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. Aotearoa — New Zealand

18. ara — to rise (v); path (n)

19. aroha — love, sympathy, compassion

20. ata — morning, shadow

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

22. au — I, me

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

24. awa — river, stream

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

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

27. engari — but

28. haere — go, come

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

30. hari — to feel happy; to take or carry

31. harikoa — happy, joyful, euphoric

32. hau — wind, air, breath

33. he — a, some; in the category of

34. hea — where?

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

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

37. heoi — however; and so

38. hia — how many?

39. hiahia — to want

40. hiainu — thirst, thirsty

41. hiakai — hungry

42. hiamoe — sleepy

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

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

45. hipi — sheep

46. hoa — friend; partner; spouse

47. hoatu — to give (away from speaker)

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

49. hoko — to buy, sell, purchase

50. hokomaha — supermarket

51. homai — give (to the speaker)

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

53. horoi — to wash, to clean

54. hou — new, modern; feather

55. hua — product, fruit

56. hui — meeting; gathered

57. huka — sugar

58. hē — wrong; error, mistake

59. hīkoi — to walk, step, tread

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

61. hōiho — horse

62. hū — shoe

63. 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.

64. ia — he, she, him, her

65. iho — downwards

66. ika — fish

67. inanahi — yesterday

68. ingoa — name

69. inu — to drink (v); drink (n)

70. ināianei — now

71. iti — small, little

72. iwi — tribe

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

74. kaha — strong, able

75. kai — eat (v); food (n)

76. kaiako — teacher (kai- + ako)

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

78. kainga — (pass) be eaten

79. kanikani — dance, to dance

80. kapu — cup

81. karaka — orange (colour)

82. karakia — prayer, to pray

83. karanga — to call

84. katoa — all

85. kau — swim; cow

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

87. kauhoe — to swim

88. kaukau — to bathe

89. kaumātua — elder; elderly

90. kaupapa — topic, theme, plan, subject

91. kawe — to carry, convey

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

93. kei te — at the moment; now

94. keke — cake

95. kete — basket, kit

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

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

98. kimi — to look for, seek

99. kino — bad

100. Kirikiriroa — Hamilton

101. kite — to see

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

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

104. koa — happy

105. koe — you, one person

106. koia — it is, so

107. konei — here, by speaker

108. konā — there, by listener

109. kore — zero, nothing

110. koroua — elderly man, grandfather

111. korā — over there

112. kotahi — one

113. koti — coat, jacket

114. koutou — you, three or more people

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

116. kuia — elderly woman, grandmother

117. kupu — word

118. kura — school; treasured item

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

120. kurī — dog

121. kāhore — Negative used for verb sentences

122. kāinga — home

123. kākahu — clothing, garment

124. kāore — negative used for verb sentences

125. kātahi — then

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

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

128. kēkē — armpit

129. kēmu — game

130. kī — to be full

131. kōrero — to talk, speak

132. kōrua — you, two people

133. kōtiro — girl

134. mahi — to do, work, make

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

136. mahue — to be left behind (trans)

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

138. makariri — cold

139. makawe — hair of the head (human, used in plural: ngā makawe)

140. mana — prestige, authority

141. Mane — Monday

142. manu — bird

143. manuhiri — guest

144. marae — traditional Māori gathering place

145. marama — month, moon

146. matapihi — window

147. mate — to be sick, ill, dead

148. matekai — hungry, starving

149. matua — parent, father

150. mau — to wear clothes

151. maunga — mountain

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

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

154. mea — a thing (n); to say (v)

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

156. mere — bush, shrub

157. mihi — to greet; thank; acknowledge

158. miraka — milk

159. moana — sea

160. moe — sleep; to marry

161. moenga — bed

162. mokemoke — lonely

163. mokopuna — grandchild

164. moni — money

165. motokā — car, motorcar

166. motukā — car

167. mua — front, before

168. muri — behind, after

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

170. mutunga — end (mutu + noun ending -nga)

171. mā — clean, white, and others

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

173. māku — for me, by me

174. mākū — to be saturated, wet, damp

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

176. māna — for him, her, by him, her

177. māngere — lazy

178. Māori — indigenous people of Aotearoa/New Zealand

179. māra — garden

180. mārama — clear, understand

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

182. mātau — to know, understand

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

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

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

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

187. māuiui — sick

188. mīti — meat

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

190. mōhio — to know

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

192. nei — here, by speaker

193. ngahere — forest, bush

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

195. ngenge — tired

196. ngeru — cat

197. ngā — the, plural

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

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

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

201. noho — to live; sit

202. nui — big, great, many

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

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

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

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

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

208. nō — from

209. nōku — mine, realised possession, ō category

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

211. oho — to wake up

212. oma — to run, escape

213. ono — six

214. ope — group travelling together

215. ora — alive, well, healthy, safe

216. oti — to be completed

217. pahi — bus

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

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

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

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

222. papa — floor, ground, flat surface

223. parāoa — bread, flour

224. patu — to strike, hit; to kill

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

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

227. pea — pair; pear

228. pene — pen

229. pereti — plate

230. piki — to increase

231. pikitia — picture, film

232. pirihimana — police officer

233. poaka — pig

234. ponga — Ponga. 1. n. Cyathea dealbata, a tree-fern. 2. A method…

235. pouaka — box

236. pukapuka — book, lungs

237. pukumahi — hard-working, industrious

238. pukuriri — fury; furious; grumpy

239. puta — to appear, to come out

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

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

242. pāpā — father, uncle

243. pātai — question; to ask a question

244. pēhea — how?

245. pēke — bag

246. pēnei — like this, near speaker

247. pēnā — like that, near listener

248. pēpi — baby

249. pērā — like that, yonder

250. pēwhea — how? (variant of pēhea)

251. pīrangi — to want, desire

252. pō — night

253. Pōneke — Wellington [Port Nicholson]

254. pōro — ball (also 'paoro')

255. pōtae — hat

256. pōuri — sad, dark

257. rangatira — chief, leader, boss

258. rangi — sky, day

259. raro — under, below; time

260. rau — to put into; leaf

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

262. rawe — lovely, excellent

263. reira — there (previously mentioned)

264. reka — sweet

265. reo — language, voice

266. rere — to escape; to fly

267. reta — letter

268. rima — five

269. ringa — hand, arm

270. riri — anger, angry

271. rite — to be ready, like, similar

272. roa — long

273. rongo — to hear, perceive, feel

274. rorohiko — computer

275. roto — in, inside, within; lake

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

277. runga — on

278. rā — day; the sun; over there

279. rākau — tree; timber

280. rānei — or

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

282. rāua — them; they (two people)

283. rīhi — dish; dishes; lease

284. rūma — room

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

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

287. taha — to pass by; side

288. tahi — one, single

289. tai — tide; coast

290. taihoa — wait

291. take — beginning, cause, origin

292. takoto — to lie down

293. taku — my (singular); edge

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

295. tamaiti — child

296. tamariki — children

297. tamāhine — daughter

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

299. tangata — person

300. tangi — to cry; to make a sound

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

302. taraiwa — to drive; driver

303. tata — near, close

304. tatari — to wait

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

306. taua — that, previously mentioned (singular)

307. tauira — student; example

308. te — the, singular definite article

309. teina — younger sibling, same sex

310. tekau — ten

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

312. tia — to steer, adorned

313. tiaki — to look after, to care for

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

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

316. tiki — to fetch

317. tino — very

318. titiro — to look at

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

320. tohunga — expert, priest

321. toki — adze, axe; champion

322. tokohia — how many people?

323. tonu — still

324. toru — three

325. tua — beyond

326. tuahine — sister, of a male

327. tuakana — older sibling of the same sex

328. tuatahi — first

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

330. tuhituhi — to write, draw

331. tuku — to put off, to leave aside

332. tungāne — brother, of a female

333. tunu — to cook, roast

334. tā — print, draw

335. tākaro — to play

336. tāku — my, ā category possession, singular

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

338. tāne — man, male

339. tāngata — people (plural of tangata)

340. tāone — town

341. tātahi — seaside, beach

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

343. tāu — your (singular + one item)

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

345. tāwāhi — overseas

346. tēhea — which, singular

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

348. tēnā — that, by the listener

349. tēpu — table

350. tērā — that over there, that

351. tētahi — a, one specific thing

352. tī — cabbage tree; tea

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

354. tīmata — to begin, to start

355. tō — your (singular); to drag

356. tōku — my (singular)

357. tōna — his, her

358. tōu — your, ō category possession, singular

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

360. tūpato — to be careful; caution, cautious

361. tūru — chair, seat, stool

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

363. ua — to rain; rain

364. utu — cost, price; to pay for

365. waea — wire; phone

366. waenganui — middle, centre, between

367. waewae — foot, leg

368. wahine — woman, wife

369. waho — out, outside, the outside

370. wai — water; who

371. waiata — to sing (v); song (n)

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

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

374. wareware — to forget; forgetful (trans)

375. waru — eight; to scrape, to peel

376. wehe — to depart, leave; to separate, divide

377. wera — to burn; burnt; hot, heat

378. whaea — mother, aunt

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

380. whakaaro — to think; thought, idea

381. whakaata — mirror

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

383. whakarongo — to listen

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

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

386. whare — house, building

387. whea — where? (variant of hea)

388. whenua — land

389. whero — red

390. whitu — seven

391. whā — four

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

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

394. wiki — week

395. wā — time, times

396. wāhi — part, portion; place

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

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

399. ā — and; and then

400. āe — yes

401. āhea — Āhea = awhea, a hea, ad. interrogative, of future time.…

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

403. āhua — shape, form, appearance

404. ākonga — student

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

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

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

408. ānō — as though; as if

409. āporo — apple

410. āpōpō — tomorrow

411. āta — gently, carefully, deliberately

412. ātaahua — beautiful, well formed

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

414. āwangawanga — worried

415. āwhea — Āwhea = ahea. ‖ hea.

416. āwhina — to help

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

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

419. ērā — those (over there)

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

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

422. ōku — mine, plural, ō category possession

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

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

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