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. anei — here, by me

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

16. ao — world, dawn, cloud

17. ara — to rise (v); path (n)

18. aroha — love, sympathy, compassion

19. ata — morning, shadow

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

21. au — I, me

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

23. awa — river, stream

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

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

26. engari — but

27. haere — go, come

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

29. harikoa — happy, joyful, euphoric

30. hau — wind, air, breath

31. he — a, some; in the category of

32. hea — where?

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

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

35. hia — how many?

36. hiahia — to want

37. hiainu — thirst, thirsty

38. hiakai — hungry

39. hiamoe — sleepy

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

41. hinga — to fall from an upright position; to fall (and not be able to get up again)

42. hipi — sheep

43. hoa — friend; partner; spouse

44. hoatu — to give (away from speaker)

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

46. hoko — to buy, sell, purchase

47. hokomaha — supermarket

48. homai — give (to the speaker)

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

50. horoi — to wash, to clean

51. hou — new, modern; feather

52. hui — meeting; gathered

53. hē — wrong; error, mistake

54. hīkoi — to walk, step, tread

55. hōhā — annoyed, bored (adj), a nuisance (n)

56. hōiho — horse

57. hū — shoe

58. 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.

59. ia — he, she, him, her

60. iho — downwards

61. ika — fish

62. inanahi — yesterday

63. ingoa — name

64. inu — to drink (v); drink (n)

65. ināianei — now

66. iti — small, little

67. iwi — tribe

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

69. kaha — strong, able

70. kai — eat (v); food (n)

71. kaiako — teacher (kai- + ako)

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

73. kainga — (pass) be eaten

74. kanikani — dance, to dance

75. kapu — cup

76. karaka — orange (colour)

77. karakia — prayer, to pray

78. karanga — to call

79. katoa — all

80. kau — swim; cow

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

82. kaupapa — topic, theme, plan, subject

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

84. kei te — at the moment; now

85. keke — cake

86. kete — basket, kit

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

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

89. kino — bad

90. kite — to see

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

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

93. koa — happy

94. koe — you, one person

95. koia — it is, so

96. konei — here, by speaker

97. kore — zero, nothing

98. koroua — elderly man, grandfather

99. korā — over there

100. kotahi — one

101. koti — coat, jacket

102. koutou — you, three or more people

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

104. kuia — elderly woman, grandmother

105. kupu — word

106. kura — school; treasured item

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

108. kurī — dog

109. kāhore — Negative used for verb sentences

110. kāinga — home

111. kākahu — clothing, garment

112. kāore — negative used for verb sentences

113. kātahi — then

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

115. kēkē — armpit

116. kēmu — game

117. kī — to be full

118. kōrero — to talk, speak

119. kōrua — you, two people

120. kōtiro — girl

121. mahi — to do, work, make

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

123. mahue — to be left behind (trans)

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

125. makariri — cold

126. manu — bird

127. manuhiri — guest

128. marae — traditional Māori gathering place

129. marama — month, moon

130. mate — to be sick, ill, dead

131. matekai — hungry, starving

132. matua — parent, father

133. mau — to wear clothes

134. maunga — mountain

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

136. mea — a thing (n); to say (v)

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

138. mere — bush, shrub

139. mihi — to greet; thank; acknowledge

140. miraka — milk

141. moana — sea

142. moe — sleep; to marry

143. moenga — bed

144. mokemoke — lonely

145. mokopuna — grandchild

146. moni — money

147. motokā — car, motorcar

148. mua — front, before

149. muri — behind, after

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

151. mā — clean, white, and others

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

153. māku — for me, by me

154. mākū — to be saturated, wet, damp

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

156. māna — for him, her, by him, her

157. māngere — lazy

158. Māori — indigenous people of Aotearoa/New Zealand

159. māra — garden

160. mārama — clear, understand

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

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

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

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

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

166. māuiui — sick

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

168. mōhio — to know

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

170. nei — here, by speaker

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

172. ngenge — tired

173. ngeru — cat

174. ngā — the, plural

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

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

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

178. noho — to live; sit

179. nui — big, great, many

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

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

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

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

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

185. nō — from

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

187. oma — to run, escape

188. ono — six

189. ope — group travelling together

190. ora — alive, well, healthy, safe

191. oti — to be completed

192. pahi — bus

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

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

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

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

197. papa — floor, ground, flat surface

198. parāoa — bread, flour

199. patu — to strike, hit; to kill

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

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

202. pea — pair; pear

203. pene — pen

204. pereti — plate

205. piki — to increase

206. pirihimana — police officer

207. poaka — pig

208. pouaka — box

209. pukapuka — book, lungs

210. pukumahi — hard-working, industrious

211. pukuriri — fury; furious; grumpy

212. puta — to appear, to come out

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

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

215. pāpā — father, uncle

216. pātai — question; to ask a question

217. pēhea — how?

218. pēnei — like this, near speaker

219. pēnā — like that, near listener

220. pēpi — baby

221. pērā — like that, yonder

222. pēwhea — how? (variant of pēhea)

223. pīrangi — to want, desire

224. pō — night

225. Pōneke — Wellington [Port Nicholson]

226. pōro — ball (also 'paoro')

227. pōtae — hat

228. pōuri — sad, dark

229. rangatira — chief, leader, boss

230. rangi — sky, day

231. raro — under, below; time

232. rau — to put into; leaf

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

234. reira — there (previously mentioned)

235. reka — sweet

236. reo — language, voice

237. rere — to escape; to fly

238. reta — letter

239. rima — five

240. riri — anger, angry

241. rite — to be ready, like, similar

242. roa — long

243. rongo — to hear, perceive, feel

244. rorohiko — computer

245. roto — in, inside, within; lake

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

247. runga — on

248. rā — day; the sun; over there

249. rākau — tree; timber

250. rānei — or

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

252. rāua — them; they (two people)

253. rīhi — dish; dishes; lease

254. rūma — room

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

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

257. taha — to pass by; side

258. tahi — one, single

259. tai — tide; coast

260. taihoa — wait

261. take — beginning, cause, origin

262. taku — my (singular); edge

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

264. tamaiti — child

265. tamariki — children

266. tamāhine — daughter

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

268. tangata — person

269. tangi — to cry; to make a sound

270. taraiwa — to drive; driver

271. tata — near, close

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

273. taua — that, previously mentioned (singular)

274. tauira — student; example

275. te — the, singular definite article

276. teina — younger sibling, same sex

277. tekau — ten

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

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

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

281. tiki — to fetch

282. tino — very

283. titiro — to look at

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

285. tohunga — expert, priest

286. toki — adze, axe; champion

287. tonu — still

288. toru — three

289. tuahine — sister, of a male

290. tuakana — older sibling of the same sex

291. tuatahi — first

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

293. tuhituhi — to write, draw

294. tungāne — brother, of a female

295. tunu — to cook, roast

296. tā — print, draw

297. tākaro — to play

298. tāku — my, ā category possession, singular

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

300. tāne — man, male

301. tāngata — people (plural of tangata)

302. tāone — town

303. tātahi — seaside, beach

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

305. tāu — your (singular + one item)

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

307. tāwāhi — overseas

308. tēhea — which, singular

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

310. tēnā — that, by the listener

311. tēpu — table

312. tērā — that over there, that

313. tētahi — a, one specific thing

314. tī — cabbage tree; tea

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

316. tīmata — to begin, to start

317. tō — your (singular); to drag

318. tōku — my (singular)

319. tōna — his, her

320. tōu — your, ō category possession, singular

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

322. tūpato — to be careful; caution, cautious

323. tūru — chair, seat, stool

324. ua — to rain; rain

325. utu — cost, price; to pay for

326. waea — wire; phone

327. waenganui — middle, centre, between

328. wahine — woman, wife

329. waho — out, outside, the outside

330. wai — water; who

331. waiata — to sing (v); song (n)

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

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

334. waru — eight; to scrape, to peel

335. wera — to burn; burnt; hot, heat

336. whaea — mother, aunt

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

338. whakaaro — to think; thought, idea

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

340. whakarongo — to listen

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

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

343. whare — house, building

344. whea — where? (variant of hea)

345. whenua — land

346. whero — red

347. whitu — seven

348. whā — four

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

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

351. wiki — week

352. wā — time, times

353. wāhi — part, portion; place

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

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

356. ā — and; and then

357. āe — yes

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

359. āhua — shape, form, appearance

360. ākonga — student

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

362. ākuanei — Ākuanei, ad. of time following. Presently, today. Akuanei u tonu…

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

364. ānō — as though; as if

365. āporo — apple

366. āpōpō — tomorrow

367. āta — gently, carefully, deliberately

368. ātaahua — beautiful, well formed

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

370. āwangawanga — worried

371. āwhea — Āwhea = ahea. ‖ hea.

372. āwhina — to help

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

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

375. ērā — those (over there)

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

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

378. ōku — mine, plural, ō category possession

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

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

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