2 Flashcards
(159 cards)
1
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matua
A
parent, father
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tikanga
A
custom, habit, agreed way of doing things
tika + nominal suffix -nga
3
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mate
A
to be sick, ill, dead
4
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mutu
A
be ended, finished (but not necessarily completed)
5
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whakaahua
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to take photos; photograph
6
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whakautu
A
to reply, to respond
7
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mehemea
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if (presuming not; cf. ki te, if, expressing simple uncertainty)
8
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tangi
A
to cry
9
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awa
A
river
10
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pēhea
A
how?
11
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ringa
A
hand, arm
12
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waho
A
out, outside, the outside
13
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toru
A
three
14
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ika
A
fish
15
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rau
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hundred
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konei
A
here, by speaker
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moe
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to sleep
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ōku
A
mine, plural, ō category possession
19
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tāna
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his / her, ā category possession, singular
20
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pou
A
pole, post
21
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tuna
A
eel
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anake
A
only, just
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heke
A
to descend, go down
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tahi
A
one, single
25
kākahu
clothing, garment
26
wāhanga
part, portion, section
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pakeke
grown up, adult
28
āe
yes
29
āwhina
to help
30
kaua
Negative word, do not, eg: Kaua e tangi – Don’t cry
31
rangatira
chief, leader, boss
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whakataetae
competition
33
karanga
to call
34
iti
small, little
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pukapuka
book
36
maha
many
37
kuia
elderly woman, grandmother
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pango
black
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ērā
those, over there; plural of tērā
40
aua
I don’t know, as in: He aha tērā? Aua!
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take
reason, cause, origin
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tāne
man
43
hea
where?
44
hou
new
45
ehara
Negative used for nominal sentences, as in:
He kurī tērā. Ehara tērā i te kurī.
Ko Mere tēnei. Ehara tēnā i a Mere.
46
tinana
body, trunk, torso
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ahi
fire
48
oma
to run, escape
49
rōpū
group
50
marama
month, moon
51
hēoi
and so, therefore
52
Ngāti
tribal name prefix, as in: Ngāti Porou, Ngāti Kahungunu
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wahine
woman, wife
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huarahi
path, road
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hia
how many?
56
āhuatanga
property, characteristic, feature, circumstance
āhua + nominal suffix -tanga
57
kau
manner particle, as in: kāore kau, kāre kau, ehara kau
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mihi
to greet
59
ngaro
to be lost, missing, gone
60
aku
my, mine, plural form of taku, neutral for possession category
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pouaka
box
62
auē
Alas! An expression of woe, sadness
63
kōrua
you, two people
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tuarua
second
65
aroha
love, sympathy, compassion
66
uru
to enter, to go into
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anei
here, by me
68
waewae
foot
69
hua
fruit
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rārangi
line, row
71
rerekē
different, changed
72
maunga
mountain
73
tāua
we, us, you and I, inclusive, dual
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piki
to climb
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tauira
student
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rima
five
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whaea
mother, aunt
78
whakaatu
to display, show, demonstrate
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āna
his, her, plural, for ā category items
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whā
four
81
mātua
parents, fathers (plural form of matua)
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tuhi
to write, to draw
83
kiia
crowded, full up
84
tuku
to allow
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pepa
paper
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rō
in (short form of roto, as in: ki rō whare)
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kete
basket, kit
88
moko
Term of address to a grandchild: E moko
89
toi
origin, source; native, indigenous
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kāhore
Negative used for verb sentences – not (variant of kāore)
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hāora
hour
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Pākehā
Pakehā
93
tipu
to grow, develop
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māku
for me, by me
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ata
morning, shadow
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mutunga
end
mutu + noun ending -nga
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whatu
eye
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huia
a treasured bird, now extinct
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pīrangi
to want, desire
100
waea
telephone
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whakamārama
to explain
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tīma
team
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waenganui
middle, centre, between
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tiaki
to look after, to care for
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oti
to be completed
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rūma
room
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mana
prestige, authority
108
taki
to recite, to recount
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ara
path
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hunga
group of people
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motokā
car, motorcar
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rahi
large
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tōu
your, ō category possession, singular
114
tawhiti
distant, a distant place
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tāku
my, ā category possession, singular
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ako
to learn, to teach
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riro
be obtained, be carried away, gone away
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kurī
dog
119
wera
to burn; burnt; hot, heat
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mēnā
if
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koia
it is, so
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ngahere
forest
123
tiro
to look
124
ātaahua
beautiful, well formed
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kararehe
animal
126
mīharo
to wonder at; amazing
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motu
island
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nuinga
majority
nui + nominal suffix -nga
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reka
sweet
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tai
the sea, as opposed to land
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eke
to climb up on
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kanohi
face
133
taka
to fall, to fall off, to drop
134
whakahoki
to return, to reply
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tatari
to wait
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kata
to laugh
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toka
rock
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kino
bad
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whakarongo
to listen
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kōtiro
girl
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koroua
elderly man, grandfather
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mātauranga
education, knowledge
143
puku
stomach, belly
144
tiki
to fetch
tiki atu – go and fetch, bring
tiki mai – come and fetch, take away
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hui
meeting
146
ono
six
147
tamaiti
child
148
mataku
scared, afraid
149
otirā
but, on the other hand
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taku
my, neutral, singular
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tana
his / her, neutral, singular
152
tau
number,to settle down,year period of time,beloved darling, to land on / alight/ come to rest
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tērā
that, yonder
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tō
your, neutral, one person, singular
ō category possessive determiner, singular, as in: tō tātou
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tō
stove
156
tō
to drag
157
tōna
his / her, ō category possession, singular
158
wā
time, place/ space/ area
159
Wai?
who?
