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. ahakoa — although

4. ahau — I, me

5. ahiahi — early evening, afternoon

6. ai — Not translatable into an English word; verbal particle; used in various subordinate structures, for example relative clauses, adverbials, ...ai

7. 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)

8. ake, ake, ake — for ever and ever

9. ako — to learn, to teach

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

11. ana — indeed, when, if

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

13. ara — to rise (v); path (n)

14. aroha — love, sympathy, compassion

15. ata — morning, shadow

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

17. au — I, me

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

19. awa — river, stream

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

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

22. engari — but

23. haere — go, come

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

25. harikoa — happy, joyful, euphoric

26. hau — wind, air, breath

27. he — a, some; in the category of

28. hea — where?

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

30. hia — how many?

31. hiahia — to want

32. hiainu — thirst, thirsty

33. hiakai — hungry

34. hiamoe — sleepy

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

36. hipi — sheep

37. hoa — friend; partner; spouse

38. hoatu — to give (away from speaker)

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

40. hoko — to buy, sell, purchase

41. hokomaha — supermarket

42. homai — give (to the speaker)

43. horoi — to wash, to clean

44. hou — new, modern; feather

45. hui — meeting; gathered

46. hīkoi — to walk, step, tread

47. hōiho — horse

48. hū — shoe

49. 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.

50. ia — he, she, him, her

51. iho — downwards

52. ika — fish

53. ingoa — name

54. inu — to drink (v); drink (n)

55. iti — small, little

56. iwi — tribe

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

58. kaha — strong, able

59. kai — eat (v); food (n)

60. kaiako — teacher (kai- + ako)

61. kainga — (pass) be eaten

62. kapu — cup

63. karaka — orange (colour)

64. karakia — prayer, to pray

65. karanga — to call

66. katoa — all

67. kau — swim; cow

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

69. kaupapa — topic, theme, plan, subject

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

71. kei te — at the moment; now

72. keke — cake

73. kete — basket, kit

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

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

76. kino — bad

77. kite — to see

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

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

80. koa — happy

81. koe — you, one person

82. konei — here, by speaker

83. kore — zero, nothing

84. koroua — elderly man, grandfather

85. kotahi — one

86. koutou — you, three or more people

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

88. kuia — elderly woman, grandmother

89. kupu — word

90. kura — school; treasured item

91. kurī — dog

92. kāhore — Negative used for verb sentences

93. kāinga — home

94. kākahu — clothing, garment

95. kāore — negative used for verb sentences

96. kātahi — then

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

98. kēkē — armpit

99. kēmu — game

100. kī — to be full

101. kōrero — to talk, speak

102. kōrua — you, two people

103. kōtiro — girl

104. mahi — to do, work, make

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

106. makariri — cold

107. manu — bird

108. manuhiri — guest

109. marae — traditional Māori gathering place

110. mate — to be sick, ill, dead

111. matekai — hungry, starving

112. matua — parent, father

113. mau — to wear clothes

114. maunga — mountain

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

116. mea — a thing (n); to say (v)

117. mere — bush, shrub

118. mihi — to greet; thank; acknowledge

119. miraka — milk

120. moana — sea

121. moe — sleep; to marry

122. mokemoke — lonely

123. moni — money

124. motokā — car, motorcar

125. mua — front, before

126. muri — behind, after

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

128. mā — clean, white, and others

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

130. māku — for me, by me

131. mākū — to be saturated, wet, damp

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

133. māna — for him, her, by him, her

134. māngere — lazy

135. Māori — indigenous people of Aotearoa/New Zealand

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

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

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

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

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

141. māuiui — sick

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

143. mōhio — to know

144. nei — here, by speaker

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

146. ngenge — tired

147. ngeru — cat

148. ngā — the, plural

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

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

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

152. noho — to live; sit

153. nui — big, great, many

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

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

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

157. nō — from

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

159. oma — to run, escape

160. ono — six

161. ora — alive, well, healthy, safe

162. oti — to be completed

163. pahi — bus

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

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

166. papa — floor, ground, flat surface

167. parāoa — bread, flour

168. patu — to strike, hit; to kill

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

170. pea — pair; pear

171. pene — pen

172. piki — to increase

173. pouaka — box

174. pukapuka — book, lungs

175. pukumahi — hard-working, industrious

176. pukuriri — fury; furious; grumpy

177. puta — to appear, to come out

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

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

180. pāpā — father, uncle

181. pātai — question; to ask a question

182. pēhea — how?

183. pēnei — like this, near speaker

184. pēpi — baby

185. pīrangi — to want, desire

186. pō — night

187. Pōneke — Wellington [Port Nicholson]

188. pōtae — hat

189. pōuri — sad, dark

190. rangatira — chief, leader, boss

191. rangi — sky, day

192. raro — under, below; time

193. rau — to put into; leaf

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

195. reira — there (previously mentioned)

196. reka — sweet

197. reo — language, voice

198. rere — to escape; to fly

199. reta — letter

200. riri — anger, angry

201. rite — to be ready, like, similar

202. roa — long

203. rongo — to hear, perceive, feel

204. roto — in, inside, within; lake

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

206. runga — on

207. rā — day; the sun; over there

208. rākau — tree; timber

209. rānei — or

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

211. rāua — them; they (two people)

212. rīhi — dish; dishes; lease

213. rūma — room

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

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

216. taha — to pass by; side

217. tahi — one, single

218. taihoa — wait

219. take — beginning, cause, origin

220. taku — my (singular); edge

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

222. tamaiti — child

223. tamariki — children

224. tamāhine — daughter

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

226. tangata — person

227. tangi — to cry; to make a sound

228. taraiwa — to drive; driver

229. tata — near, close

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

231. taua — that, previously mentioned (singular)

232. tauira — student; example

233. te — the, singular definite article

234. teina — younger sibling, same sex

235. tekau — ten

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

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

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

239. tiki — to fetch

240. tino — very

241. titiro — to look at

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

243. tonu — still

244. toru — three

245. tuhituhi — to write, draw

246. tunu — to cook, roast

247. tā — print, draw

248. tākaro — to play

249. tāku — my, ā category possession, singular

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

251. tāne — man, male

252. tāngata — people (plural of tangata)

253. tāone — town

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

255. tāu — your (singular + one item)

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

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

258. tēnā — that, by the listener

259. tēpu — table

260. tērā — that over there, that

261. tētahi — a, one specific thing

262. tīmata — to begin, to start

263. tō — your (singular); to drag

264. tōku — my (singular)

265. tōna — his, her

266. tōu — your, ō category possession, singular

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

268. tūru — chair, seat, stool

269. ua — to rain; rain

270. utu — cost, price; to pay for

271. waea — wire; phone

272. wahine — woman, wife

273. waho — out, outside, the outside

274. wai — water; who

275. waiata — to sing (v); song (n)

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

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

278. wera — to burn; burnt; hot, heat

279. whaea — mother, aunt

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

281. whakaaro — to think; thought, idea

282. whakarongo — to listen

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

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

285. whare — house, building

286. whea — where? (variant of hea)

287. whenua — land

288. whero — red

289. whā — four

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

291. wiki — week

292. wā — time, times

293. wāhi — part, portion; place

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

295. ā — and; and then

296. āe — yes

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

298. āhua — shape, form, appearance

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

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

301. ānō — as though; as if

302. āporo — apple

303. āpōpō — tomorrow

304. āta — gently, carefully, deliberately

305. ātaahua — beautiful, well formed

306. āwangawanga — worried

307. āwhina — to help

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

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

310. ērā — those (over there)

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

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

313. ōku — mine, plural, ō category possession

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

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