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. amuamu — groan, grumble, complain

17. ana — indeed, when, if

18. anake — only, just, alone

19. anei — here, by me

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

21. ao — world, dawn, cloud

22. Aotearoa — New Zealand

23. ara — to rise (v); path (n)

24. ariki — chief, leader

25. aroha — love, sympathy, compassion

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

27. ata — morning, shadow

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

29. atua — god

30. au — I, me

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

32. auau — to bark, howl

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

34. awa — river, stream

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

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

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

38. eke — to embark, get onto; riding

39. engari — but

40. haere — go, come

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

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

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

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

45. hapa — mistake; supper, dinner

46. hapū — subtribe; to be pregnant

47. hararei — holiday

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

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

50. harikoa — happy, joyful, euphoric

51. hau — wind, air, breath

52. haunga — smelly, stinky

53. hauora — health, healthy

54. haurua — half

55. he — a, some; in the category of

56. hea — where?

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

58. heihei — chicken

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

60. heoi — however; and so

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

62. hia — how many?

63. hiahia — to want

64. hiainu — thirst, thirsty

65. hiakai — hungry

66. hiamoe — sleepy

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

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

69. hipi — sheep

70. hoa — friend; partner; spouse

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

72. hoatu — to give (away from speaker)

73. hoe — to paddle, row (v); oar (n)

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

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

76. hoko — to buy, sell, purchase

77. hokomaha — supermarket

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

79. homai — give (to the speaker)

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

81. hopu — to catch

82. horoi — to wash, to clean

83. horoia — washed (pass of horoi)

84. hotu — long for; sigh; sob

85. hou — new, modern; feather

86. hua — product, fruit

87. huarahi — street, path, road

88. huawhenua — vegetables

89. hui — meeting; gathered

90. huia — a treasured bird, now extinct

91. huka — sugar

92. huna — to hide

93. hunga — group, people, company of people

94. huri — to turn

95. huritau — birthday

96. hākinakina — sport; to play sport

97. hāora — hour; oxygen

98. hāte — shirt

99. hē — wrong; error, mistake

100. hēki — egg

101. hī — to catch fish with a line

102. hīkoi — to walk, step, tread

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

104. hōiho — horse

105. hōu — new, modern; fresh

106. hū — shoe

107. 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.

108. ia — he, she, him, her

109. iho — downwards

110. ihu — nose

111. ika — fish

112. ina — if, when

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

114. inanahi — yesterday

115. inapō — last night

116. Ingarangi — England

117. ingoa — name

118. inoi — pray

119. inu — to drink (v); drink (n)

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

121. ināianei — now

122. irāmutu — niece, nephew

123. iti — small, little

124. iwa — nine

125. iwi — tribe

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

127. kaha — strong, able

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

129. kai — eat (v); food (n)

130. kaiako — teacher (kai- + ako)

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

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

133. kainga — (pass) be eaten

134. kaiwhakaako — teacher

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

136. kanikani — dance, to dance

137. kanohi — face

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

139. kapu — cup

140. kara — colour

141. karaehe — class (school); glass

142. karaka — orange (colour)

143. karakia — prayer, to pray

144. karanga — to call

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

146. kararehe — animal

147. karu — eye

148. kata — to laugh

149. katakata — to laugh and laugh, laughter

150. kati — close, shut

151. kato — pluck

152. katoa — all

153. kau — swim; cow

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

155. kauhoe — to swim

156. kaukau — to bathe

157. kaumātua — elder; elderly

158. kaupapa — topic, theme, plan, subject

159. kawa — sour, yuck

160. kawe — to carry, convey

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

162. kawhe — coffee

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

164. kei te — at the moment; now

165. keke — cake

166. kete — basket, kit

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

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

169. kimi — to look for, seek

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

171. kino — bad

172. kiore — rat

173. kiri — skin

174. kiriata — movie, film

175. Kirikiriroa — Hamilton

176. kite — to see

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

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

179. koa — happy

180. koe — you, one person

181. koha — gift

182. kohi — to collect, gather together

183. kohikohi — to collect, gather together

184. koi — sharp

185. koia — it is, so

186. koinei — this is

187. konei — here, by speaker

188. konohete — concert

189. konā — there, by listener

190. kore — zero, nothing

191. koretake — useless

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

193. koroua — elderly man, grandfather

194. korā — over there

195. kotahi — one

196. koti — coat, jacket

197. koutou — you, three or more people

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

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

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

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

202. kuia — elderly woman, grandmother

203. kupu — word

204. kura — school; treasured item

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

206. kurī — dog

207. kāhore — Negative used for verb sentences

208. kāinga — home

209. kākahu — clothing, garment

210. kākāriki — green

211. kānga — corn

212. kāo — no!

213. kāore — negative used for verb sentences

214. kāpata — cupboard

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

216. kātahi — then

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

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

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

220. kēkē — armpit

221. kēmu — game

222. kī — to be full

223. kīhai — Negative word

224. kīhini — kitchen

225. kō — at a distance, yonder; shovel

226. kōhatu — stone

227. kōrero — to talk, speak

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

229. kōrua — you, two people

230. kōtiro — girl

231. kōura — crayfish

232. kōwhai — yellow; a native tree

233. kūaha — door

234. kūmara — kūmara, sweet potato

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

236. maha — many

237. mahana — to be warm, warm

238. mahara — thought, memory

239. mahi — to do, work, make

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

241. mahue — to be left behind (trans)

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

243. makariri — cold

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

245. mamae — hurt, sore, pain

246. mana — prestige, authority

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

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

249. Mane — Monday

250. mano — thousand

251. manu — bird

252. manuhiri — guest

253. marae — traditional Māori gathering place

254. marama — month, moon

255. maranga — to arise; to get up

256. maroke — dry

257. maru — power; shelter

258. mataku — scared, afraid

259. matapihi — window

260. matau — fish hook; right side

261. mate — to be sick, ill, dead

262. matekai — hungry, starving

263. matenga — time or circumstance of death

264. matua — parent, father

265. mau — to wear clothes

266. maumahara — to remember, remember

267. maunga — mountain

268. mauri — life spirit

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

270. mauī — left (direction)

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

272. mea — a thing (n); to say (v)

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

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

275. mema — member, members

276. mere — bush, shrub

277. mihi — to greet; thank; acknowledge

278. minita — minister

279. miraka — milk

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

281. moana — sea

282. moata — early; early morning

283. moe — sleep; to marry

284. moenga — bed

285. mokemoke — lonely

286. mokopuna — grandchild

287. momo — type, kind

288. moni — money

289. motokā — car, motorcar

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

291. motukā — car

292. mua — front, before

293. muri — behind, after

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

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

296. mā — clean, white, and others

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

298. māhita — teacher

299. māia — capable, brave, bold

300. māku — for me, by me

301. mākū — to be saturated, wet, damp

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

303. māna — for him, her, by him, her

304. māngere — lazy

305. Māori — indigenous people of Aotearoa/New Zealand

306. māra — garden

307. mārama — clear, understand

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

309. mātau — to know, understand

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

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

312. mātāmua — eldest; first; main

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

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

315. māui — on the left hand, left side

316. māuiui — sick

317. mīti — meat

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

319. mōhio — to know

320. mōkai — pet

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

322. mōmona — fat

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

324. mōrena — good morning

325. mōu — for you

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

327. nama — number

328. nanahi — yesterday

329. nei — here, by speaker

330. ngahere — forest, bush

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

332. ngenge — tired

333. ngeru — cat

334. ngā — the, plural

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

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

337. niho — tooth

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

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

340. noho — to live; sit

341. nui — big, great, many

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

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

344. nāianei — now

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

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

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

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

349. nō — from

350. nōku — mine, realised possession, ō category

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

352. nōu — yours

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

354. oho — to wake up

355. oma — to run, escape

356. one — beach, sand

357. ono — six

358. ope — group travelling together

359. ora — alive, well, healthy, safe

360. oti — to be completed

361. pahi — bus

362. pahikara — bicycle

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

364. paihikara — bike

365. pakari — mature, ripe

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

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

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

369. paku — small

370. panana — banana

371. pango — black

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

373. papa — floor, ground, flat surface

374. parakuihi — breakfast

375. paru — dirt, mud, dirty

376. parāoa — bread, flour

377. pata — butter

378. patu — to strike, hit; to kill

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

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

381. paukena — pumpkin

382. pea — pair; pear

383. peka — branch

384. pene — pen

385. pepa — paper; pepper

386. pereti — plate

387. pia — beer

388. piki — to increase

389. pikitia — picture, film

390. pirihimana — police officer

391. poaka — pig

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

393. pono — true, faithful

394. porou — eager, energetic

395. poti — boat

396. poto — short

397. pou — pole, post

398. pouaka — box

399. pounamu — greenstone

400. pukapuka — book, lungs

401. puku — stomach, belly

402. pukumahi — hard-working, industrious

403. pukuriri — fury; furious; grumpy

404. puna — pool, spring

405. pune — spoon

406. pupuhi — to shoot

407. pupuri — to hold onto

408. purei — to play, play

409. puta — to appear, to come out

410. putiputi — flower

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

412. Pākehā — New Zealander of European descent

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

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

415. pāpā — father, uncle

416. pāremata — parliament

417. pātai — question; to ask a question

418. pātītī — grass

419. pāua — abalone

420. pēhea — how?

421. pēke — bag

422. pēnei — like this, near speaker

423. pēnā — like that, near listener

424. pēpi — baby

425. pērā — like that, yonder

426. pēwhea — how? (variant of pēhea)

427. pīrangi — to want, desire

428. pō — night

429. Pōneke — Wellington [Port Nicholson]

430. pōro — ball (also 'paoro')

431. pōtae — hat

432. pōtiki — child; youngest child

433. pōuri — sad, dark

434. pōwhiri — welcome

435. pū — to blow gently

436. pūhā — green spinach-like vegetable

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

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

439. rahi — large, numerous, great, big

440. rama — light, torch

441. rangatira — chief, leader, boss

442. rangi — sky, day

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

444. rapu — to look for

445. raranga — plait; weave

446. rare — lolly

447. raro — under, below; time

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

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

450. rau — to put into; leaf

451. raumati — summer

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

453. rawe — lovely, excellent

454. reira — there (previously mentioned)

455. reka — sweet

456. reo — language, voice

457. rere — to escape; to fly

458. rerenga — sentence; flight, journey, voyage

459. reri — ready

460. reta — letter

461. rima — five

462. ringa — hand, arm

463. ringaringa — hand, arm

464. riri — anger, angry

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

466. rite — to be ready, like, similar

467. roa — long

468. rohe — district, area, boundary, territory

469. rongo — to hear, perceive, feel

470. rongoā — medicine

471. rorohiko — computer

472. roto — in, inside, within; lake

473. rourou — small basket, food basket

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

475. ruku — to dive

476. runga — on

477. rā — day; the sun; over there

478. Rāhoroi — Saturday

479. rākau — tree; timber

480. rānei — or

481. rārangi — line, row

482. Rātapu — Sunday

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

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

485. rāua — them; they (two people)

486. rīhi — dish; dishes; lease

487. rīwai — potato

488. rōpū — group

489. rūma — room

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

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

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

493. taha — to pass by; side

494. tahi — one, single

495. tahitahi — to sweep

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

497. tai — tide; coast

498. taihoa — wait

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

500. take — beginning, cause, origin

501. taki — to lead, to bring along

502. takoto — to lie down

503. taku — my (singular); edge

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

505. tamaiti — child

506. tamariki — children

507. tamāhine — daughter

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

509. tane — Tane. 1. v.i. Eructate after food. 2. n. In the…

510. tanga — Tanga.— tatanga, a. 1. Alert, prompt, ready. Me whakarite rawa…

511. tangata — person

512. tangi — to cry; to make a sound

513. tango — to take hold of

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

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

516. taokete — brother-in-law (of a male), sister-in-law (of a female)

517. taonga — property, possession

518. tapahi — to cut up, chop

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

520. tapu — sacred, holy, under ritual restriction

521. taputapu — gear, equipment

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

523. taraiwa — to drive; driver

524. taraka — truck

525. tarau — trousers

526. tari — government department; office

527. taringa — ear

528. tata — near, close

529. tatari — to wait

530. tatau — to count

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

532. taua — that, previously mentioned (singular)

533. tauira — student; example

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

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

536. taura — rope, cable

537. tauranga — anchorage; fishing ground; resting place

538. taurekareka — scoundrel; slave

539. tautoko — to support

540. tawhiti — distant, a distant place

541. tawhito — old, former

542. te — the, singular definite article

543. teina — younger sibling, same sex

544. tekau — ten

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

546. tereina — to train

547. tia — to steer, adorned

548. tiaki — to look after, to care for

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

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

551. tiki — to fetch

552. tina — dinner, lunch

553. tinana — body, trunk, torso

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

555. tino — very

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

557. tipuna — grandparent, ancestor

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

559. titiro — to look at

560. tito — compose story or song; fiction; invent

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

562. tohu — a qualification, eg degree

563. tohunga — expert, priest

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

565. toi — art, knowledge

566. toka — rock

567. toki — adze, axe; champion

568. tokohia — how many people?

569. tokomaha — many (of people)

570. tokorima — five (people)

571. tokorua — two (of people)

572. tokotoru — three (people)

573. tomo — to enter, go into

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

575. tonu — still

576. toro — to visit

577. toru — three

578. tote — salt

579. toto — blood

580. tua — beyond

581. tuahine — sister, of a male

582. tuakana — older sibling of the same sex

583. tuanui — roof

584. tuarua — second

585. tuatahi — first

586. tuatoru — third

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

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

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

590. tuhituhi — to write, draw

591. tuku — to put off, to leave aside

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

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

594. tuna — eel

595. tungāne — brother, of a female

596. tunu — to cook, roast

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

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

599. ture — law, rule

600. turituri — be quiet! noisy

601. tutuki — to be finished, completed, achieved

602. tuāhine — female cousins or sisters of a male

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

604. tā — print, draw

605. tāhae — to steal

606. tāima — time

607. tākaro — to play

608. tāku — my, ā category possession, singular

609. tākuta — doctor

610. tāmaki — omen, portent

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

612. tāne — man, male

613. tāngata — people (plural of tangata)

614. tāone — town

615. tāra — dollar

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

617. tātahi — seaside, beach

618. tātau — we; us; everyone

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

620. tāu — your (singular + one item)

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

622. tāwāhi — overseas

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

624. tēhea — which, singular

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

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

627. tēnā — that, by the listener

628. tēpu — table

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

630. tērā — that over there, that

631. tētahi — a, one specific thing

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

633. tī — cabbage tree; tea

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

635. tīmata — to begin, to start

636. tīpuna — grandparents (plural form of tipuna)

637. tītī — muttonbird

638. tō — your (singular); to drag

639. tōhi — toast

640. tōkena — stockings, socks

641. tōku — my (singular)

642. tōmuri — to be late

643. tōna — his, her

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

645. tōu — your, ō category possession, singular

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

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

648. tūpato — to be careful; caution, cautious

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

650. tūpāpaku — corpse, body

651. Tūrei — Tuesday

652. tūru — chair, seat, stool

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

654. ua — to rain; rain

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

656. umu — earth oven

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

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

659. utu — cost, price; to pay for

660. waea — wire; phone

661. waenganui — middle, centre, between

662. waewae — foot, leg

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

664. wahie — driftwood

665. wahine — woman, wife

666. waho — out, outside, the outside

667. wai — water; who

668. waiata — to sing (v); song (n)

669. waiatatia — sung (pass. of waiata)

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

671. wairua — spirit

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

673. wareware — to forget; forgetful (trans)

674. waru — eight; to scrape, to peel

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

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

677. wera — to burn; burnt; hot, heat

678. whaea — mother, aunt

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

680. whaikōrero — oratory

681. whakaae — to agree

682. whakaahua — to take photos; photograph

683. whakaako — teach

684. whakaaro — to think; thought, idea

685. whakaata — mirror

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

687. whakahoki — to return something, to reply

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

689. whakairo — to carve, a carving

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

691. whakamā — to be embarrassed, ashamed

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

693. whakamātautau — examination, test

694. whakaoti — complete

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

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

697. whakarite — to compare; arrange, organise

698. whakarongo — to listen

699. whakatangi — to play an instrument

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

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

702. whakautu — to reply, to respond, answer

703. whana — to kick

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

705. whara — to be injured

706. whare — house, building

707. wharekai — restaurant

708. wharekura — Māori-medium secondary school

709. wharenui — meeting house; hall

710. wharepaku — toilet

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

712. whatu — to weave, knit; eye

713. whawhai — to fight; a battle

714. whea — where? (variant of hea)

715. whenua — land

716. whero — red

717. whiti — to cross; shine, rise

718. whitu — seven

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

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

721. whā — four

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

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

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

725. whāriki — mat, carpet, rug

726. wiki — week

727. wini — window

728. wā — time, times

729. wāhanga — chapter, episode

730. wāhi — part, portion; place

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

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

733. ā — and; and then

734. āe — yes

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

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

737. āhua — shape, form, appearance

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

739. Ākarana — Auckland

740. ākonga — student

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

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

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

744. ānō — as though; as if

745. āporo — apple

746. āpōpō — tomorrow

747. āta — gently, carefully, deliberately

748. ātaahua — beautiful, well formed

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

750. āwangawanga — worried

751. āwhea — Āwhea = ahea. ‖ hea.

752. āwhina — to help

753. āwhinatia — helped (pass of āwhina)

754. ēhea — which

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

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

757. ērā — those (over there)

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

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

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

761. ōku — mine, plural, ō category possession

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

763. Ōtautahi — Christchurch

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

765. ū — breast, udder (n); to be devoted (v)

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