MAORI DICTIONARY  from Ratana Blue Book.

Aaka (ark)

Ata (morning)

Ae (yes / agree)

Aewa (dizzy / feel unwell)

Aha (what / anything / what sort)

Ahatia (what can be done / so what)

Ahakoa (although / in spite of / except / none the less)

Ahei (is able / is possible / bird snare / clavicle)

Ahua (shape / nature / aspect / species)

Ahuatanga: (hold / retain / detain)

Akoranga (learning / lessons / studies / school subjects)

Aku / Oku = (mine / belonging to me / my)

Anake (alone / only)

Anga (confront / skeleton / driving force)

Ara (pathway / trail / system)

Arataki (guideline / guide path)

Aronga (in the direction of / meaning of)

Atawhai (Kindness / gentleness / mercy / look after / tenderness)

Au (me / I / plural your / yours)

Awangawanga  (qualm / uneasy / misgiving / irresolute)

 

Etahi (some)

 

Hara (sin / excess / foul)

Haukerunga (entering)

Heoi (however / that’s that)

Hihiko      (brisk / keen)

Hoki (also / because / indeed / like wise)

Hokohoko (Barter / reciprocal / retail / trade)

Hora (spread out / lie like a corpse / expanded / low pitched roof)

Hoi (deaf / ear wax / far off / form / fitting cap)

Hopu (swollen / blistered)

Hunga (people / down / decayed / faded)

Hungutu (

 

Iho (downwards / umbilical cord / essence / kernel)

 

Kake (a) (climb / overcome / beat)

Kakenga (ascent / ascension)

Kaokao (rib / arm pit / lateral / side)

Kararehe (mammal / beast / animal)

Kare (ripple / long for / lash)

Katahi (then)

Kati (enough said / that’s enough / stop it / leave it)

Kaua (do not)

Kau (naked / only / group / set / math’s)

Kaupareatu (avert / deflect / redirect)

Kauparetia (change in a different direction / avert attention elsewhere)

Kapea (taken away / reject / pull out of / omit / separate)

Kaute (account / count / bill / score)

Kawe /a (carry / fetch / bring / clutch)

Kihai (not / in past time)

Kitea (see / find / recognize / witness)

Koa (Happy / jubilant)

Koiana (it is so /just that / isn’t it)

Kohu (Fog / mist)

Kohuru (Murder / treachery)

Kokonga (Corner / recess / nook)

Kokoru (coast to coast)

Kokuhu (intrude / bastard child / fill gap / anonymous donation)

Kore (zip / nil / zero / void / nothing)

Kore atu (Not Possible)

Kuhungia (enter / hide / put on clothes)

 

Maha (satisfied)

Mahara (remember / consider / recall / memory)

Maia (bold / brave / Hero)

Mana (integrity / charisma / prestige / esteem)

Manakohia (hope for / desire / set the heart on)

Maku (for me)

Maku (wet/ damp / moisture)

Mau (bring / caught / lasting / fixed / comprised / overtaken / take hold of / bear)

Mahue (left behind / neglected / separated / derelict) 

Maringi (split / over flow / flux / slop)

Matakitaki (observe / inspect / view)

Mauri (life force / life principle / special force / special character)

Mauria (bring / carry / capture / up take)

Mehemea (if / as if / if so)

Miharo (wonder at / admire / incredible / marvelous)               

Mita (faultless diction / idiomatic speech / meter / rhythm / intonation)

Mona (for him or her / about him or her)

 

Nohinohi (small / petty / wee)

No reira (hence)

 

Okioki (rest /pause

Oku (my / mine)

Onamata (ancient)

Orokotimatanga (very beginning)

Otira (but / however / rather / never the less)

 

Paoho (give alarm / alarmed / on alert.)

Pakiaka (root of tree)

Patukinga (knock gently / repeatedly)

Pera (like that)

Pewhe (how)

Piri (cling / keep close / to hide)

Poko (hole / put out / beaten / defeated)

Puaki (tell / disclose / emerge)

Puhaehae (envious / envy / jealousy)

Puhia (blow / shoot / swell up / bulge)

Pumau (permanent / reliable / definite)

Purapura (seed)

Pupuri (hold / retain / detain)

 

Ranea (plentiful)

Rangona (heard)

Rauhanga (trickery / cunning)

Rawa (possessions / chattels / door latch / bolts)

Rawa E.G. (Pai rawa – the best / very good / excellent) 

Rereke (different / unusual / alter direction / diverge)

Reira (there / then / already mentioned) 

Riro (gone / happened / left / departed)

Rite (alike / same / arranged)

Runga (over / above)

Rungia (

 

Taea (to be done / to be able / arrive / make work / attain / overcome)

Taha (side / beside / wings / by-pass)

Tahaki (on one side / seashore)

Tahuri (turn to / start / capsize / overthrow)

Taia (in awhile)

Takahi /a (trample / abuse / despise)

Takahuri (somersault / revolve / screw / pivot)

Tanga (printing / weaving net / rows of people / tiers)

Tangihanga (mourning / grieving)

Tapiritia (add / join / assist / additional growth)

Tatau (we / us / include the one spoken to)

Tatari (loiter / moratorium)

Tatari (tia) sieve / analyse / review / diagnose)

Taumarumarutia e nga kapua pouri (overshadowed by dark clouds)

Taurima (entertain / hospitality / adopt / care for)

Tenei (this)

Tetahi (a / one / a certain / specific)

Titaritari (scatter / distribute)

Toamia (smother / suppress)

Tohutohu (Instruction / teachings)

Tohungia (reprieve / save / preserve / identify)

Toko (prop up / pole / vaulting pole)

Tokomaha (population / numbers)

Tomairangi (dew / mist)

Totohe (persist / argue / tiff)

Tukua (deliver / give / cast / dismount)

Tukino (cold-hearted / wicked / evil / ill-treat)

Tukituki or Tukia (to pound / batter / knock to pieces / bulldoze / mayhem)

Tutukitanga (achievement / fulfillment)

Tukunga (offering / handing over / permission)

Tukunga iho (outcome / results)

Tupu (genuine / develop / own

Tupu (ria) (develop / increase / social status / very own)

Tupuhi (storm / hurricane / thin)

Turanga (position / identity / station)

Turi (knee / fence post / deaf / stubborn)

Tutukitanga (achievements / fulfillment)

 

Wahanga (load / burden)

Wahi (place / little / area / position)

Waihoki (likewise / also)

Waikura (tia) rust corrosion)

Whai (follow / emulate / possess)

Whaiwahi (opportunity / participate / consultation / involving)

Whaka (instant response / reflex action)

Whakahau (tia) (give command / imperative / shelter / impose)

Whakakahoretanga (deny 3 times)

Whakamana (authorise / empower / enable / give boost)

Whakamatautau (attempt / inspect / evaluation / examine / examination)

Whakanohonga (fix in place / give in marriage / accommodate)

Whakanuia (enlarge / boost / magnify / celebrate / dilate)

Whakapaohotanga (hover over / move over / broadcast)

Whakapakiri (make mature / strengthen / develop / grow up)

Whakapuaki (announce / declare)

Whakapumautia (fix / establish / secure / settled)

Whakaranea (elaborate / beautify)

Whakaaria (reveal / program / exhibit)

Whakarite / a (compare / decide / adjust / weigh)

Whakatu (establish / set in place / appoint)

Whakaatu (Ria) (indicate / make representation / explain / introduce)

Whakatupu (ria) (grow / breed / mature / up bringing)

Whakawakanga (judgement)

Wharua (valley / gully)

 

 

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