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. hari — to feel happy; to take or carry

30. harikoa — happy, joyful, euphoric

31. hau — wind, air, breath

32. he — a, some; in the category of

33. hea — where?

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

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

36. hia — how many?

37. hiahia — to want

38. hiainu — thirst, thirsty

39. hiakai — hungry

40. hiamoe — sleepy

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

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

43. hipi — sheep

44. hoa — friend; partner; spouse

45. hoatu — to give (away from speaker)

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

47. hoko — to buy, sell, purchase

48. hokomaha — supermarket

49. homai — give (to the speaker)

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

51. horoi — to wash, to clean

52. hou — new, modern; feather

53. hui — meeting; gathered

54. hē — wrong; error, mistake

55. hīkoi — to walk, step, tread

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

57. hōiho — horse

58. hū — shoe

59. 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.

60. ia — he, she, him, her

61. iho — downwards

62. ika — fish

63. inanahi — yesterday

64. ingoa — name

65. inu — to drink (v); drink (n)

66. ināianei — now

67. iti — small, little

68. iwi — tribe

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

70. kaha — strong, able

71. kai — eat (v); food (n)

72. kaiako — teacher (kai- + ako)

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

74. kainga — (pass) be eaten

75. kanikani — dance, to dance

76. kapu — cup

77. karaka — orange (colour)

78. karakia — prayer, to pray

79. karanga — to call

80. katoa — all

81. kau — swim; cow

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

83. kaumātua — elder; elderly

84. kaupapa — topic, theme, plan, subject

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

86. kei te — at the moment; now

87. keke — cake

88. kete — basket, kit

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

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

91. kimi — to look for, seek

92. kino — bad

93. kite — to see

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

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

96. koa — happy

97. koe — you, one person

98. koia — it is, so

99. konei — here, by speaker

100. kore — zero, nothing

101. koroua — elderly man, grandfather

102. korā — over there

103. kotahi — one

104. koti — coat, jacket

105. koutou — you, three or more people

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

107. kuia — elderly woman, grandmother

108. kupu — word

109. kura — school; treasured item

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

111. kurī — dog

112. kāhore — Negative used for verb sentences

113. kāinga — home

114. kākahu — clothing, garment

115. kāore — negative used for verb sentences

116. kātahi — then

117. kāti — stop! (as in: kāti te tangi)

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

119. kēkē — armpit

120. kēmu — game

121. kī — to be full

122. kōrero — to talk, speak

123. kōrua — you, two people

124. kōtiro — girl

125. mahi — to do, work, make

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

127. mahue — to be left behind (trans)

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

129. makariri — cold

130. manu — bird

131. manuhiri — guest

132. marae — traditional Māori gathering place

133. marama — month, moon

134. mate — to be sick, ill, dead

135. matekai — hungry, starving

136. matua — parent, father

137. mau — to wear clothes

138. maunga — mountain

139. mauria — to be carried (mau + passive suffix -ria)

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

141. mea — a thing (n); to say (v)

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

143. mere — bush, shrub

144. mihi — to greet; thank; acknowledge

145. miraka — milk

146. moana — sea

147. moe — sleep; to marry

148. moenga — bed

149. mokemoke — lonely

150. mokopuna — grandchild

151. moni — money

152. motokā — car, motorcar

153. motukā — car

154. mua — front, before

155. muri — behind, after

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

157. mā — clean, white, and others

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

159. māku — for me, by me

160. mākū — to be saturated, wet, damp

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

162. māna — for him, her, by him, her

163. māngere — lazy

164. Māori — indigenous people of Aotearoa/New Zealand

165. māra — garden

166. mārama — clear, understand

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

168. mātau — to know, understand

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

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

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

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

173. māuiui — sick

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

175. mōhio — to know

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

177. nei — here, by speaker

178. ngahere — forest, bush

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

180. ngenge — tired

181. ngeru — cat

182. ngā — the, plural

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

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

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

186. noho — to live; sit

187. nui — big, great, many

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

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

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

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

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

193. nō — from

194. nōku — mine, realised possession, ō category

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

196. oma — to run, escape

197. ono — six

198. ope — group travelling together

199. ora — alive, well, healthy, safe

200. oti — to be completed

201. pahi — bus

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

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

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

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

206. papa — floor, ground, flat surface

207. parāoa — bread, flour

208. patu — to strike, hit; to kill

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

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

211. pea — pair; pear

212. pene — pen

213. pereti — plate

214. piki — to increase

215. pirihimana — police officer

216. poaka — pig

217. pouaka — box

218. pukapuka — book, lungs

219. pukumahi — hard-working, industrious

220. pukuriri — fury; furious; grumpy

221. puta — to appear, to come out

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

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

224. pāpā — father, uncle

225. pātai — question; to ask a question

226. pēhea — how?

227. pēnei — like this, near speaker

228. pēnā — like that, near listener

229. pēpi — baby

230. pērā — like that, yonder

231. pēwhea — how? (variant of pēhea)

232. pīrangi — to want, desire

233. pō — night

234. Pōneke — Wellington [Port Nicholson]

235. pōro — ball (also 'paoro')

236. pōtae — hat

237. pōuri — sad, dark

238. rangatira — chief, leader, boss

239. rangi — sky, day

240. raro — under, below; time

241. rau — to put into; leaf

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

243. reira — there (previously mentioned)

244. reka — sweet

245. reo — language, voice

246. rere — to escape; to fly

247. reta — letter

248. rima — five

249. ringa — hand, arm

250. riri — anger, angry

251. rite — to be ready, like, similar

252. roa — long

253. rongo — to hear, perceive, feel

254. rorohiko — computer

255. roto — in, inside, within; lake

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

257. runga — on

258. rā — day; the sun; over there

259. rākau — tree; timber

260. rānei — or

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

262. rāua — them; they (two people)

263. rīhi — dish; dishes; lease

264. rūma — room

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

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

267. taha — to pass by; side

268. tahi — one, single

269. tai — tide; coast

270. taihoa — wait

271. take — beginning, cause, origin

272. taku — my (singular); edge

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

274. tamaiti — child

275. tamariki — children

276. tamāhine — daughter

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

278. tangata — person

279. tangi — to cry; to make a sound

280. tangohia — pick up! (command); taken away (tango + passive suffix -hia)

281. taraiwa — to drive; driver

282. tata — near, close

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

284. taua — that, previously mentioned (singular)

285. tauira — student; example

286. te — the, singular definite article

287. teina — younger sibling, same sex

288. tekau — ten

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

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

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

292. tiki — to fetch

293. tino — very

294. titiro — to look at

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

296. tohunga — expert, priest

297. toki — adze, axe; champion

298. tonu — still

299. toru — three

300. tuahine — sister, of a male

301. tuakana — older sibling of the same sex

302. tuatahi — first

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

304. tuhituhi — to write, draw

305. tungāne — brother, of a female

306. tunu — to cook, roast

307. tā — print, draw

308. tākaro — to play

309. tāku — my, ā category possession, singular

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

311. tāne — man, male

312. tāngata — people (plural of tangata)

313. tāone — town

314. tātahi — seaside, beach

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

316. tāu — your (singular + one item)

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

318. tāwāhi — overseas

319. tēhea — which, singular

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

321. tēnā — that, by the listener

322. tēpu — table

323. tērā — that over there, that

324. tētahi — a, one specific thing

325. tī — cabbage tree; tea

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

327. tīmata — to begin, to start

328. tō — your (singular); to drag

329. tōku — my (singular)

330. tōna — his, her

331. tōu — your, ō category possession, singular

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

333. tūpato — to be careful; caution, cautious

334. tūru — chair, seat, stool

335. ua — to rain; rain

336. utu — cost, price; to pay for

337. waea — wire; phone

338. waenganui — middle, centre, between

339. wahine — woman, wife

340. waho — out, outside, the outside

341. wai — water; who

342. waiata — to sing (v); song (n)

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

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

345. waru — eight; to scrape, to peel

346. wera — to burn; burnt; hot, heat

347. whaea — mother, aunt

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

349. whakaaro — to think; thought, idea

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

351. whakarongo — to listen

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

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

354. whare — house, building

355. whea — where? (variant of hea)

356. whenua — land

357. whero — red

358. whitu — seven

359. whā — four

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

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

362. wiki — week

363. wā — time, times

364. wāhi — part, portion; place

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

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

367. ā — and; and then

368. āe — yes

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

370. āhua — shape, form, appearance

371. ākonga — student

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

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

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

375. ānō — as though; as if

376. āporo — apple

377. āpōpō — tomorrow

378. āta — gently, carefully, deliberately

379. ātaahua — beautiful, well formed

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

381. āwangawanga — worried

382. āwhea — Āwhea = ahea. ‖ hea.

383. āwhina — to help

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

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

386. ērā — those (over there)

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

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

389. ōku — mine, plural, ō category possession

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

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

Vocabulary for a lesson

Māori Flash Cards