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. horoia — washed (pass of horoi)

55. hou — new, modern; feather

56. hua — product, fruit

57. hui — meeting; gathered

58. huka — sugar

59. hē — wrong; error, mistake

60. hīkoi — to walk, step, tread

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

62. hōiho — horse

63. hū — shoe

64. 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.

65. ia — he, she, him, her

66. iho — downwards

67. ika — fish

68. inanahi — yesterday

69. ingoa — name

70. inu — to drink (v); drink (n)

71. ināianei — now

72. iti — small, little

73. iwi — tribe

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

75. kaha — strong, able

76. kai — eat (v); food (n)

77. kaiako — teacher (kai- + ako)

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

79. kainga — (pass) be eaten

80. kanikani — dance, to dance

81. kapu — cup

82. karaka — orange (colour)

83. karakia — prayer, to pray

84. karanga — to call

85. katoa — all

86. kau — swim; cow

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

88. kauhoe — to swim

89. kaukau — to bathe

90. kaumātua — elder; elderly

91. kaupapa — topic, theme, plan, subject

92. kawe — to carry, convey

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

94. kei te — at the moment; now

95. keke — cake

96. kete — basket, kit

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

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

99. kimi — to look for, seek

100. kino — bad

101. Kirikiriroa — Hamilton

102. kite — to see

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

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

105. koa — happy

106. koe — you, one person

107. koia — it is, so

108. konei — here, by speaker

109. konā — there, by listener

110. kore — zero, nothing

111. koroua — elderly man, grandfather

112. korā — over there

113. kotahi — one

114. koti — coat, jacket

115. koutou — you, three or more people

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

117. kuia — elderly woman, grandmother

118. kupu — word

119. kura — school; treasured item

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

121. kurī — dog

122. kāhore — Negative used for verb sentences

123. kāinga — home

124. kākahu — clothing, garment

125. kākāriki — green

126. kāore — negative used for verb sentences

127. kātahi — then

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

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

130. kēkē — armpit

131. kēmu — game

132. kī — to be full

133. kōrero — to talk, speak

134. kōrua — you, two people

135. kōtiro — girl

136. mahi — to do, work, make

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

138. mahue — to be left behind (trans)

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

140. makariri — cold

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

142. mana — prestige, authority

143. Mane — Monday

144. manu — bird

145. manuhiri — guest

146. marae — traditional Māori gathering place

147. marama — month, moon

148. matapihi — window

149. mate — to be sick, ill, dead

150. matekai — hungry, starving

151. matua — parent, father

152. mau — to wear clothes

153. maunga — mountain

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

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

156. mea — a thing (n); to say (v)

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

158. mere — bush, shrub

159. mihi — to greet; thank; acknowledge

160. miraka — milk

161. moana — sea

162. moe — sleep; to marry

163. moenga — bed

164. mokemoke — lonely

165. mokopuna — grandchild

166. moni — money

167. motokā — car, motorcar

168. motukā — car

169. mua — front, before

170. muri — behind, after

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

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

173. mā — clean, white, and others

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

175. māku — for me, by me

176. mākū — to be saturated, wet, damp

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

178. māna — for him, her, by him, her

179. māngere — lazy

180. Māori — indigenous people of Aotearoa/New Zealand

181. māra — garden

182. mārama — clear, understand

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

184. mātau — to know, understand

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

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

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

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

189. māuiui — sick

190. mīti — meat

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

192. mōhio — to know

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

194. nei — here, by speaker

195. ngahere — forest, bush

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

197. ngenge — tired

198. ngeru — cat

199. ngā — the, plural

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

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

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

203. noho — to live; sit

204. nui — big, great, many

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

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

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

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

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

210. nō — from

211. nōku — mine, realised possession, ō category

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

213. oho — to wake up

214. oma — to run, escape

215. ono — six

216. ope — group travelling together

217. ora — alive, well, healthy, safe

218. oti — to be completed

219. pahi — bus

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

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

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

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

224. papa — floor, ground, flat surface

225. parāoa — bread, flour

226. patu — to strike, hit; to kill

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

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

229. pea — pair; pear

230. pene — pen

231. pereti — plate

232. piki — to increase

233. pikitia — picture, film

234. pirihimana — police officer

235. poaka — pig

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

237. pouaka — box

238. pukapuka — book, lungs

239. pukumahi — hard-working, industrious

240. pukuriri — fury; furious; grumpy

241. puta — to appear, to come out

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

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

244. pāpā — father, uncle

245. pātai — question; to ask a question

246. pēhea — how?

247. pēke — bag

248. pēnei — like this, near speaker

249. pēnā — like that, near listener

250. pēpi — baby

251. pērā — like that, yonder

252. pēwhea — how? (variant of pēhea)

253. pīrangi — to want, desire

254. pō — night

255. Pōneke — Wellington [Port Nicholson]

256. pōro — ball (also 'paoro')

257. pōtae — hat

258. pōuri — sad, dark

259. rangatira — chief, leader, boss

260. rangi — sky, day

261. raro — under, below; time

262. rau — to put into; leaf

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

264. rawe — lovely, excellent

265. reira — there (previously mentioned)

266. reka — sweet

267. reo — language, voice

268. rere — to escape; to fly

269. reta — letter

270. rima — five

271. ringa — hand, arm

272. riri — anger, angry

273. rite — to be ready, like, similar

274. roa — long

275. rongo — to hear, perceive, feel

276. rorohiko — computer

277. roto — in, inside, within; lake

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

279. runga — on

280. rā — day; the sun; over there

281. rākau — tree; timber

282. rānei — or

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

284. rāua — them; they (two people)

285. rīhi — dish; dishes; lease

286. rīwai — potato

287. rōpū — group

288. rūma — room

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

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

291. taha — to pass by; side

292. tahi — one, single

293. tai — tide; coast

294. taihoa — wait

295. take — beginning, cause, origin

296. takoto — to lie down

297. taku — my (singular); edge

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

299. tamaiti — child

300. tamariki — children

301. tamāhine — daughter

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

303. tangata — person

304. tangi — to cry; to make a sound

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

306. taonga — property, possession

307. taraiwa — to drive; driver

308. tata — near, close

309. tatari — to wait

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

311. taua — that, previously mentioned (singular)

312. tauira — student; example

313. te — the, singular definite article

314. teina — younger sibling, same sex

315. tekau — ten

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

317. tia — to steer, adorned

318. tiaki — to look after, to care for

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

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

321. tiki — to fetch

322. tino — very

323. titiro — to look at

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

325. tohunga — expert, priest

326. toki — adze, axe; champion

327. tokohia — how many people?

328. tonu — still

329. toru — three

330. tua — beyond

331. tuahine — sister, of a male

332. tuakana — older sibling of the same sex

333. tuatahi — first

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

335. tuhituhi — to write, draw

336. tuku — to put off, to leave aside

337. tungāne — brother, of a female

338. tunu — to cook, roast

339. tā — print, draw

340. tākaro — to play

341. tāku — my, ā category possession, singular

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

343. tāne — man, male

344. tāngata — people (plural of tangata)

345. tāone — town

346. tātahi — seaside, beach

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

348. tāu — your (singular + one item)

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

350. tāwāhi — overseas

351. tē — Tē (i), particle used with verbs to make an emphatic…

352. tēhea — which, singular

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

354. tēnā — that, by the listener

355. tēpu — table

356. tērā — that over there, that

357. tētahi — a, one specific thing

358. tī — cabbage tree; tea

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

360. tīmata — to begin, to start

361. tō — your (singular); to drag

362. tōku — my (singular)

363. tōna — his, her

364. tōu — your, ō category possession, singular

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

366. tūpato — to be careful; caution, cautious

367. tūru — chair, seat, stool

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

369. ua — to rain; rain

370. uaua — difficult (adj); muscle, vein, artery (n)

371. uta — to load; shore; inland; the land; to load

372. utu — cost, price; to pay for

373. waea — wire; phone

374. waenganui — middle, centre, between

375. waewae — foot, leg

376. waha — load, burden; to carry on the back; mouth

377. wahine — woman, wife

378. waho — out, outside, the outside

379. wai — water; who

380. waiata — to sing (v); song (n)

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

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

383. wareware — to forget; forgetful (trans)

384. waru — eight; to scrape, to peel

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

386. wera — to burn; burnt; hot, heat

387. whaea — mother, aunt

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

389. whakaaro — to think; thought, idea

390. whakaata — mirror

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

392. whakarite — to compare; arrange, organise

393. whakarongo — to listen

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

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

396. whare — house, building

397. whea — where? (variant of hea)

398. whenua — land

399. whero — red

400. whitu — seven

401. whā — four

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

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

404. wiki — week

405. wini — window

406. wā — time, times

407. wāhi — part, portion; place

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

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

410. ā — and; and then

411. āe — yes

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

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

414. āhua — shape, form, appearance

415. ākonga — student

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

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

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

419. ānō — as though; as if

420. āporo — apple

421. āpōpō — tomorrow

422. āta — gently, carefully, deliberately

423. ātaahua — beautiful, well formed

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

425. āwangawanga — worried

426. āwhea — Āwhea = ahea. ‖ hea.

427. āwhina — to help

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

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

430. ērā — those (over there)

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

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

433. ōku — mine, plural, ō category possession

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

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

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