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. inanahi — yesterday

57. ingoa — name

58. inu — to drink (v); drink (n)

59. ināianei — now

60. iti — small, little

61. iwi — tribe

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

63. kaha — strong, able

64. kai — eat (v); food (n)

65. kaiako — teacher (kai- + ako)

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

67. kainga — (pass) be eaten

68. kanikani — dance, to dance

69. kapu — cup

70. karaka — orange (colour)

71. karakia — prayer, to pray

72. karanga — to call

73. katoa — all

74. kau — swim; cow

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

76. kaupapa — topic, theme, plan, subject

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

78. kei te — at the moment; now

79. keke — cake

80. kete — basket, kit

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

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

83. kino — bad

84. kite — to see

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

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

87. koa — happy

88. koe — you, one person

89. koia — it is, so

90. konei — here, by speaker

91. kore — zero, nothing

92. koroua — elderly man, grandfather

93. korā — over there

94. kotahi — one

95. koutou — you, three or more people

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

97. kuia — elderly woman, grandmother

98. kupu — word

99. kura — school; treasured item

100. kurī — dog

101. kāhore — Negative used for verb sentences

102. kāinga — home

103. kākahu — clothing, garment

104. kāore — negative used for verb sentences

105. kātahi — then

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

107. kēkē — armpit

108. kēmu — game

109. kī — to be full

110. kōrero — to talk, speak

111. kōrua — you, two people

112. kōtiro — girl

113. mahi — to do, work, make

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

115. mahue — to be left behind (trans)

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

117. makariri — cold

118. manu — bird

119. manuhiri — guest

120. marae — traditional Māori gathering place

121. marama — month, moon

122. mate — to be sick, ill, dead

123. matekai — hungry, starving

124. matua — parent, father

125. mau — to wear clothes

126. maunga — mountain

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

128. mea — a thing (n); to say (v)

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

130. mere — bush, shrub

131. mihi — to greet; thank; acknowledge

132. miraka — milk

133. moana — sea

134. moe — sleep; to marry

135. moenga — bed

136. mokemoke — lonely

137. mokopuna — grandchild

138. moni — money

139. motokā — car, motorcar

140. mua — front, before

141. muri — behind, after

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

143. mā — clean, white, and others

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

145. māku — for me, by me

146. mākū — to be saturated, wet, damp

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

148. māna — for him, her, by him, her

149. māngere — lazy

150. Māori — indigenous people of Aotearoa/New Zealand

151. mārama — clear, understand

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

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

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

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

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

157. māuiui — sick

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

159. mōhio — to know

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

161. nei — here, by speaker

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

163. ngenge — tired

164. ngeru — cat

165. ngā — the, plural

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

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

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

169. noho — to live; sit

170. nui — big, great, many

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

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

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

174. nō — from

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

176. oma — to run, escape

177. ono — six

178. ora — alive, well, healthy, safe

179. oti — to be completed

180. pahi — bus

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

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

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

184. papa — floor, ground, flat surface

185. parāoa — bread, flour

186. patu — to strike, hit; to kill

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

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

189. pea — pair; pear

190. pene — pen

191. piki — to increase

192. pirihimana — police officer

193. poaka — pig

194. pouaka — box

195. pukapuka — book, lungs

196. pukumahi — hard-working, industrious

197. pukuriri — fury; furious; grumpy

198. puta — to appear, to come out

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

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

201. pāpā — father, uncle

202. pātai — question; to ask a question

203. pēhea — how?

204. pēnei — like this, near speaker

205. pēpi — baby

206. pīrangi — to want, desire

207. pō — night

208. Pōneke — Wellington [Port Nicholson]

209. pōtae — hat

210. pōuri — sad, dark

211. rangatira — chief, leader, boss

212. rangi — sky, day

213. raro — under, below; time

214. rau — to put into; leaf

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

216. reira — there (previously mentioned)

217. reka — sweet

218. reo — language, voice

219. rere — to escape; to fly

220. reta — letter

221. rima — five

222. riri — anger, angry

223. rite — to be ready, like, similar

224. roa — long

225. rongo — to hear, perceive, feel

226. rorohiko — computer

227. roto — in, inside, within; lake

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

229. runga — on

230. rā — day; the sun; over there

231. rākau — tree; timber

232. rānei — or

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

234. rāua — them; they (two people)

235. rīhi — dish; dishes; lease

236. rūma — room

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

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

239. taha — to pass by; side

240. tahi — one, single

241. tai — tide; coast

242. taihoa — wait

243. take — beginning, cause, origin

244. taku — my (singular); edge

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

246. tamaiti — child

247. tamariki — children

248. tamāhine — daughter

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

250. tangata — person

251. tangi — to cry; to make a sound

252. taraiwa — to drive; driver

253. tata — near, close

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

255. taua — that, previously mentioned (singular)

256. tauira — student; example

257. te — the, singular definite article

258. teina — younger sibling, same sex

259. tekau — ten

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

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

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

263. tiki — to fetch

264. tino — very

265. titiro — to look at

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

267. tohunga — expert, priest

268. toki — adze, axe; champion

269. tonu — still

270. toru — three

271. tuahine — sister, of a male

272. tuakana — older sibling of the same sex

273. tuatahi — first

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

275. tuhituhi — to write, draw

276. tunu — to cook, roast

277. tā — print, draw

278. tākaro — to play

279. tāku — my, ā category possession, singular

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

281. tāne — man, male

282. tāngata — people (plural of tangata)

283. tāone — town

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

285. tāu — your (singular + one item)

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

287. tēhea — which, singular

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

289. tēnā — that, by the listener

290. tēpu — table

291. tērā — that over there, that

292. tētahi — a, one specific thing

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

294. tīmata — to begin, to start

295. tō — your (singular); to drag

296. tōku — my (singular)

297. tōna — his, her

298. tōu — your, ō category possession, singular

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

300. tūru — chair, seat, stool

301. ua — to rain; rain

302. utu — cost, price; to pay for

303. waea — wire; phone

304. waenganui — middle, centre, between

305. wahine — woman, wife

306. waho — out, outside, the outside

307. wai — water; who

308. waiata — to sing (v); song (n)

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

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

311. waru — eight; to scrape, to peel

312. wera — to burn; burnt; hot, heat

313. whaea — mother, aunt

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

315. whakaaro — to think; thought, idea

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

317. whakarongo — to listen

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

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

320. whare — house, building

321. whea — where? (variant of hea)

322. whenua — land

323. whero — red

324. whitu — seven

325. whā — four

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

327. wiki — week

328. wā — time, times

329. wāhi — part, portion; place

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

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

332. ā — and; and then

333. āe — yes

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

335. āhua — shape, form, appearance

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

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

338. ānō — as though; as if

339. āporo — apple

340. āpōpō — tomorrow

341. āta — gently, carefully, deliberately

342. ātaahua — beautiful, well formed

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

344. āwangawanga — worried

345. āwhina — to help

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

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

348. ērā — those (over there)

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

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

351. ōku — mine, plural, ō category possession

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

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

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