500 words-lehi

Question 1

whāwhā

Answer 1

to fiddle with, to touch

Question 2

whawhai

Answer 2

to fight; a battle

Question 3

whea

Answer 3

where? (variant of hea)

Question 4

whenua

Answer 4

land

Question 5

whero

Answer 5

red

Question 6

whetū

Answer 6

star

Question 7

whiti

Answer 7

to cross

Question 8

whitu

Answer 8

seven

Question 9

whiu

Answer 9

to throw, to fling

Question 10

whiua

Answer 10

whiu + passive suffix -a

Question 11

whiwhi

Answer 11

to get, to acquire, to win

Question 12

whutupōro

Answer 12

football, rugby

Question 13

wiki

Answer 13

week

Question 14

wīra

Answer 14

wheel

Question 15

wiriwiri

Answer 15

to tremble, to shake, to quiver

Question 16

whakarunga

Answer 16

upwards

Question 17

whakatā

Answer 17

to rest

Question 18

whakataetae

Answer 18

competition

Question 19

whakatakoto

Answer 19

to lay something down

Question 20

whakatata

Answer 20

to come closer to

Question 21

whakatau

Answer 21

to decide

Question 22

whakatika

Answer 22

to straighten, to correct, to fix

Question 23

whakatikatika

Answer 23

to rearrange, to put in order, to fix

Question 24

whakatipu

Answer 24

to raise

Question 25

whakatoi

Answer 25

to give cheek

Question 26

whakatū

Answer 26

to establish, to put someone or something in position, to stand something up

Question 27

whakatūpato

Answer 27

to warn, to caution

Question 28

whakatūria

Answer 28

whakatū + passive suffix -ria

Question 29

whakauru

Answer 29

to enter, to join, to enrol

Question 30

whakautu

Answer 30

to reply, to respond

Question 31

whakawhiti

Answer 31

to cross

Question 32

whāki

Answer 32

to reveal, to disclose, to confess

Question 33

whānau

Answer 33

family, to be born / be born

Question 34

whanaunga

Answer 34

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

Question 35

whanga

Answer 35

bay, to wait

Question 36

whāngai

Answer 36

to feed, to foster

Question 37

whānui

Answer 37

broad, wide

Question 38

whara

Answer 38

to be injured

Question 39

whārangi

Answer 39

page

Question 40

whare

Answer 40

house, building

Question 41

wharekura

Answer 41

Māori-medium secondary school

Question 42

whāriki

Answer 42

mat, carpet, rug

Question 43

whatu

Answer 43

eye, stone, to weave, knit

Question 44

whakarongo

Answer 44

to listen

Question 45

whakarite

Answer 45

to prepare, to arrange, to put in order, to compare

Question 46

whakaritea

Answer 46

whakarite + passive suffix -a

Question 47

whakararo

Answer 47

downwards

Question 48

whakaputa

Answer 48

to reveal, to publish, to make something come out, to appear, to produce

Question 49

whakapono

Answer 49

to believe; faith

Question 50

whakapiri

Answer 50

to cling to, stick to

Question 51

whakapapa

Answer 51

genealogy

Question 52

whakapakari

Answer 52

to strengthen

Question 53

whakapaipai

Answer 53

to decorate, to adorn

Question 54

whakapai

Answer 54

to improve, to fix up

Question 55

whakapae

Answer 55

lying crosswise, horizontal

Question 56

whakaora

Answer 56

to rescue, to cure

Question 57

whakanui

Answer 57

to enlarge, to honour, to praise

Question 58

whakangahau

Answer 58

to entertain, to amuse

Question 59

whakamuri

Answer 59

towards the back

Question 60

whakamua

Answer 60

frontward, towards the front

Question 61

whakamīharo

Answer 61

amazing, astonishing

Question 62

whakamau

Answer 62

to fix, fasten, to put on

Question 63

whakamātautau

Answer 63

examination, test

Question 64

whakamātau

Answer 64

to test, examine

Question 65

whakamārama

Answer 65

to explain

Question 66

whakamāori

Answer 66

to translate into Māori