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. atua — god

23. au — I, me

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

25. awa — river, stream

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

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

28. engari — but

29. haere — go, come

30. haerenga — journey (n); travel (v)

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

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

33. harikoa — happy, joyful, euphoric

34. hau — wind, air, breath

35. he — a, some; in the category of

36. hea — where?

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

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

39. heoi — however; and so

40. hia — how many?

41. hiahia — to want

42. hiainu — thirst, thirsty

43. hiakai — hungry

44. hiamoe — sleepy

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

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

47. hipi — sheep

48. hoa — friend; partner; spouse

49. hoatu — to give (away from speaker)

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

51. hoko — to buy, sell, purchase

52. hokomaha — supermarket

53. homai — give (to the speaker)

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

55. horoi — to wash, to clean

56. horoia — washed (pass of horoi)

57. hou — new, modern; feather

58. hua — product, fruit

59. huarahi — street, path, road

60. hui — meeting; gathered

61. huka — sugar

62. hē — wrong; error, mistake

63. hīkoi — to walk, step, tread

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

65. hōiho — horse

66. hū — shoe

67. 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.

68. ia — he, she, him, her

69. iho — downwards

70. ika — fish

71. inanahi — yesterday

72. ingoa — name

73. inu — to drink (v); drink (n)

74. ināianei — now

75. iti — small, little

76. iwi — tribe

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

78. kaha — strong, able

79. kai — eat (v); food (n)

80. kaiako — teacher (kai- + ako)

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

82. kainga — (pass) be eaten

83. kanikani — dance, to dance

84. kapu — cup

85. karaka — orange (colour)

86. karakia — prayer, to pray

87. karanga — to call

88. kata — to laugh

89. katoa — all

90. kau — swim; cow

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

92. kauhoe — to swim

93. kaukau — to bathe

94. kaumātua — elder; elderly

95. kaupapa — topic, theme, plan, subject

96. kawe — to carry, convey

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

98. kei te — at the moment; now

99. keke — cake

100. kete — basket, kit

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

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

103. kimi — to look for, seek

104. kino — bad

105. Kirikiriroa — Hamilton

106. kite — to see

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

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

109. koa — happy

110. koe — you, one person

111. koia — it is, so

112. konei — here, by speaker

113. konā — there, by listener

114. kore — zero, nothing

115. koroua — elderly man, grandfather

116. korā — over there

117. kotahi — one

118. koti — coat, jacket

119. koutou — you, three or more people

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

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

122. kuia — elderly woman, grandmother

123. kupu — word

124. kura — school; treasured item

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

126. kurī — dog

127. kāhore — Negative used for verb sentences

128. kāinga — home

129. kākahu — clothing, garment

130. kākāriki — green

131. kāore — negative used for verb sentences

132. kātahi — then

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

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

135. kēkē — armpit

136. kēmu — game

137. kī — to be full

138. kō — at a distance, yonder; shovel

139. kōrero — to talk, speak

140. kōrua — you, two people

141. kōtiro — girl

142. kūaha — door

143. mahana — to be warm, warm

144. mahi — to do, work, make

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

146. mahue — to be left behind (trans)

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

148. makariri — cold

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

150. mana — prestige, authority

151. Mane — Monday

152. manu — bird

153. manuhiri — guest

154. marae — traditional Māori gathering place

155. marama — month, moon

156. matapihi — window

157. mate — to be sick, ill, dead

158. matekai — hungry, starving

159. matua — parent, father

160. mau — to wear clothes

161. maunga — mountain

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

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

164. mea — a thing (n); to say (v)

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

166. mere — bush, shrub

167. mihi — to greet; thank; acknowledge

168. miraka — milk

169. moana — sea

170. moe — sleep; to marry

171. moenga — bed

172. mokemoke — lonely

173. mokopuna — grandchild

174. moni — money

175. motokā — car, motorcar

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

177. motukā — car

178. mua — front, before

179. muri — behind, after

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

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

182. mā — clean, white, and others

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

184. māku — for me, by me

185. mākū — to be saturated, wet, damp

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

187. māna — for him, her, by him, her

188. māngere — lazy

189. Māori — indigenous people of Aotearoa/New Zealand

190. māra — garden

191. mārama — clear, understand

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

193. mātau — to know, understand

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

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

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

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

198. māuiui — sick

199. mīti — meat

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

201. mōhio — to know

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

203. mōu — for you

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

205. nei — here, by speaker

206. ngahere — forest, bush

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

208. ngenge — tired

209. ngeru — cat

210. ngā — the, plural

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

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

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

214. noho — to live; sit

215. nui — big, great, many

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

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

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

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

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

221. nō — from

222. nōku — mine, realised possession, ō category

223. nōna — belongs to him or her (Å catergory), his, hers

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

225. oho — to wake up

226. oma — to run, escape

227. ono — six

228. ope — group travelling together

229. ora — alive, well, healthy, safe

230. oti — to be completed

231. pahi — bus

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

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

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

235. pango — black

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

237. papa — floor, ground, flat surface

238. paru — dirt, mud, dirty

239. parāoa — bread, flour

240. patu — to strike, hit; to kill

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

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

243. pea — pair; pear

244. pene — pen

245. pereti — plate

246. piki — to increase

247. pikitia — picture, film

248. pirihimana — police officer

249. poaka — pig

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

251. poto — short

252. pouaka — box

253. pounamu — greenstone

254. pukapuka — book, lungs

255. pukumahi — hard-working, industrious

256. pukuriri — fury; furious; grumpy

257. pupuhi — to shoot

258. puta — to appear, to come out

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

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

261. pāpā — father, uncle

262. pātai — question; to ask a question

263. pēhea — how?

264. pēke — bag

265. pēnei — like this, near speaker

266. pēnā — like that, near listener

267. pēpi — baby

268. pērā — like that, yonder

269. pēwhea — how? (variant of pēhea)

270. pīrangi — to want, desire

271. pō — night

272. Pōneke — Wellington [Port Nicholson]

273. pōro — ball (also 'paoro')

274. pōtae — hat

275. pōuri — sad, dark

276. rangatira — chief, leader, boss

277. rangi — sky, day

278. rare — lolly

279. raro — under, below; time

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

281. rau — to put into; leaf

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

283. rawe — lovely, excellent

284. reira — there (previously mentioned)

285. reka — sweet

286. reo — language, voice

287. rere — to escape; to fly

288. reta — letter

289. rima — five

290. ringa — hand, arm

291. riri — anger, angry

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

293. rite — to be ready, like, similar

294. roa — long

295. rongo — to hear, perceive, feel

296. rorohiko — computer

297. roto — in, inside, within; lake

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

299. runga — on

300. rā — day; the sun; over there

301. rākau — tree; timber

302. rānei — or

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

304. rāua — them; they (two people)

305. rīhi — dish; dishes; lease

306. rīwai — potato

307. rōpū — group

308. rūma — room

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

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

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

312. taha — to pass by; side

313. tahi — one, single

314. tahu — burn; cook; light (set on fire); husband, wife; lover

315. tai — tide; coast

316. taihoa — wait

317. take — beginning, cause, origin

318. takoto — to lie down

319. taku — my (singular); edge

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

321. tamaiti — child

322. tamariki — children

323. tamāhine — daughter

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

325. tangata — person

326. tangi — to cry; to make a sound

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

328. taniwha — monster, traditional guardian of bodies of water

329. taonga — property, possession

330. taraiwa — to drive; driver

331. tata — near, close

332. tatari — to wait

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

334. taua — that, previously mentioned (singular)

335. tauira — student; example

336. te — the, singular definite article

337. teina — younger sibling, same sex

338. tekau — ten

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

340. tia — to steer, adorned

341. tiaki — to look after, to care for

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

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

344. tiki — to fetch

345. tino — very

346. titiro — to look at

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

348. tohunga — expert, priest

349. toki — adze, axe; champion

350. tokohia — how many people?

351. tonu — still

352. toru — three

353. tua — beyond

354. tuahine — sister, of a male

355. tuakana — older sibling of the same sex

356. tuatahi — first

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

358. tuhituhi — to write, draw

359. tuku — to put off, to leave aside

360. tungāne — brother, of a female

361. tunu — to cook, roast

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

363. tā — print, draw

364. tākaro — to play

365. tāku — my, ā category possession, singular

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

367. tāne — man, male

368. tāngata — people (plural of tangata)

369. tāone — town

370. tātahi — seaside, beach

371. tātau — we; us; everyone

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

373. tāu — your (singular + one item)

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

375. tāwāhi — overseas

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

377. tēhea — which, singular

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

379. tēnā — that, by the listener

380. tēpu — table

381. tērā — that over there, that

382. tētahi — a, one specific thing

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

384. tī — cabbage tree; tea

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

386. tīmata — to begin, to start

387. tō — your (singular); to drag

388. tōku — my (singular)

389. tōna — his, her

390. tōu — your, ō category possession, singular

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

392. tūpato — to be careful; caution, cautious

393. tūru — chair, seat, stool

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

395. ua — to rain; rain

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

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

398. utu — cost, price; to pay for

399. waea — wire; phone

400. waenganui — middle, centre, between

401. waewae — foot, leg

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

403. wahine — woman, wife

404. waho — out, outside, the outside

405. wai — water; who

406. waiata — to sing (v); song (n)

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

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

409. wareware — to forget; forgetful (trans)

410. waru — eight; to scrape, to peel

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

412. wera — to burn; burnt; hot, heat

413. whaea — mother, aunt

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

415. whakaaro — to think; thought, idea

416. whakaata — mirror

417. whakahoki — to return something, to reply

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

419. whakarite — to compare; arrange, organise

420. whakarongo — to listen

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

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

423. whare — house, building

424. whea — where? (variant of hea)

425. whenua — land

426. whero — red

427. whiti — to cross; shine, rise

428. whitu — seven

429. whā — four

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

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

432. wiki — week

433. wini — window

434. wā — time, times

435. wāhi — part, portion; place

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

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

438. ā — and; and then

439. āe — yes

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

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

442. āhua — shape, form, appearance

443. ākonga — student

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

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

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

447. ānō — as though; as if

448. āporo — apple

449. āpōpō — tomorrow

450. āta — gently, carefully, deliberately

451. ātaahua — beautiful, well formed

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

453. āwangawanga — worried

454. āwhea — Āwhea = ahea. ‖ hea.

455. āwhina — to help

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

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

458. ērā — those (over there)

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

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

461. ōku — mine, plural, ō category possession

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

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

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