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. kapua — cloud

141. kara — colour

142. karaehe — class (school); glass

143. karahipi — scholarship

144. karaka — orange (colour)

145. karakia — prayer, to pray

146. karanga — to call

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

148. kararehe — animal

149. karu — eye

150. kata — to laugh

151. katakata — to laugh and laugh, laughter

152. kati — close, shut

153. kato — pluck

154. katoa — all

155. kau — swim; cow

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

157. kauhoe — to swim

158. kaukau — to bathe

159. kaumātua — elder; elderly

160. kaupapa — topic, theme, plan, subject

161. kawa — sour, yuck

162. kawe — to carry, convey

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

164. kawhe — coffee

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

166. kei te — at the moment; now

167. keke — cake

168. kete — basket, kit

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

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

171. kimi — to look for, seek

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

173. kino — bad

174. kiore — rat

175. kiri — skin

176. kiriata — movie, film

177. Kirikiriroa — Hamilton

178. kite — to see

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

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

181. koa — happy

182. koe — you, one person

183. koha — gift

184. kohi — to collect, gather together

185. kohikohi — to collect, gather together

186. koi — sharp

187. koia — it is, so

188. koinei — this is

189. konei — here, by speaker

190. konohete — concert

191. konā — there, by listener

192. kore — zero, nothing

193. koretake — useless

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

195. koroua — elderly man, grandfather

196. korā — over there

197. kotahi — one

198. koti — coat, jacket

199. koutou — you, three or more people

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

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

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

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

204. kuia — elderly woman, grandmother

205. kupu — word

206. kura — school; treasured item

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

208. kurī — dog

209. kā — to burn, be alight

210. kāhore — Negative used for verb sentences

211. kāinga — home

212. kākahu — clothing, garment

213. kākāriki — green

214. kānga — corn

215. kāo — no!

216. kāore — negative used for verb sentences

217. kāpata — cupboard

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

219. kāri — playing card

220. kātahi — then

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

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

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

224. kēkē — armpit

225. kēmu — game

226. kī — to be full

227. kīhai — Negative word

228. kīhini — kitchen

229. kō — at a distance, yonder; shovel

230. kōhatu — stone

231. kōrero — to talk, speak

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

233. kōrua — you, two people

234. kōtiro — girl

235. kōura — crayfish

236. kōwhai — yellow; a native tree

237. kūaha — door

238. kūmara — kūmara, sweet potato

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

240. maha — many

241. mahana — to be warm, warm

242. mahara — thought, memory

243. mahi — to do, work, make

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

245. mahue — to be left behind (trans)

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

247. makariri — cold

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

249. makere — to get down from

250. mamae — hurt, sore, pain

251. mana — prestige, authority

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

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

254. Mane — Monday

255. mano — thousand

256. manu — bird

257. manuhiri — guest

258. marae — traditional Māori gathering place

259. marama — month, moon

260. maranga — to arise; to get up

261. maroke — dry

262. maru — power; shelter

263. mataku — scared, afraid

264. matapihi — window

265. matau — fish hook; right side

266. mate — to be sick, ill, dead

267. matekai — hungry, starving

268. matenga — time or circumstance of death

269. matua — parent, father

270. mau — to wear clothes

271. maumahara — to remember, remember

272. maunga — mountain

273. mauri — life spirit

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

275. mauī — left (direction)

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

277. mea — a thing (n); to say (v)

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

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

280. mema — member, members

281. meneti — minute

282. mere — bush, shrub

283. mihi — to greet; thank; acknowledge

284. minita — minister

285. miraka — milk

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

287. moana — sea

288. moata — early; early morning

289. moe — sleep; to marry

290. moenga — bed

291. mokemoke — lonely

292. mokopuna — grandchild

293. momo — type, kind

294. moni — money

295. motokā — car, motorcar

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

297. motukā — car

298. mua — front, before

299. muri — behind, after

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

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

302. mā — clean, white, and others

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

304. māhita — teacher

305. māia — capable, brave, bold

306. māku — for me, by me

307. mākū — to be saturated, wet, damp

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

309. māna — for him, her, by him, her

310. māngere — lazy

311. Māori — indigenous people of Aotearoa/New Zealand

312. māra — garden

313. mārama — clear, understand

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

315. mātau — to know, understand

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

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

318. mātāmua — eldest; first; main

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

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

321. māui — on the left hand, left side

322. māuiui — sick

323. mīti — meat

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

325. mōhio — to know

326. mōkai — pet

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

328. mōmona — fat

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

330. mōrena — good morning

331. mōu — for you

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

333. nama — number

334. nanahi — yesterday

335. nei — here, by speaker

336. ngahere — forest, bush

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

338. ngenge — tired

339. ngeru — cat

340. ngā — the, plural

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

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

343. niho — tooth

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

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

346. noho — to live; sit

347. nui — big, great, many

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

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

350. nāianei — now

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

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

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

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

355. nō — from

356. nōku — mine, realised possession, ō category

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

358. nōu — yours

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

360. oho — to wake up

361. oma — to run, escape

362. one — beach, sand

363. ono — six

364. ope — group travelling together

365. ora — alive, well, healthy, safe

366. oti — to be completed

367. pahi — bus

368. pahikara — bicycle

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

370. paihikara — bike

371. pakari — mature, ripe

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

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

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

375. paku — small

376. panana — banana

377. pango — black

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

379. papa — floor, ground, flat surface

380. parakuihi — breakfast

381. paru — dirt, mud, dirty

382. parāoa — bread, flour

383. pata — butter

384. patu — to strike, hit; to kill

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

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

387. paukena — pumpkin

388. pea — pair; pear

389. peka — branch

390. pene — pen

391. pepa — paper; pepper

392. pereti — plate

393. pia — beer

394. piki — to increase

395. pikitia — picture, film

396. pirihimana — police officer

397. poaka — pig

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

399. pono — true, faithful

400. porou — eager, energetic

401. poti — boat

402. poto — short

403. pou — pole, post

404. pouaka — box

405. pounamu — greenstone

406. pukapuka — book, lungs

407. puku — stomach, belly

408. pukumahi — hard-working, industrious

409. pukuriri — fury; furious; grumpy

410. puna — pool, spring

411. pune — spoon

412. pupuhi — to shoot

413. pupuri — to hold onto

414. purei — to play, play

415. puta — to appear, to come out

416. putiputi — flower

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

418. Pākehā — New Zealander of European descent

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

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

421. pāpā — father, uncle

422. pāremata — parliament

423. pātai — question; to ask a question

424. pātītī — grass

425. pāua — abalone

426. pēhea — how?

427. pēke — bag

428. pēnei — like this, near speaker

429. pēnā — like that, near listener

430. pēpi — baby

431. pērā — like that, yonder

432. pēwhea — how? (variant of pēhea)

433. pīrangi — to want, desire

434. pō — night

435. Pōneke — Wellington [Port Nicholson]

436. pōro — ball (also 'paoro')

437. pōtae — hat

438. pōtiki — child; youngest child

439. pōuri — sad, dark

440. pōwhiri — welcome

441. pū — to blow gently

442. pūhā — green spinach-like vegetable

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

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

445. rahi — large, numerous, great, big

446. rama — light, torch

447. rangatira — chief, leader, boss

448. rangi — sky, day

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

450. rapu — to look for

451. raranga — plait; weave

452. rare — lolly

453. raro — under, below; time

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

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

456. rau — to put into; leaf

457. raumati — summer

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

459. rawe — lovely, excellent

460. reira — there (previously mentioned)

461. reka — sweet

462. reo — language, voice

463. rere — to escape; to fly

464. rerenga — sentence; flight, journey, voyage

465. reri — ready

466. reta — letter

467. rima — five

468. ringa — hand, arm

469. ringaringa — hand, arm

470. riri — anger, angry

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

472. rite — to be ready, like, similar

473. roa — long

474. rohe — district, area, boundary, territory

475. rongo — to hear, perceive, feel

476. rongoā — medicine

477. rorohiko — computer

478. roto — in, inside, within; lake

479. rourou — small basket, food basket

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

481. ruku — to dive

482. runga — on

483. rā — day; the sun; over there

484. Rāhoroi — Saturday

485. rākau — tree; timber

486. rānei — or

487. rārangi — line, row

488. Rātapu — Sunday

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

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

491. rāua — them; they (two people)

492. rīhi — dish; dishes; lease

493. rīwai — potato

494. rōpū — group

495. rūma — room

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

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

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

499. taha — to pass by; side

500. tahi — one, single

501. tahitahi — to sweep

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

503. tai — tide; coast

504. taihoa — wait

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

506. take — beginning, cause, origin

507. taki — to lead, to bring along

508. takoto — to lie down

509. taku — my (singular); edge

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

511. tamaiti — child

512. tamariki — children

513. tamāhine — daughter

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

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

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

517. tangata — person

518. tangi — to cry; to make a sound

519. tango — to take hold of

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

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

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

523. taonga — property, possession

524. tapahi — to cut up, chop

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

526. tapu — sacred, holy, under ritual restriction

527. taputapu — gear, equipment

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

529. taraiwa — to drive; driver

530. taraka — truck

531. tarau — trousers

532. tari — government department; office

533. taringa — ear

534. tata — near, close

535. tatari — to wait

536. tatau — to count

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

538. taua — that, previously mentioned (singular)

539. tauira — student; example

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

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

542. taura — rope, cable

543. tauranga — anchorage; fishing ground; resting place

544. taurekareka — scoundrel; slave

545. tautoko — to support

546. tawhiti — distant, a distant place

547. tawhito — old, former

548. te — the, singular definite article

549. teina — younger sibling, same sex

550. tekau — ten

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

552. tereina — to train

553. tia — to steer, adorned

554. tiaki — to look after, to care for

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

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

557. tiki — to fetch

558. tina — dinner, lunch

559. tinana — body, trunk, torso

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

561. tino — very

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

563. tipuna — grandparent, ancestor

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

565. titiro — to look at

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

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

568. tohu — a qualification, eg degree

569. tohunga — expert, priest

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

571. toi — art, knowledge

572. toka — rock

573. toki — adze, axe; champion

574. tokohia — how many people?

575. tokomaha — many (of people)

576. tokorima — five (people)

577. tokorua — two (of people)

578. tokotoru — three (people)

579. tomo — to enter, go into

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

581. tonu — still

582. toro — to visit

583. toru — three

584. tote — salt

585. toto — blood

586. tua — beyond

587. tuahine — sister, of a male

588. tuakana — older sibling of the same sex

589. tuanui — roof

590. tuarua — second

591. tuatahi — first

592. tuatoru — third

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

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

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

596. tuhituhi — to write, draw

597. tuku — to put off, to leave aside

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

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

600. tuna — eel

601. tungāne — brother, of a female

602. tunu — to cook, roast

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

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

605. ture — law, rule

606. turituri — be quiet! noisy

607. tutuki — to be finished, completed, achieved

608. tuāhine — female cousins or sisters of a male

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

610. tā — print, draw

611. tāhae — to steal

612. tāima — time

613. tākaro — to play

614. tāku — my, ā category possession, singular

615. tākuta — doctor

616. tāmaki — omen, portent

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

618. tāne — man, male

619. tāngata — people (plural of tangata)

620. tāone — town

621. tāra — dollar

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

623. tātahi — seaside, beach

624. tātau — we; us; everyone

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

626. tāu — your (singular + one item)

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

628. tāwāhi — overseas

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

630. tēhea — which, singular

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

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

633. tēnā — that, by the listener

634. tēpu — table

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

636. tērā — that over there, that

637. tētahi — a, one specific thing

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

639. tī — cabbage tree; tea

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

641. tīmata — to begin, to start

642. tīpuna — grandparents (plural form of tipuna)

643. tītī — muttonbird

644. tō — your (singular); to drag

645. tōhi — toast

646. tōkena — stockings, socks

647. tōku — my (singular)

648. tōmuri — to be late

649. tōna — his, her

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

651. tōu — your, ō category possession, singular

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

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

654. tūpato — to be careful; caution, cautious

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

656. tūpāpaku — corpse, body

657. Tūrei — Tuesday

658. tūru — chair, seat, stool

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

660. ua — to rain; rain

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

662. umu — earth oven

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

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

665. utu — cost, price; to pay for

666. waea — wire; phone

667. waenganui — middle, centre, between

668. waewae — foot, leg

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

670. wahie — driftwood

671. wahine — woman, wife

672. waho — out, outside, the outside

673. wai — water; who

674. waiata — to sing (v); song (n)

675. waiatatia — sung (pass. of waiata)

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

677. wairua — spirit

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

679. wareware — to forget; forgetful (trans)

680. waru — eight; to scrape, to peel

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

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

683. wera — to burn; burnt; hot, heat

684. whaea — mother, aunt

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

686. whaikōrero — oratory

687. whakaae — to agree

688. whakaahua — to take photos; photograph

689. whakaako — teach

690. whakaaro — to think; thought, idea

691. whakaata — mirror

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

693. whakahoki — to return something, to reply

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

695. whakairo — to carve, a carving

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

697. whakamā — to be embarrassed, ashamed

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

699. whakamātautau — examination, test

700. whakaoti — complete

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

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

703. whakarite — to compare; arrange, organise

704. whakarongo — to listen

705. whakatangi — to play an instrument

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

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

708. whakautu — to reply, to respond, answer

709. whana — to kick

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

711. whara — to be injured

712. whare — house, building

713. wharekai — restaurant

714. wharekura — Māori-medium secondary school

715. wharenui — meeting house; hall

716. wharepaku — toilet

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

718. whatu — to weave, knit; eye

719. whawhai — to fight; a battle

720. whea — where? (variant of hea)

721. whenua — land

722. whero — red

723. whiti — to cross; shine, rise

724. whitu — seven

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

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

727. whā — four

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

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

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

731. whāriki — mat, carpet, rug

732. wiki — week

733. wini — window

734. wā — time, times

735. wāhanga — chapter, episode

736. wāhi — part, portion; place

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

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

739. ā — and; and then

740. āe — yes

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

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

743. āhua — shape, form, appearance

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

745. Ākarana — Auckland

746. ākonga — student

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

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

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

750. ānō — as though; as if

751. āporo — apple

752. āpōpō — tomorrow

753. āta — gently, carefully, deliberately

754. ātaahua — beautiful, well formed

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

756. āwangawanga — worried

757. āwhea — Āwhea = ahea. ‖ hea.

758. āwhina — to help

759. āwhinatia — helped (pass of āwhina)

760. ēhea — which

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

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

763. ērā — those (over there)

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

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

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

767. ōku — mine, plural, ō category possession

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

769. Ōtautahi — Christchurch

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

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

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