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. haerenga — journey (n); travel (v)

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

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

32. harikoa — happy, joyful, euphoric

33. hau — wind, air, breath

34. he — a, some; in the category of

35. hea — where?

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

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

38. heoi — however; and so

39. hia — how many?

40. hiahia — to want

41. hiainu — thirst, thirsty

42. hiakai — hungry

43. hiamoe — sleepy

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

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

46. hipi — sheep

47. hoa — friend; partner; spouse

48. hoatu — to give (away from speaker)

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

50. hoko — to buy, sell, purchase

51. hokomaha — supermarket

52. homai — give (to the speaker)

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

54. horoi — to wash, to clean

55. horoia — washed (pass of horoi)

56. hou — new, modern; feather

57. hua — product, fruit

58. huarahi — street, path, road

59. hui — meeting; gathered

60. huka — sugar

61. hē — wrong; error, mistake

62. hīkoi — to walk, step, tread

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

64. hōiho — horse

65. hū — shoe

66. 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.

67. ia — he, she, him, her

68. iho — downwards

69. ika — fish

70. inanahi — yesterday

71. ingoa — name

72. inu — to drink (v); drink (n)

73. ināianei — now

74. iti — small, little

75. iwi — tribe

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

77. kaha — strong, able

78. kai — eat (v); food (n)

79. kaiako — teacher (kai- + ako)

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

81. kainga — (pass) be eaten

82. kanikani — dance, to dance

83. kapu — cup

84. karaka — orange (colour)

85. karakia — prayer, to pray

86. karanga — to call

87. katoa — all

88. kau — swim; cow

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

90. kauhoe — to swim

91. kaukau — to bathe

92. kaumātua — elder; elderly

93. kaupapa — topic, theme, plan, subject

94. kawe — to carry, convey

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

96. kei te — at the moment; now

97. keke — cake

98. kete — basket, kit

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

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

101. kimi — to look for, seek

102. kino — bad

103. Kirikiriroa — Hamilton

104. kite — to see

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

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

107. koa — happy

108. koe — you, one person

109. koia — it is, so

110. konei — here, by speaker

111. konā — there, by listener

112. kore — zero, nothing

113. koroua — elderly man, grandfather

114. korā — over there

115. kotahi — one

116. koti — coat, jacket

117. koutou — you, three or more people

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

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

120. kuia — elderly woman, grandmother

121. kupu — word

122. kura — school; treasured item

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

124. kurī — dog

125. kāhore — Negative used for verb sentences

126. kāinga — home

127. kākahu — clothing, garment

128. kākāriki — green

129. kāore — negative used for verb sentences

130. kātahi — then

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

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

133. kēkē — armpit

134. kēmu — game

135. kī — to be full

136. kōrero — to talk, speak

137. kōrua — you, two people

138. kōtiro — girl

139. mahi — to do, work, make

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

141. mahue — to be left behind (trans)

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

143. makariri — cold

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

145. mana — prestige, authority

146. Mane — Monday

147. manu — bird

148. manuhiri — guest

149. marae — traditional Māori gathering place

150. marama — month, moon

151. matapihi — window

152. mate — to be sick, ill, dead

153. matekai — hungry, starving

154. matua — parent, father

155. mau — to wear clothes

156. maunga — mountain

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

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

159. mea — a thing (n); to say (v)

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

161. mere — bush, shrub

162. mihi — to greet; thank; acknowledge

163. miraka — milk

164. moana — sea

165. moe — sleep; to marry

166. moenga — bed

167. mokemoke — lonely

168. mokopuna — grandchild

169. moni — money

170. motokā — car, motorcar

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

172. motukā — car

173. mua — front, before

174. muri — behind, after

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

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

177. mā — clean, white, and others

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

179. māku — for me, by me

180. mākū — to be saturated, wet, damp

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

182. māna — for him, her, by him, her

183. māngere — lazy

184. Māori — indigenous people of Aotearoa/New Zealand

185. māra — garden

186. mārama — clear, understand

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

188. mātau — to know, understand

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

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

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

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

193. māuiui — sick

194. mīti — meat

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

196. mōhio — to know

197. mōna — for him, her, unrealised, o category possession

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

199. nei — here, by speaker

200. ngahere — forest, bush

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

202. ngenge — tired

203. ngeru — cat

204. ngā — the, plural

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

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

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

208. noho — to live; sit

209. nui — big, great, many

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

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

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

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

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

215. nō — from

216. nōku — mine, realised possession, ō category

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

218. oho — to wake up

219. oma — to run, escape

220. ono — six

221. ope — group travelling together

222. ora — alive, well, healthy, safe

223. oti — to be completed

224. pahi — bus

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

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

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

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

229. papa — floor, ground, flat surface

230. paru — dirt, mud, dirty

231. parāoa — bread, flour

232. patu — to strike, hit; to kill

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

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

235. pea — pair; pear

236. pene — pen

237. pereti — plate

238. piki — to increase

239. pikitia — picture, film

240. pirihimana — police officer

241. poaka — pig

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

243. poto — short

244. pouaka — box

245. pukapuka — book, lungs

246. pukumahi — hard-working, industrious

247. pukuriri — fury; furious; grumpy

248. puta — to appear, to come out

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

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

251. pāpā — father, uncle

252. pātai — question; to ask a question

253. pēhea — how?

254. pēke — bag

255. pēnei — like this, near speaker

256. pēnā — like that, near listener

257. pēpi — baby

258. pērā — like that, yonder

259. pēwhea — how? (variant of pēhea)

260. pīrangi — to want, desire

261. pō — night

262. Pōneke — Wellington [Port Nicholson]

263. pōro — ball (also 'paoro')

264. pōtae — hat

265. pōuri — sad, dark

266. rangatira — chief, leader, boss

267. rangi — sky, day

268. rare — lolly

269. raro — under, below; time

270. rau — to put into; leaf

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

272. rawe — lovely, excellent

273. reira — there (previously mentioned)

274. reka — sweet

275. reo — language, voice

276. rere — to escape; to fly

277. reta — letter

278. rima — five

279. ringa — hand, arm

280. riri — anger, angry

281. rite — to be ready, like, similar

282. roa — long

283. rongo — to hear, perceive, feel

284. rorohiko — computer

285. roto — in, inside, within; lake

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

287. runga — on

288. rā — day; the sun; over there

289. rākau — tree; timber

290. rānei — or

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

292. rāua — them; they (two people)

293. rīhi — dish; dishes; lease

294. rīwai — potato

295. rōpū — group

296. rūma — room

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

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

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

300. taha — to pass by; side

301. tahi — one, single

302. tai — tide; coast

303. taihoa — wait

304. take — beginning, cause, origin

305. takoto — to lie down

306. taku — my (singular); edge

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

308. tamaiti — child

309. tamariki — children

310. tamāhine — daughter

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

312. tangata — person

313. tangi — to cry; to make a sound

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

315. taonga — property, possession

316. taraiwa — to drive; driver

317. tata — near, close

318. tatari — to wait

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

320. taua — that, previously mentioned (singular)

321. tauira — student; example

322. te — the, singular definite article

323. teina — younger sibling, same sex

324. tekau — ten

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

326. tia — to steer, adorned

327. tiaki — to look after, to care for

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

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

330. tiki — to fetch

331. tino — very

332. titiro — to look at

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

334. tohunga — expert, priest

335. toki — adze, axe; champion

336. tokohia — how many people?

337. tonu — still

338. toru — three

339. tua — beyond

340. tuahine — sister, of a male

341. tuakana — older sibling of the same sex

342. tuatahi — first

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

344. tuhituhi — to write, draw

345. tuku — to put off, to leave aside

346. tungāne — brother, of a female

347. tunu — to cook, roast

348. tuākana — older brothers of a male; older sisters of a female

349. tā — print, draw

350. tākaro — to play

351. tāku — my, ā category possession, singular

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

353. tāne — man, male

354. tāngata — people (plural of tangata)

355. tāone — town

356. tātahi — seaside, beach

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

358. tāu — your (singular + one item)

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

360. tāwāhi — overseas

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

362. tēhea — which, singular

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

364. tēnā — that, by the listener

365. tēpu — table

366. tērā — that over there, that

367. tētahi — a, one specific thing

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

369. tī — cabbage tree; tea

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

371. tīmata — to begin, to start

372. tō — your (singular); to drag

373. tōku — my (singular)

374. tōna — his, her

375. tōu — your, ō category possession, singular

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

377. tūpato — to be careful; caution, cautious

378. tūru — chair, seat, stool

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

380. ua — to rain; rain

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

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

383. utu — cost, price; to pay for

384. waea — wire; phone

385. waenganui — middle, centre, between

386. waewae — foot, leg

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

388. wahine — woman, wife

389. waho — out, outside, the outside

390. wai — water; who

391. waiata — to sing (v); song (n)

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

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

394. wareware — to forget; forgetful (trans)

395. waru — eight; to scrape, to peel

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

397. wera — to burn; burnt; hot, heat

398. whaea — mother, aunt

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

400. whakaaro — to think; thought, idea

401. whakaata — mirror

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

403. whakarite — to compare; arrange, organise

404. whakarongo — to listen

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

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

407. whare — house, building

408. whea — where? (variant of hea)

409. whenua — land

410. whero — red

411. whitu — seven

412. whā — four

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

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

415. wiki — week

416. wini — window

417. wā — time, times

418. wāhi — part, portion; place

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

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

421. ā — and; and then

422. āe — yes

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

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

425. āhua — shape, form, appearance

426. ākonga — student

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

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

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

430. ānō — as though; as if

431. āporo — apple

432. āpōpō — tomorrow

433. āta — gently, carefully, deliberately

434. ātaahua — beautiful, well formed

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

436. āwangawanga — worried

437. āwhea — Āwhea = ahea. ‖ hea.

438. āwhina — to help

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

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

441. ērā — those (over there)

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

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

444. ōku — mine, plural, ō category possession

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

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

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