People/Ngā Tāngata Flashcards
1
Q
Children
A
Ngā tamariki
2
Q
Older woman
A
Rūruhi or kuia
3
Q
Child
A
Tamaiti
4
Q
Parents
A
Mātua
5
Q
Father
A
Matua
Can also mean uncle
6
Q
Young woman
A
Kōtiro
7
Q
Baby
A
Pēpi or pēpē
8
Q
Mother
A
Whaea
9
Q
Older man
A
Koroheke
Koroua
10
Q
Rūruhi
A
Older woman
11
Q
Woman/women
A
Wahine/wāhine
12
Q
E tama
A
Term of address for a boy or male younger than speaker
13
Q
Man
A
Tāne
14
Q
Kai-
A
Prefix added to verbs which express some kind of action to form nouns denoting a human agent (i.e. the person doing the action), e.g. kaikōrero (speaker), kaitiaki (guardian, trustee), kaimahi (worker), kaihoko (seller), kaituhi (writer) and kaitito haka (haka composer). This prefix cannot be used with verbs the meaning of which indicates a state, not an activity, e.g. moe and tū. In other words, only transitive verbs can take the prefix kai-
15
Q
Niece/nephew
A
Irāmutu
