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. 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. Ahitereiria — Australia

10. ai — Not translatable into an English word; verbal particle; used in various subordinate structures, for example relative clauses, adverbials, ...ai

11. 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)

12. ake, ake, ake — for ever and ever

13. ako — to learn, to teach

14. akomanga — classroom

15. aku — my, mine (plural form of taku, neutral for possession category)

16. ana — indeed, when, if

17. anake — only, just, alone

18. anei — here, by me

19. anō — again, also (Various meanings, eg again; also, too; self [reflexive] as in: ki a ia anō)

20. ao — world, dawn, cloud

21. Aotearoa — New Zealand

22. ara — to rise (v); path (n)

23. ariki — chief, leader

24. aroha — love, sympathy, compassion

25. arā — over there, away from us both; that is, namely

26. ata — morning, shadow

27. atu — away from current orientation (often not translatable by a separate English word)

28. atua — god

29. au — I, me

30. aua — those (previously mentioned, plural of taua)

31. auau — to bark, howl

32. auē — alas! (an expression of woe, sadness)

33. awa — river, stream

34. e — by; of course; a term of address follows; [in the future]; particle used in a negation

35. ea — be avenged; be paid for; worth

36. ehara — exclamation: sure enough, without a doubt; not

37. eke — to embark, get onto; riding

38. engari — but

39. haere — go, come

40. haerenga — journey (n); travel (v)

41. haka — to perform traditional dance; haka, a traditional dance, war dance

42. hanga — to build, erect, make (v); construction, practice (n)

43. hapa — mistake; supper, dinner

44. hapū — subtribe; to be pregnant

45. hararei — holiday

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

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

48. harikoa — happy, joyful, euphoric

49. hau — wind, air, breath

50. haunga — smelly, stinky

51. he — a, some; in the category of

52. hea — where?

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

54. heihei — chicken

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

56. heoi — however; and so

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

58. hia — how many?

59. hiahia — to want

60. hiainu — thirst, thirsty

61. hiakai — hungry

62. hiamoe — sleepy

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

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

65. hipi — sheep

66. hoa — friend; partner; spouse

67. hoake — Hoake. 1. v.t. Give or bring to some place connected…

68. hoatu — to give (away from speaker)

69. hoe — to paddle, row (v); oar (n)

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

71. hokinga — return (hoki + nominal suffix -nga)

72. hoko — to buy, sell, purchase

73. hokomaha — supermarket

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

75. homai — give (to the speaker)

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

77. hopu — to catch

78. horoi — to wash, to clean

79. horoia — washed (pass of horoi)

80. hou — new, modern; feather

81. hua — product, fruit

82. huarahi — street, path, road

83. hui — meeting; gathered

84. huka — sugar

85. huna — to hide

86. huri — to turn

87. hākinakina — sport; to play sport

88. hāora — hour; oxygen

89. hāte — shirt

90. hē — wrong; error, mistake

91. hēki — egg

92. hī — to catch fish with a line

93. hīkoi — to walk, step, tread

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

95. hōiho — horse

96. hōu — new, modern; fresh

97. hū — shoe

98. 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.

99. ia — he, she, him, her

100. iho — downwards

101. ihu — nose

102. ika — fish

103. ina — if, when

104. inanahi — yesterday

105. inapō — last night

106. Ingarangi — England

107. ingoa — name

108. inoi — pray

109. inu — to drink (v); drink (n)

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

111. ināianei — now

112. irāmutu — niece, nephew

113. iti — small, little

114. iwa — nine

115. iwi — tribe

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

117. kaha — strong, able

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

119. kai — eat (v); food (n)

120. kaiako — teacher (kai- + ako)

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

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

123. kainga — (pass) be eaten

124. kaiwhakaako — teacher

125. kanikani — dance, to dance

126. kanohi — face

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

128. kapu — cup

129. karaka — orange (colour)

130. karakia — prayer, to pray

131. karanga — to call

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

133. kararehe — animal

134. karu — eye

135. kata — to laugh

136. katakata — to laugh and laugh, laughter

137. kato — pluck

138. katoa — all

139. kau — swim; cow

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

141. kauhoe — to swim

142. kaukau — to bathe

143. kaumātua — elder; elderly

144. kaupapa — topic, theme, plan, subject

145. kawa — sour, yuck

146. kawe — to carry, convey

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

148. kawhe — coffee

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

150. kei te — at the moment; now

151. keke — cake

152. kete — basket, kit

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

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

155. kimi — to look for, seek

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

157. kino — bad

158. kiore — rat

159. kiri — skin

160. kiriata — movie, film

161. Kirikiriroa — Hamilton

162. kite — to see

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

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

165. koa — happy

166. koe — you, one person

167. koha — gift

168. kohi — to collect, gather together

169. koi — sharp

170. koia — it is, so

171. koinei — this is

172. konei — here, by speaker

173. konā — there, by listener

174. kore — zero, nothing

175. koretake — useless

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

177. koroua — elderly man, grandfather

178. korā — over there

179. kotahi — one

180. koti — coat, jacket

181. koutou — you, three or more people

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

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

184. kui — Term of address for an elderly woman (eg 'E kui'.)

185. kuia — elderly woman, grandmother

186. kupu — word

187. kura — school; treasured item

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

189. kurī — dog

190. kāhore — Negative used for verb sentences

191. kāinga — home

192. kākahu — clothing, garment

193. kākāriki — green

194. kānga — corn

195. kāo — no!

196. kāore — negative used for verb sentences

197. kāpata — cupboard

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

199. kātahi — then

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

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

202. kēkē — armpit

203. kēmu — game

204. kī — to be full

205. kīhai — Negative word

206. kīhini — kitchen

207. kō — at a distance, yonder; shovel

208. kōhatu — stone

209. kōrero — to talk, speak

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

211. kōrua — you, two people

212. kōtiro — girl

213. kōura — crayfish

214. kōwhai — yellow; a native tree

215. kūaha — door

216. kūmara — kūmara, sweet potato

217. ma — Ma (i), conj. And. Used: 1. To connect numerals. E…

218. mahana — to be warm, warm

219. mahara — thought, memory

220. mahi — to do, work, make

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

222. mahue — to be left behind (trans)

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

224. makariri — cold

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

226. mamae — hurt, sore, pain

227. mana — prestige, authority

228. manaaki — to look after, to show hospitality towards

229. manawanui — to be patient, steadfast, determined, resilient

230. Mane — Monday

231. mano — thousand

232. manu — bird

233. manuhiri — guest

234. marae — traditional Māori gathering place

235. marama — month, moon

236. maranga — to arise; to get up

237. mataku — scared, afraid

238. matapihi — window

239. matau — fish hook; right side

240. mate — to be sick, ill, dead

241. matekai — hungry, starving

242. matua — parent, father

243. mau — to wear clothes

244. maumahara — to remember, remember

245. maunga — mountain

246. mauri — life spirit

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

248. mauī — left (direction)

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

250. mea — a thing (n); to say (v)

251. meatia — (pass) be done, be said, be thought

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

253. mema — member, members

254. mere — bush, shrub

255. mihi — to greet; thank; acknowledge

256. minita — minister

257. miraka — milk

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

259. moana — sea

260. moata — early; early morning

261. moe — sleep; to marry

262. moenga — bed

263. mokemoke — lonely

264. mokopuna — grandchild

265. momo — type, kind

266. moni — money

267. motokā — car, motorcar

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

269. motukā — car

270. mua — front, before

271. muri — behind, after

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

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

274. mā — clean, white, and others

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

276. māhita — teacher

277. māia — capable, brave, bold

278. māku — for me, by me

279. mākū — to be saturated, wet, damp

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

281. māna — for him, her, by him, her

282. māngere — lazy

283. Māori — indigenous people of Aotearoa/New Zealand

284. māra — garden

285. mārama — clear, understand

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

287. mātau — to know, understand

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

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

290. mātāmua — eldest; first; main

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

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

293. māui — on the left hand, left side

294. māuiui — sick

295. mīti — meat

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

297. mōhio — to know

298. mōkai — pet

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

300. mōmona — fat

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

302. mōrena — good morning

303. mōu — for you

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

305. nama — number

306. nanahi — yesterday

307. nei — here, by speaker

308. ngahere — forest, bush

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

310. ngenge — tired

311. ngeru — cat

312. ngā — the, plural

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

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

315. niho — tooth

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

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

318. noho — to live; sit

319. nui — big, great, many

320. nuinga — majority (nui + nominal suffix -nga)

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

322. nāianei — now

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

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

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

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

327. nō — from

328. nōku — mine, realised possession, ō category

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

330. nōu — yours

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

332. oho — to wake up

333. oma — to run, escape

334. one — beach, sand

335. ono — six

336. ope — group travelling together

337. ora — alive, well, healthy, safe

338. oti — to be completed

339. pahi — bus

340. pahikara — bicycle

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

342. paihikara — bike

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

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

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

346. paku — small

347. panana — banana

348. pango — black

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

350. papa — floor, ground, flat surface

351. parakuihi — breakfast

352. paru — dirt, mud, dirty

353. parāoa — bread, flour

354. pata — butter

355. patu — to strike, hit; to kill

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

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

358. paukena — pumpkin

359. pea — pair; pear

360. peka — branch

361. pene — pen

362. pepa — paper; pepper

363. pereti — plate

364. pia — beer

365. piki — to increase

366. pikitia — picture, film

367. pirihimana — police officer

368. poaka — pig

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

370. pono — true, faithful

371. porou — eager, energetic

372. poti — boat

373. poto — short

374. pou — pole, post

375. pouaka — box

376. pounamu — greenstone

377. pukapuka — book, lungs

378. puku — stomach, belly

379. pukumahi — hard-working, industrious

380. pukuriri — fury; furious; grumpy

381. puna — pool, spring

382. pune — spoon

383. pupuhi — to shoot

384. pupuri — to hold onto

385. purei — to play, play

386. puta — to appear, to come out

387. putiputi — flower

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

389. Pākehā — New Zealander of European descent

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

391. pānuitia — read; advertised (pass of pānui)

392. pāpā — father, uncle

393. pāremata — parliament

394. pātai — question; to ask a question

395. pātītī — grass

396. pāua — abalone

397. pēhea — how?

398. pēke — bag

399. pēnei — like this, near speaker

400. pēnā — like that, near listener

401. pēpi — baby

402. pērā — like that, yonder

403. pēwhea — how? (variant of pēhea)

404. pīrangi — to want, desire

405. pō — night

406. Pōneke — Wellington [Port Nicholson]

407. pōro — ball (also 'paoro')

408. pōtae — hat

409. pōtiki — child; youngest child

410. pōuri — sad, dark

411. pōwhiri — welcome

412. pū — to blow gently

413. pūhā — green spinach-like vegetable

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

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

416. rahi — large, numerous, great, big

417. rama — light, torch

418. rangatira — chief, leader, boss

419. rangi — sky, day

420. rapu — to look for

421. raranga — plait; weave

422. rare — lolly

423. raro — under, below; time

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

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

426. rau — to put into; leaf

427. raumati — summer

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

429. rawe — lovely, excellent

430. reira — there (previously mentioned)

431. reka — sweet

432. reo — language, voice

433. rere — to escape; to fly

434. rerenga — sentence; flight, journey, voyage

435. reri — ready

436. reta — letter

437. rima — five

438. ringa — hand, arm

439. ringaringa — hand, arm

440. riri — anger, angry

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

442. rite — to be ready, like, similar

443. roa — long

444. rohe — district, area, boundary, territory

445. rongo — to hear, perceive, feel

446. rorohiko — computer

447. roto — in, inside, within; lake

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

449. ruku — to dive

450. runga — on

451. rā — day; the sun; over there

452. Rāhoroi — Saturday

453. rākau — tree; timber

454. rānei — or

455. rārangi — line, row

456. Rātapu — Sunday

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

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

459. rāua — them; they (two people)

460. rīhi — dish; dishes; lease

461. rīwai — potato

462. rōpū — group

463. rūma — room

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

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

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

467. taha — to pass by; side

468. tahi — one, single

469. tahitahi — to sweep

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

471. tai — tide; coast

472. taihoa — wait

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

474. take — beginning, cause, origin

475. taki — to lead, to bring along

476. takoto — to lie down

477. taku — my (singular); edge

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

479. tamaiti — child

480. tamariki — children

481. tamāhine — daughter

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

483. tangata — person

484. tangi — to cry; to make a sound

485. tango — to take hold of

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

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

488. taonga — property, possession

489. tapahi — to cut up, chop

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

491. tapu — sacred, holy, under ritual restriction

492. taputapu — gear, equipment

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

494. taraiwa — to drive; driver

495. tarau — trousers

496. tari — government department; office

497. taringa — ear

498. tata — near, close

499. tatari — to wait

500. tatau — to count

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

502. taua — that, previously mentioned (singular)

503. tauira — student; example

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

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

506. taura — rope, cable

507. tauranga — anchorage; fishing ground; resting place

508. tautoko — to support

509. tawhiti — distant, a distant place

510. tawhito — old, former

511. te — the, singular definite article

512. teina — younger sibling, same sex

513. tekau — ten

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

515. tereina — to train

516. tia — to steer, adorned

517. tiaki — to look after, to care for

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

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

520. tiki — to fetch

521. tina — dinner, lunch

522. tinana — body, trunk, torso

523. tini — to be very many, numerous, plenty; multitude, throng, many

524. tino — very

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

526. tipuna — grandparent, ancestor

527. tirohia — to be looked at, seen/found (pass of tiro)

528. titiro — to look at

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

530. tohu — a qualification, eg degree

531. tohunga — expert, priest

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

533. toi — art, knowledge

534. toki — adze, axe; champion

535. tokohia — how many people?

536. tokomaha — many (of people)

537. tokorima — five (people)

538. tokorua — two (of people)

539. tokotoru — three (people)

540. tomo — to enter, go into

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

542. tonu — still

543. toro — to visit

544. toru — three

545. tua — beyond

546. tuahine — sister, of a male

547. tuakana — older sibling of the same sex

548. tuanui — roof

549. tuarua — second

550. tuatahi — first

551. tuatoru — third

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

553. tuhia — written; write! (tuhi + passive suffix -a)

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

555. tuhituhi — to write, draw

556. tuku — to put off, to leave aside

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

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

559. tuna — eel

560. tungāne — brother, of a female

561. tunu — to cook, roast

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

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

564. ture — law, rule

565. tutuki — to be finished, completed, achieved

566. tuāhine — female cousins or sisters of a male

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

568. tā — print, draw

569. tāhae — to steal

570. tāima — time

571. tākaro — to play

572. tāku — my, ā category possession, singular

573. tākuta — doctor

574. tāmaki — omen, portent

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

576. tāne — man, male

577. tāngata — people (plural of tangata)

578. tāone — town

579. tāra — dollar

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

581. tātahi — seaside, beach

582. tātau — we; us; everyone

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

584. tāu — your (singular + one item)

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

586. tāwāhi — overseas

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

588. tēhea — which, singular

589. tēina — younger brothers of a male, younger sisters of a female

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

591. tēnā — that, by the listener

592. tēpu — table

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

594. tērā — that over there, that

595. tētahi — a, one specific thing

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

597. tī — cabbage tree; tea

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

599. tīmata — to begin, to start

600. tītī — muttonbird

601. tō — your (singular); to drag

602. tōkena — stockings, socks

603. tōku — my (singular)

604. tōmuri — to be late

605. tōna — his, her

606. tōtara — Tōtara, n. 1. Podocarpus totara, a forest tree. Ka kitea…

607. tōu — your, ō category possession, singular

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

609. tūmanako — to hope for, anticipate, expect, wish for

610. tūpato — to be careful; caution, cautious

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

612. tūpāpaku — corpse, body

613. Tūrei — Tuesday

614. tūru — chair, seat, stool

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

616. ua — to rain; rain

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

618. umu — earth oven

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

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

621. utu — cost, price; to pay for

622. waea — wire; phone

623. waenganui — middle, centre, between

624. waewae — foot, leg

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

626. wahine — woman, wife

627. waho — out, outside, the outside

628. wai — water; who

629. waiata — to sing (v); song (n)

630. waiatatia — sung (pass. of waiata)

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

632. wairua — spirit

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

634. wareware — to forget; forgetful (trans)

635. waru — eight; to scrape, to peel

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

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

638. wera — to burn; burnt; hot, heat

639. whaea — mother, aunt

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

641. whakaae — to agree

642. whakaahua — to take photos; photograph

643. whakaako — teach

644. whakaaro — to think; thought, idea

645. whakaata — mirror

646. whakahaere — to run something, manage, make something go

647. whakahoki — to return something, to reply

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

649. whakairo — to carve, a carving

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

651. whakamā — to be embarrassed, ashamed

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

653. whakamātautau — examination, test

654. whakaoti — complete

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

656. whakapaingia — prepared, set (pass. of whakapai)

657. whakarite — to compare; arrange, organise

658. whakarongo — to listen

659. whakatangi — to play an instrument

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

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

662. whakautu — to reply, to respond, answer

663. whana — to kick

664. whanaunga — relative, relation (whānau + nominal suffix -nga - note the short first vowel)

665. whara — to be injured

666. whare — house, building

667. wharenui — meeting house; hall

668. wharepaku — toilet

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

670. whatu — to weave, knit; eye

671. whawhai — to fight; a battle

672. whea — where? (variant of hea)

673. whenua — land

674. whero — red

675. whiti — to cross; shine, rise

676. whitu — seven

677. whiu — to be satisfied; to throw; to be filled

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

679. whā — four

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

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

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

683. wiki — week

684. wini — window

685. wā — time, times

686. wāhanga — chapter, episode

687. wāhi — part, portion; place

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

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

690. ā — and; and then

691. āe — yes

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

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

694. āhua — shape, form, appearance

695. āhuatanga — property, characteristic, feature, circumstance (āhua + nominal suffix -tanga)

696. Ākarana — Auckland

697. ākonga — student

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

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

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

701. ānō — as though; as if

702. āporo — apple

703. āpōpō — tomorrow

704. āta — gently, carefully, deliberately

705. ātaahua — beautiful, well formed

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

707. āwangawanga — worried

708. āwhea — Āwhea = ahea. ‖ hea.

709. āwhina — to help

710. āwhinatia — helped (pass of āwhina)

711. ēhea — which

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

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

714. ērā — those (over there)

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

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

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

718. ōku — mine, plural, ō category possession

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

720. Ōtautahi — Christchurch

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

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