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kaiako, pouako, kaiwhakaako, māhita
teacher, master (n.)
pene
pen (n.)
pene rākau: pencil; pene akitu: ballpoint; pene whītau: felt pen
pepa
paper (n.)
pepamārō: cardboard
tauira
example, student (n.)
kura(-ina)
school (n.), to educate sb (vt.)
wharekura: highschool; kura auraki: mainstream school;
kuratini: polytechnic
ui(-a)
to enquire, ask sth (vt.)
uiuinga: interview, interrogation; kaiuiui: interviewer
whakaharatau(-hia), parakitihi(-tia)
to practise sth (vt.)
mutu
finished, done (s.)
mutunga: end, conclusion; whakamutu(-a): to finish, bring sth to an end; whakamutunga: last, final
tīmata
to begin, start (vi.)
tīmatanga: beginning
haina(-tia)
to sign sth (vt.)
kaitito
composer, writer (n.)
pakiwaitara
story, tale (n.)
kōrero paki: fiction, tall tale
pānui(-hia)
to read sth (vt.), notice, news, announcement (n.)
pū
letter (n.)
arapū: alphabet
puka, pukapuka
notepad, book (n.)
pūrākau
legend, tale (n.)
rerenga
sentence (n.)
tito(-ngia)
to compose, make sth up, tell tall tales (vt.)
tuhi(-a), tuhituhi(-a)
to write sth (vt.)
tuhinga: writing; kaituhi: scribe, write; tuhinga roa: essay; tuhinga whakapae: thesis
whārangi
page (n.)
wānanga(-hia)
to discuss sth in depth (vt.)
kōwhiri(-a)
to select, elect, pick sth (vt.)
kōwhiringa: selection
rārangi(-hia, -tia)
line, row (n.), to list, arrange in a line, rank (vt.)
whakarārangi(-hia): to line up, stand in rows
tīpako(-hia)
to select sth (vt.)
tīpakonga: selection
whiriwhiri(-hia)
to select, choose, pick sth (vt.)
āhua(-tia)
to shape, form sth (vt.), shape, form, character (n.)
mahere
map (n.)
mahi toi
arts (n.)
toi whakaari: performing arts; toi whakairo: art of carving; toi piripiri: collage; toi rau: mixed media art
tā(-ngia)
to draw (picture), outline, print (book) (vt.)
tā moko: tattoo; kaitā: tatooist, printer; tārua(-tia): to copy, reprint sth
tāmoko(-ngia)
to sign (eg. contract) (vt.)
waituhi(-a), peita(-hia)
to paint sth (vt.)
whakaahua, pikitia
image, picture (n.)
pere
bell (n.)
oti
complete (s.)
otinga: completion; whakaoti(-a): to complete sth
tōmuri
late, latter (s.)
wawe
early, premature (s.)