Māori Word Lists

Most common 100 words | Most common 500 words | Most common 1,000 words
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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. Awherika - Africa

9. E hē! - No! that's wrong!

10. Haere mai! - Welcome! Come here!

11. Haina - China

12. Hakihea - December

13. Hana - Santa Claus, Father Christmas

14. Haratua - May

15. Hepetema - September

16. Heptema - September

17. Here-turi-kōkā - August

18. Heretaunga - Hastings

19. Hingapoa - Singapore

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

21. Hoake! - Let's all go!

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

23. Hongongoi - July

24. Hui-tanguru - February

25. Huitanguru - February

26. Huitene - Sweden

27. Huiterangi - Switzerland

28. Hune - June

29. Hāmoa - Samoa, Samoan

30. Hāmuere - January

31. Hānuere - January

32. Hātarei - Saturday

33. Hōngongoi - July

34. Hūrae - July

35. Ingarangi - England

36. Itāria - Italy

37. Kia ita! - Be committed!

38. Kia kaha! - Be strong!

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

40. Kia mataara! - Be alert!

41. Kia mauritau! - Be settled!

42. Kia māhaki! - Be pleasant!

43. Kia māia! - Be brave!

44. Kia ngākau titikaha! - Be confident!

45. Kia ngākaunui! - Be strong hearted!

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

47. Kia niwha! - Be resolute!

48. Kia pai! - Be nice!

49. Kia piki te ora! - Be better!

50. Kia pono! - Be truthful!

51. Kia tapatahi! - Be fair, principled!

52. Kia tau! - Be relaxed!

53. Kia tika! - Be correct!

54. Kia tū pakari! - Be robust!

55. Kia ū! - Be resolute, unyielding!

56. Kirihimete - Christmas

57. Kirikiriroa - Hamilton

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

59. Kohitātea - January

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

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

62. Kotahi mano waru rau iwa tekau - 1890

63. Kotirangi - Scotland

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

65. Kūkara - Google

66. Maehe - March

67. Mahuru - September

68. Makitānara - MacDonalds

69. Mane - Monday

70. Mei - May

71. Mema Pāremata - MP, Member of Parliament

72. Māori - indigenous people of Aotearoa/New Zealand

73. Māoritanga - Māori culture

74. Ngahuru - Autumn

75. Ngāmotu - New Plymouth

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

77. Niu Tīreni - New Zealand

78. Noema - November

79. Nāhinara - National party

80. Nāwai rā, nāwai rā. - Eventually.

81. Nōwei - Norway

82. Oketopa - October

83. Paengawhāwhā - April

84. Paeroa-o-Whānui - the Milky Way

85. Paipera Tapu - Holy Bible

86. Pakanga Tuarua - World War Two

87. Pakanga Tuatahi - World War One

88. Papaioea - Palmerston North

89. Paraire - Friday

90. Pepuere - February

91. Pipiri - June

92. Poutu-te-rangi - March

93. Poutū-te-rangi - March

94. Pākehā - New Zealander of European descent

95. Pāniora - Spain

96. Pōkōtiwha! - A very strong swear word.

97. Rarohenga - the underworld

98. Raukawa Moana - Cook Strait

99. Reipa - Labour party

100. Rāapa - Wednesday

101. Rāhina - Monday

102. Rāhoroi - Saturday

103. Rāmere - Friday

104. Rāpare - Thursday

105. Rātapu - Sunday

106. Rātū - Tuesday

107. Tai Rāwhiti - East Coast

108. Tai Tokerau - Northland

109. Taihoa! - Hang on!

110. Te Ika-a-Māui - North Island

111. Te Moana o Raukawa - Cook Strait

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

113. Te Papa-i-Oea - Palmerston North

114. Te Tai Rāwhiti - East Coast

115. Te Tai Tokerau - Northland

116. Te Waipounamu - South Island

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

118. Te Whanganui-a-Tara - Wellington

119. Tiamani - Germany

120. Tiritama! - Silly boy!

121. Turituri! - Be quiet!

122. Tāite - Thursday

123. Tāmaki Makaurau - Auckland

124. Tāmaki-makau-rau - Auckland

125. Tīhema - December

126. Tūranga-nui-a-Kiwa - Gisborne

127. Tūrei - Tuesday

128. Uropi - Europe

129. Wenerei - Wednesday

130. Whakatū - Nelson; erect

131. Whiringa-ā-nuku - October

132. Whiringa-ā-rangi - November

133. Wīwī - France

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

135. aewa - unhealthy

136. aha - what

137. ahakoa - although

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

139. ahau - I, me

140. ahi kā - ownership through occupation

141. ahi mumura - bonfire

142. ahi - fire

143. ahiahi - early evening, afternoon

144. aho - light, to shine

145. ahokore - wifi

146. ahu - to look after

147. ahuahu - care for; heap

148. ahunga - direction

149. ahurei - unique

150. ahuwhenua - crops, agriculture

151. ai! - oh!

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

153. aihe - dolphin

154. aihikirīmi - icecream

155. aikiha pepa - tissue

156. aikiha - handkerchief

157. aitanga - descendants

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

159. aka wāina - grapevine

160. aka - vine

161. ake, ake, ake - for ever and ever

162. 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)

163. ako - to learn, to teach

164. akomanga - classroom

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

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

167. akutō - late

168. amiorangi - satellite

169. amo - carry; stretcher

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

171. amorangi - leader; priest

172. amuamu - groan, grumble, complain

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

174. ana - indeed, when, if

175. anahe -

176. anahera - angel

177. anaianei -

178. anake -

179. anake - only, just, alone

180. anei - here, by me

181. anga - seashell

182. angaanga - head; sea shell

183. anganui - to face towards

184. angi - freely

185. angiangi - thin (clothes, etc)

186. angitu - success, luck

187. aniana - onion

188. anu - cold; spit

189. anuanu - disgusting; disgusted

190. anuhe - caterpillar

191. anuhea - ugly

192. anā - there, by you

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

194. ao - world, dawn, cloud

195. aoake - the next day

196. aorangi - planet

197. apa - layer; level

198. apakapa - wing; flutter

199. apo - to gather together

200. apoapo - entangle

201. apu - gather greedily; gust

202. apuapu - gobble

203. ara hīkoi - footpath

204. ara tereina - railway track

205. ara whakawhiti - pedestrian crossing

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

207. arahanga - bridge; ladder

208. araheke - stairs

209. araoma - runway

210. arapiki - stairs

211. arapoka - tunnel

212. arapū - alphabet

213. arata - lettuce

214. arataki - to guide; to lead

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

216. arawhata - bridge; ladder; stairs

217. arero - tongue; point of taiaha

218. arewhana - elephant

219. ariki - chief, leader

220. ariā hirahira - special effects

221. ariā - feeling; theory, concept

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

223. aroaro - front; presence

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

225. aroha - love, sympathy, compassion

226. arohaina - (pass) be loved

227. aromatawai - assessment

228. aronga kē - opposites

229. aronga - direction

230. arotahi - contact lens

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

232. ata - morning, shadow

233. atamai - clever, intelligent

234. atamira - platform, stage

235. atarau - moonlight

236. atarua - bad eyesight

237. atawhai - to show kindness towards

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

239. ate - liver; seat of affections

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

241. atua - god

242. au - I, me

243. aua atu - who cares?

244. aua -

245. aua -

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

247. auaake -

248. auahi - smoke

249. auau - to bark, howl

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

251. aukume - magnet

252. aupuru - cushion

253. autaha - to one side

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

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

256. auē! - alas!

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

258. awa - river, stream

259. awaawa - valley

260. awarewa - elevator

261. awatea - daylight

262. awhi - to hug, embrace

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

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

265. e hia? - how many?

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

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

268. e kore e taea - impossible

269. e kō! - girl!

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

271. e noho - sit down

272. e tika! - well, well!

273. e tū - Stand up!

274. e whia? - how many?

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

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

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

278. ehara... i - not

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

280. eke - to embark, get onto; riding

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

282. engari - but

283. epa - to throw at

284. erangi - but

285. hae - to cut; jealous

286. haea - (pass) to be cut

287. haeana - iron (for clothes)

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

289. haehae - to cut up; to tear

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

291. haenga - iron

292. haere mā raro - to travel on foot

293. haere rā - goodbye to people going

294. haere - go, come

295. haerea - travelled (pass of haere)

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

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

298. haika - anchor

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

300. hainatanga - signature; signing

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

302. hake - hockey

303. haki - flag

304. hako - ugly; clown

305. haku - complain

306. hakuakua -

307. hama - hammer

308. hamarara - umbrella

309. hamumu - speak softly; mutter

310. hanawiti - sandwich

311. hanehane - decay

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

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

314. hangareka - clown

315. hangatītī - tease

316. hangā - (pass) be built, be made

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

318. haona - horn

319. hapa - mistake; supper, dinner

320. hapū - subtribe; to be pregnant

321. hara - to make a mistake; mistake

322. harakeke - flax

323. haramai - to arrive

324. hararei - holiday

325. harawene - jealous

326. hari koa - glad, pleased, overjoyed

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

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

329. harihari -

330. harikoa - happy, joyful, euphoric

331. harirū - shake hands

332. harore - mushroom

333. haruru - to resound; a heavy sound

334. hau kāinga - home

335. hau ārai - ozone layer

336. hau - wind, air, breath

337. hauhake - harvest

338. hauhakea - (pass) be dug up

339. hauhaketia - harvested (pass. of hauhake)

340. haumaruru - moody, sulky, sullen

341. haunga - smelly

342. haunga - smelly, stinky

343. hauora - health, healthy

344. haupaoro - golf

345. haupapa - an ambush

346. haupū - heap

347. haurangi - drunk

348. hauraro - north; north wind

349. haurua - half

350. hautai - sponge

351. hautakū -

352. hautaonga -

353. hautaorua -

354. haututū - mischievous

355. hautō - drawer; chest of drawers

356. hauwhā ki te tekau karaka - quarter to ten

357. hauwhā - quarter

358. hauā - crippled, lame

359. hauāuru - west; west wind

360. he aha ai? - why?

361. he aha? - what?

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

363. hea - where?

364. hea? - where?

365. heahea - silly

366. hei aha! - never mind!

367. hei aha - never mind

368. hei aha? - what for?

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

370. hei konā - goodbye (on telephone)

371. hei mahi - exercises

372. hei taira tēnei - for example

373. hei tā... - according to...

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

375. heihei - chicken

376. heitiki - greenstone pendant

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

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

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

380. hekerangi - parachute

381. hekeretari - secretary

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

383. heketā - hectare

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

385. heoi anō - however; so so

386. heoi - however; and so

387. heoti - however; and so

388. hepapa - zebra

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

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

391. herehere - prisoner; captivity

392. heru - comb

393. herua - combed (pass of heru)

394. hetiheti - hedgehog

395. heu - pull apart; razor; to shave

396. hia - how many?

397. hia? - how many?

398. hiahia - to want

399. hiainu - thirst, thirsty

400. hiakai - hungry

401. hiako - skin; bark (of tree)

402. hiamo - excited

403. hiamoe - sleepy

404. hiawai - thirsty

405. hihi kōkiri - X-ray

406. hihi - stitch bird; sun's rays

407. hihiani - radar

408. hihiko - active; quick

409. hihiri - industrious; long for

410. hika! - goodness me!

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

412. hikahika - rub

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

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

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

416. hiko - electricity

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

418. himu - hip

419. hina - grey hair

420. hinapōuri - sadness

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

422. hinengaro - mind, intellect

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

424. hingareti - singlet

425. hinu - oil, fat

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

427. hipi - sheep

428. hipohipo - hippopotamus

429. hipokina - (pass) be covered

430. hira - great; numerous

431. hirahira - special, prized

432. hiri -

433. hirinaki -

434. hiripa - slipper

435. hiriwa - silver

436. hiriwiri - screwdriver

437. hiwa - watchful

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

439. hoa - friend; partner; spouse

440. hoari - sword

441. hoariri - enemy, opponent

442. hoatu - to give (away from speaker)

443. hoe waka - canoeing

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

445. hoea - (pass) to be rowed

446. hoeha - saucer

447. hohoro - quick

448. hohou rongo - make peace

449. hoi - deaf

450. hoiho - yellow-eyed penguin

451. hoihoi! - be quiet!

452. hoihoi - too noisy

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

454. hokia - returned (pass. of hoki)

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

456. hoko ki tai - export

457. hoko ki uta - import

458. hoko - to buy, sell, purchase

459. hokohoko hanumi - jumble sale

460. hokohoko karāti - garage sale

461. hokohoko - to shop, trade

462. hokomaha - supermarket

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

464. hokowhitu - band of warriors

465. homai - give (to the speaker)

466. honae - wallet

467. hongehongeā - boring

468. hongere - channel (TV), TV channels

469. hongi - pressing noses

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

471. hono - to join together

472. honohono - continual

473. hononga - network; union; link; relationship

474. honu whenua - tortoise

475. honu - turtle

476. hope - waist, hip

477. hopi makawe - shampoo

478. hopi - soap

479. hopohopo - panic

480. hopu ataata - video recorder

481. hopu - to catch

482. hopukia - caught (pass. of hopu)

483. hopuoro - microphone

484. hopureo - tape deck

485. hora - display; scatter; spread out

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

487. hore rawa - not at all

488. hore - bare, bald; not

489. horo puehu - vacuum cleaner

490. horoa - (pass) be fallen upon

491. horohoro - remove tapu

492. horoi - to wash, to clean

493. horoia - washed (pass of horoi)

494. horomi - to swallow

495. horomia - swallowed (pass. of horomi)

496. hororia - cleaned (pass. of horoi)

497. hororē - vacuum cleaner

498. horowai - waterfall

499. horowhenua - avalanche, landslide

500. hotu - long for; sigh; sob

501. hou - new, modern; feather

502. houhou - unpleasant

503. houmangōroa -

504. houmea -

505. houmāpara -

506. hua hīmoemoe - grapefruit

507. hua - product, fruit

508. huahua - sketch, draw

509. huaki - open

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

511. huakiwi - kiwifruit

512. huamata - salad

513. huanga - advantage, benefit

514. huangō - asthma; short breath

515. huapata - cereal

516. huarahi - street, path, road

517. huarere - weather

518. huarite - rhyme

519. huarākau - fruit

520. huata - spear

521. huatahi - an only child

522. huatau - polite

523. huawhenua - vegetables

524. huhu - a larva; type of beetle

525. huhua - numerous

526. hui - meeting; gathered

527. huia - a treasured bird, now extinct

528. huirapa - flippers

529. huka - sugar

530. hukahuka - foam

531. hukapapa - frost

532. hukarere - snow

533. hukātara - hail

534. huna kanohi - a mask

535. huna - to hide

536. hunahuna - concealed

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

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

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

540. hunga kore mahi - the unemployed

541. hunga pāpāho - the media

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

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

544. hunuhunu - to singe

545. hunuhunutia - singed (pass. of hunuhunu)

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

547. hupa - soup

548. hura kōhatu - unveiling

549. huri noa - right around

550. huri - to turn

551. hurihau - windmill

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

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

554. hurikaikamo - eyelash

555. huripara - wheelbarrow

556. huritau - birthday

557. huru - glow; hair; feather

558. huruhuru - fur

559. huti - hoist up

560. hutupōro - rugby ball

561. huānga - relative

562. hā - breath; flavour

563. hāereere - to wander, roam

564. hāhi - church, religion

565. hāka - jar

566. hākari - feast

567. hākerekere - crowd; hair cut short

568. hākete - jacket

569. hākinakina - sport; to play sport

570. hākirikiri - vague

571. hākui -

572. hākuikui -

573. hāmama - open, gaping

574. hāmamamama - yawn

575. hāmana - salmon

576. hāmeme - grumble; mutter

577. hāmipēka - hamburger

578. hāneanea - sofa

579. hāngai - opposite, facing

580. hāngi - traditional earth oven

581. hāora - hour; oxygen

582. hāpai - carry; lift up

583. hāpaitia - (pass) be carried

584. hāparangi - to shout, bawl

585. hāpiapia - sellotape; glue

586. hārau - graze

587. hātakēhi - hard case, comical, amusing

588. hāte - shirt

589. hātea - faded

590. hātepe - cut off

591. hātākēhi - hardcase, funny

592. hāunga - besides

593. hāwhe - half (n); to halve (v)

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

595. hē manawa - heart attack

596. hē - wrong; error, mistake

597. hēkena - second (time)

598. hēki Aranga - Easter egg

599. hēki kōhua - boiled egg

600. hēki kōrori - omelette

601. hēki parai - poached egg

602. hēki - egg

603. hēneti - cents

604. hēnimita - centimetre

605. hēoi - and so, therefore

606. hēpapa - zebra

607. hēpara - shepherd

608. hēra - sail

609. hēramana - sailor

610. hī - to catch fish with a line

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

612. hīhō - donkey

613. hīkaikai - wiggle

614. hīkoi - to walk, step, tread

615. hīkoitia - walked (pass of hīkoi)

616. hīmene - hymn

617. hīmoemoe - grapefruit

618. hīnaki - eel-pot

619. hīoi pepa - peppermint

620. hīpoki - to cover; covering

621. hīrangi - heatwave

622. hīrawhe - giraffe

623. hīrere - to rush; waterfall; shower

624. hīroki -

625. hītako - yawn

626. hītekiteki - tiptoe

627. hīti - sheet

628. hītimi - marble; marbles

629. hītoki - hop

630. hītori - history

631. hōanga - sandpaper

632. hōhipera - hospital

633. hōhonu - deep (adj); depth (n)

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

635. hōia taputapu tākaro - toy soldiers

636. hōia - soldier, warrior

637. hōiho pīoio - rocking horse

638. hōiho - horse

639. hōnore - honour

640. hōpa - sofa

641. hōpane - saucepan

642. hōpara - belly; sightseeing

643. hōpua kaukau - swimming pool

644. hōpua - pond, puddle; pool of liquid

645. hōrite - equalizer (football)

646. hōro - hall

647. hōtiti totetote - salami

648. hōtēra - hotel

649. hōu - new, modern; fresh

650. hū mahi - work boot

651. hū - shoe

652. hūhunu - barbecue; grumbling

653. hūmārie - humble, easy going

654. hūmārire - peaceful, beautiful

655. hūpana - fly back; fly up

656. hūpeke - bend arms or legs; jump

657. hūrokuroku - jogging

658. hūtia - (pass) be hoisted up

659. hūtu - suit (clothing)

660. hūwai - cockle

661. hūwhare -

662. hūwhā -

663. i mā - via

664. i nāianei - now

665. i te mea - because

666. i te taha - at the side, with

667. i tēnei pō - tonight

668. i tēnei rā - today

669. 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.

670. iPapa - iPad

671. ia - he, she, him, her

672. ihi - power, essential force

673. ihiihi - terrified; excited; fear

674. iho - downwards

675. ihu - nose

676. ika a Whiro - veteran

677. ika - fish

678. ikarangi - galaxy

679. ina - if, when

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

681. inaki waka - traffic jam

682. inakuanei - just now

683. inakuarā - recently

684. inamata - formerly; immediately

685. inanahi - yesterday

686. inapō - last night

687. inarapa - rubber

688. inatahirā - the day before yesterday

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

690. ine mahana - thermometer

691. ine taumaha - weigh

692. ine - to measure

693. ineroa - tape measure

694. ingoa kārangaranga - nickname

695. ingoa takakau - maiden name

696. ingoa tāpiri - nickname

697. ingoa whānau - surname

698. ingoa - name

699. inihua - insurance

700. inoi - pray

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

702. inuinu - sip

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

704. inā - if, when

705. ināia tonu nei - right now

706. ināianei tonu - right now

707. ināianei - now

708. ipu para - rubbish bag

709. ipu peita - paint pot

710. ipu - container, bowl; drinking glasses

711. ipui para - rubbish

712. ipurangi - internet

713. ira atua - of supernatural beings

714. ira rukeruke - radioactive

715. ira tangata - human life

716. ira! - over there!

717. ira - freckle; gene

718. iraira - freckle

719. iri - to be hanging; rest upon

720. iriiri -

721. iriiri - baptise

722. irirangi - radio (usually as reo irirangi)

723. iroiro - vermin

724. iroriki - germ

725. irāmutu - niece, nephew

726. ita - held firm; be committed

727. iti - small, little

728. itiiti - tiny

729. iwa - nine

730. iwi whānui - the public

731. iwi - tribe

732. iāri - yard

733. ka mau te wehi! - awesome!

734. ka pai! - good!

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

736. kaha - strong, able

737. kahaki - kidnap; hijack

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

739. kaharoa - large drag net

740. kaho - railings of a fence

741. kahu kiwi - cloak made from kiwi feathers

742. kahu moe - pyjamas

743. kahu tangatanga - dressing gown

744. kahu - cloak, cape, covering

745. kahukahu - dressing gown

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

747. kahuwae - tights

748. kai horo - to eat quickly

749. kai inati - overdose

750. kai kurī - dog food

751. kai paipa - smoke cigarettes

752. kai roro - quiz

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

754. kaiahuwhenua - farmer

755. kaiaka-mīhini - mechanic

756. kaiaka - merit

757. kaiako - teacher (kai- + ako)

758. kaiamo mēra - postie

759. kaiauru - vandal

760. kaieke hōiho - bareback rider

761. kaieke paihikara - trick cyclist

762. kaihana - cousin

763. kaihanga - creator; builder

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

765. kaihe - donkey

766. kaihoko - seller

767. kaihua -

768. kaihua -

769. kaihuia -

770. kaihī ika - fisherman

771. kaihī - fisherman

772. kaiiwi - strangers, foreigners

773. kaikaha - keen

774. kaikamo - eye

775. kaikanikani - dancer

776. kaikaranga - woman who calls on the Marae

777. kaikuti makawe - hairdresser

778. kaikā - eager, impatient

779. kaikōhuru - murderer

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

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

782. kaimanga - vegetarian

783. kaimoana - seafood

784. kaimātai whatu - optician

785. kainga - (pass) be eaten

786. kaingākau - passion; like

787. kaioma - runner

788. kaiotaota - vegetarian

789. kaipakihi - business

790. kaipara - athlete; athletics

791. kaipatu ahi - firefighter

792. kaiponu - selfish; greedy

793. kaipuke - ship

794. kaipōkai tūārangi - astronaut

795. kaipūtaiao - scientist (kai- + pūtaiao)

796. kairangi - excellence

797. kairapu hara - detective

798. kaireperepe - relation by marriage

799. kairuku - diver

800. kairīpoata - journalist

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

802. kaitapere - actor, actress

803. kaitaraiwa pahi - bus driver

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

805. kaitiakitanga - guardianship

806. kaitiora - pirate

807. kaitirotiro - inspector

808. kaititiro - spectator

809. kaitoa! - serves you right!

810. kaitohutohu - coach (sports)

811. kaituhi - writer, author

812. kaituku mahi - employer

813. kaituku miraka - milkman

814. kaitā - big, sturdy of build

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

816. kaiurungi - pilot

817. kaiwaiata - singer

818. kaiwawao - referee, umpire

819. kaiwhaiwhai - fan (music, sport)

820. kaiwhakaahua - photographer

821. kaiwhakaatu - fashion model

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

823. kaiwhakataetae - athlete; competitor

824. kaiwhakatangitangi - musician

825. kaiwhakatuma - terrorist

826. kaiwhakawā - a judge

827. kaiārahi - leader, guide

828. kaka rēhia - tracksuit

829. kaka - hair; fibre; ridge; dress

830. kakama - quick; active; smart, clever

831. kakapa - flutter; throb

832. kakati - sting; bite

833. kakau - handle

834. kakawa - sweat

835. kake - to climb

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

837. kakī - neck

838. kama - eager

839. kamakama - smart, clever; talkative; joyous

840. kamo - eye; eyelashes

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

842. kamonga - eyelash

843. kamupene - company, business

844. kamupūtu - gumboot

845. kanae - mullet

846. kanapa - bright

847. kanekane - gingerbread

848. kanga -

849. kanga - abuse; curse

850. kangaia - cursed (pass. of kanga)

851. kangaru - kangaroo

852. kangia -

853. kani - to saw; a saw

854. kanikani - dance, to dance

855. kanikanitia - danced (pass. of kanikani)

856. kano - colour

857. kanohi - face

858. kao - cooked and dried kūmara

859. kaokao - ribs; armpit; side

860. kapa haka - Māori performing arts

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

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

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

864. kapiti - gorge; crevice; shut in

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

866. kapohia - (pass) be snatched

867. kapowai - dragon-fly

868. kapu hēki - eggcup

869. kapu - cup

870. kapua - cloud

871. kaputī - cup of tea

872. kara - colour

873. karaehe - class (school); glass

874. karaihe - grass

875. karaitiana - christian

876. karaka - orange (colour)

877. karakia - prayer, to pray

878. karakiatia - prayed (pass of karakia)

879. karamuimui - swarm

880. karanga - to call

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

882. karangatanga - relationship; relative; occupation

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

884. karani - granny, grandmother

885. karapoi - around; surround; to be surrounded

886. karapu - club, society

887. kararehe kōwao - wild animal

888. kararehe - animal

889. karate - karate

890. karauna - crown; the Crown, government

891. karawaka - measles

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

893. karawhiua! - give it heaps!

894. karawhiua - (pass) be thrashed around

895. kare ā-roto - emotions

896. kare-ā-roto - sweetheart

897. kare - stove, heater

898. karekare - surf, waves

899. kareparāoa - cauliflower

900. karera - light green

901. karere hiko - e-mail

902. karere - message

903. karetao - puppet; robot

904. kari - dig

905. karia - (pass) be dug

906. karihi-kau - nuclear-free

907. karihi - nuclear

908. karo - dodge, avoid

909. karoro - seagull

910. karu - eye

911. karāhe - glass, mirror

912. karāone - crown

913. karāti - garage

914. karēpe tauraki - raisin

915. karēpe - grape

916. kata - to laugh

917. kataina - laughed (pass. of kata)

918. katakata - to laugh and laugh, laughter

919. kato - pluck

920. katohia - plucked (pass of kato)

921. kau - swim; cow

922. kaua e - don't

923. kaua -

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

925. kauae -

926. kauae - chin

927. kauaemua -

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

929. kauhau - recite; preach; speech; lecture

930. kauhoe - to swim

931. kauhoetia - swum (pass. of kaohoe)

932. kaui - shoelace, cord

933. kauika - school of fish; pod of whales

934. kaukau - to bathe

935. kaukauria - bathed (pass of kaukau)

936. kaumātua - elder; elderly

937. kaunihera - council

938. kaupane - head

939. kaupapa here - policy

940. kaupapa - topic, theme, plan, subject

941. kaupeka - season

942. kaupoai - cowboy

943. kaute pēke - bank account

944. kaute - to count

945. kautetia - counted (pass. of kaute)

946. kauwae - jaw

947. kauwhata - graph

948. kauwhau - recite; preach; lecture; speech

949. kawa - sour, yuck

950. kawe rongo - headphones

951. kawe - to carry, convey

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

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

954. kawhe - coffee

955. kawititanga o te ringaringa - wrist

956. kei a koe - youâ€™re onto it

957. kei hea? - where is?

958. kei mua - in front

959. kei muri - behind

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

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

962. kei whea? - where?

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

964. keke - cake

965. kekeno - seal

966. kemokemo - wink; blink

967. kenepuru - silt

968. keo - peak

969. kerei - grey

970. kerepe - grape

971. kerepeti - pottery

972. kerepō - blind

973. kererū - native pigeon

974. kereta -

975. keretao -

976. kereteki -

977. keri - dig

978. keria - (pass) be dug

979. kerēme - claim

980. kete - basket, kit

981. keti - gate

982. ki - to

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

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

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

986. kiekie - a climbing plant used in weaving

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

988. kihikihi - cicada

989. kiia - crowded, full up

990. kiki - kick

991. kikia - kicked (pass. of kiki)

992. kikikiki - to stutter

993. kikimo - eyes tightly closed

994. kiko - flesh; body

995. kikokiko - of flesh and blood

996. kikorangi - blue sky; dark blue

997. kimi - to look for, seek

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

999. kimo - to wink

1000. kina - sea urchin

1001. kini - pinch

1002. kino ake - worse

1003. kino - bad

1004. kiore - rat

1005. kiri kau - naked

1006. kiri kā - fever

1007. kiri - skin

1008. kiriata - movie, film

1009. kirihou - plastic

1010. kirikau - leather

1011. kirikiri - sand

1012. kirikiti - cricket (sport)

1013. kirimana - a contract

1014. kirimate - chief mourners

1015. kiripaepae - receptionist

1016. kiritaki - customer

1017. kiritapu - single (unmarried)

1018. kiritea - fair-skinned

1019. kiritona - pimple; mole; wart

1020. kiriwara - drug addict

1021. kiriweti - unpopular

1022. kirokarāmu - kilogram

1023. kiromita - kilometre

1024. kirīmi - cream

1025. kita - fast; tightly

1026. kite - to see

1027. kitea - seen (kite + passive suffix -a)

1028. kitenga - observation, seeing (kite + nominal suffix -nga)

1029. kiwa - wink

1030. kiwi - native bird of Aotearoa

1031. kiwikiwi - grey

1032. ko wai? - who?

1033. ko - is, are (Various uses; not usually translatable with an English word), [equals], [topic marker]

1034. koa - happy

1035. koakoa - stupid

1036. koara - koala

1037. koata - quarter

1038. koe - you, one person

1039. koha - gift

1040. kohe - talk nonsense

1041. kohete - scold, reprimand, rebuke

1042. kohetengia - scolded (kohete + -ngia; pass)

1043. kohetetia - scolded (pass. of kohete)

1044. kohi - to collect, gather together

1045. kohia - (pass) be collected; be gathered

1046. kohikohi - to collect, gather together

1047. kohikohinga - collection

1048. kohinga - collection

1049. kohitatea -

1050. kohiti -

1051. kohitū -

1052. kohu - mist; concave; hollow

1053. kohuku - unfinished

1054. koi - sharp

1055. koia - it is, so

1056. koina - that is (near listener)

1057. koinei - this is

1058. koinā - that is, those are; like that

1059. koirā - that is, those are; like that

1060. koki - angle; corner

1061. koko - scoop; shovel; spoon; corner (of a room, house, etc)

1062. kokoiti - teaspoon

1063. kokopi - closed; shut

1064. kokotaha - tablespoon

1065. kokō -

1066. komekome - chew; grumble

1067. komiti - committee

1068. komuri - backwards

1069. konei - here, by speaker

1070. koneke - rollerblades; skating; sledge; to slide along

1071. konga -

1072. kongahu -

1073. kongakonga - small piece, fragment

1074. konganuku - metal

1075. kongene - withered; wrinkled

1076. konihi - stealthy

1077. konohete - concert

1078. konā - there, by listener

1079. kopa - disappear; crippled; sandal; wallet; schoolbag

1080. kopareti - skates

1081. kope - nappy

1082. kora - fragment; spark

1083. koraha - open country; desert; mud-flats

1084. kore e - not (future)

1085. kore mahi - unemployed

1086. kore - zero, nothing

1087. koretake - useless

1088. korikori tinana - exercise

1089. korikori - move; wriggle

1090. korimako - bellbird

1091. koro - term of address for an elderly man, grandfather (E koro)

1092. koroahu - steam

1093. koroheke - old man

1094. korokoro - loose; throat; palate

1095. koropae -

1096. koropana -

1097. koropungapunga - porous; decayed; pumice

1098. koropupū - bubble up; to boil

1099. koropā -

1100. kororā - little blue penguin

1101. koroua - elderly man, grandfather

1102. korowai - cloak

1103. korowhio - whistle

1104. koru - coiled; shape of fern shoot

1105. korukoru - wrinkle

1106. korā - over there

1107. korōria - glory

1108. korōwha - golf

1109. kota - cockle-shell; sawdust

1110. kotahi - one

1111. kotahitanga - unity

1112. kotakota rīwai - potato chips

1113. kotere - swelling

1114. koti - coat, jacket

1115. kotikara - finger; fingernail; toe; toenail

1116. kotikoti - cut to pieces; divide lands; striped

1117. kotinga - division; boundary line

1118. kotiti - be displaced; move aside

1119. kotiuru - headache

1120. kotutu - boil up (meat and veges)

1121. kounga - quality

1122. koura - gold

1123. koutou - you, three or more people

1124. kowata - transparent

1125. kowhera - flash; open; yawn

1126. kowhiu -

1127. kua - then; have; has; had | Verbal particle; indicating completed action or movement into a state

1128. kuau - beard

1129. kuha - gasp; ragged

1130. kuhu - to enter, to go or come in

1131. kuhua - (pass) be entered; be put on (clothes)

1132. kuhukuhu - pig

1133. kui - Term of address for an elderly woman (eg 'E kui'.)

1134. kuia - elderly woman, grandmother

1135. kuihi - goose

1136. kuini - queen

1137. kuki - cook

1138. kuku - draw together; nip; nightmare; mussel

1139. kukume - to pull, to drag

1140. kukune - grow; plump

1141. kume-ā-papa - gravity (force of)

1142. kume - drag; pull

1143. kumea - (pass) be dragged; be pulled

1144. kumete - wooden bowl or trough

1145. kumikumi - beard

1146. kumu - buttocks, bottom

1147. kupenga - net

1148. kupu matua - headline

1149. kupu - word

1150. kuputuhi - text message

1151. kura kaupapa Māori - Māori language school

1152. kura kōhungahunga - kindergarten

1153. kura rata - medical school

1154. kura tuarua - high school

1155. kura - school; treasured item

1156. kuraina - taught (pass. of kura)

1157. kuru - strike with the fist; weary

1158. kurupae - beam

1159. kurī tautiaki - guard dog

1160. kurī ārahi - guide dog

1161. kurī - dog

1162. kutarere - scooter

1163. kuti - draw together; nip; close hand or mouth; nightmare

1164. kutikuti - scissors

1165. kutu - nits

1166. kutukutu ahi - nonsense

1167. kā - to burn, be alight

1168. kāheru - spade

1169. kāho - barrel

1170. kāhore - Negative used for verb sentences

1171. kāhu - harrier; hawk; chief

1172. kāhui ariki - those of the highest rank

1173. kāhui - group; cluster; flock

1174. kāinga - home

1175. kākahu kaukau - togs

1176. kākahu kura - school uniform

1177. kākahu ōrite - uniform

1178. kākahu - clothing, garment

1179. kākahuria - (pass) be dressed

1180. kākano - seed

1181. kākāiti - budgie

1182. kākāriki - green

1183. kāmaka - a rock

1184. kāmera ataata - video camera

1185. kāmera tere - speed camera

1186. kāmera - camera

1187. kāmeta - scarf

1188. kāmura - carpenter

1189. kānapanapa - gleaming dark green (as deep water)

1190. kānara - candle

1191. kānekeneke - move about; from place to place

1192. kānewha - unripe; underdone

1193. kānga papā - popcorn

1194. kānga pirau - rotten corn

1195. kānga wai - rotten corn, formented corn

1196. kānga - corn

1197. kāngatungatu -

1198. kāngia - (pass) be lit, be burnt

1199. kāo - no!

1200. kāore anō - not yet...

1201. kāore e mōhiotia ana - unknown

1202. kāore he tangata - nobody, no one

1203. kāore i mōhiotia - unknown

1204. kāore - negative used for verb sentences

1205. kāpata kākahu - wardrobe

1206. kāpata - cupboard

1207. kāpene - captain

1208. kāpeti - cabbage

1209. kāpia - glue

1210. kāpui - to lace (shoes)

1211. kāpō - blind, unable to see

1212. kārangaranga - call frequently

1213. kāre - Negative word

1214. kārehu - spade

1215. kāreti - carrot

1216. kārewa - buoy; float; surface of water

1217. kāri moni - cash card

1218. kāri nama - credit card

1219. kāri utu-ā-hiko - eftpos card

1220. kāri - playing card

1221. kāriki - garlic

1222. kāta - cart

1223. kātahi anō... ka - only just

1224. kātahi - then

1225. kāti - stop! (as in: kāti te tangi)

1226. kāuta - cooking shed, cookhouse

1227. kāwai - lineage

1228. kāwana - government, governor

1229. kāwanatanga - government (kāwana + nominal suffix -tanga)

1230. kāwhaki - take by force

1231. kāwhakina - (pass) be taken by force

1232. kāwhe - calf

1233. kāwhena - coffin

1234. kē - already; different; other; differently; rather; strange; actually

1235. kēhi - suitcase

1236. kēhua - ghost

1237. kēkē - armpit

1238. kēmihi - chemist

1239. kēmu - game

1240. kēna wai - watering can

1241. kēne - a can

1242. kēti kura - school gate

1243. kī - to be full

1244. kīa - (pass) be said; be filled

1245. kīhai - Negative word

1246. kīhini - kitchen

1247. kīnaki - relish (to accompany food); song following a speech

1248. kīngi - king

1249. kō atu - the further side

1250. kō mai - the near side

1251. kō - at a distance, yonder; shovel

1252. kōaro - upside down

1253. kōauau - flute played with nose or mouth

1254. kōhanga reo - Māori language preschool

1255. kōhanga - nest, preschool, nursery

1256. kōhatu - stone

1257. kōhine - girl

1258. kōhinu - petrol

1259. kōhoi - thin

1260. kōhoimako - bellbird

1261. kōhonihoni - nibble

1262. kōhua - to boil; cooking pot

1263. kōhumuhumu - whisper; murmur; short hair

1264. kōhungahunga - child

1265. kōhuru - to murder

1266. kōiti - little finger; little toe

1267. kōiwi - bone

1268. kōkiri - to charge, rush at, to thrust forward, attack

1269. kōkā - mother, aunt

1270. kōkō -

1271. kōkō - cut in tattooing

1272. kōkōwai - red ochre

1273. kōmeke - comic

1274. kōmore - bracelet

1275. kōmukumuku - to scrub

1276. kōmā - pale

1277. kōngahungahu -

1278. kōngenge - exhausted

1279. kōngutu - mouth of river

1280. kōnohi - grieve; yearn

1281. kōnui - thumb; big toe

1282. kōpae - disc

1283. kōpaepae pūoru - compact disc (CD)

1284. kōpani - to shut

1285. kōpapa - surfboard

1286. kōpara - bellbird

1287. kōpere - a dart; a sling; rainbow

1288. kōpiko - meander

1289. kōpikopiko - wandering; winding

1290. kōporo - van

1291. kōpua - deep (water)

1292. kōpure - blotchy, spotted; ladybird

1293. kōpā - numb; stiff; set; cramped, confined

1294. kōpū - belly, womb

1295. kōrakorako - fairies

1296. kōrangaranga - ache

1297. kōrapa - cage

1298. kōrapu - flash; shine

1299. kōrea - wheelchair

1300. kōrengarenga - crushed; overflowing

1301. kōrere - tap; diarrhoea

1302. kōrero pūrākau - folk-tales, stories, legends

1303. kōrero teka - to tell lies

1304. kōrero - to talk, speak

1305. kōrerorero - to discuss (v); discussion (n)

1306. kōrerotia - spoken (kōrero + passive suffix -tia)

1307. kōreti - kayak

1308. kōriha - gorilla

1309. kōrori - stir

1310. kōrua - you, two people

1311. kōruarua - hole; pit

1312. kōtare - kingfisher

1313. kōti - court

1314. kōtingotingo - speckled

1315. kōtiri - meteor

1316. kōtiritiri - meteor

1317. kōtiro - girl

1318. kōtui - zip

1319. kōtuitui - network

1320. kōtuku - white heron

1321. kōtītiti - wander about

1322. kōura - crayfish

1323. kōwaha - yawn

1324. kōwhai - yellow; a native tree

1325. kōwhaki - tear off

1326. kōwhakiwhaki - flash frequently

1327. kōwhao - hole

1328. kōwhatu - stone

1329. kōwhiri - choose

1330. kōwhiuwhiu - fan

1331. kōwhiwhi -

1332. kū -

1333. kūaha - door

1334. kūao - young of animals

1335. kūare - ignorant

1336. kūhā - thigh

1337. kūkū - pigeon

1338. kūmara - kūmara, sweet potato

1339. kūmera - sweet potato

1340. kūngia - (pass) be drawn together; be nipped

1341. kūpangopango - dark in colour

1342. kūpapa - side with the government; traitor

1343. kūrae - headland

1344. kūraruraru - perplexed

1345. kūtai - mussel

1346. kūtia - (pass) be drawn together; be closed

1347. kūwaha - door; entrance; mouth

1348. kūwhewhewhewhe - wrinkled

1349. maha - many

1350. mahake -

1351. mahaki -

1352. mahaki - sick; sick person

1353. mahara - thought, memory

1354. mahau - porch; verandah, deck

1355. mahere - map, plan

1356. mahi kāinga - home work

1357. mahi ā whare - housework

1358. mahi - to do, work, make

1359. mahia - worked (mahi + passive suffix -a)

1360. mahihore - peeled off

1361. mahinga kai - cultivation

1362. mahu - healed

1363. mahue - to be left behind (trans)

1364. mahuetia - (pass) be passed by; be left behind; be deserted

1365. mai i te - passed

1366. mai rā anō - from long ago

1367. mai - towards the speaker in space or in orientation; to here

1368. maihao - finger; toe

1369. maihi - bargeboards of meeting house

1370. maika - banana (also panana)

1371. maikuku - claw; fingernail, toenail

1372. maimai aroha - token of affection

1373. maioha - greet affectionately; welcome

1374. mairō - milo

1375. maka - to throw or pass

1376. makaia - (pass) be thrown

1377. makariri - cold

1378. makau - favourite; lover; husband; wife

1379. makawe - hair of the head (human, used in plural: ngā makawe)

1380. makere - to get down from

1381. makimaki - monkey

1382. makinui - gorilla

1383. mako - shark

1384. makuku - lazy; pleasant tasting

1385. mamae - hurt, sore, pain

1386. mamaha - steam

1387. mamaku - black tree-fern

1388. mamao - distant

1389. mamaoa - steam

1390. mamori -

1391. mana motuhake - self-government; personal freedom

1392. mana - prestige, authority

1393. manaaki - to look after, to show hospitality towards

1394. manaakitanga - hospitality, kindness, generosity

1395. manaakitia - (pass) be looked after; look after

1396. manaia - abstract carved figure

1397. manako - to like

1398. manatu - homesick

1399. manawa hē - heart attack

1400. manawa - heart

1401. manawapā - grudging; reluctant

1402. manawareka - satisfied

1403. manene - stranger

1404. manga - branch; stream

1405. mangeo - itch

1406. mangu - black

1407. mangungu - crushed; uncooked

1408. mangō - shark

1409. mania - slippery; smooth; to slide

1410. maniheko - nasty

1411. maninirau - circus

1412. mano - thousand

1413. manu aute - kite

1414. manu - bird

1415. manuhiri - guest

1416. maoa - cooked; ripe

1417. maonga - cooked, ripe

1418. maota - fresh green

1419. mapi - map

1420. mapu - flow freely; sigh; sob

1421. marae ātea - open space in front of meeting house

1422. marae - traditional Māori gathering place

1423. marakihau - sea monster

1424. marama - month, moon

1425. maramara rīwai - chips

1426. maramara - crumbs, small pieces

1427. maramataka - calendar

1428. maranga - to arise; to get up

1429. marangai - heavy rain, storm

1430. marara - scattered; separated; umbrella

1431. maremare - to cough

1432. marere - to drop

1433. maringi - to spill (trans)

1434. marino - calm

1435. maro - kilt-like garment

1436. maroke - dry

1437. maru - power; shelter

1438. maruatata -

1439. maruawatea -

1440. marumaru - shaded

1441. marū - bruised; crushed

1442. mata kohore - bleary-eyed

1443. mata - point, blade; face

1444. mataaho waka - windscreen

1445. matakahi - wedge

1446. matakana - wary

1447. matakerepō - blind

1448. matakoma - swollen

1449. mataku - scared, afraid

1450. matangi - wind, breeze

1451. matapaia - pottery

1452. matapihi - window

1453. matapiko - mean, stingy

1454. matapōrehu - sadness

1455. matau - fish hook; right side

1456. matawaia - filled with tears

1457. matawhāiti - cautious

1458. matawā - clock; live broadcast

1459. mate huka - diabetes

1460. mate manawa - heart attack; heart disease

1461. mate moe - sleepy

1462. mate pukupuku - cancer

1463. mate ā moa - extinct

1464. mate - to be sick, ill, dead

1465. matekai - hungry, starving

1466. matenga - time or circumstance of death

1467. matengi -

1468. mateoha -

1469. materoto -

1470. matewai - thirst; thirsty

1471. matihao - finger; toe

1472. matihe - sneeze

1473. matikara - finger; toe

1474. matikuku - claw; fingernail; toenail; hoof

1475. matimati - finger, toe

1476. matira - fishing rod

1477. matua kēkē - uncle

1478. matua tāne - father; uncle

1479. matua wahine - mother; aunt

1480. matua whāngai - foster-parent

1481. matua - parent, father

1482. matā - flint; blade; lead; bullet; earwig

1483. matū - fat, chemical

1484. mau herehere - hostage; prisoner

1485. mau kakī - necklace

1486. mau - to wear clothes

1487. maumahara - to remember, remember

1488. maumau - waste (of time, effort etc)

1489. maunga - mountain

1490. maunu - come out; be drawn

1491. maunutanga - migration

1492. mauri moe - unconscious

1493. mauri - life spirit

1494. mauria - to be carried (mau + passive suffix -ria)

1495. mautohe - protest

1496. mauāhara - hate, loathe

1497. mauī - left (direction)

1498. mawhiti - jump; skip

1499. me - and, should, with (various meanings, uses, eg with, like, should)

1500. mea kau ake - immediately; very soon

1501. mea - a thing (n); to say (v)

1502. meatia - (pass) be done, be said, be thought

1503. mehemea - if (presuming not; cf. ki te, if, expressing simple uncertainty)

1504. meke - fist; to punch

1505. mekemeke - boxing; to punch repeatedly

1506. mekepaoro - volleyball

1507. mema - member, members

1508. memeha - weak

1509. mene - assemble

1510. menemene - to smile

1511. meneti - minute

1512. mere - bush, shrub

1513. merekara - miracle

1514. merengi - melon

1515. meāke - soon

1516. mihi - to greet; thank; acknowledge

1517. mihimihi - greetings and introductions

1518. mihinare - missionary; Anglican

1519. mimi - urine; urinate

1520. mimia - pissed (pass. of mimi)

1521. mimiti - dried up; swallowed up

1522. minamina - desire, wish for mine be gathered together

1523. mingomingo kata - to smile

1524. minita - minister

1525. miraka tepe - yoghurt

1526. miraka - milk

1527. miri - rub; stroke; soothe; wipe

1528. mirihau - windsurfing

1529. mirimiri - massage

1530. mirimita - millimetre

1531. miriona - million

1532. mirionea - millionaire

1533. miririta - millilitre

1534. miro - thread, a type of pine tree

1535. mirumiru - bubbles

1536. mitimiti - to lick

1537. moana -

1538. moana - sea

1539. moanarua -

1540. moata - early; early morning

1541. moe - sleep; to marry

1542. moemoeā - to dream (v), dream (n)

1543. moenga - bed

1544. moepapa - nightmare

1545. moeroa - sleepyhead; to sleep in

1546. moho - stupid

1547. mohoa - to the present time

1548. moka - end, margin, piece

1549. mokamokai - dried human head

1550. moke - solitary; solitary person

1551. mokemoke - lonely

1552. moko ngārara - crocodile

1553. moko - lizard

1554. mokomoko - lizard

1555. mokopuna - grandchild

1556. mokotuauri - dinosaur

1557. mokoweri - dinosaur

1558. momi - suck

1559. momo - type, kind

1560. momoe - keeping the eyes shut

1561. momori -

1562. momori - bare; smooth

1563. monamona - knuckle; joint

1564. mongamonga - crushed

1565. moni whiwhi - income

1566. moni - money

1567. more - bare; plain, not decorated; toothless

1568. morearea - dangerous

1569. moremore - bald

1570. morihana - goldfish

1571. moto - strike with fist

1572. motokia - (pass) be struck with fist

1573. motokā - car, motorcar

1574. motu - island (n); cut (v), cut off (adj)

1575. motuhake - special

1576. motuhia - (pass) be cut

1577. motuhuka - iceberg

1578. motukā - car

1579. motunga - quota

1580. motupaika - motorbike

1581. moturere - broken or cut off

1582. motū - steak

1583. moumou - waste (n): to be wasteful (v)

1584. moutere - island

1585. moānanga -

1586. mua - front, before

1587. muanga - eldest child

1588. muheni - insult

1589. muhu -

1590. muhu -

1591. muhukai -

1592. mui - to swarm

1593. muka - flax fibre

1594. muku - wipe, rub; rubber (stationery)

1595. mukua - rubbed (pass of muku)

1596. mukākā - irritate, annoy

1597. muna - darling; secret, mystery; hide

1598. mura - blaze, flame

1599. muramura - flash; bright-coloured

1600. muri - behind, after

1601. muringa - afterwards; youngest child

1602. muritai - sea breeze

1603. muriwai - backwater; lagoon

1604. muru - forgive; plunder; rub; wipe

1605. murua - (pass) be forgiven

1606. mutu - be ended, finished (but not necessarily completed)

1607. mutunga rawa - maximum

1608. mutunga wiki - weekend

1609. mutunga - end (mutu + noun ending -nga)

1610. mā runga - to travel by, by the means of

1611. mā te wā - sometime, whenever

1612. mā tēnā - each of you

1613. mā - clean, white, and others

1614. māeke - cold

1615. māeneene - smooth; soft

1616. māhaki -

1617. māhaki - calm; quiet

1618. māhanga - twin(s)

1619. māharahara - worry (n); anxious (adj)

1620. māhau - for you (variant of māu)

1621. māhina - moon

1622. māhita - teacher

1623. māhuna - head

1624. māhunga - head

1625. māhē - sinker

1626. māhū - gentle

1627. māia - capable, brave, bold

1628. māipi - wooden weapon

1629. mākekehu - fair-headed

1630. mākona - satisfied, full

1631. māku - for me, by me

1632. mākurakura - pink

1633. mākutu - bewitch; magic; spell

1634. mākā - wild; shy

1635. mākūkū - moist; damp; dew

1636. mākūware - careless

1637. māminga -

1638. māminga - pretend

1639. māmore -

1640. māmā - mother (n); easy, simple (adj)

1641. māna - for him, her, by him, her

1642. māngai - mouth; representative

1643. māngeongeo - itchy

1644. māngere - lazy

1645. mānia - plains

1646. mānu - float; be launched; overflow; be flooded

1647. mānukanuka - worry; doubt; anxiety; anxious

1648. māori - clear; normal, ordinary

1649. māpere - marble

1650. māra wāina - vineyard

1651. māra - garden

1652. mārama - clear, understand

1653. mārau - fork

1654. mārena - to marry; wedding

1655. mārenatanga - marriage

1656. mārenatia - (pass) to be married

1657. mārie - fortunate; peaceful

1658. mārika - indeed, quite, certainly; āe mārika

1659. māripi - knife

1660. mārire - quietly; thoroughly; peaceful

1661. mārua - hollow; pit; valley; vacuum

1662. mārui -

1663. mārō - hard (of texture, personality), firm

1664. mārū - gentle, calm

1665. mātaitai - seafood

1666. mātaki - to watch

1667. mātakitaki - to watch, to observe, examine, inspect

1668. mātakitia - inspected (pass. of mātaki)

1669. mātao - cold

1670. mātaotao - cool

1671. mātau - to know, understand

1672. mātauranga - education, knowledge, understanding

1673. mātenga - head

1674. mātengatenga - causing pain

1675. māti - match (to light a fire)

1676. mātotoru - thick

1677. mātotorutanga o te waka - (heavy) traffic

1678. mātou - we, us (three or more people, excluding the person/ people addressed)

1679. mātua - parents, fathers (plural form of matua)

1680. mātā - swamp

1681. mātāmua - eldest; first; main

1682. mātāwaka - all tribes

1683. māu - for you, by you; ā category possession

1684. māua - we, us (two people, excluding addressee)

1685. māuiui - sick

1686. māunu - bait

1687. māwhe - faded

1688. māwhero - pink

1689. māwhitiwhiti - grasshopper

1690. mēnā - if

1691. mēra - mail

1692. mētara - metal

1693. mīere - honey

1694. mīharo - to wonder at; amazing

1695. mīhini hoko - vending machine

1696. mīhini keri - digger

1697. mīhini - machine

1698. mītara - measles

1699. mīti hipi - mutton

1700. mīti kau - beef

1701. mīti - meat

1702. mō taku hē - sorry, my bad

1703. mō - for, unrealised, ō category possession, about

1704. mōhio - to know

1705. mōhiotanga - knowledge (mōhio + nominal suffix -tanga)

1706. mōhiotia - known (mōhio + passive suffix -tia)

1707. mōhiti ārai hihirā - sunglases

1708. mōhiti - glasses

1709. mōhū - selfish

1710. mōkai - pet

1711. mōku - for me, unrealised, o category possession

1712. mōkī - tie in a bundle; raft made of flax stalks; package

1713. mōmona - fat

1714. mōna - for him, her, unrealised, o category possession

1715. mōrearea -

1716. mōrearea - dangerous

1717. mōrehu - survivor

1718. mōrena - good morning

1719. mōrunga - lifted up

1720. mōteatea - lament; traditional song

1721. mōtēra - motel

1722. mōu - for you

1723. mōua - back of neck

1724. mōunu - bait

1725. mōwhiti kaukau - goggles

1726. mōwhiti rā - sunglasses

1727. mōwhiti - glasses

1728. mūrere - to be clever, cunning, crafty

1729. naenae - mosquito

1730. naeroa - mosquito

1731. naihi - knife

1732. naka - near you

1733. nama - number

1734. namata - ancient times

1735. namu - sandfly

1736. nana - eyebrow

1737. nanahi - yesterday

1738. nanakia - rascal clever, cunning

1739. nanekoti - goat

1740. nanenane - goat

1741. nanā! - look!

1742. nao - feel; to handle

1743. napō - last night

1744. nati - nut; pinch

1745. natinati - pinched; stifled

1746. natu - scratch

1747. nau mai! - welcome!

1748. nau - come, go (as in: Nau mai!)

1749. nawe - scar

1750. neha - doze

1751. nehenehe - forest

1752. neherā - ancient times

1753. nehu - bury

1754. nehua - (pass) be buried

1755. nei - here, by speaker

1756. neke - to move

1757. nekeneke - to move gradually

1758. nenewha - shut the eyes

1759. newanewa - soft toys

1760. ngaengae - heel

1761. ngahau - party, concert

1762. ngahere - forest, bush

1763. ngahoro - to fall; and more

1764. ngaki - avenge; to plant; to weed

1765. ngakina - till soil, weed

1766. ngakinga - a garden

1767. ngako - fat (as on meat)

1768. nganga - stone of fruit; hail; shell; husk

1769. ngangare - quarrel

1770. ngaoko - move slightly

1771. ngare - blood relations; family; send; urge

1772. ngari - annoyance

1773. ngaro - to be lost, missing, gone, hidden (trans)

1774. ngaru - wave

1775. ngaruiti - microwave

1776. ngata - snail (n); to be satisfied (v)

1777. ngau - to bite

1778. ngaungau - to chew, a snack

1779. ngehengehe - soft; weak

1780. ngenge rererangi - jet lag

1781. ngenge - tired

1782. ngeri - chant with actions

1783. ngeru - cat

1784. ngira - needle

1785. ngoengoe - scream

1786. ngohengohe - soft; pliable; easy

1787. ngoi - energy; strength

1788. ngoikore - weak; listless

1789. ngoio - asthma

1790. ngongo - tube

1791. ngongohā - snorkel

1792. ngongore - blunt

1793. ngongoro - exclaim; snore

1794. ngore - flexible

1795. ngota - fragment; particle; atom

1796. ngotangota - smashed to powder

1797. ngungu - turn aside

1798. ngunguru - to growl, grumble, shake

1799. ngunu -

1800. nguru - nose-flute

1801. ngutu hore - wasteful

1802. ngutu huia - talkative person

1803. ngutu momoho - abusive; talkative

1804. ngutu pārera - pistol

1805. ngutu tere - untrustworthy

1806. ngutu - lip, lips

1807. ngutuawa - river-mouth

1808. ngā kare-ā-roto - emotions

1809. ngā - the, plural

1810. ngāhoahoa - headache

1811. ngāi - prefix meaning tribe or clan (e.g., Ngāi Tahu)

1812. ngākau - heart, as in seat of the affections and feelings

1813. ngākaukore - disinclined

1814. ngākaunui - eager, keen

1815. ngākaurua - uncertain, in two minds

1816. ngāngā - breathe heavily; make a noise; screech

1817. ngārara arikata - alligator invisible; extinct; forgotten; hidden;

1818. ngārara - reptile, monster

1819. ngātahi - together

1820. ngāueue - to shake

1821. ngāwari - kind, pleasant of personality; easy

1822. ngāwhā - boiling spring

1823. ngē - noise

1824. ngū - squid; silent, speechless

1825. ngūngū -

1826. niao - edge; rim; top plank of canoe

1827. niho tunga - toothache

1828. niho - tooth

1829. ninipa - clumbsy, unskilled

1830. niwha - brave; rage; barb

1831. no hea? - from where?

1832. noa - free from tapu; only, just, merely

1833. nohinohi - small

1834. noho puni - camping

1835. noho taratahi - self-isolation

1836. noho - to live; sit

1837. nohoanga - home, sofa

1838. nohoia - (pass) be sat upon, be inhabited

1839. nohopuku - silent; to diet

1840. nohotū! - sit up straight!

1841. noke - worm

1842. noko - stern of canoe

1843. nonohi - small (plural)

1844. nonoke - judo

1845. noti - contract; pinch

1846. nou - belongs to you (Å catergory), yours

1847. nowhea -

1848. nui te utu - expensive

1849. nui -

1850. nui - big, great, many

1851. nuinga - majority (nui + nominal suffix -nga)

1852. nuipuku -

1853. nuke - crooked

1854. nuku - to move

1855. nukunuku - remove

1856. numia - passed by (pass of numi)

1857. nunui - big (plural form)

1858. nunumi - disappear

1859. nā konei - because of this

1860. nā konā - because of that

1861. nā reira - therefore

1862. nā te mea - because

1863. nā - Various meanings, eg by, belonging to (ā category), by way of

1864. nāianei - now

1865. nākahi - snake

1866. nāku - mine, realised possession, it was done by me (ā category)

1867. nāna - by him, her, belonging to him, her

1868. nāu - you (past tense); yours (singular)

1869. nāwai - presently, in due course, after a while

1870. nē - tag question, translated variously depending on the English structure; eh?

1871. nē? - really?; isn't it?; shall I/we?

1872. nēra - nail

1873. nō konei - therefore

1874. nō konā - therefore

1875. nō reira - so, therefore

1876. nō te mea - because

1877. nō tāwāhi - international

1878. nō whea? - from where?

1879. nō - from

1880. nōku - mine, realised possession, ō category

1881. nōna - belongs to him or her (Å catergory), his, hers

1882. nōnahea? - when? (used of the past)

1883. nōnanahi - yesterday

1884. nōnapō - last night

1885. nōnawhea? - when? (used of the past)

1886. nōnāianei - now; today

1887. nōu - yours

1888. nūpepa - newspaper

1889. o te ao - international

1890. o - of, belonging to | Has several uses

1891. oha - dying speech; keepsake; greet

1892. ohaoha - abundant; generosity; generous

1893. oho - to wake up

1894. ohooho - panic; cherished; requiring care

1895. ohorere - to start suddenly, be startled; surprised

1896. ohotata - emergency

1897. ohu rapa - search party

1898. ohu - group of volunteers; workers

1899. oi - shake, shudder

1900. oinga - childhood, youth

1901. oioi - shake gently

1902. oka - chef's knife, dagger; prick; stab; yam

1903. okaoka - stab

1904. oke - invalid; wriggle

1905. okeoke - toss about

1906. okioki - to pause; rest

1907. oko - bowl

1908. okooko - to nurse

1909. oma taumano - marathon

1910. oma - to run, escape

1911. omakia - run (pass of oma)

1912. omanga - refuge

1913. onamata - of ancient times

1914. one - beach, sand

1915. oneone - earth, soil

1916. onepū - sand, beach

1917. oneuku - clay

1918. ono - six

1919. ope - group travelling together

1920. ora - alive, well, healthy, safe

1921. oranga - health, life (ora + nominal suffix -nga)

1922. oreore - to shake, quiver

1923. ori hīteki - ballet

1924. oriori - lullaby

1925. oro - sharpen; grind

1926. orotahi - note (music)

1927. oruoru -

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. paheke - fail; slip; to slide

1941. pahemo - pass by; pass on

1942. pahi iti - minibus

1943. pahi - bus

1944. pahoreroa -

1945. pahoro -

1946. pahure - escape; pass by; be carried out successfully

1947. pahī - adventure

1948. pahū - drum (n); blow up, explode (v)

1949. pai ake - better

1950. pai atu - better

1951. pai - good (adj); to like (v); good

1952. paiaka - root of tree

1953. paiheneti - percent

1954. paihikara maunga - mountain bike

1955. paihikara - bike

1956. painga - benefit, skill, good qualities (pai + nominal suffix -nga)

1957. paingia - (pass) be approved; be liked

1958. paipa - pipe

1959. paitini - poison

1960. pakanga - to fight, battle, war, hostility

1961. pakapaka - burnt, dry

1962. pakari - mature, ripe

1963. pakaru - broken (applied to a thing not a body part) (trans)

1964. pake - obstinate

1965. pakeke - hard, stiff (adj); to grow up (v); age, adult, elder (n)

1966. paketai - driftwood; anything cast up by the sea

1967. paki - to slap, to pat; to be fine; a fine day

1968. pakiaka - root

1969. pakihi - business

1970. pakihiwi - shoulder

1971. pakipaki - to applaud, to clap; applause

1972. pakitara - wall

1973. pakituri - hitchhiker

1974. pakiwaitara - story

1975. pakiwaituhi - cartoon

1976. paku - dried; small

1977. paku - small

1978. pakupaku - very small

1979. pakō - blistered; make a loud sound

1980. pakū - make sharp or sudden sound; resound

1981. pana - to push away, to expel

1982. panana - banana

1983. panatahi - odd number

1984. pane kuini - postage stamp

1985. pane - head

1986. paneke - goal (in sport); to score; to advance

1987. panekeke - pancake

1988. panekoti - skirt, dress

1989. panga - puzzle, riddle

1990. pango - black

1991. pangā - (pass) be thrown; be passed

1992. pani ngutu - lipstick

1993. pani - orphan (n); to be orphaned (v): to smear, spread out (v)

1994. paniaku - toothpaste

1995. panikakā - mustard

1996. panuku - sledge

1997. panā - (pass) be driven away, be expelled

1998. pao - break; sing; a type of song; strike, pound

1999. paoa - smoke (from a fire)

2000. paoka - fork; pierce; stab

2001. paoro - ball

2002. papa angaanga - skull

2003. papa kararehe - zoo

2004. papa kāinga - ancestral settlement

2005. papa pānui - noticeboard

2006. papa tuhituhi - blackboard, whiteboard

2007. papa tākaro - playground, sports field

2008. papa - floor, ground, flat surface

2009. papaharakeke -

2010. papahokohoko - mall

2011. papai - good (plural), very good

2012. papaki - smack

2013. papakupu - dictionary

2014. papanga - layer

2015. paparahua - dining table

2016. papareti - skateboard

2017. papatahi - flat

2018. papataunga - runway

2019. papatuhituhi - whiteboard

2020. papatākaro - playing field, playground

2021. papi - puppy

2022. papā - burst, explode

2023. papāroa - scarce

2024. para - blood relation; pollen; sediment; waste material

2025. parahanga - litter (rubbish)

2026. parai - fry; frying pan

2027. paraihe niho - toothbrush

2028. paraihe - award, prize; brush

2029. paraikete - blanket

2030. parakipere - blackberry

2031. parakuihi - breakfast

2032. paramanawa - refreshments, snacks, nibbles

2033. paramu - plum

2034. parani - daisy, brand

2035. paraone - brown

2036. parapara - filth; talents

2037. pararau - slave

2038. parareka - potato

2039. parau - false; lie

2040. parauri - brown

2041. pare tīkākā - sunscreen

2042. pare - to ward off, to divert

2043. parehe - pizza; flattened

2044. parekura - disaster; battle

2045. paremo - drowned

2046. parenga - riverbank

2047. parerori - cramp

2048. paretai - river bank

2049. pari - cliff

2050. parirau -

2051. parirau - wing

2052. paritū - steep

2053. parori - sprained; crooked

2054. paru - dirt, mud, dirty

2055. paruparu - dirt, mud

2056. parā - rotten

2057. parāoa parai - fried bread

2058. parāoa rimurapa - pasta

2059. parāoa roa - weapon made of rib of whale

2060. parāoa - bread, flour

2061. pata kai - cereal

2062. pata - butter

2063. patahinu - margarine

2064. patahua - muesli

2065. patapata - drip; drop

2066. patapatai - question frequently

2067. patiko - hastily

2068. patipati - flatter, sweet-talk

2069. patu parāoa - short flat whalebone weapon

2070. patu - to strike, hit; to kill

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

2072. patupaiarehe - fairy, elf, pixie

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

2074. paukena - pumpkin

2075. paunga rā whitu - weekend

2076. paura - powder

2077. pea hurumā - polar bear

2078. pea - pair; pear

2079. peara - pearl

2080. peha - boast; skin

2081. peihana - basin

2082. peita - paint

2083. peka - branch

2084. pekapeka - bat

2085. peke - to jump, to leap over

2086. pekerangi - ozone layer

2087. pene pura - ballpoint pen

2088. pene rākau - pencil

2089. pene - pen

2090. pepa whēru - toilet paper

2091. pepa - paper; pepper

2092. pepe - flutter; butterfly

2093. pepeha - proclamation of origin

2094. pepeke - frog

2095. pere rua - yacht

2096. pere - bell

2097. perehana - present, gift

2098. perehi - press; print

2099. perehina - bristle

2100. pereki - brick

2101. pereti - plate

2102. peruperu - eyebrows

2103. peti - heap up

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

2105. pia kano - crayon

2106. pia ngaungau - chewing gum

2107. pia - beer

2108. piakaroa -

2109. piako -

2110. piako - empty; hollow

2111. piana - piano

2112. piau - axe; iron

2113. piha - gills

2114. pihareinga - cricket (insect)

2115. pihi - waterproof

2116. pihikete - biscuit

2117. piki toka - rock climbing

2118. piki - to increase

2119. pikiniki - picnic

2120. pikitanga - ascent of hill

2121. pikitia - picture, film

2122. piko - bend; bent; corner; curve; curved

2123. pikopiko - winding about

2124. pine - close together; pin

2125. pinepine - little

2126. pirau - rotten

2127. pire - bill; pill

2128. piri - to stick to, to cling

2129. pirihi - priest

2130. pirihimana - police officer

2131. pirikoko - mystery

2132. pirimia - prime minister

2133. piriniha - prince; princess

2134. piriti - bridge

2135. piro - stinking, putrid

2136. pito - belly button, end, extremity

2137. piu - skipping; throw; step; jump

2138. piupiu - flax skirt (worn as part of traditional costume, eg in kapa haka)

2139. poaka kini - guinea pig

2140. poaka - pig

2141. poari - board

2142. pohe - blind

2143. pohepohe - distracted, inattentive

2144. pohewa - imagine

2145. poho - chest

2146. poi - poi, small, soft ball on string

2147. poihau - balloon

2148. poikiri - soccer

2149. poikōpiko - table tennis

2150. poiri -

2151. poitarawhiti - netball

2152. poka noa - randomly

2153. poka tata - short-cut

2154. poka - hole (n); to make a hole in, to pierce (v)

2155. pokake - presumptuous

2156. pokanga - operation (surgical)

2157. poke parāoa - to make bread

2158. poke - pollute

2159. pokenga - pollution

2160. pokerehū - unintentionally

2161. pokerenoa - reckless

2162. pokohiwi - shoulder

2163. pokorua - pit; ant

2164. pona - cord; knot, tie in knot; ankle; knuckle

2165. pongaponga - nostril

2166. pongāihu - nostril

2167. poniponi - pony; small

2168. pono - true, faithful

2169. pononga - servant; prisoner; slave

2170. popo - decay; rotten

2171. popoki - cover; cover over; kneecap; lid; spread over

2172. popō - crowd

2173. pora - large sea-going canoe; foreign; stranger

2174. poraka taratara - toad

2175. poraka - jersey

2176. poro - to cut off, to cut short

2177. porohita - circle, round (variant of porowhita)

2178. porohita - ring (circle)

2179. porohuri - overturn

2180. poroka - frog

2181. porokakī - neck

2182. poroporo - bracelet; purple

2183. poroporoaki - farewell speech; say goodbye to; a tribute to someone who has died

2184. pororaru - bewildered

2185. porotiti - disc; rotate

2186. porowhawhe - merry-go-round

2187. porowhita - circle, round (variant of porohita)

2188. poti paku - dinghy

2189. poti - boat

2190. poto - short

2191. potopoto - short

2192. pou niho - dentist

2193. pou tātū - main post of house

2194. pou - pole, post

2195. pouaka poutāpeta - PO box

2196. pouaka whakaata - television

2197. pouaka - box

2198. pouaru - widow; widower

2199. poumatua -

2200. pounaho -

2201. pounamu - greenstone

2202. poupou - father-in-law; mother-inlaw; old people; peg; post (especially inside meeting house); steep

2203. poupoutanga o te rā - midday, noon

2204. pourewa - elevated platform

2205. poururu - a frown

2206. poutokomanawa - middle post of house

2207. poutoti - stilts

2208. poutāpeta - post office

2209. pouwhenua - pole-like weapon

2210. pua - flower; seed

2211. puaki - come out, emerge

2212. puare - open, opening

2213. puehu - dust

2214. puhi - to blow (wind)

2215. puhipuhi - blow or puff frequently; to smoke

2216. puia - hot spring; volcano

2217. pukapuka pakiwaituhi - comic book

2218. pukapuka - book, lungs

2219. pukarangi - chromebook

2220. puke - hill

2221. pukepuke - hilly; small hill

2222. pukira -

2223. puku - stomach, belly

2224. pukukino - grumpy

2225. pukumahi - hard-working, industrious

2226. pukupā - barren; childless

2227. pukuriri - fury; furious; grumpy

2228. pukutākaro - full of fun; playful

2229. puna hohunu - deep pool

2230. puna kaukau - swimming pool

2231. puna pāpaku - shallow pool

2232. puna - pool, spring

2233. pune - spoon

2234. punenga kupu - word processor

2235. punga - anchor; joint

2236. pungarehu - ashes

2237. puni - camp; company; crowd; dam

2238. punua kurī - puppy

2239. punua poti - kitten

2240. punua - young animal

2241. puoro - to sing, to rumble

2242. pupuhi - to shoot

2243. pupuri - to hold onto

2244. pupuritia - be held, be retained, kept possession of, gripped (pass of pupuri)

2245. pupū - to bubble up, arise from

2246. pura - blind; twinkle

2247. purapura - seed

2248. purei - to play, play

2249. purepure - spotted; in patches

2250. purini - pudding

2251. puritanga - a handle

2252. purotu - handsome

2253. puru - to put, place somewhere

2254. purua - put in/blocked up (puru + passive suffix -a)

2255. puruhi - flea

2256. purumatia - swept (pass of puruma)

2257. purutaringa - earphone

2258. purūma - broom; sweep

2259. puta - to appear, to come out

2260. putanga - opening, exit (puta + nominal suffix -nga)

2261. putiputi - flower

2262. putu - to heap up; a heap, pile

2263. puāwai - flower; grey hair

2264. pā hirahira - castle

2265. pā tāwhanawhana - bouncy castle

2266. pā tūwatawata - fort

2267. pā - a fortified settlement (n); to touch (v)

2268. pāhau - beard

2269. pāhekeheke - slippery; uncertain

2270. pāhi - purse, to pass

2271. pāhihi - passenger

2272. pāhiketepōro - basketball

2273. pāhotanga - programme

2274. pāina - to dry; warm oneself; sunbathe

2275. pāka - a park; a box

2276. pākatio - freezer

2277. pākau - kite; wing

2278. pākaurua - stingray

2279. pākehokeho - slippery

2280. pākete - bucket

2281. pākia - (pass) be struck; be touched

2282. pākihi - desert; barren land

2283. pākā - burger

2284. pākī - hamburger

2285. pāmamao - distant

2286. pāmu - farm

2287. pānga tuhituhi - stationery

2288. pāngarau - maths

2289. pānui - to read; to publish, advertise; notice, advertisement

2290. pānuitanga - announcement

2291. pānuitia - read; advertised (pass of pānui)

2292. pāpaka - crab

2293. pāpaku - shallow

2294. pāpango - dark in colour

2295. pāpapa - husk, shell

2296. pāparakauta - pub

2297. pāparakāuta - pub

2298. pāpura - purple

2299. pāpā - father, uncle

2300. pāpāhaoa -

2301. pāpāho maha - multimedia

2302. pāpāho - broadcast

2303. pāpāringa - cheek

2304. pāpātanga - rate, speed

2305. pārae - a park; paddock

2306. pārekareka - fun; enjoyable, beautiful

2307. pāremata - parliament

2308. pārera - grey duck

2309. pāriri -

2310. pārongo - hearing aid

2311. pāroro - cloudy; storm

2312. pārunga - upstairs

2313. pātai - question; to ask a question

2314. pātaia - (pass) be asked; be questioned

2315. pātaka - elevated storehouse; pantry

2316. pātangatanga - starfish

2317. pātara wai - waterbottle

2318. pātara - bottle

2319. pātari - amuse; entice; provoke

2320. pātata - close (of distance)

2321. pātene - button

2322. pātere - chant

2323. pātiki rori - sole

2324. pātiki - flounder (fish)

2325. pātuhi - text message, to text

2326. pātītī - grass

2327. pātōtō - knock

2328. pātū - wall

2329. pāua - abalone

2330. pāwera - afraid

2331. pāwhero - red-haired

2332. pēhea - how?

2333. pēhea? - how? in what way?

2334. pēhi - press; oppress; repress

2335. pēhia - (pass) be pressed; be oppressed; be repressed

2336. pēkana - bacon

2337. pēke parapara - rubbish bag

2338. pēke - bag

2339. pēke - bag

2340. pēnei - like this, near speaker

2341. pēniho - toothpaste

2342. pēnā - like that, near listener

2343. pēpe - baby

2344. pēpepe - butterfly; moth

2345. pēpi - baby

2346. pērā tonu - same old; to be unchanged

2347. pērā - like that, yonder

2348. pēwhea - how? (variant of pēhea)

2349. pēwhea? - how? in what way?

2350. pī rorohū - bumblebee

2351. pī - bee; pea

2352. pīata - bright; clear; shine; shiny

2353. pīauau - knife

2354. pīhopa - bishop

2355. pīkaokao - chicken

2356. pīkau - backpack; carry on back; take responsibility for

2357. pīkaunga - mountaineering

2358. pīnati pata - peanut butter

2359. pīnati - peanut

2360. pīngao - seaside plant used in weaving; kodak yellow

2361. pīnohi - tongs

2362. pīnono - beg

2363. pīoi -

2364. pīoioi - to shake, wave, sway

2365. pīpī - chick, baby

2366. pīpīwharauroa - shining cuckoo

2367. pīrangi - to want, desire

2368. pīrangitia - (pass) be wanted, be desired

2369. pītakataka - gymnastics

2370. pītiti - peach

2371. pīwaiwaka - fantail

2372. pō mārie - good night

2373. pō whakangahau - night-time party

2374. pō - night

2375. pōangaanga - skull

2376. pōhara - poor

2377. pōhatu - stone

2378. pōhauhau - confused

2379. pōhiri - welcome; to wave

2380. pōhā - youngest child; food container; pastry

2381. pōhēhē - to think mistakenly, be mistaken

2382. pōito -

2383. pōkai tueke - pack bags

2384. pōkai - flock, swarm; roll up, wind up, wrap around

2385. pōkaikaha - confused, in doubt

2386. pōkarekare - to be agitated (of liquid)

2387. pōkokohua - a term of contempt - dickhead, bastard

2388. pōkē - dark; dirty; gloomy

2389. pōkēao - dark cloud

2390. pōma - bomb

2391. pōnga - nightfall

2392. pōpokorua - ant

2393. pōpō - pat with the hand; soothe

2394. pōrangi - crazy; idiot

2395. pōrearea - nuisance

2396. pōrera - mat

2397. pōro - ball (also 'paoro')

2398. pōrohe - messy, untidy

2399. pōrutu - splash

2400. pōtae mārō - helmet

2401. pōtae - hat

2402. pōtaka - spinning top

2403. pōtari - snare

2404. pōtarotaro - lawnmower

2405. pōti - vote

2406. pōtiki - child; youngest child

2407. pōturi - deaf; slow

2408. pōua - grandfather; old person

2409. pōuri - sad, dark

2410. pōuriuri - gloomy; very dark

2411. pōwhiri - welcome

2412. pū hurihuri - pistol

2413. pū - to blow gently

2414. pūaha - mouth of river

2415. pūangi - balloon

2416. pūao - dawn

2417. pūhaehae - envy, jealousy

2418. pūhana - glow

2419. pūhia - (pass) be blown; be shot

2420. pūhoi - slow; blunt

2421. pūhungahunga - rough; unfinished

2422. pūhuruhuru - hairy

2423. pūhā - green spinach-like vegetable

2424. pūkaea - large wooden wind instrument

2425. pūkaha - engine

2426. pūkai - to lie in a heap

2427. pūkana - stare with bulging eyes (fierce facial expressions used in actions songs and haka)

2428. pūkei - to lie in a heap

2429. pūkenga - skills, skill, expertise, lecturer

2430. pūkirikiri -

2431. pūkohu - mist

2432. pūkēkē - arm; armpit

2433. pūmanawa rorohiko - software

2434. pūmau - fixed, permanent

2435. pūngao kōmaru - solar power

2436. pūngene - sleeping bag

2437. pūngāwerewere - spider

2438. pūoru - music

2439. pūrama - light bulb

2440. pūrehu - moth

2441. pūrere horoi maitai - dishwasher

2442. pūrere horoi - washing machine

2443. pūrere whakaahua - photocopier

2444. pūrere - appliance, machine (electric) (n); to escape (v)

2445. pūrerehua - butterfly

2446. pūreretā - printer

2447. pūrongo - a report

2448. pūru - bull

2449. pūruru - shady (of trees)

2450. pūrākau - traditional story

2451. pūtaiao - science

2452. pūtake - root

2453. pūtea - budget, resources, money

2454. pūtete -

2455. pūtiki - knot; to knot; topknot

2456. pūtohe - saxophone

2457. pūtoko - slug

2458. pūtu - boot

2459. pūtātara - shell trumpet; fund, funding

2460. pūtī -

2461. pūtōrino - flute-like instrument

2462. pūwhā - green spinach-like vegetable

2463. rae - forehead; headland

2464. raha - open; extended

2465. rahi - large, numerous, great, big

2466. raho - testicles

2467. rahurahu - to handle; to interfere with

2468. raihana taraiwa - driver's licence

2469. raihana - licence

2470. raihi - rice

2471. raiona - lion

2472. raka - yonder, over there; agile; lock

2473. raki - north

2474. rakiraki - duck; rake; scrape

2475. raku - scrape; scratch

2476. rakuraku - guitar; rake

2477. rama waka - traffic lights

2478. rama - light, torch

2479. ranga - group of people; raise

2480. rangatahi - youth, younger generation

2481. rangatira - chief, leader, boss

2482. rangatiratanga - control; greatness; freedom; kingdom; sovereignty

2483. rangi - sky, day

2484. rangimārie - peaceful

2485. ranginamu - handsome

2486. rangirua - uncertain

2487. rangitahi - temporary

2488. rangitoto - lava; scoria

2489. rangiwhata - bragger

2490. rango - fly, blowfly (n); to hear (v)

2491. rangona - to be heard (passive form of rongo)

2492. raorao - plains

2493. rapa - to look for (v); rubber (n)

2494. rapaia - be sought (pass of rapa)

2495. raparapa - the ends of the bargeboards of meeting house; to guess

2496. rapu - to look for

2497. rapua - be looked for, to be searched for, sought (pass of ropu)

2498. rapunga - a search

2499. rapurapu - to be in doubt

2500. rara - rib; shoal

2501. rarahi - great; big (plural)

2502. raranga - plait; weave

2503. rarata - quiet; tame (plural)

2504. rare - lolly

2505. raro - under, below; time

2506. raru - trouble; to be in difficulty, in trouble

2507. raruraru - trouble, problem; be in difficulty, in trouble

2508. rarā - roar; make a dull sound

2509. rarī - disturbance; uproar

2510. rata kararehe - a vet

2511. rata - friendly, at ease (adj); calm (n); to like (v)

2512. ratarata - sharp

2513. ratonga ahi - fire service

2514. ratonga - service, services

2515. rau -

2516. rau -

2517. rau - to put into; leaf

2518. rauemi - resource

2519. rauhitanga -

2520. rauika - assembly; heap

2521. raukoti - disturb; meddle

2522. raupani - frying-pan

2523. raupapa - series; flat ground

2524. raupatu - conquest; confiscate; take by force

2525. raupeka - distress; doubt

2526. raupā - cracked; calloused

2527. raupō - reed, bulrush

2528. raureka - deceitful

2529. rauroha - extended

2530. rauru - satisfied

2531. rautaki - strategy

2532. rautangi - perfume

2533. rautao - leaves for wrapping food in oven; to wrap round with leaves

2534. rautau - century

2535. rautupu - thunderstorm

2536. rawa - Various meanings, eg too, quite, very; really

2537. rawahanga - mischievous

2538. rawakore - poor, homeless

2539. rawe - lovely, excellent

2540. raweke - busy; disturb; prepare; meddle with

2541. rawemākoi - naughty

2542. rea - murmur; to grow up

2543. reanga - generation

2544. rehu - to disappear (v); to split into chips (v); fine spray (n)

2545. rehutai - sea spray

2546. rei - bosom; chest; ivory; jewel; leap, rush; treasured possession; tusk

2547. reia - (pass) to be sought after; to be popular

2548. reiputa - ivory neck pendant

2549. reira - there (previously mentioned)

2550. reka - sweet

2551. rekareka - pleasant, delighted

2552. rekoata o te ao - world record

2553. rekoata - record

2554. reo irirangi - radio

2555. reo - language, voice

2556. repe hūare pupuhi - mumps

2557. repo - swamp; cannon

2558. rere ā-hapori - community transmission

2559. rere - to escape; to fly

2560. rerea - flown (pass. of rere)

2561. rereangi - hang-gliding

2562. rerekē - different, changed

2563. rerekētanga - difference

2564. rerenga ahi - fire escape

2565. rerenga o Tama-nui-te-rā - solar system

2566. rerenga - sentence; flight, journey, voyage

2567. rerewhenua - railway

2568. reri - ready

2569. reta - letter

2570. reti - to skate, slide

2571. retihuka - ski

2572. retireti hukarere - skiing

2573. retireti wai - hydroslide

2574. retireti - skates, skating

2575. retiwai - water-skiing

2576. rewa - float; melt; start; be elevated; mast

2577. rewarangi - pedestrian crossing

2578. rewha - eyebrows; eyelid; cross- eyed

2579. rewharewha - epidemic; influenza, flu

2580. rewherī - referee

2581. rikarika - hesitating

2582. rima meneti ki te tekau karaka - five minutes to ten

2583. rima - five

2584. rimurimu - seaweed; moss

2585. ringa - hand, arm

2586. ringakuti - fist

2587. ringaringa - hand, arm

2588. ringawera - cook, kitchenhand

2589. ringi - to pour

2590. rino - iron

2591. ripa - furrow; ridge

2592. ripi - frisbee

2593. ripo - deep pool; whirlpool

2594. riri - anger, angry

2595. riripi -

2596. ririri -

2597. riro - gone away; to be awarded: acquired, obtained

2598. rita - litre

2599. rite tonu - just like

2600. rite - to be ready, like, similar

2601. ritenga - custom; habit; likeness

2602. rito - middle shoot of a plant

2603. riu - valley

2604. roa - long

2605. roanga - length of time (roa + nominal suffix -nga)

2606. rohe - district, area, boundary, territory

2607. rohea - weary

2608. roherohe - mark off by boundary; to separate

2609. rohi - loaf

2610. roimata - tears

2611. rokiroki - used up; preserve

2612. rokohanga - found; reached; to be happened upon

2613. rongo - to hear, perceive, feel

2614. rongona - heard (pass. of rongo)

2615. rongonui - famous

2616. rongopuku - overhear

2617. rongoā - medicine

2618. rorerore - barbecue

2619. rori - road

2620. rorirori - clumsy; stammering; silly

2621. roro - brain

2622. roroa - long (plural)

2623. rorohiko - computer

2624. roromi - crush; squeeze

2625. rota - lottery

2626. roto - in, inside, within; lake

2627. rou mamao - remote control

2628. roumamao - remote control (for TV)

2629. rourou - small basket, food basket

2630. rua wiki - fortnight

2631. ruahine - old woman; priestess

2632. ruaki moana - seasick

2633. ruaki - vomit

2634. ruakitia - vomited (pass. of ruaki)

2635. ruarua - few

2636. ruha - worn out

2637. rui - shake; scatter; sow

2638. ruia - (pass) be shaken; be scattered; be sown

2639. rukaruka - completely; utterly

2640. ruku - to dive

2641. rukuhia - (pass) be sunk

2642. rukuruku - dive or dip frequently; wrap up small

2643. rumaki - immerse, immersion; dip; drown; bury

2644. rumakiana - planted (pass. of rumaki)

2645. runga ake - upwards, above

2646. runga - on

2647. ruru - owl; morepork; take shelter

2648. rutu - bump, throw down, tackle

2649. rutua - (pass) be jolted; be tackled; be tossed about

2650. ruānuku - magician

2651. rā whānau - birthday

2652. rā - day; the sun; over there

2653. rāhui - ban, place a ban; reserve

2654. rāina - line

2655. rākau - tree; timber

2656. rākeitia - embellish (pass. of rākei)

2657. rānei - or

2658. rāoa - choked

2659. rāpeti - rabbit

2660. rāpihi - rubbish

2661. rārangi kupu - vocabulary

2662. rārangi tatari - waiting list

2663. rārangi tono - menu (computer)

2664. rārangi - line, row

2665. rātaka - diary

2666. rātau - them; they (three or more people)

2667. rātou ko - and also (joining 3 or more names eg. Bob, Jim and Fred)

2668. rātou - they, them, three or more people

2669. rātō - west

2670. rāua ko - and joining 2 names eg. Jim and Fred

2671. rāua - them; they (two people)

2672. rāwhara - raffle

2673. rāwhiti - east

2674. rāwāhi - bank; shore; side; the other side; overseas

2675. rēhia - pleasure, amusement

2676. rēinga - leaping place

2677. rēmana - lemon

2678. rēme - lamb

2679. rēpata - leopard

2680. rērere - run from one place to another

2681. rēti - rent

2682. rētihi - lettuce

2683. rētō - deep

2684. rēwana - Māori bread

2685. rīanga - insurance

2686. rīhi - dish; dishes; lease

2687. rīki - leek; onion

2688. rīngi ring ringi - to pour

2689. rīngi - to ring/phone

2690. rīpeka - cross; crucify

2691. rīpene ataata - video tape

2692. rīpene - ribbon, tape

2693. rīpoata - report

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

2695. rīwai parai - french fries

2696. rīwai - potato

2697. rō whare - indoors

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

2699. rōhi - rose

2700. rōia - lawyer

2701. rōpere - strawberry

2702. rōpū - group

2703. rū - earthquake; shake

2704. rūkahu - be false, exaggerate

2705. rūma horoi kākahu - laundry

2706. rūma kai - dining room

2707. rūma kaukau - bathroom

2708. rūma moe - bedroom

2709. rūma noho - living room

2710. rūma unuunu - changing room

2711. rūma - room

2712. rūnanga - assembly; council

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

2714. rūri - ruler; survey (land)

2715. tae atu ki - as far as; including

2716. tae noa ki - up until

2717. tae - to reach, arrive (v); colour (n)

2718. taea - to be able, to be achieved (tae + passive suffix -a)

2719. taenga - arrival (tae + nominal suffix -nga)

2720. taewa parai - french fries

2721. taha oranga - fitness

2722. taha - to pass by; side

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

2724. tahakura -

2725. tahanga - empty; slightly, a bit; naked

2726. tahataha - steep bank

2727. tahatai - seashore

2728. tahatika - coastline

2729. tahe - flow; menstruation

2730. tahi - one, single

2731. tahia - (pass) be swept

2732. tahirapa - rubber, eraser

2733. tahitahi - to sweep

2734. tahu - burn; cook; light (set on fire); husband, wife; lover

2735. tahua - pile of food; sum of money

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. taitama - young man

2756. taitamaiti - child

2757. taitamariki - young person, young people

2758. taitamāhine - young woman

2759. taitea - pale; sapwood; white

2760. taitoa - brave

2761. taitonga - south

2762. taiwhanga ako - classroom

2763. taiwhanga pūtaiao - laboratory

2764. taiwhanga - place, waiting room; to wait

2765. taka - to come around in a cycle; to fall from a height

2766. takahi - trample; tread; stamp; disobey, violate

2767. takahia - trampled (pass. of takahi)

2768. takaina - (pass) be heaped up

2769. takakau - at leisure; unmarried

2770. takakino - act hurriedly; to abuse; to debase; to spoil

2771. takao -

2772. takaoio -

2773. takapapa - tablecloth

2774. takapau - floor-mat

2775. takapū - belly; calf of leg

2776. takarangi - faint; giddy; stagger

2777. takatū - prepare, get ready

2778. take - beginning, cause, origin

2779. takere - bottom (of sea, river); hull; keel

2780. taketake - base; ancient; original; lasting

2781. taki - to lead, to bring along

2782. takirua - in pairs, two at a time

2783. takitahi - individually, one at a time

2784. takitaki - appear; provoke; revenge; look for; recite

2785. takitaro - moment

2786. takitini - in droves

2787. takiwā - district, region

2788. takoki - to sprain

2789. takoto - to lie down

2790. takotoranga - position, site

2791. takotoria - (pass) be laid down

2792. taku - my (singular); edge

2793. takuahi - fireplace

2794. takune - pretend

2795. takunga - an excuse

2796. takurua - winter

2797. takutai - sea coast

2798. takutaku - recite; threaten

2799. tama - son, nephew (term of address for a boy, son: tama)

2800. tamaiti whāngai - adopted child

2801. tamaiti - child

2802. tamariki - children

2803. tamatāne - boy

2804. tame heihei - rooster

2805. tame - male animal

2806. tamumu - hum; buzz

2807. tamumutia - (pass) be hummed

2808. tamāhine - daughter

2809. tana - his/her (neutral category); ton

2810. tangata whenua - people of the land, home crowd

2811. tangata - person

2812. tangatanga - comfortable

2813. tangi - to cry; to make a sound

2814. tangihanga - funeral

2815. tangihia - be mourned (pass of tangi)

2816. tangiweto - cry; cry-baby

2817. tango mai - receive

2818. tango - to take hold of

2819. tangohanga - betrothal, engagement; marriage

2820. tangohia - pick up! (command); taken away (tango + passive suffix -hia)

2821. tangoro -

2822. tangotango - to handle; use

2823. taniwha - monster, traditional guardian of bodies of water

2824. tanoni - be sprained

2825. tanu - bury; plant

2826. tanumi - disappear behind

2827. tao - to cook

2828. taokete - brother-in-law (of a male), sister-in-law (of a female)

2829. taonga - property, possession

2830. tapa tāone - suburb

2831. tapa - to call, name, recite

2832. tapa - to name

2833. tapahi - to cut up, chop

2834. tapahia - cut! to be cut (tapahi + passive suffix -a)

2835. tapahinga makawe - haircut

2836. tapaia - (pass) be named; be recited

2837. tapairu - princess

2838. tapatapahi - cut in pieces

2839. tapawhā rite - square

2840. tapeke - sum; the score; total

2841. tapou - dejected; miserable

2842. tapu - sacred, holy, under ritual restriction

2843. tapuhi - to nurse; a nurse

2844. taputapu tākaro - sports equipment

2845. taputapu ā whare - furniture

2846. taputapu - gear, equipment

2847. tapuwae - footprint

2848. tara - point; spike; peak; wall; sea bird

2849. taraihikara - tricycle

2850. taraiwa - to drive; driver

2851. taraiwatia - driven (pass. of taraiwa)

2852. taraka - truck

2853. tarakihana - tractor

2854. tarakona - dragon

2855. tarapeke - jump

2856. taratahi - quarantine

2857. tarau poto - shorts

2858. tarau tāngari - jeans

2859. tarau - trousers

2860. taraute - trout

2861. tarawhiti - a ring

2862. tari - government department; office

2863. taringa - ear

2864. taro ake - in a little while

2865. taro kau iho - in a very little while

2866. taro - presently, by and by (as in: taro ake)

2867. tarotaro - cut the hair

2868. taru - grass; vegetation; thing

2869. tarutaru - grass, weeds, cannabis

2870. tata - near, close

2871. tatangi tatau - doorbell

2872. tatao - younger brother or sister; deep; to droop

2873. tatari - to wait

2874. tatau - to count

2875. tatu - stumble, trip

2876. tatū - agree; reach the bottom; be content; be resolved

2877. tau peke - leap year

2878. tau - to land, settle; be calm; to attack; lover; handsome; year; age; number

2879. taua āhua anō - same as (idiom)

2880. taua - that, previously mentioned (singular)

2881. tauera - towel

2882. tauhou - strange, unfamiliar; stranger

2883. tauihu - bow of canoe

2884. tauine - ruler (stationery)

2885. tauira - student; example

2886. tauiwi - foreign race; strange tribe

2887. taukiri - expresses distress, surprise

2888. taukumekume - debate

2889. taumaha - difficult of spirit or health; to be heavy (s), weight (n)

2890. taumaru - shaded

2891. taumarumaru - shady (of trees)

2892. taumata - grade, level of achievement

2893. taumau - betrothal; betroth; betrothed; reserve for oneself

2894. taumārō - obstinate

2895. taunaki -

2896. taunapi -

2897. taunga ika - fishing ground

2898. taunga wakarererangi - airport

2899. taunga - to be accustomed to, familiar with

2900. tauomaoma - race (running)

2901. tauparapara - chant at beginning of speech

2902. taupatupatu - to compete with one another; contradict

2903. taupiripiri - arm-in-arm

2904. taupoki - to cover, close with a lid; lid, cover

2905. taura piu - skipping rope

2906. taura - rope, cable

2907. tauraki - tumble-drier; drought; to dry in the sun

2908. tauranga waka - car park

2909. tauranga - anchorage; fishing ground; resting place

2910. taurangi - changeable; incomplete; wanderer

2911. taurapa - stern-post of a canoe

2912. taurekareka - scoundrel; slave

2913. taurima rererangi - flight attendant

2914. taurima - entertain; hospitality

2915. taurite - alike; opposite

2916. taurua - double, in pairs

2917. tautahi - only child

2918. tautara - fishing rod

2919. tautau - to hang down

2920. taute - look after; prepare; mourn

2921. tautika - even; straight

2922. tautohe - contend; contest

2923. tautohetohe - argue

2924. tautoko - to support

2925. tautokona - (pass) be supported

2926. tautopenga - goalkeeper

2927. taututetute - jostle one another

2928. tauwaka - numberplate

2929. tauwehe - separate; to be separated

2930. tauwhanga - ambush

2931. tauwhiro - social worker; tend, care for

2932. tawa - purple, tower

2933. tawaki - crested penguin

2934. tawhi - toffee

2935. tawhiti - distant, a distant place

2936. tawhito - old, former

2937. te - the, singular definite article

2938. tea - white; clear

2939. tei-willdict-t1-body-d1-d4 -

2940. teihana hinu - petrol station

2941. teihana tereina - train station

2942. teihana - TV channel; railway station

2943. teina -

2944. teina - younger sibling, same sex

2945. teitei - tall, high, lofty; height (object)

2946. teka - lying (v); lie (n)

2947. tekau meneti ki te tekau karaka - ten minutes to ten

2948. tekau mā rua - dozen

2949. tekau - ten

2950. tekoteko - carved figure on top of whare

2951. tene - impromptu

2952. tenetene - vagina

2953. tepetepe - jellyfish

2954. tere - to flow, float, move quickly; fast

2955. tereina - to train

2956. tereinatia - to be trained (pass. of tereina)

2957. terēina - train

2958. tetetete - chatter; rattle

2959. teti pea - teddy bear

2960. tewha - working songs or chants

2961. tewhatewha - long wooden axe- shaped club

2962. teī -

2963. tia - to steer, adorned

2964. tiaina - to be steered (pass. of tia)

2965. tiakarete wera - hot chocolate

2966. tiakarete - chocolate

2967. tiakete - jacket

2968. tiaki - to look after, to care for

2969. tiakina - (pass) be looked after

2970. tiamu - jam

2971. tieke - cheque

2972. tiemi - see-saw

2973. tiemiemi - see-saw

2974. tihe - sneeze

2975. tihewa - sneeze

2976. tihi - topknot

2977. tihitihi -

2978. tika - to be right, correct, straight, in order

2979. tikanga maha - multicultural

2980. tikanga o te wā - the fashion

2981. tikanga rua - bicultural

2982. tikanga - reason, meaning, right way of doing things, custom (tika + nominal suffix -nga)

2983. tiketike - height; high; important

2984. tiki - to fetch

2985. tikitiki - topknot

2986. tikitiwhi - detective

2987. tiko - to defecate; excrement

2988. timu - ebb tide; shoulder; end

2989. tina - dinner, lunch

2990. tinana - body, trunk, torso

2991. tinei - turn off, extinguish

2992. tinihanga - to trick, amuse with trickery

2993. tino hāneanea - luxury

2994. tino kaitā - enormous

2995. tino nui - giant, huge

2996. tino pai! - very good!

2997. tino rangatiratanga - sovereignty

2998. tino taonga - valuable

2999. tino tau - impressive, flash

3000. tino tika - exact

3001. tino - very

3002. tio - oyster

3003. tioka - chalk

3004. tipi - glide; slice

3005. tipoti -

3006. tipua - a person of high status

3007. tipuna - grandparent, ancestor

3008. tipuria - (pass) be grown

3009. tipū -

3010. tira pūoru - orchestra

3011. tira - group or row of people

3012. tirara - daffodil

3013. tiriti - street

3014. tiro mākutu - stare

3015. tiro - to look

3016. tirohanga - view, sight, aspect (tiro + nominal suffix -hanga)

3017. titi - comb; insert; peg; pin; shine

3018. titiro - to look at

3019. titiwai - glow-worm

3020. tito - compose story or song; fiction; invent

3021. tiu - north; north wind; soar

3022. tiutiu - sparrow; thrush

3023. tiwha - mark; spot

3024. tiwhikete - certificate

3025. toa rongoā - chemist

3026. toa - shop; male animal; expert; to be strong

3027. toanga - bravery

3028. toe - to remain, be left over

3029. toenga - leftovers, remnants (toe + nominal suffix -nga)

3030. toetoe - grass, rushes

3031. toha - distribute; allocate

3032. tohatohaina - (pass) be distributed, be allocated

3033. tohe - to be persistent, stubborn (s), to object, argue, protest (v)

3034. tohea - (pass) be argued about

3035. tohi - divide, separate; ceremony for newborn baby

3036. tohitū - direct; straight

3037. tohorā - whale

3038. tohu - a qualification, eg degree

3039. tohua - marked (tohu + passive suffix -a)

3040. tohunga tā moko - skilled tattoo artist

3041. tohunga whakairo - master carver

3042. tohunga - expert, priest

3043. tohungia - (pass) be marked; be preserved; be pointed out

3044. tohutaka - recipe

3045. tohutoa - medal

3046. tohutohu - to instruct; to guide, direct; instructions, directions

3047. toi - art, knowledge

3048. toitoi - jogging; trot

3049. toitū - entire; permanent; undisturbed

3050. toka - rock

3051. tokanga -

3052. toke hore - tall person

3053. toke - worm

3054. tokerau - autumn; northern

3055. toki - adze, axe; champion

3056. toko - divorce; pole

3057. tokohia? - how many [people]?

3058. tokomaha - many (of people)

3059. tokomauri - hiccup

3060. tokorua - two (of people)

3061. tokotoko - walking stick (without a handle)

3062. tokotoru - three (people)

3063. tokowhia? - how many people?

3064. tokānuku -

3065. tomo - to enter, go into

3066. tomokanga - entrance

3067. tomokia - (pass) be entered

3068. tonga - south

3069. tono - to apply for, to order (v): an application (n)

3070. tonoa - sent (tono + passive suffix -a)

3071. tonu - still

3072. toparere - helicopter

3073. tope - cut down; cut off

3074. topea - (pass) be cut down; be cut off

3075. toremi - disappear; drowned

3076. tori - cut (v); cat (n)

3077. toro - to visit

3078. toroa - albatross

3079. torohē - examine

3080. torohīhihi - short hair; few hairs

3081. torohū - secret; secretly; stealthily

3082. toroiho - underwear

3083. toromi - be drowned

3084. toronga - distant relatives

3085. torotika - in a straight line

3086. torotoro - hold out hands

3087. toroī - fermented food

3088. toru - three

3089. torutoru - few

3090. torōna - throne

3091. tote - salt

3092. toti - limp (walk with difficulty)

3093. toto - blood

3094. totohe - contend

3095. totohu - to sink

3096. totoro - stretch out

3097. totō - ooze; trickle

3098. tou - dip; plant; set on fire; buttocks, bottom, anus

3099. toutou - dip into liquid

3100. toū -

3101. toū -

3102. tua - beyond

3103. tuahangata - hero

3104. tuahine - sister, of a male

3105. tuahiwi - skeleton

3106. tuaitara - spines

3107. tuaiwa - ninth

3108. tuaiwa - ninth

3109. tuakana - older sibling of the same sex

3110. tuaki - to gut fish

3111. tuakina - (pass) be gutted

3112. tuangi - cockle

3113. tuanui - roof

3114. tuaono - sixth

3115. tuarea - anxious; sorrowful

3116. tuarima - fifth

3117. tuarongo - back wall of house

3118. tuarua - second

3119. tuarā - back [body]

3120. tuatahi - first

3121. tuatangata - hero

3122. tuatea - anxious; pale

3123. tuatete - hedgehog

3124. tuatoru - third

3125. tuatua - chop up finely; main range; shellfish

3126. tuawaru - eighth

3127. tuawehe - split

3128. tuawhenua - mainland; inland

3129. tuawhitu - seventh

3130. tuawhā - fourth

3131. tuha - to distribute; to spit, to spit out

3132. tuhi ā ringa - handwriting

3133. tuhi - to write; to indicate, point out

3134. tuhia - written; write! (tuhi + passive suffix -a)

3135. tuhinga kūkara - google docs

3136. tuhinga - writing, text (tuhi + nominal suffix -nga)

3137. tuhituhi anuanu - graffiti

3138. tuhituhi - to write, draw

3139. tuhituhia - (pass) be drawn; be written

3140. tuhituhinga - writing, text (tuhituhi + nominal suffix -nga)

3141. tui - pierce; sew; thread; lace

3142. tuia - (pass) be pierced; be sewn

3143. tuitui - fasten up; sew, to stitch

3144. tuke - elbow; jerk; knock; angle

3145. tukemata - eyebrow

3146. tuki - to hit, to knock, to beat, to pound; crash

3147. tukia - be hit; be pounded; be attacked, be crashed into; be bumped (pass of tuki)

3148. tukituki - to wreck; destroy

3149. tuku iho - passed down

3150. tuku - to put off, to leave aside

3151. tukua - let go! to be released (tuku + passive suffix -a)

3152. tukuata - projector

3153. tukuna - submitted, submit! released, release! (tuku + passive suffix -na)

3154. tukuoro - speaker (eg bluetooth speaker)

3155. tukutuku - spider web

3156. tumahu -

3157. tumeke - to take fright, surprise

3158. tumu - stump

3159. tumuaki - crown of the head; director; principal; headteacher

3160. tumutumu - stump

3161. tuna - eel

3162. tunga - toothache

3163. tungāne whakaangi - step-brother

3164. tungāne - brother, of a female

3165. tunu - to cook, roast

3166. tunua - (pass) be roasted; be baked

3167. tunutunu - afraid

3168. tuohu - bow the head

3169. tuopu - swap, trade

3170. tupehu - angry

3171. tupu ake - to grow up

3172. tupu - to grow, develop; a plant, shoot (variant of tipu)

3173. tupua - demon; foreigner; object of terror; steal

3174. tupuna - ancestor; grandparent

3175. tupuria - (pass) be grown

3176. turaki - push down; overthrow

3177. turakina - (pass) be pushed down; be overthrown

3178. ture - law, rule

3179. turi - deaf; knee; disobedient

3180. turituri - be quiet! noisy

3181. turori - stagger

3182. turuturu - to make firm; leak; pole

3183. tuta - back of the neck

3184. tute - nudge; push

3185. tutetute - jostle

3186. tutukiwi -

3187. tutumairekurai -

3188. tutū - rowdy behaviour

3189. tuwha - distribute; spit, spit out

3190. tuwhara - floor mat

3191. tuwhena rawa - overdose

3192. tuwhera - open (adjective)

3193. tuāhine - female cousins or sisters of a male

3194. tuākana - older brothers of a male; older sisters of a female

3195. tā koutou - your (singular, addressed to three or more people)

3196. tā kōrua - your (singular, addressed to two people)

3197. tā moko - art of tattooing

3198. tā mātou - our [singular, theirs and mine]

3199. tā māua - our (singular, his or hers and mine)

3200. tā rātou - their (singular, three or more people)

3201. tā rāua - their (singular, two people)

3202. tā tātou - our (singular, three or more people)

3203. tā tāua - our (singular, two people)

3204. tā - print, draw

3205. tāepa - fence

3206. tāhae - to steal

3207. tāhana -

3208. tāhau - your, ā category possession, singular (variant of tāu)

3209. tāhei - necklace; stripes

3210. tāheke - descend, drop; steep; waterfall

3211. tāhoe - to swim (from one point to another)

3212. tāhuhu kōrero - history

3213. tāhuhu - subject of a sentence

3214. tāhuna - beach; sandbank; dry

3215. tāiki - rib; wicker basket

3216. tāima - time

3217. tāina - (plural of taina) younger brothers of a male, younger sisters of a female

3218. tāina - toaster; plural of

3219. tākai - bind; wrap up; bandage

3220. tākaro ataata - video game

3221. tākaro rorohiko - computer game

3222. tākaro - to play

3223. tākarotia - played (pass. of tākaro)

3224. tāke moni whiwhi - take beginning, cause, origin, reason; subject of discussion

3225. tāke - tax

3226. tākerekere -

3227. tākiri - draw away quickly; untie; pull out; strike (a match)

3228. tākirirangi - space rocket

3229. tāku - my, ā category possession, singular

3230. tākupu - gannet

3231. tākuta - doctor

3232. tāmaru - overcast

3233. tāmiro - twist

3234. tāmirotia - (pass) be twisted

3235. tāmure - snapper

3236. tāmutumutu - intermittent

3237. tāna - his, her, ā category possession, singular

3238. tāne - man, male

3239. tāngari - dungarees

3240. tāngata - people (plural of tangata)

3241. tāngōngō -

3242. tāniko - ornamental border of cloak or mat

3243. tānumi - fold in two

3244. tāone nui - city

3245. tāone - town

3246. tāpae - to present; put before one

3247. tāpaepae - jigsaw puzzle

3248. tāpapa - stoop; lie face down

3249. tāpi - sticking plaster

3250. tāpiapia - sticky

3251. tāpiri - to join something on, to add

3252. tāpoi - tourist

3253. tāpokopoko - boggy

3254. tāpu - bath

3255. tāpui - set aside; reserve, to book something

3256. tāpōrena - raincoat

3257. tāra - dollar

3258. tārai - to shape or fashion timber with an adze

3259. tāraia - (pass) be shaped with an adze

3260. tāre - doll

3261. tārehu - secretly

3262. tāreka1 -

3263. tāreke -

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 tau - last year; next year

3307. tērā - that over there, that

3308. tētahi atu - another

3309. tētahi mea - something

3310. tētahi tangata - somebody

3311. tētahi wāhi - somewhere

3312. tētahi - a, one specific thing

3313. tētehi - a, one specific thing (variant of tētahi)

3314. tēwhea? - which? (singular)

3315. tī amiami - herbal tea

3316. tī hāte - t-shirt

3317. tī ingarihi - English tea

3318. tī kawakawa - kawakawa tea

3319. tī kikini - chai tea

3320. tī kōuka - cabbage tree

3321. tī pepahīoi - peppermint tea

3322. tī rākau - stick game

3323. tī - cabbage tree; tea

3324. tīaho - shine

3325. tīare - scent

3326. tīere - scent; jelly

3327. tīhae - tear, rip

3328. tīhaea - (pass) be torn

3329. tīhi - cheese

3330. tīhore - bare; to strip off; peel; clear, clear up (weather)

3331. tīhāte - t-shirt

3332. tīkaokao - hen

3333. tīkera - kettle

3334. tīkina - be fetched (tiki + passive suffix -na (note the first i is lengthened)

3335. tīkiti - ticket

3336. tīkākā - sunburn

3337. tīma - team

3338. tīmata - to begin, to start

3339. tīmatanga - beginning (tīmata + nominal suffix -nga)

3340. tīmatatia - begun (pass of tīmata)

3341. tīmere - chimney

3342. tīneia - (pass) be put out

3343. tīni - to change

3344. tīpako - select

3345. tīpakopako - now and then; occasional

3346. tīpare - headband

3347. tīpuna - grandparents (plural form of tipuna)

3348. tīraha - lie face upwards

3349. tīrairaka - fantail

3350. tīramaroa - lighthouse

3351. tītoko - to keep away

3352. tītongi - nibble

3353. tītore - divide; split

3354. tītī - muttonbird

3355. tīwhaiwhai - wave about

3356. tīwharawhara - stereo

3357. tō koutou - your (addressed to three or more people)

3358. tō kōrua - your (singular, addressed to two people)

3359. tō mātou - our (singular, theirs and mine)

3360. tō māua - our (singular, his or hers and mine)

3361. tō rātou - their (singular - three or more people)

3362. tō rāua - their (singular, two people)

3363. tō tātou - our, all of our, belonging to everyone

3364. tō tāua - our, yours and mine

3365. tō-ā-papa - gravity (force of)

3366. tō - your (singular); to drag

3367. tōhau - dew; sweat

3368. tōhi - toast

3369. tōhihi - puddle

3370. tōhua - yolk

3371. tōia - (pass) be dragged

3372. tōkena - stockings, socks

3373. tōku - my (singular)

3374. tōmairangi - dew

3375. tōmato - tomato

3376. tōmua - early

3377. tōmuri - to be late

3378. tōna - his, her

3379. tōnapi - turnip

3380. tōneke - trolley

3381. tōnga o te rā - sunset

3382. tōnihi - move stealthily

3383. tōpito - end; district

3384. tōpū - couple, pair; assembled

3385. tōrangapū - politics; political

3386. tōraro - negative number

3387. tōroherohe - wag (as in a dog wagging its tail)

3388. tōtika - straight, direct, right

3389. tōtiti wera - hot dog

3390. tōtiti - sausage

3391. tōtā - sweat

3392. tōu - your, ō category possession, singular

3393. tū tirara - social distancing

3394. tū - stand; to be wounded; a wound

3395. tūai - skinny

3396. tūhourangi - uncultured, rough

3397. tūhua - obsidian

3398. tūiri - a drill

3399. tūkaha - hasty; vigorous

3400. tūkeke - lazy

3401. tūkino - abuse; wicked

3402. tūmahi - actions, verbs

3403. tūmanako - to hope for, anticipate, expect, wish for

3404. tūmatanui - public (not private)

3405. tūmau - permanent, continuous; servant

3406. tūmomo - type, sort, kind

3407. tūmāhoehoe -

3408. tūnga pahi - bus stop

3409. tūnga waka - carpark

3410. tūnga - wound; position

3411. tūngoungou - chrysalis, larva

3412. tūpare - shade eyes with hand

3413. tūpato - to be careful; caution, cautious

3414. tūpeka - tobacco

3415. tūpeke - jump

3416. tūpuhi - skinny

3417. tūpuna - grandparents (plural form of tupuna; variant of tīpuna)

3418. tūpāpaku - corpse, body

3419. tūranga - stopping place (as in: tūranga pahi bus stop; tū + nominal suffix -ranga)

3420. tūrangawaewae - place to stand

3421. tūraparapa - trampoline

3422. tūrehu - fairy

3423. tūria - be established (pass. of tū)

3424. tūroa - of long standing

3425. tūrohi - exhausted, tired

3426. tūroro - sick person, a patient

3427. tūru - chair, seat, stool

3428. tūruhi - tourist

3429. tūruki - crowded; to moult

3430. tūrēiti - late

3431. tūtae - excrement

3432. tūtaki - to meet; to close up, to block (v); meeting (n)

3433. tūtakina - (pass) be met; be shut

3434. tūtara - gossip; slander; near

3435. tūtira - file; row

3436. tūtoro - dreamy

3437. tūtuki - to crash; to strike against; collide; bump

3438. tūtukitanga - a crash; a collision

3439. tūturi - kneel

3440. tūturu - fixed, permanent, definite; to be true, real, original

3441. tūtūā - person of low birth

3442. tūwaewae - visitors

3443. tūwaharoa - yawn

3444. tūwhana - urge

3445. tūwiri - be afraid; terror; tremble; drill

3446. tūāhu - altar

3447. tūārangi - from far away; ancient; important

3448. tūāua - shower (rain)

3449. ua - to rain; rain

3450. uaki - to push open

3451. uarapa - messy, untidy

3452. uarua - raincoat

3453. uaua - difficult (adj); muscle, vein, artery (n)

3454. uha - female

3455. uhi - to cover

3456. uhia - to be covered (uhi + passive suffix -a)

3457. uhunga - lament; funeral

3458. ui - to ask, enquire

3459. uia - (pass) be asked; be questioned

3460. uira - lightning; to flash

3461. uiui - to interview

3462. uiuitanga - interview

3463. ukauka - cash (uka-uka)

3464. ukiuki -

3465. uku - to wash; soap; clay

3466. uma - chest

3467. umanga - occupation, business

3468. umere - to shout (in wonder, in appreciation)

3469. umeretia - shouted (pass. of umere)

3470. umu - earth oven

3471. unahi - scale of fish

3472. ungaunga - urge repeatedly

3473. unu - take off

3474. unuhia - (pass) be taken off; be drunk

3475. upoko mārō - stubborn

3476. upoko - head; verse of a song; paragraph; chapter

3477. ure - penis

3478. uri - descendant, offspring

3479. uru huarākau - orchard

3480. uru - join; enter; participate, go in; west

3481. urua - (pass) be joined; be entered; be participated in

3482. uruhua - bruise

3483. urunga - pillow

3484. urupā - burial ground, cemetery

3485. uruuru - hasten; urge

3486. uruwhenua - passport

3487. uruwhetū - galaxy

3488. uta - to load; shore; inland; the land; to load

3489. utaina - (pass) be loaded

3490. utanga - burden; freight; cargo

3491. utauta - equipment, a load

3492. utu ā tau - salary

3493. utu ā wiki - weekly pay; pocket money

3494. utu - cost, price; to pay for

3495. utua - be revenged; be paid (pass of utu)

3496. uuka -

3497. uwha - female animal

3498. uwhi - to cover; covering; spread out; yam

3499. uwhia - (pass) be covered; be spread out

3500. uwhiuwhi - shower (rain)

3501. wae - foot; leg; separate

3502. waea pūkoro - cellphone

3503. waea whakaahua - fax

3504. waea - wire; phone

3505. waeahia - rung (pass of waea)

3506. waenga - middle, dividing line

3507. waenganui pō - midnight

3508. waenganui - middle, centre, between

3509. waerehe - wireless radio

3510. waero - hair of dog's tail; tail

3511. waeroa - mosquito

3512. waewae tapu - stranger, newcomer

3513. waewae - foot, leg

3514. waha - load, burden; to carry on the back; mouth

3515. wahaina - carried on the back (pass. of waha)

3516. wahangū - dumb; quiet

3517. wahapū - entrance to harbour; eloquent; mouth of river

3518. waharoa - gateway

3519. wahawaha - generous; approachable

3520. wahia - firewood

3521. wahie - driftwood

3522. wahine -

3523. wahine - woman, wife

3524. waho -

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. wao - forest

3540. warea - to be occupied with

3541. wareware - to forget; forgetful (trans)

3542. waru - eight; to scrape, to peel

3543. wati - watch (timepiece)

3544. wawata - to long for, yearn for; dream

3545. wawe - early, soon, quickly

3546. wehe - to depart, leave; to separate, divide

3547. wehenga - part, division, separation (wehe + nominal suffix -nga)

3548. weherua pō - midnight

3549. wehi - terrible (adj); to be afraid (v)

3550. weka - a native woodhen

3551. wera - to burn; burnt; hot, heat

3552. weriweri - ugly

3553. wero - to challenge; formal challenge at a welcome ceremony

3554. whaea kēkē - aunt

3555. whaea - mother, aunt

3556. whai - to follow, to chase; to have, to acquire

3557. whaikōrero - oratory

3558. whaitiripā -

3559. whaitohu -

3560. whakaae - to agree

3561. whakaahua - to take photos; photograph

3562. whakaari - play, drama, performance

3563. whakaaro - to think; thought, idea

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

3565. whakaata - mirror

3566. whakaatu - to display, show, demonstrate

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

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

3569. whakahariharitae -

3570. whakahau - to encourage; to command

3571. whakahaua - commanded (pass. of whakahau)

3572. whakaheke ngaru - surfing

3573. whakaheke - to decrease, drop, lower

3574. whakahiamo - sexy

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

3576. whakahoki - to return something, to reply

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

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

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

3580. whakahīhī - arrogant, proud

3581. whakairi -

3582. whakairo - to carve, a carving

3583. whakaiti - humility

3584. whakakaha - to strengthen; charge a cellphone

3585. whakakao - to gather

3586. whakakaotia - gathered (pass. of whakakao)

3587. whakakore - eliminate, delete, undo

3588. whakakā - turn on

3589. whakakī - to fill something

3590. whakamahana - heater

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

3592. whakamahia - used (pass of whakamahi)

3593. whakamahine -

3594. whakamahiri -

3595. whakamau - to fix, fasten; to put on

3596. whakamaua - be fixed; put on (pass of whakamauto)

3597. whakamua - frontward, towards the front

3598. whakamuri - towards the back

3599. whakamutunga - ending, conclusion (whakamutu + nominal suffix -nga)

3600. whakamā - to be embarrassed, ashamed

3601. whakamāori - to translate into Māori

3602. whakamārama - to explain, illuminate, explain, clarify

3603. whakamātau - to test, examine

3604. whakamātautau - examination, test

3605. whakamīharo - amazing, astonishing

3606. whakangahau - to entertain, to amuse

3607. whakangaio - deceive; trick

3608. whakangaoko - tickle

3609. whakangaro - destroy

3610. whakangau - hunt with dogs

3611. whakangote - mammal; suckle

3612. whakangungu - to train, upskill

3613. whakangā - to rest

3614. whakangāwari - move quickly; ease, make less severe, soften

3615. whakanoa - make free from tapu

3616. whakanui - to enlarge; celebrate

3617. whakaoho - to wake up

3618. whakaohoa - woken up (whakaoho + -a; pass)

3619. whakaomoomo - nurse or look after a child or invalid

3620. whakaongaonga - excite

3621. whakaora whawhati tata - first aid

3622. whakaora - to rescue, to cure

3623. whakaororua -

3624. whakaoti - complete

3625. whakaotia - completed (pass. of whakaoti)

3626. whakaotinga - youngest child

3627. whakapae - lying crosswise, horizontal

3628. whakapahoho - stationary, still

3629. whakapai - to improve, to fix up, bless, cleaning

3630. whakapaingia - prepared, set (pass. of whakapai)

3631. whakapaipai - to decorate, adorn, tidy up, beautify

3632. whakapaipaingia - decorated (pass. of whakapaipai)

3633. whakapaipaitanga - decoration

3634. whakapakari - to strengthen

3635. whakapapa - genealogy

3636. whakapau kaha - use energy, work hard

3637. whakapau - consume, use up, finish, exhaust; spend

3638. whakapehapeha - to show off

3639. whakapiata - shine, polish

3640. whakapiatatia - polished (pass. of whakapiata)

3641. whakapiopio -

3642. whakapiri - to cling to, stick to

3643. whakapiria - (pass) be fastened; be stuck on

3644. whakapono - to believe; faith

3645. whakapoururu - to frown

3646. whakapuaki - to tell; disclose

3647. whakapuare - to open

3648. whakaputa - to make something come out, to appear

3649. whakaputu - savings

3650. whakapāha - apologise

3651. whakapākanga - youngest child

3652. whakapākehā - translate into English

3653. whakapākehātia - translated into English (pass. of whakapākehā)

3654. whakapīoioi - to rock

3655. whakapōauau - drug (narcotic)

3656. whakarae - exposed, prominent; green, raw

3657. whakarapa - unlucky

3658. whakararo - downwards

3659. whakarato - serve

3660. whakarau - capture; prisoner; multiply

3661. whakaraupapa - neutral (not take sides)

3662. whakaraurau -

3663. whakarere - abandon, leave behind

3664. whakarerekē - to change

3665. whakareretia - prepared (pass. of whakarere)

3666. whakarihariha - disgusted; disgusting

3667. whakarite - to compare; arrange, organise

3668. whakaritea - arranged (pass of whakarite)

3669. whakaroa - delay; lengthen

3670. whakarongo - to listen

3671. whakarongona - listened to (pass. of whakarongo)

3672. whakarunga - upwards

3673. whakaruruhau - shelter; protector

3674. whakarurutanga - safety

3675. whakataetae motokā - motor racing

3676. whakatakataka - move about; roll from side to side

3677. whakatakere -

3678. whakatakere - underwater

3679. whakatakoto - to lay something down

3680. whakatakotoria - (pass) be laid down; be placed

3681. whakatangi - to play an instrument

3682. whakatangitangi - music

3683. whakatanuku - swallow

3684. whakatata - to come closer to

3685. whakatau utu - estimate of cost, quote

3686. whakatau - to decide

3687. whakataukī - proverb

3688. whakataunga - an iwi referendum, decision

3689. whakatauria - (pass) to be decided; to be tried; to be visited; to be welcomed

3690. whakatautau - moan, wail

3691. whakatauākī - proverb

3692. whakateka - disbelieve

3693. whakatenetene - annoy; quarrel

3694. whakatere - buoy up; steer; sail,, navigate, float, accelerate

3695. whakatete - gnash the teeth

3696. whakatihi -

3697. whakatika - to straighten, to correct, to fix

3698. whakatikatika - to rearrange, to put in order, to fix

3699. whakatikatikanga rori - roadworks

3700. whakatipu - to raise, grow, develop

3701. whakatipuranga - generation

3702. whakatohetohe - unwilling

3703. whakatoro - push forward, thrust

3704. whakatupu - grow; bring up, nurture

3705. whakatupuranga - generation

3706. whakatutuki - carry to completion

3707. whakatuturi - to be obstinate; refuse to listen

3708. whakatuwhera - to open

3709. whakatuwheratanga - opening

3710. whakatā - to rest (v); relaxed (adj)

3711. whakatō - to plant

3712. whakatū - to stand something up

3713. whakatūpato - to warn, to caution

3714. whakatūria - erected (whakatū + passive suffix -ria)

3715. whakauaua - strenuous; make (more) difficult

3716. whakaupa - delay

3717. whakauru - to enter, to join, to enrol

3718. whakaute - care for; nurse

3719. whakautu - to reply, to respond, answer

3720. whakautua - (pass) be replied to; be responded to

3721. whakawaha - put load on back

3722. whakawai - amuse; practise

3723. whakawareware - deceive

3724. whakawehi - protection

3725. whakaweti - threaten

3726. whakawhanaunga - to relate to someone

3727. whakawhanaungatanga - to build relationships

3728. whakawhetai - to give thanks

3729. whakawhiti kōrero - discuss; communicate

3730. whakawhiti whakaaro - discuss; communicate

3731. whakawhiti - to cross

3732. whakawhitiwhitinga kōrero - exchange of ideas

3733. whakawhiu - afflict; oppress; punish

3734. whakawhiwhi - give; to award

3735. whakawhānau - to give birth

3736. whakawiri - be anxious; tremble; twist; wring

3737. whakawiriwiri - cruel; violent

3738. whakawā - accuse; condemn; to judge; appraise

3739. whakawātea - make way for, clear space

3740. whakawāwā - quarrel, wrangle

3741. whakaā - to rest, catch one's breath

3742. whakaū - establish; support; confirm

3743. whana - to kick

3744. whanaia - kicked (pass. of whana)

3745. whanake - cabbage tree; to spring; grow

3746. whanaketanga - youth (the time of being young)

3747. whanaunga - relative, relation (whānau + nominal suffix -nga - note the short first vowel)

3748. whanaungatanga - relationship

3749. whanga - to wait (v); harbour (n)

3750. whano - behave

3751. whanonga - behaviour

3752. whaowhao - to carve

3753. whara - to be injured

3754. wharau - temporary shed

3755. whare haumanu - clinic

3756. whare herehere - prison

3757. whare horoi - ablution block

3758. whare hākinakina - gym

3759. whare kai - dining hall

3760. whare kairangi - palace

3761. whare kanikani - nightclub

3762. whare karakia - church

3763. whare kawhe - cafe

3764. whare kurī - kennel

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. whea - where? (variant of hea)

3803. wheke - creak; octopus

3804. wheketere - factory

3805. whena - a dwarf

3806. whengei - quarrelsome; resentful

3807. whengu - snort; blow (the nose)

3808. whenguwhengu - snuffle

3809. whenua - land

3810. wheori - virus

3811. wheoro - reverberate; rumble

3812. whero - red

3813. whetau - dodge; wriggle

3814. whetewhete - whisper

3815. whetoki -

3816. whetoko -

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