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. arohaina — (pass) be loved

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

34. ata — morning, shadow

35. atawhai — to show kindness towards

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

37. atua — god

38. au — I, me

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

40. auau — to bark, howl

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

42. awa — river, stream

43. awatea — daylight

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

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

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

47. eke — to embark, get onto; riding

48. engari — but

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

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

51. haere — go, come

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

53. hai — as, for (variant of hei)

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

55. hanawiti — sandwich

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

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

58. hapa — mistake; supper, dinner

59. hapū — subtribe; to be pregnant

60. harakeke — flax

61. haramai — to arrive

62. hararei — holiday

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

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

65. harikoa — happy, joyful, euphoric

66. hau — wind, air, breath

67. haunga — smelly, stinky

68. hauora — health, healthy

69. haurua — half

70. he — a, some; in the category of

71. hea — where?

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

73. heihei — chicken

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

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

76. heoi — however; and so

77. heoti — however; and so

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

79. herehere — prisoner; captivity

80. heru — comb

81. hia — how many?

82. hiahia — to want

83. hiainu — thirst, thirsty

84. hiakai — hungry

85. hiamoe — sleepy

86. hikareti — cigarettes

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

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

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

90. hingareti — singlet

91. hinu — oil, fat

92. hipi — sheep

93. hoa — friend; partner; spouse

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

95. hoariri — enemy, opponent

96. hoatu — to give (away from speaker)

97. hoe — to paddle, row (v); oar (n)

98. hoihoi — too noisy

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

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

101. hoko — to buy, sell, purchase

102. hokomaha — supermarket

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

104. homai — give (to the speaker)

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

106. hopi — soap

107. hopu — to catch

108. hora — display; scatter; spread out

109. horoi — to wash, to clean

110. horoia — washed (pass of horoi)

111. hotu — long for; sigh; sob

112. hou — new, modern; feather

113. hua — product, fruit

114. huaina — named (pass of hua)

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

116. huarahi — street, path, road

117. huawhenua — vegetables

118. hui — meeting; gathered

119. huia — a treasured bird, now extinct

120. huihui — assembly, group, constellation

121. huka — sugar

122. hukarere — snow

123. huna — to hide

124. hunaonga — daughter-in-law; son-in-law

125. hunga — group, people, company of people

126. huri — to turn

127. huritau — birthday

128. huruhuru — fur

129. hākari — feast

130. hākinakina — sport; to play sport

131. hāora — hour; oxygen

132. hāte — shirt

133. hē — wrong; error, mistake

134. hēki — egg

135. hī — to catch fish with a line

136. hīkoi — to walk, step, tread

137. hōhipera — hospital

138. hōhonu — deep (adj); depth (n)

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

140. hōia — soldier, warrior

141. hōiho — horse

142. Hōngongoi — July

143. hōu — new, modern; fresh

144. hū — shoe

145. 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.

146. ia — he, she, him, her

147. iho — downwards

148. ihu — nose

149. ika — fish

150. ina — if, when

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

152. inanahi — yesterday

153. inapō — last night

154. Ingarangi — England

155. ingoa — name

156. inoi — pray

157. inu — to drink (v); drink (n)

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

159. inā — if, when

160. ināianei — now

161. irāmutu — niece, nephew

162. iti — small, little

163. iwa — nine

164. iwi — tribe

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

166. kaha — strong, able

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

168. kai — eat (v); food (n)

169. kaiako — teacher (kai- + ako)

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

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

172. kaimoana — seafood

173. kainga — (pass) be eaten

174. kaiwhakaako — teacher

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

176. kanikani — dance, to dance

177. kanohi — face

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

179. kapu — cup

180. kapua — cloud

181. kara — colour

182. karaehe — class (school); glass

183. karahipi — scholarship

184. karaihe — grass

185. karaka — orange (colour)

186. karakia — prayer, to pray

187. karanga — to call

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

189. kararehe — animal

190. karu — eye

191. kata — to laugh

192. katakata — to laugh and laugh, laughter

193. kati — close, shut

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

195. kato — pluck

196. katoa — all

197. katoatia — all [passive of katoa]

198. kau — swim; cow

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

200. kauhoe — to swim

201. kaukau — to bathe

202. kaumātua — elder; elderly

203. kaupapa — topic, theme, plan, subject

204. kawa — sour, yuck

205. kawe — to carry, convey

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

207. kawhe — coffee

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

209. kei te — at the moment; now

210. keke — cake

211. kererū — native pigeon

212. kete — basket, kit

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

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

215. kihi — kiss (v); key (n)

216. kimi — to look for, seek

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

218. kina — sea urchin

219. kino — bad

220. kiore — rat

221. kiri — skin

222. kiriata — movie, film

223. Kirihimete — Christmas

224. Kirikiriroa — Hamilton

225. kite — to see

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

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

228. koa — happy

229. koe — you, one person

230. koha — gift

231. kohi — to collect, gather together

232. kohikohi — to collect, gather together

233. koi — sharp

234. koia — it is, so

235. koinei — this is

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

237. konei — here, by speaker

238. konohete — concert

239. konā — there, by listener

240. kope — nappy

241. kore — zero, nothing

242. koretake — useless

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

244. koroua — elderly man, grandfather

245. korā — over there

246. kotahi — one

247. koti — coat, jacket

248. koutou — you, three or more people

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

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

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

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

253. kuia — elderly woman, grandmother

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

255. kupu — word

256. kura — school; treasured item

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

258. kurī — dog

259. kā — to burn, be alight

260. kāhore — Negative used for verb sentences

261. kāinga — home

262. kākahu — clothing, garment

263. kākāriki — green

264. kānga — corn

265. kāo — no!

266. kāore — negative used for verb sentences

267. kāpata — cupboard

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

269. kāri — playing card

270. kātahi — then

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

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

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

274. kēkē — armpit

275. kēmu — game

276. kī — to be full

277. kīa — (pass) be said; be filled

278. kīhai — Negative word

279. kīhini — kitchen

280. kō — at a distance, yonder; shovel

281. kōhatu — stone

282. kōrero — to talk, speak

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

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

285. kōrua — you, two people

286. kōtiro — girl

287. kōura — crayfish

288. Kōuraraka — Goldilocks

289. kōwhai — yellow; a native tree

290. kūaha — door

291. kūmara — kūmara, sweet potato

292. kūwaha — door; entrance; mouth

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

294. maha — many

295. mahana — to be warm, warm

296. mahara — thought, memory

297. mahau — porch; verandah, deck

298. mahi — to do, work, make

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

300. mahue — to be left behind (trans)

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

302. makariri — cold

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

304. makere — to get down from

305. mamae — hurt, sore, pain

306. mana — prestige, authority

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

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

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

310. Mane — Monday

311. mangō — shark

312. mano — thousand

313. manu — bird

314. manuhiri — guest

315. marae — traditional Māori gathering place

316. marama — month, moon

317. maranga — to arise; to get up

318. maringi — to spill (trans)

319. maro — kilt-like garment

320. maroke — dry

321. maru — power; shelter

322. mataku — scared, afraid

323. matapihi — window

324. matau — fish hook; right side

325. mate — to be sick, ill, dead

326. matekai — hungry, starving

327. matenga — time or circumstance of death

328. matua — parent, father

329. mau — to wear clothes

330. maumahara — to remember, remember

331. maunga — mountain

332. mauri — life spirit

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

334. mauī — left (direction)

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

336. mea — a thing (n); to say (v)

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

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

339. mema — member, members

340. meneti — minute

341. mere — bush, shrub

342. mihi — to greet; thank; acknowledge

343. minita — minister

344. miraka — milk

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

346. moana — sea

347. moata — early; early morning

348. moe — sleep; to marry

349. moenga — bed

350. mokemoke — lonely

351. mokopuna — grandchild

352. momo — type, kind

353. moni — money

354. motokā — car, motorcar

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

356. motukā — car

357. mua — front, before

358. muri — behind, after

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

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

361. mā — clean, white, and others

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

363. māhita — teacher

364. māia — capable, brave, bold

365. māku — for me, by me

366. mākū — to be saturated, wet, damp

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

368. māna — for him, her, by him, her

369. māngere — lazy

370. mānukanuka — worry; doubt; anxiety; anxious

371. Māori — indigenous people of Aotearoa/New Zealand

372. māra — garden

373. mārama — clear, understand

374. mārena — to marry; wedding

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

376. mātau — to know, understand

377. mātauranga — education, knowledge, understanding

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

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

380. mātāmua — eldest; first; main

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

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

383. māui — on the left hand, left side

384. māuiui — sick

385. mīharo — to wonder at; amazing

386. mīhini — machine

387. mīti — meat

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

389. mōhio — to know

390. mōhiti — glasses

391. mōkai — pet

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

393. mōmona — fat

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

395. mōrena — good morning

396. mōu — for you

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

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

399. naihi — knife

400. nama — number

401. nanahi — yesterday

402. nanakia — rascal clever, cunning

403. nau — come, go (as in: Nau mai!)

404. nei — here, by speaker

405. ngahau — party, concert

406. ngahere — forest, bush

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

408. ngenge — tired

409. ngeru — cat

410. ngā — the, plural

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

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

413. ngāwari — kind, pleasant of personality; easy

414. niho — tooth

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

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

417. noho — to live; sit

418. nui — big, great, many

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

420. nuku — to move

421. nunui — big (plural form)

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

423. nāianei — now

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

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

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

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

428. nō — from

429. nōku — mine, realised possession, ō category

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

431. nōu — yours

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

433. oho — to wake up

434. oma — to run, escape

435. omaoma — running

436. one — beach, sand

437. ono — six

438. ope — group travelling together

439. ora — alive, well, healthy, safe

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

441. oti — to be completed

442. pahi — bus

443. pahikara — bicycle

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

445. paihikara — bike

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

447. pakari — mature, ripe

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

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

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

451. paku — small

452. panana — banana

453. pango — black

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

455. papa — floor, ground, flat surface

456. paraikete — blanket

457. parakuihi — breakfast

458. pare — to ward off, to divert

459. paru — dirt, mud, dirty

460. paruparu — dirt, mud

461. parāoa — bread, flour

462. pata — butter

463. patu — to strike, hit; to kill

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

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

466. paukena — pumpkin

467. pea — pair; pear

468. peka — branch

469. peke — to jump, to leap over

470. pene — pen

471. pepa — paper; pepper

472. pepeha — proclamation of origin

473. pere — bell

474. pereti — plate

475. peti — heap up

476. pia — beer

477. piki — to increase

478. pikitia — picture, film

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

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

481. piri — to stick to, to cling

482. pirihimana — police officer

483. poaka — pig

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

485. pono — true, faithful

486. porou — eager, energetic

487. poti — boat

488. poto — short

489. pou — pole, post

490. pouaka — box

491. pounamu — greenstone

492. pukapuka — book, lungs

493. puku — stomach, belly

494. pukumahi — hard-working, industrious

495. pukuriri — fury; furious; grumpy

496. puna — pool, spring

497. pune — spoon

498. pupuhi — to shoot

499. pupuri — to hold onto

500. purei — to play, play

501. puritia — held (pass. of puri)

502. puta — to appear, to come out

503. putiputi — flower

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

505. Pākehā — New Zealander of European descent

506. pāmu — farm

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

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

509. pāpā — father, uncle

510. pāremata — parliament

511. pātai — question; to ask a question

512. pātaka — elevated storehouse; pantry

513. pātītī — grass

514. pāua — abalone

515. pēhea — how?

516. pēke — bag

517. pēnei — like this, near speaker

518. pēnā — like that, near listener

519. pēpi — baby

520. pērā — like that, yonder

521. pēwhea — how? (variant of pēhea)

522. pīrangi — to want, desire

523. pō — night

524. pōhiri — welcome; to wave

525. pōhēhē — to think mistakenly, be mistaken

526. Pōneke — Wellington [Port Nicholson]

527. pōro — ball (also 'paoro')

528. pōtae — hat

529. pōtarotaro — lawnmower

530. pōtiki — child; youngest child

531. pōturi — deaf; slow

532. pōuri — sad, dark

533. pōwhiri — welcome

534. pū — to blow gently

535. pūhia — (pass) be blown; be shot

536. pūhā — green spinach-like vegetable

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

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

539. rahi — large, numerous, great, big

540. rakuraku — guitar; rake

541. rama — light, torch

542. rangatira — chief, leader, boss

543. rangi — sky, day

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

545. rapu — to look for

546. raranga — plait; weave

547. rare — lolly

548. raro — under, below; time

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

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

551. rau — to put into; leaf

552. raumati — summer

553. raureka — deceitful

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

555. rawe — lovely, excellent

556. reira — there (previously mentioned)

557. reka — sweet

558. reo — language, voice

559. rere — to escape; to fly

560. rerenga — sentence; flight, journey, voyage

561. reri — ready

562. reta — letter

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

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

565. rima — five

566. ringa — hand, arm

567. ringaringa — hand, arm

568. riri — anger, angry

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

570. rite — to be ready, like, similar

571. roa — long

572. rohe — district, area, boundary, territory

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

574. rongo — to hear, perceive, feel

575. rongonui — famous

576. rongoā — medicine

577. rori — road

578. rorohiko — computer

579. roto — in, inside, within; lake

580. rourou — small basket, food basket

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

582. ruaki — vomit

583. ruku — to dive

584. runga — on

585. rā — day; the sun; over there

586. Rāhina — Monday

587. Rāhoroi — Saturday

588. rākau — tree; timber

589. Rāmere — Friday

590. rānei — or

591. rārangi — line, row

592. Rātapu — Sunday

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

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

595. rāua — them; they (two people)

596. rēmana — lemon

597. rīhi — dish; dishes; lease

598. rīwai — potato

599. rōpā — slave, servant

600. rōpū — group

601. rūma — room

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

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

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

605. taha — to pass by; side

606. tahi — one, single

607. tahia — (pass) be swept

608. tahitahi — to sweep

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

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

611. tai — tide; coast

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

613. taiapa — fence

614. taihoa — wait

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

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

617. take — beginning, cause, origin

618. taki — to lead, to bring along

619. takoto — to lie down

620. taku — my (singular); edge

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

622. tamaiti — child

623. tamariki — children

624. tame — male animal

625. tamāhine — daughter

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

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

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

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

630. tangata — person

631. tangi — to cry; to make a sound

632. tangihanga — funeral

633. tango — to take hold of

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

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

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

637. taonga — property, possession

638. tapahi — to cut up, chop

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

640. tapu — sacred, holy, under ritual restriction

641. taputapu — gear, equipment

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

643. taraiwa — to drive; driver

644. taraka — truck

645. tarau — trousers

646. tari — government department; office

647. taringa — ear

648. tata — near, close

649. tatari — to wait

650. tatau — to count

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

652. taua — that, previously mentioned (singular)

653. tauira — student; example

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

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

656. taura — rope, cable

657. tauranga — anchorage; fishing ground; resting place

658. taurekareka — scoundrel; slave

659. tautoko — to support

660. tawhiti — distant, a distant place

661. tawhito — old, former

662. te — the, singular definite article

663. teina — younger sibling, same sex

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

665. teka — lying (v); lie (n)

666. tekau — ten

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

668. tereina — to train

669. tia — to steer, adorned

670. tiaki — to look after, to care for

671. tihi — topknot

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

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

674. tiki — to fetch

675. tina — dinner, lunch

676. tinana — body, trunk, torso

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

678. tino — very

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

680. tipuna — grandparent, ancestor

681. tira — group or row of people

682. tiro — to look

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

684. tirotiro — to look, gaze upon, investigate

685. titiro — to look at

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

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

688. tohu — a qualification, eg degree

689. tohunga — expert, priest

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

691. toi — art, knowledge

692. toka — rock

693. toki — adze, axe; champion

694. tokohia — how many people?

695. tokomaha — many (of people)

696. Tokoono — six people

697. tokorima — five (people)

698. tokorua — two (of people)

699. tokotoru — three (people)

700. tomo — to enter, go into

701. tonga — south

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

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

704. tonu — still

705. tonutia — still (pass of tonu)

706. toro — to visit

707. toru — three

708. tote — salt

709. toto — blood

710. tua — beyond

711. tuahine — sister, of a male

712. tuakana — older sibling of the same sex

713. tuanui — roof

714. tuarua — second

715. tuarā — back [body]

716. tuatahi — first

717. tuatoru — third

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

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

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

721. tuhituhi — to write, draw

722. tuku — to put off, to leave aside

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

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

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

726. tuna — eel

727. tungāne — brother, of a female

728. tunu — to cook, roast

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

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

731. tupuna — ancestor; grandparent

732. ture — law, rule

733. turituri — be quiet! noisy

734. tutuki — to be finished, completed, achieved

735. tuāhine — female cousins or sisters of a male

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

737. tā — print, draw

738. tāhae — to steal

739. tāima — time

740. tākaro — to play

741. tāku — my, ā category possession, singular

742. tākuta — doctor

743. tāmaki — omen, portent

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

745. tāne — man, male

746. tāngata — people (plural of tangata)

747. tāone — town

748. tāra — dollar

749. tārere — to swing

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

751. tāroaroa — tall

752. tātahi — seaside, beach

753. tātau — we; us; everyone

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

755. tāu — your (singular + one item)

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

757. tāwhaki — Fiordland crested penguin

758. tāwāhi — overseas

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

760. tēhea — which, singular

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

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

763. tēnā — that, by the listener

764. tēpu — table

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

766. tērā — that over there, that

767. tētahi — a, one specific thing

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

769. tī — cabbage tree; tea

770. tīhāte — t-shirt

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

772. tīma — team

773. tīmata — to begin, to start

774. tīpuna — grandparents (plural form of tipuna)

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

776. tītī — muttonbird

777. tō — your (singular); to drag

778. tōhi — toast

779. tōkena — stockings, socks

780. tōku — my (singular)

781. tōmuri — to be late

782. tōna — his, her

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

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

785. tōtiti — sausage

786. tōu — your, ō category possession, singular

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

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

789. tūpato — to be careful; caution, cautious

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

791. tūpāpaku — corpse, body

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

793. Tūrei — Tuesday

794. tūru — chair, seat, stool

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

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

797. ua — to rain; rain

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

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

800. umu — earth oven

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

802. uri — descendant, offspring

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

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

805. utaina — (pass) be loaded

806. utu — cost, price; to pay for

807. wae — foot; leg; separate

808. waea — wire; phone

809. waenganui — middle, centre, between

810. waewae — foot, leg

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

812. wahie — driftwood

813. wahine — woman, wife

814. waho — out, outside, the outside

815. wai — water; who

816. waiata — to sing (v); song (n)

817. waiatatia — sung (pass. of waiata)

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

819. waipiro — alcohol

820. wairua — spirit

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

822. wareware — to forget; forgetful (trans)

823. waru — eight; to scrape, to peel

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

825. wawe — early, soon, quickly

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

827. wera — to burn; burnt; hot, heat

828. whaea — mother, aunt

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

830. whaikōrero — oratory

831. whakaae — to agree

832. whakaaetia — to be agreed

833. whakaahua — to take photos; photograph

834. whakaako — teach

835. whakaaro — to think; thought, idea

836. whakaata — mirror

837. whakaatu — to display, show, demonstrate

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

839. whakahoki — to return something, to reply

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

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

842. whakairo — to carve, a carving

843. whakakāngia — burned (pass. of whakakā)

844. whakakī — to fill something

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

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

847. whakamā — to be embarrassed, ashamed

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

849. whakamātautau — examination, test

850. whakaoti — complete

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

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

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

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

855. whakapapa — genealogy

856. whakapono — to believe; faith

857. whakarite — to compare; arrange, organise

858. whakarongo — to listen

859. whakatangi — to play an instrument

860. whakatau — to decide

861. whakataukī — proverb

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

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

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

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

866. whakautu — to reply, to respond, answer

867. whakawhiti — to cross

868. whana — to kick

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

870. whara — to be injured

871. whare — house, building

872. wharekai — restaurant

873. wharekura — Māori-medium secondary school

874. wharenui — meeting house; hall

875. wharepaku — toilet

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

877. whatu — to weave, knit; eye

878. whawhai — to fight; a battle

879. whea — where? (variant of hea)

880. whenua — land

881. whero — red

882. whiri — plait; twist

883. whiti — to cross; shine, rise

884. whitu — seven

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

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

887. whutupōro — football, rugby

888. whā — four

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

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

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

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

893. whāriki — mat, carpet, rug

894. wiki — week

895. wini — window

896. wā — time, times

897. wāhanga — chapter, episode

898. wāhi — part, portion; place

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

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

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

902. ā — and; and then

903. āe — yes

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

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

906. āhua — shape, form, appearance

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

908. Ākarana — Auckland

909. ākonga — student

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

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

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

913. ānō — as though; as if

914. āporo — apple

915. āpōpō — tomorrow

916. ārahi — to lead, guide

917. ārani — orange [fruit]

918. āta — gently, carefully, deliberately

919. ātaahua — beautiful, well formed

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

921. āwangawanga — worried

922. āwhea — Āwhea = ahea. ‖ hea.

923. āwhina — to help

924. āwhinatia — helped (pass of āwhina)

925. ēhea — which

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

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

928. ērā — those (over there)

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

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

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

932. ōku — mine, plural, ō category possession

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

934. Ōtautahi — Christchurch

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

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

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