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. kaiwhakahaere — manager, organiser (kai- + whakahaere)

132. kanikani — dance, to dance

133. kanohi — face

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

135. kapu — cup

136. kara — colour

137. karaehe — class (school); glass

138. karaka — orange (colour)

139. karakia — prayer, to pray

140. karanga — to call

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

142. kararehe — animal

143. karu — eye

144. kata — to laugh

145. katakata — to laugh and laugh, laughter

146. kati — close, shut

147. kato — pluck

148. katoa — all

149. kau — swim; cow

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

151. kauhoe — to swim

152. kaukau — to bathe

153. kaumātua — elder; elderly

154. kaupapa — topic, theme, plan, subject

155. kawa — sour, yuck

156. kawe — to carry, convey

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

158. kawhe — coffee

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

160. kei te — at the moment; now

161. keke — cake

162. kete — basket, kit

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

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

165. kimi — to look for, seek

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

167. kino — bad

168. kiore — rat

169. kiri — skin

170. kiriata — movie, film

171. Kirikiriroa — Hamilton

172. kite — to see

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

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

175. koa — happy

176. koe — you, one person

177. koha — gift

178. kohi — to collect, gather together

179. kohikohi — to collect, gather together

180. koi — sharp

181. koia — it is, so

182. koinei — this is

183. konei — here, by speaker

184. konā — there, by listener

185. kore — zero, nothing

186. koretake — useless

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

188. koroua — elderly man, grandfather

189. korā — over there

190. kotahi — one

191. koti — coat, jacket

192. koutou — you, three or more people

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

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

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

196. kuia — elderly woman, grandmother

197. kupu — word

198. kura — school; treasured item

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

200. kurī — dog

201. kāhore — Negative used for verb sentences

202. kāinga — home

203. kākahu — clothing, garment

204. kākāriki — green

205. kānga — corn

206. kāo — no!

207. kāore — negative used for verb sentences

208. kāpata — cupboard

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

210. kātahi — then

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

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

213. kēkē — armpit

214. kēmu — game

215. kī — to be full

216. kīhai — Negative word

217. kīhini — kitchen

218. kō — at a distance, yonder; shovel

219. kōhatu — stone

220. kōrero — to talk, speak

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

222. kōrua — you, two people

223. kōtiro — girl

224. kōura — crayfish

225. kōwhai — yellow; a native tree

226. kūaha — door

227. kūmara — kūmara, sweet potato

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

229. mahana — to be warm, warm

230. mahara — thought, memory

231. mahi — to do, work, make

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

233. mahue — to be left behind (trans)

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

235. makariri — cold

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

237. mamae — hurt, sore, pain

238. mana — prestige, authority

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

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

241. Mane — Monday

242. mano — thousand

243. manu — bird

244. manuhiri — guest

245. marae — traditional Māori gathering place

246. marama — month, moon

247. maranga — to arise; to get up

248. mataku — scared, afraid

249. matapihi — window

250. matau — fish hook; right side

251. mate — to be sick, ill, dead

252. matekai — hungry, starving

253. matua — parent, father

254. mau — to wear clothes

255. maumahara — to remember, remember

256. maunga — mountain

257. mauri — life spirit

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

259. mauī — left (direction)

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

261. mea — a thing (n); to say (v)

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

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

264. mema — member, members

265. mere — bush, shrub

266. mihi — to greet; thank; acknowledge

267. minita — minister

268. miraka — milk

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

270. moana — sea

271. moata — early; early morning

272. moe — sleep; to marry

273. moenga — bed

274. mokemoke — lonely

275. mokopuna — grandchild

276. momo — type, kind

277. moni — money

278. motokā — car, motorcar

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

280. motukā — car

281. mua — front, before

282. muri — behind, after

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

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

285. mā — clean, white, and others

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

287. māhita — teacher

288. māia — capable, brave, bold

289. māku — for me, by me

290. mākū — to be saturated, wet, damp

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

292. māna — for him, her, by him, her

293. māngere — lazy

294. Māori — indigenous people of Aotearoa/New Zealand

295. māra — garden

296. mārama — clear, understand

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

298. mātau — to know, understand

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

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

301. mātāmua — eldest; first; main

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

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

304. māui — on the left hand, left side

305. māuiui — sick

306. mīti — meat

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

308. mōhio — to know

309. mōkai — pet

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

311. mōmona — fat

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

313. mōrena — good morning

314. mōu — for you

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

316. nama — number

317. nanahi — yesterday

318. nei — here, by speaker

319. ngahere — forest, bush

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

321. ngenge — tired

322. ngeru — cat

323. ngā — the, plural

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

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

326. niho — tooth

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

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

329. noho — to live; sit

330. nui — big, great, many

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

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

333. nāianei — now

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

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

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

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

338. nō — from

339. nōku — mine, realised possession, ō category

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

341. nōu — yours

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

343. oho — to wake up

344. oma — to run, escape

345. one — beach, sand

346. ono — six

347. ope — group travelling together

348. ora — alive, well, healthy, safe

349. oti — to be completed

350. pahi — bus

351. pahikara — bicycle

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

353. paihikara — bike

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

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

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

357. paku — small

358. panana — banana

359. pango — black

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

361. papa — floor, ground, flat surface

362. parakuihi — breakfast

363. paru — dirt, mud, dirty

364. parāoa — bread, flour

365. pata — butter

366. patu — to strike, hit; to kill

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

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

369. paukena — pumpkin

370. pea — pair; pear

371. peka — branch

372. pene — pen

373. pepa — paper; pepper

374. pereti — plate

375. pia — beer

376. piki — to increase

377. pikitia — picture, film

378. pirihimana — police officer

379. poaka — pig

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

381. pono — true, faithful

382. porou — eager, energetic

383. poti — boat

384. poto — short

385. pou — pole, post

386. pouaka — box

387. pounamu — greenstone

388. pukapuka — book, lungs

389. puku — stomach, belly

390. pukumahi — hard-working, industrious

391. pukuriri — fury; furious; grumpy

392. puna — pool, spring

393. pune — spoon

394. pupuhi — to shoot

395. pupuri — to hold onto

396. purei — to play, play

397. puta — to appear, to come out

398. putiputi — flower

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

400. Pākehā — New Zealander of European descent

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

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

403. pāpā — father, uncle

404. pāremata — parliament

405. pātai — question; to ask a question

406. pātītī — grass

407. pāua — abalone

408. pēhea — how?

409. pēke — bag

410. pēnei — like this, near speaker

411. pēnā — like that, near listener

412. pēpi — baby

413. pērā — like that, yonder

414. pēwhea — how? (variant of pēhea)

415. pīrangi — to want, desire

416. pō — night

417. Pōneke — Wellington [Port Nicholson]

418. pōro — ball (also 'paoro')

419. pōtae — hat

420. pōtiki — child; youngest child

421. pōuri — sad, dark

422. pōwhiri — welcome

423. pū — to blow gently

424. pūhā — green spinach-like vegetable

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

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

427. rahi — large, numerous, great, big

428. rama — light, torch

429. rangatira — chief, leader, boss

430. rangi — sky, day

431. rapu — to look for

432. raranga — plait; weave

433. rare — lolly

434. raro — under, below; time

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

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

437. rau — to put into; leaf

438. raumati — summer

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

440. rawe — lovely, excellent

441. reira — there (previously mentioned)

442. reka — sweet

443. reo — language, voice

444. rere — to escape; to fly

445. rerenga — sentence; flight, journey, voyage

446. reri — ready

447. reta — letter

448. rima — five

449. ringa — hand, arm

450. ringaringa — hand, arm

451. riri — anger, angry

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

453. rite — to be ready, like, similar

454. roa — long

455. rohe — district, area, boundary, territory

456. rongo — to hear, perceive, feel

457. rorohiko — computer

458. roto — in, inside, within; lake

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

460. ruku — to dive

461. runga — on

462. rā — day; the sun; over there

463. Rāhoroi — Saturday

464. rākau — tree; timber

465. rānei — or

466. rārangi — line, row

467. Rātapu — Sunday

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

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

470. rāua — them; they (two people)

471. rīhi — dish; dishes; lease

472. rīwai — potato

473. rōpū — group

474. rūma — room

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

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

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

478. taha — to pass by; side

479. tahi — one, single

480. tahitahi — to sweep

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

482. tai — tide; coast

483. taihoa — wait

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

485. take — beginning, cause, origin

486. taki — to lead, to bring along

487. takoto — to lie down

488. taku — my (singular); edge

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

490. tamaiti — child

491. tamariki — children

492. tamāhine — daughter

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

494. tangata — person

495. tangi — to cry; to make a sound

496. tango — to take hold of

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

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

499. taonga — property, possession

500. tapahi — to cut up, chop

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

502. tapu — sacred, holy, under ritual restriction

503. taputapu — gear, equipment

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

505. taraiwa — to drive; driver

506. tarau — trousers

507. tari — government department; office

508. taringa — ear

509. tata — near, close

510. tatari — to wait

511. tatau — to count

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

513. taua — that, previously mentioned (singular)

514. tauira — student; example

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

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

517. taura — rope, cable

518. tauranga — anchorage; fishing ground; resting place

519. tautoko — to support

520. tawhiti — distant, a distant place

521. tawhito — old, former

522. te — the, singular definite article

523. teina — younger sibling, same sex

524. tekau — ten

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

526. tereina — to train

527. tia — to steer, adorned

528. tiaki — to look after, to care for

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

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

531. tiki — to fetch

532. tina — dinner, lunch

533. tinana — body, trunk, torso

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

535. tino — very

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

537. tipuna — grandparent, ancestor

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

539. titiro — to look at

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

541. tohu — a qualification, eg degree

542. tohunga — expert, priest

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

544. toi — art, knowledge

545. toki — adze, axe; champion

546. tokohia — how many people?

547. tokomaha — many (of people)

548. tokorima — five (people)

549. tokorua — two (of people)

550. tokotoru — three (people)

551. tomo — to enter, go into

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

553. tonu — still

554. toro — to visit

555. toru — three

556. tua — beyond

557. tuahine — sister, of a male

558. tuakana — older sibling of the same sex

559. tuanui — roof

560. tuarua — second

561. tuatahi — first

562. tuatoru — third

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

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

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

566. tuhituhi — to write, draw

567. tuku — to put off, to leave aside

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

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

570. tuna — eel

571. tungāne — brother, of a female

572. tunu — to cook, roast

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

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

575. ture — law, rule

576. tutuki — to be finished, completed, achieved

577. tuāhine — female cousins or sisters of a male

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

579. tā — print, draw

580. tāhae — to steal

581. tāima — time

582. tākaro — to play

583. tāku — my, ā category possession, singular

584. tākuta — doctor

585. tāmaki — omen, portent

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

587. tāne — man, male

588. tāngata — people (plural of tangata)

589. tāone — town

590. tāra — dollar

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

592. tātahi — seaside, beach

593. tātau — we; us; everyone

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

595. tāu — your (singular + one item)

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

597. tāwāhi — overseas

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

599. tēhea — which, singular

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

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

602. tēnā — that, by the listener

603. tēpu — table

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

605. tērā — that over there, that

606. tētahi — a, one specific thing

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

608. tī — cabbage tree; tea

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

610. tīmata — to begin, to start

611. tītī — muttonbird

612. tō — your (singular); to drag

613. tōkena — stockings, socks

614. tōku — my (singular)

615. tōmuri — to be late

616. tōna — his, her

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

618. tōu — your, ō category possession, singular

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

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

621. tūpato — to be careful; caution, cautious

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

623. tūpāpaku — corpse, body

624. Tūrei — Tuesday

625. tūru — chair, seat, stool

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

627. ua — to rain; rain

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

629. umu — earth oven

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

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

632. utu — cost, price; to pay for

633. waea — wire; phone

634. waenganui — middle, centre, between

635. waewae — foot, leg

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

637. wahine — woman, wife

638. waho — out, outside, the outside

639. wai — water; who

640. waiata — to sing (v); song (n)

641. waiatatia — sung (pass. of waiata)

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

643. wairua — spirit

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

645. wareware — to forget; forgetful (trans)

646. waru — eight; to scrape, to peel

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

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

649. wera — to burn; burnt; hot, heat

650. whaea — mother, aunt

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

652. whakaae — to agree

653. whakaahua — to take photos; photograph

654. whakaako — teach

655. whakaaro — to think; thought, idea

656. whakaata — mirror

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

658. whakahoki — to return something, to reply

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

660. whakairo — to carve, a carving

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

662. whakamā — to be embarrassed, ashamed

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

664. whakamātautau — examination, test

665. whakaoti — complete

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

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

668. whakarite — to compare; arrange, organise

669. whakarongo — to listen

670. whakatangi — to play an instrument

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

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

673. whakautu — to reply, to respond, answer

674. whana — to kick

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

676. whara — to be injured

677. whare — house, building

678. wharenui — meeting house; hall

679. wharepaku — toilet

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

681. whatu — to weave, knit; eye

682. whawhai — to fight; a battle

683. whea — where? (variant of hea)

684. whenua — land

685. whero — red

686. whiti — to cross; shine, rise

687. whitu — seven

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

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

690. whā — four

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

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

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

694. wiki — week

695. wini — window

696. wā — time, times

697. wāhanga — chapter, episode

698. wāhi — part, portion; place

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

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

701. ā — and; and then

702. āe — yes

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

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

705. āhua — shape, form, appearance

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

707. Ākarana — Auckland

708. ākonga — student

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

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

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

712. ānō — as though; as if

713. āporo — apple

714. āpōpō — tomorrow

715. āta — gently, carefully, deliberately

716. ātaahua — beautiful, well formed

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

718. āwangawanga — worried

719. āwhea — Āwhea = ahea. ‖ hea.

720. āwhina — to help

721. āwhinatia — helped (pass of āwhina)

722. ēhea — which

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

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

725. ērā — those (over there)

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

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

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

729. ōku — mine, plural, ō category possession

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

731. Ōtautahi — Christchurch

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

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