Māori Word Lists

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1. Ahitereiria - Australia

2. Ahuriri - Napier

3. Airani - Ireland

4. Amerika - America

5. Aotearoa - New Zealand

6. Aranga - Easter; risen (n)

7. Ararā! - There!

8. Aua atu! - Don't worry!

9. Awherika - Africa

10. E hawa e hawa! - no way, you're joking, you're kidding!

11. E hoa mā e! - Good grief mate! Far out! Goodness me mate!

12. E hē! - No! that's wrong!

13. E taea hoki te pēwhea. - Nothing can be done about it. It can't be helped.

14. E tama mā e! - Good heavens boy! Good heavens! Far out! For goodness sake boy!

15. Haere mai! - Welcome! Come here!

16. Haina - China

17. Hakihea - December

18. Hana - Santa Claus, Father Christmas

19. Haratua - May

20. Hau pirau! - Exaggerating. Laying it on thick!

21. He aha hoki! - No way! Not a chance!

22. He aha te aha. - Nothing changes, nothing changed, to no avail, it was a waste of time.

23. He rā nō te pakiwaru! - It's very hot today!

24. Hepetema - September

25. Heptema - September

26. Here-turi-kōkā - August

27. Heretaunga - Hastings

28. Hingapoa - Singapore

29. Hoake tātou ki Ahuriri, {kaua ki} Heretaunga. - Let's all go to Napier, let's not go to Hastings.

30. Hoake! - Let's all go!

31. Hoatu! - You go, I'll stay!

32. Hongongoi - July

33. Hui-tanguru - February

34. Huitanguru - February

35. Huitene - Sweden

36. Huiterangi - Switzerland

37. Hune - June

38. Hāmoa - Samoa, Samoan

39. Hāmuere - January

40. Hānuere - January

41. Hātarei - Saturday

42. Hōngongoi - July

43. Hūrae - July

44. I ahau i te hokomaha, ka kite ahau i ōku hoa kura. - While I was at the supermarket, I saw my school friends.

45. I haere au ki te toa hei hoko i ngā kai m1a te hui. - I went to the stop to buy food for the meeting.

46. I haere au ki te toa hoko ai i ngā kai m1a te hui. - I went to the stop to buy food for the meeting.

47. I haere au ki te toa, he hiahia nōku. - I went to the shop because I wanted to.

48. I reira te mahi a te tangata! - The place was packed!

49. Ingarangi - England

50. Itāria - Italy

51. Kaikainga ngā taringa! - Got an earful!

52. Kei hīkaka te ihu! - Don't be a snob!

53. Kei noho koe! - Don't even think about it!

54. Kia ita! - Be committed!

55. Kia kaha! - Be strong!

56. Kia manawanui! - Be patient, committed, steadfast!

57. Kia mataara! - Be alert!

58. Kia mauritau! - Be settled!

59. Kia māhaki! - Be pleasant!

60. Kia māia! - Be brave!

61. Kia ngākau titikaha! - Be confident!

62. Kia ngākaunui! - Be strong hearted!

63. Kia ngāwari! - Be easy (lighten up)!

64. Kia niwha! - Be resolute!

65. Kia pai! - Be nice!

66. Kia piki te ora! - Be better!

67. Kia pono! - Be truthful!

68. Kia tapatahi! - Be fair, principled!

69. Kia tau! - Be relaxed!

70. Kia tika! - Be correct!

71. Kia toka! - Freeze dude!

72. Kia tū pakari! - Be robust!

73. Kia ū! - Be resolute, unyielding!

74. Kirihimete - Christmas

75. Kirikiriroa - Hamilton

76. Ko wai koe? - Who do you think you are?

77. Kohitātea - January

78. Kotahi mano iwa rau mā iwa - 1909

79. Kotahi mano iwa rau mā ono - 1906

80. Kotahi mano iwa rau mā rima - 1905

81. Kotahi mano iwa rau mā rua - 1902

82. Kotahi mano iwa rau mā tahi - 1901

83. Kotahi mano iwa rau mā toru - 1903

84. Kotahi mano iwa rau mā waru - 1908

85. Kotahi mano iwa rau mā whitu - 1907

86. Kotahi mano iwa rau mā whā - 1904

87. Kotahi mano iwa rau tekau - 1910

88. Kotahi mano iwa rau - 1900

89. Kotahi mano waru rau iwa tekau mā iwa - 1899

90. Kotahi mano waru rau iwa tekau mā ono - 1896

91. Kotahi mano waru rau iwa tekau mā rima - 1895

92. Kotahi mano waru rau iwa tekau mā rua - 1892

93. Kotahi mano waru rau iwa tekau mā tahi - 1891

94. Kotahi mano waru rau iwa tekau mā toru - 1893

95. Kotahi mano waru rau iwa tekau mā waru - 1898

96. Kotahi mano waru rau iwa tekau mā whitu - 1897

97. Kotahi mano waru rau iwa tekau mā whā - 1894

98. Kotahi mano waru rau iwa tekau - 1890

99. Kotirangi - Scotland

100. Kua taka te kapa. - I get the picture.

101. Kāore i a au te tikanga. - My hands are tied.

102. Kūkara - Google

103. Maehe - March

104. Mahuru - September

105. Makitānara - MacDonalds

106. Mane - Monday

107. Maunga-whau - Mount Eden

108. Me haere koe i a Hēmi, kaua i a Mikaere. - Go with Hēmi, not with Mikaere.

109. Me kōrero kia ia, {kaore ki} a Mere. - Talk to him, {not to} Mere.

110. Me pēhea kē hoki! - How am I supposed to do that!

111. Mei - May

112. Mema Pāremata - MP, Member of Parliament

113. Māori - indigenous people of Aotearoa/New Zealand

114. Māoritanga - Māori culture

115. Māu anō e kuhu. - Help yourself!

116. Ngahuru - Autumn

117. Ngāmotu - New Plymouth

118. Ngāti - tribal name prefix (as in: Ngāti Porou, Ngāti Kahungunu)

119. Niu Tīreni - New Zealand

120. Noema - November

121. Nā wai i hē, kātahi ka tino hē kē atu. - That's going from bad to worse.

122. Nāhinara - National party

123. Nāwai rā, nāwai rā. - Eventually.

124. Nō nā noa nei... - Just now...

125. Nōwei - Norway

126. Oketopa - October

127. Paengawhāwhā - April

128. Paeroa-o-Whānui - the Milky Way

129. Paipera Tapu - Holy Bible

130. Pakanga Tuarua - World War Two

131. Pakanga Tuatahi - World War One

132. Papaioea - Palmerston North

133. Parahutihuti ana te haere! - Couldn't see them for dust!

134. Paraire - Friday

135. Pepuere - February

136. Pipiri - June

137. Poutu-te-rangi - March

138. Poutū-te-rangi - March

139. Puku ana te rae! - He hit the roof!

140. Pākehā - New Zealander of European descent

141. Pāniora - Spain

142. Pōkōtiwha! - A very strong swear word.

143. Rarohenga - the underworld

144. Raukawa Moana - Cook Strait

145. Reipa - Labour party

146. Rāapa - Wednesday

147. Rāhina - Monday

148. Rāhoroi - Saturday

149. Rāmere - Friday

150. Rāpare - Thursday

151. Rātapu - Sunday

152. Rātū - Tuesday

153. Tai Rāwhiti - East Coast

154. Tai Tokerau - Northland

155. Taihoa! - Hang on!

156. Tamatea-aio - moon on the seventh night of the lunar month

157. Tamatea - moon on the eighth night of the lunar month

158. Taringa mārō. - Inattentive.

159. Tautoru - Orion's Belt

160. Te Ika-a-Māui - North Island

161. Te Moana o Raukawa - Cook Strait

162. Te Moana-nui-a-Kiwa - Pacific Ocean

163. Te Papa-i-Oea - Palmerston North

164. Te Tai Rāwhiti - East Coast

165. Te Tai Tokerau - Northland

166. Te Waipounamu - South Island

167. Te Whanga-nui-a-Tara - Wellington

168. Te Whanganui-a-Tara - Wellington

169. Tiamani - Germany

170. Tiritama! - Silly boy!

171. Toitoi okewa. - Tempt fate.

172. Turituri! - Be quiet!

173. Tāite - Thursday

174. Tāmaki Makaurau - Auckland

175. Tāmaki-makau-rau - Auckland

176. Tāua tāua! - You and me both! We're both the same.

177. Tīhema - December

178. Tūranga-nui-a-Kiwa - Gisborne

179. Tūrei - Tuesday

180. Uropi - Europe

181. Wenerei - Wednesday

182. Whakatipua - Queenstown

183. Whakatū - Nelson; erect

184. Whiringa-ā-nuku - October

185. Whiringa-ā-rangi - November

186. Wīwī - France

187. a - [a name follows] | Not translatable into an English word; nominal particle, used before names and pronouns: a Mere, a kōrua, a ia.

188. aewa - unhealthy

189. aha - what

190. ahakoa - although

191. ahatia - what happened to (pass of aha)

192. ahau - I, me

193. ahi kā - ownership through occupation

194. ahi mumura - bonfire

195. ahi - fire

196. ahiahi - early evening, afternoon

197. aho - light, to shine

198. ahokore - wifi

199. ahu - to look after

200. ahuahu - care for; heap

201. ahunga - direction

202. ahurei - unique

203. ahuwhenua - crops, agriculture

204. ai! - oh!

205. ai - Not translatable into an English word; verbal particle; used in various subordinate structures, for example relative clauses, adverbials, ...ai

206. aihe - dolphin

207. aihikirīmi - icecream

208. aikiha pepa - tissue

209. aikiha - handkerchief

210. aitanga - descendants

211. aituā - disaster, accident, misfortune; to suffer a disaster

212. aka wāina - grapevine

213. aka - vine

214. ake, ake, ake - for ever and ever

215. 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)

216. ako - to learn, to teach

217. akomanga - classroom

218. akoranga - thing that is taught or learnt; lesson

219. aku - my, mine (plural form of taku, neutral for possession category)

220. akutō - late

221. amiorangi - satellite

222. amo - carry; stretcher

223. amohia - be carried (pass. of amo)

224. amorangi - leader; priest

225. amuamu - groan, grumble, complain

226. amuri ake nei - time to come; afterwards; later

227. ana - indeed, when, if

228. anahera - angel

229. anake - only, just, alone

230. anei - here, by me

231. anga - seashell

232. angaanga - head; sea shell

233. anganui - to face towards

234. angi - freely

235. angiangi - thin (clothes, etc)

236. angitu - success, luck

237. aniana - onion

238. anu - cold; spit

239. anuanu - disgusting; disgusted

240. anuhe - caterpillar

241. anuhea - ugly

242. anā - there, by you

243. anō - again, also (Various meanings, eg again; also, too; self [reflexive] as in: ki a ia anō)

244. ao - world, dawn, cloud

245. aoake - the next day

246. aorangi - planet

247. apa - layer; level

248. apakapa - wing; flutter

249. apo - to gather together

250. apoapo - entangle

251. apu - gather greedily; gust

252. apuapu - gobble

253. ara hīkoi - footpath

254. ara tereina - railway track

255. ara whakawhiti - pedestrian crossing

256. ara - to rise (v); path (n)

257. arahanga - bridge; ladder

258. araheke - stairs

259. araoma - runway

260. arapiki - stairs

261. arapoka - tunnel

262. arapū - alphabet

263. arata - lettuce

264. arataki - to guide; to lead

265. aratakina - (pass) be guided; be led

266. arawhata - bridge; ladder; stairs

267. arero - tongue; point of taiaha

268. arewhana - elephant

269. ariki - chief, leader

270. ariā hirahira - special effects

271. ariā - feeling; theory, concept

272. aro - to face, turn towards, take notice of, pay attention to

273. aroaro - front; presence

274. aroha mai - sorry (show me some sympathy)

275. aroha - love, sympathy, compassion

276. arohaina - (pass) be loved

277. aromatawai - assessment

278. aronga kē - opposites

279. aronga - direction

280. arotahi - contact lens

281. arā - over there, away from us both; that is, namely

282. ata - morning, shadow

283. atamai - clever, intelligent

284. atamira - platform, stage

285. atarau - moonlight

286. atarua - bad eyesight

287. atawhai - to show kindness towards

288. atawhaitia - to be shown kindness (pass. of atawhai)

289. ate - liver; seat of affections

290. atu - away from current orientation (often not translatable by a separate English word)

291. atua - god

292. au - I, me; cloud, smoke; current (of river or sea)

293. aua atu - who cares?

294. aua - those (previously mentioned, plural of taua)

295. auahi - smoke

296. auau - to bark, howl

297. auautia - barked, howled (pass of auau)

298. aukume - magnet

299. aupuru - cushion

300. autaha - to one side

301. autāne - brother-in-law (of a woman)

302. auwahine - sister-in-law (of a man)

303. auē! - alas!

304. auē - alas! (an expression of woe, sadness)

305. awa - river, stream

306. awaawa - valley

307. awarewa - elevator

308. awatea - daylight

309. awhi - to hug, embrace

310. awhitia - to be embraced (pass - awhi + tia)

311. e ai ki - according to, in someone else's opinion

312. e hia? - how many?

313. e hoa mā - friends (when speaking to a group of people)

314. e hoa - friend (when speaking to someone)

315. e kore e taea - impossible

316. e kō! - girl!

317. e noho rā - farewell (said by those leaving), goodbye to people staying

318. e noho - sit down

319. e tekau mā rua karaka - twelve o'clock

320. e tekau mā tahi karaka - eleven o'clock

321. e tika! - well, well!

322. e tū - Stand up!

323. e whia? - how many?

324. e - by; of course; a term of address follows; [in the future]; particle used in a negation

325. ea - be avenged; be paid for; worth

326. ehara i te hanga! - it is no ordinary thing!

327. ehara... i - not

328. ehara - exclamation: sure enough, without a doubt; not

329. eke - to embark, get onto; riding

330. ekengia - (pass) to be boarded; to be climbed; to be earned

331. engari - but

332. epa - to throw at

333. erangi - but

334. hae - to cut; jealous

335. haea - (pass) to be cut

336. haeana - iron (for clothes)

337. haeata - beam of light; dawn; laser beam

338. haehae - to cut up; to tear

339. haehaea - to be cut up; to be torn (pass of haehae)

340. haenga - iron

341. haere mā raro - to travel on foot

342. haere rā - goodbye to people going

343. haere - go, come

344. haerea - travelled (pass of haere)

345. haerenga - journey (n); travel (v)

346. hai - as, for (variant of hei)

347. haika - anchor

348. haina - to sign (a letter, document)

349. hainatanga - signature; signing

350. haka - to perform traditional dance; haka, a traditional dance, war dance

351. hake - hockey

352. haki - flag

353. hako - ugly; clown

354. haku - complain

355. hama - hammer

356. hamarara - umbrella

357. hamumu - speak softly; mutter

358. hanawiti - sandwich

359. hanehane - decay

360. hanga - to build, erect, make (v); construction, practice (n)

361. hangaia - built (hanga + passive suffix -ia)

362. hangarau - technology; funny (amusing); joke

363. hangareka - clown

364. hangatītī - tease

365. hangā - (pass) be built, be made

366. hao - to catch in a net, a net

367. haona - horn

368. hapa - mistake; supper, dinner

369. hapū - subtribe; to be pregnant

370. hara - to make a mistake; mistake

371. harakeke - flax

372. haramai - to arrive

373. hararei - holiday

374. harawene - jealous

375. hari koa - glad, pleased, overjoyed

376. hari - to feel happy; to take or carry

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

378. harikoa - happy, joyful, euphoric

379. harirū - shake hands

380. harore - mushroom

381. haruru - to resound; a heavy sound

382. hau kāinga - home

383. hau ārai - ozone layer

384. hau - wind, air, breath

385. hauhake - harvest

386. hauhakea - (pass) be dug up

387. hauhaketia - harvested (pass. of hauhake)

388. haumaruru - moody, sulky, sullen

389. haunga - smelly

390. haunga - smelly, stinky

391. hauora - health, healthy

392. haupaoro - golf

393. haupapa - an ambush

394. haupū - heap

395. haurangi - drunk

396. hauraro - north; north wind

397. haurua mai i te tekau mā tahi karaka - half past eleven

398. haurua - half

399. hautai - sponge

400. haututū - mischievous

401. hautō - drawer; chest of drawers

402. hauwhā ki te tekau karaka - quarter to ten

403. hauwhā ki te tekau mā tahi karaka - quarter to eleven

404. hauwhā mai i te tekau mā rua karaka - quarter past twelve

405. hauwhā mai i te tekau mā tahi karaka - quarter past eleven

406. hauwhā - quarter

407. hauā - crippled, lame

408. hauāuru - west; west wind

409. he aha ai? - why?

410. he aha? - what?

411. he - a, some; in the category of

412. hea - where?

413. hea? - where?

414. heahea - silly

415. hei aha! - never mind!

416. hei aha - never mind

417. hei aha? - what for?

418. hei konei rā - goodbye (said by those leaving)

419. hei konā - goodbye (on telephone)

420. hei mahi - exercises

421. hei taira tēnei - for example

422. hei tā... - according to...

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

424. heihei - chicken

425. heitiki - greenstone pendant

426. heke - rafter (n); to descend, get off (v)

427. hekea - to be descended (pass. of heke)

428. hekenga - descent (heke + nominal suffix -nga)

429. hekerangi - parachute

430. hekeretari - secretary

431. heketua - toilet (that you sit on when you're in the wharepaku)

432. heketā - hectare

433. hemo - to pass by, be gone; died, die

434. heoi anō - however; so so

435. heoi - however; and so

436. heoti - however; and so

437. hepapa - zebra

438. here - to tie, to bind (v0: dog lead (n)

439. herea - tied up (here + passive suffix -a)

440. herehere - prisoner; captivity

441. heru - comb

442. herua - combed (pass of heru)

443. hetiheti - hedgehog

444. heu - pull apart; razor; to shave

445. hia - how many?

446. hia? - how many?

447. hiahia - to want

448. hiainu - thirst, thirsty

449. hiakai - hungry

450. hiako - skin; bark (of tree)

451. hiamo - excited

452. hiamoe - sleepy

453. hiawai - thirsty

454. hihi kōkiri - X-ray

455. hihi - stitch bird; sun's rays

456. hihiani - radar

457. hihiko - active; quick

458. hihiri - industrious; long for

459. hika! - goodness me!

460. hika - a term of address for both sexes (eg 'E hika')

461. hikahika - rub

462. hiki - to carry in the arms, to nurse

463. hikihiki - to nurse (v); ski lift (n)

464. hikitia - (pass) be raised, be lifted

465. hiko - electricity

466. hiku - end, rear; tail of a fish or reptile

467. himu - hip

468. hina - grey hair

469. hinapōuri - sadness

470. hine - term of address for a girl: E hine!

471. hinengaro - mind, intellect

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

473. hingareti - singlet

474. hinu - oil, fat

475. hiore - tail (of four-legged animal)

476. hipi - sheep

477. hipohipo - hippopotamus

478. hipokina - (pass) be covered

479. hira - great; numerous

480. hirahira - special, prized

481. hiripa - slipper

482. hiriwa - silver

483. hiriwiri - screwdriver

484. hiwa - watchful

485. hiwi - line of descent; ridge of a hill

486. hoa - friend; partner; spouse

487. hoari - sword

488. hoariri - enemy, opponent

489. hoatu - to give (away from speaker)

490. hoe waka - canoeing

491. hoe - to paddle, row (v); oar (n)

492. hoea - (pass) to be rowed

493. hoeha - saucer

494. hohoro - quick

495. hohou rongo - make peace

496. hoi - deaf

497. hoiho - yellow-eyed penguin

498. hoihoi! - be quiet!

499. hoihoi - too noisy

500. hoki - to go back, return; also, indeed

501. hokia - returned (pass. of hoki)

502. hokinga - return (hoki + nominal suffix -nga)

503. hoko ki tai - export

504. hoko ki uta - import

505. hoko - to buy, sell, purchase

506. hokohoko hanumi - jumble sale

507. hokohoko karāti - garage sale

508. hokohoko - to shop, trade

509. hokomaha - supermarket

510. hokona - sold (hoko + passive suffix -na)

511. hokowhitu - band of warriors

512. homai - give (to the speaker)

513. honae - wallet

514. hongehongeā - boring

515. hongere - channel (TV), TV channels

516. hongi - pressing noses

517. hongia - nose was pressed (pass. of hongi)

518. hono - to join together

519. honohono - continual

520. hononga - network; union; link; relationship

521. honu whenua - tortoise

522. honu - turtle

523. hope - waist, hip

524. hopi makawe - shampoo

525. hopi - soap

526. hopohopo - panic

527. hopu ataata - video recorder

528. hopu - to catch

529. hopukia - caught (pass. of hopu)

530. hopuoro - microphone

531. hopureo - tape deck

532. hora - display; scatter; spread out

533. horahia - (pass) be spread out; be displayed

534. hore rawa - not at all

535. hore - bare, bald; not

536. horo puehu - vacuum cleaner

537. horoa - (pass) be fallen upon

538. horohoro - remove tapu

539. horoi - to wash, to clean

540. horoia - washed (pass of horoi)

541. horomi - to swallow

542. horomia - swallowed (pass. of horomi)

543. hororia - cleaned (pass. of horoi)

544. hororē - vacuum cleaner

545. horowai - waterfall

546. horowhenua - avalanche, landslide

547. hotu - long for; sigh; sob

548. hou - new, modern; feather

549. houhou - unpleasant

550. hua hīmoemoe - grapefruit

551. hua - product, fruit

552. huahua - sketch, draw

553. huaki - open

554. huakina - to open (huaki + passive suffix -na)

555. huakiwi - kiwifruit

556. huamata - salad

557. huanga - advantage, benefit

558. huangō - asthma; short breath

559. huapata - cereal

560. huarahi - street, path, road

561. huarere - weather

562. huarite - rhyme

563. huarākau - fruit

564. huata - spear

565. huatahi - an only child

566. huatau - polite

567. huawhenua - vegetables

568. huhu - a larva; type of beetle

569. huhua - numerous

570. hui - meeting; gathered

571. huia - a treasured bird, now extinct

572. huirapa - flippers

573. huka - sugar

574. hukahuka - foam

575. hukapapa - frost

576. hukarere - snow

577. hukātara - hail

578. huna kanohi - a mask

579. huna - to hide

580. hunahuna - concealed

581. hunaonga - daughter-in-law; son-in-law

582. hunarei - father-in-law; mother-inlaw

583. hunarere - father-in-law; mother-inlaw

584. hunga kore mahi - the unemployed

585. hunga pāpāho - the media

586. hungarei - father-in-law; mother-in-law

587. hungawai - father-in-law; mother-in-law

588. hunuhunu - to singe

589. hunuhunutia - singed (pass. of hunuhunu)

590. hunōnga - daughter-in-law; son-in-law

591. hupa - soup

592. hura kōhatu - unveiling

593. huri noa - right around

594. huri - to turn

595. hurihau - windmill

596. hurihia - be turned; be changed (pass of huri)

597. hurihuri - to turn round and round, over and over

598. hurikaikamo - eyelash

599. huripara - wheelbarrow

600. huritau - birthday

601. huru - glow; hair; feather

602. huruhuru - fur

603. huti - hoist up

604. hutupōro - rugby ball

605. huānga - relative

606. hā - breath; flavour

607. hāereere - to wander, roam

608. hāhi - church, religion

609. hāka - jar

610. hākari - feast

611. hākerekere - crowd; hair cut short

612. hākete - jacket

613. hākinakina - sport; to play sport

614. hākirikiri - vague

615. hāmama - open, gaping

616. hāmamamama - yawn

617. hāmana - salmon

618. hāmeme - grumble; mutter

619. hāmipēka - hamburger

620. hāneanea - sofa

621. hāngai - opposite, facing

622. hāngi - traditional earth oven

623. hāora - hour; oxygen

624. hāpai - carry; lift up

625. hāpaitia - (pass) be carried

626. hāparangi - to shout, bawl

627. hāpiapia - sellotape; glue

628. hārau - graze

629. hātakēhi - hard case, comical, amusing

630. hāte - shirt

631. hātea - faded

632. hātepe - cut off

633. hātākēhi - hardcase, funny

634. hāunga - besides

635. hāwhe - half (n); to halve (v)

636. hāwhetia - to be halved (pass. of hāwhe)

637. hē manawa - heart attack

638. hē - wrong; error, mistake

639. hēkena - second (time)

640. hēki Aranga - Easter egg

641. hēki kōhua - boiled egg

642. hēki kōrori - omelette

643. hēki parai - poached egg

644. hēki - egg

645. hēneti - cents

646. hēnimita - centimetre

647. hēoi - and so, therefore

648. hēpapa - zebra

649. hēpara - shepherd

650. hēra - sail

651. hēramana - sailor

652. hī - to catch fish with a line

653. hīa - to be fished with a line (pass. of hi)

654. hīanga - to play, get into mischief, deceive, naughty

655. hīhō - donkey

656. hīkaikai - wiggle

657. hīkoi - to walk, step, tread

658. hīkoitia - walked (pass of hīkoi)

659. hīmene - hymn

660. hīmoemoe - grapefruit

661. hīnaki - eel-pot

662. hīoi pepa - peppermint

663. hīpoki - to cover; covering

664. hīrangi - heatwave

665. hīrawhe - giraffe

666. hīrere - to rush; waterfall; shower

667. hītako - yawn

668. hīteki - to walk on tip toe, prance on one foot, strut

669. hītekiteki - tiptoe

670. hīti - sheet

671. hītimi - marble; marbles

672. hītoki - hop

673. hītori - history

674. hōanga - sandpaper

675. hōhipera - hospital

676. hōhonu - deep (adj); depth (n)

677. hōhā - annoyed, bored (adj), a nuisance (n)

678. hōia taputapu tākaro - toy soldiers

679. hōia - soldier, warrior

680. hōiho pīoio - rocking horse

681. hōiho - horse

682. hōnore - honour

683. hōpa - sofa

684. hōpane - saucepan

685. hōpara - belly; sightseeing

686. hōpua kaukau - swimming pool

687. hōpua - pond, puddle; pool of liquid

688. hōrite - equalizer (football)

689. hōro - hall

690. hōtiti totetote - salami

691. hōtēra - hotel

692. hōu - new, modern; fresh

693. hū mahi - work boot

694. hū - shoe

695. hūhunu - barbecue; grumbling

696. hūmārie - humble, easy going

697. hūmārire - peaceful, beautiful

698. hūpana - fly back; fly up

699. hūpeke - bend arms or legs; jump

700. hūrokuroku - jogging

701. hūtia - (pass) be hoisted up

702. hūtu - suit (clothing)

703. hūwai - cockle

704. i mā - via

705. i nāianei - now

706. i te mea - because

707. i te rangi nei - this day

708. i te taha - at the side, with

709. i tēnei pō - tonight

710. i tēnei rā - today

711. i tērā tau - last year

712. 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.

713. iPapa - iPad

714. ia - he, she, him, her

715. ihi - power, essential force

716. ihiihi - terrified; excited; fear

717. iho - downwards

718. ihu - nose

719. ika a Whiro - veteran

720. ika - fish

721. ikarangi - galaxy

722. ikeike - to be high, lofty

723. ina - if, when

724. inahea? - when? (of the past)

725. inaki waka - traffic jam

726. inakuanei - just now

727. inakuarā - recently

728. inamata - formerly; immediately

729. inanahi - yesterday

730. inapō - last night

731. inarapa - rubber

732. inatahirā - the day before yesterday

733. inawhea? - when? (of the past)

734. ine mahana - thermometer

735. ine taumaha - weigh

736. ine - to measure

737. ineroa - tape measure

738. ingoa kārangaranga - nickname

739. ingoa takakau - maiden name

740. ingoa tāpiri - nickname

741. ingoa whānau - surname

742. ingoa - name

743. inihua - insurance

744. inoi - pray

745. inu - to drink (v); drink (n)

746. inuinu - sip

747. inumia - [the liquid was] drunk (inu + mia; pass)

748. inā - if, when

749. ināia tonu nei - right now

750. ināianei tonu - right now

751. ināianei - now

752. ipu para - rubbish bag

753. ipu peita - paint pot

754. ipu - container, bowl; drinking glasses

755. ipui para - rubbish

756. ipurangi - internet

757. ira atua - of supernatural beings

758. ira rukeruke - radioactive

759. ira tangata - human life

760. ira! - over there!

761. ira - freckle; gene

762. iraira - freckle

763. iri - to be hanging; rest upon

764. iriiri - baptise

765. irirangi - radio (usually as reo irirangi)

766. iroiro - vermin

767. iroriki - germ

768. irāmutu - niece, nephew

769. ita - held firm; be committed

770. iti - small, little

771. itiiti - tiny

772. iwa - nine

773. iwi whānui - the public

774. iwi - tribe

775. iāri - yard

776. ka mau te wehi! - awesome!

777. ka pai! - good!

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

779. kaha - strong, able

780. kahaki - kidnap; hijack

781. kahakina - (pass) be hijacked; be kidnapped

782. kaharoa - large drag net

783. kaho - railings of a fence

784. kahu kiwi - cloak made from kiwi feathers

785. kahu moe - pyjamas

786. kahu tangatanga - dressing gown

787. kahu - cloak, cape, covering

788. kahukahu - dressing gown

789. kahurangi - dark blue; woman of high status or rank

790. kahuwae - tights

791. kai horo - to eat quickly

792. kai inati - overdose

793. kai kurī - dog food

794. kai paipa - smoke cigarettes

795. kai roro - quiz

796. kai - eat (v); food (n)

797. kaiahuwhenua - farmer

798. kaiaka-mīhini - mechanic

799. kaiaka - merit

800. kaiako - teacher (kai- + ako)

801. kaiamo mēra - postie

802. kaiauru - vandal

803. kaieke hōiho - bareback rider

804. kaieke paihikara - trick cyclist

805. kaihana - cousin

806. kaihanga - creator; builder

807. kaihautū - leader; bus driver, pilot, truck driver

808. kaihe - donkey

809. kaihoko - seller

810. kaihī ika - fisherman

811. kaihī - fisherman

812. kaiiwi - strangers, foreigners

813. kaikaha - keen

814. kaikamo - eye

815. kaikanikani - dancer

816. kaikaranga - woman who calls on the Marae

817. kaikuti makawe - hairdresser

818. kaikā - eager, impatient

819. kaikōhuru - murderer

820. kaikōrero - speaker, orator (kai- + kōrero)

821. kaimahi - worker, employee (kai- + mahi)

822. kaimanga - vegetarian

823. kaimoana - seafood

824. kaimātai whatu - optician

825. kainga - (pass) be eaten

826. kaingākau - passion; like

827. kaioma - runner

828. kaiotaota - vegetarian

829. kaipakihi - business

830. kaipara - athlete; athletics

831. kaipatu ahi - firefighter

832. kaiponu - selfish; greedy

833. kaipuke - ship

834. kaipōkai tūārangi - astronaut

835. kaipūtaiao - scientist (kai- + pūtaiao)

836. kairangi - excellence

837. kairapu hara - detective

838. kaireperepe - relation by marriage

839. kairuku - diver

840. kairīpoata - journalist

841. kaitaka - fine cloak with ornamental border; whipping-top

842. kaitapere - actor, actress

843. kaitaraiwa pahi - bus driver

844. kaitiaki - caretaker, caregiver (kai- + tiaki)

845. kaitiakitanga - guardianship

846. kaitiora - pirate

847. kaitirotiro - inspector

848. kaititiro - spectator

849. kaitoa! - serves you right!

850. kaitohutohu - coach (sports)

851. kaituhi - writer, author

852. kaituku mahi - employer

853. kaituku miraka - milkman

854. kaitā - big, sturdy of build

855. kaitākaro - player, sportsperson (kai- + tākaro)

856. kaiurungi - pilot

857. kaiwaiata - singer

858. kaiwawao - referee, umpire

859. kaiwhaiwhai - fan (music, sport)

860. kaiwhakaahua - photographer

861. kaiwhakaako - teacher

862. kaiwhakaatu - fashion model

863. kaiwhakahaere - manager, organiser (kai- + whakahaere)

864. kaiwhakataetae - athlete; competitor

865. kaiwhakatangitangi - musician

866. kaiwhakatuma - terrorist

867. kaiwhakawā - a judge

868. kaiārahi - leader, guide

869. kaka rēhia - tracksuit

870. kaka - hair; fibre; ridge; dress

871. kakama - quick; active; smart, clever

872. kakapa - flutter; throb

873. kakara - fragrance, scent, smell; to be delicious

874. kakati - sting; bite

875. kakau - handle

876. kakawa - sweat

877. kake - to climb

878. kakea - (pass) be climbed; be overcome

879. kakī - neck

880. kama - eager

881. kamakama - smart, clever; talkative; joyous

882. kamo - eye; eyelashes

883. kamokamo - twinkle; marrow, squash (the vegetable)

884. kamonga - eyelash

885. kamupene - company, business

886. kamupūtu - gumboot

887. kanae - mullet

888. kanapa - bright

889. kanekane - gingerbread

890. kanga - abuse; curse

891. kangaia - cursed (pass. of kanga)

892. kangaru - kangaroo

893. kani - to saw; a saw

894. kanikani - dance, to dance

895. kanikanitia - danced (pass. of kanikani)

896. kano - colour

897. kanohi - face

898. kao - cooked and dried kūmara

899. kaokao - ribs; armpit; side

900. kapa haka - Māori performing arts

901. kapa - group, row of people, as in: kapa haka

902. kape - photocopy, copy; crescent (shape)

903. kapi - to be covered or occupied (of space), filled with

904. kapiti - gorge; crevice; shut in

905. kapo - to grasp, snatch; flash; lightning

906. kapohia - (pass) be snatched

907. kapowai - dragon-fly

908. kapu hēki - eggcup

909. kapu - cup

910. kapua - cloud

911. kaputī - cup of tea

912. kara - colour

913. karaehe - class (school); glass

914. karaihe - grass

915. karaitiana - christian

916. karaka - orange (colour)

917. karakia - prayer, to pray

918. karakiatia - prayed (pass of karakia)

919. karamuimui - swarm

920. karanga - to call

921. karangahia - called (karanga + -hia; pass)

922. karangatanga - relationship; relative; occupation

923. karangatia - (pass) be called; be welcomed

924. karani - granny, grandmother

925. karapoi - around; surround; to be surrounded

926. karapu - club, society

927. kararehe kōwao - wild animal

928. kararehe - animal

929. karate - karate

930. karauna - crown; the Crown, government

931. karawaka - measles

932. karawhiu - whirl around, thrash around; debate; 'give it heaps'

933. karawhiua! - give it heaps!

934. karawhiua - (pass) be thrashed around

935. kare ā-roto - emotions

936. kare-ā-roto - sweetheart

937. kare - stove, heater

938. karekare - surf, waves

939. kareparāoa - cauliflower

940. karera - light green

941. karere hiko - e-mail

942. karere - message

943. karetao - puppet; robot

944. kari - dig

945. karia - (pass) be dug

946. karihi-kau - nuclear-free

947. karihi - nuclear

948. karo - dodge, avoid

949. karoro - seagull

950. karu - eye

951. karāhe - glass, mirror

952. karāone - crown

953. karāti - garage

954. karēpe tauraki - raisin

955. karēpe - grape

956. kata - to laugh

957. kataina - laughed (pass. of kata)

958. katakata - to laugh and laugh, laughter

959. katipō - venomous spider

960. kato - pluck

961. katohia - plucked (pass of kato)

962. kau - swim; cow

963. kaua e - don't

964. kaua rawa - absolutely don't

965. kaua - negative word, do not, eg: Kaua e tangi

966. kauae - chin

967. kauaka - Negative word, do not (variant of kaua; eg: Kauaka e tangi)

968. kauhau - recite; preach; speech; lecture

969. kauhoe - to swim

970. kauhoetia - swum (pass. of kaohoe)

971. kaui - shoelace, cord

972. kauika - school of fish; pod of whales

973. kaukau - to bathe

974. kaukauria - bathed (pass of kaukau)

975. kaumātua - elder; elderly

976. kaunihera - council

977. kaupane - head

978. kaupapa here - policy

979. kaupapa - topic, theme, plan, subject

980. kaupeka - season

981. kaupoai - cowboy

982. kaute pēke - bank account

983. kaute - to count

984. kautetia - counted (pass. of kaute)

985. kauwae - jaw

986. kauwhata - graph

987. kauwhau - recite; preach; lecture; speech

988. kawa - sour, yuck

989. kawe rongo - headphones

990. kawe - to carry, convey

991. kawea - brought (kawe + passive suffix -a)

992. kawenga - load, luggage, burden (kawe + nominal suffix -nga)

993. kawhe - coffee

994. kawititanga o te ringaringa - wrist

995. kei a koe - youâ€™re onto it

996. kei hea? - where is?

997. kei mua - in front

998. kei muri - behind

999. kei te aha? - what is... doing?

1000. kei te pai - it's okay; I'm fine

1001. kei whea? - where?

1002. kei - Various uses, meanings, eg: preposition, present time and place location; at the moment; it might be that...

1003. keke - cake

1004. kekeno - seal

1005. kemokemo - wink; blink

1006. kenepuru - silt

1007. keo - peak

1008. kerei - grey

1009. kerepe - grape

1010. kerepeti - pottery

1011. kerepō - blind

1012. kererū - native pigeon

1013. keri - dig

1014. keria - (pass) be dug

1015. kerēme - claim

1016. kete - basket, kit

1017. keti - gate

1018. ki a ia - in his opinion

1019. ki - to

1020. ki - to, at, →; | Has various uses and meanings

1021. kia ora - hello; thank you; be well

1022. kia - may you be; may we be; let it be that; | Various uses, meanings. Often not translatable by an English word.

1023. kiekie - a climbing plant used in weaving

1024. kihi - kiss (v); key (n)

1025. kihikihi - cicada

1026. kiia - crowded, full up

1027. kiki - kick

1028. kikia - kicked (pass. of kiki)

1029. kikikiki - to stutter

1030. kikimo - eyes tightly closed

1031. kiko - flesh; body

1032. kikokiko - of flesh and blood

1033. kikorangi - blue sky; dark blue

1034. kimi - to look for, seek

1035. kimihia - sought; look for! (kimi + passive suffix -hia)

1036. kimo - to wink

1037. kina - sea urchin

1038. kini - pinch

1039. kino ake - worse

1040. kino - bad

1041. kiore - rat

1042. kiri kau - naked

1043. kiri kā - fever

1044. kiri - skin

1045. kiriata - movie, film

1046. kirihou - plastic

1047. kirikau - leather

1048. kirikiri - sand

1049. kirikiti - cricket (sport)

1050. kirimana - a contract

1051. kirimate - chief mourners

1052. kiripaepae - receptionist

1053. kiritaki - customer

1054. kiritapu - single (unmarried)

1055. kiritea - fair-skinned

1056. kiritona - pimple; mole; wart

1057. kiriwara - drug addict

1058. kiriweti - unpopular

1059. kirokarāmu - kilogram

1060. kiromita - kilometre

1061. kirīmi - cream

1062. kita - fast; tightly

1063. kite - to see

1064. kitea - seen (kite + passive suffix -a)

1065. kitenga - observation, seeing (kite + nominal suffix -nga)

1066. kiwa - wink

1067. kiwi - native bird of Aotearoa

1068. kiwikiwi - grey

1069. ko wai? - who?

1070. ko - is, are (Various uses; not usually translatable with an English word), [equals], [topic marker]

1071. koa - happy

1072. koakoa - stupid

1073. koara - koala

1074. koata - quarter

1075. koe - you, one person

1076. koha - gift

1077. kohe - talk nonsense

1078. kohete - scold, reprimand, rebuke

1079. kohetengia - scolded (kohete + -ngia; pass)

1080. kohetetia - scolded (pass. of kohete)

1081. kohi - to collect, gather together

1082. kohia - (pass) be collected; be gathered

1083. kohikohi - to collect, gather together

1084. kohikohinga - collection

1085. kohinga - collection

1086. kohu - mist; concave; hollow

1087. kohuku - unfinished

1088. koi - sharp

1089. koia - it is, so

1090. koina - that is (near listener)

1091. koinei - this is

1092. koinā - that is, those are; like that

1093. koirā - that is, those are; like that

1094. koki - angle; corner

1095. koko - scoop; shovel; spoon; corner (of a room, house, etc)

1096. kokoiti - teaspoon

1097. kokopi - closed; shut

1098. kokotaha - tablespoon

1099. komekome - chew; grumble

1100. komiti - committee

1101. komuri - backwards

1102. konei - here, by speaker

1103. koneke - rollerblades; skating; sledge; to slide along

1104. kongakonga - small piece, fragment

1105. konganuku - metal

1106. kongene - withered; wrinkled

1107. konihi - stealthy

1108. konohete - concert

1109. konā - there, by listener

1110. kopa - disappear; crippled; sandal; wallet; schoolbag

1111. kopareti - skates

1112. kope - nappy

1113. kora - fragment; spark

1114. koraha - open country; desert; mud-flats

1115. kore e - not (future)

1116. kore mahi - unemployed

1117. kore - zero, nothing

1118. koretake - useless

1119. korikori tinana - exercise

1120. korikori - move; wriggle

1121. korimako - bellbird

1122. koro - term of address for an elderly man, grandfather (E koro)

1123. koroahu - steam

1124. koroheke - old man

1125. korokoro - loose; throat; palate

1126. koropungapunga - porous; decayed; pumice

1127. koropupū - bubble up; to boil

1128. kororā - little blue penguin

1129. koroua - elderly man, grandfather

1130. korowai - cloak

1131. korowhio - whistle

1132. koru - coiled; shape of fern shoot

1133. korukoru - wrinkle

1134. korā - over there

1135. korōria - glory

1136. korōwha - golf

1137. kota - cockle-shell; sawdust

1138. kotahi - one

1139. kotahitanga - unity

1140. kotakota rīwai - potato chips

1141. kotere - swelling

1142. koti - coat, jacket

1143. kotikara - finger; fingernail; toe; toenail

1144. kotikoti - cut to pieces; divide lands; striped

1145. kotinga - division; boundary line

1146. kotiti - be displaced; move aside

1147. kotiuru - headache

1148. kotutu - boil up (meat and veges)

1149. kounga - quality

1150. koura - gold

1151. koutou - you, three or more people

1152. kowata - transparent

1153. kowhera - flash; open; yawn

1154. kua - then; have; has; had | Verbal particle; indicating completed action or movement into a state

1155. kuau - beard

1156. kuha - gasp; ragged

1157. kuhu - to enter, to go or come in

1158. kuhua - (pass) be entered; be put on (clothes)

1159. kuhukuhu - pig

1160. kui - Term of address for an elderly woman (eg 'E kui'.)

1161. kuia - elderly woman, grandmother

1162. kuihi - goose

1163. kuini - queen

1164. kuki - cook

1165. kuku - draw together; nip; nightmare; mussel

1166. kukume - to pull, to drag

1167. kukune - grow; plump

1168. kume-ā-papa - gravity (force of)

1169. kume - drag; pull

1170. kumea - (pass) be dragged; be pulled

1171. kumete - wooden bowl or trough

1172. kumikumi - beard

1173. kumu - buttocks, bottom

1174. kupenga - net

1175. kupu matua - headline

1176. kupu - word

1177. kuputuhi - text message

1178. kura kaupapa Māori - Māori language school

1179. kura kōhungahunga - kindergarten

1180. kura rata - medical school

1181. kura tuarua - high school

1182. kura - school; treasured item

1183. kuraina - taught (pass. of kura)

1184. kuru - strike with the fist; weary

1185. kurupae - beam

1186. kurī tautiaki - guard dog

1187. kurī ārahi - guide dog

1188. kurī - dog

1189. kutarere - scooter

1190. kuti - draw together; nip; close hand or mouth; nightmare

1191. kutikuti - scissors

1192. kutu - nits

1193. kutukutu ahi - nonsense

1194. kā - to burn, be alight

1195. kāheru - spade

1196. kāho - barrel

1197. kāhore - Negative used for verb sentences

1198. kāhu - harrier; hawk; chief

1199. kāhui ariki - those of the highest rank

1200. kāhui - group; cluster; flock

1201. kāinga - home

1202. kākahu kaukau - togs

1203. kākahu kura - school uniform

1204. kākahu ōrite - uniform

1205. kākahu - clothing, garment

1206. kākahuria - (pass) be dressed

1207. kākano - seed

1208. kākāiti - budgie

1209. kākāriki - green

1210. kāmaka - a rock

1211. kāmera ataata - video camera

1212. kāmera tere - speed camera

1213. kāmera - camera

1214. kāmeta - scarf

1215. kāmura - carpenter

1216. kānapanapa - gleaming dark green (as deep water)

1217. kānara - candle

1218. kānekeneke - move about; from place to place

1219. kānewha - unripe; underdone

1220. kānga papā - popcorn

1221. kānga pirau - rotten corn

1222. kānga wai - rotten corn, formented corn

1223. kānga - corn

1224. kāngia - (pass) be lit, be burnt

1225. kāo - no!

1226. kāore anō - not yet...

1227. kāore e mōhiotia ana - unknown

1228. kāore he tangata - nobody, no one

1229. kāore i mōhiotia - unknown

1230. kāore - negative used for verb sentences

1231. kāpata kākahu - wardrobe

1232. kāpata - cupboard

1233. kāpene - captain

1234. kāpeti - cabbage

1235. kāpia - glue

1236. kāpui - to lace (shoes)

1237. kāpō - blind, unable to see

1238. kārangaranga - call frequently

1239. kāre - Negative word

1240. kārehu - spade

1241. kāreti - carrot

1242. kārewa - buoy; float; surface of water

1243. kāri moni - cash card

1244. kāri nama - credit card

1245. kāri utu-ā-hiko - eftpos card

1246. kāri - playing card

1247. kāriki - garlic

1248. kāta - cart

1249. kātahi anō... ka - only just

1250. kātahi - then

1251. kāti - stop! (as in: kāti te tangi)

1252. kāuta - cooking shed, cookhouse

1253. kāwai - lineage

1254. kāwana - government, governor

1255. kāwanatanga - government (kāwana + nominal suffix -tanga)

1256. kāwhaki - take by force

1257. kāwhakina - (pass) be taken by force

1258. kāwhe - calf

1259. kāwhena - coffin

1260. kē - already; different; other; differently; rather; strange; actually

1261. kēhi - suitcase

1262. kēhua - ghost

1263. kēkē - armpit

1264. kēmihi - chemist

1265. kēmu - game

1266. kēna wai - watering can

1267. kēne - a can

1268. kēti kura - school gate

1269. kī - to be full

1270. kīa - (pass) be said; be filled

1271. kīhai - Negative word

1272. kīhini - kitchen

1273. kīnaki - relish (to accompany food); song following a speech

1274. kīngi - king

1275. kō atu - the further side

1276. kō mai - the near side

1277. kō - at a distance, yonder; shovel

1278. kōaro - upside down

1279. kōauau - flute played with nose or mouth

1280. kōhanga reo - Māori language preschool

1281. kōhanga - nest, preschool, nursery

1282. kōhatu - stone

1283. kōhine - girl

1284. kōhinu - petrol

1285. kōhoi - thin

1286. kōhoimako - bellbird

1287. kōhonihoni - nibble

1288. kōhua - to boil; cooking pot

1289. kōhumuhumu - whisper; murmur; short hair

1290. kōhungahunga - child

1291. kōhuru - to murder

1292. kōiti - little finger; little toe

1293. kōiwi - bone

1294. kōkiri - to charge, rush at, to thrust forward, attack

1295. kōkā - mother, aunt

1296. kōkō - cut in tattooing

1297. kōkōwai - red ochre

1298. kōmeke - comic

1299. kōmore - bracelet

1300. kōmukumuku - to scrub

1301. kōmā - pale

1302. kōngenge - exhausted

1303. kōngutu - mouth of river

1304. kōnohi - grieve; yearn

1305. kōnui - thumb; big toe

1306. kōpae - disc

1307. kōpaepae pūoru - compact disc (CD)

1308. kōpani - to shut

1309. kōpapa - surfboard

1310. kōpara - bellbird

1311. kōpere - a dart; a sling; rainbow

1312. kōpiko - meander

1313. kōpikopiko - wandering; winding

1314. kōporo - van

1315. kōpua - deep (water)

1316. kōpure - blotchy, spotted; ladybird

1317. kōpā - numb; stiff; set; cramped, confined

1318. kōpū - belly, womb

1319. kōrakorako - fairies

1320. kōrangaranga - ache

1321. kōrapa - cage

1322. kōrapu - flash; shine

1323. kōrea - wheelchair

1324. kōrengarenga - crushed; overflowing

1325. kōrere - tap; diarrhoea

1326. kōrero pūrākau - folk-tales, stories, legends

1327. kōrero teka - to tell lies

1328. kōrero - to talk, speak

1329. kōrerorero - to discuss (v); discussion (n)

1330. kōrerotia - spoken (kōrero + passive suffix -tia)

1331. kōreti - kayak

1332. kōriha - gorilla

1333. kōrori - stir

1334. kōrua - you, two people

1335. kōruarua - hole; pit

1336. kōtare - kingfisher

1337. kōti - court

1338. kōtingotingo - speckled

1339. kōtiri - meteor

1340. kōtiritiri - meteor

1341. kōtiro - girl

1342. kōtui - zip

1343. kōtuitui - network

1344. kōtuku - white heron

1345. kōtītiti - wander about

1346. kōura - crayfish

1347. kōwaha - yawn

1348. kōwhai - yellow; a native tree

1349. kōwhaki - tear off

1350. kōwhakiwhaki - flash frequently

1351. kōwhao - hole

1352. kōwhatu - stone

1353. kōwhiri - choose

1354. kōwhiuwhiu - fan

1355. kūaha - door

1356. kūao - young of animals

1357. kūare - ignorant

1358. kūhā - thigh

1359. kūkū - pigeon

1360. kūmara - kūmara, sweet potato

1361. kūmera - sweet potato

1362. kūngia - (pass) be drawn together; be nipped

1363. kūpangopango - dark in colour

1364. kūpapa - side with the government; traitor

1365. kūrae - headland

1366. kūraruraru - perplexed

1367. kūtai - mussel

1368. kūtia - (pass) be drawn together; be closed

1369. kūwaha - door; entrance; mouth

1370. kūwhewhewhewhe - wrinkled

1371. maha - many

1372. mahaki - sick; sick person

1373. mahana - to be warm, warm

1374. mahara - thought, memory

1375. mahau - porch; verandah, deck

1376. mahere - map, plan

1377. mahi kāinga - home work

1378. mahi ā whare - housework

1379. mahi - to do, work, make

1380. mahia - worked (mahi + passive suffix -a)

1381. mahihore - peeled off

1382. mahinga kai - cultivation

1383. mahira - to be inquisitive, curious, nosy

1384. mahu - healed

1385. mahue - to be left behind (trans)

1386. mahuetia - (pass) be passed by; be left behind; be deserted

1387. mai i te - passed

1388. mai rā anō - from long ago

1389. mai - towards the speaker in space or in orientation; to here

1390. maihao - finger; toe

1391. maihi - bargeboards of meeting house

1392. maika - banana (also panana)

1393. maikuku - claw; fingernail, toenail

1394. maimai aroha - token of affection

1395. maioha - greet affectionately; welcome

1396. mairō - milo

1397. maka - to throw or pass

1398. makaia - (pass) be thrown

1399. makariri - cold

1400. makau - favourite; lover; husband; wife

1401. makawe - hair of the head (human, used in plural: ngā makawe)

1402. makere - to get down from

1403. makimaki - monkey

1404. makinui - gorilla

1405. mako - shark

1406. makuku - lazy; pleasant tasting

1407. mamae - hurt, sore, pain

1408. mamaha - steam

1409. mamaku - black tree-fern

1410. mamao - distant

1411. mamaoa - steam

1412. mana motuhake - self-government; personal freedom

1413. mana - prestige, authority

1414. manaaki - to look after, to show hospitality towards

1415. manaakitanga - hospitality, kindness, generosity

1416. manaakitia - (pass) be looked after; look after

1417. manahau - to be cheerful, triumphant, stoked

1418. manaia - abstract carved figure

1419. manako - to like

1420. manatu - homesick

1421. manawa hē - heart attack

1422. manawa - heart

1423. manawapā - grudging; reluctant

1424. manawareka - satisfied

1425. manene - stranger

1426. manga - branch; stream

1427. mangeo - itch

1428. mangu - black

1429. mangungu - crushed; uncooked

1430. mangō - shark

1431. mania - slippery; smooth; to slide

1432. maniheko - nasty

1433. maninirau - circus

1434. mano - thousand

1435. manu aute - kite

1436. manu - bird

1437. manuhiri - guest

1438. maoa - cooked; ripe

1439. maonga - cooked, ripe

1440. maota - fresh green

1441. mapi - map

1442. mapu - flow freely; sigh; sob

1443. marae ātea - open space in front of meeting house

1444. marae - traditional Māori gathering place

1445. marakihau - sea monster

1446. marama - month, moon

1447. maramara rīwai - chips

1448. maramara - crumbs, small pieces

1449. maramataka - calendar

1450. maranga - to arise; to get up

1451. marangai - heavy rain, storm

1452. marara - scattered; separated; umbrella

1453. maremare - to cough

1454. marere - to drop

1455. maringi - to spill (trans)

1456. marino - calm

1457. maro - kilt-like garment

1458. maroke - dry

1459. maru - power; shelter

1460. marumaru - shaded

1461. marū - bruised; crushed

1462. mata kohore - bleary-eyed

1463. mata - point, blade; face

1464. mataaho waka - windscreen

1465. matakahi - wedge

1466. matakana - wary

1467. matakerepō - blind

1468. matakoma - swollen

1469. mataku - scared, afraid

1470. matangi - wind, breeze

1471. matapaia - pottery

1472. matapihi - window

1473. matapiko - mean, stingy

1474. matapōrehu - sadness

1475. matau - fish hook; right side

1476. matawaia - filled with tears

1477. matawhāiti - cautious

1478. matawā - clock; live broadcast

1479. mate huka - diabetes

1480. mate manawa - heart attack; heart disease

1481. mate moe - sleepy

1482. mate pukupuku - cancer

1483. mate ā moa - extinct

1484. mate - to be sick, ill, dead

1485. matekai - hungry, starving

1486. matenga - time or circumstance of death

1487. matewai - thirst; thirsty

1488. matihao - finger; toe

1489. matihe - sneeze

1490. matikara - finger; toe

1491. matikuku - claw; fingernail; toenail; hoof

1492. matimati - finger, toe

1493. matira - fishing rod

1494. matua kēkē - uncle

1495. matua tāne - father; uncle

1496. matua wahine - mother; aunt

1497. matua whāngai - foster-parent

1498. matua - parent, father

1499. matā - flint; blade; lead; bullet; earwig

1500. matū - fat, chemical

1501. mau herehere - hostage; prisoner

1502. mau kakī - necklace

1503. mau - to wear clothes

1504. maumahara - to remember, remember

1505. maumau - waste (of time, effort etc)

1506. maunga - mountain

1507. maunu - come out; be drawn

1508. maunutanga - migration

1509. mauri moe - unconscious

1510. mauri - life spirit

1511. mauria - to be carried (mau + passive suffix -ria)

1512. mautohe - protest

1513. mauāhara - hate, loathe

1514. mauī - left (direction)

1515. mawhiti - jump; skip

1516. me - and, should, with (various meanings, uses, eg with, like, should)

1517. mea kau ake - immediately; very soon

1518. mea - a thing (n); to say (v)

1519. meatia - (pass) be done, be said, be thought

1520. mehemea - if (presuming not; cf. ki te, if, expressing simple uncertainty)

1521. meke - fist; to punch

1522. mekemeke - boxing; to punch repeatedly

1523. mekepaoro - volleyball

1524. mema - member, members

1525. memeha - weak

1526. mene - assemble

1527. menemene - to smile

1528. meneti - minute

1529. mere - bush, shrub

1530. merekara - miracle

1531. merengi - melon

1532. meāke - soon

1533. mihi - to greet; thank; acknowledge

1534. mihimihi - greetings and introductions

1535. mihinare - missionary; Anglican

1536. mimi - urine; urinate

1537. mimia - pissed (pass. of mimi)

1538. mimiti - dried up; swallowed up

1539. minamina - desire, wish for mine be gathered together

1540. mingomingo kata - to smile

1541. minita - minister

1542. miraka tepe - yoghurt

1543. miraka - milk

1544. miri - rub; stroke; soothe; wipe

1545. mirihau - windsurfing

1546. mirimiri - massage

1547. mirimita - millimetre

1548. miriona - million

1549. mirionea - millionaire

1550. miririta - millilitre

1551. miro - thread, a type of pine tree

1552. mirumiru - bubbles

1553. mitimiti - to lick

1554. moana - sea

1555. moata - early; early morning

1556. moe - sleep; to marry

1557. moemoeā - to dream (v), dream (n)

1558. moenga - bed

1559. moepapa - nightmare

1560. moeroa - sleepyhead; to sleep in

1561. moho - stupid

1562. mohoa - to the present time

1563. moka - end, margin, piece

1564. mokamokai - dried human head

1565. moke - solitary; solitary person

1566. mokemoke - lonely

1567. moko ngārara - crocodile

1568. moko - lizard

1569. mokomoko - lizard

1570. mokopuna - grandchild

1571. mokotuauri - dinosaur

1572. mokoweri - dinosaur

1573. momi - suck

1574. momo - type, kind

1575. momoe - keeping the eyes shut

1576. momori - bare; smooth

1577. monamona - knuckle; joint

1578. mongamonga - crushed

1579. moni whiwhi - income

1580. moni - money

1581. more - bare; plain, not decorated; toothless

1582. morearea - dangerous

1583. moremore - bald

1584. morihana - goldfish

1585. moto - strike with fist

1586. motokia - (pass) be struck with fist

1587. motokā - car, motorcar

1588. motu - island (n); cut (v), cut off (adj)

1589. motuhake - special

1590. motuhia - (pass) be cut

1591. motuhuka - iceberg

1592. motukā - car

1593. motunga - quota

1594. motupaika - motorbike

1595. moturere - broken or cut off

1596. motū - steak

1597. moumou - waste (n): to be wasteful (v)

1598. moutere - island

1599. mua - front, before

1600. muanga - eldest child

1601. muheni - insult

1602. mui - to swarm

1603. muka - flax fibre

1604. muku - wipe, rub; rubber (stationery)

1605. mukua - rubbed (pass of muku)

1606. mukākā - irritate, annoy

1607. muna - darling; secret, mystery; hide

1608. mura - blaze, flame

1609. muramura - flash; bright-coloured

1610. muri - behind, after

1611. muringa - afterwards; youngest child

1612. muritai - sea breeze

1613. muriwai - backwater; lagoon

1614. muru - forgive; plunder; rub; wipe

1615. murua - (pass) be forgiven

1616. mutu - be ended, finished (but not necessarily completed)

1617. mutunga rawa - maximum

1618. mutunga wiki - weekend

1619. mutunga - end (mutu + noun ending -nga)

1620. mā runga - to travel by, by the means of

1621. mā te wā - sometime, whenever

1622. mā tēnā - each of you

1623. mā - clean, white

1624. māeke - cold

1625. māeneene - smooth; soft

1626. māhaki - calm; quiet

1627. māhanga - twin(s)

1628. māharahara - worry (n); anxious (adj)

1629. māhau - for you (variant of māu)

1630. māhina - moon

1631. māhita - teacher

1632. māhuna - head

1633. māhunga - head

1634. māhē - sinker

1635. māhū - gentle

1636. māia - capable, brave, bold

1637. māipi - wooden weapon

1638. mākekehu - fair-headed

1639. mākona - satisfied, full

1640. māku - for me, by me

1641. mākurakura - pink

1642. mākutu - bewitch; magic; spell

1643. mākā - wild; shy

1644. mākūkū - moist; damp; dew

1645. mākūware - careless

1646. māminga - pretend

1647. māmā - mother (n); easy, simple (adj)

1648. māna - for him, her, by him, her

1649. māngai - mouth; representative

1650. māngeongeo - itchy

1651. māngere - lazy

1652. mānia - plains

1653. mānu - float; be launched; overflow; be flooded

1654. mānukanuka - worry; doubt; anxiety; anxious

1655. māori - clear; normal, ordinary

1656. māpere - marble

1657. māra wāina - vineyard

1658. māra - garden

1659. mārama - clear, understand

1660. mārau - fork

1661. mārena - to marry; wedding

1662. mārenatanga - marriage

1663. mārenatia - (pass) to be married

1664. mārie - fortunate; peaceful

1665. mārika - indeed, quite, certainly; āe mārika

1666. māripi - knife

1667. mārire - quietly; thoroughly; peaceful

1668. mārua - hollow; pit; valley; vacuum

1669. mārō - hard (of texture, personality), firm

1670. mārū - gentle, calm

1671. mātaitai - seafood

1672. mātaki - to watch

1673. mātakitaki - to watch, to observe, examine, inspect

1674. mātakitia - inspected (pass. of mātaki)

1675. mātao - cold

1676. mātaotao - cool

1677. mātau - to know, understand

1678. mātauranga - education, knowledge, understanding

1679. mātenga - head

1680. mātengatenga - causing pain

1681. māti - match (to light a fire)

1682. mātotoru - thick

1683. mātotorutanga o te waka - (heavy) traffic

1684. mātou - we, us (three or more people, excluding the person/ people addressed)

1685. mātua - parents, fathers (plural form of matua)

1686. mātā - swamp

1687. mātāmua - eldest; first; main

1688. mātāwaka - all tribes

1689. māu - for you, by you; ā category possession

1690. māua - we, us (two people, excluding addressee)

1691. māuiui - sick

1692. māunu - bait

1693. māwhe - faded

1694. māwhero - pink

1695. māwhitiwhiti - grasshopper

1696. mēnā - if

1697. mēra - mail

1698. mētara - metal

1699. mīere - honey

1700. mīharo - to wonder at; amazing

1701. mīhini hoko - vending machine

1702. mīhini keri - digger

1703. mīhini - machine

1704. mītara - measles

1705. mīti hipi - mutton

1706. mīti kau - beef

1707. mīti - meat

1708. mō taku hē - sorry, my bad

1709. mō - for, unrealised, ō category possession, about

1710. mōhio - to know

1711. mōhiotanga - knowledge (mōhio + nominal suffix -tanga)

1712. mōhiotia - known (mōhio + passive suffix -tia)

1713. mōhiti ārai hihirā - sunglases

1714. mōhiti - glasses

1715. mōhū - selfish

1716. mōkai - pet

1717. mōkarakara - to be savoury, delicious

1718. mōku - for me, unrealised, o category possession

1719. mōkī - tie in a bundle; raft made of flax stalks; package

1720. mōmona - fat

1721. mōna - for him, her, unrealised, o category possession

1722. mōrearea - dangerous

1723. mōrehu - survivor

1724. mōrena - good morning

1725. mōrunga - lifted up

1726. mōteatea - lament; traditional song

1727. mōtēra - motel

1728. mōu - for you

1729. mōua - back of neck

1730. mōunu - bait

1731. mōwhiti kaukau - goggles

1732. mōwhiti rā - sunglasses

1733. mōwhiti - glasses

1734. mūrere - to be clever, cunning, crafty

1735. naenae - mosquito

1736. naeroa - mosquito

1737. naihi - knife

1738. naka - near you

1739. nama - number

1740. namata - ancient times

1741. namu - sandfly

1742. nana - eyebrow

1743. nanahi - yesterday

1744. nanakia - rascal clever, cunning

1745. nanekoti - goat

1746. nanenane - goat

1747. nanā! - look!

1748. nao - feel; to handle

1749. napō - last night

1750. nati - nut; pinch

1751. natinati - pinched; stifled

1752. natu - scratch

1753. nau mai! - welcome!

1754. nau - come, go (as in: Nau mai!)

1755. nawe - scar

1756. neha - doze

1757. nehenehe - forest

1758. neherā - ancient times

1759. nehu - bury

1760. nehua - (pass) be buried

1761. nei - here, by speaker

1762. neke - to move

1763. nekeneke - to move gradually

1764. nenewha - shut the eyes

1765. newanewa - soft toys

1766. ngaengae - heel

1767. ngahau - party, concert

1768. ngahere - forest, bush

1769. ngahoro - to fall; and more

1770. ngaki - avenge; to plant; to weed

1771. ngakina - till soil, weed

1772. ngakinga - a garden

1773. ngako - fat (as on meat)

1774. nganga - stone of fruit; hail; shell; husk

1775. ngangare - quarrel

1776. ngaoki - crawl

1777. ngaoko - move slightly

1778. ngare - blood relations; family; send; urge

1779. ngari - annoyance

1780. ngaro - to be lost, missing, gone, hidden (trans)

1781. ngaru - wave

1782. ngaruiti - microwave

1783. ngata - snail (n); to be satisfied (v)

1784. ngau - to bite

1785. ngaungau - to chew, a snack

1786. ngehengehe - soft; weak

1787. ngenge rererangi - jet lag

1788. ngenge - tired

1789. ngeri - chant with actions

1790. ngeru - cat

1791. ngira - needle

1792. ngoengoe - scream

1793. ngohengohe - soft; pliable; easy

1794. ngoi - energy; strength

1795. ngoikore - weak; listless

1796. ngoio - asthma

1797. ngongo - tube

1798. ngongohā - snorkel

1799. ngongore - blunt

1800. ngongoro - exclaim; snore

1801. ngore - flexible

1802. ngota - fragment; particle; atom

1803. ngotangota - smashed to powder

1804. ngungu - turn aside

1805. ngunguru - to growl, grumble, shake

1806. nguru - nose-flute

1807. ngutu hore - wasteful

1808. ngutu huia - talkative person

1809. ngutu momoho - abusive; talkative

1810. ngutu pārera - pistol

1811. ngutu tere - untrustworthy

1812. ngutu - lip, lips

1813. ngutuawa - river-mouth

1814. ngā kare-ā-roto - emotions

1815. ngā - the, plural

1816. ngāherehere - bush

1817. ngāhoahoa - headache

1818. ngāi - prefix meaning tribe or clan (e.g., Ngāi Tahu)

1819. ngākau - heart, as in seat of the affections and feelings

1820. ngākaukore - disinclined

1821. ngākaunui - eager, keen

1822. ngākaurua - uncertain, in two minds

1823. ngāngā - breathe heavily; make a noise; screech

1824. ngārara arikata - alligator invisible; extinct; forgotten; hidden;

1825. ngārara - reptile, monster

1826. ngātahi - together

1827. ngāueue - to shake

1828. ngāwari - kind, pleasant of personality; easy

1829. ngāwhā - boiling spring

1830. ngē - noise

1831. ngū - squid; silent, speechless

1832. niao - edge; rim; top plank of canoe

1833. niho tunga - toothache

1834. niho - tooth

1835. ninipa - clumbsy, unskilled

1836. niwha - brave; rage; barb

1837. no hea? - from where?

1838. noa - free from tapu; only, just, merely

1839. nohinohi - small

1840. noho puni - camping

1841. noho taratahi - self-isolation

1842. noho - to live; sit

1843. nohoanga - home, sofa

1844. nohoia - (pass) be sat upon, be inhabited

1845. nohopuku - silent; to diet

1846. nohotū! - sit up straight!

1847. noke - worm

1848. noko - stern of canoe

1849. nonohi - small (plural)

1850. nonoke - judo

1851. noti - contract; pinch

1852. nou - belongs to you (Å catergory), yours

1853. nui ake - bigger

1854. nui te utu - expensive

1855. nui - big, great, many

1856. nuinga - majority (nui + nominal suffix -nga)

1857. nuke - crooked

1858. nuku - to move

1859. nukunuku - remove

1860. numia - passed by (pass of numi)

1861. nunui - big (plural form)

1862. nunumi - disappear

1863. nā konei - because of this

1864. nā konā - because of that

1865. nā reira - therefore

1866. nā te mea - because

1867. nā - Various meanings, eg by, belonging to (ā category), by way of

1868. nāianei - now

1869. nākahi - snake

1870. nāku - mine, realised possession, it was done by me (ā category)

1871. nāna - by him, her, belonging to him, her

1872. nāu - you (past tense); yours (singular)

1873. nāwai - presently, in due course, after a while

1874. nē - tag question, translated variously depending on the English structure; eh?

1875. nē? - really?; isn't it?; shall I/we?

1876. nēra - nail

1877. nō konei - therefore

1878. nō konā - therefore

1879. nō reira - so, therefore

1880. nō te mea - because

1881. nō tāwāhi - international

1882. nō whea? - from where?

1883. nō - from

1884. nōku - mine, realised possession, ō category

1885. nōna - belongs to him or her (Å catergory), his, hers

1886. nōnahea? - when? (used of the past)

1887. nōnanahi - yesterday

1888. nōnapō - last night

1889. nōnawhea? - when? (used of the past)

1890. nōnāianei - now; today

1891. nōu - yours

1892. nūpepa - newspaper

1893. o te ao - international

1894. o - of, belonging to | Has several uses

1895. oha - dying speech; keepsake; greet

1896. ohaoha - abundant; generosity; generous

1897. oho - to wake up

1898. ohooho - panic; cherished; requiring care

1899. ohorere - to start suddenly, be startled; surprised

1900. ohotata - emergency

1901. ohu rapa - search party

1902. ohu - group of volunteers; workers

1903. oi - shake, shudder

1904. oinga - childhood, youth

1905. oioi - shake gently

1906. oka - chef's knife, dagger; prick; stab; yam

1907. okaoka - stab

1908. oke - invalid; wriggle

1909. okeoke - toss about

1910. okioki - to pause; rest

1911. oko - bowl

1912. okooko - to nurse

1913. oma taumano - marathon

1914. oma - to run, escape

1915. omakia - run (pass of oma)

1916. omanga - refuge

1917. onamata - of ancient times

1918. one - beach, sand

1919. oneone - earth, soil

1920. onepū - sand, beach

1921. oneuku - clay

1922. ono - six

1923. ope - group travelling together

1924. ora - alive, well, healthy, safe

1925. oranga - health, life (ora + nominal suffix -nga)

1926. oreore - to shake, quiver

1927. ori hīteki - ballet

1928. oriori - lullaby

1929. oro - sharpen; grind

1930. orotahi - note (music)

1931. ota - uncooked; unripe

1932. otaota - vegetation, herbs, grass, weeds

1933. oti - to be completed

1934. otirā - but, on the other hand

1935. pae patopato - typewriter

1936. pae tere - speed limit

1937. pae - ridge

1938. paekura - lost property

1939. paenga - shelf

1940. paepae - speakers

1941. paeroa - range of hills; wind which blows along the shore

1942. paetae - achieved

1943. paetahi - bachelor level

1944. paheke - fail; slip; to slide

1945. pahemo - pass by; pass on

1946. pahi iti - minibus

1947. pahi - bus

1948. pahure - escape; pass by; be carried out successfully

1949. pahī - adventure

1950. pahū - drum (n); blow up, explode (v)

1951. pai ake - better

1952. pai atu - better

1953. pai - good (adj); to like (v); good

1954. paiaka - root of tree

1955. paiheneti - percent

1956. paihikara maunga - mountain bike

1957. paihikara - bike

1958. painga - benefit, skill, good qualities (pai + nominal suffix -nga)

1959. paingia - (pass) be approved; be liked

1960. paipa - pipe

1961. paitini - poison

1962. pakanga - to fight, battle, war, hostility

1963. pakapaka - burnt, dry

1964. pakari - mature, ripe

1965. pakaru - broken (applied to a thing not a body part) (trans)

1966. pake - obstinate

1967. pakeke - hard, stiff (adj); to grow up (v); age, adult, elder (n)

1968. paketai - driftwood; anything cast up by the sea

1969. paki - to slap, to pat; to be fine; a fine day

1970. pakiaka - root

1971. pakihi - business

1972. pakihiwi - shoulder

1973. pakipaki - to applaud, to clap; applause

1974. pakitara - wall

1975. pakituri - hitchhiker

1976. pakiwaitara - story

1977. pakiwaituhi - cartoon

1978. paku - dried; small

1979. paku - small

1980. pakupaku - very small

1981. pakō - blistered; make a loud sound

1982. pakū - make sharp or sudden sound; resound

1983. pana - to push away, to expel

1984. panana - banana

1985. panatahi - odd number

1986. pane kuini - postage stamp

1987. pane - head

1988. paneke - goal (in sport); to score; to advance

1989. panekeke - pancake

1990. panekoti - skirt, dress

1991. panga - puzzle, riddle

1992. pango - black

1993. pangā - (pass) be thrown; be passed

1994. pani ngutu - lipstick

1995. pani - orphan (n); to be orphaned (v): to smear, spread out (v)

1996. paniaku - toothpaste

1997. panikakā - mustard

1998. panuku - sledge

1999. panā - (pass) be driven away, be expelled

2000. pao - break; sing; a type of song; strike, pound

2001. paoa - smoke (from a fire)

2002. paoka - fork; pierce; stab

2003. paoro - ball

2004. papa angaanga - skull

2005. papa kararehe - zoo

2006. papa kāinga - ancestral settlement

2007. papa pānui - noticeboard

2008. papa tuhituhi - blackboard, whiteboard

2009. papa tākaro - playground, sports field

2010. papa - floor, ground, flat surface

2011. papahokohoko - mall

2012. papai - good (plural), very good

2013. papaki - smack

2014. papakupu - dictionary

2015. papanga - layer

2016. paparahua - dining table

2017. papareti - skateboard

2018. papatahi - flat

2019. papataunga - runway

2020. papatuhituhi - whiteboard

2021. papatākaro - playing field, playground

2022. papi - puppy

2023. papā - burst, explode

2024. papāroa - scarce

2025. para - blood relation; pollen; sediment; waste material

2026. parahanga - litter (rubbish)

2027. parai - fry; frying pan

2028. paraihe niho - toothbrush

2029. paraihe - award, prize; brush

2030. paraikete - blanket

2031. parakipere - blackberry

2032. parakuihi - breakfast

2033. paramanawa - refreshments, snacks, nibbles

2034. paramu - plum

2035. parani - daisy, brand

2036. paraone - brown

2037. parapara - filth; talents

2038. pararau - slave

2039. parareka - potato

2040. parau - false; lie

2041. parauri - brown

2042. pare tīkākā - sunscreen

2043. pare - to ward off, to divert

2044. parehe - pizza; flattened

2045. parekura - disaster; battle

2046. paremo - drowned

2047. parenga - riverbank

2048. parerori - cramp

2049. paretai - river bank

2050. pari - cliff

2051. parirau - wing

2052. paritū - steep

2053. parori - sprained; crooked

2054. paru - dirt, mud, dirty

2055. paruparu - dirt, mud

2056. parā - rotten

2057. parāoa parai - fried bread

2058. parāoa rimurapa - pasta

2059. parāoa roa - weapon made of rib of whale

2060. parāoa - bread, flour

2061. pata kai - cereal

2062. pata - butter

2063. patahinu - margarine

2064. patahua - muesli

2065. patapata - drip; drop

2066. patapatai - question frequently

2067. patiko - hastily

2068. patipati - flatter, sweet-talk

2069. patu parāoa - short flat whalebone weapon

2070. patu - to strike, hit; to kill

2071. patua - hit/killed (patu + passive suffix -a)

2072. patupaiarehe - fairy, elf, pixie

2073. pau - to be consumed, used up completely, all gone (trans)

2074. paukena - pumpkin

2075. paunga rā whitu - weekend

2076. paura - powder

2077. pea hurumā - polar bear

2078. pea - pair; pear

2079. peara - pearl

2080. peha - boast; skin

2081. peihana - basin

2082. peita - paint

2083. peka - branch

2084. pekapeka - bat

2085. peke - to jump, to leap over

2086. pekerangi - ozone layer

2087. pene pura - ballpoint pen

2088. pene rākau - pencil

2089. pene - pen

2090. pepa whēru - toilet paper

2091. pepa - paper; pepper

2092. pepe - flutter; butterfly

2093. pepeha - proclamation of origin

2094. pepeke - frog

2095. pere rua - yacht

2096. pere - bell

2097. perehana - present, gift

2098. perehi - press; print

2099. perehina - bristle

2100. pereki - brick

2101. pereti - plate

2102. peruperu - eyebrows

2103. peti - heap up

2104. pewa - bow-shaped; eyebrow; raise the eyebrows

2105. pia kano - crayon

2106. pia ngaungau - chewing gum

2107. pia - beer

2108. piako - empty; hollow

2109. piana - piano

2110. piau - axe; iron

2111. piha - gills

2112. pihareinga - cricket (insect)

2113. pihi - waterproof

2114. pihikete - biscuit

2115. piki toka - rock climbing

2116. piki - to increase

2117. pikiniki - picnic

2118. pikitanga - ascent of hill

2119. pikitia - picture, film

2120. piko - bend; bent; corner; curve; curved

2121. pikopiko - winding about

2122. pine - close together; pin

2123. pinepine - little

2124. pirau - rotten

2125. pire - bill; pill

2126. piri - to stick to, to cling

2127. pirihi - priest

2128. pirihimana - police officer

2129. pirikoko - mystery

2130. pirimia - prime minister

2131. piriniha - prince; princess

2132. piritahi - to be together, as one

2133. piriti - bridge

2134. piro - stinking, putrid

2135. pito - belly button, end, extremity

2136. piu - skipping; throw; step; jump

2137. piupiu - flax skirt (worn as part of traditional costume, eg in kapa haka)

2138. poaka kini - guinea pig

2139. poaka - pig

2140. poari - board

2141. pohe - blind

2142. pohepohe - distracted, inattentive

2143. pohewa - imagine

2144. poho - chest

2145. poi - poi, small, soft ball on string

2146. poihau - balloon

2147. poikiri - soccer

2148. poikōpiko - table tennis

2149. poitarawhiti - netball

2150. poka noa - randomly

2151. poka tata - short-cut

2152. poka - hole (n); to make a hole in, to pierce (v)

2153. pokake - presumptuous

2154. pokanga - operation (surgical)

2155. poke parāoa - to make bread

2156. poke - pollute

2157. pokenga - pollution

2158. pokerehū - unintentionally

2159. pokerenoa - reckless

2160. poki - to cover over, swamp, spread over

2161. pokohiwi - shoulder

2162. pokorua - pit; ant

2163. pona - cord; knot, tie in knot; ankle; knuckle

2164. pongaponga - nostril

2165. pongāihu - nostril

2166. poniponi - pony; small

2167. pono - true, faithful

2168. pononga - servant; prisoner; slave

2169. popo - decay; rotten

2170. popoki - cover; cover over; kneecap; lid; spread over

2171. popō - crowd

2172. pora - large sea-going canoe; foreign; stranger

2173. poraka taratara - toad

2174. poraka - jersey

2175. poro - to cut off, to cut short

2176. porohita - circle, round (variant of porowhita)

2177. porohita - ring (circle)

2178. porohuri - overturn

2179. poroka - frog

2180. porokakī - neck

2181. poroporo - bracelet; purple

2182. poroporoaki - farewell speech; say goodbye to; a tribute to someone who has died

2183. pororaru - bewildered

2184. porotiti - disc; rotate

2185. porowhawhe - merry-go-round

2186. porowhita - circle, round (variant of porohita)

2187. poti paku - dinghy

2188. poti - boat

2189. poto - short

2190. potopoto - short

2191. pou niho - dentist

2192. pou tātū - main post of house

2193. pou - pole, post

2194. pouaka poutāpeta - PO box

2195. pouaka whakaata - television

2196. pouaka - box

2197. pouaru - widow; widower

2198. pounamu - greenstone

2199. poupou - father-in-law; mother-inlaw; old people; peg; post (especially inside meeting house); steep

2200. poupoutanga o te rā - midday, noon

2201. pourewa - elevated platform

2202. poururu - a frown

2203. poutokomanawa - middle post of house

2204. poutoti - stilts

2205. poutāpeta - post office

2206. pouwhenua - pole-like weapon

2207. pua - flower; seed

2208. puaki - come out, emerge

2209. puare - open, opening

2210. puehu - dust

2211. puhi - to blow (wind)

2212. puhipuhi - blow or puff frequently; to smoke

2213. puia - hot spring; volcano

2214. pukapuka pakiwaituhi - comic book

2215. pukapuka - book, lungs

2216. pukarangi - chromebook

2217. puke - hill

2218. pukepuke - hilly; small hill

2219. puku - stomach, belly

2220. pukukino - grumpy

2221. pukumahi - hard-working, industrious

2222. pukupā - barren; childless

2223. pukuriri - fury; furious; grumpy

2224. pukutākaro - full of fun; playful

2225. puna hohunu - deep pool

2226. puna kaukau - swimming pool

2227. puna pāpaku - shallow pool

2228. puna - pool, spring

2229. pune - spoon

2230. punenga kupu - word processor

2231. punga - anchor; joint

2232. pungarehu - ashes

2233. puni - camp; company; crowd; dam

2234. punua kurī - puppy

2235. punua poti - kitten

2236. punua - young animal

2237. puoro - to sing, to rumble

2238. pupuhi - to shoot

2239. pupuri - to hold onto

2240. pupuritia - be held, be retained, kept possession of, gripped (pass of pupuri)

2241. pupū - to bubble up, arise from

2242. pura - blind; twinkle

2243. purapura - seed

2244. purei - to play, play

2245. purepure - spotted; in patches

2246. purini - pudding

2247. puritanga - a handle

2248. purotu - handsome

2249. puru - to put, place somewhere

2250. purua - put in/blocked up (puru + passive suffix -a)

2251. puruhi - flea

2252. purumatia - swept (pass of puruma)

2253. purutaringa - earphone

2254. purūma - broom; sweep

2255. puta - to appear, to come out

2256. putanga - opening, exit (puta + nominal suffix -nga)

2257. putiputi - flower

2258. putu - to heap up; a heap, pile

2259. puāwai - flower; grey hair

2260. pā hirahira - castle

2261. pā tāwhanawhana - bouncy castle

2262. pā tūwatawata - fort

2263. pā - a fortified settlement (n); to touch (v)

2264. pāhau - beard

2265. pāhekeheke - slippery; uncertain

2266. pāhi - purse, to pass

2267. pāhihi - passenger

2268. pāhiketepōro - basketball

2269. pāhotanga - programme

2270. pāina - to dry; warm oneself; sunbathe

2271. pāka - a park; a box

2272. pākatio - freezer

2273. pākau - kite; wing

2274. pākaurua - stingray

2275. pākehokeho - slippery

2276. pākete - bucket

2277. pākia - (pass) be struck; be touched

2278. pākihi - desert; barren land

2279. pākā - burger

2280. pākī - hamburger

2281. pāmamao - distant

2282. pāmu - farm

2283. pānga tuhituhi - stationery

2284. pāngarau - maths

2285. pānui - to read; to publish, advertise; notice, advertisement

2286. pānuitanga - announcement

2287. pānuitia - read; advertised (pass of pānui)

2288. pāpaka - crab

2289. pāpaku - shallow

2290. pāpango - dark in colour

2291. pāpapa - husk, shell

2292. pāparakauta - pub

2293. pāparakāuta - pub

2294. pāpura - purple

2295. pāpā - father, uncle

2296. pāpāho maha - multimedia

2297. pāpāho - broadcast

2298. pāpāringa - cheek

2299. pāpātanga - rate, speed

2300. pārae - a park; paddock

2301. pārekareka - fun; enjoyable, beautiful

2302. pāremata - parliament

2303. pārera - grey duck

2304. pārongo - hearing aid

2305. pāroro - cloudy; storm

2306. pārunga - upstairs

2307. pātai - question; to ask a question

2308. pātaia - (pass) be asked; be questioned

2309. pātaka - elevated storehouse; pantry

2310. pātangatanga - starfish

2311. pātara wai - waterbottle

2312. pātara - bottle

2313. pātari - amuse; entice; provoke

2314. pātata - close (of distance)

2315. pātene - button

2316. pātere - chant

2317. pātiki rori - sole

2318. pātiki - flounder (fish)

2319. pātuhi - text message, to text

2320. pātītī - grass

2321. pātōtō - knock

2322. pātū - wall

2323. pāua - abalone

2324. pāwera - afraid

2325. pāwhero - red-haired

2326. pēhea - how?

2327. pēhea? - how? in what way?

2328. pēhi - press; oppress; repress

2329. pēhia - (pass) be pressed; be oppressed; be repressed

2330. pēkana - bacon

2331. pēke parapara - rubbish bag

2332. pēke - bag

2333. pēke - bag

2334. pēnei - like this, near speaker

2335. pēniho - toothpaste

2336. pēnā - like that, near listener

2337. pēpe - baby

2338. pēpepe - butterfly; moth

2339. pēpi - baby

2340. pērā tonu - same old; to be unchanged

2341. pērā - like that, yonder

2342. pēwhea - how? (variant of pēhea)

2343. pēwhea? - how? in what way?

2344. pī rorohū - bumblebee

2345. pī - bee; pea

2346. pīata - bright; clear; shine; shiny

2347. pīauau - knife

2348. pīhopa - bishop

2349. pīkaokao - chicken

2350. pīkau - backpack; carry on back; take responsibility for

2351. pīkaunga - mountaineering

2352. pīnati pata - peanut butter

2353. pīnati - peanut

2354. pīngao - seaside plant used in weaving; kodak yellow

2355. pīnohi - tongs

2356. pīnono - beg

2357. pīoioi - to shake, wave, sway

2358. pīpī - chick, baby

2359. pīpīwharauroa - shining cuckoo

2360. pīrangi - to want, desire

2361. pīrangitia - (pass) be wanted, be desired

2362. pītakataka - gymnastics

2363. pītiti - peach

2364. pīwaiwaka - fantail

2365. pō mārie - good night

2366. pō whakangahau - night-time party

2367. pō - night

2368. pōangaanga - skull

2369. pōhara - poor

2370. pōhatu - stone

2371. pōhauhau - confused

2372. pōhekaheka - mould

2373. pōhiri - welcome; to wave

2374. pōhā - youngest child; food container; pastry

2375. pōhēhē - to think mistakenly, be mistaken

2376. pōkai tueke - pack bags

2377. pōkai - flock, swarm; roll up, wind up, wrap around

2378. pōkaikaha - confused, in doubt

2379. pōkarekare - to be agitated (of liquid)

2380. pōkokohua - a term of contempt - dickhead, bastard

2381. pōkē - dark; dirty; gloomy

2382. pōkēao - dark cloud

2383. pōma - bomb

2384. pōnga - nightfall

2385. pōpokorua - ant

2386. pōpō - pat with the hand; soothe

2387. pōrangi - crazy; idiot

2388. pōrearea - nuisance

2389. pōrera - mat

2390. pōro - ball (also 'paoro')

2391. pōrohe - messy, untidy

2392. pōrutu - splash

2393. pōtae mārō - helmet

2394. pōtae - hat

2395. pōtaka - spinning top

2396. pōtari - snare

2397. pōtarotaro - lawnmower

2398. pōti - vote

2399. pōtiki - child; youngest child

2400. pōturi - deaf; slow

2401. pōua - grandfather; old person

2402. pōuri - sad, dark

2403. pōuriuri - gloomy; very dark

2404. pōwhiri - welcome

2405. pū hurihuri - pistol

2406. pū - to blow gently

2407. pūaha - mouth of river

2408. pūangi - balloon

2409. pūao - dawn

2410. pūhaehae - envy, jealousy

2411. pūhana - glow

2412. pūhia - (pass) be blown; be shot

2413. pūhoi - slow; blunt

2414. pūhungahunga - rough; unfinished

2415. pūhuruhuru - hairy

2416. pūhā - green spinach-like vegetable

2417. pūkaea - large wooden wind instrument

2418. pūkaha - engine

2419. pūkai - to lie in a heap

2420. pūkana - stare with bulging eyes (fierce facial expressions used in actions songs and haka)

2421. pūkei - to lie in a heap

2422. pūkenga - skills, skill, expertise, lecturer

2423. pūkohu - mist

2424. pūkēkē - arm; armpit

2425. pūmanawa rorohiko - software

2426. pūmau - fixed, permanent

2427. pūngao kōmaru - solar power

2428. pūngene - sleeping bag

2429. pūngāwerewere - spider

2430. pūoru - music

2431. pūrama - light bulb

2432. pūrehu - moth

2433. pūrere horoi maitai - dishwasher

2434. pūrere horoi - washing machine

2435. pūrere whakaahua - photocopier

2436. pūrere - appliance, machine (electric) (n); to escape (v)

2437. pūrerehua - butterfly

2438. pūreretā - printer

2439. pūrongo - a report

2440. pūru - bull

2441. pūruru - shady (of trees)

2442. pūrākau - traditional story

2443. pūtaiao - science

2444. pūtake - root

2445. pūtea - budget, resources, money

2446. pūtiki - knot; to knot; topknot

2447. pūtohe - saxophone

2448. pūtoko - slug

2449. pūtu - boot

2450. pūtātara - shell trumpet; fund, funding

2451. pūtōrino - flute-like instrument

2452. pūwhā - green spinach-like vegetable

2453. rae - forehead; headland

2454. raha - open; extended

2455. rahi - large, numerous, great, big

2456. raho - testicles

2457. rahurahu - to handle; to interfere with

2458. raihana taraiwa - driver's licence

2459. raihana - licence

2460. raihi - rice

2461. raiona - lion

2462. raka - yonder, over there; agile; lock

2463. raki - north

2464. rakiraki - duck; rake; scrape

2465. raku - scrape; scratch

2466. rakuraku - guitar; rake

2467. rama waka - traffic lights

2468. rama - light, torch

2469. ranga - group of people; raise

2470. rangatahi - youth, younger generation

2471. rangatira - chief, leader, boss

2472. rangatiratanga - control; greatness; freedom; kingdom; sovereignty

2473. rangi - sky, day

2474. rangimārie - peaceful

2475. ranginamu - handsome

2476. rangirua - uncertain

2477. rangitahi - temporary

2478. rangitoto - lava; scoria

2479. rangiwhata - bragger

2480. rango - fly, blowfly (n); to hear (v)

2481. rangona - to be heard (passive form of rongo)

2482. raorao - plains

2483. rapa - to look for (v); rubber (n)

2484. rapaia - be sought (pass of rapa)

2485. raparapa - the ends of the bargeboards of meeting house; to guess

2486. rapu - to look for

2487. rapua - be looked for, to be searched for, sought (pass of ropu)

2488. rapunga - a search

2489. rapurapu - to be in doubt

2490. rara - rib; shoal

2491. rarahi - great; big (plural)

2492. raranga - plait; weave

2493. rarata - quiet; tame (plural)

2494. rarauhe - fern

2495. rare - lolly

2496. raro - under, below; time

2497. raru - trouble; to be in difficulty, in trouble

2498. raruraru - trouble, problem; be in difficulty, in trouble

2499. rarā - roar; make a dull sound

2500. rarī - disturbance; uproar

2501. rata kararehe - a vet

2502. rata - friendly, at ease (adj); calm (n); to like (v)

2503. ratarata - sharp

2504. ratonga ahi - fire service

2505. ratonga - service, services

2506. rau - to put into; leaf

2507. rauemi - resource

2508. rauika - assembly; heap

2509. raukoti - disturb; meddle

2510. raupani - frying-pan

2511. raupapa - series; flat ground

2512. raupatu - conquest; confiscate; take by force

2513. raupeka - distress; doubt

2514. raupā - cracked; calloused

2515. raupō - reed, bulrush

2516. raureka - deceitful

2517. rauroha - extended

2518. rauru - satisfied

2519. rautaki - strategy

2520. rautangi - perfume

2521. rautao - leaves for wrapping food in oven; to wrap round with leaves

2522. rautau - century

2523. rautupu - thunderstorm

2524. rawa - Various meanings, eg too, quite, very; really

2525. rawahanga - mischievous

2526. rawakore - poor, homeless

2527. rawatia - very (pas of rawa)

2528. rawe - lovely, excellent

2529. raweke - busy; disturb; prepare; meddle with

2530. rawemākoi - naughty

2531. rea - murmur; to grow up

2532. reanga - generation

2533. rehu - to disappear (v); to split into chips (v); fine spray (n)

2534. rehutai - sea spray

2535. rei - bosom; chest; ivory; jewel; leap, rush; treasured possession; tusk

2536. reia - (pass) to be sought after; to be popular

2537. reiputa - ivory neck pendant

2538. reira - there (previously mentioned)

2539. reka - sweet

2540. rekareka - pleasant, delighted

2541. rekoata o te ao - world record

2542. rekoata - record

2543. reo irirangi - radio

2544. reo - language, voice

2545. repe hūare pupuhi - mumps

2546. repo - swamp; cannon

2547. rere ā-hapori - community transmission

2548. rere - to escape; to fly

2549. rerea - flown (pass. of rere)

2550. rereangi - hang-gliding

2551. rerekē - different, changed

2552. rerekētanga - difference

2553. rerenga ahi - fire escape

2554. rerenga o Tama-nui-te-rā - solar system

2555. rerenga - sentence; flight, journey, voyage

2556. rerewhenua - railway

2557. reri - ready

2558. reta - letter

2559. reti - to skate, slide

2560. retihuka - ski

2561. retireti hukarere - skiing

2562. retireti wai - hydroslide

2563. retireti - skates, skating

2564. retiwai - water-skiing

2565. rewa - float; melt; start; be elevated; mast

2566. rewarangi - pedestrian crossing

2567. rewha - eyebrows; eyelid; cross- eyed

2568. rewharewha - epidemic; influenza, flu

2569. rewherī - referee

2570. rikarika - hesitating

2571. rima meneti ki te tekau karaka - five minutes to ten

2572. rima meneti ki te tekau mā tahi karaka - five minutes to eleven

2573. rima meneti pāhi i te tekau mā rua karaka - five minutes past twelve

2574. rima meneti pāhi i te tekau mā tahi karaka - five minutes past eleven

2575. rima - five

2576. rimurimu - seaweed; moss

2577. ringa - hand, arm

2578. ringakuti - fist

2579. ringaringa - hand, arm

2580. ringawera - cook, kitchenhand

2581. ringi - to pour

2582. rino - iron

2583. ripa - furrow; ridge

2584. ripi - frisbee

2585. ripo - deep pool; whirlpool

2586. rirerire - extremely beautiful

2587. riri - anger, angry

2588. riro - gone away; to be awarded: acquired, obtained

2589. rita - litre

2590. rite tonu - just like

2591. rite - to be ready, like, similar

2592. ritenga - custom; habit; likeness

2593. rito - middle shoot of a plant

2594. riu - valley

2595. roa - long

2596. roanga - length of time (roa + nominal suffix -nga)

2597. rohe - district, area, boundary, territory

2598. rohea - weary

2599. roherohe - mark off by boundary; to separate

2600. rohi - loaf

2601. roimata - tears

2602. rokiroki - used up; preserve

2603. rokohanga - found; reached; to be happened upon

2604. rongo - to hear, perceive, feel

2605. rongona - heard (pass. of rongo)

2606. rongonui - famous

2607. rongopuku - overhear

2608. rongoā - medicine

2609. rorerore - barbecue

2610. rori - road

2611. rorirori - clumsy; stammering; silly

2612. roro - brain

2613. roroa - long (plural)

2614. rorohiko - computer

2615. roromi - crush; squeeze

2616. rota - lottery

2617. roto - in, inside, within; lake

2618. rou mamao - remote control

2619. roumamao - remote control (for TV)

2620. rourou - small basket, food basket

2621. rua tekau meneti ki te tekau mā tahi karaka - twenty minutes to eleven

2622. rua tekau meneti pāhi i te tekau mā rua karaka - twenty minutes past twelve

2623. rua tekau meneti pāhi i te tekau mā tahi karaka - twenty minutes past eleven

2624. rua tekau mā rima meneti ki te tekau mā tahi karaka - twenty-five minutes to eleven

2625. rua tekau mā rima meneti pāhi i te tekau mā rua karaka - twenty-five minutes past twelve

2626. rua tekau mā rima meneti pāhi i te tekau mā tahi karaka - twenty-five minutes past eleven

2627. rua wiki - fortnight

2628. rua - two; grave, hole, storage pit

2629. ruahine - old woman; priestess

2630. ruaki moana - seasick

2631. ruaki - vomit

2632. ruakitia - vomited (pass. of ruaki)

2633. ruarua - few

2634. ruha - worn out

2635. rui - shake; scatter; sow

2636. ruia - (pass) be shaken; be scattered; be sown

2637. rukaruka - completely; utterly

2638. ruku - to dive

2639. rukuhia - (pass) be sunk

2640. rukuruku - dive or dip frequently; wrap up small

2641. rumaki - immerse, immersion; dip; drown; bury

2642. rumakiana - planted (pass. of rumaki)

2643. runga ake - upwards, above

2644. runga - on

2645. ruru - owl; morepork; take shelter

2646. rutu - bump, throw down, tackle

2647. rutua - (pass) be jolted; be tackled; be tossed about

2648. ruānuku - magician

2649. rā whānau - birthday

2650. rā - day; the sun; over there

2651. rāhui - ban, place a ban; reserve

2652. rāina - line

2653. rākau - tree; timber

2654. rākeitia - embellish (pass. of rākei)

2655. rānei - or

2656. rāoa - choked

2657. rāpeti - rabbit

2658. rāpihi - rubbish

2659. rārangi kupu - vocabulary

2660. rārangi tatari - waiting list

2661. rārangi tono - menu (computer)

2662. rārangi - line, row

2663. rārāina - smoked (pass of rÄrÄ)

2664. rātaka - diary

2665. rātau - them; they (three or more people)

2666. rātou ko - and also (joining 3 or more names eg. Bob, Jim and Fred)

2667. rātou - they, them, three or more people

2668. rātō - west

2669. rāua ko - and joining 2 names eg. Jim and Fred

2670. rāua - them; they (two people)

2671. rāwhara - raffle

2672. rāwhiti - east

2673. rāwāhi - bank; shore; side; the other side; overseas

2674. rēhia - pleasure, amusement

2675. rēinga - leaping place

2676. rēmana - lemon

2677. rēme - lamb

2678. rēpata - leopard

2679. rērere - run from one place to another

2680. rēti - rent

2681. rētihi - lettuce

2682. rētō - deep

2683. rēwana - Māori bread

2684. rīanga - insurance

2685. rīhi - dish; dishes; lease

2686. rīki - leek; onion

2687. rīnena - deep

2688. rīngi ring ringi - to pour

2689. rīngi - to ring/phone

2690. rīpeka - cross; crucify

2691. rīpene ataata - video tape

2692. rīpene - ribbon, tape

2693. rīpoata - report

2694. rīria - (pass) to get in trouble, be told off

2695. rīwai parai - french fries

2696. rīwai - potato

2697. rō whare - indoors

2698. rō - in (short form of roto, as in: ki rō whare)

2699. rōhi - rose

2700. rōia - lawyer

2701. rōpere - strawberry

2702. rōpū - group

2703. rū - earthquake; shake

2704. rūkahu - be false, exaggerate

2705. rūma horoi kākahu - laundry

2706. rūma kai - dining room

2707. rūma kaukau - bathroom

2708. rūma moe - bedroom

2709. rūma noho - living room

2710. rūma unuunu - changing room

2711. rūma - room

2712. rūnanga - assembly; council

2713. rūpahu - nonsense; lie, tell lies rure scatter; shake

2714. rūri - ruler; survey (land)

2715. tae atu ki - as far as; including

2716. tae atu - arrived there

2717. tae noa ki - up until

2718. tae - to reach, arrive (v); colour (n)

2719. taea - to be able, to be achieved (tae + passive suffix -a)

2720. taenga - arrival (tae + nominal suffix -nga)

2721. taewa parai - french fries

2722. taha oranga - fitness

2723. taha raro - underside

2724. taha - to pass by; side

2725. tahaki - shore (from the sea); to one side

2726. tahanga - empty; slightly, a bit; naked

2727. tahataha - steep bank

2728. tahatai - seashore

2729. tahatika - coastline

2730. tahe - flow; menstruation

2731. tahi - one, single

2732. tahia - (pass) be swept

2733. tahirapa - rubber, eraser

2734. tahitahi - to sweep

2735. tahu - burn; cook; light (set on fire); husband, wife; lover

2736. tahua - pile of food; sum of money

2737. tahumaero - sickness, disease

2738. tahuna - lit (pass. of tahu - to light)

2739. tahuri - to capsize

2740. tahā - calabash, gourd

2741. tai āniwhaniwha - tidal wave

2742. tai - tide; coast

2743. taiaha - weapon (a long hardwood weapon with a pointed tongue at one end and a long flat narrow blade at the other)

2744. taiapa - fence

2745. taiapo - carry

2746. taiatea - afraid; nervous

2747. taiepa - fence; wall (freestanding )

2748. taihoa - wait

2749. taika - tiger

2750. taimaha - heavy

2751. taimana - diamond

2752. taimau - betrothed, engaged

2753. taina - junior; younger brother or cousin of a male; younger sister or cousin of a female

2754. taipa - be silent

2755. taipō - goblin

2756. taitai niho - toothbrush

2757. taitai - to wrestle, knock

2758. taitaia - wrestled, knocked (pass. to taitai)

2759. taitama - young man

2760. taitamaiti - child

2761. taitamariki - young person, young people

2762. taitamāhine - young woman

2763. taitea - pale; sapwood; white

2764. taitoa - brave

2765. taitonga - south

2766. taiwhanga ako - classroom

2767. taiwhanga pūtaiao - laboratory

2768. taiwhanga - place, waiting room; to wait

2769. taka - to come around in a cycle; to fall from a height

2770. takahi - trample; tread; stamp; disobey, violate

2771. takahia - trampled (pass. of takahi)

2772. takaina - (pass) be heaped up

2773. takakau - at leisure; unmarried

2774. takakino - act hurriedly; to abuse; to debase; to spoil

2775. takapapa - tablecloth

2776. takapau - floor-mat

2777. takapū - belly; calf of leg

2778. takarangi - faint; giddy; stagger

2779. takataka - make ready, prepare.

2780. takatū - prepare, get ready

2781. take - beginning, cause, origin

2782. takenga - origin, beginning, source

2783. takere - bottom (of sea, river); hull; keel

2784. taketake - base; ancient; original; lasting

2785. taki - to lead, to bring along

2786. takirua - in pairs, two at a time

2787. takitahi - individually, one at a time

2788. takitaki - appear; provoke; revenge; look for; recite

2789. takitaro - moment

2790. takitini - in droves

2791. takiwā - district, region

2792. takoki - to sprain

2793. takoto - to lie down

2794. takotoranga - position, site

2795. takotoria - (pass) be laid down

2796. taku - my (singular); edge

2797. takuahi - fireplace

2798. takune - pretend

2799. takunga - an excuse

2800. takurua - winter

2801. takutai - sea coast

2802. takutaku - recite; threaten

2803. tama - son, nephew (term of address for a boy, son: tama)

2804. tamaiti whāngai - adopted child

2805. tamaiti - child

2806. tamariki - children (plural form of tamaiti)

2807. tamatāne - boy

2808. tame heihei - rooster

2809. tame - male animal

2810. tamumu - hum; buzz

2811. tamumutia - (pass) be hummed

2812. tamāhine - daughter

2813. tana - his/her (neutral category); ton

2814. tangata whenua - people of the land, home crowd

2815. tangata - person

2816. tangatanga - comfortable

2817. tangi - to cry; to make a sound

2818. tangihanga - funeral

2819. tangihia - be mourned (pass of tangi)

2820. tangiweto - cry; cry-baby

2821. tango mai - receive

2822. tango - to take hold of

2823. tangohanga - betrothal, engagement; marriage

2824. tangohia - pick up! (command); taken away (tango + passive suffix -hia)

2825. tangotango - to handle; use

2826. taniwha - monster, traditional guardian of bodies of water

2827. tanoni - be sprained

2828. tanu - bury; plant

2829. tanumi - disappear behind

2830. tao - to cook

2831. taokete - brother-in-law (of a male), sister-in-law (of a female)

2832. taona - cooked; cook! (pass. of tao)

2833. taonga - property, possession

2834. taoroa - long spear

2835. tapa tāone - suburb

2836. tapa - to call, name, recite

2837. tapa - to name

2838. tapahi - to cut up, chop

2839. tapahia - cut! to be cut (tapahi + passive suffix -a)

2840. tapahinga makawe - haircut

2841. tapaia - (pass) be named; be recited

2842. tapairu - princess

2843. tapatapahi - cut in pieces

2844. tapawhā rite - square

2845. tapeke - sum; the score; total

2846. tapou - dejected; miserable

2847. tapu - sacred, holy, under ritual restriction

2848. tapuhi - to nurse; a nurse

2849. taputapu tākaro - sports equipment

2850. taputapu ā whare - furniture

2851. taputapu - gear, equipment

2852. tapuwae - footprint

2853. tara - point; spike; peak; wall; sea bird

2854. taraihe - sideboard

2855. taraihikara - tricycle

2856. taraiwa - to drive; driver

2857. taraiwatia - driven (pass. of taraiwa)

2858. taraka - truck

2859. tarakihana - tractor

2860. tarakona - dragon

2861. tarapeke - jump

2862. taratahi - quarantine

2863. tarau poto - shorts

2864. tarau tāngari - jeans

2865. tarau - trousers

2866. taraute - trout

2867. tarawhiti - a ring

2868. tari - government department; office

2869. taringa - ear

2870. taro ake - in a little while

2871. taro kau iho - in a very little while

2872. taro - presently, by and by (as in: taro ake)

2873. tarotaro - cut the hair

2874. taru - grass; vegetation; thing

2875. tarutaru - grass, weeds, cannabis

2876. tata - near, close

2877. tatangi tatau - doorbell

2878. tatao - younger brother or sister; deep; to droop

2879. tatari - to wait

2880. tatau - to count

2881. tatu - stumble, trip

2882. tatū - agree; reach the bottom; be content; be resolved

2883. tau mai - came

2884. tau peke - leap year

2885. tau - to land, settle; be calm; to attack; lover; handsome; year; age; number

2886. taua āhua anō - same as (idiom)

2887. taua - that, previously mentioned (singular)

2888. tauawhi - to hug, embrace, support

2889. tauera - towel

2890. tauhou - strange, unfamiliar; stranger

2891. tauihu - bow of canoe

2892. tauine - ruler (stationery)

2893. tauira - student; example

2894. tauiwi - foreign race; strange tribe

2895. taukiri - expresses distress, surprise

2896. taukumekume - debate

2897. taumaha - difficult of spirit or health; to be heavy (s), weight (n)

2898. taumaru - shaded

2899. taumarumaru - shady (of trees)

2900. taumata - grade, level of achievement

2901. taumau - betrothal; betroth; betrothed; reserve for oneself

2902. taumārō - obstinate

2903. taunga ika - fishing ground

2904. taunga wakarererangi - airport

2905. taunga - to be accustomed to, familiar with

2906. tauomaoma - race (running)

2907. taupaki - to pat, slap

2908. tauparapara - chant at beginning of speech

2909. taupatupatu - to compete with one another; contradict

2910. taupiripiri - arm-in-arm

2911. taupoki - to cover, close with a lid; lid, cover

2912. taura piu - skipping rope

2913. taura - rope, cable

2914. tauraki - tumble-drier; drought; to dry in the sun

2915. tauranga waka - car park

2916. tauranga - anchorage; fishing ground; resting place

2917. taurangi - changeable; incomplete; wanderer

2918. taurapa - stern-post of a canoe

2919. taurekareka - scoundrel; slave

2920. taurima rererangi - flight attendant

2921. taurima - entertain; hospitality

2922. taurite - alike; opposite

2923. taurua - double, in pairs

2924. tautahi - only child

2925. tautara - fishing rod

2926. tautau - to hang down

2927. taute - look after; prepare; mourn

2928. tautika - even; straight

2929. tautohe - contend; contest

2930. tautohetohe - argue

2931. tautoko - to support

2932. tautokona - (pass) be supported

2933. tautopenga - goalkeeper

2934. taututetute - jostle one another

2935. tautāwhi - to come to the assistance of, support

2936. tauwaka - numberplate

2937. tauwehe - separate; to be separated

2938. tauwhanga - ambush

2939. tauwharenga - overhanging

2940. tauwhiro - social worker; tend, care for

2941. tawa - purple, tower

2942. tawaki - crested penguin

2943. tawhi - toffee

2944. tawhiti - distant, a distant place

2945. tawhito - old, former

2946. te rangi nei - this day

2947. te - the, singular definite article

2948. tea - white; clear

2949. teihana hinu - petrol station

2950. teihana tereina - train station

2951. teihana - TV channel; railway station

2952. teina - younger sibling, same sex

2953. teitei - tall, high, lofty; height (object)

2954. teka - lying (v); lie (n)

2955. tekau meneti ki te tekau karaka - ten minutes to ten

2956. tekau meneti ki te tekau mā tahi karaka - ten minutes to eleven

2957. tekau meneti pāhi i te tekau mā rua karaka - ten minutes past twelve

2958. tekau meneti pāhi i te tekau mā tahi karaka - ten minutes past eleven

2959. tekau mā rua - dozen

2960. tekau - ten

2961. tekoteko - carved figure on top of whare

2962. tene - impromptu

2963. tenetene - vagina

2964. tepetepe - jellyfish

2965. tere - to flow, float, move quickly; fast

2966. tereina - to train

2967. tereinatia - to be trained (pass. of tereina)

2968. tero - rectum, anus

2969. terēina - train

2970. tetetete - chatter; rattle

2971. teti pea - teddy bear

2972. tewha - working songs or chants

2973. tewhatewha - long wooden axe- shaped club

2974. tia - to steer, adorned

2975. tiaina - to be steered (pass. of tia)

2976. tiakarete wera - hot chocolate

2977. tiakarete - chocolate

2978. tiakete - jacket

2979. tiaki - to look after, to care for

2980. tiakina - (pass) be looked after

2981. tiamu - jam

2982. tiana - driven in; stick in! drive in [pegs]! (pass of tia)

2983. tieke - cheque

2984. tiemi - see-saw

2985. tiemiemi - see-saw

2986. tihe - sneeze

2987. tihei - to sneeze

2988. tihewa - sneeze

2989. tihi - topknot

2990. tika - to be right, correct, straight, in order

2991. tikanga maha - multicultural

2992. tikanga o te wā - the fashion

2993. tikanga rua - bicultural

2994. tikanga - reason, meaning, right way of doing things, custom (tika + nominal suffix -nga)

2995. tiketike - height; high; important

2996. tiki - to fetch

2997. tikitiki - topknot

2998. tikitiwhi - detective

2999. tiko - to defecate; excrement

3000. timotimo - to peck

3001. timu - ebb tide; shoulder; end

3002. tina - dinner, lunch

3003. tinana - body, trunk, torso

3004. tinei - turn off, extinguish

3005. tinihanga - to trick, amuse with trickery

3006. tino hāneanea - luxury

3007. tino kaitā - enormous

3008. tino nui - giant, huge

3009. tino pai! - very good!

3010. tino rangatiratanga - sovereignty

3011. tino taonga - valuable

3012. tino tau - impressive, flash

3013. tino tika - exact

3014. tino - very

3015. tio - oyster

3016. tioka - chalk

3017. tipi - glide; slice

3018. tipua - a person of high status

3019. tipuna - grandparent, ancestor

3020. tipuria - (pass) be grown

3021. tira pūoru - orchestra

3022. tira - group or row of people

3023. tirara - daffodil

3024. tiriti - street

3025. tiro mākutu - stare

3026. tiro - to look

3027. tirohanga - view, sight, aspect (tiro + nominal suffix -hanga)

3028. tirotiro - to look, gaze upon, investigate

3029. titi - comb; insert; peg; pin; shine

3030. titiro - to look at

3031. titiwai - glow-worm

3032. tito - compose story or song; fiction; invent

3033. tiu - north; north wind; soar

3034. tiutiu - sparrow; thrush

3035. tiwha - mark; spot

3036. tiwhikete - certificate

3037. toa rongoā - chemist

3038. toa - shop; male animal; expert; to be strong

3039. toanga - bravery

3040. toe - to remain, be left over

3041. toenga - leftovers, remnants (toe + nominal suffix -nga)

3042. toetoe - grass, rushes

3043. toha - distribute; allocate

3044. tohatohaina - (pass) be distributed, be allocated

3045. tohe - to be persistent, stubborn (s), to object, argue, protest (v)

3046. tohea - (pass) be argued about

3047. tohi - divide, separate; ceremony for newborn baby

3048. tohitū - direct; straight

3049. tohorā - whale

3050. tohu - a qualification, eg degree

3051. tohua - marked (tohu + passive suffix -a)

3052. tohunga tā moko - skilled tattoo artist

3053. tohunga whakairo - master carver

3054. tohunga - expert, priest

3055. tohungia - (pass) be marked; be preserved; be pointed out

3056. tohutaka - recipe

3057. tohutoa - medal

3058. tohutohu - to instruct; to guide, direct; instructions, directions

3059. toi - art, knowledge

3060. toitoi - jogging; trot

3061. toitū - entire; permanent; undisturbed

3062. toka - rock

3063. toke hore - tall person

3064. toke - worm

3065. tokerau - autumn; northern

3066. toki - adze, axe; champion

3067. toko - divorce; pole

3068. tokohia - how many people?

3069. tokohia? - how many [people]?

3070. tokomaha - many (of people)

3071. tokomauri - hiccup

3072. tokorua - two (of people)

3073. tokotoko - walking stick (without a handle)

3074. tokotoru - three (people)

3075. tokowhia? - how many people?

3076. tomo - to enter, go into

3077. tomokanga - entrance

3078. tomokia - (pass) be entered

3079. tonga - south

3080. tono - to apply for, to order (v): an application (n)

3081. tonoa - sent (tono + passive suffix -a)

3082. tonu - still

3083. toparere - helicopter

3084. tope - cut down; cut off

3085. topea - (pass) be cut down; be cut off

3086. toremi - disappear; drowned

3087. tori - cut (v); cat (n)

3088. toro - to visit

3089. toroa - albatross

3090. torohē - examine

3091. torohīhihi - short hair; few hairs

3092. torohū - secret; secretly; stealthily

3093. toroiho - underwear

3094. toromi - be drowned

3095. toronga - distant relatives

3096. torotika - in a straight line

3097. torotoro - hold out hands

3098. toroī - fermented food

3099. toru - three

3100. torutoru - few

3101. torōna - throne

3102. tote - salt

3103. toti - limp (walk with difficulty)

3104. toto - blood

3105. totohe - contend

3106. totohu - to sink

3107. totoro - stretch out

3108. totō - ooze; trickle

3109. tou - dip; plant; set on fire; buttocks, bottom, anus

3110. toutou - dip into liquid

3111. tua - beyond

3112. tuahangata - hero

3113. tuahine - sister, of a male

3114. tuahiwi - skeleton

3115. tuaitara - spines

3116. tuaiwa - ninth

3117. tuaiwa - ninth

3118. tuakana - older sibling of the same sex

3119. tuaki - to gut fish

3120. tuakina - (pass) be gutted

3121. tuangi - cockle

3122. tuanui - roof

3123. tuaono - sixth

3124. tuarea - anxious; sorrowful

3125. tuarima - fifth

3126. tuarongo - back wall of house

3127. tuarua - second

3128. tuarā - back [body]

3129. tuatahi - first

3130. tuatangata - hero

3131. tuatea - anxious; pale

3132. tuatete - hedgehog

3133. tuatoru - third

3134. tuatua - chop up finely; main range; shellfish

3135. tuawaru - eighth

3136. tuawehe - split

3137. tuawhenua - mainland; inland

3138. tuawhitu - seventh

3139. tuawhā - fourth

3140. tuha - to distribute; to spit, to spit out

3141. tuhi ā ringa - handwriting

3142. tuhi - to write; to indicate, point out

3143. tuhia - written; write! (tuhi + passive suffix -a)

3144. tuhinga kūkara - google docs

3145. tuhinga - writing, text (tuhi + nominal suffix -nga)

3146. tuhituhi anuanu - graffiti

3147. tuhituhi - to write, draw

3148. tuhituhia - (pass) be drawn; be written

3149. tuhituhinga - writing, text (tuhituhi + nominal suffix -nga)

3150. tui - pierce; sew; thread; lace

3151. tuia - (pass) be pierced; be sewn

3152. tuitui - fasten up; sew, to stitch

3153. tuke - elbow; jerk; knock; angle

3154. tukemata - eyebrow

3155. tuki - to hit, to knock, to beat, to pound; crash

3156. tukia - be hit; be pounded; be attacked, be crashed into; be bumped (pass of tuki)

3157. tukituki - to wreck; destroy

3158. tuku iho - passed down

3159. tuku - to put off, to leave aside

3160. tukua - let go! to be released (tuku + passive suffix -a)

3161. tukuata - projector

3162. tukuna - submitted, submit! released, release! (tuku + passive suffix -na)

3163. tukuoro - speaker (eg bluetooth speaker)

3164. tukutuku - spider web

3165. tumeke - to take fright, surprise

3166. tumu - stump

3167. tumuaki - crown of the head; director; principal; headteacher

3168. tumutumu - stump

3169. tuna - eel

3170. tunga - toothache

3171. tungāne whakaangi - step-brother

3172. tungāne - brother, of a female

3173. tunu - to cook, roast

3174. tunua - (pass) be roasted; be baked

3175. tunutunu - afraid

3176. tuohu - bow the head

3177. tuopu - swap, trade

3178. tupehu - angry

3179. tupu ake - to grow up

3180. tupu - to grow, develop; a plant, shoot (variant of tipu)

3181. tupua - demon; foreigner; object of terror; steal

3182. tupuna - ancestor; grandparent

3183. tupuria - (pass) be grown

3184. turaki - push down; overthrow

3185. turakina - (pass) be pushed down; be overthrown

3186. ture - law, rule

3187. turi - deaf; knee; disobedient

3188. turituri - be quiet! noisy

3189. turori - stagger

3190. turuturu - to make firm; leak; pole

3191. tuta - back of the neck

3192. tute - nudge; push

3193. tutetute - jostle

3194. tutū - rowdy behaviour

3195. tuwha - distribute; spit, spit out

3196. tuwhara - floor mat

3197. tuwhena rawa - overdose

3198. tuwhera - open (adjective)

3199. tuāhine - female cousins or sisters of a male

3200. tuākana - older brothers of a male; older sisters of a female

3201. tā koutou - your (singular, addressed to three or more people)

3202. tā kōrua - your (singular, addressed to two people)

3203. tā moko - art of tattooing

3204. tā mātou - our [singular, theirs and mine]

3205. tā māua - our (singular, his or hers and mine)

3206. tā rātou - their (singular, three or more people)

3207. tā rāua - their (singular, two people)

3208. tā tātou - our (singular, three or more people)

3209. tā tāua - our (singular, two people)

3210. tā - print, draw

3211. tāepa - fence

3212. tāhae - to steal

3213. tāhau - your, ā category possession, singular (variant of tāu)

3214. tāhei - necklace; stripes

3215. tāheke - descend, drop; steep; waterfall

3216. tāhoe - to swim (from one point to another)

3217. tāhuhu kōrero - history

3218. tāhuhu - subject of a sentence

3219. tāhuna - beach; sandbank; dry

3220. tāiki - rib; wicker basket

3221. tāima - time

3222. tāina - (plural of taina) younger brothers of a male, younger sisters of a female

3223. tāina - toaster; plural of

3224. tākai - bind; wrap up; bandage

3225. tākaro ataata - video game

3226. tākaro rorohiko - computer game

3227. tākaro - to play

3228. tākarotia - played (pass. of tākaro)

3229. tāke moni whiwhi - take beginning, cause, origin, reason; subject of discussion

3230. tāke - tax

3231. tākiri - draw away quickly; untie; pull out; strike (a match)

3232. tākirirangi - space rocket

3233. tāku - my, ā category possession, singular

3234. tākupu - gannet

3235. tākuta - doctor

3236. tāmaru - overcast

3237. tāmiro - twist

3238. tāmirotia - (pass) be twisted

3239. tāmure - snapper

3240. tāmutumutu - intermittent

3241. tāna - his, her, ā category possession, singular

3242. tāne - man, male

3243. tāngari - dungarees

3244. tāngata - people (plural of tangata)

3245. tāniko - ornamental border of cloak or mat

3246. tānumi - fold in two

3247. tāone nui - city

3248. tāone - town

3249. tāpae - to present; put before one

3250. tāpaepae - jigsaw puzzle

3251. tāpapa - stoop; lie face down

3252. tāpi - sticking plaster

3253. tāpiapia - sticky

3254. tāpiri - to join something on, to add

3255. tāpoi - tourist

3256. tāpokopoko - boggy

3257. tāpu - bath

3258. tāpui - set aside; reserve, to book something

3259. tāpōrena - raincoat

3260. tāra - dollar

3261. tārai - to shape or fashion timber with an adze

3262. tāraia - (pass) be shaped with an adze

3263. tāre - doll

3264. tārehu - secretly

3265. tārere - to swing

3266. tārewa - raised up; provisional; unpaid; unresolved

3267. tāria - (pass) be waited for; be expected; after a time

3268. tāriana - boar

3269. tāroaroa - tall

3270. tārua - after a while; repeat

3271. tārū - painful; shake

3272. tārūrū - painful; shaking

3273. tātahi - seaside, beach

3274. tātai - to arrange, to set in order

3275. tātaitai - calculator

3276. tātaki kupu - spelling

3277. tātari - sieve; sift; analyse; review

3278. tātau - we; us; everyone

3279. tātou - we, us, inclusive, three or more people

3280. tātua tūru - seatbelt

3281. tātua - a belt

3282. tātā - criticise harshly; stem; smash down; stalk

3283. tāu - your (singular + one item)

3284. tāua - we, us, you and I, inclusive, dual

3285. tāuru - source; top (of tree etc)

3286. tāwara - flavour

3287. tāwhana - curved

3288. tāwhaowhao - driftwood

3289. tāwhe - travel

3290. tāwhiri - beckon

3291. tāwāhi - overseas

3292. tēhea - which, singular

3293. tēhea? - which? (singular)

3294. tēina - younger brothers of a male, younger sisters of a female

3295. tēnehi - tennis

3296. tēnei rā - today

3297. tēnei - this (by speaker); this is; this

3298. tēneti - tent

3299. tēnā ko tēnei - but on the other hand

3300. tēnā koe! - hello! (to one person); thank you

3301. tēnā koe - hello to one person

3302. tēnā koutou! - hello! (to three or more people); thank you

3303. tēnā kōrua! - hello! (to two people); thank you

3304. tēnā - that, by the listener

3305. tēpu tuhituhi - desk

3306. tēpu - table

3307. tērā taha - over there, beyond

3308. tērā tau - last year; next year

3309. tērā - that over there, that

3310. tētahi atu - another

3311. tētahi ki tētahi - one another

3312. tētahi mea - something

3313. tētahi tangata - somebody

3314. tētahi wāhi - somewhere

3315. tētahi - a, one specific thing

3316. tētehi - a, one specific thing (variant of tētahi)

3317. tēwhea? - which? (singular)

3318. tī amiami - herbal tea

3319. tī hāte - t-shirt

3320. tī ingarihi - English tea

3321. tī kawakawa - kawakawa tea

3322. tī kikini - chai tea

3323. tī kōuka - cabbage tree

3324. tī pepahīoi - peppermint tea

3325. tī rākau - stick game

3326. tī - cabbage tree; tea

3327. tīaho - shine

3328. tīare - scent

3329. tīere - scent; jelly

3330. tīhae - tear, rip

3331. tīhaea - (pass) be torn

3332. tīhi - cheese

3333. tīhore - bare; to strip off; peel; clear, clear up (weather)

3334. tīhāte - t-shirt

3335. tīkaokao - hen

3336. tīkera - kettle

3337. tīkina - be fetched (tiki + passive suffix -na (note the first i is lengthened)

3338. tīkiti - ticket

3339. tīkākā - sunburn

3340. tīma - team

3341. tīmata - to begin, to start

3342. tīmatanga - beginning (tīmata + nominal suffix -nga)

3343. tīmatatia - begun (pass of tīmata)

3344. tīmere - chimney

3345. tīneia - (pass) be put out

3346. tīni - to change

3347. tīpako - select

3348. tīpakopako - now and then; occasional

3349. tīpare - headband

3350. tīpuna - grandparents (plural form of tipuna)

3351. tīraha - lie face upwards

3352. tīrairaka - fantail

3353. tīramaroa - lighthouse

3354. tītoko - to keep away

3355. tītongi - nibble

3356. tītore - divide; split

3357. tītī - muttonbird

3358. tīwaha - to shout, call, yell

3359. tīwhaiwhai - wave about

3360. tīwharawhara - stereo

3361. tō koutou - your (addressed to three or more people)

3362. tō kōrua - your (singular, addressed to two people)

3363. tō mātou - our (singular, theirs and mine)

3364. tō māua - our (singular, his or hers and mine)

3365. tō rātou - their (singular - three or more people)

3366. tō rāua - their (singular, two people)

3367. tō tātou - our, all of our, belonging to everyone

3368. tō tāua - our, yours and mine

3369. tō-ā-papa - gravity (force of)

3370. tō - your (singular); to drag

3371. tōhau - dew; sweat

3372. tōhi - toast

3373. tōhihi - puddle

3374. tōhua - yolk

3375. tōia - (pass) be dragged

3376. tōkena - stockings, socks

3377. tōku - my (singular)

3378. tōmairangi - dew

3379. tōmato - tomato

3380. tōmua - early

3381. tōmuri - to be late

3382. tōna rua - about two

3383. tōna tikanga - strictly speaking

3384. tōna - his, her

3385. tōnapi - turnip

3386. tōneke - trolley

3387. tōnga o te rā - sunset

3388. tōnihi - move stealthily

3389. tōpito - end; district

3390. tōpū - couple, pair; assembled

3391. tōrangapū - politics; political

3392. tōraro - negative number

3393. tōroherohe - wag (as in a dog wagging its tail)

3394. tōtika - straight, direct, right

3395. tōtiti wera - hot dog

3396. tōtiti - sausage

3397. tōtā - sweat

3398. tōu - your, ō category possession, singular

3399. tū tirara - social distancing

3400. tū - stand; to be wounded; a wound

3401. tūai - skinny

3402. tūhourangi - uncultured, rough

3403. tūhua - obsidian

3404. tūiri - a drill

3405. tūkaha - hasty; vigorous

3406. tūkeke - lazy

3407. tūkino - abuse; wicked

3408. tūmahi - actions, verbs

3409. tūmanako - to hope for, anticipate, expect, wish for

3410. tūmatanui - public (not private)

3411. tūmau - permanent, continuous; servant

3412. tūmomo - type, sort, kind

3413. tūnga pahi - bus stop

3414. tūnga waka - carpark

3415. tūnga - wound; position

3416. tūngoungou - chrysalis, larva

3417. tūpare - shade eyes with hand

3418. tūpato - to be careful; caution, cautious

3419. tūpeka - tobacco

3420. tūpeke - jump

3421. tūpuhi - skinny

3422. tūpuna - grandparents (plural form of tupuna; variant of tīpuna)

3423. tūpāpaku - corpse, body

3424. tūranga - stopping place (as in: tūranga pahi bus stop; tū + nominal suffix -ranga)

3425. tūrangawaewae - place to stand

3426. tūraparapa - trampoline

3427. tūrehu - fairy

3428. tūria - be established (pass. of tū)

3429. tūroa - of long standing

3430. tūrohi - exhausted, tired

3431. tūroro - sick person, a patient

3432. tūru - chair, seat, stool

3433. tūruhi - tourist

3434. tūruki - crowded; to moult

3435. tūrēiti - late

3436. tūtae - excrement

3437. tūtaki - to meet; to close up, to block (v); meeting (n)

3438. tūtakina - (pass) be met; be shut

3439. tūtara - gossip; slander; near

3440. tūtira - file; row

3441. tūtoro - dreamy

3442. tūtuki - to crash; to strike against; collide; bump

3443. tūtukitanga - a crash; a collision

3444. tūturi - kneel

3445. tūturu - fixed, permanent, definite; to be true, real, original

3446. tūtūā - person of low birth

3447. tūwaewae - visitors

3448. tūwaharoa - yawn

3449. tūwhana - urge

3450. tūwiri - be afraid; terror; tremble; drill

3451. tūāhu - altar

3452. tūārangi - from far away; ancient; important

3453. tūāua - shower (rain)

3454. ua - to rain; rain

3455. uaki - to push open

3456. uarapa - messy, untidy

3457. uarua - raincoat

3458. uaua - difficult (adj); muscle, vein, artery (n)

3459. uha - female

3460. uhi - to cover

3461. uhia - to be covered (uhi + passive suffix -a)

3462. uhunga - lament; funeral

3463. ui - to ask, enquire

3464. uia - (pass) be asked; be questioned

3465. uira - lightning; to flash

3466. uiui - to interview

3467. uiuitanga - interview

3468. ukauka - cash (uka-uka)

3469. uku - to wash; soap; clay

3470. uma - chest

3471. umanga - occupation, business

3472. umere - to shout (in wonder, in appreciation)

3473. umeretia - shouted (pass. of umere)

3474. umu - earth oven

3475. unahi - scale of fish

3476. ungaunga - urge repeatedly

3477. unu - take off

3478. unuhia - (pass) be taken off; be drunk

3479. upoko mārō - stubborn

3480. upoko - head; verse of a song; paragraph; chapter

3481. ure - penis

3482. uri - descendant, offspring

3483. uru huarākau - orchard

3484. uru - join; enter; participate, go in; west

3485. urua - (pass) be joined; be entered; be participated in

3486. uruhua - bruise

3487. urunga - pillow

3488. urupā - burial ground, cemetery

3489. uruuru - hasten; urge

3490. uruwhenua - passport

3491. uruwhetū - galaxy

3492. uta - to load; shore; inland; the land; to load

3493. utaina - (pass) be loaded

3494. utanga - burden; freight; cargo

3495. utauta - equipment, a load

3496. utu ā tau - salary

3497. utu ā wiki - weekly pay; pocket money

3498. utu - cost, price; to pay for

3499. utua - be revenged; be paid (pass of utu)

3500. uwha - female animal

3501. uwhi - to cover; covering; spread out; yam

3502. uwhia - (pass) be covered; be spread out

3503. uwhiuwhi - shower (rain)

3504. wae - foot; leg; separate

3505. waea pūkoro - cellphone

3506. waea whakaahua - fax

3507. waea - wire; phone

3508. waeahia - rung (pass of waea)

3509. waenga - middle, dividing line

3510. waenganui pō - midnight

3511. waenganui - middle, centre, between

3512. waerehe - wireless radio

3513. waero - hair of dog's tail; tail

3514. waeroa - mosquito

3515. waewae tapu - stranger, newcomer

3516. waewae - foot, leg

3517. waha - load, burden; to carry on the back; mouth

3518. wahaina - carried on the back (pass. of waha)

3519. wahangū - dumb; quiet

3520. wahapū - entrance to harbour; eloquent; mouth of river

3521. waharoa - gateway

3522. wahawaha - generous; approachable

3523. wahia - firewood

3524. wahie - driftwood

3525. wahine - woman, wife

3526. waho - out, outside, the outside

3527. wai - water; who

3528. waiariki - hot spring

3529. waiata - to sing (v); song (n)

3530. waiatatia - sung (pass. of waiata)

3531. waihanga - to make, build something

3532. waiho - to remain, rest; to leave behind

3533. waimaria - lucky

3534. waimarie - lucky, fortunate; luck, good fortune

3535. waireka - sweet drink, soft drink

3536. wairua - spirit

3537. waitohu - credit

3538. waka moana - canoe, boat

3539. waka - vehicle (land, air and sea)

3540. wakarererangi - plane

3541. wao - forest

3542. warea - to be occupied with

3543. wareware - to forget; forgetful (trans)

3544. waru - eight; to scrape, to peel

3545. wati - watch (timepiece)

3546. wawata - to long for, yearn for; dream

3547. wawe - early, soon, quickly

3548. wehe - to depart, leave; to separate, divide

3549. wehenga - part, division, separation (wehe + nominal suffix -nga)

3550. weherua pō - midnight

3551. wehi - terrible (adj); to be afraid (v)

3552. weka - a native woodhen

3553. wera - to burn; burnt; hot, heat

3554. weriweri - ugly

3555. wero - to challenge; formal challenge at a welcome ceremony

3556. whaea kēkē - aunt

3557. whaea - mother, aunt

3558. whai - to follow, to chase; to have, to acquire

3559. whaikōrero - oratory

3560. whakaae - to agree

3561. whakaahua - to take photos; photograph

3562. whakaari - play, drama, performance

3563. whakaaro - to think; thought, idea

3564. whakaarotia - [it was] thought (pass of whakaaro)

3565. whakaata - mirror

3566. whakaatu - to display, show, demonstrate

3567. whakaaturanga - television programme (whakaatu + nominal suffix -ranga)

3568. whakaeke - to gather

3569. whakahaere - to run something, manage, make something go

3570. whakahau - to encourage; to command

3571. whakahaua - commanded (pass. of whakahau)

3572. whakaheke ngaru - surfing

3573. whakaheke - to decrease, drop, lower

3574. whakahiamo - sexy

3575. whakahirahira - great, magnificent, wonderful, very important

3576. whakahoki - to return something, to reply

3577. whakahokia - returned (whakahoki + passive suffix -a), returned

3578. whakahua - pronounciation (n); pronounce (v)

3579. whakahuatia - to be pronounced (pass. of whakahua)

3580. whakahīhī - arrogant, proud

3581. whakairia - to hang up, suspend, elevate

3582. whakairo - to carve, a carving

3583. whakaiti - humility

3584. whakakaha - to strengthen; charge a cellphone

3585. whakakao - to gather

3586. whakakaotia - gathered (pass. of whakakao)

3587. whakakore - eliminate, delete, undo

3588. whakakā - turn on

3589. whakakī - to fill something

3590. whakamahana - heater

3591. whakamahi - to put someone to work, to make someone work

3592. whakamahia - used (pass of whakamahi)

3593. whakamau - to fix, fasten; to put on

3594. whakamaua - be fixed; put on (pass of whakamauto)

3595. whakamihi - grateful

3596. whakamua - frontward, towards the front

3597. whakamuri - towards the back

3598. whakamutunga - ending, conclusion (whakamutu + nominal suffix -nga)

3599. whakamā - to be embarrassed, ashamed

3600. whakamāori - to translate into Māori

3601. whakamārama - to explain, illuminate, explain, clarify

3602. whakamātau - to test, examine

3603. whakamātautau - examination, test

3604. whakamīharo - amazing, astonishing

3605. whakangahau - to entertain, to amuse

3606. whakangaio - deceive; trick

3607. whakangaoko - tickle

3608. whakangaro - destroy

3609. whakangau - hunt with dogs

3610. whakangote - mammal; suckle

3611. whakangungu - to train, upskill

3612. whakangā - to rest

3613. whakangāwari - move quickly; ease, make less severe, soften

3614. whakanoa - make free from tapu

3615. whakanui - to enlarge; celebrate

3616. whakaoho - to wake up

3617. whakaohoa - woken up (whakaoho + -a; pass)

3618. whakaomoomo - nurse or look after a child or invalid

3619. whakaongaonga - excite

3620. whakaora whawhati tata - first aid

3621. whakaora - to rescue, to cure

3622. whakaoti - complete

3623. whakaotia - completed (pass. of whakaoti)

3624. whakaotinga - youngest child

3625. whakapae - lying crosswise, horizontal

3626. whakapahoho - stationary, still

3627. whakapai - to improve, to fix up, bless, cleaning

3628. whakapaingia - prepared, set (pass. of whakapai)

3629. whakapaipai - to decorate, adorn, tidy up, beautify

3630. whakapaipaingia - decorated (pass. of whakapaipai)

3631. whakapaipaitanga - decoration

3632. whakapakari - to strengthen

3633. whakapapa - genealogy

3634. whakapau kaha - use energy, work hard

3635. whakapau - consume, use up, finish, exhaust; spend

3636. whakapehapeha - to show off

3637. whakapiata - shine, polish

3638. whakapiatatia - polished (pass. of whakapiata)

3639. whakapiri - to cling to, stick to

3640. whakapiria - (pass) be fastened; be stuck on

3641. whakapono - to believe; faith

3642. whakapoururu - to frown

3643. whakapuaki - to tell; disclose

3644. whakapuare - to open

3645. whakaputa - to make something come out, to appear

3646. whakaputu - savings

3647. whakapāha - apologise

3648. whakapākanga - youngest child

3649. whakapākehā - translate into English

3650. whakapākehātia - translated into English (pass. of whakapākehā)

3651. whakapāngia - be stuck, stick!

3652. whakapīoioi - to rock

3653. whakapōauau - drug (narcotic)

3654. whakarae - exposed, prominent; green, raw

3655. whakarapa - unlucky

3656. whakararo - downwards

3657. whakarato - serve

3658. whakarau - capture; prisoner; multiply

3659. whakaraupapa - neutral (not take sides)

3660. whakarere - abandon, leave behind

3661. whakarerekē - to change

3662. whakareretia - prepared (pass. of whakarere)

3663. whakarihariha - disgusted; disgusting

3664. whakarite - to compare; arrange, organise

3665. whakaritea - arranged (pass of whakarite)

3666. whakaroa - delay; lengthen

3667. whakarongo - to listen

3668. whakarongona - listened to (pass. of whakarongo)

3669. whakarunga - upwards

3670. whakaruruhau - shelter; protector

3671. whakarurutanga - safety

3672. whakataetae motokā - motor racing

3673. whakatakataka - move about; roll from side to side

3674. whakatakere - underwater

3675. whakatakoto - to lay something down

3676. whakatakotoria - (pass) be laid down; be placed

3677. whakatangi - to play an instrument

3678. whakatangitangi - music

3679. whakatanuku - swallow

3680. whakatata - to come closer to

3681. whakatau utu - estimate of cost, quote

3682. whakatau - to decide

3683. whakataukī - proverb

3684. whakataunga - an iwi referendum, decision

3685. whakatauria - (pass) to be decided; to be tried; to be visited; to be welcomed

3686. whakatautau - moan, wail

3687. whakatauākī - proverb

3688. whakateka - disbelieve

3689. whakatenetene - annoy; quarrel

3690. whakatere - buoy up; steer; sail,, navigate, float, accelerate

3691. whakatete - gnash the teeth

3692. whakatika - to straighten, to correct, to fix

3693. whakatikatika - to rearrange, to put in order, to fix

3694. whakatikatikanga rori - roadworks

3695. whakatipu - to raise, grow, develop

3696. whakatipuranga - generation

3697. whakatohetohe - unwilling

3698. whakatoi - to give cheek (v), to be cheeky (s); cheeky

3699. whakatoro - push forward, thrust

3700. whakatupu - grow; bring up, nurture

3701. whakatupuranga - generation

3702. whakatutuki - carry to completion

3703. whakatuturi - to be obstinate; refuse to listen

3704. whakatuwhera - to open

3705. whakatuwheratanga - opening

3706. whakatā - to rest (v); relaxed (adj)

3707. whakatētahi - to a

3708. whakatō - to plant

3709. whakatū - to stand something up

3710. whakatūpato - to warn, to caution

3711. whakatūria - erected (whakatū + passive suffix -ria)

3712. whakatūtū - erect

3713. whakauaua - strenuous; make (more) difficult

3714. whakaupa - delay

3715. whakauru - to enter, to join, to enrol

3716. whakaute - care for; nurse

3717. whakautu - to reply, to respond, answer

3718. whakautua - (pass) be replied to; be responded to

3719. whakawaha - put load on back

3720. whakawai - amuse; practise

3721. whakawareware - deceive

3722. whakawehi - protection

3723. whakaweti - threaten

3724. whakawhanaunga - to relate to someone

3725. whakawhanaungatanga - to build relationships

3726. whakawhetai - to give thanks

3727. whakawhiti kōrero - discuss; communicate

3728. whakawhiti whakaaro - discuss; communicate

3729. whakawhiti - to cross

3730. whakawhitinga - crossing

3731. whakawhitiwhitinga kōrero - exchange of ideas

3732. whakawhiu - afflict; oppress; punish

3733. whakawhiwhi - give; to award

3734. whakawhānau - to give birth

3735. whakawiri - be anxious; tremble; twist; wring

3736. whakawiriwiri - cruel; violent

3737. whakawā - accuse; condemn; to judge; appraise

3738. whakawātea - make way for, clear space

3739. whakawāwā - quarrel, wrangle

3740. whakaā - to rest, catch one's breath

3741. whakaū - establish; support; confirm

3742. whana - to kick

3743. whanaia - kicked (pass. of whana)

3744. whanake - cabbage tree; to spring; grow

3745. whanaketanga - youth (the time of being young)

3746. whanaunga - relative, relation (whānau + nominal suffix -nga - note the short first vowel)

3747. whanaungatanga - relationship

3748. whanga - to wait (v); harbour (n)

3749. whano - behave

3750. whanonga - behaviour

3751. whaowhao - to carve

3752. whara - to be injured

3753. wharau - temporary shed

3754. whare haumanu - clinic

3755. whare herehere - prison

3756. whare horoi - ablution block

3757. whare hākinakina - gym

3758. whare kai - dining hall

3759. whare kairangi - palace

3760. whare kanikani - nightclub

3761. whare karakia - church

3762. whare kawhe - cafe

3763. whare kurī - kennel

3764. whare moni - casino

3765. whare motokā - garage

3766. whare pikitia - movie theatre

3767. whare pukapuka - library

3768. whare pī - beehive

3769. whare pītakataka - gymnasium

3770. whare rongoā - chemist

3771. whare rēhia - leisure centre

3772. whare rūnanga - meeting house

3773. whare taonga - museum

3774. whare tapere - theatre

3775. whare toi - art gallery

3776. whare tunu parāoa - bakery

3777. whare tūpuna - ancesteral house, meeting house

3778. whare whakairo - carved house

3779. whare whakapakari - gym

3780. whare wānanga - traditional school of higher learning; university

3781. whare - house, building

3782. wharekai - restaurant

3783. wharekura - Māori-medium secondary school

3784. wharenui - meeting house; hall

3785. wharepaku - toilet

3786. wharepora - house where weaving is done

3787. wharepuni - sleeping-house

3788. whata mātao - fridge

3789. whata - elevated storage platform; cupboard

3790. whati - broken, snapped; break, snap; run away; turn

3791. whatia - broken (pass. of whati)

3792. whatitiri - thunder

3793. whatitoka - doorway

3794. whatiwhati - break off; break into pieces

3795. whatu - to weave, knit; eye

3796. whatumanawa - seat of feelings, heart (as a figure of speech)

3797. whatungarongaro - disappear

3798. whatīanga - elbow

3799. whawhai - to fight; a battle

3800. whawhaki - to gather; pluck, pick (apples etc)

3801. whawhati - break off; broken; chapped

3802. whawhe ira - genetic engineering

3803. whawhe - manipulation, meddling with

3804. whea - where? (variant of hea)

3805. wheke - creak; octopus

3806. wheketere - factory

3807. whena - a dwarf

3808. whengei - quarrelsome; resentful

3809. whengu - snort; blow (the nose)

3810. whenguwhengu - snuffle

3811. whenua - land

3812. wheori - virus

3813. wheoro - reverberate; rumble

3814. whero - red

3815. whetau - dodge; wriggle

3816. whetewhete - whisper

3817. whetū - star

3818. wheua - bone (usually of an animal)

3819. whio - blue duck; whistle

3820. whiore - tail of an animal

3821. whira - violin, fiddle

3822. whiri - plait; twist

3823. whiria - (pass) be plaited

3824. whirikoka - strength

3825. whiriwhiri - choose; decide; deliberate on

3826. whiriwhiria - (pass) be chosen; be decided

3827. whiro - evil

3828. whiti - to cross; shine, rise

3829. whitia - (pass) be crossed over; be jumped over; be recited; be shone on

3830. whitinga o te rā - sunrise

3831. whitiāhua - movie

3832. whito - a dwarf

3833. whitu - seven

3834. whiu - to be satisfied; to throw; to be filled

3835. whiua - punished (whiu + passive suffix -a)

3836. whiuwhiu - wag (tail)

3837. whiwhi - to be in possession of; acquire, obtain, to get

3838. whoroa - floor

3839. whurū - flu (influenza)

3840. whutupaoro - rugby

3841. whutupōro - football, rugby

3842. whā - four

3843. whāia - chased (pass of whai - note lengthening of first vowel)

3844. whāinga - objective, aim, purpose (whai + nominal suffix -nga ,note first vowel lengthens)

3845. whāiti - narrow, crowded together

3846. whāki - to reveal, to disclose, to confess

3847. whānako - steal; theft; thief

3848. whānau mai - to be born

3849. whānau pani - close family of someone who has died

3850. whānau - family; to be born, be born

3851. whāngai - to feed, to foster (v); fostered child (n)

3852. whāngaia - (pass) be fed; be nourished

3853. whānui - broad, wide

3854. whānāriki - sulphur

3855. whārangi - page (n); spread flat (v)

3856. whāriki - mat, carpet, rug

3857. whārite - scales (for weighing)

3858. whārua - footprint; valley

3859. whāruarua - concave

3860. whāti - fudge

3861. whātui - to fold clothes

3862. whāwhai - hurry; impatient; urgent

3863. whāwhā - to fiddle with, to touch

3864. whāwhārua - a hollow; female ancestor

3865. whēkoi - move about

3866. whēru - wipe the bottom; toilet paper

3867. whīra - field

3868. whītau - felt-tip pen

3869. wiki - week

3870. wini - window

3871. wiriwiri - to tremble, to shake, to quiver

3872. wā e heke mai nei - future

3873. wā kāinga - home

3874. wā moe - bedtime

3875. wā - time, times

3876. wāhanga whāomoomo - intensive care unit

3877. wāhanga - chapter, episode

3878. wāhi tapu - sacred place; burial ground

3879. wāhi utu - checkout

3880. wāhi whakangahau - amusement arcade

3881. wāhi - part, portion; place

3882. wāhia - (pass) be broken

3883. wāhine - women, wives (plural form of wahine)

3884. wāina - wine

3885. wānanga - study, analyze; seminar, a place of learning

3886. wāreti - wallet

3887. wātaka - timetable

3888. wātakirihi - watercress

3889. wātea - to be clear, unoccupied, available, free of obstruction

3890. wāwāhi - break

3891. wīhara - whistle

3892. wīra - wheel

3893. Ākarana - Auckland

3894. Āketina - Argentina

3895. Ākuhata - August

3896. Āperira - April

3897. ā koutou - your [plural, addressed to three or more people]

3898. ā kāti - all right then

3899. ā kōrua - your (plural, addressed to two people)

3900. ā mātou - our [plural, theirs and mine]

3901. ā māua - our [plural, his or hers and mine]

3902. ā rohe - local

3903. ā rātou - their [plural - three or more people]

3904. ā rāua - their [plural, two people]

3905. ā tātou - our [plural, three or more people]; our

3906. ā tāua - our [plural, yours and mine]

3907. ā tērā wiki - next week

3908. ā - and; and then

3909. āe - yes

3910. āhea? - when? (future time)

3911. āhua mate - unhealthy

3912. āhua ngākau - mood

3913. āhua - shape, form, appearance

3914. āhuaatua - rude

3915. āhuareka - pleasant; pleased

3916. āhuatanga - property, characteristic, feature, circumstance (āhua + nominal suffix -tanga)

3917. āhuru - comfortable

3918. āianei - now, soon, today

3919. āio - calm

3920. ākau - shore, coast

3921. āki - smash against

3922. ākina - be smashed against (pass. of āki)

3923. ākiri - throw away

3924. ākiritia - be thrown away (pass. of ākiri)

3925. ākona - (pass) be learned; be taught (pass. of ako)

3926. ākonga - student

3927. āku - my, mine (pl, for ā category items, plural form of tāku)

3928. āmai - giddy

3929. āmaimai - nervous

3930. āmine - amen

3931. āmiomio - turn round and round; be giddy

3932. āmua - future, time to come

3933. āna - his, her, plural, for ā category items

3934. ānana! - wow!

3935. ānewa - weak

3936. ānewanewa - giddy

3937. āngi - fragrance

3938. ānini - headache

3939. āniwaniwa - rainbow

3940. ānō - as though; as if

3941. āpiha - officer

3942. āpiti - add; put together

3943. āporo - apple

3944. āpōpō - tomorrow

3945. ārahi - to lead, guide

3946. ārahina - (pass) be led

3947. ārai tīkākā - sunscreen

3948. ārai - curtain; to screen off, block

3949. āraia - (pass) be warded off

3950. ārani - orange [fruit]

3951. āta - gently, carefully, deliberately

3952. ātaahua - beautiful, well formed

3953. ātea - outer space

3954. āti - descendant

3955. ātārangi - shadow

3956. āu - your, ā category possession (plural form of tāu)

3957. āwangawanga - worried

3958. āwenewene - sweets (n); sickly sweet (adj)

3959. āwha - storm

3960. āwhina - to help

3961. āwhinatia - helped (pass of āwhina)

3962. āwhiowhio - whirlpool; whirlwind

3963. āwhā - storm

3964. ēhea? - which (plural)?

3965. ēkara - eagle

3966. ēnei - these, near me (plural of tēnei)

3967. ēnā - those, near you (plural of tēnā)

3968. ērā - those (over there)

3969. ētahi - some, a few (plural of tētahi)

3970. ētehi - some (plural of tētehi, variant of ētahi)

3971. ēwhea? - which? (plural)

3972. īhipani - Vegemite

3973. īmēra - email

3974. īnanga - whitebait

3975. īnoi - beg; pray; request; prayer

3976. īnoia - (pass) be prayed for; be requested

3977. Ōtautahi - Christchurch

3978. Ōtepoti - Dunedin

3979. ō koutou - your (plural, three or more people)

3980. ō kōrua - your (plural, two people)

3981. ō mātou - our (plural, theirs and mine)

3982. ō māua - our (plural, his or hers and mine)

3983. ō rātou - their (plural, three or more people)

3984. ō rāua - their (plural, two people)

3985. ō tātou - our (plural)

3986. ō tāua - yours and mine (plural)

3987. ō - your, one person, neutral category possession, plural

3988. ōhākī - dying speech

3989. ōi - muttonbird

3990. ōkawa - formal

3991. ōku - mine, plural, ō category possession

3992. ōna - his, her, plural, ō category possession

3993. ōpaki - informal

3994. ōrite - to be the same as

3995. ōu - yours, one person, ō category possession, plural

3996. ū - breast, udder (n); to be devoted (v)

3997. ūkaipō - birthplace

3998. ūkui - to wipe

3999. ūkuia - wiped (pass. of ūkui)

4000. ūnga - place of arrival