Mātāmua Ko Te Kupu

Question 1

waiaro

Answer 1

(noun) attitude

Kua rerekē haere ngā waiaro ki te hunga hauā i roto i ngā tau

Over the years attitudes towards disabled people have gradually changed.

Question 2

mātāmua

Answer 2

(modifier) first, elder

Question 3

pūkiore

Answer 3

(noun) decorative panels of a superior house, house with decorative panels

Question 4

kao

Answer 4

(stative) be assembled, collected together

Question 5

puipuiaki

Answer 5

(noun) treasure

puipuiaki: (modifier) rare, precious, valued, prized

He kākano puipuiaki
A precious seed.

Question 6

anō hoki

Answer 6

(particle) also, too - does not begin a phrase and follows a base

Question 7

whakarārangi

Answer 7

(noun) list, inventory, roll, listing, catalogue

Heoi anō me pēnei noa ake te whakarārangi haere o ngā wāhi i tae ai au me ngā kōrero i rongo ai au

However, this is the way I should list the places I went to and the information I received.

Question 8

matainaina

Answer 8

(verb)(-hia,-tia) to desire, wish for, want, crave, need

matainaina: (noun) desire, wish, want, need, aspiration

Taku matainaina atu ki te mea a te tangata rā

My desire is for the property of that man.

Question 9

tatao

Answer 9

(verb) to be deep

Question 10

whakatakē

Answer 10

(noun) negative criticism, disparagement, denigration, disapproval

Anei tonu e hoe nei ahakoa pariparitia mai e ngā tai o whakatakē, o whakaparanga, o mihi, o whakamiha, koianei katoa hoki ngā āhuatanga ka pā ki te whakahaere Māori ahakoa he aha te kaupapa i whakatūria ai

Here we are still paddling despite being inundated by the tides of negative criticism, insincerity, acknowledgement and appreciation, but those are all aspects that affect Māori endeavours whatever they are.

Question 11

hōrapa

Answer 11

(verb) to be disseminated, circulated, dispersed, spread, promulgated, extended

Question 12

paraurehe

Answer 12

(stative) be in vain, fruitless, not worth the bother, trivial

Question 13

nekuneku

Answer 13

(verb) to decline, set (of the sun)

Nekuneku rawa ake te rā, kua ngehe, kua tāhōhō te nuinga o ngā ākonga

When the sun was finally setting the majority of the learners were tired.

Question 14

kōpiri

Answer 14

(verb) to be contracted, shrivelled up, crouched up from the cold, limited, restricted, crowded together, squashed.

Question 15

whakarere

Answer 15

(verb)(whakarērea) to leave behind, forsake, desert, bequeath, reject, cast away, abandon, quit (computer)

Question 16

waia

Answer 16

(verb) to be accustomed to, familiar with, used to, practised

Question 17

haratau

Answer 17

(verb) to practise, rehearse, refine

Question 18

raweke

Answer 18

(verb)(-hia,-tia) to meddle with, interfere with, tamper with, have on

Question 19

takahuri

Answer 19

(verb)(-a,-hia,-ngia,-tia) to convert, change, switch

Question 20

tūmau

Answer 20

(noun) cook, servant, chef

Ka whakaritea e te tohunga he tūmau hei tahu he umu te ingoa he ‘pure’
The tohunga arranged for a cook to light an oven, which was called a ‘pure’.

Question 21

kori

Answer 21

(verb) to move into action

(noun) movement

Ko te kanikani te neke me te kori a te tinana, me te ū anō ki te manawataki o te puoro (i te nuinga o te wā)

Dance is the movement of the body usually in time with music

Question 22

Tiamana

Answer 22

(loan)(location) Germany

Question 23

Pōrana

Answer 23

(loan)(location) Poland - a country in central Europe with a coastline on the Baltic Sea

Question 24

memeha

Answer 24

(verb) to dissolve, wane, dissipate

Question 25

memeha

Kei memeha ka ngaro

Answer 25

(verb) to dissolve, wane, dissipate

Lest it fade away and disappear

Question 26

tūkino

Answer 26

(verb)(-hia,-tia) to ill-treat with violence, rape, torture, destroy, abuse, maltreat, violate, mistreat

Question 27

puri

Answer 27

(verb)(-tia) to hold, retain possession of, keep, hold on to, grip, restrain, keep in the memory

Question 28

papatu

Answer 28

(verb) to beat one another, clash, fight one another

Nā te matareka o Shelford ki te whakangaro noa i a ia te take nui i papatu tonu ia ki ngā mana hōia

Shelford’s penchant for absence without leave was the main reason he clashed with military authorities.

Question 29

Nō paku tata atu

Answer 29

From a little closer

Question 30

ko tenei e whai ake nei he mea waiata i te wa i tu ai te poroporaki

Answer 30

the following was sung during the sermon

Question 31

hau maiangi

Answer 31

(noun) light wind

Question 32

whitawhita

Answer 32

(verb) to be eager, urgent, quick, brisk, zealous, full of life, energetic

Question 33

tūao

Answer 33

(verb) to work for a time, work as a volunteer, volunteer

Question 34

pirihonga

Answer 34

(verb) to be attached, keep close to, faithful, loyal, committed

Question 35

nō nā noa nei

Answer 35

just recently, just now

Question 36

engari mō tēnā

Answer 36

not a chance! theres no way ll do that! not likely! I dont think so! no way! - an idom used to emphatically disagree with a statement.

engari mō tēnā: thats not right, no way was it done like that - an idiom to criticise some action

Question 37

whiu

Answer 37

: (noun) penalty, sentence, punishment

Question 38

whakaaroha

Answer 38

(verb)(-ina) to be heart-rending, moving, sad, pitiful, poignant

Question 39

aua atu (rā)

Answer 39

nonetheless, no matter, nevertheless, never mind, it doesnt matter, who cares, dont worry - an idiom used to indicate that there is nothing to be concerned about.