100 words should know Flashcards
Hui
Meeting, Conference, Gathering
Marae
Area in front of wharenui or whole marae complex
Haere mai
Welcome, Enter
Nau mai
Welcome
Tangi
cry, mourn, shortened tangihanga
Tangihanga
Funeral ceremony on marae
Karanga
Calling ceremony to welcome manuhiri onto marae
Manuhiri
Guests, Visitors
Tangata whenua
Original people of a land
Whaikōrero
Art and practice of speech making
Kaikōrero
Speaker, Narrator - Tāne who performs the response to the welcome speech
Haka
War dance/chant with the purpose of challenge
Waiata
Song/chant/psalm that follows a speech
Koha
Gift, pressent
Whare nui
Meeting house
Whare whakairo
Carved meeting house
Whare kai
Dining hall
Whare paku
Toilet
Whare horoi
Bathroom
Aroha
Compassion, tenderness, sustaining love
Ihi
Power, authority, essential force
Mana
Authority, power - Reputation,influence
Manaakitanga
Respect for hosts or kindness to guests, entertain, look after, hospitality
Mauri
Hidden essential life force
Noa
Safe from tapu (Non-sacred)
Raupatu
Confiscate, taken by force
Rohe
Boundary, territory (either geographical or spiritual of an iwi or hapū)
Taihoa
Delay, wait, hold off
Tapu
Sacred, not to be touched, avoided because sacred
Tiaki
Care for, look after, guard
Taonga
Treasured possession/object/property
Tino rangatiratanga
Highest possible independent chiefly authority, paramount authority sometimes used for sovereignty
Tūrangawaewae
Place to stand, belong, a seat or location of identity
Wehi
Be held in awe
Whakapapa
Genealogy, establish kin connections
Whenua
land, homeland, country - Placenta, Afterbirth
Hapū
Clan, sub-tribe - Pregnant
Iwi
Tribe, nation, people - Bones
Kaumātua
Elder or elders in iwi/hapū
Ariki
Paramount chief, lord, leader, male or female of high inherited rank from senior line of descent
Ngāi Tātou
Everyone present - “We all”
Pākehā
Foreigner, now predominantly used for people living in Aotearoa with european origin
Rangatira
Person of chiefly rank, boss, owner
Tama
Son, young man, youth