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. hungarei — father-in-law; mother-in-law

127. huri — to turn

128. huritau — birthday

129. huruhuru — fur

130. hākari — feast

131. hākinakina — sport; to play sport

132. hāora — hour; oxygen

133. hāte — shirt

134. hē — wrong; error, mistake

135. hēki — egg

136. hī — to catch fish with a line

137. hīkoi — to walk, step, tread

138. hōhipera — hospital

139. hōhonu — deep (adj); depth (n)

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

141. hōia — soldier, warrior

142. hōiho — horse

143. Hōngongoi — July

144. hōro — hall

145. hōu — new, modern; fresh

146. hū — shoe

147. 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.

148. ia — he, she, him, her

149. iho — downwards

150. ihu — nose

151. ika — fish

152. ina — if, when

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

154. inanahi — yesterday

155. inapō — last night

156. Ingarangi — England

157. ingoa — name

158. inoi — pray

159. inu — to drink (v); drink (n)

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

161. inā — if, when

162. ināianei — now

163. irāmutu — niece, nephew

164. iti — small, little

165. iwa — nine

166. iwi — tribe

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

168. kaha — strong, able

169. kahawai — Kahawai, n. Arripis trutta, a fish. Ka homai nga kahawai…

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

171. kai — eat (v); food (n)

172. kaiako — teacher (kai- + ako)

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

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

175. kaimoana — seafood

176. kainga — (pass) be eaten

177. kaiwhakaako — teacher

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

179. kamakama — smart, clever; talkative; joyous

180. kanikani — dance, to dance

181. kanohi — face

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

183. kapu — cup

184. kapua — cloud

185. kaputī — cup of tea

186. kara — colour

187. karaehe — class (school); glass

188. karahipi — scholarship

189. karaihe — grass

190. karaka — orange (colour)

191. karakia — prayer, to pray

192. karanga — to call

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

194. kararehe — animal

195. karu — eye

196. kata — to laugh

197. katakata — to laugh and laugh, laughter

198. kati — close, shut

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

200. kato — pluck

201. katoa — all

202. katoatia — all [passive of katoa]

203. kau — swim; cow

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

205. kauhoe — to swim

206. kaukau — to bathe

207. kaumātua — elder; elderly

208. kaupapa — topic, theme, plan, subject

209. kawa — sour, yuck

210. kawe — to carry, convey

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

212. kawhe — coffee

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

214. kei te — at the moment; now

215. keke — cake

216. kererū — native pigeon

217. kete — basket, kit

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

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

220. kihi — kiss (v); key (n)

221. kimi — to look for, seek

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

223. kina — sea urchin

224. kino — bad

225. kiore — rat

226. kiri — skin

227. kiriata — movie, film

228. Kirihimete — Christmas

229. Kirikiriroa — Hamilton

230. kite — to see

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

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

233. koa — happy

234. koe — you, one person

235. koha — gift

236. kohi — to collect, gather together

237. kohikohi — to collect, gather together

238. koi — sharp

239. koia — it is, so

240. koinei — this is

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

242. konei — here, by speaker

243. konohete — concert

244. konā — there, by listener

245. kope — nappy

246. kore — zero, nothing

247. koretake — useless

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

249. koroua — elderly man, grandfather

250. korā — over there

251. kotahi — one

252. koti — coat, jacket

253. koutou — you, three or more people

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

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

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

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

258. kuia — elderly woman, grandmother

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

260. kupu — word

261. kura — school; treasured item

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

263. kurī — dog

264. kā — to burn, be alight

265. kāhore — Negative used for verb sentences

266. kāinga — home

267. kākahu — clothing, garment

268. kākāriki — green

269. kānga — corn

270. kāo — no!

271. kāore — negative used for verb sentences

272. kāpata — cupboard

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

274. kāri — playing card

275. kātahi — then

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

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

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

279. kēkē — armpit

280. kēmu — game

281. kī — to be full

282. kīa — (pass) be said; be filled

283. kīhai — Negative word

284. kīhini — kitchen

285. kō — at a distance, yonder; shovel

286. kōhatu — stone

287. kōrero — to talk, speak

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

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

290. kōrua — you, two people

291. kōtiro — girl

292. kōura — crayfish

293. Kōuraraka — Goldilocks

294. kōwhai — yellow; a native tree

295. kūaha — door

296. kūmara — kūmara, sweet potato

297. kūwaha — door; entrance; mouth

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

299. maha — many

300. mahana — to be warm, warm

301. mahara — thought, memory

302. mahau — porch; verandah, deck

303. mahi — to do, work, make

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

305. mahue — to be left behind (trans)

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

307. makariri — cold

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

309. makere — to get down from

310. mamae — hurt, sore, pain

311. mana — prestige, authority

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

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

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

315. Mane — Monday

316. mangō — shark

317. mano — thousand

318. manu — bird

319. manuhiri — guest

320. marae — traditional Māori gathering place

321. marama — month, moon

322. maranga — to arise; to get up

323. maringi — to spill (trans)

324. maro — kilt-like garment

325. maroke — dry

326. maru — power; shelter

327. mataku — scared, afraid

328. matapihi — window

329. matau — fish hook; right side

330. mate — to be sick, ill, dead

331. matekai — hungry, starving

332. matenga — time or circumstance of death

333. matua — parent, father

334. mau — to wear clothes

335. maumahara — to remember, remember

336. maunga — mountain

337. mauri — life spirit

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

339. mauī — left (direction)

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

341. mea — a thing (n); to say (v)

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

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

344. mema — member, members

345. meneti — minute

346. mere — bush, shrub

347. mihi — to greet; thank; acknowledge

348. minita — minister

349. miraka — milk

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

351. moana — sea

352. moata — early; early morning

353. moe — sleep; to marry

354. moenga — bed

355. mokemoke — lonely

356. mokopuna — grandchild

357. momo — type, kind

358. moni — money

359. motokā — car, motorcar

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

361. motukā — car

362. mua — front, before

363. muri — behind, after

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

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

366. mā — clean, white, and others

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

368. māhita — teacher

369. māia — capable, brave, bold

370. māku — for me, by me

371. mākū — to be saturated, wet, damp

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

373. māna — for him, her, by him, her

374. māngere — lazy

375. mānukanuka — worry; doubt; anxiety; anxious

376. Māori — indigenous people of Aotearoa/New Zealand

377. māra — garden

378. mārama — clear, understand

379. mārena — to marry; wedding

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

381. mātau — to know, understand

382. mātauranga — education, knowledge, understanding

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

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

385. mātāmua — eldest; first; main

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

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

388. māui — on the left hand, left side

389. māuiui — sick

390. mīharo — to wonder at; amazing

391. mīhini — machine

392. mīti — meat

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

394. mōhio — to know

395. mōhiti — glasses

396. mōkai — pet

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

398. mōmona — fat

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

400. mōrena — good morning

401. mōu — for you

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

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

404. naihi — knife

405. nama — number

406. nanahi — yesterday

407. nanakia — rascal clever, cunning

408. nau — come, go (as in: Nau mai!)

409. nei — here, by speaker

410. ngahau — party, concert

411. ngahere — forest, bush

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

413. ngenge — tired

414. ngeru — cat

415. ngā — the, plural

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

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

418. ngāwari — kind, pleasant of personality; easy

419. niho — tooth

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

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

422. noho — to live; sit

423. nui — big, great, many

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

425. nuku — to move

426. nunui — big (plural form)

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

428. nāianei — now

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

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

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

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

433. nō — from

434. nōku — mine, realised possession, ō category

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

436. nōu — yours

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

438. oho — to wake up

439. oma — to run, escape

440. omaoma — running

441. one — beach, sand

442. ono — six

443. ope — group travelling together

444. ora — alive, well, healthy, safe

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

446. oti — to be completed

447. pahi — bus

448. pahikara — bicycle

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

450. paihikara — bike

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

452. pakari — mature, ripe

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

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

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

456. paku — small

457. panana — banana

458. pango — black

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

460. papa — floor, ground, flat surface

461. paraikete — blanket

462. parakuihi — breakfast

463. pare — to ward off, to divert

464. paru — dirt, mud, dirty

465. paruparu — dirt, mud

466. parāoa — bread, flour

467. pata — butter

468. patu — to strike, hit; to kill

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

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

471. paukena — pumpkin

472. pea — pair; pear

473. peka — branch

474. peke — to jump, to leap over

475. pene — pen

476. pepa — paper; pepper

477. pepeha — proclamation of origin

478. pere — bell

479. pereti — plate

480. peti — heap up

481. pia — beer

482. piki — to increase

483. pikitia — picture, film

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

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

486. piri — to stick to, to cling

487. pirihimana — police officer

488. poaka — pig

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

490. pono — true, faithful

491. porou — eager, energetic

492. poti — boat

493. poto — short

494. pou — pole, post

495. pouaka — box

496. pounamu — greenstone

497. pukapuka — book, lungs

498. puku — stomach, belly

499. pukumahi — hard-working, industrious

500. pukuriri — fury; furious; grumpy

501. puna — pool, spring

502. pune — spoon

503. pupuhi — to shoot

504. pupuri — to hold onto

505. purei — to play, play

506. puritia — held (pass. of puri)

507. puta — to appear, to come out

508. putiputi — flower

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

510. Pākehā — New Zealander of European descent

511. pāmu — farm

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

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

514. pāpā — father, uncle

515. pāremata — parliament

516. pātai — question; to ask a question

517. pātaka — elevated storehouse; pantry

518. pātītī — grass

519. pāua — abalone

520. pēhea — how?

521. pēke — bag

522. pēnei — like this, near speaker

523. pēnā — like that, near listener

524. pēpi — baby

525. pērā — like that, yonder

526. pēwhea — how? (variant of pēhea)

527. pīrangi — to want, desire

528. pō — night

529. pōhiri — welcome; to wave

530. pōhēhē — to think mistakenly, be mistaken

531. Pōneke — Wellington [Port Nicholson]

532. pōro — ball (also 'paoro')

533. pōtae — hat

534. pōtarotaro — lawnmower

535. pōtiki — child; youngest child

536. pōturi — deaf; slow

537. pōuri — sad, dark

538. pōwhiri — welcome

539. pū — to blow gently

540. pūhia — (pass) be blown; be shot

541. pūhā — green spinach-like vegetable

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

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

544. rahi — large, numerous, great, big

545. rakuraku — guitar; rake

546. rama — light, torch

547. rangatira — chief, leader, boss

548. rangi — sky, day

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

550. rapu — to look for

551. raranga — plait; weave

552. rare — lolly

553. raro — under, below; time

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

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

556. rau — to put into; leaf

557. raumati — summer

558. raureka — deceitful

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

560. rawe — lovely, excellent

561. reira — there (previously mentioned)

562. reka — sweet

563. reo — language, voice

564. rere — to escape; to fly

565. rerenga — sentence; flight, journey, voyage

566. reri — ready

567. reta — letter

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

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

570. rima — five

571. ringa — hand, arm

572. ringaringa — hand, arm

573. riri — anger, angry

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

575. rite — to be ready, like, similar

576. roa — long

577. rohe — district, area, boundary, territory

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

579. rongo — to hear, perceive, feel

580. rongonui — famous

581. rongoā — medicine

582. rori — road

583. rorohiko — computer

584. roto — in, inside, within; lake

585. rourou — small basket, food basket

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

587. ruaki — vomit

588. ruku — to dive

589. runga — on

590. rā — day; the sun; over there

591. Rāhina — Monday

592. Rāhoroi — Saturday

593. rākau — tree; timber

594. Rāmere — Friday

595. rānei — or

596. rārangi — line, row

597. Rātapu — Sunday

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

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

600. rāua — them; they (two people)

601. rēmana — lemon

602. rīhi — dish; dishes; lease

603. rīwai — potato

604. rōpā — slave, servant

605. rōpū — group

606. rūma — room

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

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

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

610. taha — to pass by; side

611. tahi — one, single

612. tahia — (pass) be swept

613. tahitahi — to sweep

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

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

616. tai — tide; coast

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

618. taiapa — fence

619. taihoa — wait

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

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

622. take — beginning, cause, origin

623. taki — to lead, to bring along

624. takoto — to lie down

625. taku — my (singular); edge

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

627. tamaiti — child

628. tamariki — children

629. tame — male animal

630. tamāhine — daughter

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

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

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

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

635. tangata — person

636. tangi — to cry; to make a sound

637. tangihanga — funeral

638. tango — to take hold of

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

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

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

642. taonga — property, possession

643. tapahi — to cut up, chop

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

645. tapu — sacred, holy, under ritual restriction

646. taputapu — gear, equipment

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

648. taraiwa — to drive; driver

649. taraka — truck

650. tarau — trousers

651. tari — government department; office

652. taringa — ear

653. tata — near, close

654. tatari — to wait

655. tatau — to count

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

657. taua — that, previously mentioned (singular)

658. tauira — student; example

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

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

661. taura — rope, cable

662. tauranga — anchorage; fishing ground; resting place

663. taurekareka — scoundrel; slave

664. tautoko — to support

665. tawhiti — distant, a distant place

666. tawhito — old, former

667. te — the, singular definite article

668. teina — younger sibling, same sex

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

670. teka — lying (v); lie (n)

671. tekau — ten

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

673. tereina — to train

674. tia — to steer, adorned

675. tiaki — to look after, to care for

676. tihi — topknot

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

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

679. tiki — to fetch

680. tina — dinner, lunch

681. tinana — body, trunk, torso

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

683. tino — very

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

685. tipuna — grandparent, ancestor

686. tira — group or row of people

687. tiro — to look

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

689. tirotiro — to look, gaze upon, investigate

690. titiro — to look at

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

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

693. tohu — a qualification, eg degree

694. tohunga — expert, priest

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

696. toi — art, knowledge

697. toka — rock

698. toki — adze, axe; champion

699. tokohia — how many people?

700. tokomaha — many (of people)

701. Tokoono — six people

702. tokorima — five (people)

703. tokorua — two (of people)

704. tokotoru — three (people)

705. tomo — to enter, go into

706. tonga — south

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

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

709. tonu — still

710. tonutia — still (pass of tonu)

711. toro — to visit

712. toru — three

713. tote — salt

714. toto — blood

715. tua — beyond

716. tuahine — sister, of a male

717. tuakana — older sibling of the same sex

718. tuanui — roof

719. tuarua — second

720. tuarā — back [body]

721. tuatahi — first

722. tuatoru — third

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

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

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

726. tuhituhi — to write, draw

727. tuku — to put off, to leave aside

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

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

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

731. tuna — eel

732. tungāne — brother, of a female

733. tunu — to cook, roast

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

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

736. tupuna — ancestor; grandparent

737. ture — law, rule

738. turituri — be quiet! noisy

739. tutuki — to be finished, completed, achieved

740. tuāhine — female cousins or sisters of a male

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

742. tā — print, draw

743. tāhae — to steal

744. tāima — time

745. tākaro — to play

746. tāku — my, ā category possession, singular

747. tākuta — doctor

748. tāmaki — omen, portent

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

750. tāne — man, male

751. tāngata — people (plural of tangata)

752. tāone — town

753. tāra — dollar

754. tārere — to swing

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

756. tāroaroa — tall

757. tātahi — seaside, beach

758. tātau — we; us; everyone

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

760. tāu — your (singular + one item)

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

762. tāwhaki — Fiordland crested penguin

763. tāwāhi — overseas

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

765. tēhea — which, singular

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

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

768. tēnā — that, by the listener

769. tēpu — table

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

771. tērā — that over there, that

772. tētahi — a, one specific thing

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

774. tī — cabbage tree; tea

775. tīhāte — t-shirt

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

777. tīma — team

778. tīmata — to begin, to start

779. tīpuna — grandparents (plural form of tipuna)

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

781. tītī — muttonbird

782. tō — your (singular); to drag

783. tōhi — toast

784. tōkena — stockings, socks

785. tōku — my (singular)

786. tōmuri — to be late

787. tōna — his, her

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

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

790. tōtiti — sausage

791. tōu — your, ō category possession, singular

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

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

794. tūpato — to be careful; caution, cautious

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

796. tūpāpaku — corpse, body

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

798. Tūrei — Tuesday

799. tūru — chair, seat, stool

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

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

802. ua — to rain; rain

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

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

805. umu — earth oven

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

807. uri — descendant, offspring

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

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

810. utaina — (pass) be loaded

811. utu — cost, price; to pay for

812. wae — foot; leg; separate

813. waea — wire; phone

814. waenganui — middle, centre, between

815. waewae — foot, leg

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

817. wahie — driftwood

818. wahine — woman, wife

819. waho — out, outside, the outside

820. wai — water; who

821. waiata — to sing (v); song (n)

822. waiatatia — sung (pass. of waiata)

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

824. waipiro — alcohol

825. wairua — spirit

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

827. wareware — to forget; forgetful (trans)

828. waru — eight; to scrape, to peel

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

830. wawe — early, soon, quickly

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

832. wera — to burn; burnt; hot, heat

833. whaea — mother, aunt

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

835. whaikōrero — oratory

836. whakaae — to agree

837. whakaaetia — to be agreed

838. whakaahua — to take photos; photograph

839. whakaako — teach

840. whakaaro — to think; thought, idea

841. whakaata — mirror

842. whakaatu — to display, show, demonstrate

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

844. whakahoki — to return something, to reply

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

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

847. whakairo — to carve, a carving

848. whakakāngia — burned (pass. of whakakā)

849. whakakī — to fill something

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

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

852. whakamā — to be embarrassed, ashamed

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

854. whakamātautau — examination, test

855. whakaoti — complete

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

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

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

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

860. whakapapa — genealogy

861. whakapono — to believe; faith

862. whakarite — to compare; arrange, organise

863. whakarongo — to listen

864. whakatangi — to play an instrument

865. whakatau — to decide

866. whakataukī — proverb

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

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

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

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

871. whakautu — to reply, to respond, answer

872. whakawhiti — to cross

873. whana — to kick

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

875. whara — to be injured

876. whare — house, building

877. wharekai — restaurant

878. wharekura — Māori-medium secondary school

879. wharenui — meeting house; hall

880. wharepaku — toilet

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

882. whatu — to weave, knit; eye

883. whawhai — to fight; a battle

884. whea — where? (variant of hea)

885. whenua — land

886. whero — red

887. whiri — plait; twist

888. whiti — to cross; shine, rise

889. whitu — seven

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

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

892. whutupōro — football, rugby

893. whā — four

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

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

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

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

898. whāriki — mat, carpet, rug

899. wiki — week

900. wini — window

901. wā — time, times

902. wāhanga — chapter, episode

903. wāhi — part, portion; place

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

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

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

907. ā — and; and then

908. āe — yes

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

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

911. āhua — shape, form, appearance

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

913. Ākarana — Auckland

914. ākonga — student

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

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

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

918. ānō — as though; as if

919. āporo — apple

920. āpōpō — tomorrow

921. ārahi — to lead, guide

922. ārani — orange [fruit]

923. āta — gently, carefully, deliberately

924. ātaahua — beautiful, well formed

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

926. āwangawanga — worried

927. āwhea — Āwhea = ahea. ‖ hea.

928. āwhina — to help

929. āwhinatia — helped (pass of āwhina)

930. ēhea — which

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

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

933. ērā — those (over there)

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

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

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

937. ōku — mine, plural, ō category possession

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

939. Ōtautahi — Christchurch

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

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

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