Exam Kupu Hou

Question 1

Whai rawa

Answer 1

Wealthy

Question 2

Pau

Answer 2

be consumed, exhausted, used up, finished, spent, depleted

Question 3

Whakanoa

Answer 3

to remove tapu (temporarily)

Question 4

Nē rā?

Answer 4

Isn’t it? Won’t you/we? - emphasises a question or request

Question 5

hoa rangatira

Answer 5

spouse

Question 6

reri

Answer 6

be ready

Question 7

pepeha

Answer 7

to say, exclaim, be the subject of a saying

Question 8

Kaingākautia

Answer 8

to prize greatly, value, treasure, fond of, take pleasure in

Question 9

Raukura

Answer 9

feather plume, treasure

Question 10

Itiiti

Answer 10

be few

Question 11

Pukumahi

Answer 11

be industrious, hard-working

Question 12

Ngana

Answer 12

to be eager, persistent, brave

Question 13

Mau

Answer 13

to take up, carry, bring

Question 14

whai hua

Answer 14

to have value

Question 15

Kē

Answer 15

already, long ago, instead, but rather, actually, different, other, another

Question 16

Rongonui

Answer 16

famous, well-known

Question 17

Engari

Answer 17

but, but rather

Question 18

takoto

Answer 18

to lie down, lie in the future

Question 19

Kāwhena

Answer 19

To bury in a coffin

Question 20

Tūpāpaku

Answer 20

corpse, deceased person

Question 21

Tangihanga

Answer 21

weeping, crying, funeral, rites for the dead

Question 22

Taitama

Answer 22

male adolescent

Question 23

tuwheratanga

Answer 23

to be open

Question 24

Mātāmua

Answer 24

first, elder

Question 25

Rerekē

Answer 25

be different, unusual, abnormal, changed

Question 26

Anake

Answer 26

Only

Question 27

Kawa

Answer 27

marae protocol

Question 28

Pōtiki

Answer 28

youngest child

Question 29

Tau-utuutu

Answer 29

marae protocol of exchanging speeches

Question 30

Mai anō

Answer 30

since way back, from long ago

Question 31

Arā

Answer 31

Namely, in other words, that is to say

Question 32

Hangaia

Answer 32

To make, build, create

Question 33

Haukāinga

Answer 33

home, true home, local people of a marae

Question 34

kotahi mano

Answer 34

one thousand

Question 35

whakakapi

Answer 35

To conclude, complete, close, finish

Question 36

Tūtaki

Answer 36

to meet, encounter

Question 37

Kuhu

Answer 37

To enter, go in

Question 38

Kī

Answer 38

to say, speak, express, call

Question 39

Take

Answer 39

reason, purpose, cause

Question 40

Anō nei

Answer 40

As if, as though, like

Question 41

Mākū

Answer 41

wet, soggy

Question 42

Whakawhāiti

Answer 42

Inclusion, involvement (noun)

Question 43

Kūtoro

Answer 43

To become involved

Question 44

Nui, Nunui,

Question 45

Pōuri wētangotango

Answer 45

Very sad

Question 46

Kātahi (subject) ka…

Answer 46

And then..

(eg. Kātahi ahau ka haere ki te kura. Then I went to the school.)