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. ahatia — what happened to (pass of aha)

5. ahau — I, me

6. ahi — fire

7. ahiahi — early evening, afternoon

8. ai — Not translatable into an English word; verbal particle; used in various subordinate structures, for example relative clauses, adverbials, ...ai

9. 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)

10. ake, ake, ake — for ever and ever

11. ako — to learn, to teach

12. aku — my, mine (plural form of taku, neutral for possession category)

13. ana — indeed, when, if

14. anake — only, just, alone

15. anei — here, by me

16. anō — again, also (Various meanings, eg again; also, too; self [reflexive] as in: ki a ia anō)

17. ao — world, dawn, cloud

18. Aotearoa — New Zealand

19. ara — to rise (v); path (n)

20. aroha — love, sympathy, compassion

21. ata — morning, shadow

22. atu — away from current orientation (often not translatable by a separate English word)

23. atua — god

24. au — I, me

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

26. awa — river, stream

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

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

29. engari — but

30. haere — go, come

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

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

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

34. harikoa — happy, joyful, euphoric

35. hau — wind, air, breath

36. he — a, some; in the category of

37. hea — where?

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

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

40. heoi — however; and so

41. hia — how many?

42. hiahia — to want

43. hiainu — thirst, thirsty

44. hiakai — hungry

45. hiamoe — sleepy

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

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

48. hipi — sheep

49. hoa — friend; partner; spouse

50. hoatu — to give (away from speaker)

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

52. hoko — to buy, sell, purchase

53. hokomaha — supermarket

54. homai — give (to the speaker)

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

56. horoi — to wash, to clean

57. horoia — washed (pass of horoi)

58. hou — new, modern; feather

59. hua — product, fruit

60. huarahi — street, path, road

61. hui — meeting; gathered

62. huka — sugar

63. hē — wrong; error, mistake

64. hīkoi — to walk, step, tread

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

66. hōiho — horse

67. hū — shoe

68. 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.

69. ia — he, she, him, her

70. iho — downwards

71. ika — fish

72. inanahi — yesterday

73. ingoa — name

74. inu — to drink (v); drink (n)

75. ināianei — now

76. iti — small, little

77. iwi — tribe

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

79. kaha — strong, able

80. kai — eat (v); food (n)

81. kaiako — teacher (kai- + ako)

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

83. kainga — (pass) be eaten

84. kanikani — dance, to dance

85. kapu — cup

86. karaka — orange (colour)

87. karakia — prayer, to pray

88. karanga — to call

89. kata — to laugh

90. katoa — all

91. kau — swim; cow

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

93. kauhoe — to swim

94. kaukau — to bathe

95. kaumātua — elder; elderly

96. kaupapa — topic, theme, plan, subject

97. kawe — to carry, convey

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

99. kei te — at the moment; now

100. keke — cake

101. kete — basket, kit

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

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

104. kimi — to look for, seek

105. kino — bad

106. Kirikiriroa — Hamilton

107. kite — to see

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

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

110. koa — happy

111. koe — you, one person

112. koia — it is, so

113. konei — here, by speaker

114. konā — there, by listener

115. kore — zero, nothing

116. koroua — elderly man, grandfather

117. korā — over there

118. kotahi — one

119. koti — coat, jacket

120. koutou — you, three or more people

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

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

123. kuia — elderly woman, grandmother

124. kupu — word

125. kura — school; treasured item

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

127. kurī — dog

128. kāhore — Negative used for verb sentences

129. kāinga — home

130. kākahu — clothing, garment

131. kākāriki — green

132. kāore — negative used for verb sentences

133. kātahi — then

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

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

136. kēkē — armpit

137. kēmu — game

138. kī — to be full

139. kō — at a distance, yonder; shovel

140. kōrero — to talk, speak

141. kōrua — you, two people

142. kōtiro — girl

143. kūaha — door

144. mahana — to be warm, warm

145. mahi — to do, work, make

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

147. mahue — to be left behind (trans)

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

149. makariri — cold

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

151. mana — prestige, authority

152. Mane — Monday

153. manu — bird

154. manuhiri — guest

155. marae — traditional Māori gathering place

156. marama — month, moon

157. matapihi — window

158. mate — to be sick, ill, dead

159. matekai — hungry, starving

160. matua — parent, father

161. mau — to wear clothes

162. maunga — mountain

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

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

165. mea — a thing (n); to say (v)

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

167. mere — bush, shrub

168. mihi — to greet; thank; acknowledge

169. miraka — milk

170. moana — sea

171. moe — sleep; to marry

172. moenga — bed

173. mokemoke — lonely

174. mokopuna — grandchild

175. moni — money

176. motokā — car, motorcar

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

178. motukā — car

179. mua — front, before

180. muri — behind, after

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

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

183. mā — clean, white, and others

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

185. māku — for me, by me

186. mākū — to be saturated, wet, damp

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

188. māna — for him, her, by him, her

189. māngere — lazy

190. Māori — indigenous people of Aotearoa/New Zealand

191. māra — garden

192. mārama — clear, understand

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

194. mātau — to know, understand

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

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

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

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

199. māuiui — sick

200. mīti — meat

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

202. mōhio — to know

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

204. mōu — for you

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

206. nei — here, by speaker

207. ngahere — forest, bush

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

209. ngenge — tired

210. ngeru — cat

211. ngā — the, plural

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

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

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

215. noho — to live; sit

216. nui — big, great, many

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

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

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

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

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

222. nō — from

223. nōku — mine, realised possession, ō category

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

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

226. oho — to wake up

227. oma — to run, escape

228. ono — six

229. ope — group travelling together

230. ora — alive, well, healthy, safe

231. oti — to be completed

232. pahi — bus

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

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

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

236. pango — black

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

238. papa — floor, ground, flat surface

239. paru — dirt, mud, dirty

240. parāoa — bread, flour

241. patu — to strike, hit; to kill

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

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

244. pea — pair; pear

245. pene — pen

246. pereti — plate

247. piki — to increase

248. pikitia — picture, film

249. pirihimana — police officer

250. poaka — pig

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

252. poto — short

253. pouaka — box

254. pounamu — greenstone

255. pukapuka — book, lungs

256. pukumahi — hard-working, industrious

257. pukuriri — fury; furious; grumpy

258. pupuhi — to shoot

259. puta — to appear, to come out

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

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

262. pāpā — father, uncle

263. pātai — question; to ask a question

264. pēhea — how?

265. pēke — bag

266. pēnei — like this, near speaker

267. pēnā — like that, near listener

268. pēpi — baby

269. pērā — like that, yonder

270. pēwhea — how? (variant of pēhea)

271. pīrangi — to want, desire

272. pō — night

273. Pōneke — Wellington [Port Nicholson]

274. pōro — ball (also 'paoro')

275. pōtae — hat

276. pōuri — sad, dark

277. rangatira — chief, leader, boss

278. rangi — sky, day

279. rare — lolly

280. raro — under, below; time

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

282. rau — to put into; leaf

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

284. rawe — lovely, excellent

285. reira — there (previously mentioned)

286. reka — sweet

287. reo — language, voice

288. rere — to escape; to fly

289. reta — letter

290. rima — five

291. ringa — hand, arm

292. riri — anger, angry

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

294. rite — to be ready, like, similar

295. roa — long

296. rongo — to hear, perceive, feel

297. rorohiko — computer

298. roto — in, inside, within; lake

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

300. runga — on

301. rā — day; the sun; over there

302. rākau — tree; timber

303. rānei — or

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

305. rāua — them; they (two people)

306. rīhi — dish; dishes; lease

307. rīwai — potato

308. rōpū — group

309. rūma — room

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

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

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

313. taha — to pass by; side

314. tahi — one, single

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

316. tai — tide; coast

317. taihoa — wait

318. take — beginning, cause, origin

319. takoto — to lie down

320. taku — my (singular); edge

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

322. tamaiti — child

323. tamariki — children

324. tamāhine — daughter

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

326. tangata — person

327. tangi — to cry; to make a sound

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

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

330. taonga — property, possession

331. taraiwa — to drive; driver

332. tata — near, close

333. tatari — to wait

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

335. taua — that, previously mentioned (singular)

336. tauira — student; example

337. tawhiti — distant, a distant place

338. te — the, singular definite article

339. teina — younger sibling, same sex

340. tekau — ten

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

342. tia — to steer, adorned

343. tiaki — to look after, to care for

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

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

346. tiki — to fetch

347. tino — very

348. tipu — to grow (v); a plant, shoot

349. titiro — to look at

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

351. tohu — a qualification, eg degree

352. tohunga — expert, priest

353. toki — adze, axe; champion

354. tokohia — how many people?

355. tonu — still

356. toru — three

357. tua — beyond

358. tuahine — sister, of a male

359. tuakana — older sibling of the same sex

360. tuatahi — first

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

362. tuhituhi — to write, draw

363. tuku — to put off, to leave aside

364. tungāne — brother, of a female

365. tunu — to cook, roast

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

367. tā — print, draw

368. tākaro — to play

369. tāku — my, ā category possession, singular

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

371. tāne — man, male

372. tāngata — people (plural of tangata)

373. tāone — town

374. tātahi — seaside, beach

375. tātau — we; us; everyone

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

377. tāu — your (singular + one item)

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

379. tāwāhi — overseas

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

381. tēhea — which, singular

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

383. tēnā — that, by the listener

384. tēpu — table

385. tērā — that over there, that

386. tētahi — a, one specific thing

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

388. tī — cabbage tree; tea

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

390. tīmata — to begin, to start

391. tō — your (singular); to drag

392. tōkena — stockings, socks

393. tōku — my (singular)

394. tōna — his, her

395. tōu — your, ō category possession, singular

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

397. tūpato — to be careful; caution, cautious

398. tūru — chair, seat, stool

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

400. ua — to rain; rain

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

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

403. utu — cost, price; to pay for

404. waea — wire; phone

405. waenganui — middle, centre, between

406. waewae — foot, leg

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

408. wahine — woman, wife

409. waho — out, outside, the outside

410. wai — water; who

411. waiata — to sing (v); song (n)

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

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

414. wareware — to forget; forgetful (trans)

415. waru — eight; to scrape, to peel

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

417. wera — to burn; burnt; hot, heat

418. whaea — mother, aunt

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

420. whakaaro — to think; thought, idea

421. whakaata — mirror

422. whakahoki — to return something, to reply

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

424. whakarite — to compare; arrange, organise

425. whakarongo — to listen

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

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

428. whare — house, building

429. whea — where? (variant of hea)

430. whenua — land

431. whero — red

432. whiti — to cross; shine, rise

433. whitu — seven

434. whā — four

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

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

437. wiki — week

438. wini — window

439. wā — time, times

440. wāhi — part, portion; place

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

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

443. ā — and; and then

444. āe — yes

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

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

447. āhua — shape, form, appearance

448. ākonga — student

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

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

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

452. ānō — as though; as if

453. āporo — apple

454. āpōpō — tomorrow

455. āta — gently, carefully, deliberately

456. ātaahua — beautiful, well formed

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

458. āwangawanga — worried

459. āwhea — Āwhea = ahea. ‖ hea.

460. āwhina — to help

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

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

463. ērā — those (over there)

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

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

466. ōku — mine, plural, ō category possession

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

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

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