Te Pu Vocab List

Question 1

Hui

Answer 1

Meeting, gathering

Question 2

Waiata

Answer 2

Song

Question 3

Ako

Answer 3

Learn/teach

Question 4

Tupuna/Tūpuna

Answer 4

Ancestor/ancestors

Question 5

Tāne

Answer 5

Man/men

Question 6

Wahine/Wāhine

Answer 6

Woman/women

Question 7

Marae

Answer 7

Refers to whole marae complex or just the marae ātea space in front of the main wharenui

Question 8

Haere mai

Answer 8

Welcome or _come here_

Question 9

Nau mai

Answer 9

Welcome

Question 10

Tangi/tangihanga

Answer 10

Funeral ceremony in which a body is mourned on a marae

Question 11

Tangi

Answer 11

To cry

Question 12

Karanga

Answer 12

The ceremony of calling to the guests to welcome them onto the marae

Question 13

Manuhiri

Answer 13

Guests visitors

Question 14

Tangata Whenua

Answer 14

People of the land/local people

Question 15

Whaikōrero

Answer 15

The art and practice of speech making

Question 16

Kaikōrero

Answer 16

Speaker

Question 17

Haka

Answer 17

To dance, perform the haka

Question 18

Koha

Answer 18

Gift, present (usually money, can be food or precious items, given by guest to hosts)

Question 19

Wharenui/whare nui

Answer 19

Meeting house

Question 20

Whare whakairo

Answer 20

Carved house

Question 21

Whare paku

Answer 21

Toilet

Question 22

Whare kai

Answer 22

Dining Hall

Question 23

Whare horoi

Answer 23

Ablution block/bathroom

Question 24

Ihi

Answer 24

Essential force, excitement, the x factor (draws you in) | Mental Attribute 1/3

Question 25

Wehi

Answer 25

To be awesome, afraid, fear (forces you back) | Mental Attribute 2/3

Question 26

Wana

Answer 26

To be exciting, thrilling, inspiring (lifts you up), new place of potential | Mental Attribute 3/3

Question 27

Mana (a spiritual force)

Answer 27

Prestige, honour, respect, power without imposing, can increase or decrease or be transferred

Question 28

Manaakitanga

Answer 28

Respect for hosts or kindness to guests, to entertain, to look after

Question 29

Mauri

Answer 29

Life force, binds body and spirit

Question 30

Noa

Answer 30

Free from tapu, has the ability to remove temporary tapu, without restriction, everyday

Question 31

Tapu

Answer 31

Sacred, to be avoided/restricted because sacred or taboo, can be intrinsic or extrinsic

Question 32

Tiaki

Answer 32

To care for, guard

Question 33

Kaitiaki

Answer 33

Guardians

Question 34

Taonga

Answer 34

Treasured possession

Question 35

Tino rangatiratanga

Answer 35

Complete authority, sovereignty

Question 36

Tūrangawaewae

Answer 36

A place to stand, linked to papakainga

Question 37

Whakapapa

Answer 37

Genealogy (to lay foundations, interconnectedness)

Question 38

Whenua

Answer 38

Land, placenta

Question 39

Whānau

Answer 39

Family, connected group (diff to a Pākehā nuclear family)

Question 40

Hapū

Answer 40

Sub tribe, pregnant

Question 41

Iwi

Answer 41

People, tribe, bones

Question 42

Kaumatua/kaumātua

Answer 42

Elder/elders

Question 43

Māori

Answer 43

Collective term for indigenous peoples of Aotearoa

Question 44

māori

Answer 44

Normal, natural, common, indigenous

Question 45

Pākehā

Answer 45

Obscure origin, term for non Māori NZers

Question 46

Rangatira

Answer 46

Chief, person with authority, boss

Question 47

Tama

Answer 47

Son, young man

Question 48

Tamāhine

Answer 48

Daughter

Question 49

Tamaiti

Answer 49

Child

Question 50

Tamariki

Answer 50

Children

Question 51

Teina/taina

Answer 51

Junior, younger sibling of same gender

Question 52

Tuakana

Answer 52

Senior, elder sibling of same gender

Question 53

Tuahine

Answer 53

Sister of a male

Question 54

Tungāne

Answer 54

Brother of a female

Question 55

Whaea/māmā

Answer 55

Mother, term of repect for a woman older than you

Question 56

Matua/pāpā

Answer 56

Father, term of respect for a man older

Question 57

Mātua

Answer 57

Parents

Question 58

Pēpē/pēpi

Answer 58

Baby, mashed food / be a baby, in infancy

Question 59

Koro

Answer 59

Elderly man, term of respect

Question 60

Kui/kuia

Answer 60

Elderly woman, term of respect

Question 61

Waka

Answer 61

Canoe, car, vessel

Question 62

Whāngai

Answer 62

Adopted or fostered child, to feed/nurture

Question 63

Whanaunga

Answer 63

Relatives

Question 64

Whanaungatanga

Answer 64

Relationships and building connections

Question 65

Kai

Answer 65

food

Question 66

Iti

Answer 66

small

Question 67

Nui

Answer 67

Big, great

Question 68

Awa

Answer 68

river

Question 69

Maunga

Answer 69

mountain

Question 70

Moana

Answer 70

Ocean, sea

Question 71

Puke

Answer 71

hill

Question 72

Whanga

Answer 72

harbour

Question 73

Motu

Answer 73

island

Question 74

Roto

Answer 74

Lake, inside

Question 75

ō

Answer 75

belonging to

Question 76

Roa

Answer 76

long

Question 77

Poto

Answer 77

short

Question 78

Tai

Answer 78

coast, tide, sea

Question 79

Wai

Answer 79

water

Question 80

Kia ora

Answer 80

Greeting, acknowledgment,be well, thank you

Question 81

Tēnā kōrua

Answer 81

Greeting two people

Question 82

Tēnā koe

Answer 82

Greeting one person, thank you

Question 83

Tēnā koutou

Answer 83

Greeting three or more people

Question 84

Tēnā koutou katoa

Answer 84

Greetings to all of you

Question 85

Tēnā tātou katoa

Answer 85

Greetings to all of us

Question 86

Mōrena

Answer 86

Good morning

Question 87

Ata mārie

Answer 87

Good morning

Question 88

Pō mārie

Answer 88

Good night

Question 89

Ka kite

Answer 89

Laters

Question 90

Haere rā

Answer 90

Farewell those leaving

Question 91

E noho rā

Answer 91

Farewell those staying

Question 92

Mā te wā

Answer 92

In a future time

Question 93

Noho

Answer 93

Stay, sit, live

Question 94

Ranginui

Answer 94

Sky Father

Question 95

Papatūānuku

Answer 95

Earth Mother

Question 96

Kura

Answer 96

School

Question 97

Mahi

Answer 97

Work

Question 98

Hinengaro

Answer 98

Mind

Question 99

Wairua

Answer 99

Spirit

Question 100

Tinana

Answer 100

Physical/body