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. Ahitereiria - Australia
2. Airani - Ireland
3. Amerika - America
4. Aotearoa - New Zealand
5. Aranga - Easter; risen (n)
6. Ararā! - There!
7. Awherika - Africa
8. E hē! - No! that's wrong!
9. Haere mai! - Welcome! Come here!
10. Haina - China
11. Hakihea - December
12. Hana - Santa Claus, Father Christmas
13. Haratua - May
14. Here-turi-kōkā - August
15. Hingapoa - Singapore
16. Hongongoi - July
17. Huitanguru - February
18. Huitene - Sweden
19. Huiterangi - Switzerland
20. Hūrae - July
21. Ingarangi - England
22. Itāria - Italy
23. Kia ita! - Be committed!
24. Kia kaha! - Be strong!
25. Kia manawanui! - Be patient, committed, steadfast!
26. Kia mataara! - Be alert!
27. Kia mauritau! - Be settled!
28. Kia māhaki! - Be pleasant!
29. Kia māia! - Be brave!
30. Kia ngākau titikaha! - Be confident!
31. Kia ngākaunui! - Be strong hearted!
32. Kia ngāwari! - Be easy (lighten up)!
33. Kia niwha! - Be resolute!
34. Kia pai! - Be nice!
35. Kia piki te ora! - Be better!
36. Kia pono! - Be truthful!
37. Kia tapatahi! - Be fair, principled!
38. Kia tau! - Be relaxed!
39. Kia tika! - Be correct!
40. Kia tū pakari! - Be robust!
41. Kia ū! - Be resolute, unyielding!
42. Kirihimete - Christmas
43. Kirikiriroa - Hamilton
44. Kohitātea - January
45. Kotirangi - Scotland
46. Maehe - March
47. Mahuru - September
48. Mane - Monday
49. Mei - May
50. Mema Pāremata - MP, Member of Parliament
51. Māori - indigenous people of Aotearoa/New Zealand
52. Ngahuru - Autumn
53. Ngāti - tribal name prefix (as in: Ngāti Porou, Ngāti Kahungunu)
54. Noema - November
55. Nōwei - Norway
56. Oketopa - October
57. Paengawhāwhā - April
58. Paraire - Friday
59. Pepuere - February
60. Pipiri - June
61. Poutu-te-rangi - March
62. Pākehā - New Zealander of European descent
63. Pāniora - Spain
64. Rāapa - Wednesday
65. Rāhina - Monday
66. Rāhoroi - Saturday
67. Rāmere - Friday
68. Rāpare - Thursday
69. Rātapu - Sunday
70. Rātū - Tuesday
71. Taihoa! - Hang on!
72. Tiamani - Germany
73. Tāite - Thursday
74. Tāmaki-makau-rau - Auckland
75. Tīhema - December
76. Tūrei - Tuesday
77. Uropi - Europe
78. Whakatū - Nelson; erect
79. Whiringa-ā-nuku - October
80. Whiringa-ā-rangi - November
81. a - [a name follows] | Not translatable into an English word; nominal particle, used before names and pronouns: a Mere, a kōrua, a ia.
82. aewa - unhealthy
83. aha - what
84. ahakoa - although
85. ahau - I, me
86. ahi - fire
87. ahiahi - early evening, afternoon
88. aho - light, to shine
89. ahokore - wifi
90. ahu - to look after
91. ai - Not translatable into an English word; verbal particle; used in various subordinate structures, for example relative clauses, adverbials, ...ai
92. aihe - dolphin
93. aihikirīmi - icecream
94. aikiha - handkerchief
95. aituā - disaster, accident, misfortune; to suffer a disaster
96. 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)
97. ako - to learn, to teach
98. akomanga - classroom
99. akoranga - thing that is taught or learnt; lesson
100. aku - my, mine (plural form of taku, neutral for possession category)
101. amuamu - groan, grumble, complain
102. ana - indeed, when, if
103. anake - only, just, alone
104. anei - here, by me
105. anga - seashell
106. angaanga - head; sea shell
107. anuanu - disgusting; disgusted
108. anuhea - ugly
109. anā - there, by you
110. anō - again, also (Various meanings, eg again; also, too; self [reflexive] as in: ki a ia anō)
111. ao - world, dawn, cloud
112. aorangi - planet
113. apuapu - gobble
114. ara - to rise (v); path (n)
115. arahanga - bridge; ladder
116. araheke - stairs
117. arata - lettuce
118. arataki - to guide; to lead
119. aratakina - (pass) be guided; be led
120. arawhata - bridge; ladder; stairs
121. arero - tongue; point of taiaha
122. arewhana - elephant
123. ariki - chief, leader
124. ariā hirahira - special effects
125. ariā - feeling; theory, concept
126. aro - to face, turn towards, take notice of, pay attention to
127. aroaro - front; presence
128. aroha mai - sorry (show me some sympathy)
129. aroha - love, sympathy, compassion
130. arohaina - (pass) be loved
131. aromatawai - assessment
132. aronga - direction
133. arotahi - contact lens
134. arā - over there, away from us both; that is, namely
135. ata - morning, shadow
136. atamai - clever, intelligent
137. atamira - platform, stage
138. atarau - moonlight
139. atarua - bad eyesight
140. atawhai - to show kindness towards
141. ate - liver; seat of affections
142. atu - away from current orientation
(often not translatable by a separate English word)
143. atua - god
144. au - I, me; cloud, smoke; current (of river or sea)
145. aua - those (previously mentioned, plural of taua)
146. auahi - smoke
147. auau - to bark, howl
148. aukume - magnet
149. autaha - to one side
150. autāne - brother-in-law (of a woman)
151. auwahine - sister-in-law (of a man)
152. auē! - alas!
153. awa - river, stream
154. awaawa - valley
155. awatea - daylight
156. awhi - to hug, embrace
157. awhitia - to be embraced (pass - awhi + tia)
158. e ai ki - according to, in someone else's opinion
159. e hia? - how many?
160. e hoa mā - friends (when speaking to a group of people)
161. e hoa - friend (when speaking to someone)
162. e kore e taea - impossible
163. e kō! - girl!
164. e noho rā - farewell (said by those leaving), goodbye to people staying
165. e noho - sit down
166. e tika! - well, well!
167. e tū - Stand up!
168. e whia? - how many?
169. e - by; of course; a term of address follows; [in the future]; particle used in a negation
170. ea - be avenged; be paid for; worth
171. ehara i te hanga! - it is no ordinary thing!
172. ehara - exclamation: sure enough, without a doubt; not
173. eke - to embark, get onto; riding
174. ekengia - (pass) to be boarded; to be climbed; to be earned
175. engari - but
176. erangi - but
177. hae - to cut; jealous
178. haea - (pass) to be cut
179. haeana - iron (for clothes)
180. haeata - beam of light; dawn; laser beam
181. haere mā raro - to travel on foot
182. haere rā - goodbye to people going
183. haere - go, come
184. haerenga - journey (n); travel (v)
185. hai - as, for (variant of hei)
186. haina - to sign (a letter, document)
187. hainatanga - signature; signing
188. haka - to perform traditional dance; haka, a traditional dance, war dance
189. hake - hockey
190. haki - flag
191. hamarara - umbrella
192. hanawiti - sandwich
193. hanga - to build, erect, make (v); construction, practice (n)
194. hangaia - built (hanga + passive suffix -ia)
195. hao - to catch in a net, a net
196. hapa - mistake; supper, dinner
197. hapū - subtribe; to be pregnant
198. hara - to make a mistake; mistake
199. harakeke - flax
200. haramai - to arrive
201. hararei - holiday
202. harawene - jealous
203. hari - to feel happy; to take or carry
204. haria - to be carried (hari + passive suffix -a)
205. harikoa - happy, joyful, euphoric
206. harore - mushroom
207. haruru - to resound; a heavy sound
208. hau - wind, air, breath
209. hauhake - harvest
210. haunga - smelly
211. haunga - smelly, stinky
212. hauora - health, healthy
213. haurangi - drunk
214. haurua - half
215. hautō - drawer; chest of drawers
216. hauwhā - quarter
217. he aha? - what?
218. he - a, some; in the category of
219. hea - where?
220. hea? - where?
221. heahea - silly
222. hei aha! - never mind!
223. hei aha? - what for?
224. hei konei rā - goodbye (said by those leaving)
225. hei mahi - exercises
226. hei - at, in, with, for, to, as a; hay; necklace (Various meanings, eg future preposition)
227. heihei - chicken
228. heke - rafter (n); to descend, get off (v)
229. hekenga - descent (heke + nominal suffix -nga)
230. hekerangi - parachute
231. heketua - toilet (that you sit on when you're in the wharepaku)
232. hemo - to pass by, be gone; died, die
233. heoi anō - however; so so
234. here - to tie, to bind (v0: dog lead (n)
235. herea - tied up (here + passive suffix -a)
236. heru - comb
237. hetiheti - hedgehog
238. hia - how many?
239. hia? - how many?
240. hiahia - to want
241. hiainu - thirst, thirsty
242. hiakai - hungry
243. hiamo - excited
244. hiawai - thirsty
245. hika - a term of address for both sexes (eg 'E hika')
246. hiki - to carry in the arms, to nurse
247. hikihiki - to nurse (v); ski lift (n)
248. hiko - electricity
249. hine - term of address for a girl: E hine!
250. hinengaro - mind, intellect
251. hinga - to fall from an upright position; to fall (and not be able to get up again)
252. hingareti - singlet
253. hinu - oil, fat
254. hipi - sheep
255. hipohipo - hippopotamus
256. hiripa - slipper
257. hiriwiri - screwdriver
258. hoa - friend; partner; spouse
259. hoariri - enemy, opponent
260. hoatu - to give (away from speaker)
261. hoe waka - canoeing
262. hoe - to paddle, row (v); oar (n)
263. hoihoi - too noisy
264. hoki - to go back, return; also, indeed
265. hokia - returned (pass. of hoki)
266. hokinga - return
(hoki + nominal suffix -nga)
267. hoko - to buy, sell, purchase
268. hokomaha - supermarket
269. hokona - sold (hoko + passive suffix -na)
270. homai - give (to the speaker)
271. hongi - pressing noses
272. honu - turtle
273. hope - waist, hip
274. hopi - soap
275. hopu - to catch
276. hopukia - caught (pass. of hopu)
277. hora - display; scatter; spread out
278. horahia - (pass) be spread out; be displayed
279. horoi - to wash, to clean
280. horoia - washed (pass of horoi)
281. horomi - to swallow
282. horomia - swallowed (pass. of horomi)
283. horowai - waterfall
284. hou - new, modern; feather
285. hua - product, fruit
286. huaki - open
287. huakina - to open (huaki + passive suffix -na)
288. huarahi - street, path, road
289. hui - meeting; gathered
290. huka - sugar
291. hukapapa - frost
292. hukarere - snow
293. huna - to hide
294. huri - to turn
295. hurihia - be turned; be changed (pass of huri)
296. hurihuri - to turn round and round, over and over
297. huripara - wheelbarrow
298. huritau - birthday
299. huruhuru - fur
300. hutupōro - rugby ball
301. hā - breath; flavour
302. hāereere - to wander, roam
303. hāhi - church, religion
304. hāka - jar
305. hākari - feast
306. hākerekere - crowd; hair cut short
307. hākinakina - sport; to play sport
308. hākirikiri - vague
309. hāmama - open, gaping
310. hāmamamama - yawn
311. hāmana - salmon
312. hāmeme - grumble; mutter
313. hāmipēka - hamburger
314. hāneanea - sofa
315. hāngai - opposite, facing
316. hāngi - traditional earth oven
317. hāora - hour; oxygen
318. hāparangi - to shout, bawl
319. hāpiapia - sellotape; glue
320. hātakēhi - hard case, comical, amusing
321. hāte - shirt
322. hāunga - besides
323. hāwhe - half (n); to halve (v)
324. hē - wrong; error, mistake
325. hēki - egg
326. hēneti - cents
327. hēpapa - zebra
328. hēpara - shepherd
329. hī - to catch fish with a line
330. hīa - to be fished with a line (pass. of hi)
331. hīkoi - to walk, step, tread
332. hīmoemoe - grapefruit
333. hīrere - to rush; waterfall; shower
334. hīti - sheet
335. hōanga - sandpaper
336. hōhonu - deep (adj); depth (n)
337. hōhā - annoyed, bored (adj), a nuisance (n)
338. hōia taputapu tākaro - toy soldiers
339. hōia - soldier, warrior
340. hōiho pīoio - rocking horse
341. hōiho - horse
342. hōpane - saucepan
343. hōpua kaukau - swimming pool
344. hōro - hall
345. hōtiti totetote - salami
346. hū - shoe
347. hūmārie - humble, easy going
348. hūtu - suit (clothing)
349. i te taha - at the side, with
350. 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.
351. iPapa - iPad
352. ia - he, she, him, her
353. ihi - power, essential force
354. iho - downwards
355. ihu - nose
356. ika - fish
357. ina - if, when
358. inanahi - yesterday
359. inapō - last night
360. inarapa - rubber
361. ine mahana - thermometer
362. ineroa - tape measure
363. ingoa - name
364. inoi - pray
365. inu - to drink (v); drink (n)
366. inumia - [the liquid was] drunk (inu + mia; pass)
367. ināianei - now
368. ipu para - rubbish bag
369. ipu peita - paint pot
370. ipu - container, bowl; drinking glasses
371. ipui para - rubbish
372. ipurangi - internet
373. ira - freckle; gene
374. iraira - freckle
375. iri - to be hanging; rest upon
376. iriiri - baptise
377. iroiro - vermin
378. iroriki - germ
379. irāmutu - niece, nephew
380. ita - held firm; be committed
381. iti - small, little
382. itiiti - tiny
383. iwa - nine
384. iwi whānui - the public
385. iwi - tribe
386. iāri - yard
387. ka pai! - good!
388. ka - will happen | Verbal particle with a range of meanings; not directly translated with an English word
389. kaha - strong, able
390. kahaki - kidnap; hijack
391. kahakina - (pass) be hijacked; be kidnapped
392. kaharoa - large drag net
393. kaho - railings of a fence
394. kahu kiwi - cloak made from kiwi feathers
395. kahu moe - pyjamas
396. kahu tangatanga - dressing gown
397. kahu - cloak, cape, covering
398. kahukahu - dressing gown
399. kahurangi - dark blue; woman of high status or rank
400. kahuwae - tights
401. kai inati - overdose
402. kai kurī - dog food
403. kai paipa - smoke cigarettes
404. kai roro - quiz
405. kai - eat (v); food (n)
406. kaiahuwhenua - farmer
407. kaiaka-mīhini - mechanic
408. kaiaka - merit
409. kaiako - teacher (kai- + ako)
410. kaiamo mēra - postie
411. kaiauru - vandal
412. kaieke hōiho - bareback rider
413. kaieke paihikara - trick cyclist
414. kaihana - cousin
415. kaihanga - creator; builder
416. kaihautū - leader; bus driver, pilot, truck driver
417. kaihe - donkey
418. kaihoko - seller
419. kaihī ika - fisherman
420. kaihī - fisherman
421. kaiiwi - strangers, foreigners
422. kaikaha - keen
423. kaikamo - eye
424. kaikanikani - dancer
425. kaikuti makawe - hairdresser
426. kaikā - eager, impatient
427. kaikōhuru - murderer
428. kaikōrero - speaker, orator (kai- + kōrero)
429. kaimahi - worker, employee (kai- + mahi)
430. kaimanga - vegetarian
431. kaimoana - seafood
432. kaimātai whatu - optician
433. kainga - (pass) be eaten
434. kaingākau - passion; like
435. kaipakihi - business
436. kaipara - athlete; athletics
437. kaipatu ahi - firefighter
438. kaiponu - selfish; greedy
439. kaipuke - ship
440. kaipōkai tūārangi - astronaut
441. kaipūtaiao - scientist (kai- + pūtaiao)
442. kairangi - excellence
443. kairapu hara - detective
444. kaireperepe - relation by marriage
445. kairuku - diver
446. kairīpoata - journalist
447. kaitaka - fine cloak with ornamental border; whipping-top
448. kaitapere - actor, actress
449. kaitaraiwa pahi - bus driver
450. kaitiaki - caretaker, caregiver (kai- + tiaki)
451. kaitiakitanga - guardianship
452. kaitiora - pirate
453. kaitirotiro - inspector
454. kaititiro - spectator
455. kaitoa! - serves you right!
456. kaitohutohu - coach (sports)
457. kaituhi - writer, author
458. kaituku mahi - employer
459. kaituku miraka - milkman
460. kaitā - big, sturdy of build
461. kaitākaro - player, sportsperson
(kai- + tākaro)
462. kaiurungi - pilot
463. kaiwaiata - singer
464. kaiwawao - referee, umpire
465. kaiwhakahaere - manager, organiser (kai- + whakahaere)
466. kaiārahi - leader, guide
467. kaka - hair; fibre; ridge; dress
468. kakama - quick; active; smart, clever
469. kakau - handle
470. kake - to climb
471. kakī - neck
472. kamo - eye; eyelashes
473. kamokamo - twinkle; marrow, squash (the vegetable)
474. kamupūtu - gumboot
475. kanga - abuse; curse
476. kanikani - dance, to dance
477. kano - colour
478. kanohi - face
479. kapa - group, row of people, as in: kapa haka
480. kape - photocopy, copy; crescent (shape)
481. kapi - to be covered or occupied (of space), filled with
482. kapo - to grasp, snatch; flash; lightning
483. kapu - cup
484. kapua - cloud
485. kaputī - cup of tea
486. kara - colour
487. karaehe - class (school); glass
488. karaka - orange (colour)
489. karakia - prayer, to pray
490. karanga - to call
491. karangahia - called (karanga + -hia; pass)
492. karani - granny, grandmother
493. kararehe - animal
494. karawhiua! - give it heaps!
495. kare - stove, heater
496. karere - message
497. kari - dig
498. karia - (pass) be dug
499. karo - dodge, avoid
500. karu - eye
501. kata - to laugh
502. katakata - to laugh and laugh, laughter
503. kato - pluck
504. kau - swim; cow
505. kaua e - don't
506. kauae - chin
507. kauaka - Negative word, do not (variant of kaua; eg:
Kauaka e tangi)
508. kauhoe - to swim
509. kauhoetia - swum (pass. of kaohoe)
510. kaukau - to bathe
511. kaumātua - elder; elderly
512. kaupapa - topic, theme, plan, subject
513. kaupeka - season
514. kaute - to count
515. kauwhata - graph
516. kawa - sour, yuck
517. kawe - to carry, convey
518. kawea - brought (kawe + passive suffix -a)
519. kawenga - load, luggage, burden
(kawe + nominal suffix -nga)
520. kawhe - coffee
521. kei hea? - where is?
522. kei te pai - it's okay; I'm fine
523. kei - Various uses, meanings, eg:
preposition, present time and place location; at the moment; it might be that...
524. keke - cake
525. kekeno - seal
526. kerepe - grape
527. kererū - native pigeon
528. keri - dig
529. kete - basket, kit
530. ki - to
531. ki - to, at, →; | Has various uses and meanings
532. kia ora - hello; thank you; be well
533. kia - may you be; may we be; let it be that; | Various uses, meanings. Often not translatable by an English word.
534. kihi - kiss (v); key (n)
535. kiki - kick
536. kikorangi - blue sky; dark blue
537. kimi - to look for, seek
538. kimihia - sought; look for! (kimi + passive suffix -hia)
539. kina - sea urchin
540. kino - bad
541. kiore - rat
542. kiri - skin
543. kirikiri - sand
544. kiromita - kilometre
545. kirīmi - cream
546. kite - to see
547. kitea - seen (kite + passive suffix -a)
548. kitenga - observation, seeing (kite + nominal suffix -nga)
549. kiwi - native bird of Aotearoa
550. kiwikiwi - grey
551. ko - is, are (Various uses; not usually translatable with an English word), [equals], [topic marker]
552. koa - happy
553. koata - quarter
554. koe - you, one person
555. koha - gift
556. kohete - scold, reprimand, rebuke
557. kohi - to collect, gather together
558. kohia - (pass) be collected; be gathered
559. kohikohi - to collect, gather together
560. koi - sharp
561. koia - it is, so
562. koinei - this is
563. koko - scoop; shovel; spoon; corner (of a room, house, etc)
564. komuri - backwards
565. konei - here, by speaker
566. koneke - rollerblades; skating; sledge; to slide along
567. kongakonga - small piece, fragment
568. konganuku - metal
569. kongene - withered; wrinkled
570. konihi - stealthy
571. konohete - concert
572. konā - there, by listener
573. kopa - disappear; crippled; sandal; wallet; schoolbag
574. kopareti - skates
575. kope - nappy
576. kora - fragment; spark
577. koraha - open country; desert; mud-flats
578. kore mahi - unemployed
579. kore - zero, nothing
580. koretake - useless
581. korikori tinana - exercise
582. korikori - move; wriggle
583. korimako - bellbird
584. koro - term of address for an elderly man, grandfather (E koro)
585. koroahu - steam
586. koroheke - old man
587. korokoro - loose; throat; palate
588. koropungapunga - porous; decayed; pumice
589. koropupū - bubble up; to boil
590. kororā - little blue penguin
591. koroua - elderly man, grandfather
592. korowai - cloak
593. korowhio - whistle
594. koru - coiled; shape of fern shoot
595. korukoru - wrinkle
596. korā - over there
597. korōria - glory
598. korōwha - golf
599. kota - cockle-shell; sawdust
600. kotahi - one
601. kotahitanga - unity
602. kotere - swelling
603. koti - coat, jacket
604. kotikara - finger; fingernail; toe; toenail
605. kotikoti - cut to pieces; divide lands; striped
606. kotinga - division; boundary line
607. kotiti - be displaced; move aside
608. kounga - quality
609. koutou - you, three or more people
610. kua - then; have; has; had | Verbal particle; indicating completed action or movement into a state
611. kuhu - to enter, to go or come in
612. kuhua - (pass) be entered; be put on (clothes)
613. kui - Term of address for an elderly woman (eg 'E kui'.)
614. kuia - elderly woman, grandmother
615. kuihi - goose
616. kuini - queen
617. kukume - to pull, to drag
618. kumu - buttocks, bottom
619. kupenga - net
620. kupu - word
621. kura - school; treasured item
622. kurupae - beam
623. kurī - dog
624. kutarere - scooter
625. kutikuti - scissors
626. kā - to burn, be alight
627. kāheru - spade
628. kāho - barrel
629. kāhore - Negative used for verb sentences
630. kāhu - harrier; hawk; chief
631. kāhui ariki - those of the highest rank
632. kāhui - group; cluster; flock
633. kāinga - home
634. kākahu - clothing, garment
635. kākano - seed
636. kākāriki - green
637. kānga wai - rotten corn, formented corn
638. kānga - corn
639. kāngia - (pass) be lit, be burnt
640. kāo - no!
641. kāore anō - not yet...
642. kāore - negative used for verb sentences
643. kāpata - cupboard
644. kāpene - captain
645. kāpeti - cabbage
646. kāpia - glue
647. kāpō - blind, unable to see
648. kāre - Negative word
649. kāreti - carrot
650. kāri - playing card
651. kātahi - then
652. kāti - stop! (as in: kāti te tangi)
653. kāuta - cooking shed, cookhouse
654. kāwana - government, governor
655. kāwanatanga - government (kāwana + nominal suffix -tanga)
656. kāwhe - calf
657. kē - already; different; other; differently; rather; strange; actually
658. kēhua - ghost
659. kēmu - game
660. kī - to be full
661. kīhai - Negative word
662. kīhini - kitchen
663. kō - at a distance, yonder; shovel
664. kōhanga reo - Māori language preschool
665. kōhanga - nest, preschool, nursery
666. kōhatu - stone
667. kōhumuhumu - whisper; murmur; short hair
668. kōhuru - to murder
669. kōiwi - bone
670. kōkiri - to charge, rush at, to thrust forward, attack
671. kōkā - mother, aunt
672. kōngenge - exhausted
673. kōngutu - mouth of river
674. kōnohi - grieve; yearn
675. kōnui - thumb; big toe
676. kōpae - disc
677. kōpaepae pūoru - compact disc (CD)
678. kōpani - to shut
679. kōpapa - surfboard
680. kōpara - bellbird
681. kōpere - a dart; a sling; rainbow
682. kōpiko - meander
683. kōpikopiko - wandering; winding
684. kōporo - van
685. kōpua - deep (water)
686. kōpure - blotchy, spotted; ladybird
687. kōpā - numb; stiff; set; cramped, confined
688. kōpū - belly, womb
689. kōrakorako - fairies
690. kōrangaranga - ache
691. kōrapa - cage
692. kōrapu - flash; shine
693. kōrea - wheelchair
694. kōrengarenga - crushed; overflowing
695. kōrere - tap; diarrhoea
696. kōrero pūrākau - folk-tales, stories, legends
697. kōrero - to talk, speak
698. kōrerorero - to discuss (v); discussion (n)
699. kōrerotia - spoken (kōrero + passive suffix -tia)
700. kōreti - kayak
701. kōriha - gorilla
702. kōrori - stir
703. kōrua - you, two people
704. kōruarua - hole; pit
705. kōtare - kingfisher
706. kōtingotingo - speckled
707. kōtiro - girl
708. kōtuku - white heron
709. kōura - crayfish
710. kōwhai - yellow; a native tree
711. kōwhiri - choose
712. kūaha - door
713. kūare - ignorant
714. kūmara - kūmara, sweet potato
715. kūtai - mussel
716. maha - many
717. mahara - thought, memory
718. mahau - porch; verandah, deck
719. mahere - map, plan
720. mahi kāinga - home work
721. mahi - to do, work, make
722. mahia - worked (mahi + passive suffix -a)
723. mahue - to be left behind (trans)
724. mai i te - passed
725. mai - towards the speaker in space or in orientation; to here
726. maika - banana (also panana)
727. mairō - milo
728. maka - to throw or pass
729. makaia - (pass) be thrown
730. makariri - cold
731. makawe - hair of the head (human, used in plural: ngā makawe)
732. makere - to get down from
733. makimaki - monkey
734. mako - shark
735. mamae - hurt, sore, pain
736. mana - prestige, authority
737. manaaki - to look after, to show hospitality towards
738. manaakitanga - hospitality, kindness, generosity
739. manawa - heart
740. manga - branch; stream
741. mangu - black
742. mania - slippery; smooth; to slide
743. mano - thousand
744. manu - bird
745. manuhiri - guest
746. maoa - cooked; ripe
747. marae - traditional Māori gathering place
748. marama - month, moon
749. maramara - crumbs, small pieces
750. maramataka - calendar
751. maranga - to arise; to get up
752. marangai - heavy rain, storm
753. maremare - to cough
754. maringi - to spill (trans)
755. marino - calm
756. maroke - dry
757. mata - point, blade; face
758. mataku - scared, afraid
759. matapihi - window
760. matapiko - mean, stingy
761. matau - fish hook; right side
762. matawā - clock; live broadcast
763. mate - to be sick, ill, dead
764. matekai - hungry, starving
765. matewai - thirst; thirsty
766. matikara - finger; toe
767. matikuku - claw; fingernail; toenail; hoof
768. matimati - finger, toe
769. matua kēkē - uncle
770. matua whāngai - foster-parent
771. matua - parent, father
772. matā - flint; blade; lead; bullet; earwig
773. matū - fat, chemical
774. mau - to wear clothes
775. maumahara - to remember, remember
776. maunga - mountain
777. mauri - life spirit
778. mauria - to be carried (mau + passive suffix -ria)
779. mauī - left (direction)
780. me - and, should, with (various meanings, uses, eg with, like, should)
781. mea - a thing (n); to say (v)
782. mehemea - if (presuming not; cf. ki te, if, expressing simple uncertainty)
783. meke - fist; to punch
784. mekepaoro - volleyball
785. mema - member, members
786. memeha - weak
787. mene - assemble
788. menemene - to smile
789. meneti - minute
790. mere - bush, shrub
791. merekara - miracle
792. merengi - melon
793. mihi - to greet; thank; acknowledge
794. mihimihi - greetings and introductions
795. mihinare - missionary; Anglican
796. mimi - urine; urinate
797. mimiti - dried up; swallowed up
798. minamina - desire, wish for mine be gathered together
799. mingomingo kata - to smile
800. minita - minister
801. miraka tepe - yoghurt
802. miraka - milk
803. miri - rub; stroke; soothe; wipe
804. mirihau - windsurfing
805. mirimiri - massage
806. mirimita - millimetre
807. miriona - million
808. mirionea - millionaire
809. miririta - millilitre
810. mirumiru - bubbles
811. mitimiti - to lick
812. moana - sea
813. moata - early; early morning
814. moe - sleep; to marry
815. moemoeā - to dream (v), dream (n)
816. moenga - bed
817. moepapa - nightmare
818. moeroa - sleepyhead; to sleep in
819. moho - stupid
820. mohoa - to the present time
821. mokamokai - dried human head
822. moke - solitary; solitary person
823. mokemoke - lonely
824. moko ngārara - crocodile
825. moko - lizard
826. mokomoko - lizard
827. mokopuna - grandchild
828. mokotuauri - dinosaur
829. mokoweri - dinosaur
830. momi - suck
831. momo - type, kind
832. momoe - keeping the eyes shut
833. momori - bare; smooth
834. monamona - knuckle; joint
835. mongamonga - crushed
836. moni whiwhi - income
837. moni - money
838. more - bare; plain, not decorated; toothless
839. moremore - bald
840. morihana - goldfish
841. moto - strike with fist
842. motokia - (pass) be struck with fist
843. motokā - car, motorcar
844. motu - island (n); cut (v), cut off (adj)
845. motuhake - special
846. motuhia - (pass) be cut
847. motuhuka - iceberg
848. motukā - car
849. motupaika - motorbike
850. motū - steak
851. moumou - waste (n): to be wasteful (v)
852. moutere - island
853. mua - front, before
854. muku - wipe, rub; rubber (stationery)
855. mura - blaze, flame
856. muri - behind, after
857. mutu - be ended, finished (but not necessarily completed)
858. mutunga wiki - weekend
859. mutunga - end (mutu + noun ending -nga)
860. mā - clean, white
861. māhanga - twin(s)
862. māharahara - worry (n); anxious (adj)
863. māhau - for you
(variant of māu)
864. māhita - teacher
865. māhunga - head
866. māia - capable, brave, bold
867. māku - for me, by me
868. māmā - mother (n); easy, simple (adj)
869. māna - for him, her, by him, her
870. māngere - lazy
871. mānia - plains
872. mānukanuka - worry; doubt; anxiety; anxious
873. māra - garden
874. mārama - clear, understand
875. mārau - fork
876. mārena - to marry; wedding
877. mārika - indeed, quite, certainly; āe mārika
878. māripi - knife
879. mārō - hard (of texture, personality), firm
880. mātaki - to watch
881. mātakitaki - to watch, to observe, examine, inspect
882. mātao - cold
883. mātau - to know, understand
884. mātauranga - education, knowledge, understanding
885. māti - match (to light a fire)
886. mātou - we, us (three or more people, excluding the person/ people addressed)
887. mātua - parents, fathers (plural form of matua)
888. mātāmua - eldest; first; main
889. māu - for you, by you; ā category possession
890. māua - we, us (two people, excluding addressee)
891. māuiui - sick
892. māwhero - pink
893. mēnā - if
894. mēra - mail
895. mētara - metal
896. mīere - honey
897. mīharo - to wonder at; amazing
898. mīhini hoko - vending machine
899. mīhini keri - digger
900. mīhini - machine
901. mītara - measles
902. mīti hipi - mutton
903. mīti kau - beef
904. mīti - meat
905. mō - for, unrealised, ō category possession, about
906. mōhio - to know
907. mōhiotanga - knowledge
(mōhio + nominal suffix -tanga)
908. mōhiotia - known (mōhio + passive suffix -tia)
909. mōhiti - glasses
910. mōhū - selfish
911. mōkai - pet
912. mōku - for me, unrealised, o category possession
913. mōkī - tie in a bundle; raft made of flax stalks; package
914. mōmona - fat
915. mōna - for him, her, unrealised, o category possession
916. mōrearea - dangerous
917. mōrehu - survivor
918. mōrena - good morning
919. mōrunga - lifted up
920. mōteatea - lament; traditional song
921. mōtēra - motel
922. mōwhiti - glasses
923. naihi - knife
924. nama - number
925. nanakia - rascal
clever, cunning
926. nau mai! - welcome!
927. nei - here, by speaker
928. neke - to move
929. nekeneke - to move gradually
930. ngahau - party, concert
931. ngahere - forest, bush
932. ngaki - avenge; to plant; to weed
933. ngakina - till soil, weed
934. ngaro - to be lost, missing, gone, hidden (trans)
935. ngaru - wave
936. ngaruiti - microwave
937. ngata - snail (n); to be satisfied (v)
938. ngau - to bite
939. ngenge - tired
940. ngeru - cat
941. ngoikore - weak; listless
942. ngunguru - to growl, grumble, shake
943. ngutu - lip, lips
944. ngā - the, plural
945. ngākau - heart, as in seat of the affections and feelings
946. ngārara - reptile, monster
947. ngātahi - together
948. ngāueue - to shake
949. ngāwari - kind, pleasant of personality; easy
950. niho - tooth
951. noa - free from tapu; only, just, merely
952. noho taratahi - self-isolation
953. noho - to live; sit
954. nohoanga - home, sofa
955. nohoia - (pass) be sat upon, be inhabited
956. noke - worm
957. nui - big, great, many
958. nuinga - majority (nui + nominal suffix -nga)
959. nuku - to move
960. nunui - big (plural form)
961. nā - Various meanings, eg by, belonging to (ā category), by way of
962. nāianei - now
963. nāku - mine, realised possession,
it was done by me (ā category)
964. nāna - by him, her, belonging to him, her
965. nāwai - presently, in due course, after a while
966. nē - tag question, translated variously depending on the English structure; eh?
967. nō reira - so, therefore
968. nō - from
969. nōku - mine, realised possession, ō category
970. o - of, belonging to | Has several uses
971. oho - to wake up
972. ohorere - to start suddenly, be startled; surprised
973. oka - chef's knife, dagger; prick; stab; yam
974. oma - to run, escape
975. one - beach, sand
976. oneone - earth, soil
977. onepū - sand, beach
978. ono - six
979. ope - group travelling together
980. ora - alive, well, healthy, safe
981. oranga - health, life
(ora + nominal suffix -nga)
982. otaota - vegetation, herbs, grass, weeds
983. oti - to be completed
984. otirā - but, on the other hand
985. pae - ridge
986. paenga - shelf
987. paepae - speakers
988. paetae - achieved
989. pahi - bus
990. pahū - drum (n); blow up, explode (v)
991. pai ake - better
992. pai - good (adj); to like (v); good
993. paihikara - bike
994. painga - benefit, skill, good qualities
(pai + nominal suffix -nga)
995. paipa - pipe
996. pakanga - to fight, battle, war, hostility
997. pakapaka - burnt, dry
998. pakaru - broken (applied to a thing not a body part) (trans)
999. pake - obstinate
1000. pakeke - hard, stiff (adj); to grow up (v); age, adult, elder (n)
1001. paketai - driftwood; anything cast up by the sea
1002. paki - to slap, to pat; to be fine; a fine day
1003. pakiaka - root
1004. pakihi - business
1005. pakihiwi - shoulder
1006. pakipaki - to applaud, to clap; applause
1007. pakitara - wall
1008. pakituri - hitchhiker
1009. pakiwaitara - story
1010. pakiwaituhi - cartoon
1011. paku - dried; small
1012. paku - small
1013. pakō - blistered; make a loud sound
1014. pakū - make sharp or sudden sound; resound
1015. pana - to push away, to expel
1016. panana - banana
1017. panatahi - odd number
1018. pane kuini - postage stamp
1019. pane - head
1020. paneke - goal (in sport); to score; to advance
1021. panekeke - pancake
1022. panekoti - skirt, dress
1023. panga - puzzle, riddle
1024. pango - black
1025. pangā - (pass) be thrown; be passed
1026. pani ngutu - lipstick
1027. pani - orphan (n); to be orphaned (v): to smear, spread out (v)
1028. paniaku - toothpaste
1029. panikakā - mustard
1030. panuku - sledge
1031. panā - (pass) be driven away, be expelled
1032. pao - break; sing; a type of song; strike, pound
1033. paoa - smoke (from a fire)
1034. paoka - fork; pierce; stab
1035. paoro - ball
1036. papa angaanga - skull
1037. papa kararehe - zoo
1038. papa kāinga - ancestral settlement
1039. papa pānui - noticeboard
1040. papa tuhituhi - blackboard, whiteboard
1041. papa - floor, ground, flat surface
1042. papahokohoko - mall
1043. papai - good (plural), very good
1044. papaki - smack
1045. papakupu - dictionary
1046. papanga - layer
1047. papareti - skateboard
1048. papatahi - flat
1049. papataunga - runway
1050. papatuhituhi - whiteboard
1051. papatākaro - playing field, playground
1052. papi - puppy
1053. papā - burst, explode
1054. papāroa - scarce
1055. para - blood relation; pollen; sediment; waste material
1056. parai - fry; frying pan
1057. paraihe niho - toothbrush
1058. paraikete - blanket
1059. parakuihi - breakfast
1060. paramanawa - refreshments, snacks, nibbles
1061. paraone - brown
1062. parauri - brown
1063. pare - to ward off, to divert
1064. parehe - pizza; flattened
1065. pari - cliff
1066. parirau - wing
1067. paru - dirt, mud, dirty
1068. paruparu - dirt, mud
1069. parā - rotten
1070. parāoa rimurapa - pasta
1071. parāoa - bread, flour
1072. pata - butter
1073. patu - to strike, hit; to kill
1074. patua - hit/killed (patu + passive suffix -a)
1075. pau - to be consumed, used up completely, all gone (trans)
1076. paura - powder
1077. pea - pair; pear
1078. peita - paint
1079. peka - branch
1080. pekapeka - bat
1081. peke - to jump, to leap over
1082. pene rākau - pencil
1083. pene - pen
1084. pepa - paper; pepper
1085. pepeha - proclamation of origin
1086. pere - bell
1087. pereti - plate
1088. pia ngaungau - chewing gum
1089. pia - beer
1090. piana - piano
1091. pihikete - biscuit
1092. piki - to increase
1093. pikiniki - picnic
1094. pikitia - picture, film
1095. pirau - rotten
1096. piri - to stick to, to cling
1097. pirihimana - police officer
1098. pirimia - prime minister
1099. piro - stinking, putrid
1100. pito - belly button, end, extremity
1101. piupiu - flax skirt (worn as part of traditional costume, eg in kapa haka)
1102. poaka - pig
1103. poho - chest
1104. poi - poi, small, soft ball on string
1105. poka - hole (n); to make a hole in, to pierce (v)
1106. pokohiwi - shoulder
1107. pona - cord; knot, tie in knot; ankle; knuckle
1108. pono - true, faithful
1109. poraka - jersey
1110. poro - to cut off, to cut short
1111. porowhita - circle, round (variant of porohita)
1112. poti - boat
1113. poto - short
1114. pou - pole, post
1115. pouaka whakaata - television
1116. pouaka - box
1117. pounamu - greenstone
1118. poupoutanga o te rā - midday, noon
1119. puare - open, opening
1120. puehu - dust
1121. puhi - to blow (wind)
1122. puia - hot spring; volcano
1123. pukapuka pakiwaituhi - comic book
1124. pukapuka - book, lungs
1125. pukarangi - chromebook
1126. puke - hill
1127. pukepuke - hilly; small hill
1128. puku - stomach, belly
1129. pukumahi - hard-working, industrious
1130. pukupā - barren; childless
1131. pukuriri - fury; furious; grumpy
1132. pukutākaro - full of fun; playful
1133. puna kaukau - swimming pool
1134. puna - pool, spring
1135. pune - spoon
1136. punenga kupu - word processor
1137. punga - anchor; joint
1138. pungarehu - ashes
1139. puni - camp; company; crowd; dam
1140. punua kurī - puppy
1141. punua poti - kitten
1142. punua - young animal
1143. puoro - to sing, to rumble
1144. pupuhi - to shoot
1145. pupuri - to hold onto
1146. pupuritia - be held, be retained, kept possession of, gripped (pass of pupuri)
1147. pura - blind; twinkle
1148. purapura - seed
1149. purei - to play, play
1150. purepure - spotted; in patches
1151. purini - pudding
1152. puritanga - a handle
1153. purotu - handsome
1154. puru - to put, place somewhere
1155. puruhi - flea
1156. purutaringa - earphone
1157. purūma - broom; sweep
1158. puta - to appear, to come out
1159. putanga - opening, exit
(puta + nominal suffix -nga)
1160. putiputi - flower
1161. putu - to heap up; a heap, pile
1162. pā - a fortified settlement (n); to touch (v)
1163. pāhau - beard
1164. pāhi - purse, to pass
1165. pākaurua - stingray
1166. pākehokeho - slippery
1167. pākete - bucket
1168. pākihi - desert; barren land
1169. pākī - hamburger
1170. pāmamao - distant
1171. pāmu - farm
1172. pānga tuhituhi - stationery
1173. pāngarau - maths
1174. pānui - to read; to publish, advertise; notice, advertisement
1175. pānuitanga - announcement
1176. pānuitia - read; advertised (pass of pānui)
1177. pāpaka - crab
1178. pāpaku - shallow
1179. pāpango - dark in colour
1180. pāpapa - husk, shell
1181. pāparakāuta - pub
1182. pāpura - purple
1183. pāpā - father, uncle
1184. pāpāho maha - multimedia
1185. pāpāho - broadcast
1186. pāpāringa - cheek
1187. pāpātanga - rate, speed
1188. pārae - a park; paddock
1189. pārekareka - fun; enjoyable, beautiful
1190. pātai - question; to ask a question
1191. pātaia - (pass) be asked; be questioned
1192. pātaka - elevated storehouse; pantry
1193. pātara - bottle
1194. pātene - button
1195. pātiki - flounder (fish)
1196. pātuhi - text message, to text
1197. pātītī - grass
1198. pātōtō - knock
1199. pāua - abalone
1200. pēhea - how?
1201. pēhea? - how? in what way?
1202. pēkana - bacon
1203. pēke parapara - rubbish bag
1204. pēke - bag
1205. pēke - bag
1206. pēnei - like this, near speaker
1207. pēniho - toothpaste
1208. pēnā - like that, near listener
1209. pēpe - baby
1210. pēpi - baby
1211. pērā - like that, yonder
1212. pēwhea - how? (variant of pēhea)
1213. pī - bee; pea
1214. pīkau - backpack; carry on back; take responsibility for
1215. pīnati pata - peanut butter
1216. pīngao - seaside plant used in weaving; kodak yellow
1217. pīpī - chick, baby
1218. pīrangi - to want, desire
1219. pīrangitia - (pass) be wanted, be desired
1220. pītiti - peach
1221. pīwaiwaka - fantail
1222. pō mārie - good night
1223. pō - night
1224. pōhatu - stone
1225. pōhiri - welcome; to wave
1226. pōhēhē - to think mistakenly, be mistaken
1227. pōrangi - crazy; idiot
1228. pōro - ball (also 'paoro')
1229. pōtae - hat
1230. pōti - vote
1231. pōtiki - child; youngest child
1232. pōturi - deaf; slow
1233. pōuri - sad, dark
1234. pōwhiri - welcome
1235. pū - to blow gently
1236. pūhia - (pass) be blown; be shot
1237. pūhoi - slow; blunt
1238. pūhungahunga - rough; unfinished
1239. pūhuruhuru - hairy
1240. pūhā - green spinach-like vegetable
1241. pūkaea - large wooden wind instrument
1242. pūkaha - engine
1243. pūkai - to lie in a heap
1244. pūkana - stare with bulging eyes (fierce facial expressions used in actions songs and haka)
1245. pūkei - to lie in a heap
1246. pūkenga - skills, skill, expertise, lecturer
1247. pūkohu - mist
1248. pūkēkē - arm; armpit
1249. pūmanawa rorohiko - software
1250. pūmau - fixed, permanent
1251. pūngao kōmaru - solar power
1252. pūngene - sleeping bag
1253. pūngāwerewere - spider
1254. pūoru - music
1255. pūrama - light bulb
1256. pūrehu - moth
1257. pūrere horoi maitai - dishwasher
1258. pūrere horoi - washing machine
1259. pūrere whakaahua - photocopier
1260. pūrere - appliance, machine (electric) (n); to escape (v)
1261. pūreretā - printer
1262. pūrongo - a report
1263. pūru - bull
1264. pūruru - shady (of trees)
1265. pūrākau - traditional story
1266. pūtaiao - science
1267. pūtake - root
1268. pūtea - budget, resources, money
1269. pūtiki - knot; to knot; topknot
1270. pūtohe - saxophone
1271. pūtu - boot
1272. pūtātara - shell trumpet; fund, funding
1273. pūtōrino - flute-like instrument
1274. pūwhā - green spinach-like vegetable
1275. rae - forehead; headland
1276. raha - open; extended
1277. rahi - large, numerous, great, big
1278. rahurahu - to handle; to interfere with
1279. raihana taraiwa - driver's licence
1280. raihana - licence
1281. raihi - rice
1282. raiona - lion
1283. raka - yonder, over there; agile; lock
1284. raki - north
1285. rakiraki - duck; rake; scrape
1286. raku - scrape; scratch
1287. rakuraku - guitar; rake
1288. rama waka - traffic lights
1289. rama - light, torch
1290. rangatahi - youth, younger generation
1291. rangatira - chief, leader, boss
1292. rangi - sky, day
1293. ranginamu - handsome
1294. rango - fly, blowfly (n); to hear (v)
1295. rangona - to be heard (passive form of rongo)
1296. rapa - to look for (v); rubber (n)
1297. rapu - to look for
1298. rare - lolly
1299. raro - under, below; time
1300. raru - trouble; to be in difficulty, in trouble
1301. raruraru - trouble, problem; be in difficulty, in trouble
1302. rata - friendly, at ease (adj); calm (n); to like (v)
1303. rau - to put into; leaf
1304. raupatu - conquest; confiscate; take by force
1305. rautaki - strategy
1306. rawa - Various meanings, eg too, quite, very; really
1307. rawe - lovely, excellent
1308. reira - there (previously mentioned)
1309. reka - sweet
1310. rekareka - pleasant, delighted
1311. reo - language, voice
1312. rere ā-hapori - community transmission
1313. rere - to escape; to fly
1314. rerekē - different, changed
1315. rerenga - sentence; flight, journey, voyage
1316. reri - ready
1317. reta - letter
1318. reti - to skate, slide
1319. retireti - skates, skating
1320. rima - five
1321. ringa - hand, arm
1322. ringaringa - hand, arm
1323. rino - iron
1324. riri - anger, angry
1325. riro - gone away; to be awarded: acquired, obtained
1326. rita - litre
1327. rite - to be ready, like, similar
1328. roa - long
1329. roanga - length of time
(roa + nominal suffix -nga)
1330. rohe - district, area, boundary, territory
1331. roimata - tears
1332. rokiroki - used up; preserve
1333. rongo - to hear, perceive, feel
1334. rongona - heard (pass. of rongo)
1335. rongonui - famous
1336. rongoā - medicine
1337. rori - road
1338. roro - brain
1339. rorohiko - computer
1340. roto - in, inside, within; lake
1341. roumamao - remote control (for TV)
1342. ruaki - vomit
1343. ruku - to dive
1344. rukuhia - (pass) be sunk
1345. rumaki - immerse, immersion; dip; drown; bury
1346. runga - on
1347. rutu - bump, throw down, tackle
1348. rā whānau - birthday
1349. rā - day; the sun; over there
1350. rāhui - ban, place a ban; reserve
1351. rāina - line
1352. rākau - tree; timber
1353. rānei - or
1354. rāpeti - rabbit
1355. rārangi - line, row
1356. rātau - them; they (three or more people)
1357. rātou ko - and also (joining 3 or more names eg. Bob, Jim and Fred)
1358. rātou - they, them, three or more people
1359. rāua ko - and joining 2 names eg. Jim and Fred
1360. rāua - them; they (two people)
1361. rāwhiti - east
1362. rēhia - pleasure, amusement
1363. rīhi - dish; dishes; lease
1364. rīngi - to ring/phone
1365. rīpene - ribbon, tape
1366. rīwai - potato
1367. rōpere - strawberry
1368. rōpū - group
1369. rūma kaukau - bathroom
1370. rūma moe - bedroom
1371. rūma noho - living room
1372. rūma - room
1373. rūri - ruler; survey (land)
1374. tae - to reach, arrive (v); colour (n)
1375. taea - to be able, to be achieved (tae + passive suffix -a)
1376. taha - to pass by; side
1377. tahataha - steep bank
1378. tahatika - coastline
1379. tahi - one, single
1380. tahitahi - to sweep
1381. tahu - burn; cook; light (set on fire); husband, wife; lover
1382. tahuri - to capsize
1383. tai - tide; coast
1384. taiapa - fence
1385. taihoa - wait
1386. taika - tiger
1387. taipa - be silent
1388. taitai niho - toothbrush
1389. taitama - young man
1390. taitoa - brave
1391. taitonga - south
1392. taiwhanga ako - classroom
1393. taiwhanga pūtaiao - laboratory
1394. taka - to come around in a cycle; to fall from a height
1395. takahi - trample; tread; stamp; disobey, violate
1396. takaina - (pass) be heaped up
1397. takakau - at leisure; unmarried
1398. takakino - act hurriedly; to abuse; to debase; to spoil
1399. takapau - floor-mat
1400. takapū - belly; calf of leg
1401. takarangi - faint; giddy; stagger
1402. takatū - prepare, get ready
1403. takere - bottom (of sea, river); hull; keel
1404. taketake - base; ancient; original; lasting
1405. taki - to lead, to bring along
1406. takirua - in pairs, two at a time
1407. takitahi - individually, one at a time
1408. takitaki - appear; provoke; revenge; look for; recite
1409. takitaro - moment
1410. takitini - in droves
1411. takiwā - district, region
1412. takoki - to sprain
1413. takoto - to lie down
1414. takotoranga - position, site
1415. takotoria - (pass) be laid down
1416. taku - my (singular); edge
1417. takune - pretend
1418. takunga - an excuse
1419. takurua - winter
1420. takutai - sea coast
1421. takutaku - recite; threaten
1422. tama - son, nephew (term of address for a boy, son: tama)
1423. tamaiti whāngai - adopted child
1424. tamaiti - child
1425. tamariki - children (plural form of tamaiti)
1426. tame heihei - rooster
1427. tamumu - hum; buzz
1428. tamumutia - (pass) be hummed
1429. tamāhine - daughter
1430. tana - his/her (neutral category); ton
1431. tangata whenua - people of the land, home crowd
1432. tangata - person
1433. tangatanga - comfortable
1434. tangi - to cry; to make a sound
1435. tangihanga - funeral
1436. tangihia - be mourned (pass of tangi)
1437. tangiweto - cry; cry-baby
1438. tango mai - receive
1439. tango - to take hold of
1440. tangohanga - betrothal, engagement; marriage
1441. tangohia - pick up! (command); taken away (tango + passive suffix -hia)
1442. tangotango - to handle; use
1443. taniwha - monster, traditional guardian of bodies of water
1444. tanoni - be sprained
1445. tanu - bury; plant
1446. tanumi - disappear behind
1447. tao - to cook
1448. taokete - brother-in-law (of a male), sister-in-law (of a female)
1449. taonga - property, possession
1450. tapa tāone - suburb
1451. tapa - to name
1452. tapahi - to cut up, chop
1453. tapahia - cut! to be cut (tapahi + passive suffix -a)
1454. tapahinga makawe - haircut
1455. tapaia - (pass) be named; be recited
1456. tapu - sacred, holy, under ritual restriction
1457. taputapu tākaro - sports equipment
1458. taputapu - gear, equipment
1459. tapuwae - footprint
1460. tara - point; spike; peak; wall; sea bird
1461. taraiwa - to drive; driver
1462. taraiwatia - driven (pass. of taraiwa)
1463. taraka - truck
1464. tarakihana - tractor
1465. tarau poto - shorts
1466. tarau - trousers
1467. tari - government department; office
1468. taringa - ear
1469. taro - presently, by and by (as in: taro ake)
1470. taru - grass; vegetation; thing
1471. tarutaru - grass, weeds, cannabis
1472. tata - near, close
1473. tatari - to wait
1474. tatau - to count
1475. tau - to land, settle; be calm; to attack; lover; handsome; year; age; number
1476. taua - that, previously mentioned (singular)
1477. tauera - towel
1478. tauhou - strange, unfamiliar; stranger
1479. tauira - student; example
1480. taumaha - difficult of spirit or health; to be heavy (s), weight (n)
1481. taumata - grade, level of achievement
1482. taunga ika - fishing ground
1483. taunga - to be accustomed to, familiar with
1484. taura - rope, cable
1485. tautoko - to support
1486. tawhiti - distant, a distant place
1487. tawhito - old, former
1488. te - the, singular definite article
1489. tea - white; clear
1490. teihana tereina - train station
1491. teihana - TV channel; railway station
1492. teina - younger sibling, same sex
1493. teitei - tall, high, lofty; height (object)
1494. teka - lying (v); lie (n)
1495. tekau - ten
1496. tenetene - vagina
1497. tere - to flow, float, move quickly; fast
1498. terēina - train
1499. teti pea - teddy bear
1500. tiakarete wera - hot chocolate
1501. tiakarete - chocolate
1502. tiaki - to look after, to care for
1503. tihi - topknot
1504. tika - to be right, correct, straight, in order
1505. tikanga - reason, meaning, right way of doing things, custom (tika + nominal suffix -nga)
1506. tiki - to fetch
1507. timu - ebb tide; shoulder; end
1508. tina - dinner, lunch
1509. tinana - body, trunk, torso
1510. tinei - turn off, extinguish
1511. tinihanga - to trick, amuse with trickery
1512. tino pai! - very good!
1513. tino rangatiratanga - sovereignty
1514. tino - very
1515. tioka - chalk
1516. tipua - a person of high status
1517. tipuna - grandparent, ancestor
1518. tiriti - street
1519. tiro - to look
1520. tirohanga - view, sight, aspect (tiro + nominal suffix -hanga)
1521. titiro - to look at
1522. toa rongoā - chemist
1523. toa - shop; male animal; expert; to be strong
1524. toanga - bravery
1525. toe - to remain, be left over
1526. toenga - leftovers, remnants (toe + nominal suffix -nga)
1527. toetoe - grass, rushes
1528. toha - distribute; allocate
1529. tohatohaina - (pass) be distributed, be allocated
1530. tohe - to be persistent, stubborn (s), to object, argue, protest (v)
1531. tohea - (pass) be argued about
1532. tohi - divide, separate; ceremony for newborn baby
1533. tohitū - direct; straight
1534. tohorā - whale
1535. tohu - a qualification, eg degree
1536. tohunga tā moko - skilled tattoo artist
1537. tohunga whakairo - master carver
1538. tohunga - expert, priest
1539. tohungia - (pass) be marked; be preserved; be pointed out
1540. tohutaka - recipe
1541. tohutoa - medal
1542. tohutohu - to instruct; to guide, direct; instructions, directions
1543. toi - art, knowledge
1544. toitoi - jogging; trot
1545. toitū - entire; permanent; undisturbed
1546. toka - rock
1547. toke hore - tall person
1548. toke - worm
1549. tokerau - autumn; northern
1550. toki - adze, axe; champion
1551. tokohia? - how many [people]?
1552. tokomaha - many (of people)
1553. tokomauri - hiccup
1554. tokotoko - walking stick (without a handle)
1555. tokotoru - three (people)
1556. tokowhia? - how many people?
1557. tomo - to enter, go into
1558. tomokanga - entrance
1559. tomokia - (pass) be entered
1560. tonga - south
1561. tono - to apply for, to order (v):
an application (n)
1562. tonoa - sent (tono + passive suffix -a)
1563. tonu - still
1564. toparere - helicopter
1565. tope - cut down; cut off
1566. topea - (pass) be cut down; be cut off
1567. toremi - disappear; drowned
1568. tori - cut (v); cat (n)
1569. toro - to visit
1570. toroa - albatross
1571. torohē - examine
1572. torohīhihi - short hair; few hairs
1573. torohū - secret; secretly; stealthily
1574. toroiho - underwear
1575. toronga - distant relatives
1576. torotika - in a straight line
1577. torotoro - hold out hands
1578. toru - three
1579. torutoru - few
1580. torōna - throne
1581. tote - salt
1582. toti - limp (walk with difficulty)
1583. toto - blood
1584. totō - ooze; trickle
1585. tou - dip; plant; set on fire; buttocks, bottom, anus
1586. tua - beyond
1587. tuahine - sister, of a male
1588. tuakana - older sibling of the same sex
1589. tuanui - roof
1590. tuarua - second
1591. tuarā - back [body]
1592. tuatahi - first
1593. tuatete - hedgehog
1594. tuatoru - third
1595. tuawaru - eighth
1596. tuawhā - fourth
1597. tuhi - to write; to indicate, point out
1598. tuhia - written; write! (tuhi + passive suffix -a)
1599. tuhinga kūkara - google docs
1600. tuhinga - writing, text
(tuhi + nominal suffix -nga)
1601. tuhituhi - to write, draw
1602. tuhituhia - (pass) be drawn; be written
1603. tuitui - fasten up; sew, to stitch
1604. tuke - elbow; jerk; knock; angle
1605. tukemata - eyebrow
1606. tuki - to hit, to knock, to beat, to pound; crash
1607. tukia - be hit; be pounded; be attacked, be crashed into; be bumped (pass of tuki)
1608. tuku - to put off, to leave aside
1609. tukua - let go! to be released (tuku + passive suffix -a)
1610. tukuata - projector
1611. tukuoro - speaker (eg bluetooth speaker)
1612. tukutuku - spider web
1613. tumeke - to take fright, surprise
1614. tuna - eel
1615. tungāne - brother, of a female
1616. tunu - to cook, roast
1617. tunua - (pass) be roasted; be baked
1618. tupu - to grow, develop; a plant, shoot
(variant of tipu)
1619. tupuna - ancestor; grandparent
1620. ture - law, rule
1621. turi - deaf; knee; disobedient
1622. turituri - be quiet! noisy
1623. tuāhine - female cousins or sisters of a male
1624. tuākana - older brothers of a male; older sisters of a female
1625. tā - print, draw
1626. tāepa - fence
1627. tāhae - to steal
1628. tāhau - your, ā category possession, singular (variant of tāu)
1629. tāhuhu - subject of a sentence
1630. tāima - time
1631. tākai - bind; wrap up; bandage
1632. tākaro ataata - video game
1633. tākaro rorohiko - computer game
1634. tākaro - to play
1635. tākarotia - played (pass. of tākaro)
1636. tāke moni whiwhi - take beginning, cause, origin, reason; subject of discussion
1637. tākiri - draw away quickly; untie; pull out; strike (a match)
1638. tākirirangi - space rocket
1639. tāku - my, ā category possession, singular
1640. tākupu - gannet
1641. tākuta - doctor
1642. tāmaru - overcast
1643. tāmiro - twist
1644. tāmirotia - (pass) be twisted
1645. tāmure - snapper
1646. tāmutumutu - intermittent
1647. tāna - his, her, ā category possession, singular
1648. tāne - man, male
1649. tāngata - people (plural of tangata)
1650. tāniko - ornamental border of cloak or mat
1651. tānumi - fold in two
1652. tāone nui - city
1653. tāone - town
1654. tāpae - to present; put before one
1655. tāpaepae - jigsaw puzzle
1656. tāra - dollar
1657. tārere - to swing
1658. tāria - (pass) be waited for; be expected; after a time
1659. tāroaroa - tall
1660. tātahi - seaside, beach
1661. tātai - to arrange, to set in order
1662. tātou - we, us, inclusive, three or more people
1663. tāu - your (singular + one item)
1664. tāua - we, us, you and I, inclusive, dual
1665. tāwara - flavour
1666. tāwāhi - overseas
1667. tēhea? - which? (singular)
1668. tēina - younger brothers of a male, younger sisters of a female
1669. tēnei - this (by speaker); this is; this
1670. tēnā koe! - hello! (to one person); thank you
1671. tēnā koe - hello to one person
1672. tēnā koutou! - hello! (to three or more people); thank you
1673. tēnā kōrua! - hello! (to two people); thank you
1674. tēnā - that, by the listener
1675. tēpu - table
1676. tērā - that over there, that
1677. tētahi - a, one specific thing
1678. tētehi - a, one specific thing (variant of tētahi)
1679. tī - cabbage tree; tea
1680. tīhāte - t-shirt
1681. tīkina - be fetched (tiki + passive suffix -na (note the first i is lengthened)
1682. tīkiti - ticket
1683. tīma - team
1684. tīmata - to begin, to start
1685. tīmatanga - beginning
(tīmata + nominal suffix -nga)
1686. tīni - to change
1687. tīpuna - grandparents (plural form of tipuna)
1688. tītī - muttonbird
1689. tō māua - our (singular, his or hers and mine)
1690. tō rātou - their (singular - three or more people)
1691. tō rāua - their (singular, two people)
1692. tō tātou - our, all of our, belonging to everyone
1693. tō tāua - our, yours and mine
1694. tō-ā-papa - gravity (force of)
1695. tō - your (singular); to drag
1696. tōhau - dew; sweat
1697. tōhi - toast
1698. tōhihi - puddle
1699. tōhua - yolk
1700. tōia - (pass) be dragged
1701. tōkena - stockings, socks
1702. tōku - my (singular)
1703. tōmairangi - dew
1704. tōmato - tomato
1705. tōmua - early
1706. tōmuri - to be late
1707. tōna - his, her
1708. tōnapi - turnip
1709. tōneke - trolley
1710. tōnga o te rā - sunset
1711. tōnihi - move stealthily
1712. tōpito - end; district
1713. tōpū - couple, pair; assembled
1714. tōrangapū - politics; political
1715. tōraro - negative number
1716. tōroherohe - wag (as in a dog wagging its tail)
1717. tōtika - straight, direct, right
1718. tōtiti wera - hot dog
1719. tōtiti - sausage
1720. tōtā - sweat
1721. tōu - your, ō category possession, singular
1722. tū tirara - social distancing
1723. tū - stand; to be wounded; a wound
1724. tūmahi - actions, verbs
1725. tūmanako - to hope for, anticipate, expect, wish for
1726. tūnga pahi - bus stop
1727. tūnga waka - carpark
1728. tūpato - to be careful; caution, cautious
1729. tūpuhi - skinny
1730. tūpuna - grandparents (plural form of tupuna; variant of tīpuna)
1731. tūranga - stopping place (as in: tūranga pahi bus stop; tū + nominal suffix -ranga)
1732. tūrangawaewae - place to stand
1733. tūrehu - fairy
1734. tūria - be established (pass. of tū)
1735. tūru - chair, seat, stool
1736. tūrēiti - late
1737. tūtae - excrement
1738. tūtaki - to meet; to close up, to block (v); meeting (n)
1739. tūtakina - (pass) be met; be shut
1740. tūtuki - to crash; to strike against; collide; bump
1741. tūturu - fixed, permanent, definite; to be true, real, original
1742. ua - to rain; rain
1743. uaki - to push open
1744. uaua - difficult (adj); muscle, vein, artery (n)
1745. uhi - to cover
1746. ui - to ask, enquire
1747. uira - lightning; to flash
1748. uku - to wash; soap; clay
1749. uma - chest
1750. umere - to shout (in wonder, in appreciation)
1751. umu - earth oven
1752. upoko mārō - stubborn
1753. upoko - head; verse of a song; paragraph; chapter
1754. ure - penis
1755. uri - descendant, offspring
1756. uta - to load; shore; inland; the land; to load
1757. utaina - (pass) be loaded
1758. utu - cost, price; to pay for
1759. utua - be revenged; be paid (pass of utu)
1760. uwha - female animal
1761. uwhiuwhi - shower (rain)
1762. wae - foot; leg; separate
1763. waea pūkoro - cellphone
1764. waea - wire; phone
1765. waenga - middle, dividing line
1766. waenganui - middle, centre, between
1767. waero - hair of dog's tail; tail
1768. waewae - foot, leg
1769. waha - load, burden; to carry on the back; mouth
1770. wahia - firewood
1771. wahine - woman, wife
1772. waho - out, outside, the outside
1773. wai - water; who
1774. waiata - to sing (v); song (n)
1775. waiatatia - sung (pass. of waiata)
1776. waiho - to remain, rest; to leave behind
1777. waimaria - lucky
1778. waimarie - lucky, fortunate; luck, good fortune
1779. waireka - sweet drink, soft drink
1780. waitohu - credit
1781. waka moana - canoe, boat
1782. waka - vehicle (land, air and sea)
1783. wareware - to forget; forgetful (trans)
1784. waru - eight; to scrape, to peel
1785. wawe - early, soon, quickly
1786. wehe - to depart, leave; to separate, divide
1787. wehi - terrible (adj); to be afraid (v)
1788. wera - to burn; burnt; hot, heat
1789. whaea - mother, aunt
1790. whai - to follow, to chase; to have, to acquire
1791. whaikōrero - oratory
1792. whakaae - to agree
1793. whakaahua - to take photos; photograph
1794. whakaari - play, drama, performance
1795. whakaaro - to think; thought, idea
1796. whakahaere - to run something, manage, make something go
1797. whakahau - to encourage; to command
1798. whakaheke - to decrease, drop, lower
1799. whakahoki - to return something, to reply
1800. whakahokia - returned (whakahoki + passive suffix -a), returned
1801. whakahīhī - arrogant, proud
1802. whakairo - to carve, a carving
1803. whakakaha - to strengthen; charge a cellphone
1804. whakamahana - heater
1805. whakamahi - to put someone to work, to make someone work
1806. whakamahia - used (pass of whakamahi)
1807. whakamau - to fix, fasten; to put on
1808. whakamaua - be fixed; put on (pass of whakamauto)
1809. whakamua - frontward, towards the front
1810. whakamuri - towards the back
1811. whakamā - to be embarrassed, ashamed
1812. whakamārama - to explain, illuminate, explain, clarify
1813. whakamātautau - examination, test
1814. whakangahau - to entertain, to amuse
1815. whakangā - to rest
1816. whakanui - to enlarge; celebrate
1817. whakaoho - to wake up
1818. whakaora - to rescue, to cure
1819. whakaoti - complete
1820. whakapae - lying crosswise, horizontal
1821. whakapai - to improve, to fix up, bless, cleaning
1822. whakapaipai - to decorate, adorn, tidy up, beautify
1823. whakapakari - to strengthen
1824. whakapapa - genealogy
1825. whakapehapeha - to show off
1826. whakapiri - to cling to, stick to
1827. whakapono - to believe; faith
1828. whakaputa - to make something come out, to appear
1829. whakapākehā - translate into English
1830. whakararo - downwards
1831. whakarere - abandon, leave behind
1832. whakarite - to compare; arrange, organise
1833. whakaritea - arranged (pass of whakarite)
1834. whakarongo - to listen
1835. whakarongona - listened to (pass. of whakarongo)
1836. whakatakoto - to lay something down
1837. whakatata - to come closer to
1838. whakatau utu - estimate of cost, quote
1839. whakatau - to decide
1840. whakataukī - proverb
1841. whakataunga - an iwi referendum, decision
1842. whakatautau - moan, wail
1843. whakatauākī - proverb
1844. whakateka - disbelieve
1845. whakatenetene - annoy; quarrel
1846. whakatere - buoy up; steer; sail,, navigate, float, accelerate
1847. whakatete - gnash the teeth
1848. whakatika - to straighten, to correct, to fix
1849. whakatikatikanga rori - roadworks
1850. whakatipu - to raise, grow, develop
1851. whakatipuranga - generation
1852. whakatohetohe - unwilling
1853. whakatoro - push forward, thrust
1854. whakatupu - grow; bring up, nurture
1855. whakatupuranga - generation
1856. whakatutuki - carry to completion
1857. whakatuturi - to be obstinate; refuse to listen
1858. whakatuwhera - to open
1859. whakatuwheratanga - opening
1860. whakatā - to rest (v); relaxed (adj)
1861. whakatō - to plant
1862. whakatū - to stand something up
1863. whakatūpato - to warn, to caution
1864. whakatūria - erected (whakatū + passive suffix -ria)
1865. whakauaua - strenuous; make (more) difficult
1866. whakaupa - delay
1867. whakauru - to enter, to join, to enrol
1868. whakaute - care for; nurse
1869. whakautu - to reply, to respond, answer
1870. whakautua - (pass) be replied to; be responded to
1871. whakawaha - put load on back
1872. whakawai - amuse; practise
1873. whakawareware - deceive
1874. whakawehi - protection
1875. whakaweti - threaten
1876. whakawhetai - to give thanks
1877. whakawhiti kōrero - discuss; communicate
1878. whakawhiti whakaaro - discuss; communicate
1879. whakawhiti - to cross
1880. whakawhitiwhitinga kōrero - exchange of ideas
1881. whakawhiu - afflict; oppress; punish
1882. whakawhiwhi - give; to award
1883. whakawhānau - to give birth
1884. whakawiri - be anxious; tremble; twist; wring
1885. whakawiriwiri - cruel; violent
1886. whakawā - accuse; condemn; to judge; appraise
1887. whakawātea - make way for, clear space
1888. whakawāwā - quarrel, wrangle
1889. whakaū - establish; support; confirm
1890. whana - to kick
1891. whanake - cabbage tree; to spring; grow
1892. whanaketanga - youth (the time of being young)
1893. whanaunga - relative, relation (whānau + nominal suffix -nga - note the short first vowel)
1894. whanaungatanga - relationship
1895. whanga - to wait (v); harbour (n)
1896. whano - behave
1897. whanonga - behaviour
1898. whaowhao - to carve
1899. whara - to be injured
1900. wharau - temporary shed
1901. whare haumanu - clinic
1902. whare herehere - prison
1903. whare horoi - ablution block
1904. whare kai - dining hall
1905. whare kairangi - palace
1906. whare karakia - church
1907. whare kawhe - cafe
1908. whare kurī - kennel
1909. whare motokā - garage
1910. whare pikitia - movie theatre
1911. whare pī - beehive
1912. whare pītakataka - gymnasium
1913. whare whakairo - carved house
1914. whare - house, building
1915. wharekai - restaurant
1916. wharekura - Māori-medium secondary school
1917. wharenui - meeting house; hall
1918. wharepaku - toilet
1919. whati - broken, snapped; break, snap; run away; turn
1920. whatitiri - thunder
1921. whatu - to weave, knit; eye
1922. whawhai - to fight; a battle
1923. whenua - land
1924. whero - red
1925. whetū - star
1926. wheua - bone (usually of an animal)
1927. whira - violin, fiddle
1928. whiriwhiri - choose; decide; deliberate on
1929. whiti - to cross; shine, rise
1930. whitia - (pass) be crossed over; be jumped over; be recited; be shone on
1931. whitu - seven
1932. whiu - to be satisfied; to throw; to be filled
1933. whiwhi - to be in possession of; acquire, obtain, to get
1934. whutupaoro - rugby
1935. whā - four
1936. whāia - chased (pass of whai - note lengthening of first vowel)
1937. whāki - to reveal, to disclose, to confess
1938. whānako - steal; theft; thief
1939. whānau pani - close family of someone who has died
1940. whānau - family; to be born, be born
1941. whāngai - to feed, to foster (v); fostered child (n)
1942. whāngaia - (pass) be fed; be nourished
1943. whānui - broad, wide
1944. whānāriki - sulphur
1945. whārangi - page (n); spread flat (v)
1946. whāriki - mat, carpet, rug
1947. whātui - to fold clothes
1948. whāwhai - hurry; impatient; urgent
1949. whāwhā - to fiddle with, to touch
1950. wiki - week
1951. wā - time, times
1952. wāhanga - chapter, episode
1953. wāhi - part, portion; place
1954. wāhine - women, wives (plural form of wahine)
1955. wāina - wine
1956. wātea - to be clear, unoccupied, available, free of obstruction
1957. Āketina - Argentina
1958. Ākuhata - August
1959. Āperira - April
1960. ā - and; and then
1961. āe - yes
1962. āhua - shape, form, appearance
1963. āhuatanga - property, characteristic, feature, circumstance (āhua + nominal suffix -tanga)
1964. ākau - shore, coast
1965. ākona - (pass) be learned; be taught (pass. of ako)
1966. ākonga - student
1967. āku - my, mine (pl, for ā category items, plural form of tāku)
1968. āmaimai - nervous
1969. āna - his, her, plural, for ā category items
1970. āporo - apple
1971. āpōpō - tomorrow
1972. ārahi - to lead, guide
1973. ārahina - (pass) be led
1974. ārai - curtain; to screen off, block
1975. āraia - (pass) be warded off
1976. ārani - orange [fruit]
1977. āta - gently, carefully, deliberately
1978. ātaahua - beautiful, well formed
1979. ātea - outer space
1980. āti - descendant
1981. ātārangi - shadow
1982. āu - your, ā category possession (plural form of tāu)
1983. āwangawanga - worried
1984. āwhina - to help
1985. āwhiowhio - whirlpool; whirlwind
1986. āwhā - storm
1987. ēhea? - which (plural)?
1988. ēnei - these, near me (plural of tēnei)
1989. ēnā - those, near you (plural of tēnā)
1990. ērā - those (over there)
1991. ētahi - some, a few (plural of tētahi)
1992. ētehi - some (plural of tētehi, variant of ētahi)
1993. ēwhea? - which? (plural)
1994. īnanga - whitebait
1995. ō - your, one person, neutral category possession, plural
1996. ōku - mine, plural, ō category possession
1997. ōna - his, her, plural, ō category possession
1998. ōrite - to be the same as
1999. ōu - yours, one person, ō category possession, plural
2000. ū - breast, udder (n); to be devoted (v)