500 words - lyla

Question 1

a

Answer 1

Not translatable into an English word; nominal particle,
used before names and pronouns: a Mere, a kōrua, a ia.

Question 2

ā

Answer 2

Various meanings, eg: and, and then, as in: Ka tae mai,
ā, ka noho ki te kai; plural of tā, as in: tā tātou whare, ā
tātou whare; indicating future time, as in: Ā te pō nei

Question 3

āe

Answer 3

yes

Question 4

aha

Answer 4

what?

Question 5

ahakoa

Answer 5

although

Question 6

ahatia

Answer 6

aha + passive suffix -tia

Question 7

ahau

Answer 7

I, me

Question 8

āhei

Answer 8

to be able

Question 9

āhei

Answer 9

to allow

Question 10

ahi

Answer 10

fire

Question 11

ahiahi

Answer 11

early evening, afternoon

Question 12

aho

Answer 12

string, fishing line

Question 13

aho

Answer 13

light, to shine

Question 14

ahu

Answer 14

move in a certain direction

Question 15

ahu

Answer 15

to heap up

Question 16

ahu

Answer 16

to look after

Question 17

āhua

Answer 17

shape, form, appearance

Question 18

āhuatanga

Answer 18

property, characteristic, feature, circumstance

āhua + nominal suffix -tanga

Question 19

ai

Answer 19

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

Question 20

aihikirīmi

Answer 20

ice-cream

Question 21

aituā

Answer 21

accident; to have an accident

Question 22

aituā

Answer 22

disaster; to suffer a disaster

Question 23

ākau

Answer 23

shore, coast

Question 24

ake

Answer 24

Various uses and meanings, eg upwards, as in: piki ake,
titiro ake; comparative as in: nui ake; own, as in: tōku
whānau ake

Question 25

ako

Answer 25

to learn, to teach

Question 26

ākonga

Answer 26

student, learner

Question 27

akoranga

Answer 27

thing that is taught or learnt

Question 28

aku

Answer 28

my, mine, plural form of taku, neutral for possession category

Question 29

āku

Answer 29

my, mine, for ā category items, plural form of tāku

Question 30

ākuanei

Answer 30

soon, presently

Question 31

ana

Answer 31

Verbal particle showing ongoing action as in: e haere ana

Question 32

ana

Answer 32

his, her, plural form of tana, neutral for possession category

Question 33

ana

Answer 33

cave

Question 34

anā

Answer 34

there, by you

Question 35

āna

Answer 35

his, her, plural, for ā category items

Question 36

anake

Answer 36

only, just

Question 37

anei

Answer 37

here, by me

Question 38

anga

Answer 38

face or move in a certain direction

Question 39

anga

Answer 39

shell

Question 40

anō

Answer 40

Various meanings, eg again; also, too; self(reflexive) as in: ki a ia anō

Question 41

ao

Answer 41

world, dawn, cloud

Question 42

aorangi

Answer 42

planet

Question 43

āpōpō

Answer 43

tomorrow

Question 44

āporo

Answer 44

apple

Question 45

ara

Answer 45

path

Question 46

ara

Answer 46

to rise

Question 47

arā

Answer 47

over there, away from us both

Question 48

ārahi

Answer 48

to lead, guide

Question 49

ārai

Answer 49

curtain; to screen off, block

Question 50

ariki

Answer 50

chief, leader

Question 51

aro

Answer 51

to face, turn towards

Question 52

aroha

Answer 52

love, sympathy, compassion

Question 53

ata

Answer 53

morning, shadow

Question 54

āta

Answer 54

gently, carefully, deliberately

Question 55

ātaahua

Answer 55

beautiful, well formed

Question 56

atawhai

Answer 56

to show kindness towards

Question 57

ātea

Answer 57

open space

Question 58

open

Answer 58

space

Question 59

atu

Answer 59

away from current orientation (often not translatable by a separate English word)

Question 60

atua

Answer 60

god

Question 61

au

Answer 61

I, me

Question 62

āu

Answer 62

your, plural form of tāu, ā category possession.

Question 63

aua

Answer 63

I don’t know, as in: He aha tērā? Aua!

Question 64

aua

Answer 64

those (previously mentioned), plural of taua

Question 65

auahi

Answer 65

smoke

Question 66

auau

Answer 66

to bark, howl

Question 67

auē

Answer 67

Alas! An expression of woe, sadness

Question 68

awa

Answer 68

river

Question 69

āwangawanga

Answer 69

worried

Question 70

awatea

Answer 70

daylight

Question 71

awhi

Answer 71

to hug, embrace

Question 72

āwhina

Answer 72

to help

Question 73

e

Answer 73

A particle used in many ways, including: before verbs as in: e haere ana, e tangi nei before verbs that have only one or two morae to make a command (imperative), as in: e noho! before names when addressing a person by – for the agent phrase of a passive structure, as in: I horoia ia e taku matua.

Question 74

ehara

Answer 74

Negative used for nominal sentences, as in: He kurī tērā. Ehara tērā i te kurī. Ko Mere tēnei. Ehara tēnā i a Mere.

Question 75

ehara

Answer 75

Exclamation: Sure enough, without a doubt.

Question 76

eke

Answer 76

to climb up on

Question 77

eke

Answer 77

to embark, get onto

Question 78

ēnā

Answer 78

those, near you; plural of tēnā

Question 79

ēnei

Answer 79

these, near me; plural of tēnei