Māori words every New Zealander should know Flashcards
(54 cards)
1
Q
New Zealand
(long white cloud)
A
Aotearoa
2
Q
love
A
aroha
3
Q
river
A
awa
4
Q
dance / generic for Māori dance
A
haka
5
Q
traditional feast prepared in earth oven
A
hangi
6
Q
to be born / clan / sub-tribe
A
hapu
7
Q
gathering / meeting
A
hui
8
Q
small
A
iti
9
Q
tribe / clan
A
iwi
10
Q
food
A
kai
11
Q
prayer
A
karakia
12
Q
elder
A
kaumatua
13
Q
large native conifer tree
A
kauri
14
Q
gift / present / donation
A
koha
15
Q
language nest / Māori immersion preschool
A
kōhanga reo
16
Q
work / activity
A
mahi
17
Q
prestige / reputation
A
mana
18
Q
guests / visitors
A
manuhiri
19
Q
meeting house
A
marae
20
Q
mountain
A
maunga
21
Q
sea / ocean
A
moana
22
Q
island
A
motu
23
Q
large / many / big
A
nui
24
Q
hill fort
A
pā
25
New Zealander of non-Māori descent, usually European
pākehā
26
greenstone / jade
pounamu
27
belly / stomach
puku
28
person of chiefly rank / boss
rangatira
29
to delay / to wait / to hold off to allow maturation of plans
taihoa
30
son / young man / youth
tama
31
daughter
tamāhine
32
Children
tamariki
33
man / husband / men / husbands
tāne
34
funeral
Tangi
35
treasured possessions or cultural items / anything precious
taonga
36
sacred / not to be touched / to be avoided because sacred / taboo
tapu
37
ancestor (singular)
tipuna / tupuna
38
reptiles endemic to New Zealand
tuatara
39
woman / wife
wahine
40
water
wai
41
song
waiata
42
transport (noun)
waka
43
the art and practise of speech-making
whaikōrero
44
genealogy / to recite genealogy
whakapapa
45
land / homeland
whenua
46
shark
makō
47
north
raki / tāpāraro
48
south
tonga
49
west
uru / hauauru
50
east
rawhiti / waho
51
compass points
ngā hau e whā
52
lake
reke
53
wetland / swamp
repo
54
introduction
pepeha
