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. aituā — disaster, accident, misfortune; to suffer a disaster

12. 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)

13. ake, ake, ake — for ever and ever

14. ako — to learn, to teach

15. akomanga — classroom

16. akoranga — thing that is taught or learnt; lesson

17. aku — my, mine (plural form of taku, neutral for possession category)

18. Amerika — America

19. amuamu — groan, grumble, complain

20. ana — indeed, when, if

21. anake — only, just, alone

22. anei — here, by me

23. anā — there, by you

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

25. ao — world, dawn, cloud

26. Aotearoa — New Zealand

27. ara — to rise (v); path (n)

28. Aranga — Easter; risen (n)

29. arawa — Arawa, n. A species of shark.

30. ariki — chief, leader

31. aroha — love, sympathy, compassion

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

33. ata — morning, shadow

34. atawhai — to show kindness towards

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

36. atua — god

37. au — I, me

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

39. auau — to bark, howl

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

41. awa — river, stream

42. awatea — daylight

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

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

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

46. eke — to embark, get onto; riding

47. engari — but

48. etahi — Etahi, int. How great ! Etahi te oha a to…

49. ha — Ha (i), int. What! varying in signification according to the…

50. haere — go, come

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

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

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

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

55. hapa — mistake; supper, dinner

56. hapū — subtribe; to be pregnant

57. harakeke — flax

58. haramai — to arrive

59. hararei — holiday

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

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

62. harikoa — happy, joyful, euphoric

63. hau — wind, air, breath

64. haunga — smelly, stinky

65. hauora — health, healthy

66. haurua — half

67. he — a, some; in the category of

68. hea — where?

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

70. heihei — chicken

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

72. hemo — to pass by, be gone; died, die

73. heoi — however; and so

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

75. heru — comb

76. hia — how many?

77. hiahia — to want

78. hiainu — thirst, thirsty

79. hiakai — hungry

80. hiamoe — sleepy

81. hiki — to carry in the arms, to nurse

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

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

84. hingareti — singlet

85. hinu — oil, fat

86. hipi — sheep

87. hoa — friend; partner; spouse

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

89. hoariri — enemy, opponent

90. hoatu — to give (away from speaker)

91. hoe — to paddle, row (v); oar (n)

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

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

94. hoko — to buy, sell, purchase

95. hokomaha — supermarket

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

97. homai — give (to the speaker)

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

99. hopi — soap

100. hopu — to catch

101. horoi — to wash, to clean

102. horoia — washed (pass of horoi)

103. hotu — long for; sigh; sob

104. hou — new, modern; feather

105. hua — product, fruit

106. huakina — to open (huaki + passive suffix -na)

107. huarahi — street, path, road

108. huawhenua — vegetables

109. hui — meeting; gathered

110. huia — a treasured bird, now extinct

111. huihui — assembly, group, constellation

112. huka — sugar

113. huna — to hide

114. hunga — group, people, company of people

115. huri — to turn

116. huritau — birthday

117. huruhuru — fur

118. hākari — feast

119. hākinakina — sport; to play sport

120. hāora — hour; oxygen

121. hāte — shirt

122. hē — wrong; error, mistake

123. hēki — egg

124. hī — to catch fish with a line

125. hīkoi — to walk, step, tread

126. hōhipera — hospital

127. hōhonu — deep (adj); depth (n)

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

129. hōia — soldier, warrior

130. hōiho — horse

131. Hōngongoi — July

132. hōu — new, modern; fresh

133. hū — shoe

134. 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.

135. ia — he, she, him, her

136. iho — downwards

137. ihu — nose

138. ika — fish

139. ina — if, when

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

141. inanahi — yesterday

142. inapō — last night

143. Ingarangi — England

144. ingoa — name

145. inoi — pray

146. inu — to drink (v); drink (n)

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

148. inā — if, when

149. ināianei — now

150. irāmutu — niece, nephew

151. iti — small, little

152. iwa — nine

153. iwi — tribe

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

155. kaha — strong, able

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

157. kai — eat (v); food (n)

158. kaiako — teacher (kai- + ako)

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

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

161. kaimoana — seafood

162. kainga — (pass) be eaten

163. kaiwhakaako — teacher

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

165. kanikani — dance, to dance

166. kanohi — face

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

168. kapu — cup

169. kapua — cloud

170. kara — colour

171. karaehe — class (school); glass

172. karahipi — scholarship

173. karaihe — grass

174. karaka — orange (colour)

175. karakia — prayer, to pray

176. karanga — to call

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

178. kararehe — animal

179. karu — eye

180. kata — to laugh

181. katakata — to laugh and laugh, laughter

182. kati — close, shut

183. katia — shut (pass of kati); shut!

184. kato — pluck

185. katoa — all

186. katoatia — all [passive of katoa]

187. kau — swim; cow

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

189. kauhoe — to swim

190. kaukau — to bathe

191. kaumātua — elder; elderly

192. kaupapa — topic, theme, plan, subject

193. kawa — sour, yuck

194. kawe — to carry, convey

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

196. kawhe — coffee

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

198. kei te — at the moment; now

199. keke — cake

200. kererū — native pigeon

201. kete — basket, kit

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

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

204. kihi — kiss (v); key (n)

205. kimi — to look for, seek

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

207. kina — sea urchin

208. kino — bad

209. kiore — rat

210. kiri — skin

211. kiriata — movie, film

212. Kirihimete — Christmas

213. Kirikiriroa — Hamilton

214. kite — to see

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

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

217. koa — happy

218. koe — you, one person

219. koha — gift

220. kohi — to collect, gather together

221. kohikohi — to collect, gather together

222. koi — sharp

223. koia — it is, so

224. koinei — this is

225. koirā — that is, those are; like that

226. konei — here, by speaker

227. konohete — concert

228. konā — there, by listener

229. kope — nappy

230. kore — zero, nothing

231. koretake — useless

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

233. koroua — elderly man, grandfather

234. korā — over there

235. kotahi — one

236. koti — coat, jacket

237. koutou — you, three or more people

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

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

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

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

242. kuia — elderly woman, grandmother

243. kuikui — kuikui, n. Old woman. Ka hia nga kuikui i hoki…

244. kupu — word

245. kura — school; treasured item

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

247. kurī — dog

248. kā — to burn, be alight

249. kāhore — Negative used for verb sentences

250. kāinga — home

251. kākahu — clothing, garment

252. kākāriki — green

253. kānga — corn

254. kāo — no!

255. kāore — negative used for verb sentences

256. kāpata — cupboard

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

258. kāri — playing card

259. kātahi — then

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

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

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

263. kēkē — armpit

264. kēmu — game

265. kī — to be full

266. kīa — (pass) be said; be filled

267. kīhai — Negative word

268. kīhini — kitchen

269. kō — at a distance, yonder; shovel

270. kōhatu — stone

271. kōrero — to talk, speak

272. kōrerorero — to discuss (v); discussion (n)

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

274. kōrua — you, two people

275. kōtiro — girl

276. kōura — crayfish

277. Kōuraraka — Goldilocks

278. kōwhai — yellow; a native tree

279. kūaha — door

280. kūmara — kūmara, sweet potato

281. kūwaha — door; entrance; mouth

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

283. maha — many

284. mahana — to be warm, warm

285. mahara — thought, memory

286. mahau — porch; verandah, deck

287. mahi — to do, work, make

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

289. mahue — to be left behind (trans)

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

291. makariri — cold

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

293. makere — to get down from

294. mamae — hurt, sore, pain

295. mana — prestige, authority

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

297. manaakitia — (pass) be looked after; look after

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

299. Mane — Monday

300. mangō — shark

301. mano — thousand

302. manu — bird

303. manuhiri — guest

304. marae — traditional Māori gathering place

305. marama — month, moon

306. maranga — to arise; to get up

307. maringi — to spill (trans)

308. maro — kilt-like garment

309. maroke — dry

310. maru — power; shelter

311. mataku — scared, afraid

312. matapihi — window

313. matau — fish hook; right side

314. mate — to be sick, ill, dead

315. matekai — hungry, starving

316. matenga — time or circumstance of death

317. matua — parent, father

318. mau — to wear clothes

319. maumahara — to remember, remember

320. maunga — mountain

321. mauri — life spirit

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

323. mauī — left (direction)

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

325. mea — a thing (n); to say (v)

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

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

328. mema — member, members

329. meneti — minute

330. mere — bush, shrub

331. mihi — to greet; thank; acknowledge

332. minita — minister

333. miraka — milk

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

335. moana — sea

336. moata — early; early morning

337. moe — sleep; to marry

338. moenga — bed

339. mokemoke — lonely

340. mokopuna — grandchild

341. momo — type, kind

342. moni — money

343. motokā — car, motorcar

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

345. motukā — car

346. mua — front, before

347. muri — behind, after

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

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

350. mā — clean, white, and others

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

352. māhita — teacher

353. māia — capable, brave, bold

354. māku — for me, by me

355. mākū — to be saturated, wet, damp

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

357. māna — for him, her, by him, her

358. māngere — lazy

359. mānukanuka — worry; doubt; anxiety; anxious

360. Māori — indigenous people of Aotearoa/New Zealand

361. māra — garden

362. mārama — clear, understand

363. mārena — to marry; wedding

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

365. mātau — to know, understand

366. mātauranga — education, knowledge, understanding

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

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

369. mātāmua — eldest; first; main

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

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

372. māui — on the left hand, left side

373. māuiui — sick

374. mīharo — to wonder at; amazing

375. mīhini — machine

376. mīti — meat

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

378. mōhio — to know

379. mōhiti — glasses

380. mōkai — pet

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

382. mōmona — fat

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

384. mōrena — good morning

385. mōu — for you

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

387. nahea — Nahea (i), a. Long, in time. Kaore i puta atu,…

388. naihi — knife

389. nama — number

390. nanahi — yesterday

391. nanakia — rascal clever, cunning

392. nau — come, go (as in: Nau mai!)

393. nei — here, by speaker

394. ngahau — party, concert

395. ngahere — forest, bush

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

397. ngenge — tired

398. ngeru — cat

399. ngā — the, plural

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

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

402. ngāwari — kind, pleasant of personality; easy

403. niho — tooth

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

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

406. noho — to live; sit

407. nui — big, great, many

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

409. nuku — to move

410. nunui — big (plural form)

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

412. nāianei — now

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

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

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

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

417. nō — from

418. nōku — mine, realised possession, ō category

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

420. nōu — yours

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

422. oho — to wake up

423. oma — to run, escape

424. omaoma — running

425. one — beach, sand

426. ono — six

427. ope — group travelling together

428. ora — alive, well, healthy, safe

429. oranga — health, life (ora + nominal suffix -nga)

430. oti — to be completed

431. pahi — bus

432. pahikara — bicycle

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

434. paihikara — bike

435. painga — benefit, skill, good qualities (pai + nominal suffix -nga)

436. pakari — mature, ripe

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

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

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

440. paku — small

441. panana — banana

442. pango — black

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

444. papa — floor, ground, flat surface

445. paraikete — blanket

446. parakuihi — breakfast

447. pare — to ward off, to divert

448. paru — dirt, mud, dirty

449. paruparu — dirt, mud

450. parāoa — bread, flour

451. pata — butter

452. patu — to strike, hit; to kill

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

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

455. paukena — pumpkin

456. pea — pair; pear

457. peka — branch

458. peke — to jump, to leap over

459. pene — pen

460. pepa — paper; pepper

461. pepeha — proclamation of origin

462. pere — bell

463. pereti — plate

464. peti — heap up

465. pia — beer

466. piki — to increase

467. pikitia — picture, film

468. pipi — Pipi, n. 1. Cockle, in general; particularly applied to Chione…

469. pirangi — Pirangi. 1. v.t. Desire. Pirangi ana nga tuakana, pirangi ana…

470. piri — to stick to, to cling

471. pirihimana — police officer

472. poaka — pig

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

474. pono — true, faithful

475. porou — eager, energetic

476. poti — boat

477. poto — short

478. pou — pole, post

479. pouaka — box

480. pounamu — greenstone

481. pukapuka — book, lungs

482. puku — stomach, belly

483. pukumahi — hard-working, industrious

484. pukuriri — fury; furious; grumpy

485. puna — pool, spring

486. pune — spoon

487. pupuhi — to shoot

488. pupuri — to hold onto

489. purei — to play, play

490. puritia — held (pass. of puri)

491. puta — to appear, to come out

492. putiputi — flower

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

494. Pākehā — New Zealander of European descent

495. pāmu — farm

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

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

498. pāpā — father, uncle

499. pāremata — parliament

500. pātai — question; to ask a question

501. pātaka — elevated storehouse; pantry

502. pātītī — grass

503. pāua — abalone

504. pēhea — how?

505. pēke — bag

506. pēnei — like this, near speaker

507. pēnā — like that, near listener

508. pēpi — baby

509. pērā — like that, yonder

510. pēwhea — how? (variant of pēhea)

511. pīrangi — to want, desire

512. pō — night

513. pōhiri — welcome; to wave

514. pōhēhē — to think mistakenly, be mistaken

515. Pōneke — Wellington [Port Nicholson]

516. pōro — ball (also 'paoro')

517. pōtae — hat

518. pōtarotaro — lawnmower

519. pōtiki — child; youngest child

520. pōturi — deaf; slow

521. pōuri — sad, dark

522. pōwhiri — welcome

523. pū — to blow gently

524. pūhia — (pass) be blown; be shot

525. pūhā — green spinach-like vegetable

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

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

528. rahi — large, numerous, great, big

529. rakuraku — guitar; rake

530. rama — light, torch

531. rangatira — chief, leader, boss

532. rangi — sky, day

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

534. rapu — to look for

535. raranga — plait; weave

536. rare — lolly

537. raro — under, below; time

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

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

540. rau — to put into; leaf

541. raumati — summer

542. raureka — deceitful

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

544. rawe — lovely, excellent

545. reira — there (previously mentioned)

546. reka — sweet

547. reo — language, voice

548. rere — to escape; to fly

549. rerenga — sentence; flight, journey, voyage

550. reri — ready

551. reta — letter

552. rihi — Rihi, a. Flat. Kia ata tirohia te rihinga i te…

553. riki — Riki (pl. ririki), a. 1. Small. Te whare tena i…

554. rima — five

555. ringa — hand, arm

556. ringaringa — hand, arm

557. riri — anger, angry

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

559. rite — to be ready, like, similar

560. roa — long

561. rohe — district, area, boundary, territory

562. rona — Rona. 1. v.t. Bind, confine with cords, etc. Kua tukua…

563. rongo — to hear, perceive, feel

564. rongonui — famous

565. rongoā — medicine

566. rori — road

567. rorohiko — computer

568. roto — in, inside, within; lake

569. rourou — small basket, food basket

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

571. ruaki — vomit

572. ruku — to dive

573. runga — on

574. rā — day; the sun; over there

575. Rāhina — Monday

576. Rāhoroi — Saturday

577. rākau — tree; timber

578. Rāmere — Friday

579. rānei — or

580. rārangi — line, row

581. Rātapu — Sunday

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

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

584. rāua — them; they (two people)

585. rēmana — lemon

586. rīhi — dish; dishes; lease

587. rīwai — potato

588. rōpā — slave, servant

589. rōpū — group

590. rūma — room

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

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

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

594. taha — to pass by; side

595. tahi — one, single

596. tahia — (pass) be swept

597. tahitahi — to sweep

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

599. tahuna — lit (pass. of tahu - to light)

600. tai — tide; coast

601. taiaha — weapon (a long hardwood weapon with a pointed tongue at one end and a long flat narrow blade at the other)

602. taiapa — fence

603. taihoa — wait

604. tainui — Tainui, n. Pomaderris apetala, a shrub. So called as it…

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

606. take — beginning, cause, origin

607. taki — to lead, to bring along

608. takoto — to lie down

609. taku — my (singular); edge

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

611. tamaiti — child

612. tamariki — children

613. tame — male animal

614. tamāhine — daughter

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

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

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

618. tangaroa — Tangaroa, n. 1. The moon from the twenty-third to twenty-sixth…

619. tangata — person

620. tangi — to cry; to make a sound

621. tangihanga — funeral

622. tango — to take hold of

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

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

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

626. taonga — property, possession

627. tapahi — to cut up, chop

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

629. tapu — sacred, holy, under ritual restriction

630. taputapu — gear, equipment

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

632. taraiwa — to drive; driver

633. taraka — truck

634. tarau — trousers

635. tari — government department; office

636. taringa — ear

637. tata — near, close

638. tatari — to wait

639. tatau — to count

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

641. taua — that, previously mentioned (singular)

642. tauira — student; example

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

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

645. taura — rope, cable

646. tauranga — anchorage; fishing ground; resting place

647. taurekareka — scoundrel; slave

648. tautoko — to support

649. tawhiti — distant, a distant place

650. tawhito — old, former

651. te — the, singular definite article

652. teina — younger sibling, same sex

653. teitei — tall, high, lofty; height (object)

654. teka — lying (v); lie (n)

655. tekau — ten

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

657. tereina — to train

658. tia — to steer, adorned

659. tiaki — to look after, to care for

660. tihi — topknot

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

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

663. tiki — to fetch

664. tina — dinner, lunch

665. tinana — body, trunk, torso

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

667. tino — very

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

669. tipuna — grandparent, ancestor

670. tira — group or row of people

671. tiro — to look

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

673. tirotiro — to look, gaze upon, investigate

674. titiro — to look at

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

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

677. tohu — a qualification, eg degree

678. tohunga — expert, priest

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

680. toi — art, knowledge

681. toka — rock

682. toki — adze, axe; champion

683. tokohia — how many people?

684. tokomaha — many (of people)

685. Tokoono — six people

686. tokorima — five (people)

687. tokorua — two (of people)

688. tokotoru — three (people)

689. tomo — to enter, go into

690. tonga — south

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

692. tonoa — sent (tono + passive suffix -a)

693. tonu — still

694. tonutia — still (pass of tonu)

695. toro — to visit

696. toru — three

697. tote — salt

698. toto — blood

699. tua — beyond

700. tuahine — sister, of a male

701. tuakana — older sibling of the same sex

702. tuanui — roof

703. tuarua — second

704. tuarā — back [body]

705. tuatahi — first

706. tuatoru — third

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

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

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

710. tuhituhi — to write, draw

711. tuku — to put off, to leave aside

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

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

714. tumuaki — crown of the head; director; principal; headteacher

715. tuna — eel

716. tungāne — brother, of a female

717. tunu — to cook, roast

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

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

720. tupuna — ancestor; grandparent

721. ture — law, rule

722. turituri — be quiet! noisy

723. tutuki — to be finished, completed, achieved

724. tuāhine — female cousins or sisters of a male

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

726. tā — print, draw

727. tāhae — to steal

728. tāima — time

729. tākaro — to play

730. tāku — my, ā category possession, singular

731. tākuta — doctor

732. tāmaki — omen, portent

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

734. tāne — man, male

735. tāngata — people (plural of tangata)

736. tāone — town

737. tāra — dollar

738. tārere — to swing

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

740. tāroaroa — tall

741. tātahi — seaside, beach

742. tātau — we; us; everyone

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

744. tāu — your (singular + one item)

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

746. tāwhaki — Fiordland crested penguin

747. tāwāhi — overseas

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

749. tēhea — which, singular

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

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

752. tēnā — that, by the listener

753. tēpu — table

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

755. tērā — that over there, that

756. tētahi — a, one specific thing

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

758. tī — cabbage tree; tea

759. tīhāte — t-shirt

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

761. tīma — team

762. tīmata — to begin, to start

763. tīpuna — grandparents (plural form of tipuna)

764. tītaha — to lean to one side (v), to be sideways, slanting (s)

765. tītī — muttonbird

766. tō — your (singular); to drag

767. tōhi — toast

768. tōkena — stockings, socks

769. tōku — my (singular)

770. tōmuri — to be late

771. tōna — his, her

772. tōrere — Tōrere. 1. v.t. Desire ardently, be infatuated with. Ka torere…

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

774. tōtiti — sausage

775. tōu — your, ō category possession, singular

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

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

778. tūpato — to be careful; caution, cautious

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

780. tūpāpaku — corpse, body

781. tūranga — stopping place (as in: tūranga pahi bus stop; tū + nominal suffix -ranga)

782. Tūrei — Tuesday

783. tūru — chair, seat, stool

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

785. tūturu — fixed, permanent, definite; to be true, real, original

786. ua — to rain; rain

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

788. umere — to shout (in wonder, in appreciation)

789. umu — earth oven

790. upoko — head; verse of a song; paragraph; chapter

791. uri — descendant, offspring

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

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

794. utaina — (pass) be loaded

795. utu — cost, price; to pay for

796. wae — foot; leg; separate

797. waea — wire; phone

798. waenganui — middle, centre, between

799. waewae — foot, leg

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

801. wahie — driftwood

802. wahine — woman, wife

803. waho — out, outside, the outside

804. wai — water; who

805. waiata — to sing (v); song (n)

806. waiatatia — sung (pass. of waiata)

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

808. waipiro — alcohol

809. wairua — spirit

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

811. wareware — to forget; forgetful (trans)

812. waru — eight; to scrape, to peel

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

814. wawe — early, soon, quickly

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

816. wera — to burn; burnt; hot, heat

817. whaea — mother, aunt

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

819. whaikōrero — oratory

820. whakaae — to agree

821. whakaaetia — to be agreed

822. whakaahua — to take photos; photograph

823. whakaako — teach

824. whakaaro — to think; thought, idea

825. whakaata — mirror

826. whakaatu — to display, show, demonstrate

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

828. whakahoki — to return something, to reply

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

830. whakairi — whakairi, n. 1. Some sacred ceremony. He purenga whakairi, mahukihuki,…

831. whakairo — to carve, a carving

832. whakakāngia — burned (pass. of whakakā)

833. whakakī — to fill something

834. whakamau — to fix, fasten; to put on

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

836. whakamā — to be embarrassed, ashamed

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

838. whakamātautau — examination, test

839. whakaoti — complete

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

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

842. whakapaipai — to decorate, adorn, tidy up, beautify

843. whakapaitia — tidied (pass of whakapai); tidy!

844. whakapapa — genealogy

845. whakapono — to believe; faith

846. whakarite — to compare; arrange, organise

847. whakarongo — to listen

848. whakatangi — to play an instrument

849. whakatau — to decide

850. whakataukī — proverb

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

852. whakatoi — to give cheek (v), to be cheeky (s); cheeky

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

854. whakatūria — erected (whakatū + passive suffix -ria)

855. whakautu — to reply, to respond, answer

856. whakawhiti — to cross

857. whana — to kick

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

859. whara — to be injured

860. whare — house, building

861. wharekai — restaurant

862. wharekura — Māori-medium secondary school

863. wharenui — meeting house; hall

864. wharepaku — toilet

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

866. whatu — to weave, knit; eye

867. whawhai — to fight; a battle

868. whea — where? (variant of hea)

869. whenua — land

870. whero — red

871. whiri — plait; twist

872. whiti — to cross; shine, rise

873. whitu — seven

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

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

876. whutupōro — football, rugby

877. whā — four

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

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

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

881. whāngaia — (pass) be fed; be nourished

882. whāriki — mat, carpet, rug

883. wiki — week

884. wini — window

885. wā — time, times

886. wāhanga — chapter, episode

887. wāhi — part, portion; place

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

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

890. wātea — to be clear, unoccupied, available, free of obstruction

891. ā — and; and then

892. āe — yes

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

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

895. āhua — shape, form, appearance

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

897. Ākarana — Auckland

898. ākonga — student

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

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

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

902. ānō — as though; as if

903. āporo — apple

904. āpōpō — tomorrow

905. ārahi — to lead, guide

906. ārani — orange [fruit]

907. āta — gently, carefully, deliberately

908. ātaahua — beautiful, well formed

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

910. āwangawanga — worried

911. āwhea — Āwhea = ahea. ‖ hea.

912. āwhina — to help

913. āwhinatia — helped (pass of āwhina)

914. ēhea — which

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

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

917. ērā — those (over there)

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

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

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

921. ōku — mine, plural, ō category possession

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

923. Ōtautahi — Christchurch

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

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

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