Vocab 6 Flashcards
Pūrere (n) 🛵📟⏲️
appliance, mechanical device, machine
Motuhake
(-tia) to separate, set aside, position independently, be stand-alone
Takahi 👣👣😼
(-a) to trample, tramp, stamp, tread, abuse, disregard
(-a) to disobey, defy, contravene, breach, violate, ravish (a woman)
Mātāpono
Principle, maxim
Matū 🐷🍰🔍⚗️
fat, gist (of a matter), richness, sense, point, spirit, quintessence
material, matter (science), substance, chemical
Pae tukutuku 📱💻🖱️
Website
Moemiti 🙇👏
(-hia,-tia) to praise, commend, extol, acclaim
praise, admiration, acclaim, commendation
Whakakuene 🙏
(-tia) to beg, urge, plead, implore, press, be demanding
begging, urging, pleading, imploring, demanding
Whanatu ➡️➡️✨
to go, go away, go ahead, become
Whaipānga 🏴🥧
to have a share, have a place, have an interest, possess a claim, possess a right
Romi 🤛🍋
-a,-tia) to squeeze, press, seize, grasp, gently rub
(-a,-tia) to carry out infanticide
(-a) to strangle, throttle, garrotte
(-a) to plunder, rob
(-a) to engulf, overwhelm, swamp, suck into
Nahe 🐅🫏
only, none but, nothing but, alone, without exception, there is nothing, no one else, these people or things and no others - used to show that the phrase it follows names all the entities referred to. In the phrase, it comes after manner, directional and locative particles, if any are present. Shortened form of anahe
Taupatupatu 🎾🏏🎳
(-a,-hia,-tia) to compete, vie with one another, rally (tennis, etc.), debate, argue, call into question, beat one another
Disputed, debated
Argument
Tūturu ⚖️
to be fixed, permanent, real, true, actual, authentic, original
Lawful, legitimate
Āpiti ➕
(p) as well, in addition to
(-a,-hia,-ria,-tia) to add, put together, place side by side, supplement, annex, append
Rimu 🧜🏼♂️🐚🌿
Seaweed
Tawa 🪻
Be purple
Whakatipuranga
Generation
Whakakai 💍👑
(-ria) to use as an ornament
earring, ear ornament, neck ornament
Rahi 🌊🐢
to be large, big, numerous, great, plentiful
importance, important person, important people
Māringanui
fortunately, happily, luckily - normally used at the start of the statement
Nōwhea
never, not on your life, there’s no way, not on your nelly, not a hope in hell - used as an emphatic negative, sometimes with hoki added. Sometimes used to indicate that the speaker does not believe what someone has said. Usually written as one word for this idiomatic meaning, but sometimes as two words, i.e. nō whea. Variation of nōhea
Whakahirahira 🦚🦁💂
to extol, carry out with pomp
great, highly important, magnificent, wonderful, inspiring
grandeur, influence, prominence, greatness, importance, reputation, standing, eminence
Kāpā (kā pā)
it’s not as if, on the other hand - sometimes written as two words, i.e. kā pā.
Kāpā
it’s not as if, on the other hand - sometimes written as two words, i.e. kā pā.
Whatumanawa
Kidney
seat of emotions, heart, mind
Haumaru 🚸
Safe, risk free
Kōriorio 🧑🦳🐘🍇
(-tia) to wither, wrinkle, shrivel up, shrink, fade
fading, shrinking, diminishing
Nā konā
therefore, consequently, as a result, accordingly, on that account, for that reason, hence, thus
Turuki ➕👨👩👧👦
to grow up in addition
to be full, crowded
to come as a supplement, follow
subsidiary, supplement, addition, reinforcement, encore, epilogue - anything supplementary or in support
Meho ❎
(S) be untrue, false
Hume🐕🥋💃
(-a,-ia) to tuck between the legs (the tail of a dog)
(-a) to gather up, tuck up (clothes)
Tuari 🧑💼🍾🍸
(-hia,-tia) to serve (food, etc.), share, distribute, present, dispense, deal out, allocate
steward, barman, butler, barista, waiter
Hae 🔪⚔️😵😨
(-a) to scratch, draw, cut up, lacerate, tear, slit, slash, split
(-a) cause pain, bear ill feeling, cherish envy
envy, dislike, jealousy
cut, slit
Huhū 🐍🥏⏲️
to hiss, whiz, buzz, whirr, swish, hum
Māna (p)
I could be wrong, unless - an idiom indicating that the speaker thinks he/she could be wrong about something that he/she has stated. It sometimes indicates that the speaker expects to be confirmed or corrected by the listener
Huatau (v1) 🤯
To think, realise
thought, idea, comment, opinion, concept
Pātaka 🧃🏠🧄🥫
storehouse raised upon posts, pantry, larder
Pure
(-a,-tia) to ritually remove tapu
rites to lift the tapu at the Ringatū harvest to ensure a plentiful crop, religious purification rites - designed to neutralise tapu, using water and karakia, or to propitiate the atua, using cooked food
Mino 🫴🧑🏫🫳
(-a) to borrow
Borrowed
Tiro
(-hia) to look at, inspect, examine, observe, survey, view
Ngohe (n) 🀄📖🏃
activity, exercise
Utukore
free (financial), gratis, cost-free
Unpaid amateur
Tikiake
To download
Ngawhā 🌼🌺🪷🎇
To burst open, split
To bloom, as a flower
Pua🌻🌺🌷
to bloom, produce flowers
foam, flower, blossom, seed
Taunaki 🫂🏋️🚠🧑🏫
(-tia) to support, recommend, reinforce
support, backing, encouragement, recommendation
evidence, testimony
Ahurei 🤴
to be chief, prominent, unique
chief, prominent, unique, distinguished, noted, eminent, important, outstanding, distinguished, foremost
Inā rawa!
that’s amazing, how amazing - an idiom expressing amazement at something the speaker has just learnt
Rirerire 🦄🐈⬛💐🪷
very, extremely, incredibly, awfully, exceptionally - used to intensify words indicating beauty
Ngerongero 👾👾👾👾👾👾👾
very many, countless, abundant, innumerable, multifarious, myriad, umpteen - follows and intensifies tini
Piropiro 🏖️🌈😊🌭
absolutely - follows āio as an intensifier
mood, feeling, disposition - usually in the plural
intestines, bowels, guts, entrails
Rukiruki 😭☹️⛈️🌨️
very, extremely, incredibly, awfully, exceptionally - an intensive used only after taumaha, taimaha and toimaha
Toimaha 🪨
to be heavy, very ill, serious (illness), ailing, severe, harsh, onerous
weight, heaviness, burden, seriousness (illness)
Kitakita
bright (of colours), tightly, fast, intensely - follows and intensifies colour words, including white
Monimoni
(S) be consumed, devoured, destroyed
Rā anō
right to, as far as, since long ago - used with time expressions and emphasises the extent of the time interval involved
Noa ake
just, merely
long ago, long before, for a long time