Kupu: Verbs Flashcards
(-tia) to do what? treated in what fashion? to do anything?
aha
E kui, me aha au?/ Gran, what should I do?
I ahatia koe? / What happened to you?
to learn
ako
to complain
amuamu (-hia,-tia)
To be beautiful
ātaahua
to care for.
atawhai (-ngia,-tia)
to help
āwhina
to get on
eke
to go
haere
Ko haere koe i te hui?
To play sport
hākinakina
in line with, opposite
hāngai
to be jealous
harawene
to walk
hikoi
to lose
hinga
to be deep
hōhonu
to return.
hoki (-a)
to buy, sell
hoko (-a,-na)
to wash
horoi
to spread out
hora
to hide
huna
to name
ingoa (-tia)
to be capable
kaha
to call
karanga
to laugh
kata (-ina)
to swim
kauhoe
to dig
keri
to gossip
kōhimuhimu
to bicker
komekome
to mutter or complain continuously
kōmemememe
to cook
kuhu
to swim, bathe
kaukau (-ria)
to work
mahi (-a,-ngia)
for me.
Used in this way when the possessor will have control of the relationship or is dominant, active or superior to what will be possessed.
māku
Homai he rare māku. / Give me some sweets, please.
be afraid
mataku (stative)
to be tasty (food)
makue
to watch
mataki
to watch
mātakitaki
to prefer
mariu
to recuperate
mātūtū
Kua mātūtū a Kāwana Kerei i tana mate tūroro
Governor Grey has recovered from his illness.
to smile
menemene
to sleep
moe
to finish
mutu
To be deliberate, thorough
ngaio.
As a noun, means ‘professional’.
to increase in numbers
ngaringari
to be eager
ngana
to snore
ngongoro
to be large, big, many, plentiful, numerous, great, abundant, ample, superior, of high rank, important.
There are also many tigers in the bush near that village.
nui
He nui hoki ngā taika kei te ngahere tata atu ki taua kāinga
to get a surprise, to startle
ohirere
To read
pānui
rīti
Korero pukapuka
to brush
paraihe
loan) (-tia
to break
pakaru
to run out of
pau
To desire
pirangi
to ascend
piki
rotten, decayed
popo
To fly
rere
to be gone
riro
kua riro te tuna
the eel had gone.
to be long, tall, slow
roa
To swim, swim freestyle
tāhoe
kau tāhoe (sidestroke)
to arrive
tae (-a)
tae mai
to play
tākaro
Kei te tākaro ngā tama
The boys are playing
lay down
takoto
to cry
tangi
to cut
tapahi
-a
to bring, carry
taritari
to be near
tata
Kua tata te waru karaka. / It’s nearly eight o’clock.
encircle
tarawhiti
to wait
tatari
to be old
not used for people in classical Māori
There was one house standing there, but it was old having been vacant for twenty years.
tawhito
Kotahi te whare rākau e tū ana i reira, engari kua tawhito, e rua tekau ngā tau e tū tangata kore ana
to settle on
tau
to be high.
His mana was high
teitei
Kua teitei kē ōna mana
to fetch
tiki (tīkina)
To begin
tīmata
To compose
tito (-a,-hia,-ngia)
to win
toa
to be late
tōmuri
to write
tuhituhi (-a)
to release
tuku
to meet
tūtaki (-na,-tia)
Ka pai te tūtaki ki te moe
to meet
tūtaki
Mischievous, disobedient
tutū
to rain
ua (ina)
to wipe
ūkui
-a
to rub
waku (-a,-hia,-tia)
Waku niho
to yell
ūmere
to be crowded together
All my things had been gathered together in the one place to take to Waitetoko.
whāiti
Kua whāiti katoa aku hanga ki te wāhi kotahi hai hari ki Waitetoko
to photograph
whakaahua (-tia)
To be free
wātea
to reflect
whakaata
-hia,-ngia,-ria,-tia
to rest
whakatā
to make fragrant with scent, put on perfume, flavour
whakakakara (-tia)
to lower
whakaheke (-a)
surfing
whakaheke ngaru
to lay down
whakatakoto
to warm
whakamahana (-tia)
to bunch up
Raupō was attached for the roof of the house.
whakapiripiri (-tia)
Ka whakapiripiritia he raupō mō te tuanui o te whare
to dry
whakamaroke
-hia,-tia
to correct
whakatika
To be born, give birth
whānau
to shine (sun)
whiti
to go
ngawī
to be distant
tawhiti
