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. Hei aha atu. - Don't bother.

25. Hepetema - September

26. Heptema - September

27. Here-turi-kōkā - August

28. Heretaunga - Hastings

29. Hingapoa - Singapore

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

31. Hoake! - Let's all go!

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

33. Hongongoi - July

34. Hui-tanguru - February

35. Huitanguru - February

36. Huitene - Sweden

37. Huiterangi - Switzerland

38. Hune - June

39. Hāmoa - Samoa, Samoan

40. Hāmuere - January

41. Hānuere - January

42. Hātarei - Saturday

43. Hōngongoi - July

44. Hūrae - July

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

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

47. Ingarangi - England

48. Itāria - Italy

49. Kaikainga ngā taringa! - Got an earful!

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

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

52. Kia ita! - Be committed!

53. Kia kaha! - Be strong!

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

55. Kia mataara! - Be alert!

56. Kia mauritau! - Be settled!

57. Kia māhaki! - Be pleasant!

58. Kia māia! - Be brave!

59. Kia ngākau titikaha! - Be confident!

60. Kia ngākaunui! - Be strong hearted!

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

62. Kia niwha! - Be resolute!

63. Kia pai! - Be nice!

64. Kia piki te ora! - Be better!

65. Kia pono! - Be truthful!

66. Kia tapatahi! - Be fair, principled!

67. Kia tau! - Be relaxed!

68. Kia tika! - Be correct!

69. Kia tū pakari! - Be robust!

70. Kia ū! - Be resolute, unyielding!

71. Kirihimete - Christmas

72. Kirikiriroa - Hamilton

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

74. Kohitātea - January

75. Kotahi mano iwa rau mā iwa - 1909

76. Kotahi mano iwa rau mā ono - 1906

77. Kotahi mano iwa rau mā rima - 1905

78. Kotahi mano iwa rau mā rua - 1902

79. Kotahi mano iwa rau mā tahi - 1901

80. Kotahi mano iwa rau mā toru - 1903

81. Kotahi mano iwa rau mā waru - 1908

82. Kotahi mano iwa rau mā whitu - 1907

83. Kotahi mano iwa rau mā whā - 1904

84. Kotahi mano iwa rau tekau - 1910

85. Kotahi mano iwa rau - 1900

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

95. Kotahi mano waru rau iwa tekau - 1890

96. Kotirangi - Scotland

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

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

99. Kūkara - Google

100. Maehe - March

101. Mahuru - September

102. Makitānara - MacDonalds

103. Mane - Monday

104. Maunga-whau - Mount Eden

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

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

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

108. Mei - May

109. Mema Pāremata - MP, Member of Parliament

110. Māori - indigenous people of Aotearoa/New Zealand

111. Māoritanga - Māori culture

112. Māu anō e kuhu. - Help yourself!

113. Ngahuru - Autumn

114. Ngāmotu - New Plymouth

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

116. Niu Tīreni - New Zealand

117. Noema - November

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

119. Nāhinara - National party

120. Nāwai rā, nāwai rā. - Eventually.

121. Nō nā noa nei... - Just now...

122. Nōwei - Norway

123. Oketopa - October

124. Paengawhāwhā - April

125. Paeroa-o-Whānui - the Milky Way

126. Paipera Tapu - Holy Bible

127. Pakanga Tuarua - World War Two

128. Pakanga Tuatahi - World War One

129. Papaioea - Palmerston North

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

131. Paraire - Friday

132. Pepuere - February

133. Pipiri - June

134. Poutu-te-rangi - March

135. Poutū-te-rangi - March

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

137. Pākehā - New Zealander of European descent

138. Pāniora - Spain

139. Pōkōtiwha! - A very strong swear word.

140. Rarohenga - the underworld

141. Raukawa Moana - Cook Strait

142. Reipa - Labour party

143. Rāapa - Wednesday

144. Rāhina - Monday

145. Rāhoroi - Saturday

146. Rāmere - Friday

147. Rāpare - Thursday

148. Rātapu - Sunday

149. Rātū - Tuesday

150. Tai Rāwhiti - East Coast

151. Tai Tokerau - Northland

152. Taihoa! - Hang on!

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

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

155. Taringa mārō. - Inattentive.

156. Tautoru - Orion's Belt

157. Te Ika-a-Māui - North Island

158. Te Moana o Raukawa - Cook Strait

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

160. Te Papa-i-Oea - Palmerston North

161. Te Tai Rāwhiti - East Coast

162. Te Tai Tokerau - Northland

163. Te Waipounamu - South Island

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

165. Te Whanganui-a-Tara - Wellington

166. Tiamani - Germany

167. Tiritama! - Silly boy!

168. Toitoi okewa. - Tempt fate.

169. Turituri! - Be quiet!

170. Tāite - Thursday

171. Tāmaki Makaurau - Auckland

172. Tāmaki-makau-rau - Auckland

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

174. Tīhema - December

175. Tūranga-nui-a-Kiwa - Gisborne

176. Tūrei - Tuesday

177. Uropi - Europe

178. Wenerei - Wednesday

179. Whakatipua - Queenstown

180. Whakatū - Nelson; erect

181. Whiringa-ā-nuku - October

182. Whiringa-ā-rangi - November

183. Wīwī - France

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

185. aewa - unhealthy

186. aha - what

187. ahakoa - although

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

189. ahau - I, me

190. ahi kā - ownership through occupation

191. ahi mumura - bonfire

192. ahi - fire

193. ahiahi - early evening, afternoon

194. aho - light, to shine

195. ahokore - wifi

196. ahu - to look after

197. ahuahu - care for; heap

198. ahunga - direction

199. ahurei - unique

200. ahuwhenua - crops, agriculture

201. ai! - oh!

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

203. aihe - dolphin

204. aihikirīmi - icecream

205. aikiha pepa - tissue

206. aikiha - handkerchief

207. aitanga - descendants

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

209. aka wāina - grapevine

210. aka - vine

211. ake, ake, ake - for ever and ever

212. 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)

213. ako - to learn, to teach

214. akomanga - classroom

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

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

217. akutō - late

218. amiorangi - satellite

219. amo - carry; stretcher

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

221. amorangi - leader; priest

222. amuamu - groan, grumble, complain

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

224. ana - indeed, when, if

225. anahera - angel

226. anake - only, just, alone

227. anei - here, by me

228. anga - seashell

229. angaanga - head; sea shell

230. anganui - to face towards

231. angi - freely

232. angiangi - thin (clothes, etc)

233. angitu - success, luck

234. aniana - onion

235. anu - cold; spit

236. anuanu - disgusting; disgusted

237. anuhe - caterpillar

238. anuhea - ugly

239. anā - there, by you

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

241. ao - world, dawn, cloud

242. aoake - the next day

243. aorangi - planet

244. apa - layer; level

245. apakapa - wing; flutter

246. apo - to gather together

247. apoapo - entangle

248. apu - gather greedily; gust

249. apuapu - gobble

250. ara hīkoi - footpath

251. ara tereina - railway track

252. ara whakawhiti - pedestrian crossing

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

254. arahanga - bridge; ladder

255. araheke - stairs

256. araoma - runway

257. arapiki - stairs

258. arapoka - tunnel

259. arapū - alphabet

260. arata - lettuce

261. arataki - to guide; to lead

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

263. arawhata - bridge; ladder; stairs

264. arero - tongue; point of taiaha

265. arewhana - elephant

266. ariki - chief, leader

267. ariā hirahira - special effects

268. ariā - feeling; theory, concept

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

270. aroaro - front; presence

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

272. aroha - love, sympathy, compassion

273. arohaina - (pass) be loved

274. aromatawai - assessment

275. aronga kē - opposites

276. aronga - direction

277. arotahi - contact lens

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

279. ata - morning, shadow

280. atamai - clever, intelligent

281. atamira - platform, stage

282. atarau - moonlight

283. atarua - bad eyesight

284. atawhai - to show kindness towards

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

286. ate - liver; seat of affections

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

288. atua - god

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

290. aua atu - who cares?

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

292. auahi - smoke

293. auau - to bark, howl

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

295. aukume - magnet

296. aupuru - cushion

297. autaha - to one side

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

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

300. auē! - alas!

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

302. awa - river, stream

303. awaawa - valley

304. awarewa - elevator

305. awatea - daylight

306. awhi - to hug, embrace

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

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

309. e hia? - how many?

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

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

312. e kore e taea - impossible

313. e kō! - girl!

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

315. e noho - sit down

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

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

318. e tika! - well, well!

319. e tū - Stand up!

320. e whia? - how many?

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

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

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

324. ehara... i - not

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

326. eke - to embark, get onto; riding

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

328. engari - but

329. epa - to throw at

330. erangi - but

331. hae - to cut; jealous

332. haea - (pass) to be cut

333. haeana - iron (for clothes)

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

335. haehae - to cut up; to tear

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

337. haenga - iron

338. haere mā raro - to travel on foot

339. haere rā - goodbye to people going

340. haere - go, come

341. haerea - travelled (pass of haere)

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

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

344. haika - anchor

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

346. hainatanga - signature; signing

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

348. hake - hockey

349. haki - flag

350. hako - ugly; clown

351. haku - complain

352. hama - hammer

353. hamarara - umbrella

354. hamumu - speak softly; mutter

355. hanawiti - sandwich

356. hanehane - decay

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

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

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

360. hangareka - clown

361. hangatītī - tease

362. hangā - (pass) be built, be made

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

364. haona - horn

365. hapa - mistake; supper, dinner

366. hapū - subtribe; to be pregnant

367. hara - to make a mistake; mistake

368. harakeke - flax

369. haramai - to arrive

370. hararei - holiday

371. harawene - jealous

372. hari koa - glad, pleased, overjoyed

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

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

375. harikoa - happy, joyful, euphoric

376. harirū - shake hands

377. harore - mushroom

378. haruru - to resound; a heavy sound

379. hau kāinga - home

380. hau ārai - ozone layer

381. hau - wind, air, breath

382. hauhake - harvest

383. hauhakea - (pass) be dug up

384. hauhaketia - harvested (pass. of hauhake)

385. haumaruru - moody, sulky, sullen

386. haunga - smelly

387. haunga - smelly, stinky

388. hauora - health, healthy

389. haupaoro - golf

390. haupapa - an ambush

391. haupū - heap

392. haurangi - drunk

393. hauraro - north; north wind

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

395. haurua - half

396. hautai - sponge

397. haututū - mischievous

398. hautō - drawer; chest of drawers

399. hauwhā ki te tekau karaka - quarter to ten

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

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

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

403. hauwhā - quarter

404. hauā - crippled, lame

405. hauāuru - west; west wind

406. he aha ai? - why?

407. he aha? - what?

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

409. hea - where?

410. hea? - where?

411. heahea - silly

412. hei aha! - never mind!

413. hei aha - never mind

414. hei aha? - what for?

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

416. hei konā - goodbye (on telephone)

417. hei mahi - exercises

418. hei taira tēnei - for example

419. hei tā... - according to...

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

421. heihei - chicken

422. heitiki - greenstone pendant

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

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

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

426. hekerangi - parachute

427. hekeretari - secretary

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

429. heketā - hectare

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

431. heoi anō - however; so so

432. heoi - however; and so

433. heoti - however; and so

434. hepapa - zebra

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

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

437. herehere - prisoner; captivity

438. heru - comb

439. herua - combed (pass of heru)

440. hetiheti - hedgehog

441. heu - pull apart; razor; to shave

442. hia - how many?

443. hia? - how many?

444. hiahia - to want

445. hiainu - thirst, thirsty

446. hiakai - hungry

447. hiako - skin; bark (of tree)

448. hiamo - excited

449. hiamoe - sleepy

450. hiawai - thirsty

451. hihi kōkiri - X-ray

452. hihi - stitch bird; sun's rays

453. hihiani - radar

454. hihiko - active; quick

455. hihiri - industrious; long for

456. hika! - goodness me!

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

458. hikahika - rub

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

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

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

462. hiko - electricity

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

464. himu - hip

465. hina - grey hair

466. hinapōuri - sadness

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

468. hinengaro - mind, intellect

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

470. hingareti - singlet

471. hinu - oil, fat

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

473. hipi - sheep

474. hipohipo - hippopotamus

475. hipokina - (pass) be covered

476. hira - great; numerous

477. hirahira - special, prized

478. hiripa - slipper

479. hiriwa - silver

480. hiriwiri - screwdriver

481. hiwa - watchful

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

483. hoa - friend; partner; spouse

484. hoari - sword

485. hoariri - enemy, opponent

486. hoatu - to give (away from speaker)

487. hoe waka - canoeing

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

489. hoea - (pass) to be rowed

490. hoeha - saucer

491. hohoro - quick

492. hohou rongo - make peace

493. hoi - deaf

494. hoiho - yellow-eyed penguin

495. hoihoi! - be quiet!

496. hoihoi - too noisy

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

498. hokia - returned (pass. of hoki)

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

500. hoko ki tai - export

501. hoko ki uta - import

502. hoko - to buy, sell, purchase

503. hokohoko hanumi - jumble sale

504. hokohoko karāti - garage sale

505. hokohoko - to shop, trade

506. hokomaha - supermarket

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

508. hokowhitu - band of warriors

509. homai - give (to the speaker)

510. honae - wallet

511. hongehongeā - boring

512. hongere - channel (TV), TV channels

513. hongi - pressing noses

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

515. hono - to join together

516. honohono - continual

517. hononga - network; union; link; relationship

518. honu whenua - tortoise

519. honu - turtle

520. hope - waist, hip

521. hopi makawe - shampoo

522. hopi - soap

523. hopohopo - panic

524. hopu ataata - video recorder

525. hopu - to catch

526. hopukia - caught (pass. of hopu)

527. hopuoro - microphone

528. hopureo - tape deck

529. hora - display; scatter; spread out

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

531. hore rawa - not at all

532. hore - bare, bald; not

533. horo puehu - vacuum cleaner

534. horoa - (pass) be fallen upon

535. horohoro - remove tapu

536. horoi - to wash, to clean

537. horoia - washed (pass of horoi)

538. horomi - to swallow

539. horomia - swallowed (pass. of horomi)

540. hororia - cleaned (pass. of horoi)

541. hororē - vacuum cleaner

542. horowai - waterfall

543. horowhenua - avalanche, landslide

544. hotu - long for; sigh; sob

545. hou - new, modern; feather

546. houhou - unpleasant

547. hua hīmoemoe - grapefruit

548. hua - product, fruit

549. huahua - sketch, draw

550. huaki - open

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

552. huakiwi - kiwifruit

553. huamata - salad

554. huanga - advantage, benefit

555. huangō - asthma; short breath

556. huapata - cereal

557. huarahi - street, path, road

558. huarere - weather

559. huarite - rhyme

560. huarākau - fruit

561. huata - spear

562. huatahi - an only child

563. huatau - polite

564. huawhenua - vegetables

565. huhu - a larva; type of beetle

566. huhua - numerous

567. hui - meeting; gathered

568. huia - a treasured bird, now extinct

569. huirapa - flippers

570. huka - sugar

571. hukahuka - foam

572. hukapapa - frost

573. hukarere - snow

574. hukātara - hail

575. huna kanohi - a mask

576. huna - to hide

577. hunahuna - concealed

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

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

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

581. hunga kore mahi - the unemployed

582. hunga pāpāho - the media

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

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

585. hunuhunu - to singe

586. hunuhunutia - singed (pass. of hunuhunu)

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

588. hupa - soup

589. hura kōhatu - unveiling

590. huri noa - right around

591. huri - to turn

592. hurihau - windmill

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

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

595. hurikaikamo - eyelash

596. huripara - wheelbarrow

597. huritau - birthday

598. huru - glow; hair; feather

599. huruhuru - fur

600. huti - hoist up

601. hutupōro - rugby ball

602. huānga - relative

603. hā - breath; flavour

604. hāereere - to wander, roam

605. hāhi - church, religion

606. hāka - jar

607. hākari - feast

608. hākerekere - crowd; hair cut short

609. hākete - jacket

610. hākinakina - sport; to play sport

611. hākirikiri - vague

612. hāmama - open, gaping

613. hāmamamama - yawn

614. hāmana - salmon

615. hāmeme - grumble; mutter

616. hāmipēka - hamburger

617. hāneanea - sofa

618. hāngai - opposite, facing

619. hāngi - traditional earth oven

620. hāora - hour; oxygen

621. hāpai - carry; lift up

622. hāpaitia - (pass) be carried

623. hāparangi - to shout, bawl

624. hāpiapia - sellotape; glue

625. hārau - graze

626. hātakēhi - hard case, comical, amusing

627. hāte - shirt

628. hātea - faded

629. hātepe - cut off

630. hātākēhi - hardcase, funny

631. hāunga - besides

632. hāwhe - half (n); to halve (v)

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

634. hē manawa - heart attack

635. hē - wrong; error, mistake

636. hēkena - second (time)

637. hēki Aranga - Easter egg

638. hēki kōhua - boiled egg

639. hēki kōrori - omelette

640. hēki parai - poached egg

641. hēki - egg

642. hēneti - cents

643. hēnimita - centimetre

644. hēoi - and so, therefore

645. hēpapa - zebra

646. hēpara - shepherd

647. hēra - sail

648. hēramana - sailor

649. hī - to catch fish with a line

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

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

652. hīhō - donkey

653. hīkaikai - wiggle

654. hīkoi - to walk, step, tread

655. hīkoitia - walked (pass of hīkoi)

656. hīmene - hymn

657. hīmoemoe - grapefruit

658. hīnaki - eel-pot

659. hīoi pepa - peppermint

660. hīpoki - to cover; covering

661. hīrangi - heatwave

662. hīrawhe - giraffe

663. hīrere - to rush; waterfall; shower

664. hītako - yawn

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

666. hītekiteki - tiptoe

667. hīti - sheet

668. hītimi - marble; marbles

669. hītoki - hop

670. hītori - history

671. hōanga - sandpaper

672. hōhipera - hospital

673. hōhonu - deep (adj); depth (n)

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

675. hōia taputapu tākaro - toy soldiers

676. hōia - soldier, warrior

677. hōiho pīoio - rocking horse

678. hōiho - horse

679. hōnore - honour

680. hōpa - sofa

681. hōpane - saucepan

682. hōpara - belly; sightseeing

683. hōpua kaukau - swimming pool

684. hōpua - pond, puddle; pool of liquid

685. hōrite - equalizer (football)

686. hōro - hall

687. hōtiti totetote - salami

688. hōtēra - hotel

689. hōu - new, modern; fresh

690. hū mahi - work boot

691. hū - shoe

692. hūhunu - barbecue; grumbling

693. hūmārie - humble, easy going

694. hūmārire - peaceful, beautiful

695. hūpana - fly back; fly up

696. hūpeke - bend arms or legs; jump

697. hūrokuroku - jogging

698. hūtia - (pass) be hoisted up

699. hūtu - suit (clothing)

700. hūwai - cockle

701. i mā - via

702. i nāianei - now

703. i te mea - because

704. i te rangi nei - this day

705. i te taha - at the side, with

706. i tēnei pō - tonight

707. i tēnei rā - today

708. i tērā tau - last year

709. 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.

710. iPapa - iPad

711. ia - he, she, him, her

712. ihi - power, essential force

713. ihiihi - terrified; excited; fear

714. iho - downwards

715. ihu - nose

716. ika a Whiro - veteran

717. ika - fish

718. ikarangi - galaxy

719. ikeike - to be high, lofty

720. ina - if, when

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

722. inaki waka - traffic jam

723. inakuanei - just now

724. inakuarā - recently

725. inamata - formerly; immediately

726. inanahi - yesterday

727. inapō - last night

728. inarapa - rubber

729. inatahirā - the day before yesterday

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

731. ine mahana - thermometer

732. ine taumaha - weigh

733. ine - to measure

734. ineroa - tape measure

735. ingoa kārangaranga - nickname

736. ingoa takakau - maiden name

737. ingoa tāpiri - nickname

738. ingoa whānau - surname

739. ingoa - name

740. inihua - insurance

741. inoi - pray

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

743. inuinu - sip

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

745. inā - if, when

746. ināia tonu nei - right now

747. ināianei tonu - right now

748. ināianei - now

749. ipu para - rubbish bag

750. ipu peita - paint pot

751. ipu - container, bowl; drinking glasses

752. ipui para - rubbish

753. ipurangi - internet

754. ira atua - of supernatural beings

755. ira rukeruke - radioactive

756. ira tangata - human life

757. ira! - over there!

758. ira - freckle; gene

759. iraira - freckle

760. iri - to be hanging; rest upon

761. iriiri - baptise

762. irirangi - radio (usually as reo irirangi)

763. iroiro - vermin

764. iroriki - germ

765. irāmutu - niece, nephew

766. ita - held firm; be committed

767. iti - small, little

768. itiiti - tiny

769. iwa - nine

770. iwi whānui - the public

771. iwi - tribe

772. iāri - yard

773. ka mau te wehi! - awesome!

774. ka pai! - good!

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

776. kaha - strong, able

777. kahaki - kidnap; hijack

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

779. kaharoa - large drag net

780. kaho - railings of a fence

781. kahu kiwi - cloak made from kiwi feathers

782. kahu moe - pyjamas

783. kahu tangatanga - dressing gown

784. kahu - cloak, cape, covering

785. kahukahu - dressing gown

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

787. kahuwae - tights

788. kai horo - to eat quickly

789. kai inati - overdose

790. kai kurī - dog food

791. kai paipa - smoke cigarettes

792. kai roro - quiz

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

794. kaiahuwhenua - farmer

795. kaiaka-mīhini - mechanic

796. kaiaka - merit

797. kaiako - teacher (kai- + ako)

798. kaiamo mēra - postie

799. kaiauru - vandal

800. kaieke hōiho - bareback rider

801. kaieke paihikara - trick cyclist

802. kaihana - cousin

803. kaihanga - creator; builder

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

805. kaihe - donkey

806. kaihoko - seller

807. kaihī ika - fisherman

808. kaihī - fisherman

809. kaiiwi - strangers, foreigners

810. kaikaha - keen

811. kaikamo - eye

812. kaikanikani - dancer

813. kaikaranga - woman who calls on the Marae

814. kaikuti makawe - hairdresser

815. kaikā - eager, impatient

816. kaikōhuru - murderer

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

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

819. kaimanga - vegetarian

820. kaimoana - seafood

821. kaimātai whatu - optician

822. kainga - (pass) be eaten

823. kaingākau - passion; like

824. kaioma - runner

825. kaiotaota - vegetarian

826. kaipakihi - business

827. kaipara - athlete; athletics

828. kaipatu ahi - firefighter

829. kaiponu - selfish; greedy

830. kaipuke - ship

831. kaipōkai tūārangi - astronaut

832. kaipūtaiao - scientist (kai- + pūtaiao)

833. kairangi - excellence

834. kairapu hara - detective

835. kaireperepe - relation by marriage

836. kairuku - diver

837. kairīpoata - journalist

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

839. kaitapere - actor, actress

840. kaitaraiwa pahi - bus driver

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

842. kaitiakitanga - guardianship

843. kaitiora - pirate

844. kaitirotiro - inspector

845. kaititiro - spectator

846. kaitoa! - serves you right!

847. kaitohutohu - coach (sports)

848. kaituhi - writer, author

849. kaituku mahi - employer

850. kaituku miraka - milkman

851. kaitā - big, sturdy of build

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

853. kaiurungi - pilot

854. kaiwaiata - singer

855. kaiwawao - referee, umpire

856. kaiwhaiwhai - fan (music, sport)

857. kaiwhakaahua - photographer

858. kaiwhakaako - teacher

859. kaiwhakaatu - fashion model

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

861. kaiwhakataetae - athlete; competitor

862. kaiwhakatangitangi - musician

863. kaiwhakatuma - terrorist

864. kaiwhakawā - a judge

865. kaiārahi - leader, guide

866. kaka rēhia - tracksuit

867. kaka - hair; fibre; ridge; dress

868. kakama - quick; active; smart, clever

869. kakapa - flutter; throb

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

871. kakati - sting; bite

872. kakau - handle

873. kakawa - sweat

874. kake - to climb

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

876. kakī - neck

877. kama - eager

878. kamakama - smart, clever; talkative; joyous

879. kamo - eye; eyelashes

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

881. kamonga - eyelash

882. kamupene - company, business

883. kamupūtu - gumboot

884. kanae - mullet

885. kanapa - bright

886. kanekane - gingerbread

887. kanga - abuse; curse

888. kangaia - cursed (pass. of kanga)

889. kangaru - kangaroo

890. kani - to saw; a saw

891. kanikani - dance, to dance

892. kanikanitia - danced (pass. of kanikani)

893. kano - colour

894. kanohi - face

895. kao - cooked and dried kūmara

896. kaokao - ribs; armpit; side

897. kapa haka - Māori performing arts

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

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

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

901. kapiti - gorge; crevice; shut in

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

903. kapohia - (pass) be snatched

904. kapowai - dragon-fly

905. kapu hēki - eggcup

906. kapu - cup

907. kapua - cloud

908. kaputī - cup of tea

909. kara - colour

910. karaehe - class (school); glass

911. karaihe - grass

912. karaitiana - christian

913. karaka - orange (colour)

914. karakia - prayer, to pray

915. karakiatia - prayed (pass of karakia)

916. karamuimui - swarm

917. karanga - to call

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

919. karangatanga - relationship; relative; occupation

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

921. karani - granny, grandmother

922. karapoi - around; surround; to be surrounded

923. karapu - club, society

924. kararehe kōwao - wild animal

925. kararehe - animal

926. karate - karate

927. karauna - crown; the Crown, government

928. karawaka - measles

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

930. karawhiua! - give it heaps!

931. karawhiua - (pass) be thrashed around

932. kare ā-roto - emotions

933. kare-ā-roto - sweetheart

934. kare - stove, heater

935. karekare - surf, waves

936. kareparāoa - cauliflower

937. karera - light green

938. karere hiko - e-mail

939. karere - message

940. karetao - puppet; robot

941. kari - dig

942. karia - (pass) be dug

943. karihi-kau - nuclear-free

944. karihi - nuclear

945. karo - dodge, avoid

946. karoro - seagull

947. karu - eye

948. karāhe - glass, mirror

949. karāone - crown

950. karāti - garage

951. karēpe tauraki - raisin

952. karēpe - grape

953. kata - to laugh

954. kataina - laughed (pass. of kata)

955. katakata - to laugh and laugh, laughter

956. katipō - venomous spider

957. kato - pluck

958. katohia - plucked (pass of kato)

959. kau - swim; cow

960. kaua e - don't

961. kaua rawa - absolutely don't

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

963. kauae - chin

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

965. kauhau - recite; preach; speech; lecture

966. kauhoe - to swim

967. kauhoetia - swum (pass. of kaohoe)

968. kaui - shoelace, cord

969. kauika - school of fish; pod of whales

970. kaukau - to bathe

971. kaukauria - bathed (pass of kaukau)

972. kaumātua - elder; elderly

973. kaunihera - council

974. kaupane - head

975. kaupapa here - policy

976. kaupapa - topic, theme, plan, subject

977. kaupeka - season

978. kaupoai - cowboy

979. kaute pēke - bank account

980. kaute - to count

981. kautetia - counted (pass. of kaute)

982. kauwae - jaw

983. kauwhata - graph

984. kauwhau - recite; preach; lecture; speech

985. kawa - sour, yuck

986. kawe rongo - headphones

987. kawe - to carry, convey

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

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

990. kawhe - coffee

991. kawititanga o te ringaringa - wrist

992. kei a koe - youâ€™re onto it

993. kei hea? - where is?

994. kei mua - in front

995. kei muri - behind

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

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

998. kei whea? - where?

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

1000. keke - cake

1001. kekeno - seal

1002. kemokemo - wink; blink

1003. kenepuru - silt

1004. keo - peak

1005. kerei - grey

1006. kerepe - grape

1007. kerepeti - pottery

1008. kerepō - blind

1009. kererū - native pigeon

1010. keri - dig

1011. keria - (pass) be dug

1012. kerēme - claim

1013. kete - basket, kit

1014. keti - gate

1015. ki a ia - in his opinion

1016. ki - to

1017. ki - to, at, →; | Has various uses and meanings

1018. kia ora - hello; thank you; be well

1019. kia - may you be; may we be; let it be that; | Various uses, meanings. Often not translatable by an English word.

1020. kiekie - a climbing plant used in weaving

1021. kihi - kiss (v); key (n)

1022. kihikihi - cicada

1023. kiia - crowded, full up

1024. kiki - kick

1025. kikia - kicked (pass. of kiki)

1026. kikikiki - to stutter

1027. kikimo - eyes tightly closed

1028. kiko - flesh; body

1029. kikokiko - of flesh and blood

1030. kikorangi - blue sky; dark blue

1031. kimi - to look for, seek

1032. kimihia - sought; look for! (kimi + passive suffix -hia)

1033. kimo - to wink

1034. kina - sea urchin

1035. kini - pinch

1036. kino ake - worse

1037. kino - bad

1038. kiore - rat

1039. kiri kau - naked

1040. kiri kā - fever

1041. kiri - skin

1042. kiriata - movie, film

1043. kirihou - plastic

1044. kirikau - leather

1045. kirikiri - sand

1046. kirikiti - cricket (sport)

1047. kirimana - a contract

1048. kirimate - chief mourners

1049. kiripaepae - receptionist

1050. kiritaki - customer

1051. kiritapu - single (unmarried)

1052. kiritea - fair-skinned

1053. kiritona - pimple; mole; wart

1054. kiriwara - drug addict

1055. kiriweti - unpopular

1056. kirokarāmu - kilogram

1057. kiromita - kilometre

1058. kirīmi - cream

1059. kita - fast; tightly

1060. kite - to see

1061. kitea - seen (kite + passive suffix -a)

1062. kitenga - observation, seeing (kite + nominal suffix -nga)

1063. kiwa - wink

1064. kiwi - native bird of Aotearoa

1065. kiwikiwi - grey

1066. ko wai? - who?

1067. ko - is, are (Various uses; not usually translatable with an English word), [equals], [topic marker]

1068. koa - happy

1069. koakoa - stupid

1070. koara - koala

1071. koata - quarter

1072. koe - you, one person

1073. koha - gift

1074. kohe - talk nonsense

1075. kohete - scold, reprimand, rebuke

1076. kohetengia - scolded (kohete + -ngia; pass)

1077. kohetetia - scolded (pass. of kohete)

1078. kohi - to collect, gather together

1079. kohia - (pass) be collected; be gathered

1080. kohikohi - to collect, gather together

1081. kohikohinga - collection

1082. kohinga - collection

1083. kohu - mist; concave; hollow

1084. kohuku - unfinished

1085. koi - sharp

1086. koia - it is, so

1087. koina - that is (near listener)

1088. koinei - this is

1089. koinā - that is, those are; like that

1090. koirā - that is, those are; like that

1091. koki - angle; corner

1092. koko - scoop; shovel; spoon; corner (of a room, house, etc)

1093. kokoiti - teaspoon

1094. kokopi - closed; shut

1095. kokotaha - tablespoon

1096. komekome - chew; grumble

1097. komiti - committee

1098. komuri - backwards

1099. konei - here, by speaker

1100. koneke - rollerblades; skating; sledge; to slide along

1101. kongakonga - small piece, fragment

1102. konganuku - metal

1103. kongene - withered; wrinkled

1104. konihi - stealthy

1105. konohete - concert

1106. konā - there, by listener

1107. kopa - disappear; crippled; sandal; wallet; schoolbag

1108. kopareti - skates

1109. kope - nappy

1110. kora - fragment; spark

1111. koraha - open country; desert; mud-flats

1112. kore e - not (future)

1113. kore mahi - unemployed

1114. kore - zero, nothing

1115. koretake - useless

1116. korikori tinana - exercise

1117. korikori - move; wriggle

1118. korimako - bellbird

1119. koro - term of address for an elderly man, grandfather (E koro)

1120. koroahu - steam

1121. koroheke - old man

1122. korokoro - loose; throat; palate

1123. koropungapunga - porous; decayed; pumice

1124. koropupū - bubble up; to boil

1125. kororā - little blue penguin

1126. koroua - elderly man, grandfather

1127. korowai - cloak

1128. korowhio - whistle

1129. koru - coiled; shape of fern shoot

1130. korukoru - wrinkle

1131. korā - over there

1132. korōria - glory

1133. korōwha - golf

1134. kota - cockle-shell; sawdust

1135. kotahi - one

1136. kotahitanga - unity

1137. kotakota rīwai - potato chips

1138. kotere - swelling

1139. koti - coat, jacket

1140. kotikara - finger; fingernail; toe; toenail

1141. kotikoti - cut to pieces; divide lands; striped

1142. kotinga - division; boundary line

1143. kotiti - be displaced; move aside

1144. kotiuru - headache

1145. kotutu - boil up (meat and veges)

1146. kounga - quality

1147. koura - gold

1148. koutou - you, three or more people

1149. kowata - transparent

1150. kowhera - flash; open; yawn

1151. kua - then; have; has; had | Verbal particle; indicating completed action or movement into a state

1152. kuau - beard

1153. kuha - gasp; ragged

1154. kuhu - to enter, to go or come in

1155. kuhua - (pass) be entered; be put on (clothes)

1156. kuhukuhu - pig

1157. kui - Term of address for an elderly woman (eg 'E kui'.)

1158. kuia - elderly woman, grandmother

1159. kuihi - goose

1160. kuini - queen

1161. kuki - cook

1162. kuku - draw together; nip; nightmare; mussel

1163. kukume - to pull, to drag

1164. kukune - grow; plump

1165. kume-ā-papa - gravity (force of)

1166. kume - drag; pull

1167. kumea - (pass) be dragged; be pulled

1168. kumete - wooden bowl or trough

1169. kumikumi - beard

1170. kumu - buttocks, bottom

1171. kupenga - net

1172. kupu matua - headline

1173. kupu - word

1174. kuputuhi - text message

1175. kura kaupapa Māori - Māori language school

1176. kura kōhungahunga - kindergarten

1177. kura rata - medical school

1178. kura tuarua - high school

1179. kura - school; treasured item

1180. kuraina - taught (pass. of kura)

1181. kuru - strike with the fist; weary

1182. kurupae - beam

1183. kurī tautiaki - guard dog

1184. kurī ārahi - guide dog

1185. kurī - dog

1186. kutarere - scooter

1187. kuti - draw together; nip; close hand or mouth; nightmare

1188. kutikuti - scissors

1189. kutu - nits

1190. kutukutu ahi - nonsense

1191. kā - to burn, be alight

1192. kāheru - spade

1193. kāho - barrel

1194. kāhore - Negative used for verb sentences

1195. kāhu - harrier; hawk; chief

1196. kāhui ariki - those of the highest rank

1197. kāhui - group; cluster; flock

1198. kāinga - home

1199. kākahu kaukau - togs

1200. kākahu kura - school uniform

1201. kākahu ōrite - uniform

1202. kākahu - clothing, garment

1203. kākahuria - (pass) be dressed

1204. kākano - seed

1205. kākāiti - budgie

1206. kākāriki - green

1207. kāmaka - a rock

1208. kāmera ataata - video camera

1209. kāmera tere - speed camera

1210. kāmera - camera

1211. kāmeta - scarf

1212. kāmura - carpenter

1213. kānapanapa - gleaming dark green (as deep water)

1214. kānara - candle

1215. kānekeneke - move about; from place to place

1216. kānewha - unripe; underdone

1217. kānga papā - popcorn

1218. kānga pirau - rotten corn

1219. kānga wai - rotten corn, formented corn

1220. kānga - corn

1221. kāngia - (pass) be lit, be burnt

1222. kāo - no!

1223. kāore anō - not yet...

1224. kāore e mōhiotia ana - unknown

1225. kāore he tangata - nobody, no one

1226. kāore i mōhiotia - unknown

1227. kāore - negative used for verb sentences

1228. kāpata kākahu - wardrobe

1229. kāpata - cupboard

1230. kāpene - captain

1231. kāpeti - cabbage

1232. kāpia - glue

1233. kāpui - to lace (shoes)

1234. kāpō - blind, unable to see

1235. kārangaranga - call frequently

1236. kāre - Negative word

1237. kārehu - spade

1238. kāreti - carrot

1239. kārewa - buoy; float; surface of water

1240. kāri moni - cash card

1241. kāri nama - credit card

1242. kāri utu-ā-hiko - eftpos card

1243. kāri - playing card

1244. kāriki - garlic

1245. kāta - cart

1246. kātahi anō... ka - only just

1247. kātahi - then

1248. kāti - stop! (as in: kāti te tangi)

1249. kāuta - cooking shed, cookhouse

1250. kāwai - lineage

1251. kāwana - government, governor

1252. kāwanatanga - government (kāwana + nominal suffix -tanga)

1253. kāwhaki - take by force

1254. kāwhakina - (pass) be taken by force

1255. kāwhe - calf

1256. kāwhena - coffin

1257. kē - already; different; other; differently; rather; strange; actually

1258. kēhi - suitcase

1259. kēhua - ghost

1260. kēkē - armpit

1261. kēmihi - chemist

1262. kēmu - game

1263. kēna wai - watering can

1264. kēne - a can

1265. kēti kura - school gate

1266. kī - to be full

1267. kīa - (pass) be said; be filled

1268. kīhai - Negative word

1269. kīhini - kitchen

1270. kīnaki - relish (to accompany food); song following a speech

1271. kīngi - king

1272. kō atu - the further side

1273. kō mai - the near side

1274. kō - at a distance, yonder; shovel

1275. kōaro - upside down

1276. kōauau - flute played with nose or mouth

1277. kōhanga reo - Māori language preschool

1278. kōhanga - nest, preschool, nursery

1279. kōhatu - stone

1280. kōhine - girl

1281. kōhinu - petrol

1282. kōhoi - thin

1283. kōhoimako - bellbird

1284. kōhonihoni - nibble

1285. kōhua - to boil; cooking pot

1286. kōhumuhumu - whisper; murmur; short hair

1287. kōhungahunga - child

1288. kōhuru - to murder

1289. kōiti - little finger; little toe

1290. kōiwi - bone

1291. kōkiri - to charge, rush at, to thrust forward, attack

1292. kōkā - mother, aunt

1293. kōkō - cut in tattooing

1294. kōkōwai - red ochre

1295. kōmeke - comic

1296. kōmore - bracelet

1297. kōmukumuku - to scrub

1298. kōmā - pale

1299. kōngenge - exhausted

1300. kōngutu - mouth of river

1301. kōnohi - grieve; yearn

1302. kōnui - thumb; big toe

1303. kōpae - disc

1304. kōpaepae pūoru - compact disc (CD)

1305. kōpani - to shut

1306. kōpapa - surfboard

1307. kōpara - bellbird

1308. kōpere - a dart; a sling; rainbow

1309. kōpiko - meander

1310. kōpikopiko - wandering; winding

1311. kōporo - van

1312. kōpua - deep (water)

1313. kōpure - blotchy, spotted; ladybird

1314. kōpā - numb; stiff; set; cramped, confined

1315. kōpū - belly, womb

1316. kōrakorako - fairies

1317. kōrangaranga - ache

1318. kōrapa - cage

1319. kōrapu - flash; shine

1320. kōrea - wheelchair

1321. kōrengarenga - crushed; overflowing

1322. kōrere - tap; diarrhoea

1323. kōrero pūrākau - folk-tales, stories, legends

1324. kōrero teka - to tell lies

1325. kōrero - to talk, speak

1326. kōrerorero - to discuss (v); discussion (n)

1327. kōrerotia - spoken (kōrero + passive suffix -tia)

1328. kōreti - kayak

1329. kōriha - gorilla

1330. kōrori - stir

1331. kōrua - you, two people

1332. kōruarua - hole; pit

1333. kōtare - kingfisher

1334. kōti - court

1335. kōtingotingo - speckled

1336. kōtiri - meteor

1337. kōtiritiri - meteor

1338. kōtiro - girl

1339. kōtui - zip

1340. kōtuitui - network

1341. kōtuku - white heron

1342. kōtītiti - wander about

1343. kōura - crayfish

1344. kōwaha - yawn

1345. kōwhai - yellow; a native tree

1346. kōwhaki - tear off

1347. kōwhakiwhaki - flash frequently

1348. kōwhao - hole

1349. kōwhatu - stone

1350. kōwhiri - choose

1351. kōwhiuwhiu - fan

1352. kūaha - door

1353. kūao - young of animals

1354. kūare - ignorant

1355. kūhā - thigh

1356. kūkū - pigeon

1357. kūmara - kūmara, sweet potato

1358. kūmera - sweet potato

1359. kūngia - (pass) be drawn together; be nipped

1360. kūpangopango - dark in colour

1361. kūpapa - side with the government; traitor

1362. kūrae - headland

1363. kūraruraru - perplexed

1364. kūtai - mussel

1365. kūtia - (pass) be drawn together; be closed

1366. kūwaha - door; entrance; mouth

1367. kūwhewhewhewhe - wrinkled

1368. maha - many

1369. mahaki - sick; sick person

1370. mahana - to be warm, warm

1371. mahara - thought, memory

1372. mahau - porch; verandah, deck

1373. mahere - map, plan

1374. mahi kāinga - home work

1375. mahi ā whare - housework

1376. mahi - to do, work, make

1377. mahia - worked (mahi + passive suffix -a)

1378. mahihore - peeled off

1379. mahinga kai - cultivation

1380. mahira - to be inquisitive, curious, nosy

1381. mahu - healed

1382. mahue - to be left behind (trans)

1383. mahuetia - (pass) be passed by; be left behind; be deserted

1384. mai i te - passed

1385. mai rā anō - from long ago

1386. mai - towards the speaker in space or in orientation; to here

1387. maihao - finger; toe

1388. maihi - bargeboards of meeting house

1389. maika - banana (also panana)

1390. maikuku - claw; fingernail, toenail

1391. maimai aroha - token of affection

1392. maioha - greet affectionately; welcome

1393. mairō - milo

1394. maka - to throw or pass

1395. makaia - (pass) be thrown

1396. makariri - cold

1397. makau - favourite; lover; husband; wife

1398. makawe - hair of the head (human, used in plural: ngā makawe)

1399. makere - to get down from

1400. makimaki - monkey

1401. makinui - gorilla

1402. mako - shark

1403. makuku - lazy; pleasant tasting

1404. mamae - hurt, sore, pain

1405. mamaha - steam

1406. mamaku - black tree-fern

1407. mamao - distant

1408. mamaoa - steam

1409. mana motuhake - self-government; personal freedom

1410. mana - prestige, authority

1411. manaaki - to look after, to show hospitality towards

1412. manaakitanga - hospitality, kindness, generosity

1413. manaakitia - (pass) be looked after; look after

1414. manahau - to be cheerful, triumphant, stoked

1415. manaia - abstract carved figure

1416. manako - to like

1417. manatu - homesick

1418. manawa hē - heart attack

1419. manawa - heart

1420. manawapā - grudging; reluctant

1421. manawareka - satisfied

1422. manene - stranger

1423. manga - branch; stream

1424. mangeo - itch

1425. mangu - black

1426. mangungu - crushed; uncooked

1427. mangō - shark

1428. mania - slippery; smooth; to slide

1429. maniheko - nasty

1430. maninirau - circus

1431. mano - thousand

1432. manu aute - kite

1433. manu - bird

1434. manuhiri - guest

1435. maoa - cooked; ripe

1436. maonga - cooked, ripe

1437. maota - fresh green

1438. mapi - map

1439. mapu - flow freely; sigh; sob

1440. marae ātea - open space in front of meeting house

1441. marae - traditional Māori gathering place

1442. marakihau - sea monster

1443. marama - month, moon

1444. maramara rīwai - chips

1445. maramara - crumbs, small pieces

1446. maramataka - calendar

1447. maranga - to arise; to get up

1448. marangai - heavy rain, storm

1449. marara - scattered; separated; umbrella

1450. maremare - to cough

1451. marere - to drop

1452. maringi - to spill (trans)

1453. marino - calm

1454. maro - kilt-like garment

1455. maroke - dry

1456. maru - power; shelter

1457. marumaru - shaded

1458. marū - bruised; crushed

1459. mata kohore - bleary-eyed

1460. mata - point, blade; face

1461. mataaho waka - windscreen

1462. matakahi - wedge

1463. matakana - wary

1464. matakerepō - blind

1465. matakoma - swollen

1466. mataku - scared, afraid

1467. matangi - wind, breeze

1468. matapaia - pottery

1469. matapihi - window

1470. matapiko - mean, stingy

1471. matapōrehu - sadness

1472. matau - fish hook; right side

1473. matawaia - filled with tears

1474. matawhāiti - cautious

1475. matawā - clock; live broadcast

1476. mate huka - diabetes

1477. mate manawa - heart attack; heart disease

1478. mate moe - sleepy

1479. mate pukupuku - cancer

1480. mate ā moa - extinct

1481. mate - to be sick, ill, dead

1482. matekai - hungry, starving

1483. matenga - time or circumstance of death

1484. matewai - thirst; thirsty

1485. matihao - finger; toe

1486. matihe - sneeze

1487. matikara - finger; toe

1488. matikuku - claw; fingernail; toenail; hoof

1489. matimati - finger, toe

1490. matira - fishing rod

1491. matua kēkē - uncle

1492. matua tāne - father; uncle

1493. matua wahine - mother; aunt

1494. matua whāngai - foster-parent

1495. matua - parent, father

1496. matā - flint; blade; lead; bullet; earwig

1497. matū - fat, chemical

1498. mau herehere - hostage; prisoner

1499. mau kakī - necklace

1500. mau - to wear clothes

1501. maumahara - to remember, remember

1502. maumau - waste (of time, effort etc)

1503. maunga - mountain

1504. maunu - come out; be drawn

1505. maunutanga - migration

1506. mauri moe - unconscious

1507. mauri - life spirit

1508. mauria - to be carried (mau + passive suffix -ria)

1509. mautohe - protest

1510. mauāhara - hate, loathe

1511. mauī - left (direction)

1512. mawhiti - jump; skip

1513. me - and, should, with (various meanings, uses, eg with, like, should)

1514. mea kau ake - immediately; very soon

1515. mea - a thing (n); to say (v)

1516. meatia - (pass) be done, be said, be thought

1517. mehemea - if (presuming not; cf. ki te, if, expressing simple uncertainty)

1518. meke - fist; to punch

1519. mekemeke - boxing; to punch repeatedly

1520. mekepaoro - volleyball

1521. mema - member, members

1522. memeha - weak

1523. mene - assemble

1524. menemene - to smile

1525. meneti - minute

1526. mere - bush, shrub

1527. merekara - miracle

1528. merengi - melon

1529. meāke - soon

1530. mihi - to greet; thank; acknowledge

1531. mihimihi - greetings and introductions

1532. mihinare - missionary; Anglican

1533. mimi - urine; urinate

1534. mimia - pissed (pass. of mimi)

1535. mimiti - dried up; swallowed up

1536. minamina - desire, wish for mine be gathered together

1537. mingomingo kata - to smile

1538. minita - minister

1539. miraka tepe - yoghurt

1540. miraka - milk

1541. miri - rub; stroke; soothe; wipe

1542. mirihau - windsurfing

1543. mirimiri - massage

1544. mirimita - millimetre

1545. miriona - million

1546. mirionea - millionaire

1547. miririta - millilitre

1548. miro - thread, a type of pine tree

1549. mirumiru - bubbles

1550. mitimiti - to lick

1551. moana - sea

1552. moata - early; early morning

1553. moe - sleep; to marry

1554. moemoeā - to dream (v), dream (n)

1555. moenga - bed

1556. moepapa - nightmare

1557. moeroa - sleepyhead; to sleep in

1558. moho - stupid

1559. mohoa - to the present time

1560. moka - end, margin, piece

1561. mokamokai - dried human head

1562. moke - solitary; solitary person

1563. mokemoke - lonely

1564. moko ngārara - crocodile

1565. moko - lizard

1566. mokomoko - lizard

1567. mokopuna - grandchild

1568. mokotuauri - dinosaur

1569. mokoweri - dinosaur

1570. momi - suck

1571. momo - type, kind

1572. momoe - keeping the eyes shut

1573. momori - bare; smooth

1574. monamona - knuckle; joint

1575. mongamonga - crushed

1576. moni whiwhi - income

1577. moni - money

1578. more - bare; plain, not decorated; toothless

1579. morearea - dangerous

1580. moremore - bald

1581. morihana - goldfish

1582. moto - strike with fist

1583. motokia - (pass) be struck with fist

1584. motokā - car, motorcar

1585. motu - island (n); cut (v), cut off (adj)

1586. motuhake - special

1587. motuhia - (pass) be cut

1588. motuhuka - iceberg

1589. motukā - car

1590. motunga - quota

1591. motupaika - motorbike

1592. moturere - broken or cut off

1593. motū - steak

1594. moumou - waste (n): to be wasteful (v)

1595. moutere - island

1596. mua - front, before

1597. muanga - eldest child

1598. muheni - insult

1599. mui - to swarm

1600. muka - flax fibre

1601. muku - wipe, rub; rubber (stationery)

1602. mukua - rubbed (pass of muku)

1603. mukākā - irritate, annoy

1604. muna - darling; secret, mystery; hide

1605. mura - blaze, flame

1606. muramura - flash; bright-coloured

1607. muri - behind, after

1608. muringa - afterwards; youngest child

1609. muritai - sea breeze

1610. muriwai - backwater; lagoon

1611. muru - forgive; plunder; rub; wipe

1612. murua - (pass) be forgiven

1613. mutu - be ended, finished (but not necessarily completed)

1614. mutunga rawa - maximum

1615. mutunga wiki - weekend

1616. mutunga - end (mutu + noun ending -nga)

1617. mā runga - to travel by, by the means of

1618. mā te wā - sometime, whenever

1619. mā tēnā - each of you

1620. mā - clean, white

1621. māeke - cold

1622. māeneene - smooth; soft

1623. māhaki - calm; quiet

1624. māhanga - twin(s)

1625. māharahara - worry (n); anxious (adj)

1626. māhau - for you (variant of māu)

1627. māhina - moon

1628. māhita - teacher

1629. māhuna - head

1630. māhunga - head

1631. māhē - sinker

1632. māhū - gentle

1633. māia - capable, brave, bold

1634. māipi - wooden weapon

1635. mākekehu - fair-headed

1636. mākona - satisfied, full

1637. māku - for me, by me

1638. mākurakura - pink

1639. mākutu - bewitch; magic; spell

1640. mākā - wild; shy

1641. mākūkū - moist; damp; dew

1642. mākūware - careless

1643. māminga - pretend

1644. māmā - mother (n); easy, simple (adj)

1645. māna - for him, her, by him, her

1646. māngai - mouth; representative

1647. māngeongeo - itchy

1648. māngere - lazy

1649. mānia - plains

1650. mānu - float; be launched; overflow; be flooded

1651. mānukanuka - worry; doubt; anxiety; anxious

1652. māori - clear; normal, ordinary

1653. māpere - marble

1654. māra wāina - vineyard

1655. māra - garden

1656. mārama - clear, understand

1657. mārau - fork

1658. mārena - to marry; wedding

1659. mārenatanga - marriage

1660. mārenatia - (pass) to be married

1661. mārie - fortunate; peaceful

1662. mārika - indeed, quite, certainly; āe mārika

1663. māripi - knife

1664. mārire - quietly; thoroughly; peaceful

1665. mārua - hollow; pit; valley; vacuum

1666. mārō - hard (of texture, personality), firm

1667. mārū - gentle, calm

1668. mātaitai - seafood

1669. mātaki - to watch

1670. mātakitaki - to watch, to observe, examine, inspect

1671. mātakitia - inspected (pass. of mātaki)

1672. mātao - cold

1673. mātaotao - cool

1674. mātau - to know, understand

1675. mātauranga - education, knowledge, understanding

1676. mātenga - head

1677. mātengatenga - causing pain

1678. māti - match (to light a fire)

1679. mātotoru - thick

1680. mātotorutanga o te waka - (heavy) traffic

1681. mātou - we, us (three or more people, excluding the person/ people addressed)

1682. mātua - parents, fathers (plural form of matua)

1683. mātā - swamp

1684. mātāmua - eldest; first; main

1685. mātāwaka - all tribes

1686. māu - for you, by you; ā category possession

1687. māua - we, us (two people, excluding addressee)

1688. māuiui - sick

1689. māunu - bait

1690. māwhe - faded

1691. māwhero - pink

1692. māwhitiwhiti - grasshopper

1693. mēnā - if

1694. mēra - mail

1695. mētara - metal

1696. mīere - honey

1697. mīharo - to wonder at; amazing

1698. mīhini hoko - vending machine

1699. mīhini keri - digger

1700. mīhini - machine

1701. mītara - measles

1702. mīti hipi - mutton

1703. mīti kau - beef

1704. mīti - meat

1705. mō taku hē - sorry, my bad

1706. mō - for, unrealised, ō category possession, about

1707. mōhio - to know

1708. mōhiotanga - knowledge (mōhio + nominal suffix -tanga)

1709. mōhiotia - known (mōhio + passive suffix -tia)

1710. mōhiti ārai hihirā - sunglases

1711. mōhiti - glasses

1712. mōhū - selfish

1713. mōkai - pet

1714. mōkarakara - to be savoury, delicious

1715. mōku - for me, unrealised, o category possession

1716. mōkī - tie in a bundle; raft made of flax stalks; package

1717. mōmona - fat

1718. mōna - for him, her, unrealised, o category possession

1719. mōrearea - dangerous

1720. mōrehu - survivor

1721. mōrena - good morning

1722. mōrunga - lifted up

1723. mōteatea - lament; traditional song

1724. mōtēra - motel

1725. mōu - for you

1726. mōua - back of neck

1727. mōunu - bait

1728. mōwhiti kaukau - goggles

1729. mōwhiti rā - sunglasses

1730. mōwhiti - glasses

1731. mūrere - to be clever, cunning, crafty

1732. naenae - mosquito

1733. naeroa - mosquito

1734. naihi - knife

1735. naka - near you

1736. nama - number

1737. namata - ancient times

1738. namu - sandfly

1739. nana - eyebrow

1740. nanahi - yesterday

1741. nanakia - rascal clever, cunning

1742. nanekoti - goat

1743. nanenane - goat

1744. nanā! - look!

1745. nao - feel; to handle

1746. napō - last night

1747. nati - nut; pinch

1748. natinati - pinched; stifled

1749. natu - scratch

1750. nau mai! - welcome!

1751. nau - come, go (as in: Nau mai!)

1752. nawe - scar

1753. neha - doze

1754. nehenehe - forest

1755. neherā - ancient times

1756. nehu - bury

1757. nehua - (pass) be buried

1758. nei - here, by speaker

1759. neke - to move

1760. nekeneke - to move gradually

1761. nenewha - shut the eyes

1762. newanewa - soft toys

1763. ngaengae - heel

1764. ngahau - party, concert

1765. ngahere - forest, bush

1766. ngahoro - to fall; and more

1767. ngaki - avenge; to plant; to weed

1768. ngakina - till soil, weed

1769. ngakinga - a garden

1770. ngako - fat (as on meat)

1771. nganga - stone of fruit; hail; shell; husk

1772. ngangare - quarrel

1773. ngaoki - crawl

1774. ngaoko - move slightly

1775. ngare - blood relations; family; send; urge

1776. ngari - annoyance

1777. ngaro - to be lost, missing, gone, hidden (trans)

1778. ngaru - wave

1779. ngaruiti - microwave

1780. ngata - snail (n); to be satisfied (v)

1781. ngau - to bite

1782. ngaungau - to chew, a snack

1783. ngehengehe - soft; weak

1784. ngenge rererangi - jet lag

1785. ngenge - tired

1786. ngeri - chant with actions

1787. ngeru - cat

1788. ngira - needle

1789. ngoengoe - scream

1790. ngohengohe - soft; pliable; easy

1791. ngoi - energy; strength

1792. ngoikore - weak; listless

1793. ngoio - asthma

1794. ngongo - tube

1795. ngongohā - snorkel

1796. ngongore - blunt

1797. ngongoro - exclaim; snore

1798. ngore - flexible

1799. ngota - fragment; particle; atom

1800. ngotangota - smashed to powder

1801. ngungu - turn aside

1802. ngunguru - to growl, grumble, shake

1803. nguru - nose-flute

1804. ngutu hore - wasteful

1805. ngutu huia - talkative person

1806. ngutu momoho - abusive; talkative

1807. ngutu pārera - pistol

1808. ngutu tere - untrustworthy

1809. ngutu - lip, lips

1810. ngutuawa - river-mouth

1811. ngā kare-ā-roto - emotions

1812. ngā - the, plural

1813. ngāherehere - bush

1814. ngāhoahoa - headache

1815. ngāi - prefix meaning tribe or clan (e.g., Ngāi Tahu)

1816. ngākau - heart, as in seat of the affections and feelings

1817. ngākaukore - disinclined

1818. ngākaunui - eager, keen

1819. ngākaurua - uncertain, in two minds

1820. ngāngā - breathe heavily; make a noise; screech

1821. ngārara arikata - alligator invisible; extinct; forgotten; hidden;

1822. ngārara - reptile, monster

1823. ngātahi - together

1824. ngāueue - to shake

1825. ngāwari - kind, pleasant of personality; easy

1826. ngāwhā - boiling spring

1827. ngē - noise

1828. ngū - squid; silent, speechless

1829. niao - edge; rim; top plank of canoe

1830. niho tunga - toothache

1831. niho - tooth

1832. ninipa - clumbsy, unskilled

1833. niwha - brave; rage; barb

1834. no hea? - from where?

1835. noa - free from tapu; only, just, merely

1836. nohinohi - small

1837. noho puni - camping

1838. noho taratahi - self-isolation

1839. noho - to live; sit

1840. nohoanga - home, sofa

1841. nohoia - (pass) be sat upon, be inhabited

1842. nohopuku - silent; to diet

1843. nohotū! - sit up straight!

1844. noke - worm

1845. noko - stern of canoe

1846. nonohi - small (plural)

1847. nonoke - judo

1848. noti - contract; pinch

1849. nou - belongs to you (Å catergory), yours

1850. nui ake - bigger

1851. nui te utu - expensive

1852. nui - big, great, many

1853. nuinga - majority (nui + nominal suffix -nga)

1854. nuke - crooked

1855. nuku - to move

1856. nukunuku - remove

1857. numia - passed by (pass of numi)

1858. nunui - big (plural form)

1859. nunumi - disappear

1860. nā konei - because of this

1861. nā konā - because of that

1862. nā reira - therefore

1863. nā te mea - because

1864. nā - Various meanings, eg by, belonging to (ā category), by way of

1865. nāianei - now

1866. nākahi - snake

1867. nāku - mine, realised possession, it was done by me (ā category)

1868. nāna - by him, her, belonging to him, her

1869. nāu - you (past tense); yours (singular)

1870. nāwai - presently, in due course, after a while

1871. nē - tag question, translated variously depending on the English structure; eh?

1872. nē? - really?; isn't it?; shall I/we?

1873. nēra - nail

1874. nō konei - therefore

1875. nō konā - therefore

1876. nō reira - so, therefore

1877. nō te mea - because

1878. nō tāwāhi - international

1879. nō whea? - from where?

1880. nō - from

1881. nōku - mine, realised possession, ō category

1882. nōna - belongs to him or her (Å catergory), his, hers

1883. nōnahea? - when? (used of the past)

1884. nōnanahi - yesterday

1885. nōnapō - last night

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

1887. nōnāianei - now; today

1888. nōu - yours

1889. nūpepa - newspaper

1890. o te ao - international

1891. o - of, belonging to | Has several uses

1892. oha - dying speech; keepsake; greet

1893. ohaoha - abundant; generosity; generous

1894. oho - to wake up

1895. ohooho - panic; cherished; requiring care

1896. ohorere - to start suddenly, be startled; surprised

1897. ohotata - emergency

1898. ohu rapa - search party

1899. ohu - group of volunteers; workers

1900. oi - shake, shudder

1901. oinga - childhood, youth

1902. oioi - shake gently

1903. oka - chef's knife, dagger; prick; stab; yam

1904. okaoka - stab

1905. oke - invalid; wriggle

1906. okeoke - toss about

1907. okioki - to pause; rest

1908. oko - bowl

1909. okooko - to nurse

1910. oma taumano - marathon

1911. oma - to run, escape

1912. omakia - run (pass of oma)

1913. omanga - refuge

1914. onamata - of ancient times

1915. one - beach, sand

1916. oneone - earth, soil

1917. onepū - sand, beach

1918. oneuku - clay

1919. ono - six

1920. ope - group travelling together

1921. ora - alive, well, healthy, safe

1922. oranga - health, life (ora + nominal suffix -nga)

1923. oreore - to shake, quiver

1924. ori hīteki - ballet

1925. oriori - lullaby

1926. oro - sharpen; grind

1927. orotahi - note (music)

1928. ota - uncooked; unripe

1929. otaota - vegetation, herbs, grass, weeds

1930. oti - to be completed

1931. otirā - but, on the other hand

1932. pae patopato - typewriter

1933. pae tere - speed limit

1934. pae - ridge

1935. paekura - lost property

1936. paenga - shelf

1937. paepae - speakers

1938. paeroa - range of hills; wind which blows along the shore

1939. paetae - achieved

1940. paetahi - bachelor level

1941. paheke - fail; slip; to slide

1942. pahemo - pass by; pass on

1943. pahi iti - minibus

1944. pahi - bus

1945. pahure - escape; pass by; be carried out successfully

1946. pahī - adventure

1947. pahū - drum (n); blow up, explode (v)

1948. pai ake - better

1949. pai atu - better

1950. pai - good (adj); to like (v); good

1951. paiaka - root of tree

1952. paiheneti - percent

1953. paihikara maunga - mountain bike

1954. paihikara - bike

1955. painga - benefit, skill, good qualities (pai + nominal suffix -nga)

1956. paingia - (pass) be approved; be liked

1957. paipa - pipe

1958. paitini - poison

1959. pakanga - to fight, battle, war, hostility

1960. pakapaka - burnt, dry

1961. pakari - mature, ripe

1962. pakaru - broken (applied to a thing not a body part) (trans)

1963. pake - obstinate

1964. pakeke - hard, stiff (adj); to grow up (v); age, adult, elder (n)

1965. paketai - driftwood; anything cast up by the sea

1966. paki - to slap, to pat; to be fine; a fine day

1967. pakiaka - root

1968. pakihi - business

1969. pakihiwi - shoulder

1970. pakipaki - to applaud, to clap; applause

1971. pakitara - wall

1972. pakituri - hitchhiker

1973. pakiwaitara - story

1974. pakiwaituhi - cartoon

1975. paku - dried; small

1976. paku - small

1977. pakupaku - very small

1978. pakō - blistered; make a loud sound

1979. pakū - make sharp or sudden sound; resound

1980. pana - to push away, to expel

1981. panana - banana

1982. panatahi - odd number

1983. pane kuini - postage stamp

1984. pane - head

1985. paneke - goal (in sport); to score; to advance

1986. panekeke - pancake

1987. panekoti - skirt, dress

1988. panga - puzzle, riddle

1989. pango - black

1990. pangā - (pass) be thrown; be passed

1991. pani ngutu - lipstick

1992. pani - orphan (n); to be orphaned (v): to smear, spread out (v)

1993. paniaku - toothpaste

1994. panikakā - mustard

1995. panuku - sledge

1996. panā - (pass) be driven away, be expelled

1997. pao - break; sing; a type of song; strike, pound

1998. paoa - smoke (from a fire)

1999. paoka - fork; pierce; stab

2000. paoro - ball

2001. papa angaanga - skull

2002. papa kararehe - zoo

2003. papa kāinga - ancestral settlement

2004. papa pānui - noticeboard

2005. papa tuhituhi - blackboard, whiteboard

2006. papa tākaro - playground, sports field

2007. papa - floor, ground, flat surface

2008. papahokohoko - mall

2009. papai - good (plural), very good

2010. papaki - smack

2011. papakupu - dictionary

2012. papanga - layer

2013. paparahua - dining table

2014. papareti - skateboard

2015. papatahi - flat

2016. papataunga - runway

2017. papatuhituhi - whiteboard

2018. papatākaro - playing field, playground

2019. papi - puppy

2020. papā - burst, explode

2021. papāroa - scarce

2022. para - blood relation; pollen; sediment; waste material

2023. parahanga - litter (rubbish)

2024. parai - fry; frying pan

2025. paraihe niho - toothbrush

2026. paraihe - award, prize; brush

2027. paraikete - blanket

2028. parakipere - blackberry

2029. parakuihi - breakfast

2030. paramanawa - refreshments, snacks, nibbles

2031. paramu - plum

2032. parani - daisy, brand

2033. paraone - brown

2034. parapara - filth; talents

2035. pararau - slave

2036. parareka - potato

2037. parau - false; lie

2038. parauri - brown

2039. pare tīkākā - sunscreen

2040. pare - to ward off, to divert

2041. parehe - pizza; flattened

2042. parekura - disaster; battle

2043. paremo - drowned

2044. parenga - riverbank

2045. parerori - cramp

2046. paretai - river bank

2047. pari - cliff

2048. parirau - wing

2049. paritū - steep

2050. parori - sprained; crooked

2051. paru - dirt, mud, dirty

2052. paruparu - dirt, mud

2053. parā - rotten

2054. parāoa parai - fried bread

2055. parāoa rimurapa - pasta

2056. parāoa roa - weapon made of rib of whale

2057. parāoa - bread, flour

2058. pata kai - cereal

2059. pata - butter

2060. patahinu - margarine

2061. patahua - muesli

2062. patapata - drip; drop

2063. patapatai - question frequently

2064. patiko - hastily

2065. patipati - flatter, sweet-talk

2066. patu parāoa - short flat whalebone weapon

2067. patu - to strike, hit; to kill

2068. patua - hit/killed (patu + passive suffix -a)

2069. patupaiarehe - fairy, elf, pixie

2070. pau - to be consumed, used up completely, all gone (trans)

2071. paukena - pumpkin

2072. paunga rā whitu - weekend

2073. paura - powder

2074. pea hurumā - polar bear

2075. pea - pair; pear

2076. peara - pearl

2077. peha - boast; skin

2078. peihana - basin

2079. peita - paint

2080. peka - branch

2081. pekapeka - bat

2082. peke - to jump, to leap over

2083. pekerangi - ozone layer

2084. pene pura - ballpoint pen

2085. pene rākau - pencil

2086. pene - pen

2087. pepa whēru - toilet paper

2088. pepa - paper; pepper

2089. pepe - flutter; butterfly

2090. pepeha - proclamation of origin

2091. pepeke - frog

2092. pere rua - yacht

2093. pere - bell

2094. perehana - present, gift

2095. perehi - press; print

2096. perehina - bristle

2097. pereki - brick

2098. pereti - plate

2099. peruperu - eyebrows

2100. peti - heap up

2101. pewa - bow-shaped; eyebrow; raise the eyebrows

2102. pia kano - crayon

2103. pia ngaungau - chewing gum

2104. pia - beer

2105. piako - empty; hollow

2106. piana - piano

2107. piau - axe; iron

2108. piha - gills

2109. pihareinga - cricket (insect)

2110. pihi - waterproof

2111. pihikete - biscuit

2112. piki toka - rock climbing

2113. piki - to increase

2114. pikiniki - picnic

2115. pikitanga - ascent of hill

2116. pikitia - picture, film

2117. piko - bend; bent; corner; curve; curved

2118. pikopiko - winding about

2119. pine - close together; pin

2120. pinepine - little

2121. pirau - rotten

2122. pire - bill; pill

2123. piri - to stick to, to cling

2124. pirihi - priest

2125. pirihimana - police officer

2126. pirikoko - mystery

2127. pirimia - prime minister

2128. piriniha - prince; princess

2129. piritahi - to be together, as one

2130. piriti - bridge

2131. piro - stinking, putrid

2132. pito - belly button, end, extremity

2133. piu - skipping; throw; step; jump

2134. piupiu - flax skirt (worn as part of traditional costume, eg in kapa haka)

2135. poaka kini - guinea pig

2136. poaka - pig

2137. poari - board

2138. pohe - blind

2139. pohepohe - distracted, inattentive

2140. pohewa - imagine

2141. poho - chest

2142. poi - poi, small, soft ball on string

2143. poihau - balloon

2144. poikiri - soccer

2145. poikōpiko - table tennis

2146. poitarawhiti - netball

2147. poka noa - randomly

2148. poka tata - short-cut

2149. poka - hole (n); to make a hole in, to pierce (v)

2150. pokake - presumptuous

2151. pokanga - operation (surgical)

2152. poke parāoa - to make bread

2153. poke - pollute

2154. pokenga - pollution

2155. pokerehū - unintentionally

2156. pokerenoa - reckless

2157. poki - to cover over, swamp, spread over

2158. pokohiwi - shoulder

2159. pokorua - pit; ant

2160. pona - cord; knot, tie in knot; ankle; knuckle

2161. pongaponga - nostril

2162. pongāihu - nostril

2163. poniponi - pony; small

2164. pono - true, faithful

2165. pononga - servant; prisoner; slave

2166. popo - decay; rotten

2167. popoki - cover; cover over; kneecap; lid; spread over

2168. popō - crowd

2169. pora - large sea-going canoe; foreign; stranger

2170. poraka taratara - toad

2171. poraka - jersey

2172. poro - to cut off, to cut short

2173. porohita - circle, round (variant of porowhita)

2174. porohita - ring (circle)

2175. porohuri - overturn

2176. poroka - frog

2177. porokakī - neck

2178. poroporo - bracelet; purple

2179. poroporoaki - farewell speech; say goodbye to; a tribute to someone who has died

2180. pororaru - bewildered

2181. porotiti - disc; rotate

2182. porowhawhe - merry-go-round

2183. porowhita - circle, round (variant of porohita)

2184. poti paku - dinghy

2185. poti - boat

2186. poto - short

2187. potopoto - short

2188. pou niho - dentist

2189. pou tātū - main post of house

2190. pou - pole, post

2191. pouaka poutāpeta - PO box

2192. pouaka whakaata - television

2193. pouaka - box

2194. pouaru - widow; widower

2195. pounamu - greenstone

2196. poupou - father-in-law; mother-inlaw; old people; peg; post (especially inside meeting house); steep

2197. poupoutanga o te rā - midday, noon

2198. pourewa - elevated platform

2199. poururu - a frown

2200. poutokomanawa - middle post of house

2201. poutoti - stilts

2202. poutāpeta - post office

2203. pouwhenua - pole-like weapon

2204. pua - flower; seed

2205. puaki - come out, emerge

2206. puare - open, opening

2207. puehu - dust

2208. puhi - to blow (wind)

2209. puhipuhi - blow or puff frequently; to smoke

2210. puia - hot spring; volcano

2211. pukapuka pakiwaituhi - comic book

2212. pukapuka - book, lungs

2213. pukarangi - chromebook

2214. puke - hill

2215. pukepuke - hilly; small hill

2216. puku - stomach, belly

2217. pukukino - grumpy

2218. pukumahi - hard-working, industrious

2219. pukupā - barren; childless

2220. pukuriri - fury; furious; grumpy

2221. pukutākaro - full of fun; playful

2222. puna hohunu - deep pool

2223. puna kaukau - swimming pool

2224. puna pāpaku - shallow pool

2225. puna - pool, spring

2226. pune - spoon

2227. punenga kupu - word processor

2228. punga - anchor; joint

2229. pungarehu - ashes

2230. puni - camp; company; crowd; dam

2231. punua kurī - puppy

2232. punua poti - kitten

2233. punua - young animal

2234. puoro - to sing, to rumble

2235. pupuhi - to shoot

2236. pupuri - to hold onto

2237. pupuritia - be held, be retained, kept possession of, gripped (pass of pupuri)

2238. pupū - to bubble up, arise from

2239. pura - blind; twinkle

2240. purapura - seed

2241. purei - to play, play

2242. purepure - spotted; in patches

2243. purini - pudding

2244. puritanga - a handle

2245. purotu - handsome

2246. puru - to put, place somewhere

2247. purua - put in/blocked up (puru + passive suffix -a)

2248. puruhi - flea

2249. purumatia - swept (pass of puruma)

2250. purutaringa - earphone

2251. purūma - broom; sweep

2252. puta - to appear, to come out

2253. putanga - opening, exit (puta + nominal suffix -nga)

2254. putiputi - flower

2255. putu - to heap up; a heap, pile

2256. puāwai - flower; grey hair

2257. pā hirahira - castle

2258. pā tāwhanawhana - bouncy castle

2259. pā tūwatawata - fort

2260. pā - a fortified settlement (n); to touch (v)

2261. pāhau - beard

2262. pāhekeheke - slippery; uncertain

2263. pāhi - purse, to pass

2264. pāhihi - passenger

2265. pāhiketepōro - basketball

2266. pāhotanga - programme

2267. pāina - to dry; warm oneself; sunbathe

2268. pāka - a park; a box

2269. pākatio - freezer

2270. pākau - kite; wing

2271. pākaurua - stingray

2272. pākehokeho - slippery

2273. pākete - bucket

2274. pākia - (pass) be struck; be touched

2275. pākihi - desert; barren land

2276. pākā - burger

2277. pākī - hamburger

2278. pāmamao - distant

2279. pāmu - farm

2280. pānga tuhituhi - stationery

2281. pāngarau - maths

2282. pānui - to read; to publish, advertise; notice, advertisement

2283. pānuitanga - announcement

2284. pānuitia - read; advertised (pass of pānui)

2285. pāpaka - crab

2286. pāpaku - shallow

2287. pāpango - dark in colour

2288. pāpapa - husk, shell

2289. pāparakauta - pub

2290. pāparakāuta - pub

2291. pāpura - purple

2292. pāpā - father, uncle

2293. pāpāho maha - multimedia

2294. pāpāho - broadcast

2295. pāpāringa - cheek

2296. pāpātanga - rate, speed

2297. pārae - a park; paddock

2298. pārekareka - fun; enjoyable, beautiful

2299. pāremata - parliament

2300. pārera - grey duck

2301. pārongo - hearing aid

2302. pāroro - cloudy; storm

2303. pārunga - upstairs

2304. pātai - question; to ask a question

2305. pātaia - (pass) be asked; be questioned

2306. pātaka - elevated storehouse; pantry

2307. pātangatanga - starfish

2308. pātara wai - waterbottle

2309. pātara - bottle

2310. pātari - amuse; entice; provoke

2311. pātata - close (of distance)

2312. pātene - button

2313. pātere - chant

2314. pātiki rori - sole

2315. pātiki - flounder (fish)

2316. pātuhi - text message, to text

2317. pātītī - grass

2318. pātōtō - knock

2319. pātū - wall

2320. pāua - abalone

2321. pāwera - afraid

2322. pāwhero - red-haired

2323. pēhea - how?

2324. pēhea? - how? in what way?

2325. pēhi - press; oppress; repress

2326. pēhia - (pass) be pressed; be oppressed; be repressed

2327. pēkana - bacon

2328. pēke parapara - rubbish bag

2329. pēke - bag

2330. pēke - bag

2331. pēnei - like this, near speaker

2332. pēniho - toothpaste

2333. pēnā - like that, near listener

2334. pēpe - baby

2335. pēpepe - butterfly; moth

2336. pēpi - baby

2337. pērā tonu - same old; to be unchanged

2338. pērā - like that, yonder

2339. pēwhea - how? (variant of pēhea)

2340. pēwhea? - how? in what way?

2341. pī rorohū - bumblebee

2342. pī - bee; pea

2343. pīata - bright; clear; shine; shiny

2344. pīauau - knife

2345. pīhopa - bishop

2346. pīkaokao - chicken

2347. pīkau - backpack; carry on back; take responsibility for

2348. pīkaunga - mountaineering

2349. pīnati pata - peanut butter

2350. pīnati - peanut

2351. pīngao - seaside plant used in weaving; kodak yellow

2352. pīnohi - tongs

2353. pīnono - beg

2354. pīoioi - to shake, wave, sway

2355. pīpī - chick, baby

2356. pīpīwharauroa - shining cuckoo

2357. pīrangi - to want, desire

2358. pīrangitia - (pass) be wanted, be desired

2359. pītakataka - gymnastics

2360. pītiti - peach

2361. pīwaiwaka - fantail

2362. pō mārie - good night

2363. pō whakangahau - night-time party

2364. pō - night

2365. pōangaanga - skull

2366. pōhara - poor

2367. pōhatu - stone

2368. pōhauhau - confused

2369. pōhekaheka - mould

2370. pōhiri - welcome; to wave

2371. pōhā - youngest child; food container; pastry

2372. pōhēhē - to think mistakenly, be mistaken

2373. pōkai tueke - pack bags

2374. pōkai - flock, swarm; roll up, wind up, wrap around

2375. pōkaikaha - confused, in doubt

2376. pōkarekare - to be agitated (of liquid)

2377. pōkokohua - a term of contempt - dickhead, bastard

2378. pōkē - dark; dirty; gloomy

2379. pōkēao - dark cloud

2380. pōma - bomb

2381. pōnga - nightfall

2382. pōpokorua - ant

2383. pōpō - pat with the hand; soothe

2384. pōrangi - crazy; idiot

2385. pōrearea - nuisance

2386. pōrera - mat

2387. pōro - ball (also 'paoro')

2388. pōrohe - messy, untidy

2389. pōrutu - splash

2390. pōtae mārō - helmet

2391. pōtae - hat

2392. pōtaka - spinning top

2393. pōtari - snare

2394. pōtarotaro - lawnmower

2395. pōti - vote

2396. pōtiki - child; youngest child

2397. pōturi - deaf; slow

2398. pōua - grandfather; old person

2399. pōuri - sad, dark

2400. pōuriuri - gloomy; very dark

2401. pōwhiri - welcome

2402. pū hurihuri - pistol

2403. pū - to blow gently

2404. pūaha - mouth of river

2405. pūangi - balloon

2406. pūao - dawn

2407. pūhaehae - envy, jealousy

2408. pūhana - glow

2409. pūhia - (pass) be blown; be shot

2410. pūhoi - slow; blunt

2411. pūhungahunga - rough; unfinished

2412. pūhuruhuru - hairy

2413. pūhā - green spinach-like vegetable

2414. pūkaea - large wooden wind instrument

2415. pūkaha - engine

2416. pūkai - to lie in a heap

2417. pūkana - stare with bulging eyes (fierce facial expressions used in actions songs and haka)

2418. pūkei - to lie in a heap

2419. pūkenga - skills, skill, expertise, lecturer

2420. pūkohu - mist

2421. pūkēkē - arm; armpit

2422. pūmanawa rorohiko - software

2423. pūmau - fixed, permanent

2424. pūngao kōmaru - solar power

2425. pūngene - sleeping bag

2426. pūngāwerewere - spider

2427. pūoru - music

2428. pūrama - light bulb

2429. pūrehu - moth

2430. pūrere horoi maitai - dishwasher

2431. pūrere horoi - washing machine

2432. pūrere whakaahua - photocopier

2433. pūrere - appliance, machine (electric) (n); to escape (v)

2434. pūrerehua - butterfly

2435. pūreretā - printer

2436. pūrongo - a report

2437. pūru - bull

2438. pūruru - shady (of trees)

2439. pūrākau - traditional story

2440. pūtaiao - science

2441. pūtake - root

2442. pūtea - budget, resources, money

2443. pūtiki - knot; to knot; topknot

2444. pūtohe - saxophone

2445. pūtoko - slug

2446. pūtu - boot

2447. pūtātara - shell trumpet; fund, funding

2448. pūtōrino - flute-like instrument

2449. pūwhā - green spinach-like vegetable

2450. rae - forehead; headland

2451. raha - open; extended

2452. rahi - large, numerous, great, big

2453. raho - testicles

2454. rahurahu - to handle; to interfere with

2455. raihana taraiwa - driver's licence

2456. raihana - licence

2457. raihi - rice

2458. raiona - lion

2459. raka - yonder, over there; agile; lock

2460. raki - north

2461. rakiraki - duck; rake; scrape

2462. raku - scrape; scratch

2463. rakuraku - guitar; rake

2464. rama waka - traffic lights

2465. rama - light, torch

2466. ranga - group of people; raise

2467. rangatahi - youth, younger generation

2468. rangatira - chief, leader, boss

2469. rangatiratanga - control; greatness; freedom; kingdom; sovereignty

2470. rangi - sky, day

2471. rangimārie - peaceful

2472. ranginamu - handsome

2473. rangirua - uncertain

2474. rangitahi - temporary

2475. rangitoto - lava; scoria

2476. rangiwhata - bragger

2477. rango - fly, blowfly (n); to hear (v)

2478. rangona - to be heard (passive form of rongo)

2479. raorao - plains

2480. rapa - to look for (v); rubber (n)

2481. rapaia - be sought (pass of rapa)

2482. raparapa - the ends of the bargeboards of meeting house; to guess

2483. rapu - to look for

2484. rapua - be looked for, to be searched for, sought (pass of ropu)

2485. rapunga - a search

2486. rapurapu - to be in doubt

2487. rara - rib; shoal

2488. rarahi - great; big (plural)

2489. raranga - plait; weave

2490. rarata - quiet; tame (plural)

2491. rarauhe - fern

2492. rare - lolly

2493. raro - under, below; time

2494. raru - trouble; to be in difficulty, in trouble

2495. raruraru - trouble, problem; be in difficulty, in trouble

2496. rarā - roar; make a dull sound

2497. rarī - disturbance; uproar

2498. rata kararehe - a vet

2499. rata - friendly, at ease (adj); calm (n); to like (v)

2500. ratarata - sharp

2501. ratonga ahi - fire service

2502. ratonga - service, services

2503. rau - to put into; leaf

2504. rauemi - resource

2505. rauika - assembly; heap

2506. raukoti - disturb; meddle

2507. raupani - frying-pan

2508. raupapa - series; flat ground

2509. raupatu - conquest; confiscate; take by force

2510. raupeka - distress; doubt

2511. raupā - cracked; calloused

2512. raupō - reed, bulrush

2513. raureka - deceitful

2514. rauroha - extended

2515. rauru - satisfied

2516. rautaki - strategy

2517. rautangi - perfume

2518. rautao - leaves for wrapping food in oven; to wrap round with leaves

2519. rautau - century

2520. rautupu - thunderstorm

2521. rawa - Various meanings, eg too, quite, very; really

2522. rawahanga - mischievous

2523. rawakore - poor, homeless

2524. rawatia - very (pas of rawa)

2525. rawe - lovely, excellent

2526. raweke - busy; disturb; prepare; meddle with

2527. rawemākoi - naughty

2528. rea - murmur; to grow up

2529. reanga - generation

2530. rehu - to disappear (v); to split into chips (v); fine spray (n)

2531. rehutai - sea spray

2532. rei - bosom; chest; ivory; jewel; leap, rush; treasured possession; tusk

2533. reia - (pass) to be sought after; to be popular

2534. reiputa - ivory neck pendant

2535. reira - there (previously mentioned)

2536. reka - sweet

2537. rekareka - pleasant, delighted

2538. rekoata o te ao - world record

2539. rekoata - record

2540. reo irirangi - radio

2541. reo - language, voice

2542. repe hūare pupuhi - mumps

2543. repo - swamp; cannon

2544. rere ā-hapori - community transmission

2545. rere - to escape; to fly

2546. rerea - flown (pass. of rere)

2547. rereangi - hang-gliding

2548. rerekē - different, changed

2549. rerekētanga - difference

2550. rerenga ahi - fire escape

2551. rerenga o Tama-nui-te-rā - solar system

2552. rerenga - sentence; flight, journey, voyage

2553. rerewhenua - railway

2554. reri - ready

2555. reta - letter

2556. reti - to skate, slide

2557. retihuka - ski

2558. retireti hukarere - skiing

2559. retireti wai - hydroslide

2560. retireti - skates, skating

2561. retiwai - water-skiing

2562. rewa - float; melt; start; be elevated; mast

2563. rewarangi - pedestrian crossing

2564. rewha - eyebrows; eyelid; cross- eyed

2565. rewharewha - epidemic; influenza, flu

2566. rewherī - referee

2567. rikarika - hesitating

2568. rima meneti ki te tekau karaka - five minutes to ten

2569. rima meneti ki te tekau mā tahi karaka - five minutes to eleven

2570. rima meneti pāhi i te tekau mā rua karaka - five minutes past twelve

2571. rima meneti pāhi i te tekau mā tahi karaka - five minutes past eleven

2572. rima - five

2573. rimurimu - seaweed; moss

2574. ringa - hand, arm

2575. ringakuti - fist

2576. ringaringa - hand, arm

2577. ringawera - cook, kitchenhand

2578. ringi - to pour

2579. rino - iron

2580. ripa - furrow; ridge

2581. ripi - frisbee

2582. ripo - deep pool; whirlpool

2583. rirerire - extremely beautiful

2584. riri - anger, angry

2585. riro - gone away; to be awarded: acquired, obtained

2586. rita - litre

2587. rite tonu - just like

2588. rite - to be ready, like, similar

2589. ritenga - custom; habit; likeness

2590. rito - middle shoot of a plant

2591. riu - valley

2592. roa - long

2593. roanga - length of time (roa + nominal suffix -nga)

2594. rohe - district, area, boundary, territory

2595. rohea - weary

2596. roherohe - mark off by boundary; to separate

2597. rohi - loaf

2598. roimata - tears

2599. rokiroki - used up; preserve

2600. rokohanga - found; reached; to be happened upon

2601. rongo - to hear, perceive, feel

2602. rongona - heard (pass. of rongo)

2603. rongonui - famous

2604. rongopuku - overhear

2605. rongoā - medicine

2606. rorerore - barbecue

2607. rori - road

2608. rorirori - clumsy; stammering; silly

2609. roro - brain

2610. roroa - long (plural)

2611. rorohiko - computer

2612. roromi - crush; squeeze

2613. rota - lottery

2614. roto - in, inside, within; lake

2615. rou mamao - remote control

2616. roumamao - remote control (for TV)

2617. rourou - small basket, food basket

2618. rua tekau meneti ki te tekau mā tahi karaka - twenty minutes to eleven

2619. rua tekau meneti pāhi i te tekau mā rua karaka - twenty minutes past twelve

2620. rua tekau meneti pāhi i te tekau mā tahi karaka - twenty minutes past eleven

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

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

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

2624. rua wiki - fortnight

2625. rua - two; grave, hole, storage pit

2626. ruahine - old woman; priestess

2627. ruaki moana - seasick

2628. ruaki - vomit

2629. ruakitia - vomited (pass. of ruaki)

2630. ruarua - few

2631. ruha - worn out

2632. rui - shake; scatter; sow

2633. ruia - (pass) be shaken; be scattered; be sown

2634. rukaruka - completely; utterly

2635. ruku - to dive

2636. rukuhia - (pass) be sunk

2637. rukuruku - dive or dip frequently; wrap up small

2638. rumaki - immerse, immersion; dip; drown; bury

2639. rumakiana - planted (pass. of rumaki)

2640. runga ake - upwards, above

2641. runga - on

2642. ruru - owl; morepork; take shelter

2643. rutu - bump, throw down, tackle

2644. rutua - (pass) be jolted; be tackled; be tossed about

2645. ruānuku - magician

2646. rā whānau - birthday

2647. rā - day; the sun; over there

2648. rāhui - ban, place a ban; reserve

2649. rāina - line

2650. rākau - tree; timber

2651. rākeitia - embellish (pass. of rākei)

2652. rānei - or

2653. rāoa - choked

2654. rāpeti - rabbit

2655. rāpihi - rubbish

2656. rārangi kupu - vocabulary

2657. rārangi tatari - waiting list

2658. rārangi tono - menu (computer)

2659. rārangi - line, row

2660. rārāina - smoked (pass of rÄrÄ)

2661. rātaka - diary

2662. rātau - them; they (three or more people)

2663. rātou ko - and also (joining 3 or more names eg. Bob, Jim and Fred)

2664. rātou - they, them, three or more people

2665. rātō - west

2666. rāua ko - and joining 2 names eg. Jim and Fred

2667. rāua - them; they (two people)

2668. rāwhara - raffle

2669. rāwhiti - east

2670. rāwāhi - bank; shore; side; the other side; overseas

2671. rēhia - pleasure, amusement

2672. rēinga - leaping place

2673. rēmana - lemon

2674. rēme - lamb

2675. rēpata - leopard

2676. rērere - run from one place to another

2677. rēti - rent

2678. rētihi - lettuce

2679. rētō - deep

2680. rēwana - Māori bread

2681. rīanga - insurance

2682. rīhi - dish; dishes; lease

2683. rīki - leek; onion

2684. rīnena - deep

2685. rīngi ring ringi - to pour

2686. rīngi - to ring/phone

2687. rīpeka - cross; crucify

2688. rīpene ataata - video tape

2689. rīpene - ribbon, tape

2690. rīpoata - report

2691. rīria - (pass) to get in trouble, be told off

2692. rīwai parai - french fries

2693. rīwai - potato

2694. rō whare - indoors

2695. rō - in (short form of roto, as in: ki rō whare)

2696. rōhi - rose

2697. rōia - lawyer

2698. rōpere - strawberry

2699. rōpū - group

2700. rū - earthquake; shake

2701. rūkahu - be false, exaggerate

2702. rūma horoi kākahu - laundry

2703. rūma kai - dining room

2704. rūma kaukau - bathroom

2705. rūma moe - bedroom

2706. rūma noho - living room

2707. rūma unuunu - changing room

2708. rūma - room

2709. rūnanga - assembly; council

2710. rūpahu - nonsense; lie, tell lies rure scatter; shake

2711. rūpeke - gather

2712. rūri - ruler; survey (land)

2713. tae atu ki - as far as; including

2714. tae atu - arrived there

2715. tae noa ki - up until

2716. tae - to reach, arrive (v); colour (n)

2717. taea - to be able, to be achieved (tae + passive suffix -a)

2718. taenga - arrival (tae + nominal suffix -nga)

2719. taewa parai - french fries

2720. taha oranga - fitness

2721. taha raro - underside

2722. taha - to pass by; side

2723. tahaki - shore (from the sea); to one side

2724. tahanga - empty; slightly, a bit; naked

2725. tahataha - steep bank

2726. tahatai - seashore

2727. tahatika - coastline

2728. tahe - flow; menstruation

2729. tahi - one, single

2730. tahia - (pass) be swept

2731. tahirapa - rubber, eraser

2732. tahitahi - to sweep

2733. tahu - burn; cook; light (set on fire); husband, wife; lover

2734. tahua - pile of food; sum of money

2735. tahumaero - sickness, disease

2736. tahuna - lit (pass. of tahu - to light)

2737. tahuri - to capsize

2738. tahā - calabash, gourd

2739. tai āniwhaniwha - tidal wave

2740. tai - tide; coast

2741. taiaha - weapon (a long hardwood weapon with a pointed tongue at one end and a long flat narrow blade at the other)

2742. taiapa - fence

2743. taiapo - carry

2744. taiatea - afraid; nervous

2745. taiepa - fence; wall (freestanding )

2746. taihoa - wait

2747. taika - tiger

2748. taimaha - heavy

2749. taimana - diamond

2750. taimau - betrothed, engaged

2751. taina - junior; younger brother or cousin of a male; younger sister or cousin of a female

2752. taipa - be silent

2753. taipō - goblin

2754. taitai niho - toothbrush

2755. taitai - to wrestle, knock

2756. taitaia - wrestled, knocked (pass. to taitai)

2757. taitama - young man

2758. taitamaiti - child

2759. taitamariki - young person, young people

2760. taitamāhine - young woman

2761. taitea - pale; sapwood; white

2762. taitoa - brave

2763. taitonga - south

2764. taiwhanga ako - classroom

2765. taiwhanga pūtaiao - laboratory

2766. taiwhanga - place, waiting room; to wait

2767. taka - to come around in a cycle; to fall from a height

2768. takahi - trample; tread; stamp; disobey, violate

2769. takahia - trampled (pass. of takahi)

2770. takaina - (pass) be heaped up

2771. takakau - at leisure; unmarried

2772. takakino - act hurriedly; to abuse; to debase; to spoil

2773. takapapa - tablecloth

2774. takapau - floor-mat

2775. takapū - belly; calf of leg

2776. takarangi - faint; giddy; stagger

2777. takataka - make ready, prepare.

2778. takatū - prepare, get ready

2779. take - beginning, cause, origin

2780. takenga - origin, beginning, source

2781. takere - bottom (of sea, river); hull; keel

2782. taketake - base; ancient; original; lasting

2783. taki - to lead, to bring along

2784. takirua - in pairs, two at a time

2785. takitahi - individually, one at a time

2786. takitaki - appear; provoke; revenge; look for; recite

2787. takitaro - moment

2788. takitini - in droves

2789. takiwā - district, region

2790. takoki - to sprain

2791. takoto - to lie down

2792. takotoranga - position, site

2793. takotoria - (pass) be laid down

2794. taku - my (singular); edge

2795. takuahi - fireplace

2796. takune - pretend

2797. takunga - an excuse

2798. takurua - winter

2799. takutai - sea coast

2800. takutaku - recite; threaten

2801. tama - son, nephew (term of address for a boy, son: tama)

2802. tamaiti whāngai - adopted child

2803. tamaiti - child

2804. tamariki - children (plural form of tamaiti)

2805. tamatāne - boy

2806. tame heihei - rooster

2807. tame - male animal

2808. tamumu - hum; buzz

2809. tamumutia - (pass) be hummed

2810. tamāhine - daughter

2811. tana - his/her (neutral category); ton

2812. tangata whenua - people of the land, home crowd

2813. tangata - person

2814. tangatanga - comfortable

2815. tangi - to cry; to make a sound

2816. tangihanga - funeral

2817. tangihia - be mourned (pass of tangi)

2818. tangiweto - cry; cry-baby

2819. tango mai - receive

2820. tango - to take hold of

2821. tangohanga - betrothal, engagement; marriage

2822. tangohia - pick up! (command); taken away (tango + passive suffix -hia)

2823. tangotango - to handle; use

2824. taniwha - monster, traditional guardian of bodies of water

2825. tanoni - be sprained

2826. tanu - bury; plant

2827. tanumi - disappear behind

2828. tao - to cook

2829. taokete - brother-in-law (of a male), sister-in-law (of a female)

2830. taona - cooked; cook! (pass. of tao)

2831. taonga - property, possession

2832. taoroa - long spear

2833. tapa tāone - suburb

2834. tapa - to call, name, recite

2835. tapa - to name

2836. tapahi - to cut up, chop

2837. tapahia - cut! to be cut (tapahi + passive suffix -a)

2838. tapahinga makawe - haircut

2839. tapaia - (pass) be named; be recited

2840. tapairu - princess

2841. tapatapahi - cut in pieces

2842. tapawhā rite - square

2843. tapeke - sum; the score; total

2844. tapou - dejected; miserable

2845. tapu - sacred, holy, under ritual restriction

2846. tapuhi - to nurse; a nurse

2847. taputapu tākaro - sports equipment

2848. taputapu ā whare - furniture

2849. taputapu - gear, equipment

2850. tapuwae - footprint

2851. tara - point; spike; peak; wall; sea bird

2852. taraihe - sideboard

2853. taraihikara - tricycle

2854. taraiwa - to drive; driver

2855. taraiwatia - driven (pass. of taraiwa)

2856. taraka - truck

2857. tarakihana - tractor

2858. tarakona - dragon

2859. tarapeke - jump

2860. taratahi - quarantine

2861. tarau poto - shorts

2862. tarau tāngari - jeans

2863. tarau - trousers

2864. taraute - trout

2865. tarawhiti - a ring

2866. tari - government department; office

2867. taringa - ear

2868. taro ake - in a little while

2869. taro kau iho - in a very little while

2870. taro - presently, by and by (as in: taro ake)

2871. tarotaro - cut the hair

2872. taru - grass; vegetation; thing

2873. tarutaru - grass, weeds, cannabis

2874. tata - near, close

2875. tatangi tatau - doorbell

2876. tatao - younger brother or sister; deep; to droop

2877. tatari - to wait

2878. tatau - to count

2879. tatu - stumble, trip

2880. tatū - agree; reach the bottom; be content; be resolved

2881. tau mai - came

2882. tau peke - leap year

2883. tau - to land, settle; be calm; to attack; lover; handsome; year; age; number

2884. taua āhua anō - same as (idiom)

2885. taua - that, previously mentioned (singular)

2886. tauawhi - to hug, embrace, support

2887. tauera - towel

2888. tauhou - strange, unfamiliar; stranger

2889. tauihu - bow of canoe

2890. tauine - ruler (stationery)

2891. tauira - student; example

2892. tauiwi - foreign race; strange tribe

2893. taukiri - expresses distress, surprise

2894. taukumekume - debate

2895. taumaha - difficult of spirit or health; to be heavy (s), weight (n)

2896. taumaru - shaded

2897. taumarumaru - shady (of trees)

2898. taumata - grade, level of achievement

2899. taumau - betrothal; betroth; betrothed; reserve for oneself

2900. taumārō - obstinate

2901. taunga ika - fishing ground

2902. taunga wakarererangi - airport

2903. taunga - to be accustomed to, familiar with

2904. tauomaoma - race (running)

2905. taupaki - to pat, slap

2906. tauparapara - chant at beginning of speech

2907. taupatupatu - to compete with one another; contradict

2908. taupiripiri - arm-in-arm

2909. taupoki - to cover, close with a lid; lid, cover

2910. taura piu - skipping rope

2911. taura - rope, cable

2912. tauraki - tumble-drier; drought; to dry in the sun

2913. tauranga waka - car park

2914. tauranga - anchorage; fishing ground; resting place

2915. taurangi - changeable; incomplete; wanderer

2916. taurapa - stern-post of a canoe

2917. taurekareka - scoundrel; slave

2918. taurima rererangi - flight attendant

2919. taurima - entertain; hospitality

2920. taurite - alike; opposite

2921. taurua - double, in pairs

2922. tautahi - only child

2923. tautara - fishing rod

2924. tautau - to hang down

2925. taute - look after; prepare; mourn

2926. tautika - even; straight

2927. tautohe - contend; contest

2928. tautohetohe - argue

2929. tautoko - to support

2930. tautokona - (pass) be supported

2931. tautopenga - goalkeeper

2932. taututetute - jostle one another

2933. tautāwhi - to come to the assistance of, support

2934. tauwaka - numberplate

2935. tauwehe - separate; to be separated

2936. tauwhanga - ambush

2937. tauwharenga - overhanging

2938. tauwhiro - social worker; tend, care for

2939. tawa - purple, tower

2940. tawaki - crested penguin

2941. tawhi - toffee

2942. tawhiti - distant, a distant place

2943. tawhito - old, former

2944. te rangi nei - this day

2945. te - the, singular definite article

2946. tea - white; clear

2947. teihana hinu - petrol station

2948. teihana tereina - train station

2949. teihana - TV channel; railway station

2950. teina - younger sibling, same sex

2951. teitei - tall, high, lofty; height (object)

2952. teka - lying (v); lie (n)

2953. tekau meneti ki te tekau karaka - ten minutes to ten

2954. tekau meneti ki te tekau mā tahi karaka - ten minutes to eleven

2955. tekau meneti pāhi i te tekau mā rua karaka - ten minutes past twelve

2956. tekau meneti pāhi i te tekau mā tahi karaka - ten minutes past eleven

2957. tekau mā rua - dozen

2958. tekau - ten

2959. tekoteko - carved figure on top of whare

2960. tene - impromptu

2961. tenetene - vagina

2962. tepetepe - jellyfish

2963. tere - to flow, float, move quickly; fast

2964. tereina - to train

2965. tereinatia - to be trained (pass. of tereina)

2966. tero - rectum, anus

2967. terēina - train

2968. tetetete - chatter; rattle

2969. teti pea - teddy bear

2970. tewha - working songs or chants

2971. tewhatewha - long wooden axe- shaped club

2972. tia - to steer, adorned

2973. tiaina - to be steered (pass. of tia)

2974. tiakarete wera - hot chocolate

2975. tiakarete - chocolate

2976. tiakete - jacket

2977. tiaki - to look after, to care for

2978. tiakina - (pass) be looked after

2979. tiamu - jam

2980. tiana - driven in; stick in! drive in [pegs]! (pass of tia)

2981. tieke - cheque

2982. tiemi - see-saw

2983. tiemiemi - see-saw

2984. tihe - sneeze

2985. tihei - to sneeze

2986. tihewa - sneeze

2987. tihi - topknot

2988. tika - to be right, correct, straight, in order

2989. tikanga maha - multicultural

2990. tikanga o te wā - the fashion

2991. tikanga rua - bicultural

2992. tikanga - reason, meaning, right way of doing things, custom (tika + nominal suffix -nga)

2993. tiketike - height; high; important

2994. tiki - to fetch

2995. tikitiki - topknot

2996. tikitiwhi - detective

2997. tiko - to defecate; excrement

2998. timotimo - to peck

2999. timu - ebb tide; shoulder; end

3000. tina - dinner, lunch

3001. tinana - body, trunk, torso

3002. tinei - turn off, extinguish

3003. tinihanga - to trick, amuse with trickery

3004. tino hāneanea - luxury

3005. tino kaitā - enormous

3006. tino nui - giant, huge

3007. tino pai! - very good!

3008. tino rangatiratanga - sovereignty

3009. tino taonga - valuable

3010. tino tau - impressive, flash

3011. tino tika - exact

3012. tino - very

3013. tio - oyster

3014. tioka - chalk

3015. tipi - glide; slice

3016. tipua - a person of high status

3017. tipuna - grandparent, ancestor

3018. tipuria - (pass) be grown

3019. tira pūoru - orchestra

3020. tira - group or row of people

3021. tirara - daffodil

3022. tiria - planted; plant [root crops]! (pass. of tiri)

3023. tiriti - street

3024. tiro mākutu - stare

3025. tiro - to look

3026. tirohanga - view, sight, aspect (tiro + nominal suffix -hanga)

3027. tirotiro - to look, gaze upon, investigate

3028. titi - comb; insert; peg; pin; shine

3029. titiro - to look at

3030. titiwai - glow-worm

3031. tito - compose story or song; fiction; invent

3032. tiu - north; north wind; soar

3033. tiutiu - sparrow; thrush

3034. tiwha - mark; spot

3035. tiwhikete - certificate

3036. toa rongoā - chemist

3037. toa - shop; male animal; expert; to be strong

3038. toanga - bravery

3039. toe - to remain, be left over

3040. toenga - leftovers, remnants (toe + nominal suffix -nga)

3041. toetoe - grass, rushes

3042. toha - distribute; allocate

3043. tohatohaina - (pass) be distributed, be allocated

3044. tohe - to be persistent, stubborn (s), to object, argue, protest (v)

3045. tohea - (pass) be argued about

3046. tohi - divide, separate; ceremony for newborn baby

3047. tohitū - direct; straight

3048. tohorā - whale

3049. tohu - a qualification, eg degree

3050. tohua - marked (tohu + passive suffix -a)

3051. tohunga tā moko - skilled tattoo artist

3052. tohunga whakairo - master carver

3053. tohunga - expert, priest

3054. tohungia - (pass) be marked; be preserved; be pointed out

3055. tohutaka - recipe

3056. tohutoa - medal

3057. tohutohu - to instruct; to guide, direct; instructions, directions

3058. toi - art, knowledge

3059. toitoi - jogging; trot

3060. toitū - entire; permanent; undisturbed

3061. toka - rock

3062. toke hore - tall person

3063. toke - worm

3064. tokerau - autumn; northern

3065. toki - adze, axe; champion

3066. toko - divorce; pole

3067. tokohia - how many people?

3068. tokohia? - how many [people]?

3069. tokomaha - many (of people)

3070. tokomauri - hiccup

3071. tokorua - two (of people)

3072. tokotoko - walking stick (without a handle)

3073. tokotoru - three (people)

3074. tokowhia? - how many people?

3075. tomo - to enter, go into

3076. tomokanga - entrance

3077. tomokia - (pass) be entered

3078. tonga - south

3079. tono - to apply for, to order (v): an application (n)

3080. tonoa - sent (tono + passive suffix -a)

3081. tonu - still

3082. toparere - helicopter

3083. tope - cut down; cut off

3084. topea - (pass) be cut down; be cut off

3085. toremi - disappear; drowned

3086. tori - cut (v); cat (n)

3087. toro - to visit

3088. toroa - albatross

3089. torohē - examine

3090. torohīhihi - short hair; few hairs

3091. torohū - secret; secretly; stealthily

3092. toroiho - underwear

3093. toromi - be drowned

3094. toronga - distant relatives

3095. torotika - in a straight line

3096. torotoro - hold out hands

3097. toroī - fermented food

3098. toru - three

3099. torutoru - few

3100. torōna - throne

3101. tote - salt

3102. toti - limp (walk with difficulty)

3103. toto - blood

3104. totohe - contend

3105. totohu - to sink

3106. totoro - stretch out

3107. totō - ooze; trickle

3108. tou - dip; plant; set on fire; buttocks, bottom, anus

3109. toutou - dip into liquid

3110. tua - beyond

3111. tuahangata - hero

3112. tuahine - sister, of a male

3113. tuahiwi - skeleton

3114. tuaitara - spines

3115. tuaiwa - ninth

3116. tuaiwa - ninth

3117. tuakana - older sibling of the same sex

3118. tuaki - to gut fish

3119. tuakina - (pass) be gutted

3120. tuangi - cockle

3121. tuanui - roof

3122. tuaono - sixth

3123. tuarea - anxious; sorrowful

3124. tuarima - fifth

3125. tuarongo - back wall of house

3126. tuarua - second

3127. tuarā - back [body]

3128. tuatahi - first

3129. tuatangata - hero

3130. tuatea - anxious; pale

3131. tuatete - hedgehog

3132. tuatoru - third

3133. tuatua - chop up finely; main range; shellfish

3134. tuawaru - eighth

3135. tuawehe - split

3136. tuawhenua - mainland; inland

3137. tuawhitu - seventh

3138. tuawhā - fourth

3139. tuha - to distribute; to spit, to spit out

3140. tuhi ā ringa - handwriting

3141. tuhi - to write; to indicate, point out

3142. tuhia - written; write! (tuhi + passive suffix -a)

3143. tuhinga kūkara - google docs

3144. tuhinga - writing, text (tuhi + nominal suffix -nga)

3145. tuhituhi anuanu - graffiti

3146. tuhituhi - to write, draw

3147. tuhituhia - (pass) be drawn; be written

3148. tuhituhinga - writing, text (tuhituhi + nominal suffix -nga)

3149. tui - pierce; sew; thread; lace

3150. tuia - (pass) be pierced; be sewn

3151. tuitui - fasten up; sew, to stitch

3152. tuke - elbow; jerk; knock; angle

3153. tukemata - eyebrow

3154. tuki - to hit, to knock, to beat, to pound; crash

3155. tukia - be hit; be pounded; be attacked, be crashed into; be bumped (pass of tuki)

3156. tukituki - to wreck; destroy

3157. tuku iho - passed down

3158. tuku - to put off, to leave aside

3159. tukua - let go! to be released (tuku + passive suffix -a)

3160. tukuata - projector

3161. tukuna - submitted, submit! released, release! (tuku + passive suffix -na)

3162. tukuoro - speaker (eg bluetooth speaker)

3163. tukutuku - spider web

3164. tumeke - to take fright, surprise

3165. tumu - stump

3166. tumuaki - crown of the head; director; principal; headteacher

3167. tumutumu - stump

3168. tuna - eel

3169. tunga - toothache

3170. tungāne whakaangi - step-brother

3171. tungāne - brother, of a female

3172. tunu - to cook, roast

3173. tunua - (pass) be roasted; be baked

3174. tunutunu - afraid

3175. tuohu - bow the head

3176. tuopu - swap, trade

3177. tupehu - angry

3178. tupu ake - to grow up

3179. tupu - to grow, develop; a plant, shoot (variant of tipu)

3180. tupua - demon; foreigner; object of terror; steal

3181. tupuna - ancestor; grandparent

3182. tupuria - (pass) be grown

3183. turaki - push down; overthrow

3184. turakina - (pass) be pushed down; be overthrown

3185. ture - law, rule

3186. turi - deaf; knee; disobedient

3187. turituri - be quiet! noisy

3188. turori - stagger

3189. turuturu - to make firm; leak; pole

3190. tuta - back of the neck

3191. tute - nudge; push

3192. tutetute - jostle

3193. tutū - rowdy behaviour

3194. tuwha - distribute; spit, spit out

3195. tuwhara - floor mat

3196. tuwhena rawa - overdose

3197. tuwhera - open (adjective)

3198. tuāhine - female cousins or sisters of a male

3199. tuākana - older brothers of a male; older sisters of a female

3200. tā koutou - your (singular, addressed to three or more people)

3201. tā kōrua - your (singular, addressed to two people)

3202. tā moko - art of tattooing

3203. tā mātou - our [singular, theirs and mine]

3204. tā māua - our (singular, his or hers and mine)

3205. tā rātou - their (singular, three or more people)

3206. tā rāua - their (singular, two people)

3207. tā tātou - our (singular, three or more people)

3208. tā tāua - our (singular, two people)

3209. tā - print, draw

3210. tāepa - fence

3211. tāhae - to steal

3212. tāhau - your, ā category possession, singular (variant of tāu)

3213. tāhei - necklace; stripes

3214. tāheke - descend, drop; steep; waterfall

3215. tāhoe - to swim (from one point to another)

3216. tāhuhu kōrero - history

3217. tāhuhu - subject of a sentence

3218. tāhuna - beach; sandbank; dry

3219. tāiki - rib; wicker basket

3220. tāima - time

3221. tāina - (plural of taina) younger brothers of a male, younger sisters of a female

3222. tāina - toaster; plural of

3223. tākai - bind; wrap up; bandage

3224. tākaro ataata - video game

3225. tākaro rorohiko - computer game

3226. tākaro - to play

3227. tākarotia - played (pass. of tākaro)

3228. tāke moni whiwhi - take beginning, cause, origin, reason; subject of discussion

3229. tāke - tax

3230. tākiri - draw away quickly; untie; pull out; strike (a match)

3231. tākirirangi - space rocket

3232. tāku - my, ā category possession, singular

3233. tākupu - gannet

3234. tākuta - doctor

3235. tāmaru - overcast

3236. tāmiro - twist

3237. tāmirotia - (pass) be twisted

3238. tāmure - snapper

3239. tāmutumutu - intermittent

3240. tāna - his, her, ā category possession, singular

3241. tāne - man, male

3242. tāngari - dungarees

3243. tāngata - people (plural of tangata)

3244. tāniko - ornamental border of cloak or mat

3245. tānumi - fold in two

3246. tāone nui - city

3247. tāone - town

3248. tāpae - to present; put before one

3249. tāpaepae - jigsaw puzzle

3250. tāpapa - stoop; lie face down

3251. tāpi - sticking plaster

3252. tāpiapia - sticky

3253. tāpiri - to join something on, to add

3254. tāpoi - tourist

3255. tāpokopoko - boggy

3256. tāpu - bath

3257. tāpui - set aside; reserve, to book something

3258. tāpōrena - raincoat

3259. tāra - dollar

3260. tārai - to shape or fashion timber with an adze

3261. tāraia - (pass) be shaped with an adze

3262. tāre - doll

3263. tārehu - secretly

3264. tārere - to swing

3265. tārewa - raised up; provisional; unpaid; unresolved

3266. tāria - (pass) be waited for; be expected; after a time

3267. tāriana - boar

3268. tāroaroa - tall

3269. tārua - after a while; repeat

3270. tārū - painful; shake

3271. tārūrū - painful; shaking

3272. tātahi - seaside, beach

3273. tātai - to arrange, to set in order

3274. tātaitai - calculator

3275. tātaki kupu - spelling

3276. tātari - sieve; sift; analyse; review

3277. tātau - we; us; everyone

3278. tātou - we, us, inclusive, three or more people

3279. tātua tūru - seatbelt

3280. tātua - a belt

3281. tātā - criticise harshly; stem; smash down; stalk

3282. tāu - your (singular + one item)

3283. tāua - we, us, you and I, inclusive, dual

3284. tāuru - source; top (of tree etc)

3285. tāwara - flavour

3286. tāwhana - curved

3287. tāwhaowhao - driftwood

3288. tāwhe - travel

3289. tāwhiri - beckon

3290. tāwāhi - overseas

3291. tēhea - which, singular

3292. tēhea? - which? (singular)

3293. tēina - younger brothers of a male, younger sisters of a female

3294. tēnehi - tennis

3295. tēnei rā - today

3296. tēnei - this (by speaker); this is; this

3297. tēneti - tent

3298. tēnā ko tēnei - but on the other hand

3299. tēnā koe! - hello! (to one person); thank you

3300. tēnā koe - hello to one person

3301. tēnā koutou! - hello! (to three or more people); thank you

3302. tēnā kōrua! - hello! (to two people); thank you

3303. tēnā - that, by the listener

3304. tēpu tuhituhi - desk

3305. tēpu - table

3306. tērā taha - over there, beyond

3307. tērā tau - last year; next year

3308. tērā - that over there, that

3309. tētahi atu - another

3310. tētahi ki tētahi - one another

3311. tētahi mea - something

3312. tētahi tangata - somebody

3313. tētahi wāhi - somewhere

3314. tētahi - a, one specific thing

3315. tētehi - a, one specific thing (variant of tētahi)

3316. tēwhea? - which? (singular)

3317. tī amiami - herbal tea

3318. tī hāte - t-shirt

3319. tī ingarihi - English tea

3320. tī kawakawa - kawakawa tea

3321. tī kikini - chai tea

3322. tī kōuka - cabbage tree

3323. tī pepahīoi - peppermint tea

3324. tī rākau - stick game

3325. tī - cabbage tree; tea

3326. tīaho - shine

3327. tīare - scent

3328. tīere - scent; jelly

3329. tīhae - tear, rip

3330. tīhaea - (pass) be torn

3331. tīhi - cheese

3332. tīhore - bare; to strip off; peel; clear, clear up (weather)

3333. tīhāte - t-shirt

3334. tīkaokao - hen

3335. tīkera - kettle

3336. tīkina - be fetched (tiki + passive suffix -na (note the first i is lengthened)

3337. tīkiti - ticket

3338. tīkākā - sunburn

3339. tīma - team

3340. tīmata - to begin, to start

3341. tīmatanga - beginning (tīmata + nominal suffix -nga)

3342. tīmatatia - begun (pass of tīmata)

3343. tīmere - chimney

3344. tīneia - (pass) be put out

3345. tīni - to change

3346. tīpako - select

3347. tīpakopako - now and then; occasional

3348. tīpare - headband

3349. tīpuna - grandparents (plural form of tipuna)

3350. tīraha - lie face upwards

3351. tīrairaka - fantail

3352. tīramaroa - lighthouse

3353. tītoko - to keep away

3354. tītongi - nibble

3355. tītore - divide; split

3356. tītī - muttonbird

3357. tīwaha - to shout, call, yell

3358. tīwhaiwhai - wave about

3359. tīwharawhara - stereo

3360. tō koutou - your (addressed to three or more people)

3361. tō kōrua - your (singular, addressed to two people)

3362. tō mātou - our (singular, theirs and mine)

3363. tō māua - our (singular, his or hers and mine)

3364. tō rātou - their (singular - three or more people)

3365. tō rāua - their (singular, two people)

3366. tō tātou - our, all of our, belonging to everyone

3367. tō tāua - our, yours and mine

3368. tō-ā-papa - gravity (force of)

3369. tō - your (singular); to drag

3370. tōhau - dew; sweat

3371. tōhi - toast

3372. tōhihi - puddle

3373. tōhua - yolk

3374. tōia - (pass) be dragged

3375. tōkena - stockings, socks

3376. tōku - my (singular)

3377. tōmairangi - dew

3378. tōmato - tomato

3379. tōmua - early

3380. tōmuri - to be late

3381. tōna rua - about two

3382. tōna tikanga - strictly speaking

3383. tōna - his, her

3384. tōnapi - turnip

3385. tōneke - trolley

3386. tōnga o te rā - sunset

3387. tōnihi - move stealthily

3388. tōpito - end; district

3389. tōpū - couple, pair; assembled

3390. tōrangapū - politics; political

3391. tōraro - negative number

3392. tōroherohe - wag (as in a dog wagging its tail)

3393. tōtika - straight, direct, right

3394. tōtiti wera - hot dog

3395. tōtiti - sausage

3396. tōtā - sweat

3397. tōu - your, ō category possession, singular

3398. tū tirara - social distancing

3399. tū - stand; to be wounded; a wound

3400. tūai - skinny

3401. tūhourangi - uncultured, rough

3402. tūhua - obsidian

3403. tūiri - a drill

3404. tūkaha - hasty; vigorous

3405. tūkeke - lazy

3406. tūkino - abuse; wicked

3407. tūmahi - actions, verbs

3408. tūmanako - to hope for, anticipate, expect, wish for

3409. tūmatanui - public (not private)

3410. tūmau - permanent, continuous; servant

3411. tūmomo - type, sort, kind

3412. tūnga pahi - bus stop

3413. tūnga waka - carpark

3414. tūnga - wound; position

3415. tūngoungou - chrysalis, larva

3416. tūpare - shade eyes with hand

3417. tūpato - to be careful; caution, cautious

3418. tūpeka - tobacco

3419. tūpeke - jump

3420. tūpuhi - skinny

3421. tūpuna - grandparents (plural form of tupuna; variant of tīpuna)

3422. tūpāpaku - corpse, body

3423. tūranga - stopping place (as in: tūranga pahi bus stop; tū + nominal suffix -ranga)

3424. tūrangawaewae - place to stand

3425. tūraparapa - trampoline

3426. tūrehu - fairy

3427. tūria - be established (pass. of tū)

3428. tūroa - of long standing

3429. tūrohi - exhausted, tired

3430. tūroro - sick person, a patient

3431. tūru - chair, seat, stool

3432. tūruhi - tourist

3433. tūruki - crowded; to moult

3434. tūrēiti - late

3435. tūtae - excrement

3436. tūtaki - to meet; to close up, to block (v); meeting (n)

3437. tūtakina - (pass) be met; be shut

3438. tūtara - gossip; slander; near

3439. tūtira - file; row

3440. tūtoro - dreamy

3441. tūtuki - to crash; to strike against; collide; bump

3442. tūtukitanga - a crash; a collision

3443. tūturi - kneel

3444. tūturu - fixed, permanent, definite; to be true, real, original

3445. tūtūā - person of low birth

3446. tūwaewae - visitors

3447. tūwaharoa - yawn

3448. tūwhana - urge

3449. tūwiri - be afraid; terror; tremble; drill

3450. tūāhu - altar

3451. tūārangi - from far away; ancient; important

3452. tūāua - shower (rain)

3453. ua - to rain; rain

3454. uaki - to push open

3455. uarapa - messy, untidy

3456. uarua - raincoat

3457. uaua - difficult (adj); muscle, vein, artery (n)

3458. uha - female

3459. uhi - to cover

3460. uhia - to be covered (uhi + passive suffix -a)

3461. uhunga - lament; funeral

3462. ui - to ask, enquire

3463. uia - (pass) be asked; be questioned

3464. uira - lightning; to flash

3465. uiui - to interview

3466. uiuitanga - interview

3467. ukauka - cash (uka-uka)

3468. uku - to wash; soap; clay

3469. uma - chest

3470. umanga - occupation, business

3471. umere - to shout (in wonder, in appreciation)

3472. umeretia - shouted (pass. of umere)

3473. umu - earth oven

3474. unahi - scale of fish

3475. ungaunga - urge repeatedly

3476. unu - take off

3477. unuhia - (pass) be taken off; be drunk

3478. upoko mārō - stubborn

3479. upoko - head; verse of a song; paragraph; chapter

3480. ure - penis

3481. uri - descendant, offspring

3482. uru huarākau - orchard

3483. uru - join; enter; participate, go in; west

3484. urua - (pass) be joined; be entered; be participated in

3485. uruhua - bruise

3486. urunga - pillow

3487. urupā - burial ground, cemetery

3488. uruuru - hasten; urge

3489. uruwhenua - passport

3490. uruwhetū - galaxy

3491. uta - to load; shore; inland; the land; to load

3492. utaina - (pass) be loaded

3493. utanga - burden; freight; cargo

3494. utauta - equipment, a load

3495. utu ā tau - salary

3496. utu ā wiki - weekly pay; pocket money

3497. utu - cost, price; to pay for

3498. utua - be revenged; be paid (pass of utu)

3499. uwha - female animal

3500. uwhi - to cover; covering; spread out; yam

3501. uwhia - (pass) be covered; be spread out

3502. uwhiuwhi - shower (rain)

3503. wae - foot; leg; separate

3504. waea pūkoro - cellphone

3505. waea whakaahua - fax

3506. waea - wire; phone

3507. waeahia - rung (pass of waea)

3508. waenga - middle, dividing line

3509. waenganui pō - midnight

3510. waenganui - middle, centre, between

3511. waerehe - wireless radio

3512. waero - hair of dog's tail; tail

3513. waeroa - mosquito

3514. waewae tapu - stranger, newcomer

3515. waewae - foot, leg

3516. waha - load, burden; to carry on the back; mouth

3517. wahaina - carried on the back (pass. of waha)

3518. wahangū - dumb; quiet

3519. wahapū - entrance to harbour; eloquent; mouth of river

3520. waharoa - gateway

3521. wahawaha - generous; approachable

3522. wahia - firewood

3523. wahie - driftwood

3524. wahine - woman, wife

3525. waho - out, outside, the outside

3526. wai - water; who

3527. waiariki - hot spring

3528. waiata - to sing (v); song (n)

3529. waiatatia - sung (pass. of waiata)

3530. waihanga - to make, build something

3531. waiho - to remain, rest; to leave behind

3532. waimaria - lucky

3533. waimarie - lucky, fortunate; luck, good fortune

3534. waireka - sweet drink, soft drink

3535. wairua - spirit

3536. waitohu - credit

3537. waka moana - canoe, boat

3538. waka - vehicle (land, air and sea)

3539. wakarererangi - plane

3540. wao - forest

3541. warea - to be occupied with

3542. wareware - to forget; forgetful (trans)

3543. waru - eight; to scrape, to peel

3544. wati - watch (timepiece)

3545. wawata - to long for, yearn for; dream

3546. wawe - early, soon, quickly

3547. wehe - to depart, leave; to separate, divide

3548. wehenga - part, division, separation (wehe + nominal suffix -nga)

3549. weherua pō - midnight

3550. wehi - terrible (adj); to be afraid (v)

3551. weka - a native woodhen

3552. wera - to burn; burnt; hot, heat

3553. weriweri - ugly

3554. wero - to challenge; formal challenge at a welcome ceremony

3555. whaea kēkē - aunt

3556. whaea - mother, aunt

3557. whai - to follow, to chase; to have, to acquire

3558. whaikōrero - oratory

3559. whakaae - to agree

3560. whakaahua - to take photos; photograph

3561. whakaari - play, drama, performance

3562. whakaaro - to think; thought, idea

3563. whakaarotia - [it was] thought (pass of whakaaro)

3564. whakaata - mirror

3565. whakaatu - to display, show, demonstrate

3566. whakaaturanga - television programme (whakaatu + nominal suffix -ranga)

3567. whakaeke - to gather

3568. whakahaere - to run something, manage, make something go

3569. whakahau - to encourage; to command

3570. whakahaua - commanded (pass. of whakahau)

3571. whakaheke ngaru - surfing

3572. whakaheke - to decrease, drop, lower

3573. whakahiamo - sexy

3574. whakahirahira - great, magnificent, wonderful, very important

3575. whakahoki - to return something, to reply

3576. whakahokia - returned (whakahoki + passive suffix -a), returned

3577. whakahua - pronounciation (n); pronounce (v)

3578. whakahuatia - to be pronounced (pass. of whakahua)

3579. whakahīhī - arrogant, proud

3580. whakairia - to hang up, suspend, elevate

3581. whakairo - to carve, a carving

3582. whakaiti - humility

3583. whakakaha - to strengthen; charge a cellphone

3584. whakakao - to gather

3585. whakakaotia - gathered (pass. of whakakao)

3586. whakakore - eliminate, delete, undo

3587. whakakā - turn on

3588. whakakī - to fill something

3589. whakamahana - heater

3590. whakamahi - to put someone to work, to make someone work

3591. whakamahia - used (pass of whakamahi)

3592. whakamau - to fix, fasten; to put on

3593. whakamaua - be fixed; put on (pass of whakamauto)

3594. whakamihi - grateful

3595. whakamua - frontward, towards the front

3596. whakamuri - towards the back

3597. whakamutunga - ending, conclusion (whakamutu + nominal suffix -nga)

3598. whakamā - to be embarrassed, ashamed

3599. whakamāori - to translate into Māori

3600. whakamārama - to explain, illuminate, explain, clarify

3601. whakamātau - to test, examine

3602. whakamātautau - examination, test

3603. whakamīharo - amazing, astonishing

3604. whakangahau - to entertain, to amuse

3605. whakangaio - deceive; trick

3606. whakangaoko - tickle

3607. whakangaro - destroy

3608. whakangau - hunt with dogs

3609. whakangote - mammal; suckle

3610. whakangungu - to train, upskill

3611. whakangā - to rest

3612. whakangāwari - move quickly; ease, make less severe, soften

3613. whakanoa - make free from tapu

3614. whakanui - to enlarge; celebrate

3615. whakaoho - to wake up

3616. whakaohoa - woken up (whakaoho + -a; pass)

3617. whakaomoomo - nurse or look after a child or invalid

3618. whakaongaonga - excite

3619. whakaora whawhati tata - first aid

3620. whakaora - to rescue, to cure

3621. whakaoti - complete

3622. whakaotia - completed (pass. of whakaoti)

3623. whakaotinga - youngest child

3624. whakapae - lying crosswise, horizontal

3625. whakapahoho - stationary, still

3626. whakapai - to improve, to fix up, bless, cleaning

3627. whakapaingia - prepared, set (pass. of whakapai)

3628. whakapaipai - to decorate, adorn, tidy up, beautify

3629. whakapaipaingia - decorated (pass. of whakapaipai)

3630. whakapaipaitanga - decoration

3631. whakapakari - to strengthen

3632. whakapapa - genealogy

3633. whakapau kaha - use energy, work hard

3634. whakapau - consume, use up, finish, exhaust; spend

3635. whakapehapeha - to show off

3636. whakapiata - shine, polish

3637. whakapiatatia - polished (pass. of whakapiata)

3638. whakapiri - to cling to, stick to

3639. whakapiria - (pass) be fastened; be stuck on

3640. whakapono - to believe; faith

3641. whakapoururu - to frown

3642. whakapuaki - to tell; disclose

3643. whakapuare - to open

3644. whakaputa - to make something come out, to appear

3645. whakaputu - savings

3646. whakapāha - apologise

3647. whakapāhō - to broadcast

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