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. ihu — nose

74. ika — fish

75. inanahi — yesterday

76. ingoa — name

77. inu — to drink (v); drink (n)

78. ināianei — now

79. iti — small, little

80. iwa — nine

81. iwi — tribe

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

83. kaha — strong, able

84. kai — eat (v); food (n)

85. kaiako — teacher (kai- + ako)

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

87. kainga — (pass) be eaten

88. kanikani — dance, to dance

89. kapu — cup

90. karaka — orange (colour)

91. karakia — prayer, to pray

92. karanga — to call

93. kata — to laugh

94. katoa — all

95. kau — swim; cow

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

97. kauhoe — to swim

98. kaukau — to bathe

99. kaumātua — elder; elderly

100. kaupapa — topic, theme, plan, subject

101. kawa — sour, yuck

102. kawe — to carry, convey

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

104. kei te — at the moment; now

105. keke — cake

106. kete — basket, kit

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

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

109. kimi — to look for, seek

110. kino — bad

111. Kirikiriroa — Hamilton

112. kite — to see

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

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

115. koa — happy

116. koe — you, one person

117. koia — it is, so

118. konei — here, by speaker

119. konā — there, by listener

120. kore — zero, nothing

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

122. koroua — elderly man, grandfather

123. korā — over there

124. kotahi — one

125. koti — coat, jacket

126. koutou — you, three or more people

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

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

129. kuia — elderly woman, grandmother

130. kupu — word

131. kura — school; treasured item

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

133. kurī — dog

134. kāhore — Negative used for verb sentences

135. kāinga — home

136. kākahu — clothing, garment

137. kākāriki — green

138. kāo — no!

139. kāore — negative used for verb sentences

140. kāpata — cupboard

141. kātahi — then

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

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

144. kēkē — armpit

145. kēmu — game

146. kī — to be full

147. kīhai — Negative word

148. kō — at a distance, yonder; shovel

149. kōrero — to talk, speak

150. kōrua — you, two people

151. kōtiro — girl

152. kūaha — door

153. kūmara — kūmara, sweet potato

154. mahana — to be warm, warm

155. mahi — to do, work, make

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

157. mahue — to be left behind (trans)

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

159. makariri — cold

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

161. mana — prestige, authority

162. Mane — Monday

163. manu — bird

164. manuhiri — guest

165. marae — traditional Māori gathering place

166. marama — month, moon

167. matapihi — window

168. mate — to be sick, ill, dead

169. matekai — hungry, starving

170. matua — parent, father

171. mau — to wear clothes

172. maunga — mountain

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

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

175. mea — a thing (n); to say (v)

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

177. mere — bush, shrub

178. mihi — to greet; thank; acknowledge

179. miraka — milk

180. moana — sea

181. moe — sleep; to marry

182. moenga — bed

183. mokemoke — lonely

184. mokopuna — grandchild

185. moni — money

186. motokā — car, motorcar

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

188. motukā — car

189. mua — front, before

190. muri — behind, after

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

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

193. mā — clean, white, and others

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

195. māku — for me, by me

196. mākū — to be saturated, wet, damp

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

198. māna — for him, her, by him, her

199. māngere — lazy

200. Māori — indigenous people of Aotearoa/New Zealand

201. māra — garden

202. mārama — clear, understand

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

204. mātau — to know, understand

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

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

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

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

209. māui — on the left hand, left side

210. māuiui — sick

211. mīti — meat

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

213. mōhio — to know

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

215. mōu — for you

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

217. nei — here, by speaker

218. ngahere — forest, bush

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

220. ngenge — tired

221. ngeru — cat

222. ngā — the, plural

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

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

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

226. noho — to live; sit

227. nui — big, great, many

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

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

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

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

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

233. nō — from

234. nōku — mine, realised possession, ō category

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

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

237. oho — to wake up

238. oma — to run, escape

239. ono — six

240. ope — group travelling together

241. ora — alive, well, healthy, safe

242. oti — to be completed

243. pahi — bus

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

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

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

247. pango — black

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

249. papa — floor, ground, flat surface

250. paru — dirt, mud, dirty

251. parāoa — bread, flour

252. pata — butter

253. patu — to strike, hit; to kill

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

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

256. pea — pair; pear

257. pene — pen

258. pereti — plate

259. piki — to increase

260. pikitia — picture, film

261. pirihimana — police officer

262. poaka — pig

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

264. poto — short

265. pouaka — box

266. pounamu — greenstone

267. pukapuka — book, lungs

268. puku — stomach, belly

269. pukumahi — hard-working, industrious

270. pukuriri — fury; furious; grumpy

271. pupuhi — to shoot

272. puta — to appear, to come out

273. putiputi — flower

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

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

276. pāpā — father, uncle

277. pātai — question; to ask a question

278. pēhea — how?

279. pēke — bag

280. pēnei — like this, near speaker

281. pēnā — like that, near listener

282. pēpi — baby

283. pērā — like that, yonder

284. pēwhea — how? (variant of pēhea)

285. pīrangi — to want, desire

286. pō — night

287. Pōneke — Wellington [Port Nicholson]

288. pōro — ball (also 'paoro')

289. pōtae — hat

290. pōuri — sad, dark

291. rangatira — chief, leader, boss

292. rangi — sky, day

293. rapu — to look for

294. rare — lolly

295. raro — under, below; time

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

297. rau — to put into; leaf

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

299. rawe — lovely, excellent

300. reira — there (previously mentioned)

301. reka — sweet

302. reo — language, voice

303. rere — to escape; to fly

304. reta — letter

305. rima — five

306. ringa — hand, arm

307. ringaringa — hand, arm

308. riri — anger, angry

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

310. rite — to be ready, like, similar

311. roa — long

312. rongo — to hear, perceive, feel

313. rorohiko — computer

314. roto — in, inside, within; lake

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

316. runga — on

317. rā — day; the sun; over there

318. rākau — tree; timber

319. rānei — or

320. Rātapu — Sunday

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

322. rāua — them; they (two people)

323. rīhi — dish; dishes; lease

324. rīwai — potato

325. rōpū — group

326. rūma — room

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

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

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

330. taha — to pass by; side

331. tahi — one, single

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

333. tai — tide; coast

334. taihoa — wait

335. taka — to come around in a cycle; to fall from a height

336. take — beginning, cause, origin

337. takoto — to lie down

338. taku — my (singular); edge

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

340. tamaiti — child

341. tamariki — children

342. tamāhine — daughter

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

344. tangata — person

345. tangi — to cry; to make a sound

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

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

348. taonga — property, possession

349. taraiwa — to drive; driver

350. tarau — trousers

351. tata — near, close

352. tatari — to wait

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

354. taua — that, previously mentioned (singular)

355. tauira — student; example

356. tawhiti — distant, a distant place

357. te — the, singular definite article

358. teina — younger sibling, same sex

359. tekau — ten

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

361. tia — to steer, adorned

362. tiaki — to look after, to care for

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

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

365. tiki — to fetch

366. tino — very

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

368. titiro — to look at

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

370. tohu — a qualification, eg degree

371. tohunga — expert, priest

372. toki — adze, axe; champion

373. tokohia — how many people?

374. tonu — still

375. toru — three

376. tua — beyond

377. tuahine — sister, of a male

378. tuakana — older sibling of the same sex

379. tuarua — second

380. tuatahi — first

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

382. tuhituhi — to write, draw

383. tuku — to put off, to leave aside

384. tungāne — brother, of a female

385. tunu — to cook, roast

386. tupu — to grow, develop; a plant, shoot (variant of tipu)

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

388. tā — print, draw

389. tākaro — to play

390. tāku — my, ā category possession, singular

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

392. tāne — man, male

393. tāngata — people (plural of tangata)

394. tāone — town

395. tātahi — seaside, beach

396. tātau — we; us; everyone

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

398. tāu — your (singular + one item)

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

400. tāwāhi — overseas

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

402. tēhea — which, singular

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

404. tēnā — that, by the listener

405. tēpu — table

406. tērā — that over there, that

407. tētahi — a, one specific thing

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

409. tī — cabbage tree; tea

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

411. tīmata — to begin, to start

412. tō — your (singular); to drag

413. tōkena — stockings, socks

414. tōku — my (singular)

415. tōna — his, her

416. tōu — your, ō category possession, singular

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

418. tūpato — to be careful; caution, cautious

419. tūru — chair, seat, stool

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

421. ua — to rain; rain

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

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

424. utu — cost, price; to pay for

425. waea — wire; phone

426. waenganui — middle, centre, between

427. waewae — foot, leg

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

429. wahine — woman, wife

430. waho — out, outside, the outside

431. wai — water; who

432. waiata — to sing (v); song (n)

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

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

435. wareware — to forget; forgetful (trans)

436. waru — eight; to scrape, to peel

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

438. wera — to burn; burnt; hot, heat

439. whaea — mother, aunt

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

441. whakaaro — to think; thought, idea

442. whakaata — mirror

443. whakahoki — to return something, to reply

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

445. whakarite — to compare; arrange, organise

446. whakarongo — to listen

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

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

449. whakautu — to reply, to respond, answer

450. whare — house, building

451. whea — where? (variant of hea)

452. whenua — land

453. whero — red

454. whiti — to cross; shine, rise

455. whitu — seven

456. whā — four

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

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

459. wiki — week

460. wini — window

461. wā — time, times

462. wāhi — part, portion; place

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

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

465. ā — and; and then

466. āe — yes

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

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

469. āhua — shape, form, appearance

470. ākonga — student

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

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

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

474. ānō — as though; as if

475. āporo — apple

476. āpōpō — tomorrow

477. āta — gently, carefully, deliberately

478. ātaahua — beautiful, well formed

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

480. āwangawanga — worried

481. āwhea — Āwhea = ahea. ‖ hea.

482. āwhina — to help

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

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

485. ērā — those (over there)

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

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

488. ōku — mine, plural, ō category possession

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

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

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