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. hapa — mistake; supper, dinner

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

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

39. harikoa — happy, joyful, euphoric

40. hau — wind, air, breath

41. he — a, some; in the category of

42. hea — where?

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

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

45. heoi — however; and so

46. hia — how many?

47. hiahia — to want

48. hiainu — thirst, thirsty

49. hiakai — hungry

50. hiamoe — sleepy

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

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

53. hipi — sheep

54. hoa — friend; partner; spouse

55. hoatu — to give (away from speaker)

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

57. hoko — to buy, sell, purchase

58. hokomaha — supermarket

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

60. homai — give (to the speaker)

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

62. horoi — to wash, to clean

63. horoia — washed (pass of horoi)

64. hou — new, modern; feather

65. hua — product, fruit

66. huarahi — street, path, road

67. hui — meeting; gathered

68. huka — sugar

69. hāte — shirt

70. hē — wrong; error, mistake

71. hīkoi — to walk, step, tread

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

73. hōiho — horse

74. hū — shoe

75. 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.

76. ia — he, she, him, her

77. iho — downwards

78. ihu — nose

79. ika — fish

80. ina — if, when

81. inanahi — yesterday

82. ingoa — name

83. inu — to drink (v); drink (n)

84. ināianei — now

85. iti — small, little

86. iwa — nine

87. iwi — tribe

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

89. kaha — strong, able

90. kai — eat (v); food (n)

91. kaiako — teacher (kai- + ako)

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

93. kainga — (pass) be eaten

94. kanikani — dance, to dance

95. kapu — cup

96. karaka — orange (colour)

97. karakia — prayer, to pray

98. karanga — to call

99. kata — to laugh

100. katoa — all

101. kau — swim; cow

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

103. kauhoe — to swim

104. kaukau — to bathe

105. kaumātua — elder; elderly

106. kaupapa — topic, theme, plan, subject

107. kawa — sour, yuck

108. kawe — to carry, convey

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

110. kei te — at the moment; now

111. keke — cake

112. kete — basket, kit

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

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

115. kimi — to look for, seek

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

117. kino — bad

118. Kirikiriroa — Hamilton

119. kite — to see

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

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

122. koa — happy

123. koe — you, one person

124. koi — sharp

125. koia — it is, so

126. konei — here, by speaker

127. konā — there, by listener

128. kore — zero, nothing

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

130. koroua — elderly man, grandfather

131. korā — over there

132. kotahi — one

133. koti — coat, jacket

134. koutou — you, three or more people

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

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

137. kuia — elderly woman, grandmother

138. kupu — word

139. kura — school; treasured item

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

141. kurī — dog

142. kāhore — Negative used for verb sentences

143. kāinga — home

144. kākahu — clothing, garment

145. kākāriki — green

146. kāo — no!

147. kāore — negative used for verb sentences

148. kāpata — cupboard

149. kātahi — then

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

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

152. kēkē — armpit

153. kēmu — game

154. kī — to be full

155. kīhai — Negative word

156. kō — at a distance, yonder; shovel

157. kōrero — to talk, speak

158. kōrua — you, two people

159. kōtiro — girl

160. kūaha — door

161. kūmara — kūmara, sweet potato

162. mahana — to be warm, warm

163. mahi — to do, work, make

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

165. mahue — to be left behind (trans)

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

167. makariri — cold

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

169. mamae — hurt, sore, pain

170. mana — prestige, authority

171. Mane — Monday

172. manu — bird

173. manuhiri — guest

174. marae — traditional Māori gathering place

175. marama — month, moon

176. matapihi — window

177. mate — to be sick, ill, dead

178. matekai — hungry, starving

179. matua — parent, father

180. mau — to wear clothes

181. maunga — mountain

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

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

184. mea — a thing (n); to say (v)

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

186. mere — bush, shrub

187. mihi — to greet; thank; acknowledge

188. miraka — milk

189. moana — sea

190. moe — sleep; to marry

191. moenga — bed

192. mokemoke — lonely

193. mokopuna — grandchild

194. moni — money

195. motokā — car, motorcar

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

197. motukā — car

198. mua — front, before

199. muri — behind, after

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

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

202. mā — clean, white, and others

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

204. māku — for me, by me

205. mākū — to be saturated, wet, damp

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

207. māna — for him, her, by him, her

208. māngere — lazy

209. Māori — indigenous people of Aotearoa/New Zealand

210. māra — garden

211. mārama — clear, understand

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

213. mātau — to know, understand

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

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

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

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

218. māui — on the left hand, left side

219. māuiui — sick

220. mīti — meat

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

222. mōhio — to know

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

224. mōu — for you

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

226. nei — here, by speaker

227. ngahere — forest, bush

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

229. ngenge — tired

230. ngeru — cat

231. ngā — the, plural

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

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

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

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

236. noho — to live; sit

237. nui — big, great, many

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

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

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

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

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

243. nō — from

244. nōku — mine, realised possession, ō category

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

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

247. oho — to wake up

248. oma — to run, escape

249. ono — six

250. ope — group travelling together

251. ora — alive, well, healthy, safe

252. oti — to be completed

253. pahi — bus

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

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

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

257. pango — black

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

259. papa — floor, ground, flat surface

260. parakuihi — breakfast

261. paru — dirt, mud, dirty

262. parāoa — bread, flour

263. pata — butter

264. patu — to strike, hit; to kill

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

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

267. pea — pair; pear

268. pene — pen

269. pereti — plate

270. piki — to increase

271. pikitia — picture, film

272. pirihimana — police officer

273. poaka — pig

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

275. poto — short

276. pouaka — box

277. pounamu — greenstone

278. pukapuka — book, lungs

279. puku — stomach, belly

280. pukumahi — hard-working, industrious

281. pukuriri — fury; furious; grumpy

282. pupuhi — to shoot

283. puta — to appear, to come out

284. putiputi — flower

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

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

287. pāpā — father, uncle

288. pātai — question; to ask a question

289. pāua — abalone

290. pēhea — how?

291. pēke — bag

292. pēnei — like this, near speaker

293. pēnā — like that, near listener

294. pēpi — baby

295. pērā — like that, yonder

296. pēwhea — how? (variant of pēhea)

297. pīrangi — to want, desire

298. pō — night

299. Pōneke — Wellington [Port Nicholson]

300. pōro — ball (also 'paoro')

301. pōtae — hat

302. pōuri — sad, dark

303. rangatira — chief, leader, boss

304. rangi — sky, day

305. rapu — to look for

306. rare — lolly

307. raro — under, below; time

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

309. rau — to put into; leaf

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

311. rawe — lovely, excellent

312. reira — there (previously mentioned)

313. reka — sweet

314. reo — language, voice

315. rere — to escape; to fly

316. reta — letter

317. rima — five

318. ringa — hand, arm

319. ringaringa — hand, arm

320. riri — anger, angry

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

322. rite — to be ready, like, similar

323. roa — long

324. rongo — to hear, perceive, feel

325. rorohiko — computer

326. roto — in, inside, within; lake

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

328. runga — on

329. rā — day; the sun; over there

330. Rāhoroi — Saturday

331. rākau — tree; timber

332. rānei — or

333. Rātapu — Sunday

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

335. rāua — them; they (two people)

336. rīhi — dish; dishes; lease

337. rīwai — potato

338. rōpū — group

339. rūma — room

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

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

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

343. taha — to pass by; side

344. tahi — one, single

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

346. tai — tide; coast

347. taihoa — wait

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

349. take — beginning, cause, origin

350. takoto — to lie down

351. taku — my (singular); edge

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

353. tamaiti — child

354. tamariki — children

355. tamāhine — daughter

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

357. tangata — person

358. tangi — to cry; to make a sound

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

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

361. taonga — property, possession

362. tapahi — to cut up, chop

363. tapahia — cut! to be cut (tapahi + passive suffix -a)

364. taraiwa — to drive; driver

365. tarau — trousers

366. tata — near, close

367. tatari — to wait

368. tatau — to count

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

370. taua — that, previously mentioned (singular)

371. tauira — student; example

372. tawhiti — distant, a distant place

373. te — the, singular definite article

374. teina — younger sibling, same sex

375. tekau — ten

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

377. tia — to steer, adorned

378. tiaki — to look after, to care for

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

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

381. tiki — to fetch

382. tinana — body, trunk, torso

383. tino — very

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

385. titiro — to look at

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

387. tohu — a qualification, eg degree

388. tohunga — expert, priest

389. toki — adze, axe; champion

390. tokohia — how many people?

391. tokorua — two (of people)

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

393. tonu — still

394. toru — three

395. tua — beyond

396. tuahine — sister, of a male

397. tuakana — older sibling of the same sex

398. tuarua — second

399. tuatahi — first

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

401. tuhituhi — to write, draw

402. tuku — to put off, to leave aside

403. tungāne — brother, of a female

404. tunu — to cook, roast

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

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

407. tā — print, draw

408. tākaro — to play

409. tāku — my, ā category possession, singular

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

411. tāne — man, male

412. tāngata — people (plural of tangata)

413. tāone — town

414. tātahi — seaside, beach

415. tātau — we; us; everyone

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

417. tāu — your (singular + one item)

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

419. tāwāhi — overseas

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

421. tēhea — which, singular

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

423. tēnā — that, by the listener

424. tēpu — table

425. tērā — that over there, that

426. tētahi — a, one specific thing

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

428. tī — cabbage tree; tea

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

430. tīmata — to begin, to start

431. tō — your (singular); to drag

432. tōkena — stockings, socks

433. tōku — my (singular)

434. tōna — his, her

435. tōu — your, ō category possession, singular

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

437. tūpato — to be careful; caution, cautious

438. tūru — chair, seat, stool

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

440. ua — to rain; rain

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

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

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

444. utu — cost, price; to pay for

445. waea — wire; phone

446. waenganui — middle, centre, between

447. waewae — foot, leg

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

449. wahine — woman, wife

450. waho — out, outside, the outside

451. wai — water; who

452. waiata — to sing (v); song (n)

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

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

455. wareware — to forget; forgetful (trans)

456. waru — eight; to scrape, to peel

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

458. wera — to burn; burnt; hot, heat

459. whaea — mother, aunt

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

461. whakaaro — to think; thought, idea

462. whakaata — mirror

463. whakahoki — to return something, to reply

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

465. whakarite — to compare; arrange, organise

466. whakarongo — to listen

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

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

469. whakautu — to reply, to respond, answer

470. whare — house, building

471. whea — where? (variant of hea)

472. whenua — land

473. whero — red

474. whiti — to cross; shine, rise

475. whitu — seven

476. whā — four

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

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

479. wiki — week

480. wini — window

481. wā — time, times

482. wāhi — part, portion; place

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

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

485. ā — and; and then

486. āe — yes

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

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

489. āhua — shape, form, appearance

490. Ākarana — Auckland

491. ākonga — student

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

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

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

495. ānō — as though; as if

496. āporo — apple

497. āpōpō — tomorrow

498. āta — gently, carefully, deliberately

499. ātaahua — beautiful, well formed

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

501. āwangawanga — worried

502. āwhea — Āwhea = ahea. ‖ hea.

503. āwhina — to help

504. āwhinatia — helped (pass of āwhina)

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

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

507. ērā — those (over there)

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

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

510. ōku — mine, plural, ō category possession

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

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

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