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Vocab 3 Flashcards

1
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Karaka

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O’clock

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Hauwhā ki

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Quarter to

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Hauwhā i

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Quarter past

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Haurua i

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Half past

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Hurō 🥳

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Happy, joyful, delight
Yay!

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Tau kē

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Excellent

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Autaia! 👍

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Pretty good

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Tino!

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Absolutely!

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Hararei

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Holiday, vacation

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Kaupapa

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Topic, policy, plan, matter of discussion

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Poiwhana

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Soccer

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Angitu 🍀

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Successful, fortunate, lucky

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Tauwehe 🧮

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To separate, divide, remove (re: math)
Split, divorce

(-a)

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Paki

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Fine (weather), without rain, fair

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Onepū 🏖️🏜️

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Sand, sandy, beach

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Angiangi

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Thin (like cloth), fine (texture)

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17
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Hauā ♿

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Disabled

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18
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Whakamutunga

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End, last, concluding, final

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Paru 🪱🌎

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To be dirty, muddy
Dirt, earth

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Whano 🛣️➡️⏩

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To proceed, go on
To be nearly, almost

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21
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Whanokē

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Peculiar, weird, erratic

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22
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Nōnahea/inahea

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When (past)

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Nō/i te ata nei

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This (past) morning

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Nōnanahi/inanahi

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Yesterday

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Nōnapō

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Last night

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26
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Nō/ I tēnei wiki

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This (past) week

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27
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Nō/ I tērā wiki

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Last week

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Nō/ I tērā marama

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Last month

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29
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Nō/ I tērā tau

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Last year

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30
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Nōnakuanei/inakuanei

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A little while ago

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31
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Aro

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To pay attention, face, notice, consider

(-hia, -ngia, -tia)

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Kōrero

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To tell, speak, address
Speech, narrative, conversation

(-hia, -ngia, -tia)

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33
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Kē

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Actually, already, instead, other than was expected

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34
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Taumaha🚚

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To be heavy, very ill, harsh
Burden

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35
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Hēneti

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Cents

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36
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Meneti

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Minutes

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37
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Tāra 💸

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Dollar

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38
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Ukauka 🤑

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To sustain (-tia)
Cash

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39
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Huarere

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Weather

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40
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Marangai 💨🌏🌩️

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East wind, rainstorm, bad weather

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Uira ⚡

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To flash, glow
Lightning, electricity

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Utu

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To pay; answer (-a, -ngia)
Cost, price
Revenge

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Mārū 👼

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To be gentle, easy
Calm

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44
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Takurua ❄️☃️🎄

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To be winter
Winter

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45
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Minaka 😍

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To desire, want, need

(-hia, -tia)

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Tata

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Nearby, closely, suddenly
A short distance (after locative)
Shortly (after time word)
Nearly (after verb)

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47
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Waenganui pō

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Midnight

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48
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Poupoutanga o te rā

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Midday

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49
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Atatū 🌅

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Dawn

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50
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Mamao

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To be distant, far away

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51
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Moata 🌇

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To be early in the morning

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52
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Taihoa

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Wait! Don’t [X] yet!

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53
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E hia te utu mō…
He aha te utu mō…

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What is the cost of…

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54
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Tīhi

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Cheese

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55
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Whakarae 🥬

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Green, not dry
Uncooked, raw

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56
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Kohitātea

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January
(Hānuere)

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57
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Huitanguru 🗓️

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February
(Pēpuere)

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Poutūterangi 🗓️ ☁️💧🌱

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March
(Māehe)

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Paengawhāwhā 🗓️

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April
(Āperira)

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Haratua 📆🌸

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May
(Mei)

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61
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Pipiri 🗓️

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June
(Hune)

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62
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Hōngongoi 📆

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July
(Hūrae)

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63
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Hereturikōkā

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August
(Ākuhata)

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Mahuru 🗓️

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September
(Hepetema)

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65
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Whiringa-ā-nuku

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October
(Oketopa)

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Whiringa-ā-rangi

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November
(Noema)

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67
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Hakihea 📆

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December
(Tīhema)

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68
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Tuarā 🐫

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To assist, support. (-tia)
Back of the body
Ally, defender

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69
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Upoko

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The head
Headline

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70
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Tohu

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To instruct, advise, direct
to point out, show, indicate, point at
(-a, -ina, -nia, -tia)

Cue, landmark, symbol, direction

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Marino

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To be calm, still (of the sea)
Tranquil, calm weather

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Puhoro 🌫️⛈️

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To be stormy, tempestuous
Bad weather

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73
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Hātai 🌅

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Mild weather, temperate

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74
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Kōmaru 🌥️

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To be cloudy
Solar

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75
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Hauraki

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The north wind

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76
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Hautonga

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South wind

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77
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Hauāuru 🧭

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West wind
Western

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78
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Hauwaho

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East wind

(See also marangai)

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79
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Puaheiri 🌨️

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Snow

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80
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Āwhā ⛈️

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Storm, torrential rain

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81
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Pūkeri 🌪️🌊

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To rush along violently (as flood water), to blow strongly (as wind)

(-a)

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82
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Māmā 👍🏼

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To be light weight, easy, simple

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83
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Hēpara

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Zebra

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84
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Ngunguru 🐯

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To groan, growl, grumble, rumble

(-tia)

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85
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Hanawiti

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Sandwich

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Pōpokorua 🐜

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To be numb (from the cold)
Hollow, sunken
Ants

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87
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Putoko 🪱

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Slug

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88
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Keri

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To dig

(-a)

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89
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Kato 🌿

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To pluck, break off

(-hia)

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90
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Here

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To tie up, bind (-a, -ngia)
Cord
Restrictions

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Kōhuru 🗡️🔫💊

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To act treacherously, assassinate, murder (with no cause)

(-tia)

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Hauhake 🌾🍎

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To harvest
(-a, -hia, -na, -tia)

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Whakaoho

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To startle, awaken, turn on (a computer)
Stimulus

(-a, -ngia, -tia)

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Nei

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here - used after nouns, location words, pronouns and personal names to indicate position or connection with the speaker

used to imply nearness to the present time, or a time or event just referred to

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Hei

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at, in, on, with - sometimes used of future time or place

For the purpose of…

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Whakanui

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To enlarge, magnify
To celebrate, honor

(-a, -tia)

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97
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Whaiāipo

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To be in love with
Lover

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Whakamomori 🪦

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To pine for, grieve for
To desire desperately
To commit a desperate act, suicide

(-tia)

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99
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Waikeri

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Ditch, drain

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Pana 👺⛪🙌👼

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To drive away, banish, expel
(-a, -ia, -ina)

Dismissal

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Tumuaki 👑

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Crown of the head
Leader, president, executive

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102
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Heru

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To comb, to adorn (the hair)
(-a)

Comb

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103
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Makawe

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Hair of the head (usually plural)

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104
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Pokepoke

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To mix with water, knead, mold
(-a, -tia)
Mixture

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Pātai

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To ask, question, challenge
(-a, -hia, -ngia, -ria, -tia)
Question

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Tīhore

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To skin, peel, strip
(-a, -tia)
Bare, clear

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107
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Whakaruruhau 🧑‍🍼

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To protect, shelter (-hia)
Protected, safe
Protector
Authority

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108
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Toenga

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Leftovers, remainder

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109
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Pērā

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To be like that (state or person unconnected with listener or speaker)
To act that way
(-hia, -tia)

In that direction

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110
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Whakarite

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To arrange, organize
(-a, -hia, -ngia)

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111
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Whakapāha 🙇

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To apologize, express regret

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112
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Huritau

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To consider, reflect on
(-a, -tia)
Annual
Birthday

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113
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Tārere 🦥

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To swing (with legs off the ground)
Pendulum

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114
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Mako

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Type of shark

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115
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Rangiwhata 📯😝😎

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To boast, be boastful
Braggart

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116
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Hoariri

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To be an enemy (-tia)
Opponent

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117
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Hāpiapia 🍡

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To be sticky
Gum
Tape

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118
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Whakahaere

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To organize, execute, manage
(-a, -hia, -ngia, -tia)
Operation

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119
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Pūpū 🍂🍃🎅🧦

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To bundle together (-tia)
A bundle

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120
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Kohikohi

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To collect, gather (-a)

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121
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Toe

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To be left over, remaining
(-a)

122
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Toenga

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Leftover, scrap, remainder

123
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Taea

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To be able, accomplished, possible

it has developed a feature distinct from the normal passive construction, in that the action of which someone is said to be capable is preceded by te and no preposition

may occur after me. If taea is modified by a base and/or a particle, which would normally take a passive ending after a verb in the passive, then that base or particle also has a passive ending (usually -tia)

124
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Whakaora

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To save, rescue, cure, heal
(-tia, -hia, -ngia)
Healing, recovery

125
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Kawe

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To carry, convey (-a)
Conveying

126
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Whakataka (1) 🧑‍🍳

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To prepare (eg. food)
(-a, -ia)
Preparatory
Preparation

127
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Whakataka (v2) 🦸🦸🦸

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To muster, assemble
(-a, -ia)
Gathering, assembly

128
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Kūaha

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Door, entrance, gateway

129
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Haukerekere 🤾🥇

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To overwhelm, defeat
(-a, -hia, -tia)

130
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Tīhae 💔

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To rip, tear (-a)
To be torn

131
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Whakatika

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To straighten, stand up
To correct, edit
(-hia, -ia, -ina, -ngia, -tia)
Correction

132
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Pāhau 🧔

A

Beard, mustache

133
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Heu 💇

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To shave

To separate

(-a)

134
Q

Āka 🧽

A

To clean, scrape away
(-ngia, -tia)

135
Q

Parakuihi

A

To have breakfast (-tia)
Breakfast

136
Q

Heoi ano

A

Well, that’s it then.

137
Q

Whakatārewa ⌛🤚⌚

A

To hang, suspend
To postpone, delay
(-tia)

138
Q

Wāhi 💔

A

To break, split, rend
To subdivide
(-a)
A break
Portion

139
Q

Tari (1) 🖥️📞

A

Office, study

140
Q

Kōwhiri 🗳️

A

To select, choose
(-a, -ngia, -tia)
Choice

141
Q

Rango (1) 🪰

A

Blowfly

142
Q

Pātītī 🌾

A

Meadow rice grass

143
Q

Merengi 🍈

A

Melon

144
Q

Uru (v)

A

To enter, go in
To enroll, join
(-a, -hina)

145
Q

Waitohu 🔏

A

To mark, sign, indicate
(-ia, -ina, -ngia)
Signature, logo

146
Q

Tōhi 🥂

A

To toast (-tia)
Toast (food or with drinks)

147
Q

Whakamaroke

A

To dry, dehydrate
(-hia, -tia)

148
Q

Tapa 🧑‍🎤 👯🤹

A

To call, name
To recite, perform
(-a, -ia, -ina, -ngia)

149
Q

Horopuehu 🧹🦼

A

To vacuum (-tia)
Vacuum cleaner

150
Q

Tango ➖

A

To take up, take hold of
To remove, take off
To subtract
(-hia)

151
Q

Kati

A

To close, shut, block (-a)
To be closed
Stoppage

152
Q

Unu 📤

A

To pull out, withdraw
To take off (clothes, etc)
To exclude
To surrender
(-hia)

153
Q

Aro

A

To face, notice, consider
(-hia, -ngia, -tia)

To be understood (s)

154
Q

Aroha

A

To love, feel compassion for
(-ina, -tia)

155
Q

Mea (v) 🗯️

A

To indicate, signify, say, do, intend
(meinga, meingatia, meatingia, -tia)

156
Q

Pakipaki 🙌

A

To clap, tap, applaud
To besiege
(-hia, -a, -tia)
To flap

157
Q

Rapu 🦌

A

To seek, hunt, investigate
(-a, -hia)

158
Q

Tahu 🎂

A

To set on fire, ignite
(-na)

159
Q

Tao🧑‍🍳

A

To cook
(-na, -ngia)

160
Q

Tapahi 🔪

A

To cut, chop, amputate
(-a)

161
Q

Tatari

A

To wait for
(Tāria)

162
Q

Tīni (v) 👛

A

To change, amend
(-tia)

163
Q

Tohutohu

A

To instruct, advise, direct
(-a, -ngia, -tia)

164
Q

Wete 🧣🙅👟🦶

A

To untie, unravel, detach
(-a, -kia, -kina)

165
Q

Whakaako

A

To teach, coach
(-hia, -na, -ngia, -tia)

166
Q

Whakataetae

A

To compete, contend
(-a, -tia)
Competitive

167
Q

Maranga 🌅

A

To rise up, get up, arise

168
Q

Hoihoi 🗯️

A

Noisy, loud
(Inj) Hush! Be quiet!

169
Q

Tīraha 🛌

A

To lie on your back, lie face up
(-tia)

170
Q

Tāpapa

A

To lie face down

171
Q

Karoro🌊 🕊️

A

Gull

172
Q

Me… (2)

A

(p)
must, had better, should - used before verbs to form a weak command. When used in passive sentences, the verb does not take a passive suffix, with the exception of the word taea

must be, a must, has to be, have to be - also used before nouns and adjectives

173
Q

Panoni 🪙

A

To change
(-hia, -tia)

174
Q

Kope

A

Diaper

175
Q

Tīemiemi 🪚

A

To move up and down
Seesaw

176
Q

Taka ☔🎵👟

A

(stat) To fall from a height
To be dropped
In music, flat

177
Q

Pahū 🍾

A

To burst, explode, pop
A bang, boom, pop
A type of gong; a drum

178
Q

Poaka

A

Pig
Pork

179
Q

Wehi 😵

A

To be awesome, afraid, fear
(-ngia)
To be terrible
Dread

180
Q

Puri 🤱📸

A

To hold, hold onto, retain keep in memory
(-tia)
Memorized

181
Q

Manawanui

A

To be steadfast, tolerant, patient, persistent, committed
Perseverance

182
Q

Tūpato

A

To be cautious, careful, vigilant
Caution

183
Q

Hakune 🍵🎹🧩

A

To be deliberate, careful, methodical

184
Q

Mataara 👀

A

To be alert, vigilant, stay awake
To witness, observe

185
Q

Tika

A

To be correct, upright, true, fair
Correctly
Truth, justice

186
Q

Kia (stative v)

A

Be (X)

187
Q

Mahue 🏚️

A

To be put off, left (-tia)
To be laid aside, abandoned, missed

188
Q

Motu

A

To sever, cut, separate (-hia, -kia)
To be cut off, separated, set free

189
Q

Mākona 🥤🍽️🧋

A

To be satisfied, quenched (of appetite)

190
Q

Mau

A

(stat) To be caught, confirmed, held
To be fixed, secure

191
Q

Tū (v2) 🏏🤕

A

To be hit, wounded

192
Q

Pakaru

A

(stat) To be smashed, broken

193
Q

Ea

A

To be satisfied, avenged, fulfilled

194
Q

Mānu 🎈

A

Be floating, launch, afloat

195
Q

Oti

A

(stat) To be finished, complete

196
Q

Riro (v1) 🌑

A

To be gone, departed

197
Q

Wareware

A

To forget (-hia, -ngia, -tia) (as active verb, object always takes ki)

Be forgetful
Forgotten (stative)
Forgetfulness

198
Q

Matapihi

A

Window

199
Q

Tutuki 💀

A

To be finished, complete, achieved

200
Q

Hono 🔗

A

To join, connect (-a)
To marry (-a, -ngia)
Continual
Connection

201
Q

Tūranga

A

Position, situation, stance

202
Q

Whāwhai 🏃‍♂️

A

To rush, hurry, be impatient
Haste

203
Q

Kakara 🌺

A

To be fragrant, aromatic
Fragrance

204
Q

Waha

A

Mouth, gate, entrance (anything mouth like)
Voice

205
Q

Whati 🦴

A

To break (of waves; rigid things)
(-a)
Break, fracture
To flee, escape

206
Q

Kōiwi ☠️🧖

A

Human bone, corpse
Spirit
Descendants

207
Q

Manaakitanga

A

hospitality, kindness, generosity, support - the process of showing respect, generosity and care for others.

208
Q

Hongehongeā 🥱

A

Tired of, impatient, boring

209
Q

Kaingākau 💖

A

To prize greatly, treasure, take pleasure in
(-tia)

210
Q

Rawemākoi 🤞🏼😈

A

Naughty, deceitful

211
Q

Pirimia

A

Prime minister, premier

212
Q

Nāhinara

A

National (party, politics)

213
Q

Reipa

A

Labor (party, politics)

214
Q

Pōti 🗳️

A

To vote, elect
(-hia, -ngia, -ria, -tia)
Electoral
Election, vote

215
Q

Rū 🕺

A

To shake, quiver
To scatter, so
(-hia, -ia)
Earthquake

216
Q

Hē manawa
(Manawa hē)

A

Heart attack

217
Q

Mate huka

A

Diabetes

218
Q

Hiamo 🎉

A

To be thrilled, excited
Impressed

219
Q

Kotahi

A

To be one, single, alone
To be united

220
Q

Kōroiroi 😼

A

Unwilling, disinclined, disobedient

221
Q

Huri

A

To turn round, grind, revolve
To overflow, overwhelm
To convert
(-a, -hia)
Rotation

222
Q

Whāki 🫢 🛐

A

To reveal, disclose, admit (-a, -na)
Confession

223
Q

Whakawhiti

A

To cross over, transfer, cross
(-a, -hia, -ngia)
Exchange, crossing

224
Q

Me [v]…

A

(Subject) should [V]

225
Q

He aha…

A

Why…

226
Q

He aha [Sub] i kore ai [e V]…

A

Why not [V]…

227
Q

Nā te mea…

A

Because….

228
Q

He [v phr] nō [Sub]

A

Because [V] [past possessive]
Past tense only

229
Q

Totohu 🚢

A

To sink

230
Q

Tūtaki 👥

A

To meet, encounter
To close up
(-na, -tia)
Bolt, latch
Dam

231
Q

Tono 📄

A

To request, demand, commission
(-a, -ngia)
Application, invitation

232
Q

Pīoioi

A

To shake, wave, sway
(-hia, -tia)

233
Q

Kia [V] ai…

A

So that…
In order to…

234
Q

Kia kore ai…

A

So as not to…

235
Q

Kai

A

To eat
(-nga, -ngia)
Food

236
Q

Neherā

A

Ancient times

237
Q

Kihi

A

To kiss
(-a, -ngia, -ria, -tia)

238
Q

Nama

A

To owe, borrow, mortgage
Debt
Number

239
Q

Rama 🎣

A

To catch fish by torchlight (-a, -ia)
Torch, lamp, lighting

240
Q

Whakaweto 🧯

A

To extinguish, put out, shut down
(-a, -hia, -ngia)

241
Q

Ngoikore

A

To be weak, listless, feeble

242
Q

Wāwāhi 🍰

A

To break, split, divide
(Wāhia, -a, -ngia, -tia)

243
Q

Pōkai 🌮

A

To roll up, fold, wrap up
(-a, -hia, -ngia)

244
Q

Tueke 🧳

A

Luggage

245
Q

Ruaki 🤮

A

To vomit
(-na, -tia)

246
Q

Tuki 🛬💥

A

To attack, crash into, knock down
(-a)

247
Q

Pūrere (v)

A

To flee, escape, scatter

248
Q

Hāparangi 🗣️

A

To shout, yell, bellow (-tia)
(mouth rather than person does the shouting)

249
Q

Whakapehapeha

A

To boast, brag
Conceited
Boastfulness

250
Q

Ngāueue 🕺🏼🥶

A

To shake, tremble (-a)
Tremor

251
Q

Tapairu 👸

A

chieftainess, first-born female in a high-ranking family

252
Q

Poroka 🐸

A

Frog

253
Q

Perehunga 🦙

A

To be fluffy, have a nap finish, velvety, furry
Fluff, velvet

254
Q

I [Sub] e [V] ana, ka…

A

While (X) was happening, (Y) happened.

255
Q

Ngau 😬

A

To bite, chew, hurt, itch
To afflict
(-a, -ngia)
Bite, pain

256
Q

Whakawhanaunga

A

to have a relationship, get together, get to know one another, get along with, make friends

257
Q

Hōpua💦☕😢

A

To be depressed (as a cup, or trough)
Pool of water, puddle
Porch

258
Q

Nāwai (rā) (ā), ka…

A

Presently, after a time…

259
Q

Tarapeke 🦘

A

To spring, leap (-tia)
Leaping

260
Q

Whakahau (2) 👮‍♂️📢🎥

A

To command, order, direct
(-a, -hia, -ngia, -ria, -tia)
Orders, instructions

261
Q

Haruru 🦁

A

To roar, rumble
Any continuous noise

262
Q

Ruānuku 👴🧑‍🎓

A

Wise man, sage

263
Q

Anake

A

only, none but, nothing but, alone, without exception, there is nothing, no one else, these people and no others, these things and no others - used to show that only certain members of a group and thus ruling out others, or to indicate that only one type of thing is present

264
Q

Mākutu 🪄

A

to inflict physical and psychological harm and even death through spiritual powers, bewitch, cast spells (-ria, -tia)
Magical, supernatural
Witchcraft

265
Q

Karu

A

Eye

266
Q

Papā 🥁🎈

A

To burst, explode, boom (-ngia, -tia)
Percussion

267
Q

Uruhau ☺️

A

To be happy, contented, pleased

268
Q

Kei [V]…

A

V may happen, V might happen; when following a command (sometimes implying a command)

269
Q

Paki (2) 📖

A

To proclaim, publish
Story, joke, anecdote

270
Q

Kī (v1)

A

To say, speak, tell
(-a, -ia, -tia)

271
Q

Taka (2) 🦬

A

To range, roam
To come around (as a date or time)

272
Q

Taha ↔️

A

To pass by
Side, margin, bank (of a body of water)

273
Q

Tō (v) 🚪

A

To drag, haul, open or shut (doors, windows)
(-ia)

274
Q

Uta ⛱️

A

The shore, ashore, inland

275
Q

Nāwai

A

Presently, after a time

276
Q

Waiariki ♨️

A

Hot spring

277
Q

Ao ake te ata

A

The next day

278
Q

I tētahi rā

A

One day

279
Q

Kāore i roa

A

It wasn’t long

280
Q

Mea rawe ake 🕐

A

In the next minute

281
Q

Moemoeā

A

To have a dream or vision

282
Q

Paheke 🫅❤️‍🔥🤕😵

A

To fail, decline

283
Q

Whakataupua ⏱️🤬🧒

A

To take a time out (-tia)

284
Q

Rarahu 🤜😳👏😡

A

To seize, lay hold of, handle roughly
(rahua)

285
Q

Rahua 🌪️🕹️🃏

A

To be foiled, unsuccessful
(Passive form of rarahu)

286
Q

Māngeongeo 🐑

A

To be itchy, irritated
Irritation, itch

287
Q

Ninipa 🤕

A

Awkward, unskilled, clumsy
Bumbler

288
Q

Moeroa

A

To oversleep
Sleepyhead

289
Q

Pepa

A

Pepper

Pepa

290
Q

Tote 🧂

A

To add salt (-a)
Salt

291
Q

Kōtihi ⛰️

A

Summit

292
Q

Te [mod] hoki o [Sub]

A

Wow, [sub] is so [mod]!
(Can also use t-poss. instead of te)

293
Q

Kātahi anō [sub] ka [v phr.]

A

[sub] has just [v phr.]
or [sub] has [v phr.] for the first time.

294
Q

Atamira 🧑‍🎤

A

Stage, platform

295
Q

Mānawa 🚪🍀

A

To welcome (-hia, -tia)

it was lucky, it’s heart-warming - used with or without a passive ending at the beginning of a sentence as an expression of appreciation or surprise (-hia)

296
Q

Manawa

A

Heart (physical, metaphorical)
Patience
Breath

297
Q

Rīhi 📡

A

Dish, plate

298
Q

Heketua 🚽

A

Toilet, lavatory

299
Q

Mā (adj)

A

White, clean
Faded, pale

300
Q

Ūkui ✏️

A

To wipe, rub, scour, erase (-a)

Māori Vocab (9 decks)

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