CEFR Level

Maori — Beginner Vocabulary

1,667 words

Can understand and use familiar everyday expressions and very basic phrases.

#	Word	Type	Definition
1	ā	Noun, Verb	Equivalent to 'Clavicle': The collarbone; the prominent bone at the top of the chest between the shoulder and the neck c…
2	aha	Verb	to do what, something (interrogative verb).
3	ahatia	Verb	passive of aha.
4	āheahea	Noun	Equivalent to 'rainbow': A multicoloured arch in the sky, produced by prismatic refraction of light within droplets of r…
5	ahi	Noun	fire (oxidation reaction).
6	ahiahi	Noun, Verb	evening (time of day).
7	aho	Noun	fishing line; string.
8	ahoroa	Noun	Equivalent to 'Moonlight': The light reflected from the Moon, which seems to emanate from it.
9	ahotea	Noun	heartbreak, heartache.
10	ahu	Noun, Verb	to face or move in a certain direction.
11	āhua	Noun, Verb	to apprehend in the mind; to come to knowledge or proof; to be obvious or manifest; to look like.
12	āhuahanga	Noun	Equivalent to 'shape': The status or condition of something.
13	āhuahanga taunga	Noun	Equivalent to 'analytic geometry': The subbranch of geometry that investigates geometrical figures via the mathematical…
14	āhuatanga	Noun	situation, circumstances.
15	āhumehume	Noun	petticoat.
16	ahunga	Noun	Equivalent to 'direction': A theoretical line (physically or mentally) followed from a point of origin or towards a dest…
17	ahungia	Verb	passive of ahu.
18	ahurewa	Noun	oracle, shrine, sacred place.
19	ahuria	Verb	passive of ahu.
20	āhuruhuru	Noun
21	ahutia	Verb	passive of ahu.
22	ahuwhenua	Noun	Equivalent to 'agriculture': The art or science of cultivating the ground, including the growing and harvesting of crops…
23	ai	Noun, Verb	to copulate.
24	aihe	Noun	The short-beaked common dolphin, Delphinus delphis.
25	aihi	Noun
26	aihikirīmi	Noun	Equivalent to 'ice cream': A dessert made from frozen sweetened cream or a similar substance, usually flavoured.
27	aikiha	Noun	Equivalent to 'handkerchief': A piece of cloth, usually square and often fine and elegant, carried for wiping the face…
28	āinga	Noun	Equivalent to 'impetus': Anything that impels; a stimulating factor.
29	āio	Noun	Equivalent to 'Halcyon': A kingfisher whose nesting by the sea was said, in classical mythology, to cause the Gods to re…
30	aitanga	Noun	progeny, descendants.
31	aitu	Noun	atua of disaster and death.
32	aitua	Noun	Equivalent to 'disaster': An unexpected natural or man-made catastrophe of substantial extent causing significant physic…
33	aka	Noun	Equivalent to 'Acre': An English unit of land area (symbol: a.
34	akaaka	Noun	fibrous vines or roots.
35	ākau	Noun	coast (of seas), bank (of rivers).
36	akeake	Noun	Chatham Island akeake (Olearia traversiorum).
37	akiaki	Noun	red-billed gull (Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae scopulinus).
38	akiri	Noun, Verb	rejection, disposal, discarding.
39	ako	Verb	Equivalent to 'study': To review materials already learned in order to make sure one does not forget them, usually in pr…
40	ākonga	Noun	Equivalent to 'student': A person who studies or learns about a particular subject.
41	akoranga	Noun	Equivalent to 'lesson': A section of learning or teaching into which a wider learning content is divided.
42	ama	Noun	outrigger (of a canoe).
43	amana	Noun
44	amapaea	Noun	Equivalent to 'Umpire': An unincorporated community in Howard County, Arkansas, United States, named for the umpire of a…
45	amiami	Noun	Equivalent to 'Spice': Acronym of Simulation Program with Integrated Circuit Emphasis, a general-purpose, open-source an…
46	amio	Verb	Equivalent to 'circle': A census-designated place in Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska, United States.
47	amo	Noun, Verb	to carry something on the shoulder (on a litter, etc).
48	amokura	Noun	red-tailed tropicbird.
49	amorangi	Noun	Equivalent to 'emblem': A representative symbol, such as a trademark, a badge or logo.
50	ana	Noun	Equivalent to 'cave': Acronym of citizens against virtually everything; people who oppose the construction of any type o…
51	anahere	Noun	angel, archangel.
52	anaterope	Noun	Equivalent to 'Antelope': Any of several African mammals of the family Bovidae distinguished by hollow horns, which, unl…
53	ānau	Noun, Verb	Equivalent to 'Ramble': A leisurely stroll; a recreational walk in the countryside.
54	ane	Noun, Verb	Equivalent to 'Termite': A white-bodied, wood-consuming insect of the infraorder Isoptera, in the order Blattodea.
55	anea	Noun, Verb	to be devastated, to be destroyed.
56	aneane	Verb	Equivalent to 'sharp': The symbol ♯, placed after the name of a note in the key signature or before a note on the staff…
57	anga	Noun, Verb	structure, framework.
58	angaanga	Noun	Equivalent to 'skull': The main bones of the head considered as a unit; including the cranium, facial bones, and mandibl…
59	angaangamate	Noun	Equivalent to 'back': A large shallow vat; a cistern, tub, or trough, used by brewers, distillers, dyers, picklers, glue…
60	anganui	Verb	to face towards.
61	angengi	Noun	a type of fish.
62	angi	Noun, Verb	to float through the air.
63	āngia	Verb	passive of ā.
64	angiangi	Noun, Verb	to be thin, fine.
65	angina	Noun
66	aniani	Noun, Verb	to disparage, to belittle.
67	ānini	Noun	Equivalent to 'sensation': A physical feeling or perception from something that comes into contact with the body; someth…
68	āniwaniwa	Noun	Equivalent to 'rainbow': A multicoloured arch in the sky, produced by prismatic refraction of light within droplets of r…
69	anu	Noun	Equivalent to 'Sputter': Moist matter thrown out in small detached particles.
70	anuanu	Noun	Equivalent to 'aversion': Opposition or repugnance of mind; fixed dislike often without any conscious reasoning.
71	anuhe	Noun	caterpillar of the convolvulus hawk-moth (Agrius convolvuli).
72	ao	Noun	Equivalent to 'world': The specific world, or any of several specific constituent worlds, that humans live in, among any…
73	aonga	Noun
74	apa	Noun, Verb	to heap; layer; stack.
75	āpaka	Noun	Equivalent to 'alpaca': A sheep-like domesticated animal of the Andes, Vicugna pacos, in the camel family, closely relat…
76	apakura	Noun	Equivalent to 'Dirge': A mournful poem or piece of music composed or performed as a memorial to a deceased person.
77	apārangi	Noun	group of noble people.
78	aparia	Verb	passive of apa.
79	āpiha	Noun	Equivalent to 'Officer': One who has a position of authority in a hierarchical organization, especially in military, pol…
80	aponga	Noun	stack, pile.
81	āpōpō	Noun	Equivalent to 'tomorrow': The day after the present day.
82	āporo	Noun
83	āpuru	Verb	to suppress, shut up, crowd together, overwhelm.
84	āpurua	Verb	passive of āpuru.
85	āpuruhia	Verb	passive of āpuru.
86	āpurutia	Verb	passive of āpuru.
87	ara	Noun, Verb	path (a trail for the use of, or worn by, pedestrians).
88	araheke	Noun
89	ārahi	Verb	to herald (as the appearance of a particular star signals the beginning of a particular month).
90	ārai	Noun, Verb	screen (physical divider).
91	ārai mate	Noun	alternative form of āraimate.
92	āraimate	Noun	Equivalent to 'Immunity': The state of being insusceptible to something; notably:.
93	aramona	Noun	Equivalent to 'Almond': A river in North Lanarkshire council area, West Lothian council area and Edinburgh council area…
94	aranga	Noun, Verb	to arise, to emerge, to appear.
95	arapiki	Noun	Equivalent to 'Stair': A series of steps; a staircase.
96	araroa	Noun	corridor, passage.
97	arata	Noun
98	arawhata	Noun	Equivalent to 'ladder': A frame, usually portable, of wood, metal, or rope, used for ascent and descent, consisting of t…
99	areinga	Noun	black field cricket.
100	arero	Noun	Equivalent to 'Tenon': A projecting member left by cutting away the wood around it, and made to insert into a mortise, a…
101	arewhana	Noun
102	ari	Verb	clear, evident, visible.
103	ariki	Noun	paramount chief of a tribe, the most senior by descent of the rangatira (chiefs) of the tribe.
104	aro	Noun, Verb	to incline towards something, to favour.
105	aroākapa	Noun	foreboding, bad omen.
106	aroaro	Noun	front of a person.
107	aroarorua	Noun	to be indecisive, to vacillate.
108	aroha	Noun	Equivalent to 'love': The ship of characters Logan Echolls and Veronica Mars from the television show Veronica Mars.
109	ārohirohi	Noun, Verb	shimmering heat.
110	aromaunga	Noun	mountain face.
111	aronga	Noun	Equivalent to 'interest': The price paid for obtaining, or price received for providing, money or goods in a credit tran…
112	aronga hōkaka	Noun	Equivalent to 'sexual orientation': The tendencies of a person's sexual attraction, considered as a whole.
113	aronga taera	Noun	Equivalent to 'sexual orientation': The tendencies of a person's sexual attraction, considered as a whole.
114	aronui	Noun	Equivalent to 'scheme': A programming language, one of the two major dialects of Lisp.
115	aru	Noun, Verb	Equivalent to 'trail': The track or indication marking the route followed by something that has passed, such as the foot…
116	aruhe	Noun	fern, root.
117	ata	Noun	Equivalent to 'heck': A hardy breed of domestic cattle, the result of an attempt to breed back the extinct aurochs from…
118	ātaahua	Noun, Verb	to be beautiful, pretty, good-looking, gorgeous, lovely.
119	ataarangi	Noun
120	ataata	Noun	Equivalent to 'shadow': A dark image projected onto a surface where light (or other radiation) is blocked by the shade o…
121	atamira	Noun	stage, platform, dais.
122	atanga	Noun	interface.
123	atarau	Noun	Equivalent to 'Moonlight': The light reflected from the Moon, which seems to emanate from it.
124	atāta	Noun
125	atawhai	Noun, Verb	kindness, generosity.
126	atawhaingia	Verb	passive of atawhai.
127	atawhaitia	Verb	passive of atawhai.
128	ate	Noun	any kind of organ (in compound words).
129	ātea	Noun, Verb	to be clear, to be unobstructed.
130	atekōkiri	Noun	driver (program acting as interface between an application and hardware).
131	atewharowharo	Noun	Equivalent to 'Lung': A biological organ of vertebrates that controls breathing and oxygenates the blood.
132	atiti	Noun, Verb	Equivalent to 'acid': Acronym of atomicity, consistency, isolation, and durability, a set of properties that guarantee d…
133	ato	Noun, Verb	Equivalent to 'rat guard': a device placed on ships mooring ropes, pipes, cables, or posts to block the passage of rats…
134	atua	Noun	god (deity).
135	au	Noun, Verb	wake (of a canoe, etc.).
136	aua	Noun	yellow-eye mullet, (Aldrichetta forsteri).
137	auahi	Noun, Verb	Equivalent to 'smoke': The visible vapor/vapour, gases, and fine particles given off by burning or smoldering material.
138	auau	Noun, Verb	Equivalent to 'Recurrent': That resorts (in his different meanings).
139	auheke	Verb	to surrender, to cave.
140	aukati	Noun, Verb	to bar, restrict, prohibit, block.
141	aumoana	Noun	Equivalent to 'Clay': A mineral substance made up of small crystals of silica and alumina, that is ductile when moist; t…
142	aupatu	Noun
143	auporo	Noun, Verb	to curtail, truncate, cut short.
144	aupuru	Noun	Equivalent to 'Pad': A type of wickerwork basket, especially as used as a measure of fish or other goods.
145	aurere	Verb	Equivalent to 'Moan': A low, mournful cry of pain, sorrow or pleasure.
146	autaia	Noun, Verb	bloke, fellow, guy, chap.
147	aute	Noun	mulberry bark used to make clothes.
148	autō	Noun	Equivalent to 'Magnet': A piece of material that attracts some metals by magnetism.
149	autui	Noun	brooch, cloak pin.
150	awa	Noun	river, creek, stream.
151	awa kōpaka	Noun
152	āwaawa	Noun	Equivalent to 'Groove': A long, narrow channel or depression; e.g., such a slot cut into a hard material to provide a lo…
153	awakeri	Noun	Equivalent to 'Drain': A conduit allowing liquid to flow out of an otherwise contained volume; a plughole (UK).
154	āwangawanga	Noun, Verb	to be distressed, to worry.
155	awarua	Noun	corridor, passageway.
156	awatea	Noun	Equivalent to 'daylight': The natural light that is ambient in daytime, being mostly sunlight (both direct and indirect…
157	awe	Noun	Equivalent to 'influence': The power to affect, control or manipulate something or someone; the ability to change the de…
158	aweke	Verb	to misrepresent, falsify, forge.
159	āwhā	Noun	gale, storm, hurricane, any strong winds.
160	āwhato	Noun	vegetable caterpillar of species Ophiocordyceps robertsii of New Zealand.
161	awhenga	Noun	Equivalent to 'Vassal': The grantee of a fief, a subordinate granted use of a superior's land and its income in exchange…
162	āwhio	Verb	to go in circles or in a roundabout way, to snake.
163	āwhiowhio	Noun	Equivalent to 'Whirlwind': A windstorm of limited extent, such as a tornado, dust devil, or waterspout, characterized by…
164	awhitu	Verb	to feel hurt.
165	ehu	Noun, Verb	Equivalent to 'Exhume': Troisième personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de exhumer.
166	ēkara	Noun	eagle (bird of prey).
167	eke	Noun, Verb	to climb, to ascend, to rise.
168	emepaea	Noun	empire (political unit, having numerous or extensive territories).
169	epa	Noun	Equivalent to 'pelt': The skin of an animal with the hair or wool on; either a raw or undressed hide, or a skin preserve…
170	ewe	Noun	Equivalent to 'Placenta': An organ in most mammals during gestation that supplies food and oxygen to the foetus and pass…
171	hā	Noun, Verb	sound, tone, tenor, timbre, intonation.
172	hae	Noun, Verb	to tear, to scratch, to lacerate.
173	haeana	Noun	Equivalent to 'shoe': A protective covering for the foot, with a bottom part composed of thick leather or plastic sole a…
174	haeana rāti	Noun
175	haeata	Noun	Equivalent to 'beam': Any large piece of timber or iron long in proportion to its thickness, and prepared for use.
176	haeatatanga	Noun	ray of light through a chink in a wall.
177	haere	Verb	Equivalent to 'become': begin to be; turn into.
178	haere atu	Verb	leave, go away, farewell.
179	haere mai	Verb	Equivalent to 'welcome': Whose arrival is a cause of joy; received with gladness; admitted willingly to the house, enter…
180	haere rā	Verb	Equivalent to 'goodbye': An utterance of goodbye, the wishing of farewell to someone.
181	haereere	Verb	Equivalent to 'Amble': A town, harbour, and civil parish with a town council in Northumberland, England (OS grid ref NU2…
182	haeremai	Verb	alternative form of haere mai.
183	haerenga	Noun	Equivalent to 'departure': The act of departing or something that has departed.
184	haeroa	Noun	grave for the spirits of enemies.
185	haha	Verb	Equivalent to 'Appetizing': any food traditionally eaten with a bagel, as an accompaniment, topping or filling; includin…
186	hahae	Verb	Equivalent to 'Macron': A short, straight, horizontal diacritical mark (◌̄) placed over a letter, usually to indicate th…
187	hahaetanga	Noun	first gleam of light.
188	hahana	Verb	glow, gleam, radiate.
189	hahani	Verb	Equivalent to 'disparage': Inequality in marriage; marriage with an inferior.
190	hahu	Verb	Equivalent to 'Dig': An archeological or paleontological investigation, or the site where such an investigation is takin…
191	hahunga	Noun	disinterment, exhumation.
192	hai	Noun	Equivalent to 'Jack': A unisex given name derived from a pet form of the name John.
193	haihana	Noun	Equivalent to 'sergeant': A UK army rank with NATO code OR-6, senior to corporal and junior to warrant officer ranks.
194	haika	Noun, Verb	Equivalent to 'Anchor': A tool used to moor a vessel to the bottom of a sea or river to resist movement.
195	haina	Verb	Equivalent to 'China': Synonym of porcelain, a hard white translucent ceramic made from kaolin, now (chiefly US) sometim…
196	hainangia	Verb	passive of haina.
197	hainatanga	Noun	Equivalent to 'signature': A person's name, written by that person, used as identification or to signify approval of acc…
198	hainatia	Verb	passive of haina.
199	haïra	Noun	Equivalent to 'Scythe': An instrument for mowing grass, grain, etc.
200	haka	Noun	A war dance; a haka.
201	hakahaka	Verb	Equivalent to 'Squat': A position assumed by bending deeply at the knees while resting on one's feet.
202	hakari	Noun	feast, banquet, any huge meal for a special occasion.
203	hākaro	Verb	to hollow out.
204	hake	Verb	to be hunched, crooked, bent.
205	hākēkeke	Noun	sooty shearwater.
206	hākete	Noun
207	hākete whakaora	Noun	Equivalent to 'life jacket': an article of protective clothing that is designed to keep the wearer's head floating above…
208	haki	Noun	mountain holly (Olearia ilicifolia).
209	hakihaki	Noun	Equivalent to 'Scabies': An infestation of parasitic mites, Sarcoptes scabiei, causing intense itching caused by the mit…
210	hakikoko	Noun	shoulderblade.
211	hākinakina	Noun, Verb	to enjoy oneself.
212	hakirara	Verb	Equivalent to 'Needle': A long, thin, sharp implement usually for piercing as in sewing, embroidery, acupuncture, tattoo…
213	hakiri	Verb
214	hakituri	Noun	mythical forest guardians.
215	hako	Noun	Equivalent to 'monkey': A member of the clade Simiiformes other than those in the clade Hominoidea containing apes, gene…
216	hākoakoa	Noun	Equivalent to 'skua': Any of various predatory seabirds of the genus Stercorarius that often chase other seabirds to ste…
217	hākoro	Noun
218	haku	Noun	yellowtail amberjack (Seriola lalandi).
219	hākui	Noun	old woman.
220	hākuku	Noun, Verb	to scrape (especially of Phormium leaves like harakeke prior to weaving).
221	hākure	Noun, Verb	search for lice.
222	hakuturi	Noun
223	hama	Noun, Verb	malleus (hammer ear bone).
224	hāmama	Verb	to gape, to be open wide.
225	hāmana	Noun	Equivalent to 'Salmon': One of several species of fish, typically of the Salmoninae subfamily, brownish above with silve…
226	hāmanu	Noun	Equivalent to 'Ammunition': Articles used in charging firearms and ordnance of all kinds; as powder, balls, shot, shells…
227	hamarara	Noun
228	hāmeme	Verb	to mutter, to grumble.
229	hāmonika	Noun	harmonica (wind instrument).
230	hamu	Verb	Equivalent to 'ham': Initialism of Hold-And-Modify, a display mode of the Commodore Amiga computer, allowing for a large…
231	hamumu	Verb	Equivalent to 'Hum': Initialism of highly unusual method: any of a class of contract bridge bidding systems that require…
232	hamuti	Noun	dung, poop, poo, faeces, feces, doodoo.
233	hana	Noun, Verb	radiance, glow, flame.
234	hanahana	Noun, Verb
235	hanake	Verb
236	hānara	Noun	Equivalent to 'Handlebar': The bar used to steer a bicycle, motorbike, or similar vehicle using the hands.
237	hanatu	Verb	go forwards, go away.
238	hanehane	Noun	Equivalent to 'Decay': Rot; any processes or result of organic matter being gradually decomposed, especially by microbia…
239	hanga	Noun, Verb	to make; to create.
240	hangahanga	Noun, Verb	to work on, to fashion.
241	hangarau	Noun, Verb	Equivalent to 'technology': The combined application of science and art in practical ways in industry, as for example in…
242	hangarua	Noun, Verb	To recycle.
243	hāngī	Noun	hangi (a traditional Māori pit oven, in which suitably wrapped raw food is lain on a base of heated stones; or, food coo…
244	hanumi	Verb	merge; be swallowed up.
245	hapa	Noun	Equivalent to 'Foul': A breach of the rules of a game, especially one involving inappropriate contact with an opposing p…
246	hapanga	Noun	Equivalent to 'default': The condition of failing to meet an obligation.
247	hāparangi	Verb	to shout, scream, bawl.
248	hape	Noun
249	hāpoki	Noun	Equivalent to 'Den': A small cavern or hollow place in the side of a hill, or among rocks; especially, a cave used by a…
250	hapori	Noun	Equivalent to 'community': A group sharing common characteristics, such as the same language, law, religion, or traditio…
251	hapū	Noun	Equivalent to 'clan': A group of people all descended from a common ancestor, in fact or belief, especially when the exa…
252	hapūtanga	Noun	Equivalent to 'Pregnancy': Period that elapses between the implantation in the uterus of the fertilized egg and the time…
253	hara	Noun, Verb	to be in violation of a tapu.
254	harakeke	Noun	New Zealand flax (Phormium tenax).
255	haramai	Noun, Verb
256	hārapa	Verb	lead the way.
257	harapaki	Noun	Equivalent to 'Hillside': A hamlet in Luppitt parish, East Devon district, Devon (OS grid ref ST1705).
258	hārau	Verb	Equivalent to 'Brush': An implement consisting of multiple more or less flexible bristles or other filaments attached to…
259	harawene	Noun	Equivalent to 'envy': Resentful desire of something possessed by another or others (but not limited to material possessi…
260	hārewa	Verb	to take off (of an aircraft).
261	hari	Noun, Verb	happiness, elation, joy.
262	harirū	Verb	Equivalent to 'shake': The act of shaking or being shaken; tremulous or back-and-forth motion.
263	hāro	Verb	to scutch i.e. remove waxy outer layer of harakeke (Phormium tenax) leaves exposing inner fibres (muka) to be woven as f…
264	harore	Noun	Equivalent to 'Mushroom': Any of the fleshy fruiting bodies of fungi typically produced above ground on soil or on their…
265	hāroto	Noun	Equivalent to 'pond': An inland body of standing water, either natural or man-made, that is smaller than a lake.
266	haruru	Noun	Equivalent to 'sound': A long narrow inlet, or a strait between the mainland and an island; also, a strait connecting tw…
267	hāte	Noun	Equivalent to 'shirt': An article of clothing that is worn on the upper part of the body, and often has sleeves, either…
268	hau	Noun, Verb	a present given in return for another gift.
269	hau māota	Noun
270	hauāuru	Noun	west wind.
271	hauhanga	Noun
272	hauhau	Noun	Equivalent to 'Insurgent': One of several people who take up arms against the local state authority; a participant in in…
273	haukaha	Verb	Equivalent to 'Reinforce': Give new force to something; add him vigour or intensity.
274	haukai	Noun	Equivalent to 'feast': A holiday, festival, especially a religious one.
275	haukāinga	Noun	Equivalent to 'home': A dwelling.
276	haukoti	Verb	Equivalent to 'abort': An early termination of a mission, action, or procedure in relation to missiles or spacecraft; th…
277	hauku	Noun	Equivalent to 'Dew': Any moisture from the atmosphere condensed by cool bodies upon their surfaces.
278	haumākū	Verb	Equivalent to 'moist': A follower of the religion of Moism.
279	haumāota	Noun	alternative form of hau māota.
280	haumaru	Noun	Equivalent to 'safe': A box, usually made of metal, in which valuables can be locked for safekeeping.
281	haunga	Noun, Verb	Equivalent to 'Smelly': a Short Magazine Lee Enfield rifle or one of its derivatives.
282	hauora	Noun	Equivalent to 'health': The state of being free from physical or psychological disease, illness, or malfunction; wellnes…
283	haurahi	Noun	Equivalent to 'Dew': Any moisture from the atmosphere condensed by cool bodies upon their surfaces.
284	hauraro	Noun, Verb	Equivalent to 'surrender': An act of surrendering, submission into the possession of another; abandonment, resignation.
285	hautū	Noun, Verb	Equivalent to 'Grit': A collection of hard small materials, such as dirt, ground stone, debris from sandblasting or othe…
286	hauwai	Noun	Equivalent to 'moist': A follower of the religion of Moism.
287	hauware	Noun
288	hāwini	Noun	Equivalent to 'servant': One who is hired to perform regular household or other duties, and receives compensation.
289	hē	Noun, Verb, Article	a, an, some: indefinite article.
290	he aha te taima	Phrase	what time is it?.
291	hea	Verb	Equivalent to 'Hare': Any of several plant-eating mammals of the genus Lepus, similar to a rabbit, but larger and with l…
292	hei	Noun	Equivalent to 'lei': Acronym of Legal Entity Identifier, a unique global identifier for legal entities participating in…
293	heihei	Noun	Equivalent to 'flap': Anything broad and flexible that hangs loose, or that is attached by one side or end and is easily…
294	heke	Noun, Verb	to descend, to fall.
295	hēkena	Noun	Equivalent to 'second': A unit of time historically and commonly defined as a sixtieth of a minute which the Internation…
296	hekengaru	Noun	surfing, the sport of riding ocean waves on boards.
297	hekerangi	Noun, Verb	to parachute.
298	heketua	Noun	Equivalent to 'flush toilet': A toilet that uses water to flush urine and feces through a pipe to another location, typi…
299	hēki	Noun	Equivalent to 'egg': An approximately spherical or ellipsoidal body produced by birds, insects, reptiles, and other anim…
300	hema	Noun	Equivalent to 'sex organ': An organ responsible for sexual reproduction or sexual stimulation.
301	hēmanawatanga	Noun	Equivalent to 'Exasperation': The act of exasperating or the state of being exasperated; irritation; keen or bitter ange…
302	hemo	Verb	Equivalent to 'miss': A form of address, now used chiefly for an unmarried woman; used chiefly of girls before the mid-1…
303	hemokai	Noun, Verb
304	hepara	Noun, Verb	Equivalent to 'Herdsman': A person who tends livestock, especially cows and sheep; especially, the foreman among a group…
305	herehere	Noun, Verb	to tie up (a number of times), bind, tie, shackle, hobble.
306	hereumu	Noun	an outdoor building, shed, etc set for cooking.
307	heru	Noun, Verb	Equivalent to 'flow': Movement in people or things characterized with a continuous motion, involving either a non solid…
308	heu	Noun, Verb	to separate, to pull apart or asunder.
309	heuheu	Noun, Verb	to clear away, to remove.
310	hī ika	Noun, Verb	to fish with a hook and line.
311	hiainu	Noun
312	hihi	Noun	Equivalent to 'Ray': Any of the superorder Batoidea of marine fish with flat bodies, large wing-like fins, and whip-like…
313	hiki	Verb	to carry (in the arms).
314	hiko	Noun, Verb	Equivalent to 'electricity': Originally, a property of amber and certain other nonconducting substances to attract light…
315	hīkoi	Noun, Verb	to step on something.
316	hiku	Noun	Equivalent to 'point': A township in Posey County, Indiana, United States, so-named for being the southernmost and weste…
317	hina	Noun	Equivalent to 'Pale': The part of Ireland directly under the control of the English government in the Late Middle Ages.
318	hinahina	Noun	Melicytus ramiflorus.
319	hinehī	Noun	Someone assigned male at birth who has a female gender identity.
320	hinga	Noun, Verb	to fall, to tumble.
321	hinganga	Noun	fall, defeat, demise.
322	hinu	Noun	Equivalent to 'Gasoline': A flammable liquid consisting of a mixture of refined petroleum hydrocarbons, mainly used as a…
323	hīoi	Noun, Verb	be a glossy green.
324	hipi	Noun
325	hiriwa	Noun
326	hīti	Noun	Equivalent to 'Hittite': An ancient Indo-European language of the Anatolian branch, attested from the 16th century BC un…
327	hītori	Noun	Equivalent to 'history': history (the aggregate of past events).
328	hoa	Noun, Verb	friend, companion, mate, partner, spouse, ally.
329	hoahoa papa	Noun	floor plan.
330	hoari	Noun	Equivalent to 'sword': A long bladed weapon with a grip and typically a pommel and crossguard (together forming a hilt)…
331	hoariri	Noun	Equivalent to 'enemy': Someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to s…
332	hoe	Noun, Verb	Equivalent to 'Oar': A type of lever used to propel a boat, having a flat blade at one end and a handle at the other, an…
333	hōiho	Noun	Equivalent to 'horse': A poker variant consisting of five different poker variants, with the rules changing from one var…
334	hōiho uha	Noun	a mare, a female horse.
335	hoka	Verb	to point or project sharply upwards.
336	hōkaka	Noun, Verb	Equivalent to 'lean': A recreational drug composed of codeine-promethazine cough syrup mixed with usually soda and assoc…
337	hōkakatanga	Noun	sexual orientation, sexuality.
338	hōkete	Noun	Equivalent to 'hogget': A young colt or sheep of either gender from about 9 to 18 months of age (until it cuts 2 teeth).
339	hoki	Noun, Verb	to return.
340	hoko	Verb	to barter, exchange, trade.
341	hongi	Noun, Verb	The Maori greeting of touching noses.
342	hono	Verb	Equivalent to 'about to': Indicates something that will happen very soon; indicates action that is imminent; ready to; w…
343	honu	Noun	Equivalent to 'turtle': Any land or marine reptile of the order Testudines, characterised by a protective shell enclosin…
344	hope	Noun	Equivalent to 'body': The physical structure of a human or animal seen as one single organism.
345	hopi	Noun	Equivalent to 'soap': Acronym of Simple Object Access Protocol, a standard Internet protocol for exchanging structured i…
346	hopu	Noun, Verb	to record (make an audio or video recording of).
347	hore	Noun	Equivalent to 'Scrofula': A form of tuberculosis, most common in women 30-40 years of age, tending to cause enlarged and…
348	horo	Noun, Verb	to flee, to escape.
349	horoi	Noun, Verb	wash, clean.
350	horoia	Verb	passive of horoi.
351	hōtēra	Noun	Equivalent to 'hotel': A large town house or mansion; a grand private residence, especially in France.
352	hū	Noun, Verb	to call (out to), signal, cooey.
353	hua	Noun, Verb	benefit, gain, asset.
354	hua whenua	Noun	vegetable.
355	huahae	Noun	Equivalent to 'Catkin': A type of inflorescence, consisting of an axis with many unisexual apetalous flowers along its s…
356	huahua	Noun, Verb	especially in a rudimentary way by dropping hot stones onto the water container, before the advent of introduced metal c…
357	huaki	Noun, Verb	to dig out, to disinter or exhume.
358	huarere	Noun
359	huatau	Noun, Verb	Equivalent to 'style': A sharp stick used for writing on clay tablets or other surfaces; a stylus; (by extension, obsole…
360	hue	Noun	any container using the shell of this fruit, calabash.
361	hūhi	Noun	Equivalent to 'Swamp': An area of wet (water-saturated), spongy (soft) land, often with trees, generally a rich ecosyste…
362	huhu	Noun	huhu grub, the larval form of Prionoplus reticularis (a longhorn beetle species of the Cerambycidae family which is the…
363	hui	Noun, Verb	to gather, congregate, assemble, meet.
364	huia	Noun	huia (†Heteralocha acutirostris).
365	huka	Noun	snow, foam, froth, any white form of precipitation.
366	huka parauri	Noun	Equivalent to 'brown sugar': Sugar which has been only partially refined and still contains molasses.
367	hukapapa	Noun, Verb	Equivalent to 'Frost': A cover of minute ice crystals on objects that are exposed to the air.
368	hukapuri	Noun	Equivalent to 'Frost': A cover of minute ice crystals on objects that are exposed to the air.
369	huke	Verb	to unearth, to dig up, to excavate.
370	humuhumu	Verb	to be amputated, ripped apart.
371	hune	Noun	pappus of reeds like raupo that disperse its achened seeds.
372	hunga	Noun	Equivalent to 'grind down': To make something hard smaller and smoother by gradually rubbing off tiny bits; to wear down…
373	hunga whakaruru	Noun
374	hūngoingoi	Noun, Verb	to tremble.
375	hura	Verb	to put or raise a hand up.
376	huri	Noun, Verb	to turn round, to revolve.
377	huringa	Noun	conversion, transformation.
378	huripari	Noun	Equivalent to 'hurricane': "full—triple-full—full" – an acrobatic maneuver consisting of three flips and five twists, wi…
379	huru	Noun, Verb	Equivalent to 'feather': A branching, hair-like structure that grows on the bodies of birds, used for flight, swimming…
380	huru moana	Noun	freshwater hydra (Hydra vulgaris).
381	huruhuru	Noun	coarse hair or fur (as opposed to hair on the head, for example: hair on an animal or pubic hair).
382	hūtuki	Verb	Equivalent to 'Bump': The breeding call made by the bittern; a boom.
383	hūware	Noun	Equivalent to 'Saliva': A clear, slightly alkaline liquid secreted into the mouth by the salivary glands and mucous glan…
384	ī	Verb	to ferment, to sour, to spoil.
385	iaia	Noun	blood vessels, veins.
386	ihu	Noun	nose (organ of the face).
387	ihu moana	Noun	alternative form of ihumoana.
388	ihumoana	Noun	Portuguese man-of-war (Physalia physalis).
389	ika	Noun	fish, marine animal, aquatic animal - any creature that swims in fresh or salt water including marine mammals such as wh…
390	īkara	Noun	eagle (bird of prey).
391	ikura	Noun	Equivalent to 'Hemorrhage': A heavy release of blood within or from the body.
392	īnaka	Noun	alternative form of inanga (grass tree).
393	inanga	Noun	The grass tree, a shrub in the genus Dracophyllum.
394	ingoa	Noun	Equivalent to 'name': Any nounal word or phrase which indicates a particular person, place, class, or thing.
395	inohi	Noun	scale, small fragment covering skin of a fish.
396	inoi	Noun, Verb	Equivalent to 'pray': To direct words, thoughts, or one's attention to a deity or any higher being, for the sake of ador…
397	inu	Noun, Verb	Equivalent to 'beverage': A liquid to consume; a drink, such as tea, coffee, liquor, beer, milk, juice, or a soft drink…
398	inu mirumiru	Noun	Coke (Coca-Cola).
399	inumia	Verb	passive of inu.
400	io	Noun	warp, lengthwise weaving threads.
401	iohere punga	Noun	Equivalent to 'Achilles tendon': The strong tendon formed of the united tendons of the large muscles in the calf of the…
402	ioio	Noun, Verb	blood vessels, veins.
403	ipu	Noun	any small receptacle.
404	ipurangi	Noun	source (of a stream).
405	ira	Noun	dot, freckle, speck, mole.
406	iro	Noun	Equivalent to 'lesson': A section of learning or teaching into which a wider learning content is divided.
407	iroiro	Noun	alternative form of iro.
408	iuana	Noun
409	iwi	Noun	extended kinship group, tribe, nation, people, nationality, race (often refers to a large group of people descended from…
410	kā	Noun, Verb	to be alight.
411	ka kite	Phrase	alternative form of ka kite anō.
412	ka kite anō	Phrase	I'll see you again.
413	ka pai	Phrase	serves (you) right.
414	kāeo	Noun	Any of species Hyridella menziesi of bivalve molluscs.
415	kaha	Noun, Verb	strength, power, energy.
416	kahawai	Noun	kahawai (edible ocean fish).
417	kahika	Noun	synonym of kahikatea.
418	kahikatea	Noun	kahikatea (Dacrycarpus dacrydioides).
419	kaho	Noun	horizontal wall batten in a meeting house.
420	kahu	Noun	swamp harrier (Circus approximans), a species of harrier hawk.
421	kahu kautere	Noun	Equivalent to 'life jacket': an article of protective clothing that is designed to keep the wearer's head floating above…
422	kāhui	Noun	Equivalent to 'Bunch': A group of similar things, either growing together, or in a cluster or clump, usually fastened to…
423	kahurangi	Noun	Equivalent to 'blue': The colour of the clear sky or the deep sea; the colour midway between green and violet in the vis…
424	kai	Noun, Verb	to eat (to consume food).
425	kai a te kurī	Noun	a so-and-so, a person that the speaker does not know.
426	kai hamuti	Noun	shit-eater; an insult.
427	kai moana	Noun	alternative form of kaimoana.
428	kaihao	Noun	fisher, fisherman (using a net).
429	kaiheke	Noun	Equivalent to 'Surfer': A person who rides a surfboard.
430	kaikōrero	Noun	speaker (one who speaks).
431	kaikoropeke	Noun	skinflint, miser, niggard.
432	kaimahi	Noun	Equivalent to 'worker': One who works: a person who performs labor for a living; traditionally, especially, manual labor…
433	kaimātakitaki	Noun	spectator, onlooker, audience, observer.
434	kaimoana	Noun	Equivalent to 'Seafood': Food from the sea, including that derived from fish, shellfish, crustaceans, cephalopods, seawe…
435	kainga	Noun, Verb	An unfortified place of residence or village (in contrast to a pā, which is fortified).
436	kaipatu	Noun	beater, striker, attacker.
437	kaipatu kekeno	Noun	Equivalent to 'Sealer': A tool used to seal something.
438	kaipatu tohorā	Noun	Equivalent to 'Whaler': One who hunts whales; a person employed in the whaling industry.
439	kaitangata	Noun	Equivalent to 'Cannibal': An organism which eats others of its own or similar species or kind, especially a human or oth…
440	kaitātari	Noun	Equivalent to 'Analyst': Someone who is an analytical thinker.
441	kaitiaki	Noun	Equivalent to 'Trustee': A person to whom property is legally committed in trust, to be applied either for the benefit o…
442	kaitiakitanga	Noun	guardianship; trusteeship.
443	kaitōrangapū	Noun	Equivalent to 'politician': One engaged in politics, especially an elected or appointed government official.
444	kaiwawao	Noun	Equivalent to 'Umpire': An unincorporated community in Howard County, Arkansas, United States, named for the umpire of a…
445	kaka	Noun	a parrot (especially the kaka).
446	kakakaka	Verb	to stutter, stammer.
447	kākano	Noun	pip, kernel, flesh (of a coconut).
448	kakape	Noun	Equivalent to 'chopstick': An East Asian eating utensil usually used as a pair and held in one hand to grip pieces of fo…
449	kākāpō	Noun	kakapo (Strigops habroptilus).
450	kakara	Noun	Equivalent to 'Smell': A sensation, pleasant or unpleasant, detected by inhaling air (or, the case of water-breathing an…
451	kākāriki	Noun, Verb	a New Zealand parakeet of genus Cyanoramphus.
452	kakau	Noun, Verb	Equivalent to 'swim': Abbreviation of someone who isn't me, used as a way to avoid self-designation or self-incriminatio…
453	kaki roa	Noun
454	kāmera	Noun	Equivalent to 'camera': A device for taking still or moving pictures or photographs.
455	kamo	Noun, Verb	Equivalent to 'Eyelash': One of the hairs which grows along the edge of eyelids.
456	kamu	Noun	Hawai'i birdcatching sedge (Carex uncinata).
457	kanae	Noun	Equivalent to 'mullet': A fish of the family Mullidae (order Syngnathiformes), especially the genus Mullus (red mullets…
458	kānga	Noun, Verb	Equivalent to 'maize': Corn; a type of grain of the species Zea mays.
459	kangakanga	Noun, Verb	to curse, to swear.
460	kangarū	Noun	Equivalent to 'Kangaroo': A member of the Macropodidae family of large marsupials with strong hind legs for hopping, nat…
461	kaniawhea	Noun, Verb	to feel remorseful.
462	kaniawheatanga	Noun
463	kano	Noun	seed, bean, grain, ovule.
464	kano ārai mate	Noun	Equivalent to 'vaccine': A substance given to stimulate a body's production of antibodies and provide immunity against a…
465	kanohi	Noun	Equivalent to 'face': The front part of the head of a human or other animal, featuring the eyes, nose, and mouth, and th…
466	kāoa	Noun	Equivalent to 'coral': Any of many species of marine invertebrates in the class Anthozoa, most of which build hard calci…
467	kaokao	Noun	side, flank (of the body, hills and mountains, canoes, etc.).
468	kapa	Noun	Equivalent to 'Penny': In the United Kingdom and Ireland and many other countries, a unit of currency worth ¹⁄₂₄₀ of a p…
469	kāpata	Noun
470	kape	Noun, Verb	any wooden kitchen tool (spoon, stirrer etc).
471	kapekape	Noun, Verb	to stir-fry.
472	kapi	Verb	to occupy a surface or space.
473	kapiti	Noun, Verb	to join (of one separate thing to another).
474	kapu	Noun, Verb	instep of one's foot.
475	kapua	Noun	Equivalent to 'cloud': A visible mass of water droplets suspended in the air.
476	kapuni	Noun	Equivalent to 'natural gas': A mixture of gaseous hydrocarbons associated with petroleum deposits; mostly methane with s…
477	karae	Noun	seabird of unknown species.
478	karāhe	Noun	Equivalent to 'Calabash': A tree (known as the calabash tree; Crescentia cujete) native to Central and South America, th…
479	karaihe	Noun	Equivalent to 'grass': Any plant of the family Poaceae, characterized by leaves that arise from nodes in the stem and le…
480	karaihe whakanui	Noun	Equivalent to 'Microscope': An optical instrument used for observing small objects.
481	karaka	Noun	karaka (Corynocarpus laevigatus).
482	karakia	Noun, Verb	to recite ritual chants or a prayer, to say grace, to pray.
483	karakiatia	Verb	passive of karakia.
484	karakotaera	Noun	Equivalent to 'Crocodile': Any of the predatory amphibious reptiles of the family Crocodylidae; (loosely) a crocodilian…
485	karani	Noun	currant (small raisin).
486	kārapu	Noun	northeast (compass point).
487	kārearea	Noun	Falco novaeseelandiae, the only falcon endemic to New Zealand.
488	karehākoa	Noun	red-billed gull (Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae scopulinus).
489	kareni	Noun	crane, a bird of the family Gruidae.
490	karetao	Noun	Equivalent to 'robot': A system of serfdom used in Central Europe, under which a tenant's rent was paid in forced labour…
491	kari	Verb	Equivalent to 'Cleave': Flat, smooth surface produced by cleavage, or any similar surface produced by similar techniques…
492	karikari	Noun, Verb	to strip off (of bark etc.).
493	kāriki	Noun	Equivalent to 'Greek': The language spoken by people of Greece, particularly, depending on context, Ancient Greek or Mod…
494	kārikiuri	Noun	dark green.
495	karo	Noun, Verb	to pick out or scoop something out of a hole.
496	kārohirohi	Verb	to shimmer (of light or heat waves).
497	karoro	Noun	black-backed gull (Larus dominicanus).
498	karu	Noun	spongy matter (pulp around the seeds of a bottle gourd, brains, clotted blood etc).
499	katatē	Noun	red-billed gull (Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae scopulinus).
500	kati	Noun, Verb	to block up, to obstruct.
501	kato	Noun	Equivalent to 'flow': Movement in people or things characterized with a continuous motion, involving either a non solid…
502	katoa	Noun	Any of the red variety of Leptospermum scoparium, a shrub or small tree native to New Zealand and southeast Australia.
503	kau	Noun, Verb	tree; wood.
504	kau aihe	Noun	Equivalent to 'butterfly stroke': A swimming stroke in which the body is prone, the arms are moved in simultaneous circl…
505	kauhoe	Verb
506	kaumātua	Noun	Equivalent to 'elder': A leader or senior member of a tribe or community, often of considerable age, respected as an aut…
507	kaupapa	Noun	topic, policy, matter for discussion, plan, purpose, scheme, proposal, agenda, subject, programme, theme, issue, initiat…
508	kaupapa ture	Noun	Equivalent to 'constitution': The act, or process of setting something up, or establishing something; the composition or…
509	kauri	Noun	A conifer of the genus Agathis, family Araucariaceae, found in Australasia and Melanesia.
510	kautona	Noun	Equivalent to 'Wart': A type of deformed growth occurring on the skin caused by the human papillomavirus (HPV).
511	kauwae	Noun	Equivalent to 'beam': Any large piece of timber or iron long in proportion to its thickness, and prepared for use.
512	kawa	Noun, Verb	marae protocol - customs of the marae and wharenui, particularly those related to formal activities such as pōhiri, spee…
513	kāwai	Noun	Equivalent to 'category': A group, often named or numbered, to which items are assigned based on similarity or defined c…
514	kawakawa	Noun	kawakawa (Piper excelsum), a shrub endemic to New Zealand.
515	kāwana	Noun, Verb	Equivalent to 'Governor': The chief executive officer of a first-level administrative division of a country.
516	kāwanatanga	Noun	Equivalent to 'government': The body with the power to make and/or enforce laws to control a country, land area, people…
517	kawau	Noun	Equivalent to 'handle': The part of an object which is (designed to be) held in the hand when used or moved.
518	kawau tikitiki	Noun	spotted shag (Phalacrocorax punctatus).
519	kawe	Noun, Verb	to conduct (heat, energy etc.).
520	kawereo	Noun	Equivalent to 'Receiver': An official whose job is to receive taxes or other monies; a tax collector, a treasurer.
521	kawhe	Noun	calf, a young cow or bull.
522	kawhi	Noun
523	kea	Noun	the kea (Nestor notabilis).
524	keakea	Noun, Verb	Equivalent to 'Quack': A fraudulent healer, especially a bombastic peddler in worthless treatments, a doctor who makes f…
525	keke	Noun, Verb	Equivalent to 'Quack': A fraudulent healer, especially a bombastic peddler in worthless treatments, a doctor who makes f…
526	kekeno	Noun	New Zealand fur seal (Arctocephalus forsteri).
527	kekerengu	Noun	A black beetle (Maoriblatta novaeseelandiae).
528	kererū	Noun	The New Zealand pigeon (species Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae).
529	keri	Verb	to dig (to move hard-packed earth out of the way).
530	keringa	Noun	mine (place where people dig metals).
531	kete	Noun	Equivalent to 'parbuckle': A kind of purchase for hoisting or lowering a cylindrical burden, as a cask.
532	kī	Noun, Verb	to say, speak, express, utter, call, mention, tell, designate.
533	kiekie	Noun	A vine used by the Maori for food and as material for mats, Freycinetia banksii.
534	kihikihitara	Noun	chorus cicada (Amphipsalta zelandica).
535	kihirua	Verb	to change one's mind.
536	kihu	Noun	a thrum or fringe thread.
537	kihukihu	Noun	fringes, thrums, tassels.
538	kiko	Noun	kernel of a seed or nut.
539	kiko hipi	Noun	sheepmeat or mutton; meat obtained from sheep.
540	kiko kau	Noun	beef; meat obtained from cattle.
541	kikohunga	Noun	Equivalent to 'Gangrene': The necrosis and rotting of flesh, usually caused by lack of blood supply.
542	kikokiko	Noun	Equivalent to 'demon': An evil supernatural being.
543	kikorangi	Noun	Equivalent to 'sky blue': Someone connected with Coventry City Football Club, as a fan, player, coach, etc.
544	kina	Noun	Equivalent to 'sea urchin': Any of many marine echinoderms, of the class Echinoidea, commonly found in shallow water, ha…
545	kīnaki	Noun	sauce, condiment, relish.
546	kīngi	Noun, Verb	Equivalent to 'king': An English and Scottish surname transferred from the nickname, originally a nickname for someone w…
547	kīngitanga	Noun	Equivalent to 'kingdom': A realm having a king or queen as its actual or nominal sovereign.
548	kini	Noun, Verb	to pinch, to nip (with fingers, claws etc).
549	kino	Noun, Verb	Equivalent to 'evil': Moral badness; wickedness; malevolence; the forces or behaviors that are the opposite or enemy of…
550	kiokio	Noun	Any of various New Zealand ferns in the genus Blechnum, including:.
551	kiore	Noun	mouse (input device).
552	kipa	Noun, Verb	spur (horse prod attached to heel).
553	kiri	Noun	Equivalent to 'Rind': An iron support fitting used on the upper millstone of a grist mill.
554	kiri taratara	Noun	Equivalent to 'Echinoderm': An animal of the phylum Echinodermata, comprising radially symmetric, spiny-skinned marine a…
555	kirikiri	Noun, Verb	Equivalent to 'Gravel': Small fragments of rock, used for laying on the beds of roads and railways, and as ballast.
556	kirikiti	Noun
557	kirīmi	Noun	Equivalent to 'Beige': A slightly yellowish gray colour, as that of unbleached wool.
558	kiripaka	Noun	Equivalent to 'Quartz': The most abundant mineral on the earth's surface, of chemical composition silicon dioxide, SiO₂.
559	kiritaratara	Noun	alternative form of kiri taratara.
560	kiritona	Noun	Equivalent to 'Pimple': An inflamed (raised and colored) spot on the surface of the skin that is usually painful and fil…
561	kite	Noun, Verb	to recognize, to detect.
562	kitenga	Noun
563	kiwi	Noun	Equivalent to 'Kiwi': A flightless bird of the order Apterygiformes native to New Zealand.
564	kiwikiwi	Noun	Blechnum fluviatile, the star fern or creek fern.
565	kō	Noun, Verb	digging stick (also used as a weapon).
566	koāra	Noun	Equivalent to 'Omen': Something which portends or is perceived to portend either a good or evil event or circumstance in…
567	kōata	Noun	glass (drinking vessel).
568	kōauau	Noun	cross-blown flute made of wood, bone or a species of kelp.
569	koe	Verb	to squeak, scream, squawk or cry.
570	koeko-tapaono	Noun	hexagonal pyramid.
571	koekoe	Verb	to squeak, scream, squawk or cry.
572	kōhanga	Noun	birthplace, cradle, homeland, stronghold, bastion.
573	kohe	Noun	Passiflora tetrandra, a kind of passionfruit endemic to New Zealand.
574	kohekohe	Noun	Dysoxylum spectabile, a medium-sized tree native to New Zealand, related to mahogany.
575	kōhia	Noun	Passiflora tetrandra, a kind of passionfruit endemic to New Zealand.
576	kohu	Noun, Verb	Equivalent to 'fog': A new growth of grass appearing on a field that has been mowed or grazed.
577	kōhua	Noun, Verb	a trough or vessel dug out of a wooden trunk for boiling food using heated stones (pot boilers).
578	kōhue	Noun, Verb	boiler, pot (for boiling food).
579	kōhūhū	Noun	kohuhu (Pittosporum tenuifolium).
580	kohuke	Noun	Equivalent to 'mineral': Any naturally occurring material that has a (more or less) definite chemical composition and ch…
581	koi	Noun	Equivalent to 'sharp': The symbol ♯, placed after the name of a note in the key signature or before a note on the staff…
582	koiora	Noun
583	kōiwi	Noun	Equivalent to 'corpse': A dead body, especially that of a human as opposed to an animal.
584	koko	Noun, Verb	Equivalent to 'Shovel': A hand tool with a handle, used for moving portions of material such as earth, snow, and grain f…
585	kokomo	Noun, Verb	to wear, to put on something.
586	kōkopu	Noun	cockabully (fish of the genus Gobiomorphus).
587	kokoru	Noun	Equivalent to 'bay': Ellipsis of San Francisco Bay Area (metropolitan area in California): a geographic region of Califo…
588	kōkōwai	Noun, Verb	Equivalent to 'ochre': A clay earth pigment containing silica, aluminum and ferric oxide.
589	komiti	Verb	to converge (of waters like rivers).
590	komo	Verb	Equivalent to 'Insert': A key that when pressed switches between the overtype mode and the insert mode of a computer.
591	konatu	Verb	to stir, to mix, to blend.
592	kōnatunatu	Verb	to stir up, to agitate, to disturb.
593	konene	Noun	wanderer, wayfarer, drifter.
594	konga	Noun	Equivalent to 'coal': A black or brownish black rock formed from prehistoric plant remains, composed largely of carbon a…
595	kongakonga	Noun, Verb	Equivalent to 'fragment': A part broken off; a small, detached portion; an imperfect part, either physically or not.
596	kōngutu	Noun	mouth (of a river, etc.).
597	kopa	Noun, Verb	floor space and corner on the left on entering a wharenui – normally the place where the local people of the marae sit o…
598	kōpaki	Noun, Verb	Equivalent to 'Husk': The dry, leafy or stringy exterior of certain vegetables or fruits, which must be removed before e…
599	kōpakipaki	Noun	Equivalent to 'Fold': A pen or enclosure for sheep or other domestic animals.
600	kope	Noun, Verb	to wrap something in leaves etc.
601	kōpere	Noun, Verb	to launch, to sling, to shoot.
602	kōpī	Noun	ginger, Zingiber officinale.
603	kōpū	Noun	Cran's bully (Gobiomorphus basalis).
604	kōrero	Noun, Verb	To speak; to talk.
605	kōripo	Noun, Verb	to swirl, to eddy.
606	koro	Noun, Verb	white rātā (Metrosideros perforata).
607	koromatua	Noun	chief, mayor.
608	koromiko	Noun	koromiko shrub.
609	kororā	Noun	Equivalent to 'little penguin': The smallest species of penguin, Eudyptula minor, found in New Zealand, southern Austral…
610	koru	Noun	Equivalent to 'Loop': A length of thread, line or rope that is doubled over to make an opening.
611	korukoru	Noun	nook, cavity.
612	kotahi	Noun, Verb	Equivalent to 'unit': Oneness, singularity, seen as a component of a whole number; a magnitude of one.
613	kōtare	Noun	The kotare, a kingfisher Halcyon sancta.
614	kōtetetete	Verb	To chatter, prattle.
615	kotiate	Noun	short weapon of wood or bone with a notch on both edges of the flat blade.
616	kotoreke	Noun	marsh crake (Porzana pusilla affinis).
617	kōtuku	Noun	Equivalent to 'great egret': A large, white egret, Ardea alba, found around the world.
618	kōtuku ngutupapa	Noun	royal spoonbill (Platalea regia).
619	kōtuku-ngutupapa	Noun	royal spoonbill (Platalea regia).
620	koura	Noun	koura (freshwater crayfish of the genus Paranephrops, endemic to New Zealand).
621	kōuraura	Noun, Verb	shrimp (decapod crustacean).
622	koutu	Noun, Verb	promontory, point (of land).
623	kōwhai	Noun	Any of several small woody legume trees in the genus Sophora native to New Zealand that have yellow flowers. The nationa…
624	kōwhiri	Noun, Verb	to pick, to choose, to select.
625	kōwhiti	Noun, Verb	to pull out, pull off.
626	kuihi	Noun	Equivalent to 'goose': Any of various grazing waterfowl of the family Anatidae, which have feathers and webbed feet and…
627	kuihipere	Noun	gooseberry (fruit and plant).
628	kuīni	Noun, Verb	Equivalent to 'Quince': The pear-shaped fruit of a small tree of the rose family, Cydonia oblonga.
629	kuku	Noun, Verb	pincers, tweezers, any tool or item that nips or pinches.
630	kūkupa	Noun	Equivalent to 'dove': A pigeon, especially one smaller in size and white-colored; a bird (often arbitrarily called eithe…
631	kūmara	Noun	A sweet potato.
632	kume	Verb	to haul i.e. to move something heavy behind by pulling on a surface.
633	kumekume	Verb	to pull and push repeatedly (of an accordion etc).
634	kūmera	Noun	sweet potato.
635	kumete	Noun	Equivalent to 'Bowl': A roughly hemispherical container used to hold, mix or present food, such as salad, fruit or soup…
636	kumi ihuroa	Noun	Equivalent to 'Crocodile': Any of the predatory amphibious reptiles of the family Crocodylidae; (loosely) a crocodilian…
637	kumikumi	Noun	beard, moustache, whiskers.
638	kumu	Noun, Verb	to hold or carry an object with fingers closing around it.
639	kumukumu	Noun, Verb	to be uncertain.
640	kune	Verb	to swell (of fruit, the body).
641	kupenga	Noun	Equivalent to 'net': The amount remaining after expenses or other kinds of deductions are subtracted.
642	kupu	Noun, Verb	culm (of grass, bamboo).
643	kura	Noun	school, an educational institution providing primary and secondary education.
644	kurī	Noun	Equivalent to 'horse': A poker variant consisting of five different poker variants, with the rules changing from one var…
645	kuriri	Noun	Pacific golden plover.
646	kuru	Noun, Verb	mallet; fragment; hammer-head stone.
647	kutikuti	Noun, Verb	scissors, shears, clippers.
648	kutu	Noun	Equivalent to 'Louse': A small parasitic wingless insect of the order Psocodea.
649	mā	Noun	Equivalent to 'Through': A coffin, sarcophagus or tomb of stone; a large slab of stone laid on a tomb, or in a dry-stone…
650	maha	Noun	abundance, bounty, majority.
651	mahaki	Noun	Equivalent to 'Blight': A diseased condition suffered by a plant; specifically, a complete and rapid chlorosis, browning…
652	mahara	Noun, Verb	to recollect, to remember.
653	māharahara	Noun, Verb	to be preoccupied, to worry.
654	mahi	Noun, Verb	to work, do, perform, make, accomplish, practise, raise (money).
655	mahi kāinga	Noun	homework (preliminary or preparatory work).
656	mahi okaoka	Noun	Equivalent to 'Vaccination': Inoculation with a vaccine, in order to protect from a particular disease or strain of dise…
657	māhina	Noun	Equivalent to 'Twilight': The soft light in the sky seen before the rising and (especially) after the setting of the sun…
658	māhū	Verb	Equivalent to 'Gentle': A maggot used as bait by anglers.
659	mahuru	Verb	settled; calmed; soothed.
660	māhuruhuru	Verb	Equivalent to 'Placid': An unincorporated community in McCulloch County, Texas, USA, originally named for its tranquilit…
661	maihao	Noun	Equivalent to 'finger': A slender jointed extremity of the human hand, (often) exclusive of the thumb.
662	maika	Noun	Equivalent to 'quiet': The absence of sound; quietness.
663	maikuku	Noun	Equivalent to 'Fingernail': The hard, flat translucent covering near the tip of a human finger, useful for scratching an…
664	maina	Noun, Verb	myna (Acridotheres tristis).
665	maita	Noun	Equivalent to 'Bowls': A precision sport where the goal is to roll biased balls (weighted on one side, and called bowls)…
666	maitai	Noun	Equivalent to 'steel': An artificial metal produced from iron, harder and more elastic than elemental iron; used figurat…
667	maka	Noun, Verb	throw, fling, cast, pass (with the hands).
668	makariri	Noun, Verb	Equivalent to 'winter': Traditionally the fourth of the four seasons, typically regarded as spanning either the period b…
669	makawe	Noun	ringlet; a lock of it.
670	makere	Verb	to drop out of an event (such as school).
671	maki	Noun, Verb	to afflict (of an illness).
672	maki nui	Noun
673	makimaki	Noun, Verb	Equivalent to 'monkey': A member of the clade Simiiformes other than those in the clade Hominoidea containing apes, gene…
674	makorā	Noun	red-billed gull (Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae scopulinus).
675	makura	Noun	Any of species Carex secta of sedges endemic to New Zealand.
676	mākutu	Noun	curse (supernatural detriment).
677	mamae	Noun, Verb	Equivalent to 'ache': Continued dull pain, as distinguished from sudden twinges, or spasmodic pain.
678	mamao	Noun	Equivalent to 'distant': Far off (physically, logically or mentally).
679	mana	Noun
680	mana tōrangapū	Noun	political power.
681	manaaki	Noun, Verb	to support, take care of, look out for.
682	manaakitanga	Noun	Showing kindness, generosity, respect to others.
683	manaakitia	Verb	passive of manaaki.
684	manaia	Noun	a manaia (a figure often seen in art, generally depicted as a man with a bird's head).
685	manako	Noun, Verb	to long for, to yearn.
686	manatū	Noun	Equivalent to 'ministry': Government department, at the administrative level normally headed by a minister (or equivalen…
687	manawa	Noun	heart (seat of affections).
688	manga	Noun	faculty (of a university), unit (of a hospital).
689	mangeo	Noun, Verb	itch, irritation, smart.
690	mangō	Noun
691	mangō pare	Noun	hammerhead shark, hammerhead.
692	mangō taniwha	Noun	great white shark.
693	māngoingoi	Verb	to fish with a line from the shore.
694	mano	Noun	multitude, host (of a very large amount).
695	mānu	Noun, Verb	a designated territory for muttonbirding.
696	manu kōrero	Noun
697	manu tukutuku	Noun	Equivalent to 'kite': A measure of weight equivalent to ¹⁄₁₀ deben (about 0.32 ounces or 9.1 grams).
698	manuhiri	Noun	Equivalent to 'guest': A recipient of hospitality, especially someone staying by invitation at the house of another.
699	mānuka	Noun	Leptospermum scoparium, a shrub or small tree native to New Zealand and southeast Australia.
700	manuwhiri	Noun	visitor, guest.
701	māori	Noun	aboriginal inhabitant, indigenous person, native (especially of the Pacific islands).
702	māota	Verb	Equivalent to 'green': The color of grass and leaves; a primary additive color midway between yellow and blue which is e…
703	māpere	Noun, Verb	razor sedge (Gahnia setifolia).
704	marae	Noun	The courtyard of a wharenui or meeting-house and the buildings around it.
705	marama	Noun	Equivalent to 'light': Honorific alternative letter-case form of light, sometimes used when referring to God or another…
706	marama hua	Noun	full moon.
707	maramara	Noun	piece, bit, portion, chip, splinter.
708	maramataka	Noun	the traditional Maori lunar calendar.
709	māramatanga	Noun	Equivalent to 'Enlightenment': A 17th- and 18th-century European intellectual movement emphasizing rationalism.
710	marangai	Noun	Equivalent to 'Rainstorm': A storm characterized by substantial, heavy rainfall.
711	marangai kirikiri	Noun	Equivalent to 'Sandstorm': A strong wind carrying clouds of sand and dust through the air.
712	mārena	Noun, Verb	Equivalent to 'marry': To enter into the conjugal or connubial state; to take a husband or a wife.
713	mārenatanga	Noun	Equivalent to 'wedding': A marriage ceremony; a ritual officially celebrating the beginning of a marriage.
714	marino	Noun, Verb	fine weather, tranquility.
715	marutau	Noun	Equivalent to 'safe': A box, usually made of metal, in which valuables can be locked for safekeeping.
716	mata	Noun	longfin perch, pink maomao.
717	mata ipurangi	Noun	Equivalent to 'Web browser': A computer program used to navigate the World Wide Web, chiefly by viewing web pages and fo…
718	mātaki	Noun, Verb	to inspect, to examine.
719	mātakitaki	Noun, Verb	watch, gaze, inspect, examine, observe.
720	mataku	Verb	to fear (feel fear about (something)).
721	mātanga	Noun	experienced person, expert, professional.
722	matangi	Noun	Equivalent to 'wind': Real or perceived movement of atmospheric air usually caused by convection or differences in air p…
723	matatangitangi	Noun	Equivalent to 'Dirge': A mournful poem or piece of music composed or performed as a memorial to a deceased person.
724	mātātoka	Noun	Equivalent to 'Fossil': A small city, the county seat of Wheeler County, Oregon, United States.
725	mātau	Noun, Verb	knowledge, understanding.
726	mātauranga	Noun	Equivalent to 'knowledge': A course of study which must be completed by prospective London taxi drivers; consists of 320…
727	matawā	Noun	Equivalent to 'Chronometer': A device for measuring time, particularly a precision mechanism for measuring time of day.
728	mate	Noun, Verb	misfortune, calamity, defect.
729	mate huka	Noun	Equivalent to 'Diabetes': Diabetes mellitus; any of a group of metabolic diseases whereby a person (or other animal) has…
730	mate hukapuri	Noun	Equivalent to 'Frostbite': An injury suffered as a result of freezing of some part of the body, typically fingers, toes…
731	mate pāpōuri	Noun	depression.
732	mate pūkahu kakā	Noun	Equivalent to 'Pneumonia': Inflammation of the lungs caused by viruses, bacteria or other infectious microorganisms.
733	mate pukupuku	Noun	Equivalent to 'cancer': A disease in which the cells of a tissue undergo uncontrolled (and often rapid) proliferation.
734	matea ako	Noun	learning needs.
735	mati	Noun	Equivalent to 'digit': A position in a sequence of numerals representing a place value in a positional number system.
736	matikuku	Noun	nail (of the fingers and toes).
737	matimati	Noun	Equivalent to 'Claw': A curved, pointed, horny projection on each digit of the foot of a mammal, reptile, or bird.
738	matira	Noun, Verb	To fish (with a rod).
739	matira auahi	Noun	fire alarm.
740	mato	Noun	deep swamp, deep valley.
741	matomato	Noun, Verb	Equivalent to 'Lush': A person who enjoys talking about themselves.
742	matua	Noun	Equivalent to 'Main': That which is chief or principal; the chief or main portion; the bulk, the greater part, gross.
743	matua kēkē	Noun	pibling, any sibling of a parent - aunt, uncle.
744	matuku	Noun	Equivalent to 'Bittern': The liquor remaining after halite (common salt) has been harvested from saline water (brine).
745	mauka	Noun
746	maunga	Noun
747	mauri	Noun	life force or principle; metaphorical soul; source of life.
748	māwhero	Noun	Equivalent to 'pink': A small hole or puncture made by a sharp, slender instrument such as a rapier, poniard or dagger…
749	mea	Noun	a so-and-so (something, someone, or a place the speaker does not know).
750	mea ngaro	Noun	Equivalent to 'mystery': Something secret or unexplainable; an unknown.
751	mema pāremata	Noun	Member of Parliament.
752	meme	Verb	to mutter, to grumble.
753	merekara	Noun	Equivalent to 'miracle': An event that appears inexplicable by the laws of nature and so is held to be supernatural in o…
754	meremere	Noun	a short weapon typically made out of stone or greenstone.
755	mētara	Noun
756	miha	Noun	young bracken fronds.
757	mihi	Noun, Verb	A speech made to welcome somebody.
758	mīhini turaki	Noun	Equivalent to 'artillery': Large projectile weapons, in modern usage usually large guns, but also rocket artillery.
759	mina	Noun, Verb	desire; wish.
760	miraka	Noun
761	miromiro	Noun	A bird of subspecies Petroica macrocephala toitoi of tom-tits, of the North Island.
762	mirumiru	Noun	alternative form of miromiro (“North Island tomtit”).
763	miti	Noun, Verb	to swash, to touch the surface of a water.
764	mīti hipi	Noun	Equivalent to 'Mutton': The meat of sheep used as food; especially, that of adults.
765	mīti kau	Noun	Equivalent to 'beef': The meat from cattle or other bovines; especially, that from adults.
766	miware	Noun	young snail-whelk (Haustrum haustorium, brown rock shell or dark rock shell).
767	moa	Noun	Equivalent to 'moa': Any of several species of large, extinct, flightless birds of the family Dinornithidae that were na…
768	moana	Noun	Equivalent to 'ocean': One of the large bodies of water separating the continents.
769	moe	Noun, Verb	to sleep, to nap.
770	moehewa	Noun, Verb	to delude oneself.
771	moemoeā	Noun, Verb	Equivalent to 'dream': Acronym of development, relief, and education for alien minors.
772	moenanu	Noun	Equivalent to 'nightmare': A very unpleasant or frightening dream.
773	moenga	Noun
774	moeone	Noun	toheroa (an edible mollusc).
775	moepapa	Noun	Equivalent to 'nightmare': A very unpleasant or frightening dream.
776	moeriki	Noun	Dieffenbach's rail (†Gallirallus dieffenbachii).
777	moho-pererū	Noun	buff-banded rail (Gallirallus philippensis).
778	moī	Verb	Equivalent to 'Neap': The tongue or pole of a cart or other vehicle drawn by two animals.
779	mōiriiri	Verb	to be notorious, infamous.
780	moko	Noun	Equivalent to 'Lizard': Any reptile of the order Squamata that is not a snake or part of Mosasauria — typically characte…
781	mokomoko	Noun
782	mokonui	Noun	Equivalent to 'Dinosaur': Any of the animals belonging to the clade Dinosauria, especially those that existed during the…
783	mokopuna	Noun	Equivalent to 'Descendant': One of the progeny of a specified person, at any distance of time or through any number of g…
784	momo	Noun	a type, a kind, a species, a breed, a variety, a race, a genre.
785	mōmona	Noun	fat, corpulence, obesity.
786	moni	Noun	Equivalent to 'coin': A piece of currency, usually metallic and in the shape of a disc, but sometimes polygonal, or with…
787	more	Noun	Equivalent to 'Taproot': A long, tapering root, exhibited by many plant species (such as carrots and dandelions).
788	morehu	Noun	Followers of the Ratana Church, remnants of tribes, survivors.
789	moto	Noun, Verb	to strike with the fist, to punch, to box.
790	motokā	Noun	Equivalent to 'car': A wheeled vehicle that moves independently, with at least three wheels, powered mechanically, steer…
791	motomoto	Noun	boxing, combat sport involving punching.
792	motopaika	Noun	Equivalent to 'motorcycle': An open-seated motor vehicle with handlebars instead of a steering wheel, and having two (or…
793	motu	Noun, Verb	anything separated or isolated.
794	motumotu	Noun, Verb	divided, broken up, cut.
795	mou	Noun	island, islet, alternative form of motu.
796	moutere	Noun
797	mōwhiti	Noun	eyeglasses, glasses, spectacles.
798	mura	Noun, Verb	to burn (of firewood), to blaze.
799	mutu	Verb	Equivalent to 'Amputee': A person who has had one or more limbs removed.
800	mutunga	Noun	end; finish; conclusion.
801	mutunga wiki	Noun	Equivalent to 'weekend': The break in the working week, usually two days including the traditional holy or sabbath day.
802	nama	Noun, Verb	number, numeral.
803	nama waea	Noun	Equivalent to 'telephone number': The sequence of digits used to identify a particular destination telephone in a networ…
804	namu	Noun	sandfly of the genus Austrosimulium.
805	namunamuā	Noun	Equivalent to 'Flavoring': Something that gives flavor, usually a food ingredient.
806	nānā	Noun, Verb	Equivalent to 'there': It indicates a place #move of those who speak or communicate , of form more imprecise that ther…
807	nanenane	Noun	Equivalent to 'goat': Alternative letter-case form of GOAT (“greatest of all time”).
808	nanī	Noun	any Brassica plant.
809	nanu	Noun, Verb	to express disastifaction, to mumble or murmur.
810	nanua	Noun	red moki (Cheilodactylus spectabilis).
811	natu	Verb	Equivalent to 'mix': The result of mixing two or more substances; a mixture.
812	neke	Noun, Verb	to shift, to move slightly.
813	nekeneke	Verb	to move gradually, to edge, to manoeuvre.
814	ngā	Article	Equivalent to 'breathe': To draw air into (inhale), and expel air from (exhale), the lungs in order to extract oxygen an…
815	ngahuru	Noun	Equivalent to 'autumn': Traditionally the third of the four seasons, when deciduous trees lose their leaves, and tempera…
816	ngākau	Noun	Equivalent to 'heart': A muscular organ that pumps blood through the body, traditionally thought to be the seat of emoti…
817	nganga	Noun	Equivalent to 'sound': A long narrow inlet, or a strait between the mainland and an island; also, a strait connecting tw…
818	ngārara	Noun	creepy-crawly (insect, reptile, etc.).
819	ngaro	Noun, Verb	to be hidden, out of sight, covered, disappeared, absent.
820	ngaro huruhuru	Noun	bee, any native pollinating insect in the family Colletidae of pan-apian clade Anthophila.
821	ngaru	Noun	Equivalent to 'wave': A members of the WAVES; a member of the US Naval Reserve (Women's Reserve).
822	ngaupuku	Noun	Equivalent to 'Stomachache': A pain in the abdomen, often caused by indigestion, in which the pain is usually lower than…
823	ngāwhā	Noun, Verb	to burst open, to split.
824	ngāwhāriki	Noun	sulfur; sulfur-rich volcanic rock.
825	ngeru	Noun	cat (Felis silvestris catus).
826	ngirungiru	Noun	Any of subspecies Petroica macrocephala macrocephala of tom-tits of the South Island.
827	ngū	Noun	broad squid (Sepioteuthis australis).
828	nguru	Verb	Equivalent to 'Sigh': A deep, prolonged audible inhale and exhale of breath; as when fatigued, frustrated, grieved, or r…
829	ngutoro	Noun	stone bass, wreckfish.
830	ngutu	Noun	mouth (of a cave, river, etc.).
831	ngutu parore	Noun	wrybill (Anarhynchus frontalis).
832	niho	Noun	Equivalent to 'twist drill': A rotating cutting tool, used for cutting holes in rigid materials, that consists of an ess…
833	niko	Noun, Verb	to coil, to form bights in ropes.
834	niu	Noun	Equivalent to 'dress': To put clothes (or, formerly, armour) on (oneself or someone, a doll, a mannequin, etc.); to clot…
835	noa	Verb	Equivalent to 'Noah': A figure in Abrahamic religions, believed to have built an ark to save his family and members of e…
836	nohi	Noun	Luzuriaga parviflora, a kind of perennial plant found in North Island.
837	noho	Noun, Verb	remain - sometimes used before other nouns or verbs to indicate a state over a period of time.
838	nohopuku	Noun, Verb	fasting (abstention of eating for religious purposes).
839	nohu	Noun	deepwater burrfish (Allomycterus pilatus).
840	noke	Noun	Equivalent to 'worm': A generally tubular invertebrate of the annelid phylum; an earthworm.
841	nuku	Noun, Verb	to move, to shift.
842	nūpepa	Noun	newspaper.
843	o	Noun, Verb	leaf (green, flat organ of most vegetative plants).
844	ōi	Noun, Verb	short-tailed shearwater.
845	oka	Noun, Verb	to stab, to pierce.
846	okaoka	Noun, Verb	to vaccinate.
847	oki	Noun	Equivalent to 'Oak': A deciduous tree with distinctive deeply lobed leaves, acorns, and notably strong wood, typically o…
848	oma	Verb	run, race, flee, escape, move quickly, run away.
849	one	Noun	soil, earth.
850	onehunga	Noun	beach composed of mixed sand and mud.
851	oni	Verb	to thrust one's hips in a sexually suggestive way.
852	onika	Noun	Equivalent to 'onyx': A census-designated place in Kern County, California, United States.
853	onioni	Verb	to thrust or twerk one's hips in a sexually suggestive way.
854	ora	Noun, Verb	to be alive, well, safe, cured, recovered, healthy.
855	oro	Noun, Verb	Equivalent to 'note': A symbol or annotation.
856	oroi	Verb	Equivalent to 'Hone': A sharpening stone composed of extra-fine grit used for removing the burr or curl from the blade o…
857	orokohanga	Noun	Equivalent to 'creation': Something created such as an invention or artwork.
858	ota	Verb	Equivalent to 'green': The color of grass and leaves; a primary additive color midway between yellow and blue which is e…
859	otinga	Noun	result, product, quotient.
860	pā	Noun, Verb	fortified village, usually on steep-sided raised ground that facilitates defence and affords good view of approaching at…
861	paea	Noun	swordfish (Xiphias gladius).
862	paheke	Noun, Verb	to fall, to decline.
863	pāhekeheke	Noun, Verb	unstable, uncertain.
864	pāhihi	Noun	Equivalent to 'passage': A movement in classical dressage, in which the horse performs a very collected, energetic, and…
865	pahikara	Noun
866	pahirini	Noun	Equivalent to 'Chaffinch': A small passerine bird, Fringilla coelebs, of the finch family, found throughout Europe and e…
867	pāho	Noun, Verb	(of electronic signals) to be transmitted far, to air, to be broadcast.
868	pahū	Noun, Verb	drum (slotted or skinned).
869	pai	Noun, Verb	Equivalent to 'good': Plato's metaprinciple of proper systemic function between principles; the fundamental Platonic for…
870	paihamu	Noun	brushtail possum (Trichosurus vulpecula).
871	paihikara	Noun
872	pakanga	Noun, Verb	Equivalent to 'relative': Someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family.
873	pakari	Verb	Equivalent to 'ripe': A tuberculosis treatment regimen consisting of rifampicin (R), isoniazid (I), pyrazinamide (P), an…
874	pākati	Verb	Equivalent to 'Incise': Proposition indépendante insérée dans une phrase, entre virgules ou tirets ou parenthèses, et qu…
875	pākau	Noun	gully fern (Pakau pennigera).
876	pākaukau	Noun	Equivalent to 'wing': An appendage of an animal's (bird, bat, insect) body that enables it to fly.
877	pākehā	Noun, Verb	New Zealander of European descent.
878	pākete	Noun	Equivalent to 'bucket': A container made of rigid material, often with a handle, used to carry liquids or small items.
879	paki	Noun, Verb	to print, to publish.
880	pakiaka	Noun	Equivalent to 'root': The part of a plant, generally underground, that anchors and supports the plant body, absorbs and…
881	pakini	Noun, Verb	nick (small cut in a surface).
882	pamakaranete	Noun	pomegranate (tree and fruit).
883	pāmu wēra	Noun	sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus).
884	panana	Noun
885	panata	Noun
886	pane koti	Noun
887	pangakupu	Noun	Equivalent to 'Crossword': A word puzzle in which interlocking words are entered usually horizontally and vertically int…
888	pāngarau	Noun	Equivalent to 'mathematics': An abstract representational system studying numbers, shapes, structures, quantitative chan…
889	pango	Noun	black (colour/color).
890	pani	Noun, Verb	to smear, to spread across.
891	pania	Verb	passive of pani.
892	pānui	Noun, Verb	announce, notify, advertise, publish, proclaim.
893	paoi	Noun, Verb	to pound fern root with a wooden beater.
894	papa	Noun	Equivalent to 'box': Any of various evergreen shrubs or trees of genus Buxus, especially common box, European box, or bo…
895	papa ahumahi	Noun	industrial land.
896	papa kiripaka	Noun
897	papa kotikoti	Noun	cutting board, chopping board.
898	papa kūtoro	Noun	stretch fabric.
899	papa mahi	Noun
900	papa pūkura	Noun	badminton court.
901	papa tapeke	Noun	scoreboard.
902	papa taunga	Noun	Equivalent to 'base': Something from which other things extend; a foundation.
903	papahū	Verb	to ignite, flare up, burst into flame.
904	pāpaka	Noun	paddle crab, Ovalipes catharus.
905	papakupu	Noun	Equivalent to 'Lexicon': A dictionary that includes or focuses on lexemes.
906	papamahi	Noun
907	papi	Noun	Equivalent to 'Poppy': Any plant of the genus Papaver or the family Papaveraceae, with crumpled, often red, petals and a…
908	parai	Verb	Equivalent to 'Skillet': A large and heavy saucepan or frying pan with legs and, usually, a long handle designed for hea…
909	parakuihi	Noun, Verb	Equivalent to 'breakfast': A meal consisting of food normally eaten in the morning, which may typically include eggs, sa…
910	parāoa	Noun	sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus).
911	pārara	Verb	to bask under the sun, to sunbathe.
912	parauri	Noun	Equivalent to 'brown': Alternative letter-case form of brown (“person with a dark complexion”).
913	pare	Noun, Verb	Equivalent to 'refer': A blurb on the front page of a newspaper issue or section that refers the reader to the full stor…
914	pārekareka	Noun	spotted shag (Phalacrocorax punctatus).
915	pāremata	Noun	Equivalent to 'parliament': Alternative letter-case form of parliament, a specific parliament, particularly that of Engl…
916	paretai	Noun	washboard (of a canoe).
917	pāreti	Noun	Equivalent to 'Porridge': A dish made of grain or legumes, milk or water, heated and stirred until thick and typically e…
918	pari	Noun	Equivalent to 'Bra': One of the two vectors in the standard notation for describing quantum states in quantum mechanics…
919	parore	Noun	luderick (Girella tricuspidata).
920	pata	Noun, Verb	Equivalent to 'Sucker': A person or animal that sucks, especially a breast or udder; especially a suckling animal, young…
921	pātai	Noun, Verb	Equivalent to 'question': A worded or expressed sentence, phrase, or only a word on its own, which asks for information…
922	pātari	Noun, Verb	to provoke, to encite.
923	pāteke	Noun	The brown teal, a species of dabbling duck.
924	pāti	Noun	Equivalent to 'political party': A political organization that subscribes to a certain ideology and seeks to attain poli…
925	pātiki	Noun, Verb	Equivalent to 'flatfish': A fish of the order Pleuronectiformes, the adults of which have both eyes on one side and usua…
926	patu	Noun, Verb	to strike, to beat, to kill.
927	pāua	Noun	Any of the three species of large edible sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs of the family Haliotidae (sole genus Hali…
928	paura pūmua	Noun	protein powder.
929	pea	Noun	Equivalent to 'Pear': An edible fruit produced by the pear tree, similar to an apple but typically elongated towards the…
930	peara	Noun
931	pēhea	Verb	how?; of what sort?; in what way?.
932	peka	Noun	branch (of a tree, river).
933	pekapeka	Noun	bat (animal) – especially the species Mystacina tuberculata.
934	pēke	Noun	Equivalent to 'sack': A bag; especially a large bag of strong, coarse material for storage and handling of various commo…
935	penapena	Verb	to save up (accumulate money for a specific purpose).
936	pene	Noun	Equivalent to 'Penny': In the United Kingdom and Ireland and many other countries, a unit of currency worth ¹⁄₂₄₀ of a p…
937	pepa	Noun	Equivalent to 'paper': A sheet material typically used for writing on or printing on (or as a non-waterproof container)…
938	pepe	Noun, Verb	any lepidopterans including butterflies and moths.
939	pepe tunga	Noun	huhu beetle or Prionoplus reticularis, a longhorn beetle species of the Cerambycidae family which is the largest endemic…
940	pepeha	Noun	an introductory speech detailing one's ancestry.
941	pepeke nguturoa	Noun
942	pēpi	Noun
943	pera	Noun	Equivalent to 'Blubber': A fatty layer of adipose tissue found immediately beneath the epidermis of whales and other cet…
944	pere	Noun, Verb	Alseuosmia banksii var. linariifolia.
945	pere tapaono	Noun	Equivalent to 'Chevron': A V-shaped pattern; used in architecture, and as an insignia of military or police rank, on the…
946	pereti	Noun	Equivalent to 'plate': Silver or gold, in the form of a coin, or less often silver or gold utensils or dishes.
947	pewa	Noun, Verb	Equivalent to 'arc': That part of a circle which a heavenly body appears to pass through as it moves above and below the…
948	pī	Noun, Verb	Equivalent to 'corner': The point where two converging lines meet; an angle, either external or internal.
949	piana	Noun	Equivalent to 'piano': A percussive keyboard musical instrument, usually ranging over seven octaves, with white and blac…
950	pīata	Noun, Verb	to be shiny, bright, polished, glossy.
951	pihapiha	Noun	a gill (of an aquatic animal).
952	pihi	Noun, Verb	to start growing, to sprout.
953	pīhoihoi	Noun	New Zealand pipit (Anthus novaeseelandiae).
954	pīhopa	Noun	Equivalent to 'bishop': An overseer of congregations: either any such overseer, generally speaking, or (in Eastern Ortho…
955	pīkake	Noun	Equivalent to 'Peacock': A male peafowl, especially Pavo cristatus, notable for its brilliant iridescently ocellated tai…
956	pīkau	Noun, Verb	Equivalent to 'Piggyback': A ride on somebody's back or shoulders.
957	piki	Noun, Verb	Equivalent to 'second': A unit of time historically and commonly defined as a sixtieth of a minute which the Internation…
958	pikinga	Noun	ascent (act of ascending).
959	pikitia	Noun, Verb	picture, image.
960	piko	Noun	Equivalent to 'comma': The punctuation mark ⟨,⟩ used to indicate a set of parts of a sentence or between elements of a l…
961	pikopiko	Noun	fiddlehead, young fern frond (in general).
962	pinātoro	Noun	Equivalent to 'Daphne': Any one of least 50 species of shrub in the genus Daphne of the family Thymelaeaceae, some of wh…
963	pine	Noun	Equivalent to 'bolt': A (usually) metal fastener consisting of a cylindrical body that is threaded, with a larger head o…
964	pīne-ā-Wīwī	Noun	French bean.
965	pīnohi	Noun	Equivalent to 'Poker': Any of various card games in which, following each of one or more rounds of dealing or revealing…
966	pīokeoke	Noun	spotted estuary smooth-hound (Mustelus lenticulatus).
967	piopio	Noun	double-banded plover (Charadrius bicinctus).
968	pipi	Noun	The edible saltwater clam Paphies australis, of the family Mesodesmatidae, endemic to New Zealand.
969	pīrangi	Noun, Verb	to crave, want, desire.
970	pīrangihia	Verb	passive of pīrangi.
971	pīrangitia	Verb	passive of pīrangi.
972	pirihimana	Noun	police officer, constable.
973	pirikahu	Noun	Equivalent to 'Burr': A sharp, pointy object, such as a sliver or splinter.
974	pirikoko	Noun	Equivalent to 'mystery': Something secret or unexplainable; an unknown.
975	piringa	Noun	refuge, haven, hiding place.
976	piriti	Noun	Equivalent to 'bridge': A construction spanning a waterway, ravine, or valley from a height, allowing for the passage of…
977	piriti whakatārewa	Noun	Equivalent to 'suspension bridge': A bridge whose deck or roadway is suspended from wire ropes (cables) or (for some ped…
978	piritoka	Noun
979	piro	Noun, Verb	to peel, skin.
980	piropiro	Noun	Equivalent to 'mood': A verb form that depends on how its containing clause relates to the speaker’s or writer’s wish, i…
981	pītau	Noun	figurehead on a canoe with such a carving.
982	piti	Verb	to join or pair together.
983	pito	Noun	Equivalent to 'pole': Originally, a stick; now specifically, a long and slender piece of metal or (especially) wood, use…
984	pitonga	Noun	southeast (compass point).
985	piu	Verb	to cast, to throw, to fling (of rope, line etc).
986	piupiu	Noun, Verb	to swing or sway to-and-fro, to oscillate.
987	pīwakawaka	Noun	New Zealand fantail (Rhipidura fuliginosa).
988	pīwhi	Noun	Equivalent to 'plissé': A narrow pleat made by gathering fabric with stitches, wetting the fabric, and setting by allowi…
989	pō	Noun	day, time cycle of 24 hours.
990	poaka	Noun	Equivalent to 'Hog': Any animal belonging to the Suidae family of mammals, especially the pig, the warthog, and the boar…
991	pohane	Noun, Verb	love, affection, desire, lust.
992	pohanea	Verb	passive of pohane.
993	pohanetia	Verb	passive of pohane.
994	pōhara	Noun, Verb	Equivalent to 'poor': With no or few possessions or money, particularly in relation to contemporaries who do have them.
995	pōhēhē	Noun, Verb	to misunderstand.
996	pōhēhētia	Verb	passive of pōhēhē.
997	pohewatanga	Noun	Equivalent to 'imagination': The image-making power of the mind; the act of mentally creating or reproducing an object n…
998	pohowera	Noun	double-banded plover (Charadrius bicinctus).
999	pōhutukawa	Noun	Metrosideros excelsa.
1000	poi	Noun, Verb	poi (tethered weights used in a poi performance).
1001	poi tarawhiti	Noun
1002	poi whana	Noun	association football, soccer.
1003	poitarawhiti	Noun	netball, alternative form of poi tarawhiti.
1004	poiwhana	Noun	alternative form of poi whana.
1005	poka tōrere	Noun	abyss, bottomless pit, chasm.
1006	pōkai	Noun, Verb	to wind something in a ball or coil.
1007	poki	Verb	to turn over, to hang or place concave objects (like boats) upside down.
1008	pōkiha	Noun	fox (animal in genus Vulpes).
1009	pōkokohua	Noun	cunt, motherfucker, a highly offensive insult for an unpleasant person.
1010	pona	Noun, Verb	node or knot of grass stalks etc.
1011	ponga	Noun	silver fern (Alsophila dealbata).
1012	pongipongi	Noun	Equivalent to 'Dull': A village in Perth and Kinross council area, Scotland.
1013	poniu	Noun	yellowcress (Rorippa palustris).
1014	pono	Noun	truth, non-fiction, validity.
1015	pōpō	Verb	to pat, to stroke gently with the hand.
1016	poporokaiwhiri	Noun	pigeonwood (Hedycarya arborea).
1017	poro	Noun, Verb	to shorten, to abbreviate.
1018	poro-tapaono	Noun	Equivalent to 'hexagonal prism': any prism, an octahedron, constructed on a hexagonal base.
1019	poro-tapawhā rite	Noun	square prism.
1020	poroporo	Noun	The plant Solanum aviculare.
1021	porotaka	Noun	globe; spherical model of Earth.
1022	pota	Noun, Verb	to want, to desire.
1023	pōtaka	Noun	Equivalent to 'spinning top': A toy with a tapering point that can be made to spin on its axis, either with a built-in p…
1024	pōti	Noun, Verb	cat (Felis silvestris catus).
1025	potipoti	Noun	a special kind of compartment with a rope-hinged lid used by tohunga.
1026	pōtitanga	Noun	Equivalent to 'election': A process of choosing a leader, members of parliament, councillors, or other representatives b…
1027	pou	Noun, Verb	Equivalent to 'post': Each of a series of men stationed at specific places along a postroad, with responsibility for rel…
1028	pouaka	Noun	Poa triodioides, a grass that grows on coastal dunes.
1029	pouaka karapu	Noun	glove box (glove compartment).
1030	pouako	Noun	Equivalent to 'Tutor': One who teaches another (usually called a student, learner, or tutee) in a one-on-one or small-gr…
1031	pounamu	Noun	greenstone, nephrite.
1032	pounemu	Noun	greenstone, nephrite.
1033	pōwhiri	Noun, Verb	to beckon, to welcome.
1034	pū	Noun, Verb	any elongated wind musical instrument.
1035	pū mīhini	Noun	Equivalent to 'machine gun': A type of fully automatic firearm that fires bullets in rapid succession by a single action…
1036	pua	Noun	Equivalent to 'flower': A colorful, conspicuous structure associated with angiosperms, frequently scented and attracting…
1037	puananī	Noun	anemochory (wind dispersal of seeds).
1038	puehu	Noun	Equivalent to 'Pollen': A fine, granular substance produced in flowers.
1039	puha	Noun	the sow thistle, also called rareke, or raraki.
1040	puia	Noun	Equivalent to 'volcano': A vent or fissure on the surface of a planet (usually in a mountainous form) with a magma chamb…
1041	puka	Noun	Equivalent to 'form': Acronym of family, occupation, recreation, motivation, a set of potential topics of conversation f…
1042	pūkāea	Noun	a kind of long wooden trumpet, traditionally used to relay signals during times of conflict and other important occasion…
1043	pūkākā	Noun, Verb	to be hot, eager.
1044	pukapuka	Noun	Brachyglottis repanda, shrub with soft leaves with white undersides.
1045	pukatea	Noun	Laurelia novae-zelandiae,a tree ideal for canoe wood.
1046	puke	Noun	Equivalent to 'pubis': The pubic bone; the part of the hipbone forming the front arch of the pelvis.
1047	pūkeko	Noun	pūkeko (Porphyrio melanotus).
1048	pūkoro	Noun	Equivalent to 'sling': An instrument for throwing stones or other missiles, consisting of a short strap with two strings…
1049	puku	Noun, Verb	Equivalent to 'stomach': stomach (an organ in animals that stores food in the process of digestion).
1050	pukuhiko	Noun	electrical generator.
1051	pukupuku	Noun, Verb	to be lumpy, to be swollen.
1052	pūmanamārō	Noun
1053	pūmanawa	Noun, Verb	Equivalent to 'software': Encoded computer instructions, usually modifiable (unless stored in some form of unalterable m…
1054	pūmārō	Noun	Equivalent to 'hardware': Fixtures, equipment, fasteners, tools, and devices used for general-purpose construction and r…
1055	pūmua	Noun	Equivalent to 'protein': Any of numerous large, complex naturally-produced molecules composed of one or more long chains…
1056	pūmua whākōkī	Noun	Equivalent to 'enzyme': A biomolecule that catalyses a biological chemical reaction: either a globular protein with this…
1057	puna	Noun, Verb	spring of water; well; pool.
1058	pūnaha	Noun
1059	pune	Noun	Equivalent to 'spoon': An implement for eating or serving; a scooped utensil whose long handle is straight, in contrast…
1060	punga	Noun, Verb	any silicate or calcite material.
1061	pungapunga	Noun	Equivalent to 'Pumice': A light, porous type of pyroclastic igneous rock, formed during explosive volcanic eruptions whe…
1062	pūngāwerewere	Noun	Equivalent to 'spider': Any of various eight-legged, predatory arthropods, of the order Araneae, most of which spin webs…
1063	punua	Noun	a baby animal.
1064	punua ngeru	Noun	a small cat; a kitten.
1065	pūpū	Noun, Verb	Equivalent to 'snail': Any of very many animals (either hermaphroditic or nonhermaphroditic), of the class Gastropoda, h…
1066	purei	Noun	play (dramatic performance).
1067	pūreirei	Noun, Verb	to be patchy, to be scattered.
1068	pūrere	Noun	ornamental feathers lining the sides (gunwales, near its strakes) of a waka.
1069	pūrou	Noun, Verb	to spear (to thrust that catches an object on the tip of a pointed stick).
1070	puru	Noun, Verb	Equivalent to 'load': A person that spends all day online.
1071	purupuru	Noun, Verb	Equivalent to 'stop': A (usually marked) place where buses, trams or trains halt to let passengers get on and off, usual…
1072	puta	Noun, Verb	to come out or come forth from some location.
1073	pūtāhono	Noun	driver (program acting as interface between an application and hardware).
1074	pūtaiao	Noun	Equivalent to 'science': A particular discipline or branch of knowledge that is natural, measurable or consisting of sys…
1075	putanga	Noun	edition, form of a published work edited significantly since an earlier or past time.
1076	pūtangitangi	Noun	paradise shelduck (Tadorna variegata).
1077	pūtea	Noun	a special basket woven from leaves of harakeke (Phormium tenax) to hold belongings like clothing.
1078	putiputi	Noun	Handwoven craft flower typically made of harakeke.
1079	pūtiro tukutuku	Noun	web browser.
1080	putoko	Noun	Equivalent to 'Slug': Any of many gastropod mollusks, having no (or only a rudimentary) shell.
1081	pūwhaiau	Noun	bluefin gurnard (Chelidonichthys kumu).
1082	rā	Noun	daytime, period of brightness in the morning and afternoon.
1083	rae	Noun	forehead (part of face above eyebrows).
1084	rahi	Noun, Verb	to be big, many, plentiful, numerous.
1085	rāhipere	Noun	Equivalent to 'Raspberry': A noise intended to imitate a fart, made by blowing air out of the mouth while the tongue is…
1086	rāhui	Noun, Verb	restriction of access to a place (as a form of taboo).
1087	rāhuitanga	Noun	lockdown (confinement of people as a security measure).
1088	rai	Noun	Equivalent to 'Rye': A grain used extensively in Europe for making bread, beer, and (now generally) for animal fodder.
1089	raihi	Noun	Equivalent to 'rice': Acronym of rest, ice, compression, elevation (“a treatment method for soft-tissue injuries”).
1090	raino	Noun
1091	raiona	Noun	lion (big cat).
1092	raka	Noun, Verb	to step on something.
1093	rākau	Noun	A tree, stick, spar, or mast.
1094	rākau whai hua	Noun	Equivalent to 'fruit tree': A tree that bears a crop of edible fruit on a regular basis.
1095	raki	Noun	Equivalent to 'drought': A period of unusually low rainfall, longer and more severe than a dry spell.
1096	rakiraki	Noun	duck, especially an introduced species.
1097	raku	Verb	Equivalent to 'Strum': The sound made by playing various strings of a stringed instrument simultaneously.
1098	rakuraku	Noun, Verb	to scratch.
1099	rama	Noun	Equivalent to 'light': Honorific alternative letter-case form of light, sometimes used when referring to God or another…
1100	ranga	Noun, Verb	to uproot, to pull from the roots.
1101	rangatahi	Noun	fishing net about 20 meters long that is smaller than a kaharoa.
1102	rangatira	Noun	chief, chieftain, chieftainess, though of lesser rank than an ariki (paramount chief).
1103	rangatiratanga	Noun	right to exercise authority.
1104	rangi	Noun	daytime, day, period of brightness from morning to afternoon.
1105	rangitoto	Noun	Equivalent to 'lava': The molten rock ejected by a volcano from its crater or fissured sides; magma that has breached th…
1106	rango	Noun	Equivalent to 'fly': Any insect of the order Diptera; characterized by having two wings (except for some wingless specie…
1107	ranu	Noun, Verb	Equivalent to 'mix': The result of mixing two or more substances; a mixture.
1108	rāpere	Noun	Equivalent to 'Raspberry': A noise intended to imitate a fart, made by blowing air out of the mouth while the tongue is…
1109	rāpeti	Noun	Equivalent to 'rabbit': The fourth of the twelve-year cycle of animals which appear in the Chinese zodiac related to the…
1110	rapunga	Noun	Equivalent to 'investigation': The act of investigating; the process of inquiring into or following up; research, especi…
1111	rapunga whakaaro	Noun	philosophy.
1112	rara	Noun, Verb	to rush in disorder, to stampede.
1113	rārangi	Noun, Verb	Equivalent to 'Queue': A line of people, vehicles or other objects, usually one to be dealt with in sequence (i.e., the…
1114	rarau	Noun, Verb	Equivalent to 'Grasp': Acronym of General Responsibility Assignment Software Patterns (or Principles).
1115	raro	Noun	Equivalent to 'under': It intensifies the qualities, usually negative, of the substantive or adjective to the that modif…
1116	rātāhuihui	Noun	southern sunfish (Mola alexandrini, syn. Mola ramsayi).
1117	rātaka	Noun	Equivalent to 'diary': A daily log of experiences, especially those of the writer.
1118	ratonga	Noun	continuous provision of utility through an infrastructure network.
1119	rau	Noun	Equivalent to 'paper': A sheet material typically used for writing on or printing on (or as a non-waterproof container)…
1120	raumanga	Noun	hound's tongue fern (Microsorum pustulatum).
1121	raumati	Noun	Equivalent to 'summer': One of four seasons, traditionally the second, marked by the longest and typically hottest days…
1122	raupō	Noun	Typha orientalis; bulrush.
1123	raurau	Noun	Equivalent to 'Thatch': Straw, rushes, or similar, used for making or covering the roofs of buildings, or of stacks of h…
1124	rautupu	Noun	thunderstorm.
1125	rawa	Noun	Equivalent to 'resource': Something that one uses to achieve an objective, e.g.
1126	rawe	Verb	to wrap around, to coil around (of clothing, cords, ropes etc.).
1127	rāwhiti	Noun
1128	reanga	Noun	generation, the members of a family from the same parents.
1129	rearea	Noun	New Zealand bellbird.
1130	rehu	Noun	Equivalent to 'chip': A diminutive of the male given names Christopher and Charles.
1131	rehurehu	Verb	Equivalent to 'obscure': to make obscure.
1132	reka	Noun	Equivalent to 'sweet': sweet (having a pleasant taste, especially induced by sugar).
1133	reme	Noun	Equivalent to 'lamb': Alternative letter-case form of lamb (“a fan of Mariah Carey”).
1134	renga	Noun	Equivalent to 'yellow': The color of sunflower petals and lemons; the color obtained by mixing green and red light, or b…
1135	rengarenga	Noun	Arthropodium cirratum, a herbaceous perennial plant endemic to New Zealand.
1136	reo	Noun	Equivalent to 'voice': Sound uttered by the mouth, especially by human beings in speech or song; sound thus uttered cons…
1137	reo tupu	Noun	mother tongue.
1138	rēpara	Noun	leopard (Panthera pardus).
1139	rēparo	Noun	leopard (Panthera pardus).
1140	repo	Noun	Equivalent to 'Swamp': An area of wet (water-saturated), spongy (soft) land, often with trees, generally a rich ecosyste…
1141	rererangi	Noun	airplane, aeroplane, aircraft.
1142	rereti	Noun	lance water fern (Austroblechnum lanceolatum).
1143	reti	Verb	Equivalent to 'Slide': An item of play equipment that children can climb up and then slide down again.
1144	retihuka	Noun, Verb	Equivalent to 'snowboard': A board, somewhat like a broad ski, or a very long skateboard with no wheels, used in the spo…
1145	rewa	Verb	to get under way, to depart, to set off.
1146	rewarewa	Noun	rewarewa (Knightia excelsa).
1147	riaki	Verb	to lift up or raise, to elevate.
1148	riha	Noun	Equivalent to 'Nit': A player with an overly cautious and reactive playing style.
1149	riki	Noun	Equivalent to 'Leek': A vegetable of variety Allium ampeloprasum, having edible leaves and an onion-like bulb but with a…
1150	rimu	Noun	a large tree native to New Zealand (Dacrydium cupressinum); see English rimu.
1151	ringa	Noun	Equivalent to 'hand': The part of the forelimb below the forearm or wrist in a human, and the corresponding part in many…
1152	ringa karetao	Noun	Equivalent to 'Puppeteer': Someone who is manipulative and thus able to get people to do what they want or to make event…
1153	ringakore	Verb
1154	rīngi mārena	Noun	Equivalent to 'wedding ring': Either of a pair or rings exchanged by spouses in a wedding ceremony, and afterwards worn…
1155	rino	Noun	Equivalent to 'iron': A common, inexpensive metal, silvery grey when untarnished, that rusts, is attracted by magnets, a…
1156	ripi	Noun, Verb	to skim or glide or ricochet off the water surface.
1157	ripo	Noun, Verb	whirlpool, eddy, curl.
1158	riri	Noun, Verb	to be angry, to rage.
1159	rironga	Noun	asset, receipt, acquisition.
1160	riroriro	Noun	A grey warbler, of the species Gerygone igata.
1161	rite	Verb	to resemble; to be like, similar, alike.
1162	rīti	Verb
1163	rō	Noun	mantis, praying mantis; stick insect.
1164	roanga	Noun	Equivalent to 'continuation': The act or state of continuing or being continued; uninterrupted extension or succession.
1165	roha	Verb	to spread out, to extend out, to stretch out.
1166	roke	Noun	dung, poop, poo, faeces, feces, doodoo.
1167	roki	Noun, Verb	to make calm, to make safe.
1168	rona	Noun, Verb	a binder (for holding papers together).
1169	rongo	Noun, Verb	to perceive, to sense, to feel.
1170	rongoā	Noun, Verb	medicine; drug; medication; treatment; remedy; tonic.
1171	rongoā āraimate	Noun	vaccination (inoculation with a vaccine).
1172	rongona	Verb	passive of rongo (“to hear”).
1173	rongonga	Noun	hearing (sense).
1174	rongonui	Noun	Equivalent to 'famous': the quality of being well-known.
1175	rōpū	Noun	An organized group of people; group, party, organisation, committee, company, gang, association, entourage, etc.
1176	rōpū tōrangapū	Noun	Equivalent to 'political party': A political organization that subscribes to a certain ideology and seeks to attain poli…
1177	rore	Noun, Verb	to entangle, to glide.
1178	rorohiko	Noun	Equivalent to 'computer': A programmable electronic device that performs mathematical calculations and logical operation…
1179	rorouira	Noun	Equivalent to 'computer': A programmable electronic device that performs mathematical calculations and logical operation…
1180	roto	Noun	Equivalent to 'inside': The left-hand side of a road if one drives on the left, or right-hand side if one drives on the…
1181	rourou	Noun	a basket for food.
1182	rua	Noun	Equivalent to 'Crater': A dim spring constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble a cup.
1183	ruaki	Verb	Equivalent to 'Vomit': The regurgitated former contents of a stomach; vomitus.
1184	ruānuku	Noun	Equivalent to 'sage': A very wise person or spiritual teacher; someone of gravity and wisdom, especially, a teacher vene…
1185	ruku	Verb	to hurl or let oneself fall into sth.
1186	rūma	Noun	room (of a building).
1187	runa	Verb	to tie up, to draw together.
1188	runanga	Noun	Equivalent to 'discuss': To speak together and exchange ideas and opinions about:bandy (about), moot, talk over, thrash…
1189	rupe	Noun	Equivalent to 'New Zealand pigeon': Any of species Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae of large pigeons native to New Zealand.
1190	rūpi	Noun	Equivalent to 'Rupee': The common name for the monetary currencies used in modern India, Mauritius, Nepal, Pakistan, the…
1191	ruru	Noun, Verb	morepork (Ninox novaeseelandiae).
1192	ruruku	Verb	Equivalent to 'commitment': The act or an instance of committing, putting in charge, keeping, or trust, especially:.
1193	rūtene	Noun	lieutenant.
1194	tā	Verb	to dump, strike, beat, thump, throw down, tackle.
1195	tae	Noun, Verb	sap or gum excreted from plants.
1196	taera	Noun	Equivalent to 'Tile': A regularly-shaped slab of clay or other material, affixed to cover or decorate a surface, as in a…
1197	taeratanga	Noun	sexual orientation, sexuality.
1198	taeturi	Noun	Equivalent to 'earwax': A waxy substance secreted by the ear.
1199	taha	Noun, Verb	calabash, container using dried shell of bottle gourd fruit.
1200	tahe	Noun, Verb	to flow, to exude.
1201	tahepuia	Noun	Equivalent to 'lava': The molten rock ejected by a volcano from its crater or fissured sides; magma that has breached th…
1202	tahi	Noun, Verb	to sweep, to clear away.
1203	tahito	Noun, Verb	age, antiquity.
1204	tāhono	Noun, Verb	interface.
1205	tahu	Noun	Equivalent to 'subject': The noun, pronoun or noun phrase about whom the statement is made.
1206	tahua	Noun	field, enclosure, courtyard.
1207	tāhuhu	Noun	horizontal beam supporting a kite's wings.
1208	tai	Noun	seawards area including the coast.
1209	tai āniwhaniwha	Noun	Equivalent to 'Tsunami': A very large and destructive wave, generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean, s…
1210	taiaha	Noun
1211	taika	Noun	tiger (Panthera tigris).
1212	taina	Noun	younger sibling regadless of gender.
1213	tainui	Noun	New Zealand hazel (Pomaderris apetala).
1214	taka	Verb	to turn or wind round, to pivot.
1215	takahē	Noun	takahē, species of large flightless bird in the Rallidae family, endemic to New Zealand.
1216	tākahikahi	Noun	cutty grass (sedge of the genus Gahnia).
1217	takai	Noun, Verb	to wrap up, wrap round.
1218	takakaha	Noun	Equivalent to 'Shinbone': The inner and usually the larger of the two bones of the leg or hind limb below the knee.
1219	takatakahi	Verb	to trample.
1220	takatāpui	Noun	gay person. Usually used in the context of LGBT Māori people.
1221	tāke	Noun, Verb	tax, a sum paid to the government for monetary transactions.
1222	takeketonga	Noun	striped marlin (Kajikia audax).
1223	tākihi	Noun	Equivalent to 'Circus': A traveling company of performers that may include acrobats, clowns, trained animals, and other…
1224	takitaki	Noun	fence, palisade, barricade, stockade.
1225	takiuru	Verb	Equivalent to 'Login': Credentials: the combination of a user's identification and password used to enter a computer, pr…
1226	takiwā	Noun	territory, area, region.
1227	takiwātanga	Noun	Equivalent to 'scope': The breadth, depth or reach of a subject; the extent of applicability or relevance; a domain, pur…
1228	takoha	Noun	Equivalent to 'tip': A piece of private or secret information, especially imparted by someone with expert knowledge abou…
1229	tākuta	Noun, Verb	Equivalent to 'physician': A practitioner of physic, i.e.
1230	tama	Noun	any male child i.e. son, nephew.
1231	tāmahana	Noun, Verb	to warm up, to reheat, to recook.
1232	tamahine	Noun	Equivalent to 'female': Belonging to the sex which typically produces eggs (ova), or to the gender which is typically as…
1233	tamaiti	Noun	Equivalent to 'child': Alternative letter-case form of child often used when referring to God (Jesus) or another importa…
1234	tamariki	Noun	plural of tamaiti.
1235	tamatane	Noun	plural of tamatane.
1236	tāmure	Noun	Australasian snapper, New Zealand snapper, silver seabream (Pagrus auratus, syn. Chrysophrys auratus), a silvery pinkish…
1237	tāne	Noun	man (adult male human).
1238	tānekaha	Noun	celery pine (Phyllocladus trichomanoides, a coniferous tree endemic to New Zealand.
1239	tangaroa wae whitu	Noun	Astrostole scabra - a large starfish with only seven arms.
1240	tangata	Noun	plural of tangata; people; humankind.
1241	tangata ira tāne	Noun	a person assigned female at birth who behave as a man.
1242	tangata māori	Noun	human being (as opposed to supernatural being).
1243	tangata tiriti	Noun	Includes all non-Māori people who have a right to live in New Zealand under the Treaty of Waitangi.
1244	tangata whenua	Noun	Equivalent to 'native': Aboriginal to a colonized region, especially one colonized by English-speaking people.
1245	tangi	Noun, Verb	weeping, mourning, lament.
1246	tangihanga	Noun	Equivalent to 'funeral': A ceremony to honor and remember a deceased person, often distinguished from a memorial service…
1247	tangihia	Verb	passive of tangi.
1248	tangitangi	Noun, Verb	Equivalent to 'weep': A lapwing; wipe, especially, a northern lapwing (Vanellus vanellus).
1249	tangiweto	Noun, Verb	Equivalent to 'sook': A crybaby, a complainer, a whinger; a shy or timid person, a wimp; a coward.
1250	tāniko	Noun, Verb	to finger weave.
1251	taniwha	Noun
1252	tanu	Verb	to plant (trees etc, seeds into the ground).
1253	tao	Noun
1254	tāone	Noun, Verb	town, city, urban area.
1255	tāone matua	Noun	capital city, capital.
1256	taonga	Noun	anything treasured or highly prized.
1257	tapa	Noun, Verb	to reap, to harvest (of crops like wheat).
1258	tapahi	Verb	to reap, to harvest (of crops like wheat).
1259	tapaono	Noun	Equivalent to 'Hexagon': A polygon with six sides and six angles.
1260	tapatapātiu	Noun	northwest (compass point).
1261	tapatoru	Noun	Equivalent to 'Triangle': The area comprising the cities of Raleigh, Durham and Chapel Hill in North Carolina.
1262	tāpiri	Noun, Verb	to add on, to append.
1263	tāpiritanga	Noun	Equivalent to 'appendix': Something attached to something else; an attachment or accompaniment.
1264	tapu	Noun	taboo, restriction (as a spiritual or supernatural condition).
1265	taputapu	Noun	Reduplication of tapu.
1266	tara	Noun, Verb	dollar, especially a New Zealand dollar.
1267	tarakihi	Noun	A grey and black saltwater fish, Nemadactylus macropterus, found off the coast of Australia, New Zealand and South Ameri…
1268	tarākona	Noun
1269	tāranga	Noun	long-leafed pimelea (Pimelea longifolia).
1270	tarāpunga	Noun	red-billed gull (Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae scopulinus).
1271	taraute	Noun	Equivalent to 'trout': Any of several species of fish in Salmonidae, closely related to salmon, and distinguished by spa…
1272	tarawhiti	Noun, Verb	Equivalent to 'ring': An algebraic structure which consists of a set with two binary operations: an additive operation a…
1273	tārere	Noun, Verb	Equivalent to 'swing': The act, or an instance, of swinging.
1274	tārewa	Verb	unresolved, unsettled.
1275	tari	Noun, Verb	to wait, alternative form of tatari.
1276	tāriana	Noun	Equivalent to 'sergeant': A UK army rank with NATO code OR-6, senior to corporal and junior to warrant officer ranks.
1277	taringa	Noun	several types of jelly fungi.
1278	taro	Noun	Equivalent to 'taro': Colocasia esculenta, raised as a food primarily for its corm, which distantly resembles potato.
1279	taru	Noun	weed, grass; small vegetation.
1280	tārua	Verb	to double something, to copy, to duplicate.
1281	tātahi	Noun	Equivalent to 'seashore': The coastal land bordering a sea or an ocean.
1282	tātarakihi	Noun
1283	tātari	Noun, Verb	to strain, filter, sift.
1284	tātaritia	Verb	passive of tātari.
1285	tatau	Noun, Verb	to squeeze or wring out liquid.
1286	tatauranga	Noun	statistics (mathematical science).
1287	tāturi	Noun	Equivalent to 'earwax': A waxy substance secreted by the ear.
1288	tau	Noun, Verb	year (time it takes for any planetary body to make one revolution around another body).
1289	tau toitū	Noun	Equivalent to 'prime number': Any natural number greater than 1 that cannot be formed by multiplying two smaller natural…
1290	tauhou	Noun	silvereye, wax-eye, waxeye.
1291	tauiwi	Noun	foreigner, European, non-Māori, colonist.
1292	taumarumaru	Verb	Equivalent to 'shade': shadow (a dark image projected onto a surface where light (or other radiation) is blocked by the…
1293	taumata	Noun	pinnacle (highest point).
1294	taunga	Noun, Verb	anchorage, resting place, landing.
1295	taunga ahuroa	Noun	polar coordinates.
1296	taunga ika	Noun	Equivalent to 'fishing ground': An area of water used for fishing (usually a sea area).
1297	taunga inu	Noun
1298	taunga rererangi	Noun	Equivalent to 'airport': An airfield (an area designated for the takeoff and landing of aircraft), including one or more…
1299	taunga tukutuku	Noun	Cartesian coordinates.
1300	tauoranga	Noun	Equivalent to 'existence': The state of being, existing, or occurring; beinghood.
1301	taupatupatu	Verb	to compete or vie against one another for something.
1302	taura	Noun	Equivalent to 'thread': A cord formed by spinning or twisting together textile fibers or filaments into one or more cont…
1303	tauraki	Noun, Verb	to dry (by exposure to the sun), to dehydrate.
1304	tauranga	Noun	Equivalent to 'Anchorage': A harbor, river, or offshore area that can accommodate a ship at anchor, either for quarantin…
1305	taurumarumaki	Verb	to duck someone else into the water.
1306	tauwehe toitū	Noun	prime factor.
1307	tauwhere	Verb	Equivalent to 'Bind': A troublesome situation; a problem; a predicament or quandary.
1308	tāuwhiuwhi	Noun, Verb	to sprinkle, to shower.
1309	tawau	Noun	rubber, flexible and pliable material made from coagulating natural latex of the rubber tree (Hevea brasiliensis).
1310	tawhai rauriki	Noun	black beech (Nothofagus solandri).
1311	tāwhiri	Noun, Verb	welcoming, a welcome.
1312	te	Article
1313	te reo Māori	Noun	Equivalent to 'Maori': A member of the indigenous people of New Zealand.
1314	te reo Pākehā	Noun	Equivalent to 'English': The language that developed in England and is now spoken in the British Isles, the Commonwealth…
1315	teina	Noun	any junior relative including cousins.
1316	teka	Noun, Verb	horizontal footrest or tread on a digging stick to step on and push further into the ground.
1317	tekoteko	Noun	Carved figure as a finial on the gable of a house.
1318	temepara	Noun
1319	tēneti	Noun	Equivalent to 'tent': A roll of lint or linen, or a conical or cylindrical piece of sponge or other absorbent, used chie…
1320	tenga	Noun	Equivalent to 'Crop': A plant, grown for it, or its fruits or seeds, to be harvested as food, livestock fodder, or fuel…
1321	tepe	Noun, Verb	to congeal, to coagulate.
1322	tēpu	Noun	Equivalent to 'table': Furniture with a top surface to accommodate a variety of uses.
1323	terepōno	Noun	telephone.
1324	terewhōno	Noun	telephone.
1325	tētē	Noun	armless, legless figurehead on a canoe.
1326	tewhatewha	Noun	An axe-like bone or wooden weapon.
1327	tī	Noun	Equivalent to 'tea': A moment, a historical unit of time from China, about the amount of time needed to quickly drink a…
1328	tia	Noun, Verb	jar (cylindrical container).
1329	tiaki	Noun, Verb	to protect, to save.
1330	tiara	Noun
1331	tīare	Noun	Equivalent to 'Gardenia': Any of various tropical evergreen small trees or shrubs, of the genus Gardenia, having glossy…
1332	tīeke	Noun	saddleback (Philesturnus spp.).
1333	tīhi	Noun	Equivalent to 'Sough': A hamlet in Kelbrook and Sough parish, Pendle borough, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD9045).
1334	tika	Noun, Verb	correct, true, lawful, proper.
1335	tikanga	Noun	custom, convention, correct manner of doing things.
1336	tiketike	Noun, Verb	to be high, to be lofty.
1337	tiki	Noun, Verb	figurine, carved figure.
1338	tikinare	Noun	dictionary.
1339	tina	Noun, Verb	be firm, hard, steadfast.
1340	tinana	Noun	Equivalent to 'Actual': something actually received; real receipts, as distinct from estimated ones.
1341	tinei	Verb	to extinguish, to put out (of a fire, light).
1342	tini	Noun	multitude, host, a very large amount.
1343	tino	Noun	essence, essential, substance.
1344	tino mate nui ki	Verb	to have a great desire for.
1345	tino tāone	Noun	capital city, capital.
1346	tio	Noun	Equivalent to 'rock oyster': Any oyster of the genus Saccostrea, endemic to the western Indo-Pacific.
1347	tioata	Noun	Equivalent to 'crystal': A solid composed of an array of atoms or molecules possessing long-range order and arranged in…
1348	tioro	Noun, Verb	to squawk, to screech, to shriek.
1349	tipi	Verb	to pare off, to plane, to smoothen wood.
1350	tipu	Verb	alternative form of tupu (“to grow”).
1351	tipua	Noun	Equivalent to 'demon': An evil supernatural being.
1352	tipuna	Noun	alternative form of tupuna.
1353	tira	Noun	travelling party, company of travelers.
1354	tiri	Noun, Verb	to throw or place one by one, to stack in a row.
1355	tiriti	Noun	Equivalent to 'treaty': A formal binding agreement concluded by subjects of international law, namely, states and intern…
1356	tiritiri	Noun, Verb	to scatter, to shimmer (of light).
1357	tiro	Noun, Verb	to observe, to view.
1358	tō	Noun, Verb	plant stem/stalk – esp. of non-woody monocots like raupō (Typha orientalis), maize etc.
1359	toa	Noun, Verb	Equivalent to 'shop': An establishment that sells goods or services to the public; originally only a physical location…
1360	tōāpapa	Noun	Equivalent to 'Gravitation': The fundamental force of attraction which exists between all matter in the universe that te…
1361	tohemanga	Noun	Any of species Oxyperas elongatum of large marine bivalve molluscs.
1362	toheroa	Noun	toheroa (edible bivalve).
1363	tōhi	Noun, Verb	boiling vessel for cooking by placing heated stones in the water.
1364	tohorā	Noun	Equivalent to 'right whale': Any baleen whale of the genus Eubalaena.
1365	tohumate	Noun	Equivalent to 'symptom': A perceived change in some function, sensation or appearance of a person that indicates a disea…
1366	tohunga	Noun	A skilled person, an expert.
1367	tohutō	Noun	Equivalent to 'Macron': A short, straight, horizontal diacritical mark (◌̄) placed over a letter, usually to indicate th…
1368	toi	Noun	Equivalent to 'art': The conscious production or arrangement of sounds, colours, forms, movements, or other elements in…
1369	toitū	Verb	to be undisturbed, untouched.
1370	toka ngiha	Noun	Equivalent to 'igneous rock': One of the major groups of rock that makes up the crust of the Earth; formed by the coolin…
1371	tōkai	Verb	to copulate.
1372	toke	Noun	Equivalent to 'Vulva': The external female genitalia of humans and other placental mammals, which includes the clitoris…
1373	tokerau	Noun	Equivalent to 'Tokelau': Three atolls forming a dependent territory of New Zealand in the South Pacific Ocean.
1374	toki	Noun	Equivalent to 'Axe': A tool for felling trees or chopping wood etc.
1375	toko	Noun, Verb	sprit of a canoe's sail.
1376	tokotoko	Noun, Verb	Equivalent to 'Crutch': A device to assist in motion as a cane, especially one that provides support under the arm to re…
1377	toma	Noun	Equivalent to 'tomb': A small building, or a room within one, for the remains of the dead, with walls, a roof, and (if i…
1378	tōmato	Noun
1379	tomo	Verb	Equivalent to 'Sinkhole': A hole formed in soluble rock by the action of water, serving to conduct surface water to an u…
1380	tona	Noun	Equivalent to 'Wart': A type of deformed growth occurring on the skin caused by the human papillomavirus (HPV).
1381	tonga	Noun	Equivalent to 'down': Soft, fluffy immature feathers which grow on young birds.
1382	topa	Verb	to swoop, to dart, to dive (of a flying bird).
1383	tōpito	Noun	Equivalent to 'pole': Originally, a stick; now specifically, a long and slender piece of metal or (especially) wood, use…
1384	tōpito kōpaka	Noun	polar ice caps.
1385	tōpū	Verb	to be assembled in group.
1386	tōrangapū	Noun	Equivalent to 'politics': A methodology and activities associated with running a government, an organization, or a movem…
1387	tore	Noun, Verb	to pass through a narrow aperture.
1388	toretore	Noun, Verb	to cut or split into strips, to shred.
1389	toro	Noun, Verb	to scout out, to reconnoitre, to probe.
1390	toroa	Noun	an albatross, especially the royal albatross or wandering albatross.
1391	toropapa	Noun	oak-leaved toropapa (Alseuosmia quercifolia).
1392	tōtara	Noun	Podocarpus totara, a podocarp tree endemic to New Zealand.
1393	tote	Noun, Verb	to salt, add salt.
1394	totea	Verb	passive of tote.
1395	toto	Noun, Verb	Equivalent to 'blood': A vital liquid flowing in the bodies of many types of animals that usually conveys nutrients and…
1396	tū	Noun, Verb	to establish, to convene.
1397	tua	Noun, Verb	back, rear of the body.
1398	tuahine	Noun	Equivalent to 'older sister': Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see older, sister.
1399	tuahiwi	Noun	Equivalent to 'Skeleton': The system that provides support to an organism, internal and made up of bones and cartilage i…
1400	tuakana	Noun	older sister of a female.
1401	tuanui	Noun	Equivalent to 'roof': A Chinese constellation located near Aquarius and Pegasus, one of the 28 lunar mansions and part o…
1402	tuarā	Noun, Verb	back (part of the body).
1403	tuatara	Noun
1404	tūāuri	Noun	Equivalent to 'Indigo': A local government area in north-east Victoria, Australia, named after Indigo Valley; in full, t…
1405	tūhāhā	Noun	Equivalent to 'Isolated': It says of something that has remained far or without possibility to communicate with the ot…
1406	tuhi	Noun, Verb	to point at.
1407	tuhinga	Noun	writing, document, text, script.
1408	tūhura	Verb	investigate, disclose, discover.
1409	tui	Noun, Verb	to thread, to string together.
1410	tuitui	Verb
1411	tuke	Noun, Verb	cubit, measurement from elbow to fingertip.
1412	tukemata	Noun	Equivalent to 'Scowl': The wrinkling of the brows or face in frowning; the expression of displeasure, sullenness, or dis…
1413	tuki	Noun, Verb	to ram, to pound, to pestle.
1414	tukituki	Noun, Verb	to batter, to pound, to pulverize, to ram.
1415	tuku	Noun, Verb	to slacken, to let go.
1416	tukutuku	Noun, Verb	to decorate with lattice-work.
1417	tukutukua	Verb	passive of tukutuku.
1418	tukutukuna	Verb	passive of tukutuku.
1419	tūmanako	Verb	Equivalent to 'hope': A hollow; a valley, especially the upper end of a narrow mountain valley when it is nearly encircl…
1420	tūmau	Noun, Verb	to be fixed, constant.
1421	tumu	Noun	Equivalent to 'subject': The noun, pronoun or noun phrase about whom the statement is made.
1422	tuna	Noun	eel of various species, including longfin eels (Anguilla dieffenbachii) and shortfin eels (Anguilla australis).
1423	tūnga	Noun	Equivalent to 'send': A village and civil parish in Guildford borough, Surrey, England, south-east of Woking (OS grid re…
1424	tūnga waka	Noun	Equivalent to 'parking lot': A parking area, generally paved and open-air (sometimes with limited overhead covering), wh…
1425	tungāne	Noun	male cousin (of a female).
1426	tunu	Verb	to broil, roast, bake, cook.
1427	tūpara	Noun	double-barrelled shotgun.
1428	tupari	Noun	Equivalent to 'Precipice': The brink of a dangerous situation.
1429	tupari maunga	Noun	Any of species Gahnia xanthocarpa of tussock-forming sedges native to New Zealand.
1430	tupu	Noun, Verb	to grow, to increase.
1431	tupua	Noun	Equivalent to 'demon': An evil supernatural being.
1432	tupuna	Noun	A grandparent, or any ancestor more remote than one's parents.
1433	turaki	Verb	Equivalent to 'Overthrow': A removal, especially of a ruler or government, by force or threat of force; usurpation.
1434	turakina	Verb	passive of turaki.
1435	tūrangawaewae	Noun	turangawaewae (“the place where one belongs or has a right to live; one's own land; also, the sense of freedom, identity…
1436	turangiwaiwai	Noun	misspelling of tūrangawaewae.
1437	ture	Noun	Equivalent to 'law': Synonym of Torah: the five Books of Moses, particularly the commandments in it, as well as their sp…
1438	turi	Noun	Equivalent to 'post': Each of a series of men stationed at specific places along a postroad, with responsibility for rel…
1439	turou	Noun
1440	turu	Noun, Verb	Equivalent to 'post': Each of a series of men stationed at specific places along a postroad, with responsibility for rel…
1441	tūtae	Noun	excrement, dung, feces.
1442	tūtaki	Noun, Verb	to shut (of a enclosure), to block, to bolt.
1443	tute	Noun	masculine equivalent of tūī.
1444	tutū	Noun, Verb	disobedience, offending; hooligan.
1445	tūturiwhatu	Noun	New Zealand dotterel (Anarhynchus obscurus).
1446	tuturuatu	Noun	alternative form of tuturuwhatu (“New Zealand dotterel”).
1447	tūwhaitara	Noun	giraffe weevil.
1448	ū	Noun, Verb	Equivalent to 'Udder': An organ formed of the mammary glands of female quadruped mammals, particularly ruminants such as…
1449	ua	Noun, Verb	rain (condensed water from a cloud).
1450	ua kirikiri	Noun	sandstorm.
1451	uaua	Noun, Verb	difficulty; dilemma; problem; trouble.
1452	uawhatu	Noun	Equivalent to 'Hail': Balls or pieces of ice falling as precipitation, often in connection with a thunderstorm.
1453	uhi	Noun	a chisel-like tool used to puncture Maori tattoos (moko).
1454	uira	Noun, Verb	Equivalent to 'electricity': Originally, a property of amber and certain other nonconducting substances to attract light…
1455	ukauka	Noun, Verb	to support, to sustain.
1456	uku	Noun	Equivalent to 'Clay': A mineral substance made up of small crystals of silica and alumina, that is ductile when moist; t…
1457	uma	Noun
1458	umere	Noun, Verb	Equivalent to 'Applause': The act of applauding; approbation and praise publicly expressed by the clapping of hands, sta…
1459	umu	Noun	Equivalent to 'Scarf': A type of joint in woodworking, formed by two shaped ends that fit into or onto each other.
1460	unahi	Noun	scale, small fragment covering skin of a fish.
1461	unahiroa	Noun	Equivalent to 'comet': A small Solar System body consisting mainly of volatile ice, dust and particles of rock whose ver…
1462	unu	Noun, Verb	withdrawal, extraction.
1463	upoko	Noun, Verb	Equivalent to 'part': part; section; portion; share; piece; bit; cut; proportion.
1464	ura	Noun, Verb	krill (small marine crustacean).
1465	uranga	Noun	Equivalent to 'Glow': A state of heat and light being emitted by a hot object.
1466	uraura	Noun	krill (small marine crustacean).
1467	ure	Noun	Equivalent to 'penis': The male erectile reproductive organ used for sexual intercourse that in the human male and other…
1468	uru	Noun, Verb	to enlist, enrol, join, be included.
1469	uru-mā-tonga	Noun	southwest (compass point).
1470	urumaranga	Noun	Equivalent to 'flash mob': A group of people who rapidly assemble, perform an unusual and seemingly pointless act, and t…
1471	urunga	Noun	entrance (act of entering).
1472	urupā	Noun	a burial ground or cemetery.
1473	urupatu	Noun, Verb	annihilation, destruction, sacking.
1474	urupatua	Verb	passive of urupatu.
1475	uruwhenua	Noun	a passport (official document).
1476	uta	Noun, Verb	interior (the inside regions of a country or island).
1477	utaina	Verb	passive of uta.
1478	utauta	Noun, Verb	to load things.
1479	utautaina	Verb	passive of utauta.
1480	utu	Noun, Verb	pay; payment; salary.
1481	utua	Verb	Equivalent to 'pay': Money given in return for work; salary or wages.
1482	utuutu	Noun, Verb	repayments.
1483	uwhi	Noun, Verb	yam; Dioscorea alata.
1484	uwhiuwhi	Noun, Verb	to sprinkle, to spray, to splatter.
1485	wā	Noun	Equivalent to 'tense': The property of indicating the point in time at which an action or state of being occurs or exist…
1486	wae	Noun, Verb	to clear away.
1487	waea	Noun, Verb	to send a telegram, wire.
1488	waewae	Noun	New Zealand rough skate (Zearaja nasuta).
1489	waha	Noun, Verb	any opening or entrance.
1490	wahakura	Noun	bassinet, especially one woven from harakeke leaves.
1491	wāhanga	Noun	Equivalent to 'load': A person that spends all day online.
1492	wahangū	Noun, Verb	to be silent, to be quiet.
1493	wahawaha	Verb	to carry on one's back.
1494	wāhi	Noun, Verb	to disclose.
1495	wahine	Noun	Equivalent to 'female': Belonging to the sex which typically produces eggs (ova), or to the gender which is typically as…
1496	wahine mārena	Noun	bride, married woman.
1497	wai	Noun	juice of plants from fruits etc.
1498	wai māori	Noun	Equivalent to 'fresh water': Water with a very low content of dissolved salt, as opposed to brackish water or salt water…
1499	waiata	Noun, Verb	Equivalent to 'song': A former dynasty in China, reigning from the end of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms to the beg…
1500	waikato	Noun	flowing water.
1501	waikura	Noun	Equivalent to 'Rust': The deteriorated state of iron or steel as a result of moisture and oxidation; it consists mostly…
1502	waimarie	Noun, Verb	Equivalent to 'fortune': Destiny, especially favorable.
1503	waipiro	Noun	Equivalent to 'alcohol': Any of a class of organic compounds (such as ethanol) containing a hydroxyl functional group (-…
1504	waiporoporo	Noun
1505	wairua	Noun	attitude, quintessence, mood, essence.
1506	waitai	Noun	Equivalent to 'seawater': The saltwater of a sea or ocean.
1507	waiū	Noun
1508	waka	Noun	particular large canoes sometimes equipped with sails as continuous across Southeast Asia to Polynesia.
1509	wakarere	Noun	Equivalent to 'airplane': A powered heavier-than-air aircraft with fixed wings.
1510	wakatono	Noun
1511	waku	Verb	Equivalent to 'Brush': An implement consisting of multiple more or less flexible bristles or other filaments attached to…
1512	wakuwaku	Verb	Equivalent to 'frottage': A method of making an image by placing a piece of paper against an object and then rubbing ove…
1513	wāna	Noun	Equivalent to 'Verve': Enthusiasm, rapture, spirit, or vigour, especially of imagination such as that which animates an…
1514	wānanga	Noun, Verb	person who is knowledgeable in traditional lore.
1515	wani	Noun	Equivalent to 'Swan': Any of various species of large, long-necked waterfowl, of genus Cygnus (bird family: Anatidae), m…
1516	wanira	Noun	Equivalent to 'Vanilla': Any tropical climbing orchid of the genus Vanilla (especially Vanilla planifolia), bearing podl…
1517	warapī	Noun	Equivalent to 'Wallaby': Any of several species of macropod; usually smaller and stockier than kangaroos.
1518	ware	Noun	spume, foam of seawater.
1519	waro	Noun	Equivalent to 'carbon': The chemical element (symbol C) with an atomic number of 6.
1520	waru	Noun, Verb	to shave (of hair).
1521	wātea	Verb	to be free, unoccupied, vacant, open, blank, available, clear, unencumbered.
1522	wati	Noun	Equivalent to 'watch': A portable or wearable timepiece.
1523	wāwā	Noun, Verb	alternative form of wāwā.
1524	wawao	Verb	Equivalent to 'Sidetrack': A second, relatively short length of track just to the side of a railroad track, joined to th…
1525	wē	Noun	Equivalent to 'fluid': Any substance which can flow with relative ease, tends to assume the shape of its container, and…
1526	wehe	Verb	Equivalent to 'Transpose': The process of rearranging elements in a matrix, by interchanging their respective row and co…
1527	wehe atu	Verb	to depart, to leave.
1528	wehi	Noun, Verb	dread, fear.
1529	weka	Noun	woodhen (Gallirallus australis).
1530	wera	Noun, Verb	to be burnt; to be hot.
1531	weta	Noun	weta, any of various species of insects resembling crickets.
1532	wewehi	Noun, Verb	To be frightening, alarming, fearsome, impressive, awesome.
1533	whā	Noun	any leaf of certain plants like taro and harakeke with a long and thick rachis (stalk).
1534	whaea	Noun
1535	whaea kēkē	Noun	Equivalent to 'aunt': The sister or sister-in-law of one’s parent.
1536	whai	Noun, Verb	skate (fish of family Rajidae).
1537	whaiaro	Noun	Equivalent to 'personal': An advertisement by which an individual attempts to meet others with similar interests.
1538	whaikaha	Noun, Verb	disability.
1539	whaikīngi	Noun	Equivalent to 'chess': A board game for two players, each beginning with sixteen chess pieces moving according to fixed…
1540	whakaari	Noun, Verb	to nominate, to propose.
1541	whakaaria	Verb	passive of whakaari.
1542	whakaaro	Verb	to think, plan, consider, decide.
1543	whakaarohia	Verb	passive of whakaaro.
1544	whakaata	Noun	Equivalent to 'reflection': The act of reflecting or the state of being reflected.
1545	whakaauau	Verb	Equivalent to 'smoke': The visible vapor/vapour, gases, and fine particles given off by burning or smoldering material.
1546	whakahohe	Verb	to enable (to activate a function of an electronic or mechanical device).
1547	whakahoki	Verb	to turn back, to make something return.
1548	whakahokia	Verb	passive of whakahoki.
1549	whakamā	Noun, Verb	be ashamed, shy, bashful, embarrassed.
1550	whakamahara	Noun, Verb	to commemorate.
1551	whakamaheni	Verb	to polish, to burnish.
1552	whakamahi	Noun, Verb	to employ, use, utilise, put to work, operate, put to use.
1553	whakamahia	Verb	passive of whakamahi.
1554	whakamahingia	Verb	passive of whakamahi.
1555	whakamataku	Noun, Verb	Equivalent to 'Scary': Barren land having only a thin coat of grass.
1556	whakamatakuria	Verb	passive of whakamataku.
1557	whakamatakutia	Verb	passive of whakamataku.
1558	whakamōtī	Noun, Verb	destruction, damage, devastation, desolation.
1559	whakamōtītia	Verb	passive of whakamōtī.
1560	whakananu	Verb	to confuse, to make something incoherent or unintelligible.
1561	whakanau	Verb	Equivalent to 'decline': A sloping downward, e.g.
1562	whakangākau	Noun, Verb	to show affection for, to take to heart.
1563	whakangaro	Noun, Verb	destruction, obliteration, ruin, annihilation, devastation.
1564	whakangaromia	Verb	passive of whakangaro.
1565	whakangarotia	Verb	passive of whakangaro.
1566	whakanui	Noun, Verb	to celebrate, to honour.
1567	whakaora	Verb	to revive, to resuscitate.
1568	whakapāho	Verb	to air, broadcast or transmit electronic signals or waves.
1569	whakapakaru	Noun, Verb	Equivalent to 'Falsetto': The "false" (singing) voice in any human, usually airy and lacking a purity of vowels; created…
1570	whakapakaruhia	Verb	passive of whakapakaru.
1571	whakapakarutia	Verb	passive of whakapakaru.
1572	whakapako	Verb	Equivalent to 'Oust': Commune française, située dans le département de l’Ariège.
1573	whakapakotanga	Noun	Equivalent to 'exile': The state of being banished from one's home or country.
1574	whakapapa	Noun, Verb	To recite in order (genealogies, legends, etc.).
1575	whakapiriti	Verb	to ordain as a priest.
1576	whakapohane	Noun, Verb	the act of mooning, showing one's buttocks.
1577	whakapohanetia	Verb	passive of whakapohane.
1578	whakaraka	Verb	Equivalent to 'game': A playful or competitive activity.
1579	whakarākei	Noun, Verb	garnish, embellish.
1580	whakarangona	Verb	passive of whakarongo; to be listened to.
1581	whakarato	Noun	to serve (of food), to wait.
1582	whakaririka	Verb	Equivalent to 'Acquiesce': Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent du verbe acquiescer.
1583	whakarongo	Verb	Equivalent to 'Inform': Form, perfect to any by means of the instruction.
1584	whakarongona	Verb	alternative form of whakarangona.
1585	whakaruru	Noun, Verb	to shelter, protect.
1586	whakataka	Noun, Verb	to drop, toss off, cause to fall, throw down, depose, overthrow, abdicate.
1587	whakatangi	Verb	to make something or someone cry.
1588	whakatārewa	Verb	to defer, to postpone, to adjourn.
1589	whakataurekareka	Verb	To treat with contempt.
1590	whakatewhatewha	Noun, Verb	to investigate, to look into.
1591	whakatewhatewha pānga	Noun	Equivalent to 'contact tracing': The process of identification of persons ("contacts") who may have come into contact wi…
1592	whakatōpū	Noun, Verb	amalgamation, consolidation.
1593	whakatōpū kongakonga	Noun, Verb	defragmentation.
1594	whakatote	Verb	to cure (preserve food by salting).
1595	whakauwhi	Verb	to host, to entertain.
1596	whakawahine	Noun, Verb	a person assigned male at birth who lives and behaves as a female socially; literally "to become a woman".
1597	whakawhanaungatanga	Noun	The process of establishing relationships.
1598	whakawhiti	Noun, Verb	to switch, to swap, to exchange.
1599	whakawhitinga	Noun	Equivalent to 'transition': The process of change from one form, state, style or place to another.
1600	whaki	Noun, Verb	to pluck, to pick (of fruit).
1601	whākōkī	Noun	Equivalent to 'enzyme': A biomolecule that catalyses a biological chemical reaction: either a globular protein with this…
1602	whāmere	Noun	Equivalent to 'family': A group of people who are closely related to one another (by blood, marriage or adoption); kin…
1603	whana	Noun, Verb	to spring back, to recoil, to kick backwards.
1604	whānako	Noun, Verb	Equivalent to 'thief': One who steals another person's property, especially by stealth and without using force or violen…
1605	whananga	Noun	uprising, mutiny, rebellion, revolt.
1606	whānau	Noun, Verb	to give birth.
1607	whanaunga	Noun	Equivalent to 'relative': Someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family.
1608	whanaungatanga	Noun	Equivalent to 'Kinship': Relation or connection by blood, marriage or adoption.
1609	whanga	Noun	Equivalent to 'span': The full width of an open hand from the end of the thumb to the end of the little finger used as a…
1610	whāngai	Noun, Verb	to feed, nourish, bring up, foster, adopt, raise, nurture, rear.
1611	whāngaia	Verb	passive of whāngai.
1612	whāngaihia	Verb	passive of whāngai.
1613	whāngainga	Verb	passive of whāngai.
1614	whāngaitia	Verb	passive of whāngai.
1615	whano	Noun, Verb	to lead or verge towards something.
1616	whao	Noun, Verb	nail (metal fastener).
1617	whara	Noun	Any of the several plants in the families Asteliaceae and Xanthorrhoeaceae.
1618	whārangi	Noun, Verb	rangiona (Brachyglottis repanda).
1619	wharau	Verb	to travel (particularly by sea).
1620	wharaunga	Noun	Equivalent to 'voyage': A long journey, especially by ship.
1621	whare	Noun	Equivalent to 'suit': A set of clothes to be worn together, now especially a man's matching jacket and trousers (also bu…
1622	whare herehere	Noun	Equivalent to 'prison': A place or institution where people are held against their will, in the US especially for long-t…
1623	whare karakia	Noun	a religious building: a church, a synagogue, a mosque, a house of prayer.
1624	whare maita	Noun	bowling pavilion.
1625	whare noho	Noun	hostel, alternative form of wharenoho.
1626	whare none	Noun	Equivalent to 'Nunnery': Any convent (religious community) or the buildings thereof.
1627	whare pikitia	Noun	cinema, movie theatre, picture theatre.
1628	whare pūrākau	Noun	school of learning where tohunga taught esoteric knowledge, rituals, karakia, history and creation narratives. A term us…
1629	whare tūpāpaku	Noun	Equivalent to 'Morgue': A supercilious or haughty attitude; arrogance.
1630	whare wānanga	Noun	a type of traditional Maori school.
1631	wharehoko	Noun	Equivalent to 'shop': An establishment that sells goods or services to the public; originally only a physical location…
1632	wharekai	Noun	any eating establishment e.g. restaurants, canteens etc.
1633	wharenoho	Noun	housing, accommodation.
1634	wharenui	Noun
1635	wharepuni	Noun
1636	whareumu	Noun
1637	whāriki	Noun	Equivalent to 'mat': A flat piece of coarse material used for wiping one’s feet, or as a decorative or protective floor…
1638	wharo	Noun, Verb	to clear one's throat, to expectorate, to hawk.
1639	whata	Noun, Verb	Equivalent to 'Shelf': A flat, rigid structure, fixed at right angles to a wall or forming a part of a cabinet, desk, et…
1640	whatu	Noun, Verb	Equivalent to 'stone': An English occupational and habitational surname from Old English, for someone who lived near a s…
1641	whatura	Noun
1642	whatutoto	Noun, Verb	Equivalent to 'Advanced': That advances, that progresses, that early will remain ended up.
1643	whau	Noun	five-finger, Pseudopanax arboreus.
1644	whawhai	Noun, Verb	Equivalent to 'fight': Senses relating to physical conflict: To engage in combat with; to oppose physically, to contest…
1645	whawhati	Verb	to repudiate, contradict, refute.
1646	whawhatia	Verb	passive of whawhati.
1647	whē	Noun	stick insect esp. Acanthoderus horridus.
1648	wheke	Noun	Equivalent to 'Octopus': Any of several marine molluscs of the order Octopoda, having no internal or external protective…
1649	wheketere	Noun	Equivalent to 'factory': A building or other place where manufacturing takes place.
1650	whenu	Noun, Verb	to spin, to twist.
1651	whenua	Noun	placenta, afterbirth.
1652	whero	Noun, Verb	red (orangish or brownish).
1653	whetū	Noun	star (luminous celestial body).
1654	whetūao	Noun	Equivalent to 'planet': Each of the seven major bodies which move relative to the fixed stars in the night sky—the Moon…
1655	whio	Noun, Verb	to whistle.
1656	whiri	Verb	to choose, to select, to elect.
1657	whiriwhiri	Verb	Equivalent to 'negotiate': To confer with another or others in order to come to terms or reach an agreement: "It is diff…
1658	whiti	Noun, Verb	to cross over to reach the other side.
1659	whitia	Verb	passive of whiti (“transfer”).
1660	whiu	Noun, Verb	penalise, punish, lash, whip, chastise, flog.
1661	whiunga	Noun	Equivalent to 'drove': A cattle drive or the herd being driven by it; thus, a number of cattle driven to market or new p…
1662	whiwhi	Noun, Verb	to wind round, to fasten.
1663	whutupōro	Noun	Equivalent to 'rugby': A form of football in which players can hold or kick an ovoid ball; rugby football.
1664	wiki	Noun, Verb	to form circular ripples on the surface of a fluid.
1665	wiri	Noun, Verb	to tremble, shiver, shudder.
1666	wuruhi	Noun	wolf (Canis lupus).
1667	wuruwhi	Noun	wolf (Canis lupus).

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