Vocabulary 1.001-1.005

Question 1

Te
(determiner)

Answer 1

1. (determiner) the (singular) - used when referring to a particular individual or thing.

• Anei te ongaonga. / Here is the stinging nettle.

Question 2

Reo
(noun)

Answer 2

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.

2. (noun) language, dialect, tongue, speech.
3. (noun) speech, utterance, statement, remark.

Question 3

Māori
(verb, modifier, and noun)

Answer 3

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.

2. (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.

3. (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.”

2. (modifier) native, indigenous, fresh (of water), belonging to Aotearoa/New Zealand, freely, without restraint, without ceremony, clear, intelligible.

Question 4

Kai
(noun)

Answer 4

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

Question 5

Kaumātua
(verb, modifier, and noun)

Answer 5

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.

3. (noun) adult, elder, elderly man, elderly woman, old man - a person of status within the whānau.

Question 6

Whare
(noun)

Answer 6

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

Question 7

Rā
(noun)

Answer 7

1. (noun) sun.
2. (noun) day.

Question 8

Pō
(verb and noun)

Answer 8

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

Question 9

Tōku
(determiner)

Answer 9

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.

2. (determiner) mine.
3. (determiner) I have. I own.

Question 10

Koe
(pronoun)

Answer 10

1. (pronoun) you (one person)

• Ko koe tēnā? / Is that you?

Question 11

Kōrua
(pronoun)

Answer 11

1. (pronoun) you two.

• Waimarie rawa atu kōrua. / You two are lucky.

Northern dialect: Kourua = kōrua

Question 12

Koutou
(pronoun)

Answer 12

1. (pronoun) you (three or more people).

• Ka tukua koutou kia haere ki Whītī. / You will be ordered to go to Fiji.

Question 13

Ka pai

Answer 13

1. good.

• Ka pai rā tēnei mahi. / This work is good.

2. 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.

Question 14

Hoa
(noun)

Answer 14

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

Question 15

Māmā
(noun)

Answer 15

1. (loan) (noun) mother, mum.

Question 16

Tāne

Answer 16

1. (noun) husband, male, man.

Question 17

Kōtiro

Answer 17

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

Question 18

Tamaiti

Answer 18

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

Question 19

Pāpā
(noun)

Answer 19

1. (noun) father, uncle, dad.

• Hai pāpā ia ki a ia a Te Whaaki (HP 1991:8). / Te Whaaki is an uncle to him.

Question 20

Pēpi
(noun)

Answer 20

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

Question 21

Kuia

Answer 21

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

Question 22

Mokopuna

Answer 22

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

Question 23

Whānau

Answer 23

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.

Question 24

Tārere

Answer 24

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