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. kauhoe — to swim

84. kaumātua — elder; elderly

85. kaupapa — topic, theme, plan, subject

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

87. kei te — at the moment; now

88. keke — cake

89. kete — basket, kit

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

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

92. kimi — to look for, seek

93. kino — bad

94. kite — to see

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

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

97. koa — happy

98. koe — you, one person

99. koia — it is, so

100. konei — here, by speaker

101. kore — zero, nothing

102. koroua — elderly man, grandfather

103. korā — over there

104. kotahi — one

105. koti — coat, jacket

106. koutou — you, three or more people

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

108. kuia — elderly woman, grandmother

109. kupu — word

110. kura — school; treasured item

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

112. kurī — dog

113. kāhore — Negative used for verb sentences

114. kāinga — home

115. kākahu — clothing, garment

116. kāore — negative used for verb sentences

117. kātahi — then

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

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

120. kēkē — armpit

121. kēmu — game

122. kī — to be full

123. kōrero — to talk, speak

124. kōrua — you, two people

125. kōtiro — girl

126. mahi — to do, work, make

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

128. mahue — to be left behind (trans)

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

130. makariri — cold

131. manu — bird

132. manuhiri — guest

133. marae — traditional Māori gathering place

134. marama — month, moon

135. mate — to be sick, ill, dead

136. matekai — hungry, starving

137. matua — parent, father

138. mau — to wear clothes

139. maunga — mountain

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

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

142. mea — a thing (n); to say (v)

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

144. mere — bush, shrub

145. mihi — to greet; thank; acknowledge

146. miraka — milk

147. moana — sea

148. moe — sleep; to marry

149. moenga — bed

150. mokemoke — lonely

151. mokopuna — grandchild

152. moni — money

153. motokā — car, motorcar

154. motukā — car

155. mua — front, before

156. muri — behind, after

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

158. mā — clean, white, and others

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

160. māku — for me, by me

161. mākū — to be saturated, wet, damp

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

163. māna — for him, her, by him, her

164. māngere — lazy

165. Māori — indigenous people of Aotearoa/New Zealand

166. māra — garden

167. mārama — clear, understand

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

169. mātau — to know, understand

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

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

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

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

174. māuiui — sick

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

176. mōhio — to know

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

178. nei — here, by speaker

179. ngahere — forest, bush

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

181. ngenge — tired

182. ngeru — cat

183. ngā — the, plural

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

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

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

187. noho — to live; sit

188. nui — big, great, many

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

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

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

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

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

194. nō — from

195. nōku — mine, realised possession, ō category

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

197. oma — to run, escape

198. ono — six

199. ope — group travelling together

200. ora — alive, well, healthy, safe

201. oti — to be completed

202. pahi — bus

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

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

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

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

207. papa — floor, ground, flat surface

208. parāoa — bread, flour

209. patu — to strike, hit; to kill

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

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

212. pea — pair; pear

213. pene — pen

214. pereti — plate

215. piki — to increase

216. pirihimana — police officer

217. poaka — pig

218. pouaka — box

219. pukapuka — book, lungs

220. pukumahi — hard-working, industrious

221. pukuriri — fury; furious; grumpy

222. puta — to appear, to come out

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

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

225. pāpā — father, uncle

226. pātai — question; to ask a question

227. pēhea — how?

228. pēnei — like this, near speaker

229. pēnā — like that, near listener

230. pēpi — baby

231. pērā — like that, yonder

232. pēwhea — how? (variant of pēhea)

233. pīrangi — to want, desire

234. pō — night

235. Pōneke — Wellington [Port Nicholson]

236. pōro — ball (also 'paoro')

237. pōtae — hat

238. pōuri — sad, dark

239. rangatira — chief, leader, boss

240. rangi — sky, day

241. raro — under, below; time

242. rau — to put into; leaf

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

244. reira — there (previously mentioned)

245. reka — sweet

246. reo — language, voice

247. rere — to escape; to fly

248. reta — letter

249. rima — five

250. ringa — hand, arm

251. riri — anger, angry

252. rite — to be ready, like, similar

253. roa — long

254. rongo — to hear, perceive, feel

255. rorohiko — computer

256. roto — in, inside, within; lake

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

258. runga — on

259. rā — day; the sun; over there

260. rākau — tree; timber

261. rānei — or

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

263. rāua — them; they (two people)

264. rīhi — dish; dishes; lease

265. rūma — room

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

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

268. taha — to pass by; side

269. tahi — one, single

270. tai — tide; coast

271. taihoa — wait

272. take — beginning, cause, origin

273. taku — my (singular); edge

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

275. tamaiti — child

276. tamariki — children

277. tamāhine — daughter

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

279. tangata — person

280. tangi — to cry; to make a sound

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

282. taraiwa — to drive; driver

283. tata — near, close

284. tatari — to wait

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

286. taua — that, previously mentioned (singular)

287. tauira — student; example

288. te — the, singular definite article

289. teina — younger sibling, same sex

290. tekau — ten

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

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

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

294. tiki — to fetch

295. tino — very

296. titiro — to look at

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

298. tohunga — expert, priest

299. toki — adze, axe; champion

300. tokohia — how many people?

301. tonu — still

302. toru — three

303. tuahine — sister, of a male

304. tuakana — older sibling of the same sex

305. tuatahi — first

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

307. tuhituhi — to write, draw

308. tuku — to put off, to leave aside

309. tungāne — brother, of a female

310. tunu — to cook, roast

311. tā — print, draw

312. tākaro — to play

313. tāku — my, ā category possession, singular

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

315. tāne — man, male

316. tāngata — people (plural of tangata)

317. tāone — town

318. tātahi — seaside, beach

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

320. tāu — your (singular + one item)

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

322. tāwāhi — overseas

323. tēhea — which, singular

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

325. tēnā — that, by the listener

326. tēpu — table

327. tērā — that over there, that

328. tētahi — a, one specific thing

329. tī — cabbage tree; tea

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

331. tīmata — to begin, to start

332. tō — your (singular); to drag

333. tōku — my (singular)

334. tōna — his, her

335. tōu — your, ō category possession, singular

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

337. tūpato — to be careful; caution, cautious

338. tūru — chair, seat, stool

339. tūtaki — to meet; to close up, to block (v); meeting (n)

340. ua — to rain; rain

341. utu — cost, price; to pay for

342. waea — wire; phone

343. waenganui — middle, centre, between

344. waewae — foot, leg

345. wahine — woman, wife

346. waho — out, outside, the outside

347. wai — water; who

348. waiata — to sing (v); song (n)

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

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

351. waru — eight; to scrape, to peel

352. wera — to burn; burnt; hot, heat

353. whaea — mother, aunt

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

355. whakaaro — to think; thought, idea

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

357. whakarongo — to listen

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

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

360. whare — house, building

361. whea — where? (variant of hea)

362. whenua — land

363. whero — red

364. whitu — seven

365. whā — four

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

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

368. wiki — week

369. wā — time, times

370. wāhi — part, portion; place

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

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

373. ā — and; and then

374. āe — yes

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

376. āhua — shape, form, appearance

377. ākonga — student

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

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

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

381. ānō — as though; as if

382. āporo — apple

383. āpōpō — tomorrow

384. āta — gently, carefully, deliberately

385. ātaahua — beautiful, well formed

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

387. āwangawanga — worried

388. āwhea — Āwhea = ahea. ‖ hea.

389. āwhina — to help

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

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

392. ērā — those (over there)

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

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

395. ōku — mine, plural, ō category possession

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

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

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