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1000ish Most Common Reo Māori Words > 4 > Flashcards

4 Flashcards

1
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ngutu

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lip, lips

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hinengaro

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mind, intellect

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whitu

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seven

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hā

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breath

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kaumātua

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elder; elderly

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māu

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for you, by you; ā category possession

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moutere

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island

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tāone

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town

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karakia

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prayer, to pray

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mōkai

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pet

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pakanga

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to fight, battle, war, hostility

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rīwai

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potato

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pī

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bee

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hinu

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oil, fat

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pōuri

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sad, dark

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ahiahi

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early evening, afternoon

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haruru

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to resound; a heavy sound

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kāo

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no!

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kapu

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cup

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poti

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cat

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wareware

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to forget; forgetful

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whakarite

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to prepare

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anga

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face or move in a certain direction

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kāri

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card

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rino

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iron

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tono

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to send, to command

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whakawhiti

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to cross

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tēhea

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which, singular

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tētehi

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a, one specific thing (variant of tētahi)

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hākinakina

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sport; to play sport

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mahue

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to be left behind

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maumahara

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to remember / remember

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taura

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rope, cable

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āhei

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to be able

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kaipuke

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ship

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ohorere

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to start suddenly, be startled

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parāoa

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bread, flour

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peka

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branch

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puare

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open, opening

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puke

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hill

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kōhatu

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stone

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tahuri

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to turn around, to turn over

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tuatoru

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third

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wairua

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spirit

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wehe

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to separate, divide

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mōna

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for him / her, unrealised, o category possession

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whakamātau

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to test, examine

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whakamutunga

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ending, conclusion
whakamutu + nominal suffix -nga

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whakapono

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to believe; faith

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inu

A

to drink

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tēpu

A

table

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tiriti

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treaty

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53
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huruhuru

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feather

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one

A

beach, sand

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kahurangi

A

blue (colour)

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mahere

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map, plan

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makawe

A

hair of the head (human), used in plural: ngā makawe

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rama

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light, torch

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roimata

A

tears

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whakatau

A

to decide

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kauwhata

A

graph

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niho

A

tooth

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nunui

A

big (plural form)

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paepae

A

container

65
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rongonui

A

famous

66
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wātea

A

to be clear, unoccupied, free of obstruction

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ārai

A

curtain; to screen off, block

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pounamu

A

greenstone

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ringaringa

A

hand, arm

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haramai (haere mai)

A

come

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mauria

A

mau + passive suffix -ria

72
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taraka

A

truck

73
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oneone

A

earth, soil

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taumata

A

peak, pinnacle

75
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hoariri

A

enemy

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hokinga

A

return
hoki + nominal suffix -nga

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kitenga

A

observation, seeing
kite + nominal suffix -nga

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puna

A

pool, spring

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tirotiro

A

to look about, to investigate

80
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whakamuri

A

towards the back

81
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whakatipu

A

to raise

82
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āku

A

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

83
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hoe

A

to paddle, row

84
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karani

A

granny, grandmother

85
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nuku

A

to move

86
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poi

A

poi, small, soft ball on string

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tūmanako

A

to hope for, anticipate, expect

88
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tūranga

A

position, job
tū + nominal suffix -ranga

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uta

A

shore, land as opposed to sea or water

90
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pirihimana

A

police officer

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punua

A

young animal

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pupuhi

A

to blow (of the wind)

93
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whakamau

A

to put on

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anā

A

there, by you

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aro

A

to face, turn towards

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kiore

A

rat

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makariri

A

cold

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whakararo

A

downwards

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āpōpō

A

tomorrow

100
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nāku

A

mine, realised possession, ā category
by me

101
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painga

A

benefit, skill, good qualities
pai + nominal suffix -nga

102
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pūtaiao

A

science

103
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ua

A

to rain; rain

104
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whakangahau

A

to entertain, to amuse

105
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pakaru

A

broken, shattered

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whakaari

A

to display, to exhibit

107
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mauī

A

left (direction)

108
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putiputi

A

flower

109
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tīmatanga

A

beginning
tīmata + nominal suffix -nga

110
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ihu

A

nose

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raki

A

north

112
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rererangi

A

airplane

113
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maroke

A

dry

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matapihi

A

window

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ngeru

A

cat

116
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pene

A

pen

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pāmu

A

farm

118
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tapa

A

edge, margin

119
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tōkena

A

stockings, socks

120
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pouaka whakaata

A

television

121
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meneti

A

minute

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pito

A

end, extremity

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tūrehu

A

fairy

124
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umere

A

to shout (in wonder, in appreciation)

125
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huka

A

foam

126
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raru

A

trouble; to be in difficulty, in trouble

127
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riri

A

anger, angry

128
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tākuta

A

doctor

129
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manaaki

A

to look after, to show hospitality towards

130
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motuhake

A

special

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peita

A

paint

132
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keke

A

cake

133
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tunu

A

to cook, roast

134
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tūru

A

chair, seat, stool

135
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whakatū

A

to establish, to put someone or something in position

136
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hāngai

A

opposite, facing

137
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hōia

A

soldier, warrior

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hurihuri

A

to turn round and round, over and over

139
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kīhai

A

Negative word – not, used with the past tense

140
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kirikiri

A

sand

141
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mārō

A

hard (of texture, personality)

142
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pūkaha

A

engine

143
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rapa

A

to look for

144
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reti

A

to skate, slide

145
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ū

A

to land, to reach land

146
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whakaritea

A

whakarite + passive suffix -a

147
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hai

A

as for hei (variant of hei)

1000ish Most Common Reo Māori Words (7 decks)

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