Kupu you should know Flashcards
āe
yes
ahi
fire
ahiahi
early evening, afternoon
āhua
shape, form, appearance
aihikirīmi
ice cream
ako
to learn, to teach
ākonga
student, learner
akoranga
thing that is taught or learnt
ākuanei
soon, presently
anō
Various meanings, eg again; also, too; self(reflexive) as in: ki a ia āno
āpōpō
tomorrow
āporo
apple
ariki
chief, leader
aroha
love, sympathy, compassion
ata
morning, shadow
ātaahua
beautiful, well formed
atua
god
auē
alas! an expression of woe, sadness
awa
river
āwangawanga
worried
awhi
to hug, embrace
āwhina
to help
eke
to climb up on
eke
to embark, get onto
ētahi
some; plural of tētahi
haere
go, come
haka
haka
hākari
feast
hākinakina
sport; to play sport
hanga
to build, erect, make
hāngi
traditional earth oven
hāora
hour
hapū
subtribe
hapū
pregnant
harakeke
flax
haramai (haere mai)
come
hararei
holiday
harikoa
happy
hau
wind, air, breath
haunga
smelly, stinky
hauora
health, heathy
haurua
half
hāwhe
half
he
a, some
hē
wrong; error, mistake
hea
where?
heihei
chicken
heke
to descend, go down
heke
rafter
hekenga
descent
hēki
egg
hēoi
and so, therefore
hiahia
to want
hiko
electricity
hīkoi
to walk
hīkoi
to step, tread
hine
Term of address for a girl: E hine!
hipi
sheep
hoa
friend
hoariri
enemy
hōhā
annoyed, a nuisance
hōiho
horse
hoki
also, too
hoki
to go back, return
hoko
to buy, sell
hokohoko
to shop, trade
hōmai
to give
hono
to join together
horoi
to wash, to clean
hou
new
hū
shoe
hua
product
hui
meeting
huia
a treasured bird, now extinct
huka
ice, frost
huka
sugar
huri
to turn
hurihuri
to turn round and round, over and over
i nāianei
now
ihu
nose
ika
fish
ina
if, when
ingoa
name
ihu
to drink
iti
small, little
iwa
nine
iwi
tribe
kaha
strong, able
kahurangi
food
kai
food
kaiako
teacher
kaikōrero
speaker, orator
kaimahi
worker
kaimoana
seafood
kāinga
home
kaipūtaiao
scientist
kaitākaro
player, sportsperson
kaitiaki
caretaker, caregiver
kaituhi
writer, author
kaiwhakahaere
manger, organiser
kākahu
clothing, garment
kākano
seed
kākāriki
green
kanikani
dance, to dance
kanohi
face
kāo
no!
kāore
Negative used for verb sentances - not
kapa
group, row of people, as in: kapa haka
kāpene
captain
kapu
cup
kapua
cloud
kara
colour
karaka
clock
karaka
orange (from the colour of ripe karaka berries
karakia
prayer, to pray
karanga
to call
kāreti
college
kāreti
carrot
kāri
card
kāri
playing card
karu
eye
kata
to laugh
kātahi
then
katakata
to laugh and laugh, laughter
kāti
stop! As in: Kāti te tangi - stop crying
katoa
all
kau
cow
kauhoe
to swim
kaukau
swim
kaupapa
topic, theme
kāwana
government, governor
kāwanatanga
government
kē
already, instead
keke
cake
kēmu
game
kete
basket, kit
kī
to say
kī
to be full
kino
bad
kiore
rat
kiri
skin
kiromita
kilometre
kite
to see
kitea
observation, seeing
kiwi
kiwi
koa
koa
koa
koa
koha
koha
kōhanga
nest
kōhatu
stone
kore
zero, nothing
kōrero
to talk, speak
kōrerorero
to discuss
kōrerotia
passice of kōrero
kotahi
one
kōwhai
yellow
kōwhai
the tree
kūmara
kūmara
kupu
word
kura
school
kurī
dog
mā
white
mā
clean
maha
many
mahana
warm
mahi
to do, work, make
mahia
passive of mahi
māhunga
head
makariri
cold
makawe
hair of the head (human), used in plural: ngā ______
māmā
easy
mana
prestige, authority
manaaki
to look after, to show hospitality towards
mano
thousand
manu
bird
manuhiri
guest
marae
maere
marama
month, moon
marangai
rain, storm
mataku
scared, afraid
matau
fish hook
mārama
understand
mātauranga
education, knowledge
mate
to be sick, ill, dead
maunga
mountain
mauri
life spirit
mea
thing
mehemea
if (presuming nto; ki te, if, expressing simple uncertainty
mēnā
if
meneti
minute
mīharo
to wonder at; amazing
mihi
to greet
miriona
million
mita
metre
moana
seafood
moe
to sleep
moe
to marry
moenga
bed
mōhio
to know
moko
tattoo
momo
type, kind
moni
money
motokā
car, motorcar
motu
island
nāianei
now
nama
number
ngā
plural of te
ngātahi
together
Ngāti
tribal name prefix, as in: Ngāti Porou, Ngāti Kahungunu
ngenge
tired
ngerue
cat
ngutu
lip, lips
niho
tooth
noho
to sit, to stay, to live
nui
big, great, many
nuinga
majority
oho
to wake up
oma
to run, escape
ono
six
ora
alive, well, healthy, safe
ōrite
to be the same as
oti
to be completed
pā
a fortified settlement
pā
to touch, to affect
paepae
speakers’ bench on the marae
pahi
bus
pai
good
pakaru
broken, shattered
pakipaki
to applaud, to clab; applause
paku
small
pakupaku
very small
panana
banana
pāngarau
mathematics
pango
black
pānui
to read
papa
floor, ground, flat surface
parauri
brown
paru
dirt, mud, dirty
paruparu
dirt, mud
pata
butter
pātai
question; to ask a question
patu
to strike, beat, thrash
pāua
pāua
pea
maybe, prehaps
pea
pear
pea
bear
pēhea
how?
peita
paint
peke
to jump, to leap overe
pēke
bag
pene
pen
pepa
paper
pīrangi
to want, desire
piupiu
flax skirt worn, eg in kapa haka
pō
night
poaka
pig
poi
poi, small, soft ball on string
porohita
circle, round (variant of porowhita)
porowhita
circle, round (variant of porohita)
pōtae
hat
poto
short
pou
pole, post
pouaka
box
pounamu
greenstone
pōuri
sad, dark
pukapuka
book
puku
stomach, belly
pūngāwerewere
spider
pūrākau
traditional story
purei
to play/play
pūrerehua
butterfly
pūtaiao
science
putiputi
flower
rā
sun
rā
day
rākau
tree; timber
rānei
or
rangatahi
youth
rangatira
chief, leader, boss
rangi
sky, day
raru
trouble; to be in difficulty, in trouble
raruraru
trouble; to be in difficulty, in trouble
rau
hundred
rau
leaf
reo
language
rere
to fly
rerekē
different, changed
rererangi
airplane
rima
five
ringa
hand, arm
ringaringa
hand, arm
riri
anger, angry
rite
like (to resemble, compare with)
rongo
to hear, perceive
rongoā
medicine
rongonui
famous
rōpū
group
rorohiko
computer
rua
two
rūma
room
tahi
one, single
taihoa
wait
tākaro
to play
tākuta
doctor
tangi
to cry
tangi
to mourn, lament
tangi
to make a sound, sound
taniwha
monster, guardian of bodies of water
tāone
town
taonga
prized possession, treasure
taonga
property, possession
tapu
sacred, holy, under ritual restriction
taraka
truck
taringa
ear
tau
year, period of time
tau
age, as in: e iwa aku tau
tauira
student
tauira
example
tautoko
to support
te
singular thing
tekau
ten
tēpu
table
tētahi
a, one specific thing
tika
to be right, correct, straight, in order
tikanga
custom habit, agreed way of doing things
tikanga
reason, meaning
tīma
team
tīmata
to begin, to start
tīmatanga
beginning
tinana
body, trunk, torso
tinana
very small
tipu
to grow, develop
tipu
a plant, shoot
tiriti
tready
tiriti
street
titiro
to look at
toa
shop
toa
brave
toa
to win, come first; winner
tohorā
whale
tohu
a sign, mark
tohu
to indicate, point out
tohu
a qualification, eg degree
tohunga
expert, priest
tohutohu
to instruct; to guide, direct; instructions, directions
toi
origin, source; native, indigenous
toi
art, knowledge
tokomaha
many (of people)
tokorua
two (of people)
tokotoru
three (of people)
toroa
albatross
toru
three
tote
salt
toto
blood
tuarua
second
tuatahi
first
tuatoru
third
tuawhā
fourth
tuhi
to write, to draw
tuhinga
writing, text
tuhituhito
write, draw
tuhituhinga
writing, text
tukutuku
woven wall panels
tukutuku
spider web
tūmanako
to hope for, anticipate, expect
tumeke
to take fright, surprise
tuna
eel
tūpato
to be careful; caution, cautious
tūru
chair, seat, stool
ua
to rain; rain
uaua
difficult
upoko
head
wā
time
waea
telephone
waea
wire
waewae
foot
waha
mouth
wai
water
waiata
to sing, song
waiho
to leave something somewhere
waiho
to remain, rest
wairua
spirit
waka
canoe
waka
car
waka
vehicle (land, air, sea)
wānanga
place of learning, as in: whare wānanga
waru
eight
wawata
to long for, yearn for
wera
to burn; burnt; hot, heat
wero
to pierce
wero
to challenge; formal challenge at a welcome ceremony
whā
four
whakaae
to agree
whakaaro
to think; thought
whakahaere
to run something, manage, make something go
whakahoki
to return, to reply
whakamahi
to operate, to make something work
whakamahi
to put someone to work, to make someone work
whakamārama
to explain
whakamua
frontward, towards the front
whakamuri
towards the back
whakamutunga
ending, conclusion
whakanui
to honour, to praise
whakanui
to enlarge
whakapai
to improve, to fix up
whakapapa
genealogy
whakararo
downwards
whakarongo
to listen
whakarunga
upwards
whakatika
to straighten, to correct, to fix
whānau
family
whānau
to be born/be born
whanaunga
relative, relation
whanga
bay
whare
house, building
wharekura
Māori-medium secondary school
whatu
eye
karu
eye
kamo
eye
whenua
land
whero
red
whetū
star
whitu
seven
whutupōro
football, rugby
wiki
week