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Te Reo Māori - Tōku Reo S1 > Vocabulary 1.001-1.005 > Flashcards

Vocabulary 1.001-1.005 Flashcards

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Te
(determiner)

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  1. (determiner) the (singular) - used when referring to a particular individual or thing.
  • Anei te ongaonga. / Here is the stinging nettle.
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Reo
(noun)

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  1. (noun) voice, sound.
  • Ko ētahi reo i ririki, ko ētahi i rarahi, ko ētahi i tanguru. / Some voices were soft, others were loud and some were deep.
  1. (noun) language, dialect, tongue, speech.
  2. (noun) speech, utterance, statement, remark.
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Māori
(verb, modifier, and noun)

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  1. (verb) to be Māori, apply in a Māori way.
  • Ahakoa i tīkina atu te kupu i te reo Pākehā, ko tana whakatakoto mai e Māori ana. / Despite the word coming from English, its use is applied in a Māori way.
  1. (modifier) Māori.
  • Kai tēnei reanga te oranga o te reo Māori me ngā tamariki e whakaakona ana e rātau ki te reo. / The health of the Māori language is with this generation and the children being taught the language by them.
  1. (noun) Māori, indigenous New Zealander, indigenous person of Aotearoa/New Zealand - a new use of the word resulting from Pākehā contact in order to distinguish between people of Māori descent and the colonisers.
  • I akona te reo Māori e ia nō te mea he ngākaunui ia ki te Māori. / He learnt the Māori language because he was kindly disposed towards Māori people.
  1. (modifier) normal, usual, natural, common, ordinary.
  • “He tino momo rānei te hōiho naka?” “Kāhore, he hōiho māori noa iho nei anō. / “Is that horse a thoroughbred?” “No, it is just an ordinary horse.”
  1. (modifier) native, indigenous, fresh (of water), belonging to Aotearoa/New Zealand, freely, without restraint, without ceremony, clear, intelligible.
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Kai
(noun)

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  1. (noun) food, meal.
  • He nui te kai: te parāoa, te huka, te tī, te pīkara, te tōhi, te pīwhi, te poaka, me te tini o ngā kai. / There was plenty of food: bread, sugar, tea, pickles, toast, beef, pork, and much more.

Synonyms: renga, kamenga

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Kaumātua
(verb, modifier, and noun)

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  1. (verb) (-tia) to grow old, grow up.
  2. (modifier) elderly, old, aged.
  • Ka puta mai he tangata kaumātua he hina te māhunga. / An elderly man with grey hair appeared.
  1. (noun) adult, elder, elderly man, elderly woman, old man - a person of status within the whānau.
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Whare
(noun)

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  1. (noun) house, building, residence, dwelling, shed, hut, habitation.
    - Tōku whare. / My house.
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Rā
(noun)

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  1. (noun) sun.
  2. (noun) day.
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Pō
(verb and noun)

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  1. (verb) (-ngia) to set (of the sun).
  2. (noun) darkness, night.
  3. (noun) place of departed spirits, underworld - the abode of the dead.

Synonyms: Rēinga, Te

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Tōku
(determiner)

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  1. (determiner) my (referring to one item) - a possessive often followed by a noun but can stand without one.
  • Ko Aroa tōku ingoa. / My name’s Aroa.
  1. (determiner) mine.
  2. (determiner) I have. I own.
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Koe
(pronoun)

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  1. (pronoun) you (one person)
  • Ko koe tēnā? / Is that you?
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Kōrua
(pronoun)

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  1. (pronoun) you two.
  • Waimarie rawa atu kōrua. / You two are lucky.

Northern dialect: Kourua = kōrua

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Koutou
(pronoun)

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  1. (pronoun) you (three or more people).
  • Ka tukua koutou kia haere ki Whītī. / You will be ordered to go to Fiji.
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Ka pai

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  1. good.
  • Ka pai rā tēnei mahi. / This work is good.
  1. it serves (you) right - sometimes used idiomatically to indicate the speakers lack of sympathy.
  • Pare: Kua tangohia te raihana a Tahuti.
    Rangi: Ka pai. Koinā anō e mātotoru nā te waewae.
    / Pare: Tahuti has had his licence taken away.
    Rangi: It serves him right. That’s because of his heavy foot.
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Hoa
(noun)

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  1. (noun) friend, companion, mate, partner, spouse, ally.
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Māmā
(noun)

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  1. (loan) (noun) mother, mum.
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Tāne

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  1. (noun) husband, male, man.
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Kōtiro

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  1. (verb) to be a girl.
  2. (noun) girl, daughter.
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Tamaiti

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  1. (noun) child, boy - used only in the singular.
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Pāpā
(noun)

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  1. (noun) father, uncle, dad.
  • Hai pāpā ia ki a ia a Te Whaaki (HP 1991:8). / Te Whaaki is an uncle to him.
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Pēpi
(noun)

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  1. (loan) (noun) baby, infant.
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Kuia

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  1. (noun) elderly woman, grandmother, female elder.
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Mokopuna

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  1. (verb) to be a grandchild.
  2. (noun) grandchildren, grandchild - child or grandchild of a son, daughter, nephew, niece, etc.
  3. (noun) descendant.
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Whānau

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  1. (verb) (-a) to be born, give birth.
  2. (noun) extended family, family group, a familiar term of address to a number of people - the primary economic unit of traditional Māori society. In the modern context the term is sometimes used to include friends who may not have any kinship ties to other members.
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Tārere

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  1. (verb) to swing (with the legs off the ground).
  2. (noun) swing, pendulum.

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