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. heke — rafter (n); to descend, get off (v)

33. hia — how many?

34. hiahia — to want

35. hiainu — thirst, thirsty

36. hiakai — hungry

37. hiamoe — sleepy

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

39. hipi — sheep

40. hoa — friend; partner; spouse

41. hoatu — to give (away from speaker)

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

43. hoko — to buy, sell, purchase

44. hokomaha — supermarket

45. homai — give (to the speaker)

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

47. horoi — to wash, to clean

48. hou — new, modern; feather

49. hui — meeting; gathered

50. hē — wrong; error, mistake

51. hīkoi — to walk, step, tread

52. hōiho — horse

53. hū — shoe

54. 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.

55. ia — he, she, him, her

56. iho — downwards

57. ika — fish

58. inanahi — yesterday

59. ingoa — name

60. inu — to drink (v); drink (n)

61. ināianei — now

62. iti — small, little

63. iwi — tribe

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

65. kaha — strong, able

66. kai — eat (v); food (n)

67. kaiako — teacher (kai- + ako)

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

69. kainga — (pass) be eaten

70. kanikani — dance, to dance

71. kapu — cup

72. karaka — orange (colour)

73. karakia — prayer, to pray

74. karanga — to call

75. katoa — all

76. kau — swim; cow

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

78. kaupapa — topic, theme, plan, subject

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

80. kei te — at the moment; now

81. keke — cake

82. kete — basket, kit

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

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

85. kino — bad

86. kite — to see

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

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

89. koa — happy

90. koe — you, one person

91. koia — it is, so

92. konei — here, by speaker

93. kore — zero, nothing

94. koroua — elderly man, grandfather

95. korā — over there

96. kotahi — one

97. koti — coat, jacket

98. koutou — you, three or more people

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

100. kuia — elderly woman, grandmother

101. kupu — word

102. kura — school; treasured item

103. kuri — Kuri, n. 1. Dog. Ka rongo te kuri ra i…

104. kurī — dog

105. kāhore — Negative used for verb sentences

106. kāinga — home

107. kākahu — clothing, garment

108. kāore — negative used for verb sentences

109. kātahi — then

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

111. kēkē — armpit

112. kēmu — game

113. kī — to be full

114. kōrero — to talk, speak

115. kōrua — you, two people

116. kōtiro — girl

117. mahi — to do, work, make

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

119. mahue — to be left behind (trans)

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

121. makariri — cold

122. manu — bird

123. manuhiri — guest

124. marae — traditional Māori gathering place

125. marama — month, moon

126. mate — to be sick, ill, dead

127. matekai — hungry, starving

128. matua — parent, father

129. mau — to wear clothes

130. maunga — mountain

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

132. mea — a thing (n); to say (v)

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

134. mere — bush, shrub

135. mihi — to greet; thank; acknowledge

136. miraka — milk

137. moana — sea

138. moe — sleep; to marry

139. moenga — bed

140. mokemoke — lonely

141. mokopuna — grandchild

142. moni — money

143. motokā — car, motorcar

144. mua — front, before

145. muri — behind, after

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

147. mā — clean, white, and others

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

149. māku — for me, by me

150. mākū — to be saturated, wet, damp

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

152. māna — for him, her, by him, her

153. māngere — lazy

154. Māori — indigenous people of Aotearoa/New Zealand

155. māra — garden

156. mārama — clear, understand

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

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

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

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

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

162. māuiui — sick

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

164. mōhio — to know

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

166. nei — here, by speaker

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

168. ngenge — tired

169. ngeru — cat

170. ngā — the, plural

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

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

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

174. noho — to live; sit

175. nui — big, great, many

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

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

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

179. nāu — you (past tense); yours (singular)

180. nē — tag question, translated variously depending on the English structure; eh?

181. nō — from

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

183. oma — to run, escape

184. ono — six

185. ope — group travelling together

186. ora — alive, well, healthy, safe

187. oti — to be completed

188. pahi — bus

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

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

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

192. pani — orphan (n); to be orphaned (v): to smear, spread out (v)

193. papa — floor, ground, flat surface

194. parāoa — bread, flour

195. patu — to strike, hit; to kill

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

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

198. pea — pair; pear

199. pene — pen

200. pereti — plate

201. piki — to increase

202. pirihimana — police officer

203. poaka — pig

204. pouaka — box

205. pukapuka — book, lungs

206. pukumahi — hard-working, industrious

207. pukuriri — fury; furious; grumpy

208. puta — to appear, to come out

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

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

211. pāpā — father, uncle

212. pātai — question; to ask a question

213. pēhea — how?

214. pēnei — like this, near speaker

215. pēnā — like that, near listener

216. pēpi — baby

217. pērā — like that, yonder

218. pēwhea — how? (variant of pēhea)

219. pīrangi — to want, desire

220. pō — night

221. Pōneke — Wellington [Port Nicholson]

222. pōro — ball (also 'paoro')

223. pōtae — hat

224. pōuri — sad, dark

225. rangatira — chief, leader, boss

226. rangi — sky, day

227. raro — under, below; time

228. rau — to put into; leaf

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

230. reira — there (previously mentioned)

231. reka — sweet

232. reo — language, voice

233. rere — to escape; to fly

234. reta — letter

235. rima — five

236. riri — anger, angry

237. rite — to be ready, like, similar

238. roa — long

239. rongo — to hear, perceive, feel

240. rorohiko — computer

241. roto — in, inside, within; lake

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

243. runga — on

244. rā — day; the sun; over there

245. rākau — tree; timber

246. rānei — or

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

248. rāua — them; they (two people)

249. rīhi — dish; dishes; lease

250. rūma — room

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

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

253. taha — to pass by; side

254. tahi — one, single

255. tai — tide; coast

256. taihoa — wait

257. take — beginning, cause, origin

258. taku — my (singular); edge

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

260. tamaiti — child

261. tamariki — children

262. tamāhine — daughter

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

264. tangata — person

265. tangi — to cry; to make a sound

266. taraiwa — to drive; driver

267. tata — near, close

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

269. taua — that, previously mentioned (singular)

270. tauira — student; example

271. te — the, singular definite article

272. teina — younger sibling, same sex

273. tekau — ten

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

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

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

277. tiki — to fetch

278. tino — very

279. titiro — to look at

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

281. tohunga — expert, priest

282. toki — adze, axe; champion

283. tonu — still

284. toru — three

285. tuahine — sister, of a male

286. tuakana — older sibling of the same sex

287. tuatahi — first

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

289. tuhituhi — to write, draw

290. tungāne — brother, of a female

291. tunu — to cook, roast

292. tā — print, draw

293. tākaro — to play

294. tāku — my, ā category possession, singular

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

296. tāne — man, male

297. tāngata — people (plural of tangata)

298. tāone — town

299. tātahi — seaside, beach

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

301. tāu — your (singular + one item)

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

303. tāwāhi — overseas

304. tēhea — which, singular

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

306. tēnā — that, by the listener

307. tēpu — table

308. tērā — that over there, that

309. tētahi — a, one specific thing

310. tī — cabbage tree; tea

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

312. tīmata — to begin, to start

313. tō — your (singular); to drag

314. tōku — my (singular)

315. tōna — his, her

316. tōu — your, ō category possession, singular

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

318. tūpato — to be careful; caution, cautious

319. tūru — chair, seat, stool

320. ua — to rain; rain

321. utu — cost, price; to pay for

322. waea — wire; phone

323. waenganui — middle, centre, between

324. wahine — woman, wife

325. waho — out, outside, the outside

326. wai — water; who

327. waiata — to sing (v); song (n)

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

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

330. waru — eight; to scrape, to peel

331. wera — to burn; burnt; hot, heat

332. whaea — mother, aunt

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

334. whakaaro — to think; thought, idea

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

336. whakarongo — to listen

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

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

339. whare — house, building

340. whea — where? (variant of hea)

341. whenua — land

342. whero — red

343. whitu — seven

344. whā — four

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

346. whāngai — to feed, to foster (v); fostered child (n)

347. wiki — week

348. wā — time, times

349. wāhi — part, portion; place

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

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

352. ā — and; and then

353. āe — yes

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

355. āhua — shape, form, appearance

356. ākonga — student

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

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

359. ānō — as though; as if

360. āporo — apple

361. āpōpō — tomorrow

362. āta — gently, carefully, deliberately

363. ātaahua — beautiful, well formed

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

365. āwangawanga — worried

366. āwhea — Āwhea = ahea. ‖ hea.

367. āwhina — to help

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

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

370. ērā — those (over there)

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

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

373. ōku — mine, plural, ō category possession

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

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

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