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. ahi — fire

6. ahiahi — early evening, afternoon

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

8. 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)

9. ake, ake, ake — for ever and ever

10. ako — to learn, to teach

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

12. ana — indeed, when, if

13. anake — only, just, alone

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

15. ara — to rise (v); path (n)

16. aroha — love, sympathy, compassion

17. ata — morning, shadow

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

19. au — I, me

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

21. awa — river, stream

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

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

24. engari — but

25. haere — go, come

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

27. harikoa — happy, joyful, euphoric

28. hau — wind, air, breath

29. he — a, some; in the category of

30. hea — where?

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

32. hia — how many?

33. hiahia — to want

34. hiainu — thirst, thirsty

35. hiakai — hungry

36. hiamoe — sleepy

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

38. hipi — sheep

39. hoa — friend; partner; spouse

40. hoatu — to give (away from speaker)

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

42. hoko — to buy, sell, purchase

43. hokomaha — supermarket

44. homai — give (to the speaker)

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

46. horoi — to wash, to clean

47. hou — new, modern; feather

48. hui — meeting; gathered

49. hē — wrong; error, mistake

50. hīkoi — to walk, step, tread

51. hōiho — horse

52. hū — shoe

53. 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.

54. ia — he, she, him, her

55. iho — downwards

56. ika — fish

57. inanahi — yesterday

58. ingoa — name

59. inu — to drink (v); drink (n)

60. ināianei — now

61. iti — small, little

62. iwi — tribe

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

64. kaha — strong, able

65. kai — eat (v); food (n)

66. kaiako — teacher (kai- + ako)

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

68. kainga — (pass) be eaten

69. kanikani — dance, to dance

70. kapu — cup

71. karaka — orange (colour)

72. karakia — prayer, to pray

73. karanga — to call

74. katoa — all

75. kau — swim; cow

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

77. kaupapa — topic, theme, plan, subject

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

79. kei te — at the moment; now

80. keke — cake

81. kete — basket, kit

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

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

84. kino — bad

85. kite — to see

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

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

88. koa — happy

89. koe — you, one person

90. koia — it is, so

91. konei — here, by speaker

92. kore — zero, nothing

93. koroua — elderly man, grandfather

94. korā — over there

95. kotahi — one

96. koutou — you, three or more people

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

98. kuia — elderly woman, grandmother

99. kupu — word

100. kura — school; treasured item

101. kurī — dog

102. kāhore — Negative used for verb sentences

103. kāinga — home

104. kākahu — clothing, garment

105. kāore — negative used for verb sentences

106. kātahi — then

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

108. kēkē — armpit

109. kēmu — game

110. kī — to be full

111. kōrero — to talk, speak

112. kōrua — you, two people

113. kōtiro — girl

114. mahi — to do, work, make

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

116. mahue — to be left behind (trans)

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

118. makariri — cold

119. manu — bird

120. manuhiri — guest

121. marae — traditional Māori gathering place

122. marama — month, moon

123. mate — to be sick, ill, dead

124. matekai — hungry, starving

125. matua — parent, father

126. mau — to wear clothes

127. maunga — mountain

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

129. mea — a thing (n); to say (v)

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

131. mere — bush, shrub

132. mihi — to greet; thank; acknowledge

133. miraka — milk

134. moana — sea

135. moe — sleep; to marry

136. moenga — bed

137. mokemoke — lonely

138. mokopuna — grandchild

139. moni — money

140. motokā — car, motorcar

141. mua — front, before

142. muri — behind, after

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

144. mā — clean, white, and others

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

146. māku — for me, by me

147. mākū — to be saturated, wet, damp

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

149. māna — for him, her, by him, her

150. māngere — lazy

151. Māori — indigenous people of Aotearoa/New Zealand

152. mārama — clear, understand

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

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

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

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

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

158. māuiui — sick

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

160. mōhio — to know

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

162. nei — here, by speaker

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

164. ngenge — tired

165. ngeru — cat

166. ngā — the, plural

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

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

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

170. noho — to live; sit

171. nui — big, great, many

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

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

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

175. nō — from

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

177. oma — to run, escape

178. ono — six

179. ope — group travelling together

180. ora — alive, well, healthy, safe

181. oti — to be completed

182. pahi — bus

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

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

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

186. papa — floor, ground, flat surface

187. parāoa — bread, flour

188. patu — to strike, hit; to kill

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

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

191. pea — pair; pear

192. pene — pen

193. piki — to increase

194. pirihimana — police officer

195. poaka — pig

196. pouaka — box

197. pukapuka — book, lungs

198. pukumahi — hard-working, industrious

199. pukuriri — fury; furious; grumpy

200. puta — to appear, to come out

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

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

203. pāpā — father, uncle

204. pātai — question; to ask a question

205. pēhea — how?

206. pēnei — like this, near speaker

207. pēpi — baby

208. pēwhea — how? (variant of pēhea)

209. pīrangi — to want, desire

210. pō — night

211. Pōneke — Wellington [Port Nicholson]

212. pōtae — hat

213. pōuri — sad, dark

214. rangatira — chief, leader, boss

215. rangi — sky, day

216. raro — under, below; time

217. rau — to put into; leaf

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

219. reira — there (previously mentioned)

220. reka — sweet

221. reo — language, voice

222. rere — to escape; to fly

223. reta — letter

224. rima — five

225. riri — anger, angry

226. rite — to be ready, like, similar

227. roa — long

228. rongo — to hear, perceive, feel

229. rorohiko — computer

230. roto — in, inside, within; lake

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

232. runga — on

233. rā — day; the sun; over there

234. rākau — tree; timber

235. rānei — or

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

237. rāua — them; they (two people)

238. rīhi — dish; dishes; lease

239. rūma — room

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

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

242. taha — to pass by; side

243. tahi — one, single

244. tai — tide; coast

245. taihoa — wait

246. take — beginning, cause, origin

247. taku — my (singular); edge

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

249. tamaiti — child

250. tamariki — children

251. tamāhine — daughter

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

253. tangata — person

254. tangi — to cry; to make a sound

255. taraiwa — to drive; driver

256. tata — near, close

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

258. taua — that, previously mentioned (singular)

259. tauira — student; example

260. te — the, singular definite article

261. teina — younger sibling, same sex

262. tekau — ten

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

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

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

266. tiki — to fetch

267. tino — very

268. titiro — to look at

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

270. tohunga — expert, priest

271. toki — adze, axe; champion

272. tonu — still

273. toru — three

274. tuahine — sister, of a male

275. tuakana — older sibling of the same sex

276. tuatahi — first

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

278. tuhituhi — to write, draw

279. tunu — to cook, roast

280. tā — print, draw

281. tākaro — to play

282. tāku — my, ā category possession, singular

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

284. tāne — man, male

285. tāngata — people (plural of tangata)

286. tāone — town

287. tātahi — seaside, beach

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

289. tāu — your (singular + one item)

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

291. tēhea — which, singular

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

293. tēnā — that, by the listener

294. tēpu — table

295. tērā — that over there, that

296. tētahi — a, one specific thing

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

298. tīmata — to begin, to start

299. tō — your (singular); to drag

300. tōku — my (singular)

301. tōna — his, her

302. tōu — your, ō category possession, singular

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

304. tūru — chair, seat, stool

305. ua — to rain; rain

306. utu — cost, price; to pay for

307. waea — wire; phone

308. waenganui — middle, centre, between

309. wahine — woman, wife

310. waho — out, outside, the outside

311. wai — water; who

312. waiata — to sing (v); song (n)

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

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

315. waru — eight; to scrape, to peel

316. wera — to burn; burnt; hot, heat

317. whaea — mother, aunt

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

319. whakaaro — to think; thought, idea

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

321. whakarongo — to listen

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

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

324. whare — house, building

325. whea — where? (variant of hea)

326. whenua — land

327. whero — red

328. whitu — seven

329. whā — four

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

331. wiki — week

332. wā — time, times

333. wāhi — part, portion; place

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

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

336. ā — and; and then

337. āe — yes

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

339. āhua — shape, form, appearance

340. ākonga — student

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

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

343. ānō — as though; as if

344. āporo — apple

345. āpōpō — tomorrow

346. āta — gently, carefully, deliberately

347. ātaahua — beautiful, well formed

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

349. āwangawanga — worried

350. āwhina — to help

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

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

353. ērā — those (over there)

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

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

356. ōku — mine, plural, ō category possession

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

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

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