [in the future]; particle used in a negation
34.
ehara
— exclamation: sure enough, without a doubt; not
35.
eke
— to embark, get onto; riding
36.
engari
— but
37.
haere
— go, come
38.
haerenga
— journey (n); travel (v)
39.
haka
— to perform traditional dance; haka, a traditional dance, war dance
40.
hanga
— to build, erect, make (v); construction, practice (n)
41.
hapa
— mistake; supper, dinner
42.
hapū
— subtribe; to be pregnant
43.
hararei
— holiday
44.
hari
— to feel happy; to take or carry
45.
haria
— to be carried (hari + passive suffix -a)
46.
harikoa
— happy, joyful, euphoric
47.
hau
— wind, air, breath
48.
haunga
— smelly, stinky
49.
he
— a, some; in the category of
50.
hea
— where?
51.
hei
— at, in, with, for, to, as a; hay; necklace (Various meanings, eg future preposition)
52.
heihei
— chicken
53.
heke
— rafter (n); to descend, get off (v)
54.
heoi
— however; and so
55.
here
— to tie, to bind (v0: dog lead (n)
56.
hia
— how many?
57.
hiahia
— to want
58.
hiainu
— thirst, thirsty
59.
hiakai
— hungry
60.
hiamoe
— sleepy
61.
hine
— term of address for a girl: E hine!
62.
hinga
— to fall from an upright position; to fall (and not be able to get up again)
63.
hipi
— sheep
64.
hoa
— friend; partner; spouse
65.
hoatu
— to give (away from speaker)
66.
hoe
— to paddle, row (v); oar (n)
67.
hoki
— to go back, return; also, indeed
68.
hoko
— to buy, sell, purchase
69.
hokomaha
— supermarket
70.
hokona
— sold (hoko + passive suffix -na)
71.
homai
— give (to the speaker)
72.
hone
— to plunder, acquire wrongfully (v); ocean swell (n)
73.
hopu
— to catch
74.
horoi
— to wash, to clean
75.
horoia
— washed (pass of horoi)
76.
hou
— new, modern; feather
77.
hua
— product, fruit
78.
huarahi
— street, path, road
79.
hui
— meeting; gathered
80.
huka
— sugar
81.
huna
— to hide
82.
huri
— to turn
83.
hāora
— hour; oxygen
84.
hāte
— shirt
85.
hē
— wrong; error, mistake
86.
hēki
— egg
87.
hī
— to catch fish with a line
88.
hīkoi
— to walk, step, tread
89.
hōhā
— annoyed, bored (adj), a nuisance (n)
90.
hōiho
— horse
91.
hōu
— new, modern; fresh
92.
hū
— shoe
93.
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.
94.
ia
— he, she, him, her
95.
iho
— downwards
96.
ihu
— nose
97.
ika
— fish
98.
ina
— if, when
99.
inanahi
— yesterday
100.
inapō
— last night
101.
ingoa
— name
102.
inu
— to drink (v); drink (n)
103.
inumia
— [the liquid was] drunk (inu + mia; pass)
104.
ināianei
— now
105.
irāmutu
— niece, nephew
106.
iti
— small, little
107.
iwa
— nine
108.
iwi
— tribe
109.
ka
— will happen | Verbal particle with a range of meanings; not directly translated with an English word
110.
kaha
— strong, able
111.
kahurangi
— dark blue; woman of high status or rank
112.
kai
— eat (v); food (n)
113.
kaiako
— teacher (kai- + ako)
114.
kaikōrero
— speaker, orator (kai- + kōrero)
115.
kaimahi
— worker, employee (kai- + mahi)
116.
kainga
— (pass) be eaten
117.
kaiwhakaako
— teacher
118.
kanikani
— dance, to dance
119.
kapa
— group, row of people, as in: kapa haka
120.
kapu
— cup
121.
karaka
— orange (colour)
122.
karakia
— prayer, to pray
123.
karanga
— to call
124.
karangatia
— (pass) be called; be welcomed
125.
kararehe
— animal
126.
karu
— eye
127.
kata
— to laugh
128.
kato
— pluck
129.
katoa
— all
130.
kau
— swim; cow
131.
kaua
— negative word, do not, eg: Kaua e tangi
132.
kauhoe
— to swim
133.
kaukau
— to bathe
134.
kaumātua
— elder; elderly
135.
kaupapa
— topic, theme, plan, subject
136.
kawa
— sour, yuck
137.
kawe
— to carry, convey
138.
kawea
— brought (kawe + passive suffix -a)
139.
kawhe
— coffee
140.
kei
— Various uses, meanings, eg:
preposition, present time and place location; at the moment; it might be that...
141.
kei te
— at the moment; now
142.
keke
— cake
143.
kete
— basket, kit
144.
ki
— to, at, →; | Has various uses and meanings
145.
kia
— may you be; may we be; let it be that; | Various uses, meanings. Often not translatable by an English word.
146.
kimi
— to look for, seek
147.
kimihia
— sought; look for! (kimi + passive suffix -hia)
148.
kino
— bad
149.
kiore
— rat
150.
kiri
— skin
151.
kiriata
— movie, film
152.
Kirikiriroa
— Hamilton
153.
kite
— to see
154.
kitea
— seen (kite + passive suffix -a)
155.
ko
— is, are (Various uses; not usually translatable with an English word), [equals], [topic marker]
156.
koa
— happy
157.
koe
— you, one person
158.
koha
— gift
159.
kohi
— to collect, gather together
160.
koi
— sharp
161.
koia
— it is, so
162.
konei
— here, by speaker
163.
konā
— there, by listener
164.
kore
— zero, nothing
165.
koretake
— useless
166.
koro
— term of address for an elderly man, grandfather (E koro)
167.
koroua
— elderly man, grandfather
168.
korā
— over there
169.
kotahi
— one
170.
koti
— coat, jacket
171.
koutou
— you, three or more people
172.
kua
— then; have; has; had | Verbal particle; indicating completed action or movement into a state
173.
kuhu
— to enter, to go or come in
174.
kui
— Term of address for an elderly woman (eg 'E kui'.)
175.
kuia
— elderly woman, grandmother
176.
kupu
— word
177.
kura
— school; treasured item
178.
kuri
— Kuri, n. 1. Dog. Ka rongo te kuri ra i…
179.
kurī
— dog
180.
kāhore
— Negative used for verb sentences
181.
kāinga
— home
182.
kākahu
— clothing, garment
183.
kākāriki
— green
184.
kānga
— corn
185.
kāo
— no!
186.
kāore
— negative used for verb sentences
187.
kāpata
— cupboard
188.
kāretu
— Kāretu, n. Hierochloe antarctica, a sweetscented grass. Homai ki au…
189.
kātahi
— then
190.
kāti
— stop! (as in: kāti te tangi)
191.
kē
— already; different; other; differently; rather; strange; actually
192.
kēkē
— armpit
193.
kēmu
— game
194.
kī
— to be full
195.
kīhai
— Negative word
196.
kīhini
— kitchen
197.
kō
— at a distance, yonder; shovel
198.
kōhatu
— stone
199.
kōrero
— to talk, speak
200.
kōrerotia
— spoken (kōrero + passive suffix -tia)
201.
kōrua
— you, two people
202.
kōtiro
— girl
203.
kōwhai
— yellow; a native tree
204.
kūaha
— door
205.
kūmara
— kūmara, sweet potato
206.
ma
— Ma (i), conj. And. Used: 1. To connect numerals. E…
207.
mahana
— to be warm, warm
208.
mahara
— thought, memory
209.
mahi
— to do, work, make
210.
mahia
— worked (mahi + passive suffix -a)
211.
mahue
— to be left behind (trans)
212.
mai
— towards the speaker in space or in orientation; to here
213.
makariri
— cold
214.
makawe
— hair of the head (human, used in plural: ngā makawe)
215.
mamae
— hurt, sore, pain
216.
mana
— prestige, authority
217.
Mane
— Monday
218.
mano
— thousand
219.
manu
— bird
220.
manuhiri
— guest
221.
marae
— traditional Māori gathering place
222.
marama
— month, moon
223.
maranga
— to arise; to get up
224.
mataku
— scared, afraid
225.
matapihi
— window
226.
mate
— to be sick, ill, dead
227.
matekai
— hungry, starving
228.
matua
— parent, father
229.
mau
— to wear clothes
230.
maumahara
— to remember, remember
231.
maunga
— mountain
232.
mauria
— to be carried (mau + passive suffix -ria)
233.
mauī
— left (direction)
234.
me
— and, should, with (various meanings, uses, eg with, like, should)
235.
mea
— a thing (n); to say (v)
236.
mehemea
— if (presuming not; cf. ki te, if, expressing simple uncertainty)
237.
mere
— bush, shrub
238.
mihi
— to greet; thank; acknowledge
239.
miraka
— milk
240.
mo
— Mo, prep. 1. For, on account of. Ka kawe nei…
241.
moana
— sea
242.
moe
— sleep; to marry
243.
moenga
— bed
244.
mokemoke
— lonely
245.
mokopuna
— grandchild
246.
momo
— type, kind
247.
moni
— money
248.
motokā
— car, motorcar
249.
motu
— island (n); cut (v), cut off (adj)
250.
motukā
— car
251.
mua
— front, before
252.
muri
— behind, after
253.
mutu
— be ended, finished (but not necessarily completed)
254.
mutunga
— end (mutu + noun ending -nga)
255.
mā
— clean, white, and others
256.
māharahara
— worry (n); anxious (adj)
257.
māhita
— teacher
258.
māia
— capable, brave, bold
259.
māku
— for me, by me
260.
mākū
— to be saturated, wet, damp
261.
māmā
— mother (n); easy, simple (adj)
262.
māna
— for him, her, by him, her
263.
māngere
— lazy
264.
Māori
— indigenous people of Aotearoa/New Zealand
265.
māra
— garden
266.
mārama
— clear, understand
267.
mātakitaki
— to watch, to observe, examine, inspect
268.
mātau
— to know, understand
269.
mātou
— we, us (three or more people, excluding the person/ people addressed)
270.
mātua
— parents, fathers (plural form of matua)
271.
mātāmua
— eldest; first; main
272.
māu
— for you, by you; ā category possession
273.
māua
— we, us (two people, excluding addressee)
274.
māui
— on the left hand, left side
275.
māuiui
— sick
276.
mīti
— meat
277.
mō
— for, unrealised, ō category possession, about
278.
mōhio
— to know
279.
mōkai
— pet
280.
mōku
— for me, unrealised, o category possession
281.
mōna
— for him, her, unrealised, o category possession
282.
mōu
— for you
283.
na
— Na (i), pronominal suffix of the 3rd pers. sing., which…
284.
nama
— number
285.
nanahi
— yesterday
286.
nei
— here, by speaker
287.
ngahere
— forest, bush
288.
ngaro
— to be lost, missing, gone, hidden (trans)
289.
ngenge
— tired
290.
ngeru
— cat
291.
ngā
— the, plural
292.
ngākau
— heart, as in seat of the affections and feelings
293.
Ngāti
— tribal name prefix (as in: Ngāti Porou, Ngāti Kahungunu)
294.
niho
— tooth
295.
no
— No. 1. prep. From, of, belonging to. (a) As part…
296.
noa
— free from tapu; only, just, merely
297.
noho
— to live; sit
298.
nui
— big, great, many
299.
nā
— Various meanings, eg by, belonging to (ā category), by way of
300.
nāianei
— now
301.
nāku
— mine, realised possession,
it was done by me (ā category)
302.
nāna
— by him, her, belonging to him, her
303.
nāu
— you (past tense); yours (singular)
304.
nē
— tag question, translated variously depending on the English structure; eh?
305.
nō
— from
306.
nōku
— mine, realised possession, ō category
307.
nōna
— belongs to him or her (Å catergory), his, hers
308.
nōu
— yours
309.
o
— of, belonging to | Has several uses
310.
oho
— to wake up
311.
oma
— to run, escape
312.
one
— beach, sand
313.
ono
— six
314.
ope
— group travelling together
315.
ora
— alive, well, healthy, safe
316.
oti
— to be completed
317.
pahi
— bus
318.
pai
— good (adj); to like (v); good
319.
paihikara
— bike
320.
pakaru
— broken (applied to a thing not a body part) (trans)
321.
pakeke
— hard, stiff (adj); to grow up (v); age, adult, elder (n)
322.
paki
— to slap, to pat; to be fine; a fine day
323.
paku
— small
324.
panana
— banana
325.
pango
— black
326.
pani
— orphan (n); to be orphaned (v): to smear, spread out (v)
327.
papa
— floor, ground, flat surface
328.
parakuihi
— breakfast
329.
paru
— dirt, mud, dirty
330.
parāoa
— bread, flour
331.
pata
— butter
332.
patu
— to strike, hit; to kill
333.
patua
— hit/killed (patu + passive suffix -a)
334.
pau
— to be consumed, used up completely, all gone (trans)
335.
pea
— pair; pear
336.
peka
— branch
337.
pene
— pen
338.
pepa
— paper; pepper
339.
pereti
— plate
340.
piki
— to increase
341.
pikitia
— picture, film
342.
pirihimana
— police officer
343.
poaka
— pig
344.
ponga
— Ponga. 1. n. Cyathea dealbata, a tree-fern. 2. A method…
345.
porou
— eager, energetic
346.
poto
— short
347.
pou
— pole, post
348.
pouaka
— box
349.
pounamu
— greenstone
350.
pukapuka
— book, lungs
351.
puku
— stomach, belly
352.
pukumahi
— hard-working, industrious
353.
pukuriri
— fury; furious; grumpy
354.
pune
— spoon
355.
pupuhi
— to shoot
356.
purei
— to play, play
357.
puta
— to appear, to come out
358.
putiputi
— flower
359.
pā
— a fortified settlement (n); to touch (v)
360.
Pākehā
— New Zealander of European descent
361.
pānui
— to read; to publish, advertise; notice, advertisement
362.
pānuitia
— read; advertised (pass of pānui)
363.
pāpā
— father, uncle
364.
pātai
— question; to ask a question
365.
pāua
— abalone
366.
pēhea
— how?
367.
pēke
— bag
368.
pēnei
— like this, near speaker
369.
pēnā
— like that, near listener
370.
pēpi
— baby
371.
pērā
— like that, yonder
372.
pēwhea
— how? (variant of pēhea)
373.
pīrangi
— to want, desire
374.
pō
— night
375.
Pōneke
— Wellington [Port Nicholson]
376.
pōro
— ball (also 'paoro')
377.
pōtae
— hat
378.
pōtiki
— child; youngest child
379.
pōuri
— sad, dark
380.
pōwhiri
— welcome
381.
pū
— to blow gently
382.
pūhā
— green spinach-like vegetable
383.
pūkoro
— Pūkoro, n. 1. Sheath, case, pocket. 2. Halo. Used also…
384.
ra
— Ra (i), ad. 1. There, yonder. “Keiwhea a Whakatau?” “Ra,…
385.
rahi
— large, numerous, great, big
386.
rama
— light, torch
387.
rangatira
— chief, leader, boss
388.
rangi
— sky, day
389.
rapu
— to look for
390.
raranga
— plait; weave
391.
rare
— lolly
392.
raro
— under, below; time
393.
raruraru
— trouble, problem; be in difficulty, in trouble
394.
rata
— friendly, at ease (adj); calm (n); to like (v)
395.
rau
— to put into; leaf
396.
raumati
— summer
397.
rawa
— Various meanings, eg too, quite, very; really
398.
rawe
— lovely, excellent
399.
reira
— there (previously mentioned)
400.
reka
— sweet
401.
reo
— language, voice
402.
rere
— to escape; to fly
403.
reta
— letter
404.
rima
— five
405.
ringa
— hand, arm
406.
ringaringa
— hand, arm
407.
riri
— anger, angry
408.
riro
— gone away; to be awarded: acquired, obtained
409.
rite
— to be ready, like, similar
410.
roa
— long
411.
rohe
— district, area, boundary, territory
412.
rongo
— to hear, perceive, feel
413.
rorohiko
— computer
414.
roto
— in, inside, within; lake
415.
rua
— two; grave, hole, storage pit
416.
ruku
— to dive
417.
runga
— on
418.
rā
— day; the sun; over there
419.
Rāhoroi
— Saturday
420.
rākau
— tree; timber
421.
rānei
— or
422.
Rātapu
— Sunday
423.
rātau
— them; they (three or more people)
424.
rātou
— they, them, three or more people
425.
rāua
— them; they (two people)
426.
rīhi
— dish; dishes; lease
427.
rīwai
— potato
428.
rōpū
— group
429.
rūma
— room
430.
tae
— to reach, arrive (v); colour (n)
431.
taea
— to be able, to be achieved (tae + passive suffix -a)
432.
taenga
— arrival (tae + nominal suffix -nga)
433.
taha
— to pass by; side
434.
tahi
— one, single
435.
tahitahi
— to sweep
436.
tahu
— burn; cook; light (set on fire); husband, wife; lover
437.
tai
— tide; coast
438.
taihoa
— wait
439.
taka
— to come around in a cycle; to fall from a height
440.
take
— beginning, cause, origin
441.
taki
— to lead, to bring along
442.
takoto
— to lie down
443.
taku
— my (singular); edge
444.
tama
— son, nephew (term of address for a boy, son: tama)
445.
tamaiti
— child
446.
tamariki
— children
447.
tamāhine
— daughter
448.
tana
— his/her (neutral category); ton
449.
tangata
— person
450.
tangi
— to cry; to make a sound
451.
tango
— to take hold of
452.
tangohia
— pick up! (command); taken away (tango + passive suffix -hia)
453.
taniwha
— monster, traditional guardian of bodies of water
454.
taonga
— property, possession
455.
tapahi
— to cut up, chop
456.
tapahia
— cut! to be cut (tapahi + passive suffix -a)
457.
taputapu
— gear, equipment
458.
tara
— point; spike; peak; wall; sea bird
459.
taraiwa
— to drive; driver
460.
tarau
— trousers
461.
tari
— government department; office
462.
taringa
— ear
463.
tata
— near, close
464.
tatari
— to wait
465.
tatau
— to count
466.
tau
— to land, settle; be calm; to attack; lover; handsome; year; age; number
467.
taua
— that, previously mentioned (singular)
468.
tauira
— student; example
469.
taumaha
— difficult of spirit or health; to be heavy (s), weight (n)
470.
taupō
— Taupō, n. 1. A ferruginous earth or stone. 2. A…
471.
taura
— rope, cable
472.
tautoko
— to support
473.
tawhiti
— distant, a distant place
474.
te
— the, singular definite article
475.
teina
— younger sibling, same sex
476.
tekau
— ten
477.
tere
— to flow, float, move quickly; fast
478.
tereina
— to train
479.
tia
— to steer, adorned
480.
tiaki
— to look after, to care for
481.
tika
— to be right, correct, straight, in order
482.
tikanga
— reason, meaning, right way of doing things, custom (tika + nominal suffix -nga)
483.
tiki
— to fetch
484.
tina
— dinner, lunch
485.
tinana
— body, trunk, torso
486.
tino
— very
487.
tipu
— to grow (v); a plant, shoot
488.
tipuna
— grandparent, ancestor
489.
titiro
— to look at
490.
toa
— shop; male animal; expert; to be strong
491.
tohu
— a qualification, eg degree
492.
tohunga
— expert, priest
493.
tohutohu
— to instruct; to guide, direct; instructions, directions
494.
toki
— adze, axe; champion
495.
tokohia
— how many people?
496.
tokomaha
— many (of people)
497.
tokorua
— two (of people)
498.
tokotoru
— three (people)
499.
tomo
— to enter, go into
500.
tono
— to apply for, to order (v):
an application (n)
501.
tonu
— still
502.
toro
— to visit
503.
toru
— three
504.
tua
— beyond
505.
tuahine
— sister, of a male
506.
tuakana
— older sibling of the same sex
507.
tuarua
— second
508.
tuatahi
— first
509.
tuhi
— to write; to indicate, point out
510.
tuhinga
— writing, text
(tuhi + nominal suffix -nga)
511.
tuhituhi
— to write, draw
512.
tuku
— to put off, to leave aside
513.
tukua
— let go! to be released (tuku + passive suffix -a)
514.
tukuna
— submitted, submit! released, release! (tuku + passive suffix -na)
515.
tuna
— eel
516.
tungāne
— brother, of a female
517.
tunu
— to cook, roast
518.
tunua
— (pass) be roasted; be baked
519.
tupu
— to grow, develop; a plant, shoot
(variant of tipu)
520.
tuāhine
— female cousins or sisters of a male
521.
tuākana
— older brothers of a male; older sisters of a female
522.
tā
— print, draw
523.
tāhae
— to steal
524.
tākaro
— to play
525.
tāku
— my, ā category possession, singular
526.
tāmaki
— omen, portent
527.
tāna
— his, her, ā category possession, singular
528.
tāne
— man, male
529.
tāngata
— people (plural of tangata)
530.
tāone
— town
531.
tāra
— dollar
532.
tāria
— (pass) be waited for; be expected; after a time
533.
tātahi
— seaside, beach
534.
tātau
— we; us; everyone
535.
tātou
— we, us, inclusive, three or more people
536.
tāu
— your (singular + one item)
537.
tāua
— we, us, you and I, inclusive, dual
538.
tāwāhi
— overseas
539.
tē
— Tē (i), particle used with verbs to make an emphatic…
540.
tēhea
— which, singular
541.
tēina
— younger brothers of a male, younger sisters of a female
542.
tēnei
— this (by speaker); this is; this
543.
tēnā
— that, by the listener
544.
tēpu
— table
545.
tēra
— Tēra. 1. definitive pron. (pl. ēra), used epithetically or absolutely.…
546.
tērā
— that over there, that
547.
tētahi
— a, one specific thing
548.
tētehi
— a, one specific thing (variant of tētahi)
549.
tī
— cabbage tree; tea
550.
tīkina
— be fetched (tiki + passive suffix -na (note the first i is lengthened)
551.
tīmata
— to begin, to start
552.
tītī
— muttonbird
553.
tō
— your (singular); to drag
554.
tōkena
— stockings, socks
555.
tōku
— my (singular)
556.
tōmuri
— to be late
557.
tōna
— his, her
558.
tōu
— your, ō category possession, singular
559.
tū
— stand; to be wounded; a wound
560.
tūpato
— to be careful; caution, cautious
561.
tūpuna
— grandparents (plural form of tupuna; variant of tīpuna)
562.
tūru
— chair, seat, stool
563.
tūtaki
— to meet; to close up, to block (v); meeting (n)
564.
ua
— to rain; rain
565.
uaua
— difficult (adj); muscle, vein, artery (n)
566.
umu
— earth oven
567.
uru
— join; enter; participate, go in; west
568.
uta
— to load; shore; inland; the land; to load
569.
utu
— cost, price; to pay for
570.
waea
— wire; phone
571.
waenganui
— middle, centre, between
572.
waewae
— foot, leg
573.
waha
— load, burden; to carry on the back; mouth
574.
wahine
— woman, wife
575.
waho
— out, outside, the outside
576.
wai
— water; who
577.
waiata
— to sing (v); song (n)
578.
waiatatia
— sung (pass. of waiata)
579.
waiho
— to remain, rest; to leave behind
580.
wairua
— spirit
581.
waka
— vehicle (land, air and sea)
582.
wareware
— to forget; forgetful (trans)
583.
waru
— eight; to scrape, to peel
584.
wawata
— to long for, yearn for; dream
585.
wehe
— to depart, leave; to separate, divide
586.
wera
— to burn; burnt; hot, heat
587.
whaea
— mother, aunt
588.
whai
— to follow, to chase; to have, to acquire
589.
whakaae
— to agree
590.
whakaahua
— to take photos; photograph
591.
whakaako
— teach
592.
whakaaro
— to think; thought, idea
593.
whakaata
— mirror
594.
whakahaere
— to run something, manage, make something go
595.
whakahoki
— to return something, to reply
596.
whakahokia
— returned (whakahoki + passive suffix -a), returned
597.
whakamaua
— be fixed; put on (pass of whakamauto)
598.
whakamā
— to be embarrassed, ashamed
599.
whakamārama
— to explain, illuminate, explain, clarify
600.
whakapai
— to improve, to fix up, bless, cleaning
601.
whakarite
— to compare; arrange, organise
602.
whakarongo
— to listen
603.
whakatika
— to straighten, to correct, to fix
604.
whakatā
— to rest (v); relaxed (adj)
605.
whakautu
— to reply, to respond, answer
606.
whara
— to be injured
607.
whare
— house, building
608.
wharepaku
— toilet
609.
whati
— broken, snapped; break, snap; run away; turn
610.
whea
— where? (variant of hea)
611.
whenua
— land
612.
whero
— red
613.
whiti
— to cross; shine, rise
614.
whitu
— seven
615.
whiwhi
— to be in possession of; acquire, obtain, to get
616.
whā
— four
617.
whāia
— chased (pass of whai - note lengthening of first vowel)
618.
whānau
— family; to be born, be born
619.
whāngai
— to feed, to foster (v); fostered child (n)
620.
wiki
— week
621.
wini
— window
622.
wā
— time, times
623.
wāhi
— part, portion; place
624.
wāhine
— women, wives (plural form of wahine)
625.
wānanga
— study, analyze; seminar, a place of learning
626.
ā
— and; and then
627.
āe
— yes
628.
āhea
— Āhea = awhea, a hea, ad. interrogative, of future time.…
629.
āhei
— Āhei (i), pt. 1. Able. Mo te whai rawa ake…
630.
āhua
— shape, form, appearance
631.
Ākarana
— Auckland
632.
ākonga
— student
633.
āku
— my, mine (pl, for ā category items, plural form of tāku)
634.
ākuanei
— Ākuanei, ad. of time following. Presently, today. Akuanei u tonu…
635.
āna
— his, her, plural, for ā category items
636.
ānō
— as though; as if
637.
āporo
— apple
638.
āpōpō
— tomorrow
639.
āta
— gently, carefully, deliberately
640.
ātaahua
— beautiful, well formed
641.
āu
— your, ā category possession (plural form of tāu)
642.
āwangawanga
— worried
643.
āwhea
— Āwhea = ahea. ‖ hea.
644.
āwhina
— to help
645.
āwhinatia
— helped (pass of āwhina)
646.
ēhea
— which
647.
ēnei
— these, near me (plural of tēnei)
648.
ēnā
— those, near you (plural of tēnā)
649.
ērā
— those (over there)
650.
ētahi
— some, a few (plural of tētahi)
651.
ētehi
— some (plural of tētehi, variant of ētahi)
652.
ō
— your, one person, neutral category possession, plural
653.
ōku
— mine, plural, ō category possession
654.
ōna
— his, her, plural, ō category possession
655.
ōu
— yours, one person, ō category possession, plural