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. irāmutu — niece, nephew

86. iti — small, little

87. iwa — nine

88. iwi — tribe

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

90. kaha — strong, able

91. kai — eat (v); food (n)

92. kaiako — teacher (kai- + ako)

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

94. kainga — (pass) be eaten

95. kanikani — dance, to dance

96. kapu — cup

97. karaka — orange (colour)

98. karakia — prayer, to pray

99. karanga — to call

100. kata — to laugh

101. katoa — all

102. kau — swim; cow

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

104. kauhoe — to swim

105. kaukau — to bathe

106. kaumātua — elder; elderly

107. kaupapa — topic, theme, plan, subject

108. kawa — sour, yuck

109. kawe — to carry, convey

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

111. kei te — at the moment; now

112. keke — cake

113. kete — basket, kit

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

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

116. kimi — to look for, seek

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

118. kino — bad

119. Kirikiriroa — Hamilton

120. kite — to see

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

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

123. koa — happy

124. koe — you, one person

125. koi — sharp

126. koia — it is, so

127. konei — here, by speaker

128. konā — there, by listener

129. kore — zero, nothing

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

131. koroua — elderly man, grandfather

132. korā — over there

133. kotahi — one

134. koti — coat, jacket

135. koutou — you, three or more people

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

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

138. kuia — elderly woman, grandmother

139. kupu — word

140. kura — school; treasured item

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

142. kurī — dog

143. kāhore — Negative used for verb sentences

144. kāinga — home

145. kākahu — clothing, garment

146. kākāriki — green

147. kāo — no!

148. kāore — negative used for verb sentences

149. kāpata — cupboard

150. kātahi — then

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

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

153. kēkē — armpit

154. kēmu — game

155. kī — to be full

156. kīhai — Negative word

157. kō — at a distance, yonder; shovel

158. kōrero — to talk, speak

159. kōrua — you, two people

160. kōtiro — girl

161. kūaha — door

162. kūmara — kūmara, sweet potato

163. mahana — to be warm, warm

164. mahi — to do, work, make

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

166. mahue — to be left behind (trans)

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

168. makariri — cold

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

170. mamae — hurt, sore, pain

171. mana — prestige, authority

172. Mane — Monday

173. manu — bird

174. manuhiri — guest

175. marae — traditional Māori gathering place

176. marama — month, moon

177. mataku — scared, afraid

178. matapihi — window

179. mate — to be sick, ill, dead

180. matekai — hungry, starving

181. matua — parent, father

182. mau — to wear clothes

183. maunga — mountain

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

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

186. mea — a thing (n); to say (v)

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

188. mere — bush, shrub

189. mihi — to greet; thank; acknowledge

190. miraka — milk

191. moana — sea

192. moe — sleep; to marry

193. moenga — bed

194. mokemoke — lonely

195. mokopuna — grandchild

196. moni — money

197. motokā — car, motorcar

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

199. motukā — car

200. mua — front, before

201. muri — behind, after

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

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

204. mā — clean, white, and others

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

206. māia — capable, brave, bold

207. māku — for me, by me

208. mākū — to be saturated, wet, damp

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

210. māna — for him, her, by him, her

211. māngere — lazy

212. Māori — indigenous people of Aotearoa/New Zealand

213. māra — garden

214. mārama — clear, understand

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

216. mātau — to know, understand

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

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

219. mātāmua — eldest; first; main

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

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

222. māui — on the left hand, left side

223. māuiui — sick

224. mīti — meat

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

226. mōhio — to know

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

228. mōu — for you

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

230. nei — here, by speaker

231. ngahere — forest, bush

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

233. ngenge — tired

234. ngeru — cat

235. ngā — the, plural

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

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

238. niho — tooth

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

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

241. noho — to live; sit

242. nui — big, great, many

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

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

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

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

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

248. nō — from

249. nōku — mine, realised possession, ō category

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

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

252. oho — to wake up

253. oma — to run, escape

254. ono — six

255. ope — group travelling together

256. ora — alive, well, healthy, safe

257. oti — to be completed

258. pahi — bus

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

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

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

262. pango — black

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

264. papa — floor, ground, flat surface

265. parakuihi — breakfast

266. paru — dirt, mud, dirty

267. parāoa — bread, flour

268. pata — butter

269. patu — to strike, hit; to kill

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

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

272. pea — pair; pear

273. pene — pen

274. pereti — plate

275. piki — to increase

276. pikitia — picture, film

277. pirihimana — police officer

278. poaka — pig

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

280. poto — short

281. pouaka — box

282. pounamu — greenstone

283. pukapuka — book, lungs

284. puku — stomach, belly

285. pukumahi — hard-working, industrious

286. pukuriri — fury; furious; grumpy

287. pupuhi — to shoot

288. puta — to appear, to come out

289. putiputi — flower

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

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

292. pāpā — father, uncle

293. pātai — question; to ask a question

294. pāua — abalone

295. pēhea — how?

296. pēke — bag

297. pēnei — like this, near speaker

298. pēnā — like that, near listener

299. pēpi — baby

300. pērā — like that, yonder

301. pēwhea — how? (variant of pēhea)

302. pīrangi — to want, desire

303. pō — night

304. Pōneke — Wellington [Port Nicholson]

305. pōro — ball (also 'paoro')

306. pōtae — hat

307. pōuri — sad, dark

308. pū — to blow gently

309. rangatira — chief, leader, boss

310. rangi — sky, day

311. rapu — to look for

312. rare — lolly

313. raro — under, below; time

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

315. rau — to put into; leaf

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

317. rawe — lovely, excellent

318. reira — there (previously mentioned)

319. reka — sweet

320. reo — language, voice

321. rere — to escape; to fly

322. reta — letter

323. rima — five

324. ringa — hand, arm

325. ringaringa — hand, arm

326. riri — anger, angry

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

328. rite — to be ready, like, similar

329. roa — long

330. rongo — to hear, perceive, feel

331. rorohiko — computer

332. roto — in, inside, within; lake

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

334. runga — on

335. rā — day; the sun; over there

336. Rāhoroi — Saturday

337. rākau — tree; timber

338. rānei — or

339. Rātapu — Sunday

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

341. rāua — them; they (two people)

342. rīhi — dish; dishes; lease

343. rīwai — potato

344. rōpū — group

345. rūma — room

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

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

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

349. taha — to pass by; side

350. tahi — one, single

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

352. tai — tide; coast

353. taihoa — wait

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

355. take — beginning, cause, origin

356. takoto — to lie down

357. taku — my (singular); edge

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

359. tamaiti — child

360. tamariki — children

361. tamāhine — daughter

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

363. tangata — person

364. tangi — to cry; to make a sound

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

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

367. taonga — property, possession

368. tapahi — to cut up, chop

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

370. taraiwa — to drive; driver

371. tarau — trousers

372. tata — near, close

373. tatari — to wait

374. tatau — to count

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

376. taua — that, previously mentioned (singular)

377. tauira — student; example

378. tawhiti — distant, a distant place

379. te — the, singular definite article

380. teina — younger sibling, same sex

381. tekau — ten

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

383. tia — to steer, adorned

384. tiaki — to look after, to care for

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

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

387. tiki — to fetch

388. tinana — body, trunk, torso

389. tino — very

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

391. titiro — to look at

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

393. tohu — a qualification, eg degree

394. tohunga — expert, priest

395. toki — adze, axe; champion

396. tokohia — how many people?

397. tokorua — two (of people)

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

399. tonu — still

400. toru — three

401. tua — beyond

402. tuahine — sister, of a male

403. tuakana — older sibling of the same sex

404. tuarua — second

405. tuatahi — first

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

407. tuhituhi — to write, draw

408. tuku — to put off, to leave aside

409. tungāne — brother, of a female

410. tunu — to cook, roast

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

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

413. tā — print, draw

414. tākaro — to play

415. tāku — my, ā category possession, singular

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

417. tāne — man, male

418. tāngata — people (plural of tangata)

419. tāone — town

420. tātahi — seaside, beach

421. tātau — we; us; everyone

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

423. tāu — your (singular + one item)

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

425. tāwāhi — overseas

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

427. tēhea — which, singular

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

429. tēnā — that, by the listener

430. tēpu — table

431. tērā — that over there, that

432. tētahi — a, one specific thing

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

434. tī — cabbage tree; tea

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

436. tīmata — to begin, to start

437. tō — your (singular); to drag

438. tōkena — stockings, socks

439. tōku — my (singular)

440. tōna — his, her

441. tōu — your, ō category possession, singular

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

443. tūpato — to be careful; caution, cautious

444. tūru — chair, seat, stool

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

446. ua — to rain; rain

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

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

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

450. utu — cost, price; to pay for

451. waea — wire; phone

452. waenganui — middle, centre, between

453. waewae — foot, leg

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

455. wahine — woman, wife

456. waho — out, outside, the outside

457. wai — water; who

458. waiata — to sing (v); song (n)

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

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

461. wareware — to forget; forgetful (trans)

462. waru — eight; to scrape, to peel

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

464. wera — to burn; burnt; hot, heat

465. whaea — mother, aunt

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

467. whakaaro — to think; thought, idea

468. whakaata — mirror

469. whakahoki — to return something, to reply

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

471. whakarite — to compare; arrange, organise

472. whakarongo — to listen

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

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

475. whakautu — to reply, to respond, answer

476. whare — house, building

477. whea — where? (variant of hea)

478. whenua — land

479. whero — red

480. whiti — to cross; shine, rise

481. whitu — seven

482. whā — four

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

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

485. wiki — week

486. wini — window

487. wā — time, times

488. wāhi — part, portion; place

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

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

491. ā — and; and then

492. āe — yes

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

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

495. āhua — shape, form, appearance

496. Ākarana — Auckland

497. ākonga — student

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

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

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

501. ānō — as though; as if

502. āporo — apple

503. āpōpō — tomorrow

504. āta — gently, carefully, deliberately

505. ātaahua — beautiful, well formed

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

507. āwangawanga — worried

508. āwhea — Āwhea = ahea. ‖ hea.

509. āwhina — to help

510. āwhinatia — helped (pass of āwhina)

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

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

513. ērā — those (over there)

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

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

516. ōku — mine, plural, ō category possession

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

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

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