Ngā kupu 2 M-Pa Flashcards
- indeed, for sure
mārika
bring, take
mau
remember
maumahara
white, clean
mā (2)
many
maha
warm
mahana
map, plan
mahere
- to do, work, make
- make something/someone work
- mahi (3)
- whakamahi
my head
tōku māhunga
cold
makariri
my hair
ōku makawe
For me/you/him or her
māku/māu/māna
mother, easy
māmā (2)
look after
manaaki
my heart
tōku manawa
stream, branch
manga (2)
thousand
mano
guest, visitor (2)
manuhiri, manuwhiri
garden; vege garden
māra; māra kai
- clear, understand
- explain
- mārama
- whakamārama
indeed, certainly
mārika
hard (texture/personality)
mārō
dry
maroke
watch, observe (2)
mātaki, mātakitaki
window
matapihi
right, right-hand (2)
matau, katau
- to know (2)
- knowledge; education (2)
- test, examine
- mātau, mōhio
- mātauranga, mōhiotanga
- whakamātau
be sick, ill, dead
mate
my finger, toe
tōku matimati
we two, we three+ (excl listener)
māua, mātou
my parent, father (s, pl)
tōku matua ōku mātua
- take, bring, wear (clothes)
- put on
- mau
- whakamau
left, left-hand
mauī
life spirit
mauri
to say (said), do (done)
mea (-tia)
million
miriona
venison, beef, pork, lamb
miti tia/kau/poāka/reme
for, about
mō
sleep, marry; bed
moe; moenga
dream
moemoeā
pet
mōkai
lonely
mokemoke
my child, grandchild,
tōku moko, mokopuna
lizard, skink, reptile
moko, mokomoko
type, kind
momo
cut, cut off, island
motu
special
motuhake
- front, in front of, before
- towards the front
- mua
- whakamua
- behind, after
- towards the back
- muri
- whakamuri
- finished, ended; end
- conclude
- conclusion
- mutu, mutunga
- whakamutu
- whakamutunga
by, by way of, belonging to
nā,
eh?
ne
move, move gradually (2)
neke, nekeneke
forest (2)
ngahere, wao
monster
ngārara
be lost
ngaro
snail, be satisfied
ngata
together
ngātahi
bite, chew (2)
ngau, ngaungau
easy, soft, kind
ngāwari
tired
ngenge
lips
ngutu
my tooth
toku niho
from, of, belonging to
nō
sit, stay, live
noho
worm
noke
- big, many, great (s/pl); majority
- praise
- nui/nunui, nuinga
- whakanui
to move
nuku
wake up; be startled
oho; ohorere
run, escape
oma
beach, sand; earth, soil
one; oneone
- alive, well, healthy, safe; health, life
- cure
- ora; oranga
- whakaora
weeds, vegetation, herbs
otaota
touch, affect
pā
- range of hills, circumference
- horizontal
- pae
- whakapae
- good; benefit, skill
- improve
- pai; painga
- whakapai
- strong, mature, ripe
- strengthen
- pakari
- whakapakari
broken, broken down
pakaru
adult, grown-up; stiff, hard
pakeke
bucket, packet
pākete
slap, pat; clap applaud, applause
paki; pakipaki
wall
pakitara
story
pakiwaitara
small, very small
paku; pakupaku
throw; puzzle, riddle
panga
maths
pāngarau
read, publish, notice
pānui
ball
paoro
floor, ground, flat surface
papa
breakfast
parakuihi
bread, floor
parāoa
brown
parauri
dirt, dirty, mud (2)
paru, paruparu
question, ask a quetion
pātai
grass
patiti
beat, kill
patu
bush, shrub, club
mere
wonder, wonderful
mīharo
machine
mīhini
bedroom; living room
moemanga, nohomanga
yoghurt
mirika tepe
wet
mākū
turn on/off
meinga ake/iho
ripe; unripe (2)
maoa; mata
my first born
tāku mātāmua
raw; salad (2)
mata; huamata
open
aro; matata
(work) station
mahinga
we two/three+ (excl listener)
māua/mātou
come (here)
nau (mai)
(that’s right) eh?
ne?
simply, merely
noa (iho)
same as
ōrite
complete
oti
on the other hand
otira