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. hangaia — built (hanga + passive suffix -ia)

44. hapa — mistake; supper, dinner

45. hapū — subtribe; to be pregnant

46. hararei — holiday

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

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

49. harikoa — happy, joyful, euphoric

50. hau — wind, air, breath

51. haunga — smelly, stinky

52. hauora — health, healthy

53. haurua — half

54. he — a, some; in the category of

55. hea — where?

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

57. heihei — chicken

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

59. heoi — however; and so

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

61. hia — how many?

62. hiahia — to want

63. hiainu — thirst, thirsty

64. hiakai — hungry

65. hiamoe — sleepy

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

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

68. hipi — sheep

69. hoa — friend; partner; spouse

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

71. hoatu — to give (away from speaker)

72. hoe — to paddle, row (v); oar (n)

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

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

75. hoko — to buy, sell, purchase

76. hokomaha — supermarket

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

78. homai — give (to the speaker)

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

80. hopu — to catch

81. horoi — to wash, to clean

82. horoia — washed (pass of horoi)

83. hotu — long for; sigh; sob

84. hou — new, modern; feather

85. hua — product, fruit

86. huarahi — street, path, road

87. hui — meeting; gathered

88. huka — sugar

89. huna — to hide

90. hunga — group, people, company of people

91. huri — to turn

92. hākinakina — sport; to play sport

93. hāora — hour; oxygen

94. hāte — shirt

95. hē — wrong; error, mistake

96. hēki — egg

97. hī — to catch fish with a line

98. hīkoi — to walk, step, tread

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

100. hōiho — horse

101. hōu — new, modern; fresh

102. hū — shoe

103. 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.

104. ia — he, she, him, her

105. iho — downwards

106. ihu — nose

107. ika — fish

108. ina — if, when

109. inahea — Inahea = inawhea, ad. interrogative, of past time. When ?…

110. inanahi — yesterday

111. inapō — last night

112. Ingarangi — England

113. ingoa — name

114. inoi — pray

115. inu — to drink (v); drink (n)

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

117. ināianei — now

118. irāmutu — niece, nephew

119. iti — small, little

120. iwa — nine

121. iwi — tribe

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

123. kaha — strong, able

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

125. kai — eat (v); food (n)

126. kaiako — teacher (kai- + ako)

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

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

129. kainga — (pass) be eaten

130. kaiwhakaako — teacher

131. kanikani — dance, to dance

132. kanohi — face

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

134. kapu — cup

135. karaka — orange (colour)

136. karakia — prayer, to pray

137. karanga — to call

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

139. kararehe — animal

140. karu — eye

141. kata — to laugh

142. katakata — to laugh and laugh, laughter

143. kato — pluck

144. katoa — all

145. kau — swim; cow

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

147. kauhoe — to swim

148. kaukau — to bathe

149. kaumātua — elder; elderly

150. kaupapa — topic, theme, plan, subject

151. kawa — sour, yuck

152. kawe — to carry, convey

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

154. kawhe — coffee

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

156. kei te — at the moment; now

157. keke — cake

158. kete — basket, kit

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

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

161. kimi — to look for, seek

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

163. kino — bad

164. kiore — rat

165. kiri — skin

166. kiriata — movie, film

167. Kirikiriroa — Hamilton

168. kite — to see

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

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

171. koa — happy

172. koe — you, one person

173. koha — gift

174. kohi — to collect, gather together

175. koi — sharp

176. koia — it is, so

177. koinei — this is

178. konei — here, by speaker

179. konā — there, by listener

180. kore — zero, nothing

181. koretake — useless

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

183. koroua — elderly man, grandfather

184. korā — over there

185. kotahi — one

186. koti — coat, jacket

187. koutou — you, three or more people

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

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

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

191. kuia — elderly woman, grandmother

192. kupu — word

193. kura — school; treasured item

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

195. kurī — dog

196. kāhore — Negative used for verb sentences

197. kāinga — home

198. kākahu — clothing, garment

199. kākāriki — green

200. kānga — corn

201. kāo — no!

202. kāore — negative used for verb sentences

203. kāpata — cupboard

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

205. kātahi — then

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

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

208. kēkē — armpit

209. kēmu — game

210. kī — to be full

211. kīhai — Negative word

212. kīhini — kitchen

213. kō — at a distance, yonder; shovel

214. kōhatu — stone

215. kōrero — to talk, speak

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

217. kōrua — you, two people

218. kōtiro — girl

219. kōura — crayfish

220. kōwhai — yellow; a native tree

221. kūaha — door

222. kūmara — kūmara, sweet potato

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

224. mahana — to be warm, warm

225. mahara — thought, memory

226. mahi — to do, work, make

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

228. mahue — to be left behind (trans)

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

230. makariri — cold

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

232. mamae — hurt, sore, pain

233. mana — prestige, authority

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

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

236. Mane — Monday

237. mano — thousand

238. manu — bird

239. manuhiri — guest

240. marae — traditional Māori gathering place

241. marama — month, moon

242. maranga — to arise; to get up

243. mataku — scared, afraid

244. matapihi — window

245. matau — fish hook; right side

246. mate — to be sick, ill, dead

247. matekai — hungry, starving

248. matua — parent, father

249. mau — to wear clothes

250. maumahara — to remember, remember

251. maunga — mountain

252. mauri — life spirit

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

254. mauī — left (direction)

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

256. mea — a thing (n); to say (v)

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

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

259. mema — member, members

260. mere — bush, shrub

261. mihi — to greet; thank; acknowledge

262. minita — minister

263. miraka — milk

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

265. moana — sea

266. moata — early; early morning

267. moe — sleep; to marry

268. moenga — bed

269. mokemoke — lonely

270. mokopuna — grandchild

271. momo — type, kind

272. moni — money

273. motokā — car, motorcar

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

275. motukā — car

276. mua — front, before

277. muri — behind, after

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

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

280. mā — clean, white, and others

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

282. māhita — teacher

283. māia — capable, brave, bold

284. māku — for me, by me

285. mākū — to be saturated, wet, damp

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

287. māna — for him, her, by him, her

288. māngere — lazy

289. Māori — indigenous people of Aotearoa/New Zealand

290. māra — garden

291. mārama — clear, understand

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

293. mātau — to know, understand

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

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

296. mātāmua — eldest; first; main

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

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

299. māui — on the left hand, left side

300. māuiui — sick

301. mīti — meat

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

303. mōhio — to know

304. mōkai — pet

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

306. mōmona — fat

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

308. mōrena — good morning

309. mōu — for you

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

311. nama — number

312. nanahi — yesterday

313. nei — here, by speaker

314. ngahere — forest, bush

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

316. ngenge — tired

317. ngeru — cat

318. ngā — the, plural

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

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

321. niho — tooth

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

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

324. noho — to live; sit

325. nui — big, great, many

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

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

328. nāianei — now

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

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

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

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

333. nō — from

334. nōku — mine, realised possession, ō category

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

336. nōu — yours

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

338. oho — to wake up

339. oma — to run, escape

340. one — beach, sand

341. ono — six

342. ope — group travelling together

343. ora — alive, well, healthy, safe

344. oti — to be completed

345. pahi — bus

346. pahikara — bicycle

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

348. paihikara — bike

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

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

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

352. paku — small

353. panana — banana

354. pango — black

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

356. papa — floor, ground, flat surface

357. parakuihi — breakfast

358. paru — dirt, mud, dirty

359. parāoa — bread, flour

360. pata — butter

361. patu — to strike, hit; to kill

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

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

364. paukena — pumpkin

365. pea — pair; pear

366. peka — branch

367. pene — pen

368. pepa — paper; pepper

369. pereti — plate

370. pia — beer

371. piki — to increase

372. pikitia — picture, film

373. pirihimana — police officer

374. poaka — pig

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

376. pono — true, faithful

377. porou — eager, energetic

378. poti — boat

379. poto — short

380. pou — pole, post

381. pouaka — box

382. pounamu — greenstone

383. pukapuka — book, lungs

384. puku — stomach, belly

385. pukumahi — hard-working, industrious

386. pukuriri — fury; furious; grumpy

387. puna — pool, spring

388. pune — spoon

389. pupuhi — to shoot

390. pupuri — to hold onto

391. purei — to play, play

392. puta — to appear, to come out

393. putiputi — flower

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

395. Pākehā — New Zealander of European descent

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

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

398. pāpā — father, uncle

399. pāremata — parliament

400. pātai — question; to ask a question

401. pātītī — grass

402. pāua — abalone

403. pēhea — how?

404. pēke — bag

405. pēnei — like this, near speaker

406. pēnā — like that, near listener

407. pēpi — baby

408. pērā — like that, yonder

409. pēwhea — how? (variant of pēhea)

410. pīrangi — to want, desire

411. pō — night

412. Pōneke — Wellington [Port Nicholson]

413. pōro — ball (also 'paoro')

414. pōtae — hat

415. pōtiki — child; youngest child

416. pōuri — sad, dark

417. pōwhiri — welcome

418. pū — to blow gently

419. pūhā — green spinach-like vegetable

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

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

422. rahi — large, numerous, great, big

423. rama — light, torch

424. rangatira — chief, leader, boss

425. rangi — sky, day

426. rapu — to look for

427. raranga — plait; weave

428. rare — lolly

429. raro — under, below; time

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

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

432. rau — to put into; leaf

433. raumati — summer

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

435. rawe — lovely, excellent

436. reira — there (previously mentioned)

437. reka — sweet

438. reo — language, voice

439. rere — to escape; to fly

440. rerenga — sentence; flight, journey, voyage

441. reri — ready

442. reta — letter

443. rima — five

444. ringa — hand, arm

445. ringaringa — hand, arm

446. riri — anger, angry

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

448. rite — to be ready, like, similar

449. roa — long

450. rohe — district, area, boundary, territory

451. rongo — to hear, perceive, feel

452. rorohiko — computer

453. roto — in, inside, within; lake

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

455. ruku — to dive

456. runga — on

457. rā — day; the sun; over there

458. Rāhoroi — Saturday

459. rākau — tree; timber

460. rānei — or

461. rārangi — line, row

462. Rātapu — Sunday

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

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

465. rāua — them; they (two people)

466. rīhi — dish; dishes; lease

467. rīwai — potato

468. rōpū — group

469. rūma — room

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

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

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

473. taha — to pass by; side

474. tahi — one, single

475. tahitahi — to sweep

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

477. tai — tide; coast

478. taihoa — wait

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

480. take — beginning, cause, origin

481. taki — to lead, to bring along

482. takoto — to lie down

483. taku — my (singular); edge

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

485. tamaiti — child

486. tamariki — children

487. tamāhine — daughter

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

489. tangata — person

490. tangi — to cry; to make a sound

491. tango — to take hold of

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

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

494. taonga — property, possession

495. tapahi — to cut up, chop

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

497. tapu — sacred, holy, under ritual restriction

498. taputapu — gear, equipment

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

500. taraiwa — to drive; driver

501. tarau — trousers

502. tari — government department; office

503. taringa — ear

504. tata — near, close

505. tatari — to wait

506. tatau — to count

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

508. taua — that, previously mentioned (singular)

509. tauira — student; example

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

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

512. taura — rope, cable

513. tauranga — anchorage; fishing ground; resting place

514. tautoko — to support

515. tawhiti — distant, a distant place

516. tawhito — old, former

517. te — the, singular definite article

518. teina — younger sibling, same sex

519. tekau — ten

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

521. tereina — to train

522. tia — to steer, adorned

523. tiaki — to look after, to care for

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

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

526. tiki — to fetch

527. tina — dinner, lunch

528. tinana — body, trunk, torso

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

530. tino — very

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

532. tipuna — grandparent, ancestor

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

534. titiro — to look at

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

536. tohu — a qualification, eg degree

537. tohunga — expert, priest

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

539. toi — art, knowledge

540. toki — adze, axe; champion

541. tokohia — how many people?

542. tokomaha — many (of people)

543. tokorima — five (people)

544. tokorua — two (of people)

545. tokotoru — three (people)

546. tomo — to enter, go into

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

548. tonu — still

549. toro — to visit

550. toru — three

551. tua — beyond

552. tuahine — sister, of a male

553. tuakana — older sibling of the same sex

554. tuanui — roof

555. tuarua — second

556. tuatahi — first

557. tuatoru — third

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

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

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

561. tuhituhi — to write, draw

562. tuku — to put off, to leave aside

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

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

565. tuna — eel

566. tungāne — brother, of a female

567. tunu — to cook, roast

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

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

570. ture — law, rule

571. tutuki — to be finished, completed, achieved

572. tuāhine — female cousins or sisters of a male

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

574. tā — print, draw

575. tāhae — to steal

576. tāima — time

577. tākaro — to play

578. tāku — my, ā category possession, singular

579. tākuta — doctor

580. tāmaki — omen, portent

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

582. tāne — man, male

583. tāngata — people (plural of tangata)

584. tāone — town

585. tāra — dollar

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

587. tātahi — seaside, beach

588. tātau — we; us; everyone

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

590. tāu — your (singular + one item)

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

592. tāwāhi — overseas

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

594. tēhea — which, singular

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

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

597. tēnā — that, by the listener

598. tēpu — table

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

600. tērā — that over there, that

601. tētahi — a, one specific thing

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

603. tī — cabbage tree; tea

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

605. tīmata — to begin, to start

606. tītī — muttonbird

607. tō — your (singular); to drag

608. tōkena — stockings, socks

609. tōku — my (singular)

610. tōmuri — to be late

611. tōna — his, her

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

613. tōu — your, ō category possession, singular

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

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

616. tūpato — to be careful; caution, cautious

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

618. tūpāpaku — corpse, body

619. Tūrei — Tuesday

620. tūru — chair, seat, stool

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

622. ua — to rain; rain

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

624. umu — earth oven

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

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

627. utu — cost, price; to pay for

628. waea — wire; phone

629. waenganui — middle, centre, between

630. waewae — foot, leg

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

632. wahine — woman, wife

633. waho — out, outside, the outside

634. wai — water; who

635. waiata — to sing (v); song (n)

636. waiatatia — sung (pass. of waiata)

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

638. wairua — spirit

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

640. wareware — to forget; forgetful (trans)

641. waru — eight; to scrape, to peel

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

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

644. wera — to burn; burnt; hot, heat

645. whaea — mother, aunt

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

647. whakaae — to agree

648. whakaahua — to take photos; photograph

649. whakaako — teach

650. whakaaro — to think; thought, idea

651. whakaata — mirror

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

653. whakahoki — to return something, to reply

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

655. whakairo — to carve, a carving

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

657. whakamā — to be embarrassed, ashamed

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

659. whakamātautau — examination, test

660. whakaoti — complete

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

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

663. whakarite — to compare; arrange, organise

664. whakarongo — to listen

665. whakatangi — to play an instrument

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

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

668. whakautu — to reply, to respond, answer

669. whana — to kick

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

671. whara — to be injured

672. whare — house, building

673. wharenui — meeting house; hall

674. wharepaku — toilet

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

676. whatu — to weave, knit; eye

677. whawhai — to fight; a battle

678. whea — where? (variant of hea)

679. whenua — land

680. whero — red

681. whiti — to cross; shine, rise

682. whitu — seven

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

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

685. whā — four

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

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

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

689. wiki — week

690. wini — window

691. wā — time, times

692. wāhanga — chapter, episode

693. wāhi — part, portion; place

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

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

696. ā — and; and then

697. āe — yes

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

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

700. āhua — shape, form, appearance

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

702. Ākarana — Auckland

703. ākonga — student

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

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

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

707. ānō — as though; as if

708. āporo — apple

709. āpōpō — tomorrow

710. āta — gently, carefully, deliberately

711. ātaahua — beautiful, well formed

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

713. āwangawanga — worried

714. āwhea — Āwhea = ahea. ‖ hea.

715. āwhina — to help

716. āwhinatia — helped (pass of āwhina)

717. ēhea — which

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

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

720. ērā — those (over there)

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

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

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

724. ōku — mine, plural, ō category possession

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

726. Ōtautahi — Christchurch

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

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