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. auau — to bark, howl

27. awa — river, stream

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

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

30. engari — but

31. haere — go, come

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

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

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

35. haria — to be carried (hari + passive suffix -a)

36. harikoa — happy, joyful, euphoric

37. hau — wind, air, breath

38. he — a, some; in the category of

39. hea — where?

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

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

42. heoi — however; and so

43. hia — how many?

44. hiahia — to want

45. hiainu — thirst, thirsty

46. hiakai — hungry

47. hiamoe — sleepy

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

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

50. hipi — sheep

51. hoa — friend; partner; spouse

52. hoatu — to give (away from speaker)

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

54. hoko — to buy, sell, purchase

55. hokomaha — supermarket

56. homai — give (to the speaker)

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

58. horoi — to wash, to clean

59. horoia — washed (pass of horoi)

60. hou — new, modern; feather

61. hua — product, fruit

62. huarahi — street, path, road

63. hui — meeting; gathered

64. huka — sugar

65. hē — wrong; error, mistake

66. hīkoi — to walk, step, tread

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

68. hōiho — horse

69. hū — shoe

70. 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.

71. ia — he, she, him, her

72. iho — downwards

73. ika — fish

74. inanahi — yesterday

75. ingoa — name

76. inu — to drink (v); drink (n)

77. ināianei — now

78. iti — small, little

79. iwi — tribe

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

81. kaha — strong, able

82. kai — eat (v); food (n)

83. kaiako — teacher (kai- + ako)

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

85. kainga — (pass) be eaten

86. kanikani — dance, to dance

87. kapu — cup

88. karaka — orange (colour)

89. karakia — prayer, to pray

90. karanga — to call

91. kata — to laugh

92. katoa — all

93. kau — swim; cow

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

95. kauhoe — to swim

96. kaukau — to bathe

97. kaumātua — elder; elderly

98. kaupapa — topic, theme, plan, subject

99. kawa — sour, yuck

100. kawe — to carry, convey

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

102. kei te — at the moment; now

103. keke — cake

104. kete — basket, kit

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

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

107. kimi — to look for, seek

108. kino — bad

109. Kirikiriroa — Hamilton

110. kite — to see

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

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

113. koa — happy

114. koe — you, one person

115. koia — it is, so

116. konei — here, by speaker

117. konā — there, by listener

118. kore — zero, nothing

119. koro — term of address for an elderly man, grandfather (E koro)

120. koroua — elderly man, grandfather

121. korā — over there

122. kotahi — one

123. koti — coat, jacket

124. koutou — you, three or more people

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

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

127. kuia — elderly woman, grandmother

128. kupu — word

129. kura — school; treasured item

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

131. kurī — dog

132. kāhore — Negative used for verb sentences

133. kāinga — home

134. kākahu — clothing, garment

135. kākāriki — green

136. kāo — no!

137. kāore — negative used for verb sentences

138. kāpata — cupboard

139. kātahi — then

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

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

142. kēkē — armpit

143. kēmu — game

144. kī — to be full

145. kō — at a distance, yonder; shovel

146. kōrero — to talk, speak

147. kōrua — you, two people

148. kōtiro — girl

149. kūaha — door

150. mahana — to be warm, warm

151. mahi — to do, work, make

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

153. mahue — to be left behind (trans)

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

155. makariri — cold

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

157. mana — prestige, authority

158. Mane — Monday

159. manu — bird

160. manuhiri — guest

161. marae — traditional Māori gathering place

162. marama — month, moon

163. matapihi — window

164. mate — to be sick, ill, dead

165. matekai — hungry, starving

166. matua — parent, father

167. mau — to wear clothes

168. maunga — mountain

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

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

171. mea — a thing (n); to say (v)

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

173. mere — bush, shrub

174. mihi — to greet; thank; acknowledge

175. miraka — milk

176. moana — sea

177. moe — sleep; to marry

178. moenga — bed

179. mokemoke — lonely

180. mokopuna — grandchild

181. moni — money

182. motokā — car, motorcar

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

184. motukā — car

185. mua — front, before

186. muri — behind, after

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

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

189. mā — clean, white, and others

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

191. māku — for me, by me

192. mākū — to be saturated, wet, damp

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

194. māna — for him, her, by him, her

195. māngere — lazy

196. Māori — indigenous people of Aotearoa/New Zealand

197. māra — garden

198. mārama — clear, understand

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

200. mātau — to know, understand

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

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

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

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

205. māuiui — sick

206. mīti — meat

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

208. mōhio — to know

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

210. mōu — for you

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

212. nei — here, by speaker

213. ngahere — forest, bush

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

215. ngenge — tired

216. ngeru — cat

217. ngā — the, plural

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

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

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

221. noho — to live; sit

222. nui — big, great, many

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

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

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

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

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

228. nō — from

229. nōku — mine, realised possession, ō category

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

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

232. oho — to wake up

233. oma — to run, escape

234. ono — six

235. ope — group travelling together

236. ora — alive, well, healthy, safe

237. oti — to be completed

238. pahi — bus

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

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

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

242. pango — black

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

244. papa — floor, ground, flat surface

245. paru — dirt, mud, dirty

246. parāoa — bread, flour

247. patu — to strike, hit; to kill

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

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

250. pea — pair; pear

251. pene — pen

252. pereti — plate

253. piki — to increase

254. pikitia — picture, film

255. pirihimana — police officer

256. poaka — pig

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

258. poto — short

259. pouaka — box

260. pounamu — greenstone

261. pukapuka — book, lungs

262. puku — stomach, belly

263. pukumahi — hard-working, industrious

264. pukuriri — fury; furious; grumpy

265. pupuhi — to shoot

266. puta — to appear, to come out

267. putiputi — flower

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

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

270. pāpā — father, uncle

271. pātai — question; to ask a question

272. pēhea — how?

273. pēke — bag

274. pēnei — like this, near speaker

275. pēnā — like that, near listener

276. pēpi — baby

277. pērā — like that, yonder

278. pēwhea — how? (variant of pēhea)

279. pīrangi — to want, desire

280. pō — night

281. Pōneke — Wellington [Port Nicholson]

282. pōro — ball (also 'paoro')

283. pōtae — hat

284. pōuri — sad, dark

285. rangatira — chief, leader, boss

286. rangi — sky, day

287. rapu — to look for

288. rare — lolly

289. raro — under, below; time

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

291. rau — to put into; leaf

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

293. rawe — lovely, excellent

294. reira — there (previously mentioned)

295. reka — sweet

296. reo — language, voice

297. rere — to escape; to fly

298. reta — letter

299. rima — five

300. ringa — hand, arm

301. riri — anger, angry

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

303. rite — to be ready, like, similar

304. roa — long

305. rongo — to hear, perceive, feel

306. rorohiko — computer

307. roto — in, inside, within; lake

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

309. runga — on

310. rā — day; the sun; over there

311. rākau — tree; timber

312. rānei — or

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

314. rāua — them; they (two people)

315. rīhi — dish; dishes; lease

316. rīwai — potato

317. rōpū — group

318. rūma — room

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

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

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

322. taha — to pass by; side

323. tahi — one, single

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

325. tai — tide; coast

326. taihoa — wait

327. take — beginning, cause, origin

328. takoto — to lie down

329. taku — my (singular); edge

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

331. tamaiti — child

332. tamariki — children

333. tamāhine — daughter

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

335. tangata — person

336. tangi — to cry; to make a sound

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

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

339. taonga — property, possession

340. taraiwa — to drive; driver

341. tarau — trousers

342. tata — near, close

343. tatari — to wait

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

345. taua — that, previously mentioned (singular)

346. tauira — student; example

347. tawhiti — distant, a distant place

348. te — the, singular definite article

349. teina — younger sibling, same sex

350. tekau — ten

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

352. tia — to steer, adorned

353. tiaki — to look after, to care for

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

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

356. tiki — to fetch

357. tino — very

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

359. titiro — to look at

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

361. tohu — a qualification, eg degree

362. tohunga — expert, priest

363. toki — adze, axe; champion

364. tokohia — how many people?

365. tonu — still

366. toru — three

367. tua — beyond

368. tuahine — sister, of a male

369. tuakana — older sibling of the same sex

370. tuarua — second

371. tuatahi — first

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

373. tuhituhi — to write, draw

374. tuku — to put off, to leave aside

375. tungāne — brother, of a female

376. tunu — to cook, roast

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

378. tā — print, draw

379. tākaro — to play

380. tāku — my, ā category possession, singular

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

382. tāne — man, male

383. tāngata — people (plural of tangata)

384. tāone — town

385. tātahi — seaside, beach

386. tātau — we; us; everyone

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

388. tāu — your (singular + one item)

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

390. tāwāhi — overseas

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

392. tēhea — which, singular

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

394. tēnā — that, by the listener

395. tēpu — table

396. tērā — that over there, that

397. tētahi — a, one specific thing

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

399. tī — cabbage tree; tea

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

401. tīmata — to begin, to start

402. tō — your (singular); to drag

403. tōkena — stockings, socks

404. tōku — my (singular)

405. tōna — his, her

406. tōu — your, ō category possession, singular

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

408. tūpato — to be careful; caution, cautious

409. tūru — chair, seat, stool

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

411. ua — to rain; rain

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

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

414. utu — cost, price; to pay for

415. waea — wire; phone

416. waenganui — middle, centre, between

417. waewae — foot, leg

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

419. wahine — woman, wife

420. waho — out, outside, the outside

421. wai — water; who

422. waiata — to sing (v); song (n)

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

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

425. wareware — to forget; forgetful (trans)

426. waru — eight; to scrape, to peel

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

428. wera — to burn; burnt; hot, heat

429. whaea — mother, aunt

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

431. whakaaro — to think; thought, idea

432. whakaata — mirror

433. whakahoki — to return something, to reply

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

435. whakarite — to compare; arrange, organise

436. whakarongo — to listen

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

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

439. whare — house, building

440. whea — where? (variant of hea)

441. whenua — land

442. whero — red

443. whiti — to cross; shine, rise

444. whitu — seven

445. whā — four

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

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

448. wiki — week

449. wini — window

450. wā — time, times

451. wāhi — part, portion; place

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

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

454. ā — and; and then

455. āe — yes

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

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

458. āhua — shape, form, appearance

459. ākonga — student

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

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

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

463. ānō — as though; as if

464. āporo — apple

465. āpōpō — tomorrow

466. āta — gently, carefully, deliberately

467. ātaahua — beautiful, well formed

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

469. āwangawanga — worried

470. āwhea — Āwhea = ahea. ‖ hea.

471. āwhina — to help

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

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

474. ērā — those (over there)

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

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

477. ōku — mine, plural, ō category possession

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

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

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