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. kata — to laugh

88. katoa — all

89. kau — swim; cow

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

91. kauhoe — to swim

92. kaukau — to bathe

93. kaumātua — elder; elderly

94. kaupapa — topic, theme, plan, subject

95. kawe — to carry, convey

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

97. kei te — at the moment; now

98. keke — cake

99. kete — basket, kit

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

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

102. kimi — to look for, seek

103. kino — bad

104. Kirikiriroa — Hamilton

105. kite — to see

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

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

108. koa — happy

109. koe — you, one person

110. koia — it is, so

111. konei — here, by speaker

112. konā — there, by listener

113. kore — zero, nothing

114. koroua — elderly man, grandfather

115. korā — over there

116. kotahi — one

117. koti — coat, jacket

118. koutou — you, three or more people

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

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

121. kuia — elderly woman, grandmother

122. kupu — word

123. kura — school; treasured item

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

125. kurī — dog

126. kāhore — Negative used for verb sentences

127. kāinga — home

128. kākahu — clothing, garment

129. kākāriki — green

130. kāore — negative used for verb sentences

131. kātahi — then

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

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

134. kēkē — armpit

135. kēmu — game

136. kī — to be full

137. kōrero — to talk, speak

138. kōrua — you, two people

139. kōtiro — girl

140. kūaha — door

141. mahana — to be warm, warm

142. mahi — to do, work, make

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

144. mahue — to be left behind (trans)

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

146. makariri — cold

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

148. mana — prestige, authority

149. Mane — Monday

150. manu — bird

151. manuhiri — guest

152. marae — traditional Māori gathering place

153. marama — month, moon

154. matapihi — window

155. mate — to be sick, ill, dead

156. matekai — hungry, starving

157. matua — parent, father

158. mau — to wear clothes

159. maunga — mountain

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

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

162. mea — a thing (n); to say (v)

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

164. mere — bush, shrub

165. mihi — to greet; thank; acknowledge

166. miraka — milk

167. moana — sea

168. moe — sleep; to marry

169. moenga — bed

170. mokemoke — lonely

171. mokopuna — grandchild

172. moni — money

173. motokā — car, motorcar

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

175. motukā — car

176. mua — front, before

177. muri — behind, after

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

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

180. mā — clean, white, and others

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

182. māku — for me, by me

183. mākū — to be saturated, wet, damp

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

185. māna — for him, her, by him, her

186. māngere — lazy

187. Māori — indigenous people of Aotearoa/New Zealand

188. māra — garden

189. mārama — clear, understand

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

191. mātau — to know, understand

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

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

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

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

196. māuiui — sick

197. mīti — meat

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

199. mōhio — to know

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

201. mōu — for you

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

203. nei — here, by speaker

204. ngahere — forest, bush

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

206. ngenge — tired

207. ngeru — cat

208. ngā — the, plural

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

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

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

212. noho — to live; sit

213. nui — big, great, many

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

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

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

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

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

219. nō — from

220. nōku — mine, realised possession, ō category

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

222. oho — to wake up

223. oma — to run, escape

224. ono — six

225. ope — group travelling together

226. ora — alive, well, healthy, safe

227. oti — to be completed

228. pahi — bus

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

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

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

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

233. papa — floor, ground, flat surface

234. paru — dirt, mud, dirty

235. parāoa — bread, flour

236. patu — to strike, hit; to kill

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

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

239. pea — pair; pear

240. pene — pen

241. pereti — plate

242. piki — to increase

243. pikitia — picture, film

244. pirihimana — police officer

245. poaka — pig

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

247. poto — short

248. pouaka — box

249. pounamu — greenstone

250. pukapuka — book, lungs

251. pukumahi — hard-working, industrious

252. pukuriri — fury; furious; grumpy

253. pupuhi — to shoot

254. puta — to appear, to come out

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

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

257. pāpā — father, uncle

258. pātai — question; to ask a question

259. pēhea — how?

260. pēke — bag

261. pēnei — like this, near speaker

262. pēnā — like that, near listener

263. pēpi — baby

264. pērā — like that, yonder

265. pēwhea — how? (variant of pēhea)

266. pīrangi — to want, desire

267. pō — night

268. Pōneke — Wellington [Port Nicholson]

269. pōro — ball (also 'paoro')

270. pōtae — hat

271. pōuri — sad, dark

272. rangatira — chief, leader, boss

273. rangi — sky, day

274. rare — lolly

275. raro — under, below; time

276. rata — friendly, at ease (adj); calm (n); to like (v)

277. rau — to put into; leaf

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

279. rawe — lovely, excellent

280. reira — there (previously mentioned)

281. reka — sweet

282. reo — language, voice

283. rere — to escape; to fly

284. reta — letter

285. rima — five

286. ringa — hand, arm

287. riri — anger, angry

288. riro — gone away; to be awarded: acquired, obtained

289. rite — to be ready, like, similar

290. roa — long

291. rongo — to hear, perceive, feel

292. rorohiko — computer

293. roto — in, inside, within; lake

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

295. runga — on

296. rā — day; the sun; over there

297. rākau — tree; timber

298. rānei — or

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

300. rāua — them; they (two people)

301. rīhi — dish; dishes; lease

302. rīwai — potato

303. rōpū — group

304. rūma — room

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

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

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

308. taha — to pass by; side

309. tahi — one, single

310. tai — tide; coast

311. taihoa — wait

312. take — beginning, cause, origin

313. takoto — to lie down

314. taku — my (singular); edge

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

316. tamaiti — child

317. tamariki — children

318. tamāhine — daughter

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

320. tangata — person

321. tangi — to cry; to make a sound

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

323. taonga — property, possession

324. taraiwa — to drive; driver

325. tata — near, close

326. tatari — to wait

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

328. taua — that, previously mentioned (singular)

329. tauira — student; example

330. te — the, singular definite article

331. teina — younger sibling, same sex

332. tekau — ten

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

334. tia — to steer, adorned

335. tiaki — to look after, to care for

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

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

338. tiki — to fetch

339. tino — very

340. titiro — to look at

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

342. tohunga — expert, priest

343. toki — adze, axe; champion

344. tokohia — how many people?

345. tonu — still

346. toru — three

347. tua — beyond

348. tuahine — sister, of a male

349. tuakana — older sibling of the same sex

350. tuatahi — first

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

352. tuhituhi — to write, draw

353. tuku — to put off, to leave aside

354. tungāne — brother, of a female

355. tunu — to cook, roast

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

357. tā — print, draw

358. tākaro — to play

359. tāku — my, ā category possession, singular

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

361. tāne — man, male

362. tāngata — people (plural of tangata)

363. tāone — town

364. tātahi — seaside, beach

365. tātau — we; us; everyone

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

367. tāu — your (singular + one item)

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

369. tāwāhi — overseas

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

371. tēhea — which, singular

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

373. tēnā — that, by the listener

374. tēpu — table

375. tērā — that over there, that

376. tētahi — a, one specific thing

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

378. tī — cabbage tree; tea

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

380. tīmata — to begin, to start

381. tō — your (singular); to drag

382. tōku — my (singular)

383. tōna — his, her

384. tōu — your, ō category possession, singular

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

386. tūpato — to be careful; caution, cautious

387. tūru — chair, seat, stool

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

389. ua — to rain; rain

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

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

392. utu — cost, price; to pay for

393. waea — wire; phone

394. waenganui — middle, centre, between

395. waewae — foot, leg

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

397. wahine — woman, wife

398. waho — out, outside, the outside

399. wai — water; who

400. waiata — to sing (v); song (n)

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

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

403. wareware — to forget; forgetful (trans)

404. waru — eight; to scrape, to peel

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

406. wera — to burn; burnt; hot, heat

407. whaea — mother, aunt

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

409. whakaaro — to think; thought, idea

410. whakaata — mirror

411. whakahoki — to return something, to reply

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

413. whakarite — to compare; arrange, organise

414. whakarongo — to listen

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

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

417. whare — house, building

418. whea — where? (variant of hea)

419. whenua — land

420. whero — red

421. whiti — to cross; shine, rise

422. whitu — seven

423. whā — four

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

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

426. wiki — week

427. wini — window

428. wā — time, times

429. wāhi — part, portion; place

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

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

432. ā — and; and then

433. āe — yes

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

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

436. āhua — shape, form, appearance

437. ākonga — student

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

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

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

441. ānō — as though; as if

442. āporo — apple

443. āpōpō — tomorrow

444. āta — gently, carefully, deliberately

445. ātaahua — beautiful, well formed

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

447. āwangawanga — worried

448. āwhea — Āwhea = ahea. ‖ hea.

449. āwhina — to help

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

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

452. ērā — those (over there)

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

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

455. ōku — mine, plural, ō category possession

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

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

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