Te Reo Māori

Question	Answer
ōpaki	informal
ōkawa	formal
āhuatanga	characteristic / trait
ewhea / ehea	which?
kīanga	phrase / expression
kīwaha	colloquialism
kīrehu	idiom
whakapaha	apologies
waimarie	be lucky good fortune
koronga	purpose / intention
whakamōhio	notify / instruct indication
kāti	well / well then stop
whakahau	command / order
tono	request / apply for invitation
akiaki	encourage
waitohu	signature to mark / indictate
whakakapi	to conclude (writing/speeches) replacement to occupy
mema	member
mokemoke	be lonely / solitary
mahara	to remember / know thoughtful memory to consider be anxious
mamae	ache / injury be painful
ngākau	heart / spirit / will
heoi anō	however / and so
hononga	union / relationship / connection joint
hoa tāne	boy friend
piri	cling / adhere
koinā	it is that
tauaro	be opposite
moutere	island
pēnei	like this (near speaker) act / behave in this way to think / think mistakenly in that case in this direction
ngohengohe	be soft / supple be pleasant
heke	to descend to decline / subside
pahure	to pass by to accomplish
rīpoata	to report report reporter
rīpene	ribbon cassette tape
karu	eye
kiritea	be white-skinned / fair
pīrangi	to want / desire
ānō nei	like / as if
e pā ana	relating to
whiriwhiri	to choose / decide negotiation
tūturu	true / authentic / permanent
whakawhitiwhiti whakawhitiwhiti kōrero	to switch / alternate to swap to discuss / negotiate
whakaae	to agree / consent agreement
māngai	mouth speaker
whakarapopoto	to summarise summary
kī	to say be full key / to lock
ihi	essence / power ray of sun front / entrance (of a house)
kinikini	to nip/pinch
ngau	to bite/chew to affect/afflict
whakamomori	to greatly desire to pine for to commit suicide
whakatakē	to criticize disapproval
whakaparanga	to criticise insult
whakahāwea	to despise sarcasm / scorn
repo (reporepo)	bog / marsh to be swampy cannon (weapon)
mīharo	to wonder at amazing astonishment
pahupahu	prattle on bark / yap (of a dog)
pakapaka	burned / black
tango(hia)	take up / acquire remove / subtract
rapu(a)	to seek / search for
porowhita	circle / wheel / ring circular
aua	those (mentioned before)
taua	that / the (mentioned before)
whakaruruhau	to protect / shelter sheltered / safe protector
tupu	to grow be genuine
whai	to follow / chase to possess / acquire
whai mana	dominant / influential
tamatāne	boy
takiwa	area / territory space period
wero	challenge / spear injection
whiu	fling / toss punishment knocking / hitting to present
kōhatu	stone / rock
aro	to pay attention to be comprehended facing
maumahara	to recall
mataku	be afraid fear
me pēhea?	how should it be done?
whakaaro	to think / decide / plan thought / opinion
whakahoahoa	be friendly / amicable friendship
hipa	be passed past
pouri	be dark/ sad regret sorrow
whakamā	be ashamed shy embarrassment
rata	to like / warm to tame
kūare	ignorant
tuna	eel
katoa	all / every / whole everybody
whakamau	fasten to put on (clothes) be vindictive / hold a grudge complaint
mōunu	bait
matau	right-hand side fish hook
aho	fishing line line of descent / geneology
waiho(tia)	to abandon / let be / leave alone
pea	perhaps / possibly / approximately
kume (kūmea)	to pull / drag
nā wai rā	after a while
uta	to load ashore / land
makere	to fall / drop off be lost / abandoned / taken-off odd-number
horekau	kāore
paku	small / tiny
timotimo(tia)	to peck nibbled / pecked
mau	fixed to take up / carry be caught lasting
tō(ia)	to drag / haul to open or shut (sliding door or window)
ohorere	startled be sudden
mangu	be black
koakoa	happiness / fun
māharahara	to think about anxiety to worry
whakawā	to judge / investigate / accuse judgement
taumaha	be heavy be very ill / ailing weight
taumahatanga	weight
toenga	left overs / remnant
kimi	to search for / hunt / seek
tirohanga	view / sight
whakamuri	backwards
pā(ngia)	relating to / regarding to hit / touch / strike to participate / act together
ongeonge	be lonely / scarce
mānukanuka	misgivings
ata hāpara	dawn
rikoriko	early dawn twilight / dusk
tuata	be early / early in the morning
moata	be early / early in the morning
hāpai	to lift up rise (of heavenly bodies) dawn
atapō	before dawn
atakura	red dawn
atatū	just after sunrise
maruata	dawn
haeata	beam of light dawn
pūao	to dawn river mouth
pūaotanga	dawn
ata māhina	dawn
rā-tū	midday
poupoutanga o te rā	midday
rānui	midday
poutūmārō	midday / zenith / pinnacle / maturity / prime
poutūmārōtanga o te rā	midday
tūhoe	midday be steep
tūhoetanga	midday
awatea	broad daylight
ahiahi pō	late afternoon / evening
kākarauri	dusk darkness ( including of colour)
tōnga o te rā	sunset
māpouriki	dusk
porehu	dusk
maruāpō	night dream
weherua pō	midnight
tūruawē pō	midnight
tūruawaenganui pō	midnight
manene	stranger / immigrant / foreigner
tauhou	be strange / unusual stranger
mārika	quietly / deliberately / carefully exceedingly
takeo	boring / tedious
pūkoro	pocket
haurangi	drunk
E hia kē nei	Goodness knows how many! Heaps!
taunaki	support
panoni	to change
mānia	plateau / plain
awaawa	valley
kōawaawa	valley
riu	valley stomach / abdomen
tuawhenua	inland
one	sand
tautara	peak / hilltop fix / attach
tihi	summit
taumata	summit
wahapū	river mouth articulate / eloquent
pūaha	river mouth
pari	cliff
tāhuna	sand bank /shoal
raorao	undulating country
kūrae	headland / peninsular
ākau	shore / coast
takutai	coast
ana	cave
motu	island
tāheke	waterfall to drip
manga	creek
haemanga	streamlet ravine
mākū	wet
haunga	smelly
anuanu	ugly
rā anō	eventually / actually
(tūoti +) tonu	completely
ruha	exhausted
para	rubbish / trash
putiputi	flower
tiwhatiwha	black
kerekere	black
hēmanawa	breathless / overwhelmed
ngāwekiweki	crawling
anu	cold
aua atu	nevertheless
me te aha anō	and what's more
roimata	tear (crying)
pōti	to vote
whakawhata	to hang up / suspend
koropupū	to bubble up / boil

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