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. arā — over there, away from us both; that is, namely

22. ata — morning, shadow

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

24. atua — god

25. au — I, me

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

27. auau — to bark, howl

28. awa — river, stream

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

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

31. engari — but

32. haere — go, come

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

34. haka — to perform traditional dance; haka, a traditional dance, war dance

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

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

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

38. harikoa — happy, joyful, euphoric

39. hau — wind, air, breath

40. he — a, some; in the category of

41. hea — where?

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

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

44. heoi — however; and so

45. hia — how many?

46. hiahia — to want

47. hiainu — thirst, thirsty

48. hiakai — hungry

49. hiamoe — sleepy

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

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

52. hipi — sheep

53. hoa — friend; partner; spouse

54. hoatu — to give (away from speaker)

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

56. hoko — to buy, sell, purchase

57. hokomaha — supermarket

58. hokona — sold (hoko + passive suffix -na)

59. homai — give (to the speaker)

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

61. horoi — to wash, to clean

62. horoia — washed (pass of horoi)

63. hou — new, modern; feather

64. hua — product, fruit

65. huarahi — street, path, road

66. hui — meeting; gathered

67. huka — sugar

68. hāte — shirt

69. hē — wrong; error, mistake

70. hīkoi — to walk, step, tread

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

72. hōiho — horse

73. hū — shoe

74. 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.

75. ia — he, she, him, her

76. iho — downwards

77. ihu — nose

78. ika — fish

79. ina — if, when

80. inanahi — yesterday

81. ingoa — name

82. inu — to drink (v); drink (n)

83. ināianei — now

84. iti — small, little

85. iwa — nine

86. iwi — tribe

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

88. kaha — strong, able

89. kai — eat (v); food (n)

90. kaiako — teacher (kai- + ako)

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

92. kainga — (pass) be eaten

93. kanikani — dance, to dance

94. kapu — cup

95. karaka — orange (colour)

96. karakia — prayer, to pray

97. karanga — to call

98. kata — to laugh

99. katoa — all

100. kau — swim; cow

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

102. kauhoe — to swim

103. kaukau — to bathe

104. kaumātua — elder; elderly

105. kaupapa — topic, theme, plan, subject

106. kawa — sour, yuck

107. kawe — to carry, convey

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

109. kei te — at the moment; now

110. keke — cake

111. kete — basket, kit

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

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

114. kimi — to look for, seek

115. kimihia — sought; look for! (kimi + passive suffix -hia)

116. kino — bad

117. Kirikiriroa — Hamilton

118. kite — to see

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

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

121. koa — happy

122. koe — you, one person

123. koi — sharp

124. koia — it is, so

125. konei — here, by speaker

126. konā — there, by listener

127. kore — zero, nothing

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

129. koroua — elderly man, grandfather

130. korā — over there

131. kotahi — one

132. koti — coat, jacket

133. koutou — you, three or more people

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

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

136. kuia — elderly woman, grandmother

137. kupu — word

138. kura — school; treasured item

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

140. kurī — dog

141. kāhore — Negative used for verb sentences

142. kāinga — home

143. kākahu — clothing, garment

144. kākāriki — green

145. kāo — no!

146. kāore — negative used for verb sentences

147. kāpata — cupboard

148. kātahi — then

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

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

151. kēkē — armpit

152. kēmu — game

153. kī — to be full

154. kīhai — Negative word

155. kō — at a distance, yonder; shovel

156. kōrero — to talk, speak

157. kōrua — you, two people

158. kōtiro — girl

159. kūaha — door

160. kūmara — kūmara, sweet potato

161. mahana — to be warm, warm

162. mahi — to do, work, make

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

164. mahue — to be left behind (trans)

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

166. makariri — cold

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

168. mamae — hurt, sore, pain

169. mana — prestige, authority

170. Mane — Monday

171. manu — bird

172. manuhiri — guest

173. marae — traditional Māori gathering place

174. marama — month, moon

175. matapihi — window

176. mate — to be sick, ill, dead

177. matekai — hungry, starving

178. matua — parent, father

179. mau — to wear clothes

180. maunga — mountain

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

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

183. mea — a thing (n); to say (v)

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

185. mere — bush, shrub

186. mihi — to greet; thank; acknowledge

187. miraka — milk

188. moana — sea

189. moe — sleep; to marry

190. moenga — bed

191. mokemoke — lonely

192. mokopuna — grandchild

193. moni — money

194. motokā — car, motorcar

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

196. motukā — car

197. mua — front, before

198. muri — behind, after

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

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

201. mā — clean, white, and others

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

203. māku — for me, by me

204. mākū — to be saturated, wet, damp

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

206. māna — for him, her, by him, her

207. māngere — lazy

208. Māori — indigenous people of Aotearoa/New Zealand

209. māra — garden

210. mārama — clear, understand

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

212. mātau — to know, understand

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

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

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

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

217. māui — on the left hand, left side

218. māuiui — sick

219. mīti — meat

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

221. mōhio — to know

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

223. mōu — for you

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

225. nei — here, by speaker

226. ngahere — forest, bush

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

228. ngenge — tired

229. ngeru — cat

230. ngā — the, plural

231. ngākau — heart, as in seat of the affections and feelings

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

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

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

235. noho — to live; sit

236. nui — big, great, many

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

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

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

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

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

242. nō — from

243. nōku — mine, realised possession, ō category

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

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

246. oho — to wake up

247. oma — to run, escape

248. ono — six

249. ope — group travelling together

250. ora — alive, well, healthy, safe

251. oti — to be completed

252. pahi — bus

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

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

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

256. pango — black

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

258. papa — floor, ground, flat surface

259. paru — dirt, mud, dirty

260. parāoa — bread, flour

261. pata — butter

262. patu — to strike, hit; to kill

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

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

265. pea — pair; pear

266. pene — pen

267. pereti — plate

268. piki — to increase

269. pikitia — picture, film

270. pirihimana — police officer

271. poaka — pig

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

273. poto — short

274. pouaka — box

275. pounamu — greenstone

276. pukapuka — book, lungs

277. puku — stomach, belly

278. pukumahi — hard-working, industrious

279. pukuriri — fury; furious; grumpy

280. pupuhi — to shoot

281. puta — to appear, to come out

282. putiputi — flower

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

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

285. pāpā — father, uncle

286. pātai — question; to ask a question

287. pēhea — how?

288. pēke — bag

289. pēnei — like this, near speaker

290. pēnā — like that, near listener

291. pēpi — baby

292. pērā — like that, yonder

293. pēwhea — how? (variant of pēhea)

294. pīrangi — to want, desire

295. pō — night

296. Pōneke — Wellington [Port Nicholson]

297. pōro — ball (also 'paoro')

298. pōtae — hat

299. pōuri — sad, dark

300. rangatira — chief, leader, boss

301. rangi — sky, day

302. rapu — to look for

303. rare — lolly

304. raro — under, below; time

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

306. rau — to put into; leaf

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

308. rawe — lovely, excellent

309. reira — there (previously mentioned)

310. reka — sweet

311. reo — language, voice

312. rere — to escape; to fly

313. reta — letter

314. rima — five

315. ringa — hand, arm

316. ringaringa — hand, arm

317. riri — anger, angry

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

319. rite — to be ready, like, similar

320. roa — long

321. rongo — to hear, perceive, feel

322. rorohiko — computer

323. roto — in, inside, within; lake

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

325. runga — on

326. rā — day; the sun; over there

327. rākau — tree; timber

328. rānei — or

329. Rātapu — Sunday

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

331. rāua — them; they (two people)

332. rīhi — dish; dishes; lease

333. rīwai — potato

334. rōpū — group

335. rūma — room

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

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

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

339. taha — to pass by; side

340. tahi — one, single

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

342. tai — tide; coast

343. taihoa — wait

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

345. take — beginning, cause, origin

346. takoto — to lie down

347. taku — my (singular); edge

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

349. tamaiti — child

350. tamariki — children

351. tamāhine — daughter

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

353. tangata — person

354. tangi — to cry; to make a sound

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

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

357. taonga — property, possession

358. tapahi — to cut up, chop

359. taraiwa — to drive; driver

360. tarau — trousers

361. tata — near, close

362. tatari — to wait

363. tatau — to count

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

365. taua — that, previously mentioned (singular)

366. tauira — student; example

367. tawhiti — distant, a distant place

368. te — the, singular definite article

369. teina — younger sibling, same sex

370. tekau — ten

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

372. tia — to steer, adorned

373. tiaki — to look after, to care for

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

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

376. tiki — to fetch

377. tinana — body, trunk, torso

378. tino — very

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

380. titiro — to look at

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

382. tohu — a qualification, eg degree

383. tohunga — expert, priest

384. toki — adze, axe; champion

385. tokohia — how many people?

386. tokorua — two (of people)

387. tono — to apply for, to order (v): an application (n)

388. tonu — still

389. toru — three

390. tua — beyond

391. tuahine — sister, of a male

392. tuakana — older sibling of the same sex

393. tuarua — second

394. tuatahi — first

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

396. tuhituhi — to write, draw

397. tuku — to put off, to leave aside

398. tungāne — brother, of a female

399. tunu — to cook, roast

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

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

402. tā — print, draw

403. tākaro — to play

404. tāku — my, ā category possession, singular

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

406. tāne — man, male

407. tāngata — people (plural of tangata)

408. tāone — town

409. tātahi — seaside, beach

410. tātau — we; us; everyone

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

412. tāu — your (singular + one item)

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

414. tāwāhi — overseas

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

416. tēhea — which, singular

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

418. tēnā — that, by the listener

419. tēpu — table

420. tērā — that over there, that

421. tētahi — a, one specific thing

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

423. tī — cabbage tree; tea

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

425. tīmata — to begin, to start

426. tō — your (singular); to drag

427. tōkena — stockings, socks

428. tōku — my (singular)

429. tōna — his, her

430. tōu — your, ō category possession, singular

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

432. tūpato — to be careful; caution, cautious

433. tūru — chair, seat, stool

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

435. ua — to rain; rain

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

437. uru — join; enter; participate, go in; west

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

439. utu — cost, price; to pay for

440. waea — wire; phone

441. waenganui — middle, centre, between

442. waewae — foot, leg

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

444. wahine — woman, wife

445. waho — out, outside, the outside

446. wai — water; who

447. waiata — to sing (v); song (n)

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

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

450. wareware — to forget; forgetful (trans)

451. waru — eight; to scrape, to peel

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

453. wera — to burn; burnt; hot, heat

454. whaea — mother, aunt

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

456. whakaaro — to think; thought, idea

457. whakaata — mirror

458. whakahoki — to return something, to reply

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

460. whakarite — to compare; arrange, organise

461. whakarongo — to listen

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

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

464. whakautu — to reply, to respond, answer

465. whare — house, building

466. whea — where? (variant of hea)

467. whenua — land

468. whero — red

469. whiti — to cross; shine, rise

470. whitu — seven

471. whā — four

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

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

474. wiki — week

475. wini — window

476. wā — time, times

477. wāhi — part, portion; place

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

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

480. ā — and; and then

481. āe — yes

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

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

484. āhua — shape, form, appearance

485. Ākarana — Auckland

486. ākonga — student

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

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

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

490. ānō — as though; as if

491. āporo — apple

492. āpōpō — tomorrow

493. āta — gently, carefully, deliberately

494. ātaahua — beautiful, well formed

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

496. āwangawanga — worried

497. āwhea — Āwhea = ahea. ‖ hea.

498. āwhina — to help

499. āwhinatia — helped (pass of āwhina)

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

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

502. ērā — those (over there)

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

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

505. ōku — mine, plural, ō category possession

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

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

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