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. anake — only, just, alone

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

14. ara — to rise (v); path (n)

15. aroha — love, sympathy, compassion

16. ata — morning, shadow

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

18. au — I, me

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

20. awa — river, stream

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

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

23. engari — but

24. haere — go, come

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

26. harikoa — happy, joyful, euphoric

27. hau — wind, air, breath

28. he — a, some; in the category of

29. hea — where?

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

31. hia — how many?

32. hiahia — to want

33. hiainu — thirst, thirsty

34. hiakai — hungry

35. hiamoe — sleepy

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

37. hipi — sheep

38. hoa — friend; partner; spouse

39. hoatu — to give (away from speaker)

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

41. hoko — to buy, sell, purchase

42. hokomaha — supermarket

43. homai — give (to the speaker)

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

45. horoi — to wash, to clean

46. hou — new, modern; feather

47. hui — meeting; gathered

48. hē — wrong; error, mistake

49. hīkoi — to walk, step, tread

50. hōiho — horse

51. hū — shoe

52. 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.

53. ia — he, she, him, her

54. iho — downwards

55. ika — fish

56. ingoa — name

57. inu — to drink (v); drink (n)

58. ināianei — now

59. iti — small, little

60. iwi — tribe

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

62. kaha — strong, able

63. kai — eat (v); food (n)

64. kaiako — teacher (kai- + ako)

65. kainga — (pass) be eaten

66. kanikani — dance, to dance

67. kapu — cup

68. karaka — orange (colour)

69. karakia — prayer, to pray

70. karanga — to call

71. katoa — all

72. kau — swim; cow

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

74. kaupapa — topic, theme, plan, subject

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

76. kei te — at the moment; now

77. keke — cake

78. kete — basket, kit

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

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

81. kino — bad

82. kite — to see

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

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

85. koa — happy

86. koe — you, one person

87. koia — it is, so

88. konei — here, by speaker

89. kore — zero, nothing

90. koroua — elderly man, grandfather

91. korā — over there

92. kotahi — one

93. koutou — you, three or more people

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

95. kuia — elderly woman, grandmother

96. kupu — word

97. kura — school; treasured item

98. kurī — dog

99. kāhore — Negative used for verb sentences

100. kāinga — home

101. kākahu — clothing, garment

102. kāore — negative used for verb sentences

103. kātahi — then

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

105. kēkē — armpit

106. kēmu — game

107. kī — to be full

108. kōrero — to talk, speak

109. kōrua — you, two people

110. kōtiro — girl

111. mahi — to do, work, make

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

113. mahue — to be left behind (trans)

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

115. makariri — cold

116. manu — bird

117. manuhiri — guest

118. marae — traditional Māori gathering place

119. marama — month, moon

120. mate — to be sick, ill, dead

121. matekai — hungry, starving

122. matua — parent, father

123. mau — to wear clothes

124. maunga — mountain

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

126. mea — a thing (n); to say (v)

127. mere — bush, shrub

128. mihi — to greet; thank; acknowledge

129. miraka — milk

130. moana — sea

131. moe — sleep; to marry

132. moenga — bed

133. mokemoke — lonely

134. mokopuna — grandchild

135. moni — money

136. motokā — car, motorcar

137. mua — front, before

138. muri — behind, after

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

140. mā — clean, white, and others

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

142. māku — for me, by me

143. mākū — to be saturated, wet, damp

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

145. māna — for him, her, by him, her

146. māngere — lazy

147. Māori — indigenous people of Aotearoa/New Zealand

148. mārama — clear, understand

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

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

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

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

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

154. māuiui — sick

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

156. mōhio — to know

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

158. nei — here, by speaker

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

160. ngenge — tired

161. ngeru — cat

162. ngā — the, plural

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

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

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

166. noho — to live; sit

167. nui — big, great, many

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

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

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

171. nō — from

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

173. oma — to run, escape

174. ono — six

175. ora — alive, well, healthy, safe

176. oti — to be completed

177. pahi — bus

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

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

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

181. papa — floor, ground, flat surface

182. parāoa — bread, flour

183. patu — to strike, hit; to kill

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

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

186. pea — pair; pear

187. pene — pen

188. piki — to increase

189. pirihimana — police officer

190. pouaka — box

191. pukapuka — book, lungs

192. pukumahi — hard-working, industrious

193. pukuriri — fury; furious; grumpy

194. puta — to appear, to come out

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

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

197. pāpā — father, uncle

198. pātai — question; to ask a question

199. pēhea — how?

200. pēnei — like this, near speaker

201. pēpi — baby

202. pīrangi — to want, desire

203. pō — night

204. Pōneke — Wellington [Port Nicholson]

205. pōtae — hat

206. pōuri — sad, dark

207. rangatira — chief, leader, boss

208. rangi — sky, day

209. raro — under, below; time

210. rau — to put into; leaf

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

212. reira — there (previously mentioned)

213. reka — sweet

214. reo — language, voice

215. rere — to escape; to fly

216. reta — letter

217. rima — five

218. riri — anger, angry

219. rite — to be ready, like, similar

220. roa — long

221. rongo — to hear, perceive, feel

222. roto — in, inside, within; lake

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

224. runga — on

225. rā — day; the sun; over there

226. rākau — tree; timber

227. rānei — or

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

229. rāua — them; they (two people)

230. rīhi — dish; dishes; lease

231. rūma — room

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

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

234. taha — to pass by; side

235. tahi — one, single

236. tai — tide; coast

237. taihoa — wait

238. take — beginning, cause, origin

239. taku — my (singular); edge

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

241. tamaiti — child

242. tamariki — children

243. tamāhine — daughter

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

245. tangata — person

246. tangi — to cry; to make a sound

247. taraiwa — to drive; driver

248. tata — near, close

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

250. taua — that, previously mentioned (singular)

251. tauira — student; example

252. te — the, singular definite article

253. teina — younger sibling, same sex

254. tekau — ten

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

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

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

258. tiki — to fetch

259. tino — very

260. titiro — to look at

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

262. tohunga — expert, priest

263. toki — adze, axe; champion

264. tonu — still

265. toru — three

266. tuahine — sister, of a male

267. tuakana — older sibling of the same sex

268. tuatahi — first

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

270. tuhituhi — to write, draw

271. tunu — to cook, roast

272. tā — print, draw

273. tākaro — to play

274. tāku — my, ā category possession, singular

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

276. tāne — man, male

277. tāngata — people (plural of tangata)

278. tāone — town

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

280. tāu — your (singular + one item)

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

282. tēhea — which, singular

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

284. tēnā — that, by the listener

285. tēpu — table

286. tērā — that over there, that

287. tētahi — a, one specific thing

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

289. tīmata — to begin, to start

290. tō — your (singular); to drag

291. tōku — my (singular)

292. tōna — his, her

293. tōu — your, ō category possession, singular

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

295. tūru — chair, seat, stool

296. ua — to rain; rain

297. utu — cost, price; to pay for

298. waea — wire; phone

299. waenganui — middle, centre, between

300. wahine — woman, wife

301. waho — out, outside, the outside

302. wai — water; who

303. waiata — to sing (v); song (n)

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

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

306. wera — to burn; burnt; hot, heat

307. whaea — mother, aunt

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

309. whakaaro — to think; thought, idea

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

311. whakarongo — to listen

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

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

314. whare — house, building

315. whea — where? (variant of hea)

316. whenua — land

317. whero — red

318. whitu — seven

319. whā — four

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

321. wiki — week

322. wā — time, times

323. wāhi — part, portion; place

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

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

326. ā — and; and then

327. āe — yes

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

329. āhua — shape, form, appearance

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

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

332. ānō — as though; as if

333. āporo — apple

334. āpōpō — tomorrow

335. āta — gently, carefully, deliberately

336. ātaahua — beautiful, well formed

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

338. āwangawanga — worried

339. āwhina — to help

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

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

342. ērā — those (over there)

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

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

345. ōku — mine, plural, ō category possession

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

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

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