Māori Word Lists
Most common 100 words | Most common 500 words | Most common 1,000 words
Most common 2,000 words | Most common 4,000 words
1. Aotearoa - New Zealand
2. Haere mai! - Welcome! Come here!
3. Hakihea - December
4. Hana - Santa Claus, Father Christmas
5. Haratua - May
6. Here-turi-kōkā - August
7. Kirihimete - Christmas
8. Mahuru - September
9. Mei - May
10. Māori - indigenous people of Aotearoa/New Zealand
11. Ngahuru - Autumn
12. Paengawhāwhā - April
13. Paraire - Friday
14. Pipiri - June
15. Poutu-te-rangi - March
16. Pākehā - New Zealander of European descent
17. Rāhoroi - Saturday
18. Rātapu - Sunday
19. Taihoa! - Hang on!
20. Whiringa-ā-nuku - October
21. Whiringa-ā-rangi - November
22. aha - what
23. ahakoa - although
24. ahau - I, me
25. ahi - fire
26. ahiahi - early evening, afternoon
27. ai - Not translatable into an English word; verbal particle; used in various subordinate structures, for example relative clauses, adverbials, ...ai
28. aihikirīmi - icecream
29. aituā - disaster, accident, misfortune; to suffer a disaster
30. 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)
31. ako - to learn, to teach
32. akomanga - classroom
33. akoranga - thing that is taught or learnt; lesson
34. aku - my, mine (plural form of taku, neutral for possession category)
35. ana - indeed, when, if
36. anake - only, just, alone
37. anga - seashell
38. anā - there, by you
39. anō - again, also (Various meanings, eg again; also, too; self [reflexive] as in: ki a ia anō)
40. ao - world, dawn, cloud
41. ara - to rise (v); path (n)
42. arahanga - bridge; ladder
43. arawhata - bridge; ladder; stairs
44. arero - tongue; point of taiaha
45. arewhana - elephant
46. ariki - chief, leader
47. aro - to face, turn towards, take notice of, pay attention to
48. aroha - love, sympathy, compassion
49. aromatawai - assessment
50. arā - over there, away from us both; that is, namely
51. ata - morning, shadow
52. atamai - clever, intelligent
53. atawhai - to show kindness towards
54. atu - away from current orientation
(often not translatable by a separate English word)
55. au - I, me; cloud, smoke; current (of river or sea)
56. aua - those (previously mentioned, plural of taua)
57. auahi - smoke
58. auau - to bark, howl
59. autāne - brother-in-law (of a woman)
60. awa - river, stream
61. awhi - to hug, embrace
62. awhitia - to be embraced (pass - awhi + tia)
63. e noho - sit down
64. e tū - Stand up!
65. ehara - exclamation: sure enough, without a doubt; not
66. eke - to embark, get onto; riding
67. engari - but
68. haere rā - goodbye to people going
69. haere - go, come
70. haerenga - journey (n); travel (v)
71. haka - to perform traditional dance; haka, a traditional dance, war dance
72. haki - flag
73. hamarara - umbrella
74. hanawiti - sandwich
75. hanga - to build, erect, make (v); construction, practice (n)
76. hangaia - built (hanga + passive suffix -ia)
77. hao - to catch in a net, a net
78. hapa - mistake; supper, dinner
79. hapū - subtribe; to be pregnant
80. harakeke - flax
81. hararei - holiday
82. hari - to feel happy; to take or carry
83. haria - to be carried (hari + passive suffix -a)
84. harikoa - happy, joyful, euphoric
85. harore - mushroom
86. haruru - to resound; a heavy sound
87. hau - wind, air, breath
88. hauhake - harvest
89. haunga - smelly, stinky
90. haurua - half
91. hautō - drawer; chest of drawers
92. he - a, some; in the category of
93. hea - where?
94. hea? - where?
95. hei konei rā - goodbye (said by those leaving)
96. hei - at, in, with, for, to, as a; hay; necklace (Various meanings, eg future preposition)
97. heihei - chicken
98. heke - rafter (n); to descend, get off (v)
99. hemo - to pass by, be gone; died, die
100. heoi anō - however; so so
101. here - to tie, to bind (v0: dog lead (n)
102. heru - comb
103. hia - how many?
104. hia? - how many?
105. hiahia - to want
106. hiakai - hungry
107. hiawai - thirsty
108. hinga - to fall from an upright position; to fall (and not be able to get up again)
109. hingareti - singlet
110. hinu - oil, fat
111. hipi - sheep
112. hoa - friend; partner; spouse
113. hoariri - enemy, opponent
114. hoatu - to give (away from speaker)
115. hoe - to paddle, row (v); oar (n)
116. hoihoi - too noisy
117. hoki - to go back, return; also, indeed
118. hoko - to buy, sell, purchase
119. hokomaha - supermarket
120. hokona - sold (hoko + passive suffix -na)
121. homai - give (to the speaker)
122. hope - waist, hip
123. hopu - to catch
124. horoi - to wash, to clean
125. hou - new, modern; feather
126. huarahi - street, path, road
127. hui - meeting; gathered
128. huka - sugar
129. hukarere - snow
130. huna - to hide
131. huri - to turn
132. hurihuri - to turn round and round, over and over
133. huritau - birthday
134. huruhuru - fur
135. hutupōro - rugby ball
136. hāereere - to wander, roam
137. hākari - feast
138. hāmipēka - hamburger
139. hāngai - opposite, facing
140. hāngi - traditional earth oven
141. hāora - hour; oxygen
142. hāparangi - to shout, bawl
143. hāpiapia - sellotape; glue
144. hātakēhi - hard case, comical, amusing
145. hāte - shirt
146. hāunga - besides
147. hāwhe - half (n); to halve (v)
148. hē - wrong; error, mistake
149. hēki - egg
150. hī - to catch fish with a line
151. hīkoi - to walk, step, tread
152. hīrere - to rush; waterfall; shower
153. hōhonu - deep (adj); depth (n)
154. hōhā - annoyed, bored (adj), a nuisance (n)
155. hōia - soldier, warrior
156. hōiho - horse
157. hōro - hall
158. hū - shoe
159. 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.
160. iPapa - iPad
161. ia - he, she, him, her
162. ihi - power, essential force
163. iho - downwards
164. ihu - nose
165. ika - fish
166. inanahi - yesterday
167. ingoa - name
168. inoi - pray
169. inu - to drink (v); drink (n)
170. ināianei - now
171. ipu para - rubbish bag
172. ipu - container, bowl; drinking glasses
173. ipurangi - internet
174. ira - freckle; gene
175. iri - to be hanging; rest upon
176. irāmutu - niece, nephew
177. ita - held firm; be committed
178. iti - small, little
179. iwa - nine
180. iwi - tribe
181. ka - will happen | Verbal particle with a range of meanings; not directly translated with an English word
182. kaha - strong, able
183. kahu moe - pyjamas
184. kahurangi - dark blue; woman of high status or rank
185. kai - eat (v); food (n)
186. kaiahuwhenua - farmer
187. kaiako - teacher (kai- + ako)
188. kaihana - cousin
189. kaihautū - leader; bus driver, pilot, truck driver
190. kaihī - fisherman
191. kaikōrero - speaker, orator (kai- + kōrero)
192. kaimahi - worker, employee (kai- + mahi)
193. kaimoana - seafood
194. kainga - (pass) be eaten
195. kaitoa! - serves you right!
196. kaitākaro - player, sportsperson
(kai- + tākaro)
197. kaka - hair; fibre; ridge; dress
198. kakama - quick; active; smart, clever
199. kake - to climb
200. kakī - neck
201. kamo - eye; eyelashes
202. kamokamo - twinkle; marrow, squash (the vegetable)
203. kamupūtu - gumboot
204. kanikani - dance, to dance
205. kanohi - face
206. kapa - group, row of people, as in: kapa haka
207. kape - photocopy, copy; crescent (shape)
208. kapu - cup
209. kapua - cloud
210. kaputī - cup of tea
211. kara - colour
212. karaka - orange (colour)
213. karakia - prayer, to pray
214. karanga - to call
215. karani - granny, grandmother
216. kararehe - animal
217. karere - message
218. karo - dodge, avoid
219. karu - eye
220. kata - to laugh
221. katakata - to laugh and laugh, laughter
222. kau - swim; cow
223. kaua e - don't
224. kauae - chin
225. kauaka - Negative word, do not (variant of kaua; eg:
Kauaka e tangi)
226. kauhoe - to swim
227. kaukau - to bathe
228. kaumātua - elder; elderly
229. kaupapa - topic, theme, plan, subject
230. kaute - to count
231. kawa - sour, yuck
232. kawe - to carry, convey
233. kawenga - load, luggage, burden
(kawe + nominal suffix -nga)
234. kawhe - coffee
235. kei hea? - where is?
236. kei te pai - it's okay; I'm fine
237. kei - Various uses, meanings, eg:
preposition, present time and place location; at the moment; it might be that...
238. keke - cake
239. kekeno - seal
240. kererū - native pigeon
241. kete - basket, kit
242. ki - to
243. ki - to, at, →; | Has various uses and meanings
244. kia ora - hello; thank you; be well
245. kia - may you be; may we be; let it be that; | Various uses, meanings. Often not translatable by an English word.
246. kihi - kiss (v); key (n)
247. kiki - kick
248. kikorangi - blue sky; dark blue
249. kimi - to look for, seek
250. kimihia - sought; look for! (kimi + passive suffix -hia)
251. kino - bad
252. kiore - rat
253. kiri - skin
254. kirikiri - sand
255. kiromita - kilometre
256. kirīmi - cream
257. kite - to see
258. kitea - seen (kite + passive suffix -a)
259. kiwi - native bird of Aotearoa
260. kiwikiwi - grey
261. koa - happy
262. koe - you, one person
263. koha - gift
264. kohete - scold, reprimand, rebuke
265. kohi - to collect, gather together
266. kohikohi - to collect, gather together
267. koia - it is, so
268. koinei - this is
269. konei - here, by speaker
270. kongakonga - small piece, fragment
271. konā - there, by listener
272. kore - zero, nothing
273. koretake - useless
274. koro - term of address for an elderly man, grandfather (E koro)
275. koroua - elderly man, grandfather
276. korā - over there
277. kotahi - one
278. koti - coat, jacket
279. kotiti - be displaced; move aside
280. koutou - you, three or more people
281. kua - then; have; has; had | Verbal particle; indicating completed action or movement into a state
282. kuhu - to enter, to go or come in
283. kuhua - (pass) be entered; be put on (clothes)
284. kui - Term of address for an elderly woman (eg 'E kui'.)
285. kuia - elderly woman, grandmother
286. kuihi - goose
287. kumu - buttocks, bottom
288. kupenga - net
289. kupu - word
290. kura - school; treasured item
291. kurī - dog
292. kutarere - scooter
293. kutikuti - scissors
294. kā - to burn, be alight
295. kāhore - Negative used for verb sentences
296. kāinga - home
297. kākahu - clothing, garment
298. kākano - seed
299. kākāriki - green
300. kānga - corn
301. kāngia - (pass) be lit, be burnt
302. kāo - no!
303. kāore anō - not yet...
304. kāore - negative used for verb sentences
305. kāpata - cupboard
306. kāpene - captain
307. kāreti - carrot
308. kāti - stop! (as in: kāti te tangi)
309. kāuta - cooking shed, cookhouse
310. kāwana - government, governor
311. kāwhe - calf
312. kēhua - ghost
313. kēmu - game
314. kī - to be full
315. kīhai - Negative word
316. kīhini - kitchen
317. kōhanga reo - Māori language preschool
318. kōhanga - nest, preschool, nursery
319. kōiwi - bone
320. kōpaepae pūoru - compact disc (CD)
321. kōpapa - surfboard
322. kōpū - belly, womb
323. kōrero - to talk, speak
324. kōrerorero - to discuss (v); discussion (n)
325. kōrerotia - spoken (kōrero + passive suffix -tia)
326. kōrori - stir
327. kōrua - you, two people
328. kōtiro - girl
329. kōura - crayfish
330. kōwhai - yellow; a native tree
331. kūaha - door
332. kūmara - kūmara, sweet potato
333. kūtai - mussel
334. maha - many
335. mahere - map, plan
336. mahi - to do, work, make
337. mahia - worked (mahi + passive suffix -a)
338. mahue - to be left behind (trans)
339. mai - towards the speaker in space or in orientation; to here
340. maika - banana (also panana)
341. maka - to throw or pass
342. makariri - cold
343. makawe - hair of the head (human, used in plural: ngā makawe)
344. makere - to get down from
345. makimaki - monkey
346. mamae - hurt, sore, pain
347. mana - prestige, authority
348. manaaki - to look after, to show hospitality towards
349. manaakitanga - hospitality, kindness, generosity
350. manawa - heart
351. manga - branch; stream
352. mangu - black
353. mano - thousand
354. manu - bird
355. manuhiri - guest
356. marae - traditional Māori gathering place
357. marama - month, moon
358. marangai - heavy rain, storm
359. maremare - to cough
360. maringi - to spill (trans)
361. maroke - dry
362. mataku - scared, afraid
363. matapihi - window
364. matau - fish hook; right side
365. matawā - clock; live broadcast
366. mate - to be sick, ill, dead
367. matekai - hungry, starving
368. matewai - thirst; thirsty
369. matimati - finger, toe
370. matua kēkē - uncle
371. matua - parent, father
372. mau - to wear clothes
373. maunga - mountain
374. mauri - life spirit
375. mauria - to be carried (mau + passive suffix -ria)
376. mauī - left (direction)
377. me - and, should, with (various meanings, uses, eg with, like, should)
378. mea - a thing (n); to say (v)
379. mehemea - if (presuming not; cf. ki te, if, expressing simple uncertainty)
380. menemene - to smile
381. meneti - minute
382. merekara - miracle
383. mihi - to greet; thank; acknowledge
384. mimi - urine; urinate
385. miraka - milk
386. miriona - million
387. moana - sea
388. moe - sleep; to marry
389. moenga - bed
390. moeroa - sleepyhead; to sleep in
391. mokemoke - lonely
392. mokopuna - grandchild
393. momo - type, kind
394. moni - money
395. motokā - car, motorcar
396. motu - island (n); cut (v), cut off (adj)
397. motuhake - special
398. motukā - car
399. motupaika - motorbike
400. moumou - waste (n): to be wasteful (v)
401. moutere - island
402. mua - front, before
403. muku - wipe, rub; rubber (stationery)
404. muri - behind, after
405. mutu - be ended, finished (but not necessarily completed)
406. mā - clean, white
407. māhanga - twin(s)
408. māharahara - worry (n); anxious (adj)
409. māhunga - head
410. māia - capable, brave, bold
411. māku - for me, by me
412. māmā - mother (n); easy, simple (adj)
413. māna - for him, her, by him, her
414. māngere - lazy
415. mānia - plains
416. māra - garden
417. mārama - clear, understand
418. mārena - to marry; wedding
419. mārika - indeed, quite, certainly; āe mārika
420. māripi - knife
421. mārō - hard (of texture, personality), firm
422. mātaki - to watch
423. mātakitaki - to watch, to observe, examine, inspect
424. mātau - to know, understand
425. mātauranga - education, knowledge, understanding
426. māti - match (to light a fire)
427. mātou - we, us (three or more people, excluding the person/ people addressed)
428. mātua - parents, fathers (plural form of matua)
429. māu - for you, by you; ā category possession
430. māua - we, us (two people, excluding addressee)
431. māuiui - sick
432. māwhero - pink
433. mīere - honey
434. mīharo - to wonder at; amazing
435. mīhini - machine
436. mīti - meat
437. mō - for, unrealised, ō category possession, about
438. mōhio - to know
439. mōhiotia - known (mōhio + passive suffix -tia)
440. mōhiti - glasses
441. mōkai - pet
442. mōmona - fat
443. mōrena - good morning
444. mōwhiti - glasses
445. naihi - knife
446. nama - number
447. nanakia - rascal
clever, cunning
448. nau mai! - welcome!
449. nei - here, by speaker
450. ngahere - forest, bush
451. ngaki - avenge; to plant; to weed
452. ngaro - to be lost, missing, gone, hidden (trans)
453. ngaru - wave
454. ngaruiti - microwave
455. ngata - snail (n); to be satisfied (v)
456. ngenge - tired
457. ngeru - cat
458. ngoikore - weak; listless
459. ngunguru - to growl, grumble, shake
460. ngutu - lip, lips
461. ngākau - heart, as in seat of the affections and feelings
462. ngāwari - kind, pleasant of personality; easy
463. niho - tooth
464. noa - free from tapu; only, just, merely
465. noho taratahi - self-isolation
466. noho - to live; sit
467. nohoia - (pass) be sat upon, be inhabited
468. nui - big, great, many
469. nuinga - majority (nui + nominal suffix -nga)
470. nuku - to move
471. nunui - big (plural form)
472. nā - Various meanings, eg by, belonging to (ā category), by way of
473. nāku - mine, realised possession,
it was done by me (ā category)
474. nāna - by him, her, belonging to him, her
475. nē - tag question, translated variously depending on the English structure; eh?
476. nō reira - so, therefore
477. nō - from
478. nōku - mine, realised possession, ō category
479. o - of, belonging to | Has several uses
480. oho - to wake up
481. ohorere - to start suddenly, be startled; surprised
482. oka - chef's knife, dagger; prick; stab; yam
483. oma - to run, escape
484. one - beach, sand
485. oneone - earth, soil
486. onepū - sand, beach
487. ono - six
488. ora - alive, well, healthy, safe
489. oranga - health, life
(ora + nominal suffix -nga)
490. oti - to be completed
491. otirā - but, on the other hand
492. pae - ridge
493. paepae - speakers
494. paetae - achieved
495. pahi - bus
496. pahū - drum (n); blow up, explode (v)
497. pai ake - better
498. pai - good (adj); to like (v); good
499. paihikara - bike
500. painga - benefit, skill, good qualities
(pai + nominal suffix -nga)
501. paipa - pipe
502. pakaru - broken (applied to a thing not a body part) (trans)
503. pakeke - hard, stiff (adj); to grow up (v); age, adult, elder (n)
504. paki - to slap, to pat; to be fine; a fine day
505. pakipaki - to applaud, to clap; applause
506. pakitara - wall
507. paku - small
508. pana - to push away, to expel
509. panana - banana
510. panekoti - skirt, dress
511. panga - puzzle, riddle
512. pango - black
513. pani - orphan (n); to be orphaned (v): to smear, spread out (v)
514. paoka - fork; pierce; stab
515. paoro - ball
516. papa tuhituhi - blackboard, whiteboard
517. papa - floor, ground, flat surface
518. papahokohoko - mall
519. papakupu - dictionary
520. papatuhituhi - whiteboard
521. parai - fry; frying pan
522. paraihe niho - toothbrush
523. paraikete - blanket
524. parakuihi - breakfast
525. paramanawa - refreshments, snacks, nibbles
526. paraone - brown
527. parauri - brown
528. pare - to ward off, to divert
529. parehe - pizza; flattened
530. pari - cliff
531. paru - dirt, mud, dirty
532. parāoa rimurapa - pasta
533. parāoa - bread, flour
534. pata - butter
535. patu - to strike, hit; to kill
536. patua - hit/killed (patu + passive suffix -a)
537. pau - to be consumed, used up completely, all gone (trans)
538. pea - pair; pear
539. peita - paint
540. peka - branch
541. pekapeka - bat
542. peke - to jump, to leap over
543. pene rākau - pencil
544. pene - pen
545. pepa - paper; pepper
546. pepeha - proclamation of origin
547. pere - bell
548. pereti - plate
549. pia ngaungau - chewing gum
550. pihikete - biscuit
551. piki - to increase
552. pikiniki - picnic
553. pikitia - picture, film
554. pirihimana - police officer
555. pito - belly button, end, extremity
556. poaka - pig
557. poho - chest
558. poi - poi, small, soft ball on string
559. pokohiwi - shoulder
560. pono - true, faithful
561. poraka - jersey
562. poti - boat
563. poto - short
564. pouaka whakaata - television
565. pouaka - box
566. pounamu - greenstone
567. poupoutanga o te rā - midday, noon
568. puare - open, opening
569. puehu - dust
570. pukapuka - book, lungs
571. pukarangi - chromebook
572. puke - hill
573. puku - stomach, belly
574. pukumahi - hard-working, industrious
575. pukuriri - fury; furious; grumpy
576. puna kaukau - swimming pool
577. puna - pool, spring
578. pune - spoon
579. pupuhi - to shoot
580. pupuri - to hold onto
581. purotu - handsome
582. purutaringa - earphone
583. purūma - broom; sweep
584. puta - to appear, to come out
585. putiputi - flower
586. putu - to heap up; a heap, pile
587. pā - a fortified settlement (n); to touch (v)
588. pāhi - purse, to pass
589. pākete - bucket
590. pāmu - farm
591. pāngarau - maths
592. pānui - to read; to publish, advertise; notice, advertisement
593. pānuitia - read; advertised (pass of pānui)
594. pāpā - father, uncle
595. pāpāringa - cheek
596. pātai - question; to ask a question
597. pātaia - (pass) be asked; be questioned
598. pātara - bottle
599. pātene - button
600. pātītī - grass
601. pāua - abalone
602. pēhea? - how? in what way?
603. pēke - bag
604. pēpe - baby
605. pēpi - baby
606. pī - bee; pea
607. pīnati pata - peanut butter
608. pīrangi - to want, desire
609. pō mārie - good night
610. pō - night
611. pōtae - hat
612. pōturi - deaf; slow
613. pōuri - sad, dark
614. pū - to blow gently
615. pūhia - (pass) be blown; be shot
616. pūkaha - engine
617. pūkenga - skills, skill, expertise, lecturer
618. pūngāwerewere - spider
619. pūrere whakaahua - photocopier
620. pūrere - appliance, machine (electric) (n); to escape (v)
621. pūtaiao - science
622. pūtu - boot
623. rae - forehead; headland
624. rahi - large, numerous, great, big
625. raihi - rice
626. raki - north
627. rama - light, torch
628. rangatahi - youth, younger generation
629. rangatira - chief, leader, boss
630. rangi - sky, day
631. ranginamu - handsome
632. rango - fly, blowfly (n); to hear (v)
633. rangona - to be heard (passive form of rongo)
634. rapa - to look for (v); rubber (n)
635. rare - lolly
636. raro - under, below; time
637. raru - trouble; to be in difficulty, in trouble
638. raruraru - trouble, problem; be in difficulty, in trouble
639. rata - friendly, at ease (adj); calm (n); to like (v)
640. rau - to put into; leaf
641. raupatu - conquest; confiscate; take by force
642. rawa - Various meanings, eg too, quite, very; really
643. rawe - lovely, excellent
644. reira - there (previously mentioned)
645. reka - sweet
646. rekareka - pleasant, delighted
647. reo - language, voice
648. rere ā-hapori - community transmission
649. rere - to escape; to fly
650. rerekē - different, changed
651. rerenga - sentence; flight, journey, voyage
652. reri - ready
653. reti - to skate, slide
654. rima - five
655. ringa - hand, arm
656. ringaringa - hand, arm
657. riri - anger, angry
658. riro - gone away; to be awarded: acquired, obtained
659. rite - to be ready, like, similar
660. roa - long
661. rohe - district, area, boundary, territory
662. roimata - tears
663. rongo - to hear, perceive, feel
664. rongonui - famous
665. rori - road
666. roro - brain
667. rorohiko - computer
668. roto - in, inside, within; lake
669. roumamao - remote control (for TV)
670. ruaki - vomit
671. ruku - to dive
672. runga - on
673. rutu - bump, throw down, tackle
674. rā - day; the sun; over there
675. rākau - tree; timber
676. rānei - or
677. rāpeti - rabbit
678. rārangi - line, row
679. rātau - them; they (three or more people)
680. rātou ko - and also (joining 3 or more names eg. Bob, Jim and Fred)
681. rātou - they, them, three or more people
682. rāua ko - and joining 2 names eg. Jim and Fred
683. rīngi - to ring/phone
684. rīwai - potato
685. rōpū - group
686. rūma kaukau - bathroom
687. rūma moe - bedroom
688. rūma noho - living room
689. rūma - room
690. tae - to reach, arrive (v); colour (n)
691. taea - to be able, to be achieved (tae + passive suffix -a)
692. taha - to pass by; side
693. tahi - one, single
694. tahitahi - to sweep
695. tahuri - to capsize
696. tai - tide; coast
697. taika - tiger
698. taka - to come around in a cycle; to fall from a height
699. takahi - trample; tread; stamp; disobey, violate
700. takoto - to lie down
701. takotoria - (pass) be laid down
702. taku - my (singular); edge
703. takurua - winter
704. tama - son, nephew (term of address for a boy, son: tama)
705. tamaiti - child
706. tamariki - children (plural form of tamaiti)
707. tamāhine - daughter
708. tana - his/her (neutral category); ton
709. tangata whenua - people of the land, home crowd
710. tangata - person
711. tangi - to cry; to make a sound
712. tangihanga - funeral
713. tango - to take hold of
714. tangohia - pick up! (command); taken away (tango + passive suffix -hia)
715. taniwha - monster, traditional guardian of bodies of water
716. tao - to cook
717. taokete - brother-in-law (of a male), sister-in-law (of a female)
718. taonga - property, possession
719. tapa - to name
720. tapahi - to cut up, chop
721. tapahia - cut! to be cut (tapahi + passive suffix -a)
722. tapu - sacred, holy, under ritual restriction
723. tapuwae - footprint
724. tara - point; spike; peak; wall; sea bird
725. taraiwa - to drive; driver
726. taraka - truck
727. tarakihana - tractor
728. tarau poto - shorts
729. tarau - trousers
730. tari - government department; office
731. taringa - ear
732. taru - grass; vegetation; thing
733. tatari - to wait
734. tatau - to count
735. tau - to land, settle; be calm; to attack; lover; handsome; year; age; number
736. taua - that, previously mentioned (singular)
737. tauhou - strange, unfamiliar; stranger
738. tauira - student; example
739. taumaha - difficult of spirit or health; to be heavy (s), weight (n)
740. taumata - grade, level of achievement
741. tautoko - to support
742. tawhiti - distant, a distant place
743. tawhito - old, former
744. te - the, singular definite article
745. teihana tereina - train station
746. teina - younger sibling, same sex
747. teitei - tall, high, lofty; height (object)
748. teka - lying (v); lie (n)
749. tekau - ten
750. tenetene - vagina
751. tere - to flow, float, move quickly; fast
752. terēina - train
753. tiaki - to look after, to care for
754. tihi - topknot
755. tika - to be right, correct, straight, in order
756. tiki - to fetch
757. tina - dinner, lunch
758. tinana - body, trunk, torso
759. tinei - turn off, extinguish
760. tinihanga - to trick, amuse with trickery
761. tino pai! - very good!
762. tino rangatiratanga - sovereignty
763. tino - very
764. tipuna - grandparent, ancestor
765. tiro - to look
766. titiro - to look at
767. toa - shop; male animal; expert; to be strong
768. toe - to remain, be left over
769. tohorā - whale
770. tohunga - expert, priest
771. toka - rock
772. tokohia? - how many [people]?
773. tokotoko - walking stick (without a handle)
774. tokowhia? - how many people?
775. tomo - to enter, go into
776. tonu - still
777. toroiho - underwear
778. toru - three
779. tote - salt
780. toto - blood
781. tou - dip; plant; set on fire; buttocks, bottom, anus
782. tua - beyond
783. tuahine - sister, of a male
784. tuakana - older sibling of the same sex
785. tuanui - roof
786. tuarua - second
787. tuarā - back [body]
788. tuatahi - first
789. tuatoru - third
790. tuawhā - fourth
791. tuhi - to write; to indicate, point out
792. tuhia - written; write! (tuhi + passive suffix -a)
793. tuhinga - writing, text
(tuhi + nominal suffix -nga)
794. tuhituhi - to write, draw
795. tuhituhia - (pass) be drawn; be written
796. tukemata - eyebrow
797. tuki - to hit, to knock, to beat, to pound; crash
798. tuku - to put off, to leave aside
799. tukua - let go! to be released (tuku + passive suffix -a)
800. tukuata - projector
801. tukuoro - speaker (eg bluetooth speaker)
802. tuna - eel
803. tungāne - brother, of a female
804. tunu - to cook, roast
805. tupu - to grow, develop; a plant, shoot
(variant of tipu)
806. tupuna - ancestor; grandparent
807. turi - deaf; knee; disobedient
808. turituri - be quiet! noisy
809. tuāhine - female cousins or sisters of a male
810. tuākana - older brothers of a male; older sisters of a female
811. tā - print, draw
812. tāhae - to steal
813. tāhuhu - subject of a sentence
814. tākaro - to play
815. tāku - my, ā category possession, singular
816. tākuta - doctor
817. tāmaru - overcast
818. tāna - his, her, ā category possession, singular
819. tāne - man, male
820. tāngata - people (plural of tangata)
821. tāone - town
822. tāra - dollar
823. tāroaroa - tall
824. tātahi - seaside, beach
825. tātai - to arrange, to set in order
826. tātou - we, us, inclusive, three or more people
827. tāua - we, us, you and I, inclusive, dual
828. tāwāhi - overseas
829. tēina - younger brothers of a male, younger sisters of a female
830. tēnei - this (by speaker); this is; this
831. tēnā koe! - hello! (to one person); thank you
832. tēnā koe - hello to one person
833. tēnā koutou! - hello! (to three or more people); thank you
834. tēnā kōrua! - hello! (to two people); thank you
835. tēnā - that, by the listener
836. tēpu - table
837. tērā - that over there, that
838. tētahi - a, one specific thing
839. tī - cabbage tree; tea
840. tīkina - be fetched (tiki + passive suffix -na (note the first i is lengthened)
841. tīkiti - ticket
842. tīma - team
843. tīmata - to begin, to start
844. tīmatanga - beginning
(tīmata + nominal suffix -nga)
845. tīni - to change
846. tīpuna - grandparents (plural form of tipuna)
847. tō - your (singular); to drag
848. tōhi - toast
849. tōkena - stockings, socks
850. tōku - my (singular)
851. tōmua - early
852. tōna - his, her
853. tōtika - straight, direct, right
854. tōtiti - sausage
855. tōu - your, ō category possession, singular
856. tū tirara - social distancing
857. tū - stand; to be wounded; a wound
858. tūmanako - to hope for, anticipate, expect, wish for
859. tūnga pahi - bus stop
860. tūpato - to be careful; caution, cautious
861. tūpuhi - skinny
862. tūpuna - grandparents (plural form of tupuna; variant of tīpuna)
863. tūranga - stopping place (as in: tūranga pahi bus stop; tū + nominal suffix -ranga)
864. tūrangawaewae - place to stand
865. tūrehu - fairy
866. tūria - be established (pass. of tū)
867. tūru - chair, seat, stool
868. tūtae - excrement
869. tūtaki - to meet; to close up, to block (v); meeting (n)
870. tūturu - fixed, permanent, definite; to be true, real, original
871. ua - to rain; rain
872. uaua - difficult (adj); muscle, vein, artery (n)
873. ui - to ask, enquire
874. uira - lightning; to flash
875. uku - to wash; soap; clay
876. uma - chest
877. umere - to shout (in wonder, in appreciation)
878. umu - earth oven
879. upoko mārō - stubborn
880. upoko - head; verse of a song; paragraph; chapter
881. ure - penis
882. uri - descendant, offspring
883. uta - to load; shore; inland; the land; to load
884. utu - cost, price; to pay for
885. uwha - female animal
886. wae - foot; leg; separate
887. waea pūkoro - cellphone
888. waea - wire; phone
889. waenganui - middle, centre, between
890. waewae - foot, leg
891. waha - load, burden; to carry on the back; mouth
892. wahia - firewood
893. wahine - woman, wife
894. waho - out, outside, the outside
895. wai - water; who
896. waiata - to sing (v); song (n)
897. waiho - to remain, rest; to leave behind
898. waireka - sweet drink, soft drink
899. waitohu - credit
900. waka - vehicle (land, air and sea)
901. wareware - to forget; forgetful (trans)
902. waru - eight; to scrape, to peel
903. wehi - terrible (adj); to be afraid (v)
904. wera - to burn; burnt; hot, heat
905. whaea - mother, aunt
906. whai - to follow, to chase; to have, to acquire
907. whaikōrero - oratory
908. whakaae - to agree
909. whakaahua - to take photos; photograph
910. whakaaro - to think; thought, idea
911. whakahaere - to run something, manage, make something go
912. whakahau - to encourage; to command
913. whakahoki - to return something, to reply
914. whakahīhī - arrogant, proud
915. whakamahana - heater
916. whakamau - to fix, fasten; to put on
917. whakamuri - towards the back
918. whakamā - to be embarrassed, ashamed
919. whakanui - to enlarge; celebrate
920. whakaoho - to wake up
921. whakaoti - complete
922. whakapai - to improve, to fix up, bless, cleaning
923. whakapaipai - to decorate, adorn, tidy up, beautify
924. whakapakari - to strengthen
925. whakapapa - genealogy
926. whakarere - abandon, leave behind
927. whakarite - to compare; arrange, organise
928. whakarongo - to listen
929. whakatata - to come closer to
930. whakatau - to decide
931. whakatika - to straighten, to correct, to fix
932. whakatipu - to raise, grow, develop
933. whakatupu - grow; bring up, nurture
934. whakatū - to stand something up
935. whakatūpato - to warn, to caution
936. whakauru - to enter, to join, to enrol
937. whakautu - to reply, to respond, answer
938. whakautua - (pass) be replied to; be responded to
939. whana - to kick
940. whanaunga - relative, relation (whānau + nominal suffix -nga - note the short first vowel)
941. whara - to be injured
942. whare horoi - ablution block
943. whare kai - dining hall
944. whare karakia - church
945. whare pikitia - movie theatre
946. whare whakairo - carved house
947. whare - house, building
948. wharekai - restaurant
949. wharekura - Māori-medium secondary school
950. wharenui - meeting house; hall
951. wharepaku - toilet
952. whati - broken, snapped; break, snap; run away; turn
953. whatu - to weave, knit; eye
954. whawhai - to fight; a battle
955. whenua - land
956. whero - red
957. whetū - star
958. whiti - to cross; shine, rise
959. whitu - seven
960. whiu - to be satisfied; to throw; to be filled
961. whiwhi - to be in possession of; acquire, obtain, to get
962. whā - four
963. whānau - family; to be born, be born
964. whāngai - to feed, to foster (v); fostered child (n)
965. whāngaia - (pass) be fed; be nourished
966. whānui - broad, wide
967. whārangi - page (n); spread flat (v)
968. whāriki - mat, carpet, rug
969. whāwhai - hurry; impatient; urgent
970. wiki - week
971. wā - time, times
972. wāhanga - chapter, episode
973. wāhi - part, portion; place
974. wāhine - women, wives (plural form of wahine)
975. wāina - wine
976. wātea - to be clear, unoccupied, available, free of obstruction
977. ā - and; and then
978. āe - yes
979. āhua - shape, form, appearance
980. āhuatanga - property, characteristic, feature, circumstance (āhua + nominal suffix -tanga)
981. ākonga - student
982. āku - my, mine (pl, for ā category items, plural form of tāku)
983. āna - his, her, plural, for ā category items
984. āporo - apple
985. āpōpō - tomorrow
986. ārai - curtain; to screen off, block
987. ārani - orange [fruit]
988. āta - gently, carefully, deliberately
989. ātaahua - beautiful, well formed
990. ātea - outer space
991. āu - your, ā category possession (plural form of tāu)
992. āwangawanga - worried
993. āwhina - to help
994. ēnei - these, near me (plural of tēnei)
995. ēnā - those, near you (plural of tēnā)
996. ērā - those (over there)
997. ō - your, one person, neutral category possession, plural
998. ōku - mine, plural, ō category possession
999. ōna - his, her, plural, ō category possession
1000. ū - breast, udder (n); to be devoted (v)