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. konohete — concert

185. konā — there, by listener

186. kore — zero, nothing

187. koretake — useless

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

189. koroua — elderly man, grandfather

190. korā — over there

191. kotahi — one

192. koti — coat, jacket

193. koutou — you, three or more people

194. ku — Ku (i). pronominal suffix of the 1st pers. sing., which…

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

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

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

198. kuia — elderly woman, grandmother

199. kupu — word

200. kura — school; treasured item

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

202. kurī — dog

203. kāhore — Negative used for verb sentences

204. kāinga — home

205. kākahu — clothing, garment

206. kākāriki — green

207. kānga — corn

208. kāo — no!

209. kāore — negative used for verb sentences

210. kāpata — cupboard

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

212. kātahi — then

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

214. kāwanatanga — government (kāwana + nominal suffix -tanga)

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

216. kēkē — armpit

217. kēmu — game

218. kī — to be full

219. kīhai — Negative word

220. kīhini — kitchen

221. kō — at a distance, yonder; shovel

222. kōhatu — stone

223. kōrero — to talk, speak

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

225. kōrua — you, two people

226. kōtiro — girl

227. kōura — crayfish

228. kōwhai — yellow; a native tree

229. kūaha — door

230. kūmara — kūmara, sweet potato

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

232. maha — many

233. mahana — to be warm, warm

234. mahara — thought, memory

235. mahi — to do, work, make

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

237. mahue — to be left behind (trans)

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

239. makariri — cold

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

241. mamae — hurt, sore, pain

242. mana — prestige, authority

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

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

245. Mane — Monday

246. mano — thousand

247. manu — bird

248. manuhiri — guest

249. marae — traditional Māori gathering place

250. marama — month, moon

251. maranga — to arise; to get up

252. maroke — dry

253. maru — power; shelter

254. mataku — scared, afraid

255. matapihi — window

256. matau — fish hook; right side

257. mate — to be sick, ill, dead

258. matekai — hungry, starving

259. matenga — time or circumstance of death

260. matua — parent, father

261. mau — to wear clothes

262. maumahara — to remember, remember

263. maunga — mountain

264. mauri — life spirit

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

266. mauī — left (direction)

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

268. mea — a thing (n); to say (v)

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

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

271. mema — member, members

272. mere — bush, shrub

273. mihi — to greet; thank; acknowledge

274. minita — minister

275. miraka — milk

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

277. moana — sea

278. moata — early; early morning

279. moe — sleep; to marry

280. moenga — bed

281. mokemoke — lonely

282. mokopuna — grandchild

283. momo — type, kind

284. moni — money

285. motokā — car, motorcar

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

287. motukā — car

288. mua — front, before

289. muri — behind, after

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

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

292. mā — clean, white, and others

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

294. māhita — teacher

295. māia — capable, brave, bold

296. māku — for me, by me

297. mākū — to be saturated, wet, damp

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

299. māna — for him, her, by him, her

300. māngere — lazy

301. Māori — indigenous people of Aotearoa/New Zealand

302. māra — garden

303. mārama — clear, understand

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

305. mātau — to know, understand

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

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

308. mātāmua — eldest; first; main

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

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

311. māui — on the left hand, left side

312. māuiui — sick

313. mīti — meat

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

315. mōhio — to know

316. mōkai — pet

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

318. mōmona — fat

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

320. mōrena — good morning

321. mōu — for you

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

323. nama — number

324. nanahi — yesterday

325. nei — here, by speaker

326. ngahere — forest, bush

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

328. ngenge — tired

329. ngeru — cat

330. ngā — the, plural

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

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

333. niho — tooth

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

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

336. noho — to live; sit

337. nui — big, great, many

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

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

340. nāianei — now

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

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

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

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

345. nō — from

346. nōku — mine, realised possession, ō category

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

348. nōu — yours

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

350. oho — to wake up

351. oma — to run, escape

352. one — beach, sand

353. ono — six

354. ope — group travelling together

355. ora — alive, well, healthy, safe

356. oti — to be completed

357. pahi — bus

358. pahikara — bicycle

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

360. paihikara — bike

361. pakari — mature, ripe

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

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

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

365. paku — small

366. panana — banana

367. pango — black

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

369. papa — floor, ground, flat surface

370. parakuihi — breakfast

371. paru — dirt, mud, dirty

372. parāoa — bread, flour

373. pata — butter

374. patu — to strike, hit; to kill

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

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

377. paukena — pumpkin

378. pea — pair; pear

379. peka — branch

380. pene — pen

381. pepa — paper; pepper

382. pereti — plate

383. pia — beer

384. piki — to increase

385. pikitia — picture, film

386. pirihimana — police officer

387. poaka — pig

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

389. pono — true, faithful

390. porou — eager, energetic

391. poti — boat

392. poto — short

393. pou — pole, post

394. pouaka — box

395. pounamu — greenstone

396. pukapuka — book, lungs

397. puku — stomach, belly

398. pukumahi — hard-working, industrious

399. pukuriri — fury; furious; grumpy

400. puna — pool, spring

401. pune — spoon

402. pupuhi — to shoot

403. pupuri — to hold onto

404. purei — to play, play

405. puta — to appear, to come out

406. putiputi — flower

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

408. Pākehā — New Zealander of European descent

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

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

411. pāpā — father, uncle

412. pāremata — parliament

413. pātai — question; to ask a question

414. pātītī — grass

415. pāua — abalone

416. pēhea — how?

417. pēke — bag

418. pēnei — like this, near speaker

419. pēnā — like that, near listener

420. pēpi — baby

421. pērā — like that, yonder

422. pēwhea — how? (variant of pēhea)

423. pīrangi — to want, desire

424. pō — night

425. Pōneke — Wellington [Port Nicholson]

426. pōro — ball (also 'paoro')

427. pōtae — hat

428. pōtiki — child; youngest child

429. pōuri — sad, dark

430. pōwhiri — welcome

431. pū — to blow gently

432. pūhā — green spinach-like vegetable

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

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

435. rahi — large, numerous, great, big

436. rama — light, torch

437. rangatira — chief, leader, boss

438. rangi — sky, day

439. rangona — to be heard (passive form of rongo)

440. rapu — to look for

441. raranga — plait; weave

442. rare — lolly

443. raro — under, below; time

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

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

446. rau — to put into; leaf

447. raumati — summer

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

449. rawe — lovely, excellent

450. reira — there (previously mentioned)

451. reka — sweet

452. reo — language, voice

453. rere — to escape; to fly

454. rerenga — sentence; flight, journey, voyage

455. reri — ready

456. reta — letter

457. rima — five

458. ringa — hand, arm

459. ringaringa — hand, arm

460. riri — anger, angry

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

462. rite — to be ready, like, similar

463. roa — long

464. rohe — district, area, boundary, territory

465. rongo — to hear, perceive, feel

466. rongoā — medicine

467. rorohiko — computer

468. roto — in, inside, within; lake

469. rourou — small basket, food basket

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

471. ruku — to dive

472. runga — on

473. rā — day; the sun; over there

474. Rāhoroi — Saturday

475. rākau — tree; timber

476. rānei — or

477. rārangi — line, row

478. Rātapu — Sunday

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

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

481. rāua — them; they (two people)

482. rīhi — dish; dishes; lease

483. rīwai — potato

484. rōpū — group

485. rūma — room

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

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

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

489. taha — to pass by; side

490. tahi — one, single

491. tahitahi — to sweep

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

493. tai — tide; coast

494. taihoa — wait

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

496. take — beginning, cause, origin

497. taki — to lead, to bring along

498. takoto — to lie down

499. taku — my (singular); edge

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

501. tamaiti — child

502. tamariki — children

503. tamāhine — daughter

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

505. tangata — person

506. tangi — to cry; to make a sound

507. tango — to take hold of

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

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

510. taonga — property, possession

511. tapahi — to cut up, chop

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

513. tapu — sacred, holy, under ritual restriction

514. taputapu — gear, equipment

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

516. taraiwa — to drive; driver

517. tarau — trousers

518. tari — government department; office

519. taringa — ear

520. tata — near, close

521. tatari — to wait

522. tatau — to count

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

524. taua — that, previously mentioned (singular)

525. tauira — student; example

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

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

528. taura — rope, cable

529. tauranga — anchorage; fishing ground; resting place

530. tautoko — to support

531. tawhiti — distant, a distant place

532. tawhito — old, former

533. te — the, singular definite article

534. teina — younger sibling, same sex

535. tekau — ten

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

537. tereina — to train

538. tia — to steer, adorned

539. tiaki — to look after, to care for

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

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

542. tiki — to fetch

543. tina — dinner, lunch

544. tinana — body, trunk, torso

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

546. tino — very

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

548. tipuna — grandparent, ancestor

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

550. titiro — to look at

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

552. tohu — a qualification, eg degree

553. tohunga — expert, priest

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

555. toi — art, knowledge

556. toki — adze, axe; champion

557. tokohia — how many people?

558. tokomaha — many (of people)

559. tokorima — five (people)

560. tokorua — two (of people)

561. tokotoru — three (people)

562. tomo — to enter, go into

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

564. tonu — still

565. toro — to visit

566. toru — three

567. tua — beyond

568. tuahine — sister, of a male

569. tuakana — older sibling of the same sex

570. tuanui — roof

571. tuarua — second

572. tuatahi — first

573. tuatoru — third

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

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

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

577. tuhituhi — to write, draw

578. tuku — to put off, to leave aside

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

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

581. tuna — eel

582. tungāne — brother, of a female

583. tunu — to cook, roast

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

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

586. ture — law, rule

587. tutuki — to be finished, completed, achieved

588. tuāhine — female cousins or sisters of a male

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

590. tā — print, draw

591. tāhae — to steal

592. tāima — time

593. tākaro — to play

594. tāku — my, ā category possession, singular

595. tākuta — doctor

596. tāmaki — omen, portent

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

598. tāne — man, male

599. tāngata — people (plural of tangata)

600. tāone — town

601. tāra — dollar

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

603. tātahi — seaside, beach

604. tātau — we; us; everyone

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

606. tāu — your (singular + one item)

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

608. tāwāhi — overseas

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

610. tēhea — which, singular

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

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

613. tēnā — that, by the listener

614. tēpu — table

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

616. tērā — that over there, that

617. tētahi — a, one specific thing

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

619. tī — cabbage tree; tea

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

621. tīmata — to begin, to start

622. tītī — muttonbird

623. tō — your (singular); to drag

624. tōkena — stockings, socks

625. tōku — my (singular)

626. tōmuri — to be late

627. tōna — his, her

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

629. tōu — your, ō category possession, singular

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

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

632. tūpato — to be careful; caution, cautious

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

634. tūpāpaku — corpse, body

635. Tūrei — Tuesday

636. tūru — chair, seat, stool

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

638. ua — to rain; rain

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

640. umu — earth oven

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

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

643. utu — cost, price; to pay for

644. waea — wire; phone

645. waenganui — middle, centre, between

646. waewae — foot, leg

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

648. wahine — woman, wife

649. waho — out, outside, the outside

650. wai — water; who

651. waiata — to sing (v); song (n)

652. waiatatia — sung (pass. of waiata)

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

654. wairua — spirit

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

656. wareware — to forget; forgetful (trans)

657. waru — eight; to scrape, to peel

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

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

660. wera — to burn; burnt; hot, heat

661. whaea — mother, aunt

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

663. whakaae — to agree

664. whakaahua — to take photos; photograph

665. whakaako — teach

666. whakaaro — to think; thought, idea

667. whakaata — mirror

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

669. whakahoki — to return something, to reply

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

671. whakairo — to carve, a carving

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

673. whakamā — to be embarrassed, ashamed

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

675. whakamātautau — examination, test

676. whakaoti — complete

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

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

679. whakarite — to compare; arrange, organise

680. whakarongo — to listen

681. whakatangi — to play an instrument

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

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

684. whakautu — to reply, to respond, answer

685. whana — to kick

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

687. whara — to be injured

688. whare — house, building

689. wharenui — meeting house; hall

690. wharepaku — toilet

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

692. whatu — to weave, knit; eye

693. whawhai — to fight; a battle

694. whea — where? (variant of hea)

695. whenua — land

696. whero — red

697. whiti — to cross; shine, rise

698. whitu — seven

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

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

701. whā — four

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

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

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

705. wiki — week

706. wini — window

707. wā — time, times

708. wāhanga — chapter, episode

709. wāhi — part, portion; place

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

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

712. ā — and; and then

713. āe — yes

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

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

716. āhua — shape, form, appearance

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

718. Ākarana — Auckland

719. ākonga — student

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

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

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

723. ānō — as though; as if

724. āporo — apple

725. āpōpō — tomorrow

726. āta — gently, carefully, deliberately

727. ātaahua — beautiful, well formed

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

729. āwangawanga — worried

730. āwhea — Āwhea = ahea. ‖ hea.

731. āwhina — to help

732. āwhinatia — helped (pass of āwhina)

733. ēhea — which

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

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

736. ērā — those (over there)

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

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

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

740. ōku — mine, plural, ō category possession

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

742. Ōtautahi — Christchurch

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

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