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