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

44. horoi — to wash, to clean

45. hou — new, modern; feather

46. hui — meeting; gathered

47. hīkoi — to walk, step, tread

48. hōiho — horse

49. hū — shoe

50. 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.

51. ia — he, she, him, her

52. iho — downwards

53. ika — fish

54. ingoa — name

55. inu — to drink (v); drink (n)

56. iti — small, little

57. iwi — tribe

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

59. kaha — strong, able

60. kai — eat (v); food (n)

61. kaiako — teacher (kai- + ako)

62. kainga — (pass) be eaten

63. kapu — cup

64. karaka — orange (colour)

65. karakia — prayer, to pray

66. karanga — to call

67. katoa — all

68. kau — swim; cow

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

70. kaupapa — topic, theme, plan, subject

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

72. kei te — at the moment; now

73. keke — cake

74. kete — basket, kit

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

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

77. kino — bad

78. kite — to see

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

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

81. koa — happy

82. koe — you, one person

83. koia — it is, so

84. konei — here, by speaker

85. kore — zero, nothing

86. koroua — elderly man, grandfather

87. kotahi — one

88. koutou — you, three or more people

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

90. kuia — elderly woman, grandmother

91. kupu — word

92. kura — school; treasured item

93. kurī — dog

94. kāhore — Negative used for verb sentences

95. kāinga — home

96. kākahu — clothing, garment

97. kāore — negative used for verb sentences

98. kātahi — then

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

100. kēkē — armpit

101. kēmu — game

102. kī — to be full

103. kōrero — to talk, speak

104. kōrua — you, two people

105. kōtiro — girl

106. mahi — to do, work, make

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

108. makariri — cold

109. manu — bird

110. manuhiri — guest

111. marae — traditional Māori gathering place

112. mate — to be sick, ill, dead

113. matekai — hungry, starving

114. matua — parent, father

115. mau — to wear clothes

116. maunga — mountain

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

118. mea — a thing (n); to say (v)

119. mere — bush, shrub

120. mihi — to greet; thank; acknowledge

121. miraka — milk

122. moana — sea

123. moe — sleep; to marry

124. mokemoke — lonely

125. mokopuna — grandchild

126. moni — money

127. motokā — car, motorcar

128. mua — front, before

129. muri — behind, after

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

131. mā — clean, white, and others

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

133. māku — for me, by me

134. mākū — to be saturated, wet, damp

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

136. māna — for him, her, by him, her

137. māngere — lazy

138. Māori — indigenous people of Aotearoa/New Zealand

139. mārama — clear, understand

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

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

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

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

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

145. māuiui — sick

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

147. mōhio — to know

148. nei — here, by speaker

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

150. ngenge — tired

151. ngeru — cat

152. ngā — the, plural

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

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

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

156. noho — to live; sit

157. nui — big, great, many

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

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

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

161. nō — from

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

163. oma — to run, escape

164. ono — six

165. ora — alive, well, healthy, safe

166. oti — to be completed

167. pahi — bus

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

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

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

171. papa — floor, ground, flat surface

172. parāoa — bread, flour

173. patu — to strike, hit; to kill

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

175. pea — pair; pear

176. pene — pen

177. piki — to increase

178. pouaka — box

179. pukapuka — book, lungs

180. pukumahi — hard-working, industrious

181. pukuriri — fury; furious; grumpy

182. puta — to appear, to come out

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

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

185. pāpā — father, uncle

186. pātai — question; to ask a question

187. pēhea — how?

188. pēnei — like this, near speaker

189. pēpi — baby

190. pīrangi — to want, desire

191. pō — night

192. Pōneke — Wellington [Port Nicholson]

193. pōtae — hat

194. pōuri — sad, dark

195. rangatira — chief, leader, boss

196. rangi — sky, day

197. raro — under, below; time

198. rau — to put into; leaf

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

200. reira — there (previously mentioned)

201. reka — sweet

202. reo — language, voice

203. rere — to escape; to fly

204. reta — letter

205. rima — five

206. riri — anger, angry

207. rite — to be ready, like, similar

208. roa — long

209. rongo — to hear, perceive, feel

210. roto — in, inside, within; lake

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

212. runga — on

213. rā — day; the sun; over there

214. rākau — tree; timber

215. rānei — or

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

217. rāua — them; they (two people)

218. rīhi — dish; dishes; lease

219. rūma — room

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

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

222. taha — to pass by; side

223. tahi — one, single

224. taihoa — wait

225. take — beginning, cause, origin

226. taku — my (singular); edge

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

228. tamaiti — child

229. tamariki — children

230. tamāhine — daughter

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

232. tangata — person

233. tangi — to cry; to make a sound

234. taraiwa — to drive; driver

235. tata — near, close

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

237. taua — that, previously mentioned (singular)

238. tauira — student; example

239. te — the, singular definite article

240. teina — younger sibling, same sex

241. tekau — ten

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

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

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

245. tiki — to fetch

246. tino — very

247. titiro — to look at

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

249. toki — adze, axe; champion

250. tonu — still

251. toru — three

252. tuahine — sister, of a male

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

254. tuhituhi — to write, draw

255. tunu — to cook, roast

256. tā — print, draw

257. tākaro — to play

258. tāku — my, ā category possession, singular

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

260. tāne — man, male

261. tāngata — people (plural of tangata)

262. tāone — town

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

264. tāu — your (singular + one item)

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

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

267. tēnā — that, by the listener

268. tēpu — table

269. tērā — that over there, that

270. tētahi — a, one specific thing

271. tīmata — to begin, to start

272. tō — your (singular); to drag

273. tōku — my (singular)

274. tōna — his, her

275. tōu — your, ō category possession, singular

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

277. tūru — chair, seat, stool

278. ua — to rain; rain

279. utu — cost, price; to pay for

280. waea — wire; phone

281. wahine — woman, wife

282. waho — out, outside, the outside

283. wai — water; who

284. waiata — to sing (v); song (n)

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

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

287. wera — to burn; burnt; hot, heat

288. whaea — mother, aunt

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

290. whakaaro — to think; thought, idea

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

292. whakarongo — to listen

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

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

295. whare — house, building

296. whea — where? (variant of hea)

297. whenua — land

298. whero — red

299. whā — four

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

301. wiki — week

302. wā — time, times

303. wāhi — part, portion; place

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

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

306. ā — and; and then

307. āe — yes

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

309. āhua — shape, form, appearance

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

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

312. ānō — as though; as if

313. āporo — apple

314. āpōpō — tomorrow

315. āta — gently, carefully, deliberately

316. ātaahua — beautiful, well formed

317. āwangawanga — worried

318. āwhina — to help

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

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

321. ērā — those (over there)

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

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

324. ōku — mine, plural, ō category possession

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

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