Māori Word Lists
Level 3
ā - and; and then
āe - yes
aha - what
ahakoa - although
ahau - I, me
ahi - fire
ahiahi - early evening, afternoon
āhua - shape, form, appearance
āhuatanga - property, characteristic, feature, circumstance (āhua + nominal suffix -tanga)
ai - Not translatable into an English word; verbal particle; used in various subordinate structures, for example relative clauses, adverbials, ...ai
aihikirīmi - icecream
aituā - disaster, accident, misfortune; to suffer a disaster
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)
ako - to learn, to teach
akomanga - classroom
ākonga - student
akoranga - thing that is taught or learnt; lesson
aku - my, mine (plural form of taku, neutral for possession category)
ana - indeed, when, if
anake - only, just, alone
anga - seashell
anō - again, also (Various meanings, eg again; also, too; self [reflexive] as in: ki a ia anō)
ao - world, dawn, cloud
Aotearoa - New Zealand
āpōpō - tomorrow
āporo - apple
arā - over there, away from us both; that is, namely
arahanga - bridge; ladder
ārai - curtain; to screen off, block
ārani - orange [fruit]
arawhata - bridge; ladder; stairs
arero - tongue; point of taiaha
arewhana - elephant
ariki - chief, leader
aro - to face, turn towards, take notice of, pay attention to
aroha - love, sympathy, compassion
aromatawai - assessment
āta - gently, carefully, deliberately
ātaahua - beautiful, well formed
atamai - clever, intelligent
atawhai - to show kindness towards
ātea - outer space
atu - away from current orientation
(often not translatable by a separate English word)
āu - your, ā category possession (plural form of tāu)
aua - those (previously mentioned, plural of taua)
auahi - smoke
auau - to bark, howl
autāne - brother-in-law (of a woman)
awa - river, stream
āwangawanga - worried
awhi - to hug, embrace
āwhina - to help
awhitia - to be embraced (pass - awhi + tia)
e noho - sit down
e tū - Stand up!
ehara - exclamation: sure enough, without a doubt; not
eke - to embark, get onto; riding
ēnā - those, near you (plural of tēnā)
ēnei - these, near me (plural of tēnei)
engari - but
ērā - those (over there)
haere - go, come
Haere mai! - Welcome! Come here!
haere rā - goodbye to people going
hāereere - to wander, roam
haerenga - journey (n); travel (v)
haka - to perform traditional dance; haka, a traditional dance, war dance
hākari - feast
haki - flag
Hakihea - December
hamarara - umbrella
hāmipēka - hamburger
Hana - Santa Claus, Father Christmas
hanawiti - sandwich
hanga - to build, erect, make (v); construction, practice (n)
hāngai - opposite, facing
hangaia - built (hanga + passive suffix -ia)
hāngi - traditional earth oven
hao - to catch in a net, a net
hāora - hour; oxygen
hapa - mistake; supper, dinner
hāparangi - to shout, bawl
hāpiapia - sellotape; glue
hapū - subtribe; to be pregnant
harakeke - flax
hararei - holiday
Haratua - May
hari - to feel happy; to take or carry
haria - to be carried (hari + passive suffix -a)
harikoa - happy, joyful, euphoric
harore - mushroom
haruru - to resound; a heavy sound
hātakēhi - hard case, comical, amusing
hāte - shirt
hau - wind, air, breath
hauhake - harvest
hāunga - besides
haurua - half
hautō - drawer; chest of drawers
hāwhe - half (n); to halve (v)
hē - wrong; error, mistake
hea - where?
hea? - where?
hei - at, in, with, for, to, as a; hay; necklace (Various meanings, eg future preposition)
hei konei rā - goodbye (said by those leaving)
heihei - chicken
heke - rafter (n); to descend, get off (v)
hēki - egg
hemo - to pass by, be gone; died, die
heoi anō - however; so so
here - to tie, to bind (v0: dog lead (n)
Here-turi-kōkā - August
heru - comb
hī - to catch fish with a line
hia - how many?
hia? - how many?
hiahia - to want
hiakai - hungry
hiawai - thirsty
hīkoi - to walk, step, tread
hinga - to fall from an upright position; to fall (and not be able to get up again)
hingareti - singlet
hinu - oil, fat
hipi - sheep
hīrere - to rush; waterfall; shower
hoa - friend; partner; spouse
hoariri - enemy, opponent
hoatu - to give (away from speaker)
hoe - to paddle, row (v); oar (n)
hōhā - annoyed, bored (adj), a nuisance (n)
hōhonu - deep (adj); depth (n)
hōia - soldier, warrior
hōiho - horse
hoihoi - too noisy
hoki - to go back, return; also, indeed
hoko - to buy, sell, purchase
hokomaha - supermarket
hokona - sold (hoko + passive suffix -na)
homai - give (to the speaker)
hope - waist, hip
hopu - to catch
hōro - hall
horoi - to wash, to clean
hou - new, modern; feather
hū - shoe
huarahi - street, path, road
hui - meeting; gathered
huka - sugar
hukarere - snow
huna - to hide
huri - to turn
hurihuri - to turn round and round, over and over
huritau - birthday
huruhuru - fur
hutupōro - rugby ball
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.
ia - he, she, him, her
ihi - power, essential force
iho - downwards
ihu - nose
ika - fish
ināianei - now
inanahi - yesterday
ingoa - name
inoi - pray
inu - to drink (v); drink (n)
iPapa - iPad
ipu - container, bowl; drinking glasses
ipu para - rubbish bag
ipurangi - internet
ira - freckle; gene
irāmutu - niece, nephew
iri - to be hanging; rest upon
ita - held firm; be committed
iti - small, little
iwa - nine
iwi - tribe
ka - will happen | Verbal particle with a range of meanings; not directly translated with an English word
kaha - strong, able
kāhore - Negative used for verb sentences
kahu moe - pyjamas
kahurangi - dark blue; woman of high status or rank
kai - eat (v); food (n)
kaiahuwhenua - farmer
kaiako - teacher (kai- + ako)
kaihana - cousin
kaihautū - leader; bus driver, pilot, truck driver
kaihī - fisherman
kaikōrero - speaker, orator (kai- + kōrero)
kaimahi - worker, employee (kai- + mahi)
kaimoana - seafood
kainga - (pass) be eaten
kāinga - home
kaitākaro - player, sportsperson
(kai- + tākaro)
kaitoa! - serves you right!
kaka - hair; fibre; ridge; dress
kākahu - clothing, garment
kakama - quick; active; smart, clever
kākano - seed
kākāriki - green
kake - to climb
kakī - neck
kamo - eye; eyelashes
kamokamo - twinkle; marrow, squash (the vegetable)
kamupūtu - gumboot
kānga - corn
kāngia - (pass) be lit, be burnt
kanikani - dance, to dance
kanohi - face
kāo - no!
kāore - negative used for verb sentences
kāore anō - not yet...
kapa - group, row of people, as in: kapa haka
kāpata - cupboard
kape - photocopy, copy; crescent (shape)
kāpene - captain
kapu - cup
kapua - cloud
kaputī - cup of tea
kara - colour
karaka - orange (colour)
karakia - prayer, to pray
karanga - to call
karani - granny, grandmother
kararehe - animal
karere - message
kāreti - carrot
karo - dodge, avoid
karu - eye
kata - to laugh
katakata - to laugh and laugh, laughter
kāti - stop! (as in: kāti te tangi)
kau - swim; cow
kaua e - don't
kauae - chin
kauaka - Negative word, do not (variant of kaua; eg:
Kauaka e tangi)
kauhoe - to swim
kaukau - to bathe
kaumātua - elder; elderly
kaupapa - topic, theme, plan, subject
kāuta - cooking shed, cookhouse
kaute - to count
kawa - sour, yuck
kāwana - government, governor
kawe - to carry, convey
kawenga - load, luggage, burden
(kawe + nominal suffix -nga)
kāwhe - calf
kēhua - ghost
kei - Various uses, meanings, eg:
preposition, present time and place location; at the moment; it might be that...
kei hea? - where is?
kei te pai - it's okay; I'm fine
keke - cake
kekeno - seal
kēmu - game
kererū - native pigeon
kete - basket, kit
ki - to, at, →; | Has various uses and meanings
kī - to be full
kia - may you be; may we be; let it be that; | Various uses, meanings. Often not translatable by an English word.
kia ora - hello; thank you; be well
kīhai - Negative word
kihi - kiss (v); key (n)
kīhini - kitchen
kiki - kick
kikorangi - blue sky; dark blue
kimi - to look for, seek
kimihia - sought; look for! (kimi + passive suffix -hia)
kino - bad
kiore - rat
kiri - skin
Kirihimete - Christmas
kirikiri - sand
kirīmi - cream
kiromita - kilometre
kite - to see
kitea - seen (kite + passive suffix -a)
kiwi - native bird of Aotearoa
kiwikiwi - grey
koa - happy
koe - you, one person
koha - gift
kōhanga - nest, preschool, nursery
kōhanga reo - Māori language preschool
kohete - scold, reprimand, rebuke
kohi - to collect, gather together
kohikohi - to collect, gather together
koia - it is, so
koinei - this is
kōiwi - bone
konā - there, by listener
konei - here, by speaker
kongakonga - small piece, fragment
kōpaepae pūoru - compact disc (CD)
kōpapa - surfboard
kōpū - belly, womb
korā - over there
kore - zero, nothing
kōrero - to talk, speak
kōrerorero - to discuss (v); discussion (n)
kōrerotia - spoken (kōrero + passive suffix -tia)
koretake - useless
koro - term of address for an elderly man, grandfather (E koro)
kōrori - stir
koroua - elderly man, grandfather
kōrua - you, two people
kotahi - one
koti - coat, jacket
kōtiro - girl
kotiti - be displaced; move aside
kōura - crayfish
koutou - you, three or more people
kōwhai - yellow; a native tree
kua - then; have; has; had | Verbal particle; indicating completed action or movement into a state
kūaha - door
kuhu - to enter, to go or come in
kuhua - (pass) be entered; be put on (clothes)
kui - Term of address for an elderly woman (eg 'E kui'.)
kuia - elderly woman, grandmother
kuihi - goose
kūmara - kūmara, sweet potato
kumu - buttocks, bottom
kupenga - net
kupu - word
kura - school; treasured item
kurī - dog
kūtai - mussel
kutarere - scooter
kutikuti - scissors
mā - clean, white
maha - many
māhanga - twin(s)
māharahara - worry (n); anxious (adj)
mahere - map, plan
mahi - to do, work, make
mahia - worked (mahi + passive suffix -a)
mahue - to be left behind (trans)
māhunga - head
Mahuru - September
mai - towards the speaker in space or in orientation; to here
māia - capable, brave, bold
maika - banana (also panana)
maka - to throw or pass
makariri - cold
makawe - hair of the head (human, used in plural: ngā makawe)
makere - to get down from
makimaki - monkey
māku - for me, by me
māmā - mother (n); easy, simple (adj)
mamae - hurt, sore, pain
māna - for him, her, by him, her
manaaki - to look after, to show hospitality towards
manaakitanga - hospitality, kindness, generosity
manawa - heart
manga - branch; stream
māngere - lazy
mangu - black
mānia - plains
mano - thousand
manu - bird
manuhiri - guest
Māori - indigenous people of Aotearoa/New Zealand
māra - garden
marae - traditional Māori gathering place
mārama - clear, understand
marangai - heavy rain, storm
maremare - to cough
mārena - to marry; wedding
mārika - indeed, quite, certainly; āe mārika
maringi - to spill (trans)
māripi - knife
mārō - hard (of texture, personality), firm
maroke - dry
mātaki - to watch
mātakitaki - to watch, to observe, examine, inspect
mataku - scared, afraid
matapihi - window
mātau - to know, understand
mātauranga - education, knowledge, understanding
matawā - clock; live broadcast
mate - to be sick, ill, dead
matekai - hungry, starving
matewai - thirst; thirsty
māti - match (to light a fire)
matimati - finger, toe
mātou - we, us (three or more people, excluding the person/ people addressed)
mātua - parents, fathers (plural form of matua)
matua kēkē - uncle
māu - for you, by you; ā category possession
mau - to wear clothes
māua - we, us (two people, excluding addressee)
mauī - left (direction)
māuiui - sick
maunga - mountain
mauri - life spirit
mauria - to be carried (mau + passive suffix -ria)
māwhero - pink
me - and, should, with (various meanings, uses, eg with, like, should)
mea - a thing (n); to say (v)
mehemea - if (presuming not; cf. ki te, if, expressing simple uncertainty)
Mei - May
menemene - to smile
meneti - minute
merekara - miracle
mīere - honey
mīharo - to wonder at; amazing
mihi - to greet; thank; acknowledge
mīhini - machine
mimi - urine; urinate
miraka - milk
miriona - million
mīti - meat
mō - for, unrealised, ō category possession, about
moana - sea
moe - sleep; to marry
moenga - bed
moeroa - sleepyhead; to sleep in
mōhio - to know
mōhiotia - known (mōhio + passive suffix -tia)
mōhiti - glasses
mōkai - pet
mokemoke - lonely
mokopuna - grandchild
momo - type, kind
mōmona - fat
moni - money
mōrena - good morning
motokā - car, motorcar
motu - island (n); cut (v), cut off (adj)
motuhake - special
motukā - car
motupaika - motorbike
moumou - waste (n): to be wasteful (v)
moutere - island
mōwhiti - glasses
mua - front, before
muku - wipe, rub; rubber (stationery)
muri - behind, after
mutu - be ended, finished (but not necessarily completed)
nā - Various meanings, eg by, belonging to (ā category), by way of
naihi - knife
nāku - mine, realised possession,
it was done by me (ā category)
nama - number
nāna - by him, her, belonging to him, her
nanakia - rascal
clever, cunning
nau mai! - welcome!
nē - tag question, translated variously depending on the English structure; eh?
nei - here, by speaker
ngahere - forest, bush
Ngahuru - Autumn
ngākau - heart, as in seat of the affections and feelings
ngaki - avenge; to plant; to weed
ngaro - to be lost, missing, gone, hidden (trans)
ngaru - wave
ngaruiti - microwave
ngata - snail (n); to be satisfied (v)
ngāwari - kind, pleasant of personality; easy
ngenge - tired
ngeru - cat
ngoikore - weak; listless
ngunguru - to growl, grumble, shake
ngutu - lip, lips
niho - tooth
nō - from
nō reira - so, therefore
noa - free from tapu; only, just, merely
noho - to live; sit
noho taratahi - self-isolation
nohoia - (pass) be sat upon, be inhabited
nōku - mine, realised possession, ō category
nui - big, great, many
nuinga - majority (nui + nominal suffix -nga)
nuku - to move
nunui - big (plural form)
ō - your, one person, neutral category possession, plural
oho - to wake up
ohorere - to start suddenly, be startled; surprised
oka - chef's knife, dagger; prick; stab; yam
ōku - mine, plural, ō category possession
oma - to run, escape
ōna - his, her, plural, ō category possession
one - beach, sand
oneone - earth, soil
onepū - sand, beach
ono - six
ora - alive, well, healthy, safe
oranga - health, life
(ora + nominal suffix -nga)
oti - to be completed
otirā - but, on the other hand
pā - a fortified settlement (n); to touch (v)
pae - ridge
Paengawhāwhā - April
paepae - speakers
paetae - achieved
pāhi - purse, to pass
pahū - drum (n); blow up, explode (v)
pai - good (adj); to like (v); good
pai ake - better
paihikara - bike
painga - benefit, skill, good qualities
(pai + nominal suffix -nga)
paipa - pipe
pakaru - broken (applied to a thing not a body part) (trans)
Pākehā - New Zealander of European descent
pakeke - hard, stiff (adj); to grow up (v); age, adult, elder (n)
pākete - bucket
paki - to slap, to pat; to be fine; a fine day
pakipaki - to applaud, to clap; applause
pakitara - wall
paku - small
pāmu - farm
pana - to push away, to expel
panana - banana
panekoti - skirt, dress
panga - puzzle, riddle
pāngarau - maths
pango - black
pani - orphan (n); to be orphaned (v): to smear, spread out (v)
pānui - to read; to publish, advertise; notice, advertisement
pānuitia - read; advertised (pass of pānui)
paoka - fork; pierce; stab
paoro - ball
pāpā - father, uncle
papa tuhituhi - blackboard, whiteboard
papahokohoko - mall
papakupu - dictionary
pāpāringa - cheek
papatuhituhi - whiteboard
parai - fry; frying pan
paraihe niho - toothbrush
paraikete - blanket
Paraire - Friday
parakuihi - breakfast
paramanawa - refreshments, snacks, nibbles
parāoa - bread, flour
parāoa rimurapa - pasta
paraone - brown
parauri - brown
pare - to ward off, to divert
parehe - pizza; flattened
pari - cliff
paru - dirt, mud, dirty
pata - butter
pātai - question; to ask a question
pātaia - (pass) be asked; be questioned
pātara - bottle
pātene - button
pātītī - grass
patu - to strike, hit; to kill
patua - hit/killed (patu + passive suffix -a)
pau - to be consumed, used up completely, all gone (trans)
pāua - abalone
pea - pair; pear
pēhea? - how? in what way?
peita - paint
peka - branch
pekapeka - bat
peke - to jump, to leap over
pene - pen
pene rākau - pencil
pepa - paper; pepper
pēpe - baby
pepeha - proclamation of origin
pēpi - baby
pere - bell
pereti - plate
pī - bee; pea
pia ngaungau - chewing gum
pihikete - biscuit
piki - to increase
pikiniki - picnic
pikitia - picture, film
pīnati pata - peanut butter
Pipiri - June
pīrangi - to want, desire
pirihimana - police officer
pito - belly button, end, extremity
pō - night
pō mārie - good night
poaka - pig
poho - chest
poi - poi, small, soft ball on string
pokohiwi - shoulder
pono - true, faithful
poraka - jersey
pōtae - hat
poti - boat
poto - short
pōturi - deaf; slow
pouaka - box
pouaka whakaata - television
pounamu - greenstone
poupoutanga o te rā - midday, noon
pōuri - sad, dark
Poutu-te-rangi - March
pū - to blow gently
puare - open, opening
puehu - dust
pūhia - (pass) be blown; be shot
pūkaha - engine
pukapuka - book, lungs
pukarangi - chromebook
puke - hill
pūkenga - skills, skill, expertise, lecturer
puku - stomach, belly
pukumahi - hard-working, industrious
pukuriri - fury; furious; grumpy
puna - pool, spring
puna kaukau - swimming pool
pune - spoon
pūngāwerewere - spider
pupuhi - to shoot
pupuri - to hold onto
pūrere - appliance, machine (electric) (n); to escape (v)
pūrere whakaahua - photocopier
purotu - handsome
purūma - broom; sweep
purutaringa - earphone
puta - to appear, to come out
pūtaiao - science
putiputi - flower
putu - to heap up; a heap, pile
rā - day; the sun; over there
rae - forehead; headland
rahi - large, numerous, great, big
Rāhoroi - Saturday
raihi - rice
rākau - tree; timber
raki - north
rama - light, torch
rānei - or
rangatahi - youth, younger generation
rangatira - chief, leader, boss
rangi - sky, day
ranginamu - handsome
rango - fly, blowfly (n); to hear (v)
rangona - to be heard (passive form of rongo)
rapa - to look for (v); rubber (n)
rāpeti - rabbit
rārangi - line, row
rare - lolly
raro - under, below; time
raru - trouble; to be in difficulty, in trouble
raruraru - trouble, problem; be in difficulty, in trouble
rata - friendly, at ease (adj); calm (n); to like (v)
Rātapu - Sunday
rātau - them; they (three or more people)
rātou - they, them, three or more people
rātou ko - and also (joining 3 or more names eg. Bob, Jim and Fred)
rau - to put into; leaf
rāua ko - and joining 2 names eg. Jim and Fred
raupatu - conquest; confiscate; take by force
rawa - Various meanings, eg too, quite, very; really
rawe - lovely, excellent
reira - there (previously mentioned)
reka - sweet
rekareka - pleasant, delighted
reo - language, voice
rere - to escape; to fly
rere ā-hapori - community transmission
rerekē - different, changed
rerenga - sentence; flight, journey, voyage
reri - ready
reti - to skate, slide
rima - five
ringa - hand, arm
ringaringa - hand, arm
rīngi - to ring/phone
riri - anger, angry
riro - gone away; to be awarded: acquired, obtained
rite - to be ready, like, similar
rīwai - potato
roa - long
rohe - district, area, boundary, territory
roimata - tears
rongo - to hear, perceive, feel
rongonui - famous
rōpū - group
rori - road
roro - brain
rorohiko - computer
roto - in, inside, within; lake
roumamao - remote control (for TV)
ruaki - vomit
ruku - to dive
rūma - room
rūma kaukau - bathroom
rūma moe - bedroom
rūma noho - living room
runga - on
rutu - bump, throw down, tackle
tā - print, draw
tae - to reach, arrive (v); colour (n)
taea - to be able, to be achieved (tae + passive suffix -a)
taha - to pass by; side
tāhae - to steal
tahi - one, single
tahitahi - to sweep
tāhuhu - subject of a sentence
tahuri - to capsize
tai - tide; coast
Taihoa! - Hang on!
taika - tiger
taka - to come around in a cycle; to fall from a height
takahi - trample; tread; stamp; disobey, violate
tākaro - to play
takoto - to lie down
takotoria - (pass) be laid down
taku - my (singular); edge
takurua - winter
tākuta - doctor
tama - son, nephew (term of address for a boy, son: tama)
tamāhine - daughter
tamaiti - child
tamariki - children (plural form of tamaiti)
tāmaru - overcast
tana - his/her (neutral category); ton
tāne - man, male
tāngata - people (plural of tangata)
tangata whenua - people of the land, home crowd
tangi - to cry; to make a sound
tangihanga - funeral
tango - to take hold of
tangohia - pick up! (command); taken away (tango + passive suffix -hia)
taniwha - monster, traditional guardian of bodies of water
tao - to cook
taokete - brother-in-law (of a male), sister-in-law (of a female)
tāone - town
taonga - property, possession
tapa - to name
tapahi - to cut up, chop
tapahia - cut! to be cut (tapahi + passive suffix -a)
tapu - sacred, holy, under ritual restriction
tapuwae - footprint
tara - point; spike; peak; wall; sea bird
taraiwa - to drive; driver
taraka - truck
tarakihana - tractor
tarau - trousers
tarau poto - shorts
tari - government department; office
taringa - ear
tāroaroa - tall
taru - grass; vegetation; thing
tātahi - seaside, beach
tātai - to arrange, to set in order
tatari - to wait
tatau - to count
tātou - we, us, inclusive, three or more people
tau - to land, settle; be calm; to attack; lover; handsome; year; age; number
taua - that, previously mentioned (singular)
tauhou - strange, unfamiliar; stranger
tauira - student; example
taumaha - difficult of spirit or health; to be heavy (s), weight (n)
taumata - grade, level of achievement
tautoko - to support
tāwāhi - overseas
tawhiti - distant, a distant place
tawhito - old, former
te - the, singular definite article
teihana tereina - train station
teina - younger sibling, same sex
teitei - tall, high, lofty; height (object)
teka - lying (v); lie (n)
tekau - ten
tēnā - that, by the listener
tēnā koe - hello to one person
tēnā koe! - hello! (to one person); thank you
tēnā kōrua! - hello! (to two people); thank you
tēnā koutou! - hello! (to three or more people); thank you
tēnei - this (by speaker); this is; this
tenetene - vagina
tēpu - table
tērā - that over there, that
tere - to flow, float, move quickly; fast
terēina - train
tētahi - a, one specific thing
tī - cabbage tree; tea
tiaki - to look after, to care for
tihi - topknot
tika - to be right, correct, straight, in order
tiki - to fetch
tīkina - be fetched (tiki + passive suffix -na (note the first i is lengthened)
tīkiti - ticket
tīma - team
tīmata - to begin, to start
tīmatanga - beginning
(tīmata + nominal suffix -nga)
tina - dinner, lunch
tinana - body, trunk, torso
tinei - turn off, extinguish
tīni - to change
tinihanga - to trick, amuse with trickery
tino - very
tino pai! - very good!
tino rangatiratanga - sovereignty
tīpuna - grandparents (plural form of tipuna)
tipuna - grandparent, ancestor
tiro - to look
titiro - to look at
tō - your (singular); to drag
toa - shop; male animal; expert; to be strong
toe - to remain, be left over
tōhi - toast
tohorā - whale
tohunga - expert, priest
toka - rock
tōkena - stockings, socks
tokohia? - how many [people]?
tokotoko - walking stick (without a handle)
tokowhia? - how many people?
tōku - my (singular)
tomo - to enter, go into
tōmua - early
tōna - his, her
tonu - still
toroiho - underwear
toru - three
tote - salt
tōtika - straight, direct, right
tōtiti - sausage
toto - blood
tōu - your, ō category possession, singular
tū - stand; to be wounded; a wound
tū tirara - social distancing
tua - beyond
tuāhine - female cousins or sisters of a male
tuākana - older brothers of a male; older sisters of a female
tuanui - roof
tuarā - back [body]
tuarua - second
tuatahi - first
tuatoru - third
tuawhā - fourth
tuhi - to write; to indicate, point out
tuhia - written; write! (tuhi + passive suffix -a)
tuhinga - writing, text
(tuhi + nominal suffix -nga)
tuhituhi - to write, draw
tuhituhia - (pass) be drawn; be written
tukemata - eyebrow
tuki - to hit, to knock, to beat, to pound; crash
tuku - to put off, to leave aside
tukua - let go! to be released (tuku + passive suffix -a)
tukuata - projector
tukuoro - speaker (eg bluetooth speaker)
tūmanako - to hope for, anticipate, expect, wish for
tuna - eel
tūnga pahi - bus stop
tungāne - brother, of a female
tunu - to cook, roast
tūpato - to be careful; caution, cautious
tupu - to grow, develop; a plant, shoot
(variant of tipu)
tūpuhi - skinny
tupuna - ancestor; grandparent
tūpuna - grandparents (plural form of tupuna; variant of tīpuna)
tūranga - stopping place (as in: tūranga pahi bus stop; tū + nominal suffix -ranga)
tūrangawaewae - place to stand
tūrehu - fairy
turi - deaf; knee; disobedient
tūria - be established (pass. of tū)
turituri - be quiet! noisy
tūru - chair, seat, stool
tūtae - excrement
tūtaki - to meet; to close up, to block (v); meeting (n)
tūturu - fixed, permanent, definite; to be true, real, original
ū - breast, udder (n); to be devoted (v)
ua - to rain; rain
uaua - difficult (adj); muscle, vein, artery (n)
ui - to ask, enquire
uira - lightning; to flash
uku - to wash; soap; clay
uma - chest
umere - to shout (in wonder, in appreciation)
umu - earth oven
upoko - head; verse of a song; paragraph; chapter
upoko mārō - stubborn
ure - penis
uri - descendant, offspring
uta - to load; shore; inland; the land; to load
utu - cost, price; to pay for
uwha - female animal
wā - time, times
wae - foot; leg; separate
waea - wire; phone
waea pūkoro - cellphone
waenganui - middle, centre, between
waewae - foot, leg
waha - load, burden; to carry on the back; mouth
wāhanga - chapter, episode
wāhi - part, portion; place
wahia - firewood
wāhine - women, wives (plural form of wahine)
waho - out, outside, the outside
wai - water; who
waiata - to sing (v); song (n)
waiho - to remain, rest; to leave behind
wāina - wine
waireka - sweet drink, soft drink
waitohu - credit
waka - vehicle (land, air and sea)
wareware - to forget; forgetful (trans)
waru - eight; to scrape, to peel
wātea - to be clear, unoccupied, available, free of obstruction
wehi - terrible (adj); to be afraid (v)
wera - to burn; burnt; hot, heat
whā - four
whaea - mother, aunt
whai - to follow, to chase; to have, to acquire
whaikōrero - oratory
whakaae - to agree
whakaahua - to take photos; photograph
whakaaro - to think; thought, idea
whakahaere - to run something, manage, make something go
whakahau - to encourage; to command
whakahīhī - arrogant, proud
whakahoki - to return something, to reply
whakamā - to be embarrassed, ashamed
whakamahana - heater
whakamau - to fix, fasten; to put on
whakamuri - towards the back
whakanui - to enlarge; celebrate
whakaoho - to wake up
whakaoti - complete
whakapai - to improve, to fix up, bless, cleaning
whakapaipai - to decorate, adorn, tidy up, beautify
whakapakari - to strengthen
whakapapa - genealogy
whakarere - abandon, leave behind
whakarite - to compare; arrange, organise
whakarongo - to listen
whakatata - to come closer to
whakatau - to decide
whakatika - to straighten, to correct, to fix
whakatipu - to raise, grow, develop
whakatū - to stand something up
whakatūpato - to warn, to caution
whakatupu - grow; bring up, nurture
whakauru - to enter, to join, to enrol
whakautu - to reply, to respond, answer
whakautua - (pass) be replied to; be responded to
whana - to kick
whānau - family; to be born, be born
whanaunga - relative, relation (whānau + nominal suffix -nga - note the short first vowel)
whāngai - to feed, to foster (v); fostered child (n)
whāngaia - (pass) be fed; be nourished
whānui - broad, wide
whara - to be injured
whārangi - page (n); spread flat (v)
whare - house, building
whare horoi - ablution block
whare kai - dining hall
whare karakia - church
whare pikitia - movie theatre
whare whakairo - carved house
wharekai - restaurant
wharekura - Māori-medium secondary school
wharenui - meeting house; hall
wharepaku - toilet
whāriki - mat, carpet, rug
whati - broken, snapped; break, snap; run away; turn
whatu - to weave, knit; eye
whāwhai - hurry; impatient; urgent
whenua - land
whero - red
whetū - star
Whiringa-ā-nuku - October
Whiringa-ā-rangi - November
whiti - to cross; shine, rise
whitu - seven
whiu - to be satisfied; to throw; to be filled
whiwhi - to be in possession of; acquire, obtain, to get
wiki - week