Frequent Māori Kupu Flashcards
1
Q
And
A
ā
me
hoki
mā
2
Q
Although
A
ahakoa
3
Q
Fire
A
ahi
4
Q
Shape / Form / Appearance
A
āhua
5
Q
String / Fishing line
A
aho
6
Q
Accident/ Disaster
A
aituā
hauata
7
Q
Upwards
A
ake
8
Q
Learn / Teach
A
ako
9
Q
Student
A
ākonga
10
Q
Lesson / Learning / Class
A
akoranga
11
Q
Only / Just
A
anake
12
Q
Planet
A
aorangi
13
Q
Path
A
ara
14
Q
Over there - away from us
A
arā
15
Q
Curtain / Screen off
A
ārai
16
Q
Gently / Carefully
A
āta
17
Q
Open space
A
ātea
18
Q
Bark / Howl
A
auau
19
Q
Worried
A
āwangawanga
20
Q
Daylight
A
awatea
21
Q
Hug / Embrace
A
awhi
22
Q
Help
A
āwhina
23
Q
Climb up on
Embark / Get onto
A
eke
24
Q
Breath
A
hā
25
Wander / Roam
Hāereere
26
Journey
haerenga
27
Feast
hākari
28
Flag
haki
29
Sport
Hākinakina
30
Yell / Shout
Hāmama
31
Build / Erect / Make
hanga
32
Technology
hangarau
33
Hour
Oxygen
hāora
34
Mistake
hapa
hara
hē
35
Come
Haere mai
Haramai
36
Holiday
hararei
37
Carry / Take
hari
kawe
mau
38
Happy
harikoa
39
Wind / Air
hau
40
Smelly / Stinky
haunga
41
Health/ Healthy
hauora
42
A, Some
he
43
Wrong / Error
hē
44
Descend / Go down
heke
45
Be dead / Pass by / Be gone
hemo
46
To tie / To bind
here
renarena
47
Want
hiahia
pīrangi
48
Lift up / Raise
Carry in arms
hiki
49
Electricity
Lightning
hiko
50
Fall - from an upright position
hinga
51
Enemy
hoariri
52
Paddle / Row
hoe
53
Deep
hōhonu
54
Soldier / Warrior
hōia
55
Also
Go back / Return
hoki
56
Buy / Sell
Hoko
57
Shopping
hokohoko
58
Join together
hono
59
Catch
hopu
60
Slip / Fall / Crumble
Flee / Escape
horo
61
Wash / Clean
horoi
62
Fruit
Hua
63
Open
huaki
64
Road
huarahi
65
Ice / Frost
Sugar
huka
66
Hide
huna
67
Group of people
Slave
hunga
68
To turn
huri
69
Body hair
Fur
hurahura
70
Downwards
iho
71
Nose
ihu
72
When
ina
73
Measure
ine
74
Container / Bowl
ipu
75
Radio
irirangi
76
Small / Little
iti
77
Blue
Woman of high status
kahurangi
78
Teacher
kaiako
79
Speaker
kaikōrero
80
Worker
kaimahi
81
Home
Kāinga
82
Ship
kaipuke
83
Scientist
kaipūtaiao
84
Large / Big / Major
Sturdy of build
kaitā
85
Player / Sportsperson
kaitākaro
86
Caregiver / Caretaker
kaitiaki
87
Writer / Author
kaituhi
88
Manager / Organiser
kaiwhakahaere
89
Clothing
kākahu
90
Seed
kākano
91
Scent / Smell
kakara
92
Handle (of a tool / object)
kakau
93
To climb upon / over
kake
94
Dance
kanikani
95
Colour
tae
kano
96
Cupboard
kāpata
97
Captain
kāpene
98
Cup
kapu
99
Cloud
kapua
100
Glass / Mirror
karāhe
whakaata
101
Animal
kararehe
102
Heater
Whakamahana
103
Messenger
Message / Convey
karere
104
College
kāreti
105
Laugh
kata
katakata
106
Stop
kāti
107
All
katoa
108
Swim
kau
109
Topic / Theme
kaupapa
110
To count
kaute
111
Government
kāwanatanga
112
To carry / Convey / Take
kawe
113
Already / Instead
Kē
114
Goast
kēhua
115
Cake
keke
116
Game
kēmu
117
To say
To be full
kī
118
To look for
kimi
119
Bad
kino
120
Rat
kiore
121
Sand
kirikiri
onepū
122
To see
kite
123
Gift
koha
124
Nest / Nursery
kōhanga
125
Stone
kōhatu
126
Collect / Gather
kohi
kohikohi
127
To boil
Cooking pot
kōhua
128
Sharp
koi
129
Agreed / It is / So
koia
130
That is (near listener)
koina
131
This is (by speaker)
koinei
132
Bone
wheua
kōiwi (human bone)
133
To discuss
kōrerorero
134
To enter / Go in / Come in
kuhu
135
To pull / To drag
kume
136
Net
kūpenga
137
Many
maha
138
Warm
mahana
139
Thought / Memory
mahara
140
Remember
maumahara
141
Map / Plan
mahere
142
To be left behind
mahue
143
To fall / To come off / To get down from / To be dropped
makere
144
Wet
mākū
145
Hurt / Sore
mamae
146
Stream
Branch
manga
147
Garden
māra
148
Stormy rain
Marangai
149
To spill
maringi
150
Hard / Stiff / Solid
mārō
151
Scared / Afraid
mataku
152
Cold
mātou
makariri
153
To know / Understand
Education / Knowledge
mātau
mātauranga
154
Sick / Ill / Dead
mate
155
Hungry
matekai
hiakai
156
Finger / Toe
matimati
157
To take / Bring
To be caught
To wear clothes
mau
158
Left (direction)
mauī
159
To remember
maumahara
160
Thing
To say
mea
161
If
mehemea
mēnā
ki te
162
Honey
mīere
163
Amazing
To wonder at
mīharo
164
Meat
mīti
165
To sleep
To marry
moe
166
Dream
moemoeā
167
To know
mōhio
168
Pet
mōkai
169
Lonely
mokemoke
170
Type / Kind
momo
171
Special
motuhake
172
Front / Before
mua
173
Behind / After
muri
174
Be ended / Finished
mutu
175
Rascal / Clever / Cunning
nanakia
176
Presently / In due course / After a while
nāwai
177
To move
neke
nuku
178
Forest / Bush
ngahere
179
Heart - Seat of affections / feelings
Ngākau
180
Reptile / Monster
ngārara
181
To be lost / missing
ngaro
182
Wave
ngaru
183
Together
ngātahi
184
To bite
To chew
ngau
ngaungau
185
Easy
Soft
Kind personality
ngāwari
186
Lips
ngutu
187
Worm
noke
188
Big / Great / Many
Big (plural form)
nui
nunui
189
Soil / Earth / Dirt
oneone
190
Group travelling together
ope
191
To be the same as
ōrite
192
Vegetation / Weeds
otaota
193
To be completed
oti
194
But, on the other hand
otirā
engari
195
To touch / To affect / To strike (as by a stone)
pā
196
To explode / Bomb
pahū
