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. huarahi — street, path, road

58. hui — meeting; gathered

59. huka — sugar

60. hē — wrong; error, mistake

61. hīkoi — to walk, step, tread

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

63. hōiho — horse

64. hū — shoe

65. 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.

66. ia — he, she, him, her

67. iho — downwards

68. ika — fish

69. inanahi — yesterday

70. ingoa — name

71. inu — to drink (v); drink (n)

72. ināianei — now

73. iti — small, little

74. iwi — tribe

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

76. kaha — strong, able

77. kai — eat (v); food (n)

78. kaiako — teacher (kai- + ako)

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

80. kainga — (pass) be eaten

81. kanikani — dance, to dance

82. kapu — cup

83. karaka — orange (colour)

84. karakia — prayer, to pray

85. karanga — to call

86. katoa — all

87. kau — swim; cow

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

89. kauhoe — to swim

90. kaukau — to bathe

91. kaumātua — elder; elderly

92. kaupapa — topic, theme, plan, subject

93. kawe — to carry, convey

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

95. kei te — at the moment; now

96. keke — cake

97. kete — basket, kit

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

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

100. kimi — to look for, seek

101. kino — bad

102. Kirikiriroa — Hamilton

103. kite — to see

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

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

106. koa — happy

107. koe — you, one person

108. koia — it is, so

109. konei — here, by speaker

110. konā — there, by listener

111. kore — zero, nothing

112. koroua — elderly man, grandfather

113. korā — over there

114. kotahi — one

115. koti — coat, jacket

116. koutou — you, three or more people

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

118. kuhu — to enter, to go or come in

119. kuia — elderly woman, grandmother

120. kupu — word

121. kura — school; treasured item

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

123. kurī — dog

124. kāhore — Negative used for verb sentences

125. kāinga — home

126. kākahu — clothing, garment

127. kākāriki — green

128. kāore — negative used for verb sentences

129. kātahi — then

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

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

132. kēkē — armpit

133. kēmu — game

134. kī — to be full

135. kōrero — to talk, speak

136. kōrua — you, two people

137. kōtiro — girl

138. mahi — to do, work, make

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

140. mahue — to be left behind (trans)

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

142. makariri — cold

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

144. mana — prestige, authority

145. Mane — Monday

146. manu — bird

147. manuhiri — guest

148. marae — traditional Māori gathering place

149. marama — month, moon

150. matapihi — window

151. mate — to be sick, ill, dead

152. matekai — hungry, starving

153. matua — parent, father

154. mau — to wear clothes

155. maunga — mountain

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

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

158. mea — a thing (n); to say (v)

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

160. mere — bush, shrub

161. mihi — to greet; thank; acknowledge

162. miraka — milk

163. moana — sea

164. moe — sleep; to marry

165. moenga — bed

166. mokemoke — lonely

167. mokopuna — grandchild

168. moni — money

169. motokā — car, motorcar

170. motu — island (n); cut (v), cut off (adj)

171. motukā — car

172. mua — front, before

173. muri — behind, after

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

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

176. mā — clean, white, and others

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

178. māku — for me, by me

179. mākū — to be saturated, wet, damp

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

181. māna — for him, her, by him, her

182. māngere — lazy

183. Māori — indigenous people of Aotearoa/New Zealand

184. māra — garden

185. mārama — clear, understand

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

187. mātau — to know, understand

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

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

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

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

192. māuiui — sick

193. mīti — meat

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

195. mōhio — to know

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

197. nei — here, by speaker

198. ngahere — forest, bush

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

200. ngenge — tired

201. ngeru — cat

202. ngā — the, plural

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

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

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

206. noho — to live; sit

207. nui — big, great, many

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

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

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

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

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

213. nō — from

214. nōku — mine, realised possession, ō category

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

216. oho — to wake up

217. oma — to run, escape

218. ono — six

219. ope — group travelling together

220. ora — alive, well, healthy, safe

221. oti — to be completed

222. pahi — bus

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

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

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

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

227. papa — floor, ground, flat surface

228. parāoa — bread, flour

229. patu — to strike, hit; to kill

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

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

232. pea — pair; pear

233. pene — pen

234. pereti — plate

235. piki — to increase

236. pikitia — picture, film

237. pirihimana — police officer

238. poaka — pig

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

240. poto — short

241. pouaka — box

242. pukapuka — book, lungs

243. pukumahi — hard-working, industrious

244. pukuriri — fury; furious; grumpy

245. puta — to appear, to come out

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

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

248. pāpā — father, uncle

249. pātai — question; to ask a question

250. pēhea — how?

251. pēke — bag

252. pēnei — like this, near speaker

253. pēnā — like that, near listener

254. pēpi — baby

255. pērā — like that, yonder

256. pēwhea — how? (variant of pēhea)

257. pīrangi — to want, desire

258. pō — night

259. Pōneke — Wellington [Port Nicholson]

260. pōro — ball (also 'paoro')

261. pōtae — hat

262. pōuri — sad, dark

263. rangatira — chief, leader, boss

264. rangi — sky, day

265. raro — under, below; time

266. rau — to put into; leaf

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

268. rawe — lovely, excellent

269. reira — there (previously mentioned)

270. reka — sweet

271. reo — language, voice

272. rere — to escape; to fly

273. reta — letter

274. rima — five

275. ringa — hand, arm

276. riri — anger, angry

277. rite — to be ready, like, similar

278. roa — long

279. rongo — to hear, perceive, feel

280. rorohiko — computer

281. roto — in, inside, within; lake

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

283. runga — on

284. rā — day; the sun; over there

285. rākau — tree; timber

286. rānei — or

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

288. rāua — them; they (two people)

289. rīhi — dish; dishes; lease

290. rīwai — potato

291. rōpū — group

292. rūma — room

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

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

295. taenga — arrival (tae + nominal suffix -nga)

296. taha — to pass by; side

297. tahi — one, single

298. tai — tide; coast

299. taihoa — wait

300. take — beginning, cause, origin

301. takoto — to lie down

302. taku — my (singular); edge

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

304. tamaiti — child

305. tamariki — children

306. tamāhine — daughter

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

308. tangata — person

309. tangi — to cry; to make a sound

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

311. taonga — property, possession

312. taraiwa — to drive; driver

313. tata — near, close

314. tatari — to wait

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

316. taua — that, previously mentioned (singular)

317. tauira — student; example

318. te — the, singular definite article

319. teina — younger sibling, same sex

320. tekau — ten

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

322. tia — to steer, adorned

323. tiaki — to look after, to care for

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

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

326. tiki — to fetch

327. tino — very

328. titiro — to look at

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

330. tohunga — expert, priest

331. toki — adze, axe; champion

332. tokohia — how many people?

333. tonu — still

334. toru — three

335. tua — beyond

336. tuahine — sister, of a male

337. tuakana — older sibling of the same sex

338. tuatahi — first

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

340. tuhituhi — to write, draw

341. tuku — to put off, to leave aside

342. tungāne — brother, of a female

343. tunu — to cook, roast

344. tā — print, draw

345. tākaro — to play

346. tāku — my, ā category possession, singular

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

348. tāne — man, male

349. tāngata — people (plural of tangata)

350. tāone — town

351. tātahi — seaside, beach

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

353. tāu — your (singular + one item)

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

355. tāwāhi — overseas

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

357. tēhea — which, singular

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

359. tēnā — that, by the listener

360. tēpu — table

361. tērā — that over there, that

362. tētahi — a, one specific thing

363. tētehi — a, one specific thing (variant of tētahi)

364. tī — cabbage tree; tea

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

366. tīmata — to begin, to start

367. tō — your (singular); to drag

368. tōku — my (singular)

369. tōna — his, her

370. tōu — your, ō category possession, singular

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

372. tūpato — to be careful; caution, cautious

373. tūru — chair, seat, stool

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

375. ua — to rain; rain

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

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

378. utu — cost, price; to pay for

379. waea — wire; phone

380. waenganui — middle, centre, between

381. waewae — foot, leg

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

383. wahine — woman, wife

384. waho — out, outside, the outside

385. wai — water; who

386. waiata — to sing (v); song (n)

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

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

389. wareware — to forget; forgetful (trans)

390. waru — eight; to scrape, to peel

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

392. wera — to burn; burnt; hot, heat

393. whaea — mother, aunt

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

395. whakaaro — to think; thought, idea

396. whakaata — mirror

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

398. whakarite — to compare; arrange, organise

399. whakarongo — to listen

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

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

402. whare — house, building

403. whea — where? (variant of hea)

404. whenua — land

405. whero — red

406. whitu — seven

407. whā — four

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

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

410. wiki — week

411. wini — window

412. wā — time, times

413. wāhi — part, portion; place

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

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

416. ā — and; and then

417. āe — yes

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

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

420. āhua — shape, form, appearance

421. ākonga — student

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

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

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

425. ānō — as though; as if

426. āporo — apple

427. āpōpō — tomorrow

428. āta — gently, carefully, deliberately

429. ātaahua — beautiful, well formed

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

431. āwangawanga — worried

432. āwhea — Āwhea = ahea. ‖ hea.

433. āwhina — to help

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

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

436. ērā — those (over there)

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

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

439. ōku — mine, plural, ō category possession

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

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

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