Week One Flashcards
Aotearoa
New Zealand
aroha
To love, feel pity, concern for, compassion, empathise
mana
Noun - prestige, authority, control, power, influence
Verb - To be legal, binding, effectual, authoritative, valid
haka
verb -to dance, perform
noun -performance of haka
koha
Noun - gift, present, donation, contribution
karanga
Verb - To call,call out, shout, summon
Noun - formal call, ceremonial call, welcome call
marae
Verb - to be generous, hospitable
Noun - courtyard, open area in front of a wharenui
moko
Noun - grandchild
Noun - Māori tattooing designs on the face or body done under traditional protocols
Noun - logo, trademark
Noun -lizard, skink, gecko
Pākehā
Noun - foreigner, New Zealander of European descent
pōwhiri
Verb - to welcome, invite, beckon, wave
Noun - invitation, rituals of encounter, welcome ceremony on a marae
tangi
Verb (-hia) to cry, mourn, weep,
Verb (-hia) to sing, make a sound
Verb (-hia) to ring, chime
Noun - sound, intonation, mourning, grief, pitch
taonga
Noun - property, goods, possessions, object
Noun - treasure, anything prized
waiata
Verb (-hia-tia) to sing
Noun - song, chant, psalm
waka
Noun - canoe, vehicle, conveyance, spirit medium
Noun - water trough
Noun - allied kinship groups descended from the crew of a canoe which migrated to NZ and occupying a set territory.
Noun - crew of a canoe
Noun - flock, flight of birds
whānau
Verb (-a) to be born, give birth
Noun - extended family, family group
whenua
Noun - land, country, nation, state
Noun - ground
Noun - territory, domain
Noun - placenta
maunga
Noun - mountain, mount, peak
ngaki
Verb (-a,-na) to clear (weeds), weed, cultivate, plan
Verb (-a,-na) to avenge, take revenge, take vengence
ngaro
Verb (-mia) to be hidden, out of sight, covered, disappeared, absent
Verb (-mia) to destroy
Stative - be missing, lost, consumed, gone, extinct
ngata
Verb - to be satisfied, appeased
Noun - satisfaction, gratification
Noun - snail, slug, leech
ngākau
Noun - seat of affections, heart, mind soul
Noun - something used to indicated to a friendly tribe that their assistance was required in a warlike expedition
mātanga
Modifier - sophisticated, experienced, skilled
Noun - experienced person, expert, specialist, consultant, professional, practitioner
ngārara
Noun - insect, creepy-crawly, reptile
Noun - bug, bacterium, bacteria, germ
Noun - monster
tīrangi
Verb - to be unsettled
kānga
Loan - corn, maize, sweetcorn
whakarongo
Verb (-hia, -na) to listen, hear, obey
Verb (-hia, -na) to taste, smell, feel
Modifier - listening
Noun - listening, hearing, obeying
whare
Noun - house, building, residence, dwelling, shed, hut, habitation
whai
Verb (whāia) - to follow, chase, pursue, look for, search for, court, woo, aim at
Verb - to perform karakia
Noun - pursuit
Noun - curative spell
whatitiri
Noun - thunder
whana
Verb (-ia) to spring back, kick (backwards), impel
Verb - to revolt, rebel, mutiny, rise up, riot
Verb - to rush, charge
Noun - jerking, recoiling, springing back
whāriki
Verb (-hia, -tia) to cover with a mat, spread out on the ground
Noun - floor covering, ground cover, floor mat, carpet, mat
whā
Numeral - 4, four
whāwhā
Verb (-ria, - tia) to take in the hand, feel (with the hand), lay hold of, handle,
Verb (-tia), to use, handle, manipulate, operate, work
Noun - handling, hands on
whāea
Noun - mother, aunt, aunty
whakahē
Verb (-ngia, -tia) to disagree, contradict, find fault with, condemn, object to, criticise
Verb (-ngia, -tia) to cause to go astray
Modifier - disapproving, negative, critical
Noun - dissent, opposition, disagreement, dissension
pene
Pen
pukapuka
Book
rākau
Tree
ika
Fish
waka
Canoe
Tā whaakahua
Camera
whare
House
ngeru
Cat
hū
Shoe
manu
bird
pūngāwerewere
spider
rau
leaf
waka rererangi
plane
wharekai
kitchen
whare rongoā
Chemist
tāne
Man
Male
wahine
Woman
Female
kōtiro
Girl
tama
Boy
koroua
Old man
kuia
Old woman
pēpi
Baby
kaiako
Teacher
kaitākaro
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