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BASIC WORDS
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ARE JUST
A
FEW VERY BASIC MAORI WORDS - ADDITIONS/SUGGESTIONS
ARE ALWAYS WELCOME.
NB.
Different Iwi have different ways of spelling, pronunciation and regional
dialect, therefore there
are usually more than one meaning and spelling variants to most words.
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GENEALOGY
|
WHAKAPAPA |
GENEALOGY |
|
WHANAU |
FAMILY |
|
IWI |
TRIBE/PEOPLE |
|
MOKAPUNA |
GRANDCHILD |
|
AITANGA |
DESCENDANT |
|
MATUA
WAHINE |
MOTHER |
|
MATUA
TANE |
FATHER |
|
TAMA
TANE |
SON |
|
TAMAHINE |
DAUGHTER |
|
TIPUNA
TANE |
GRANDFATHER |
|
TIPUNA
WAHINE |
GRANDMOTHER |
|
WHAEA |
AUNT |
|
MATUA |
UNCLE |
|
IRAMUTU |
NIECE |
|
TAMA |
NEPHEW |
|
KAIHANA |
COUSIN |
|
WHANAUTANGA |
BIRTH |
|
HEMONGA |
DEATH |
|
MARENA |
MARRIAGE |
|
WEHENGA
MARENA |
DIVORCE |
NZ
NATIONAL ANTHEM - GOD DEFEND NZ
|
E
Ihoa Atua |
God
of nations at thy feet |
|
O
nga Iwi Matoura |
In
the bonds of love we meet |
|
Ata
whaka rongona; |
Hear
our voices we entreat |
|
Me
aroha noa. |
God
defend our free land. |
|
Kia
hua ko te pai; |
Guard
Pacific's triple star |
|
Kia
tau to atawhai; |
From
the shafts of strife and war |
|
Manaakitia
mai |
Make
her praises heard afar |
|
Aotearoa |
God
defend New Zealand. |
HAKA
|
Ka
mate! Ka mate! Ka ora! Ka ora! |
I
die! I die! I live! I live! |
|
Tenei
te tangata puhuru huru |
This
is the hairy man |
|
Nana
nei i tiki mai |
who
fetched the Sun |
|
Whakawhiti
te ra |
And
caused it to shine again |
|
A
upa... ne! ka upa... ne! |
One
upward step! Another upward step! |
|
A
upane kaupane whiti ra! |
An
upward step, another... the Sun shines!!! |
FIRST
NAMES
|
ATAMA |
ADAM |
|
ARAPETA |
ALBERT |
|
ARAPETI |
ALFRED |
|
ARIHI |
ALICE |
|
ANARU |
ANDREW |
|
ANI |
ANNE |
|
ATONI |
ANTHONY |
|
BENIAMINE |
BENJAMIN |
|
PERENARA |
BERNARD |
|
PURUHI |
BRUCE |
|
KARORAINA |
CAROLINE |
|
KATARINA |
CATHERINE |
|
HAARE |
CHARLES |
|
HARATA |
CHARLOTTE |
|
KIRITOPA |
CHRISTOPHER |
|
RANIERA |
DANIEL |
|
REWI |
DAVE |
|
RAWIRI |
DAVID |
|
RIANA |
DIANA |
|
TARATI |
DOROTHY |
|
ERUERA |
EDWARD |
|
IRIHAPETI |
ELIZABETH |
|
EHETARA |
ESTHER |
|
HAARE |
HARRY |
|
HENARE |
HENRY |
|
IHAPERA |
ISABEL |
|
HAKI |
JACK |
|
HAKOPA |
JACOB |
|
HEMI |
JAMES |
|
HENI |
JANE |
|
HONE |
JOHN |
|
HOHEPA |
JOSEPH |
|
HOHUA |
JOSHUA |
|
HUTITA |
JUDITH |
|
RUIHA |
LOUISE |
|
RUIHI |
LUCY |
|
MAKERE |
MARGARET |
|
MAAKA |
MARK |
|
MATENE |
MARTIN |
|
MAATA |
MARTHA |
|
MERE |
MARY |
|
MIKAERE |
MICHAEL |
|
NIKORA |
NICHOLAS |
|
PAORA |
PAUL |
|
PITA |
PETER |
|
PIRIPI |
PHILLIP |
|
KUINI |
QUEENIE |
|
RAHERA |
RACHEL |
|
RAU |
RALPH |
|
RIPEKA |
REBECCA |
|
RIHARI |
RICHARD |
|
RAPATA or ROPATA |
ROBERT |
|
RUTA |
RUTH |
|
HAMUERA |
SAMUEL |
|
HERA |
SARAH |
|
HEREWINI |
SELWYN |
|
TIPENE |
STEVEN |
|
HUHANA |
SUSAN/SUSANNAH |
|
TAMATI
|
THOMAS |
|
TOMOTI |
TIMOTHY |
|
WIKITORIA |
VICTORIA |
|
WAATA |
WALTER |
|
WIREMU |
WILLIAM |
|
METE |
SMITH |
NB.
Before 1900 records usually give no first names for Maori people unless the Maori
person
concerned
lived with or was married to a Pakeha, or had a Pakeha parent.
BASIC
WORDS
|
AOTEAROA |
LAND
OF THE LONG WHITE CLOUD [NEW ZEALAND] |
|
KIA
ORA |
HELLO |
|
PAKEHA |
EUROPEAN
NEW ZEALANDER |
|
KIWI |
ALL
NEW ZEALANDERS [SLANG] |
|
MAORI |
NATIVE
PEOPLE |
|
WHARE |
HOUSE |
|
MARAE |
MEETING
GROUND |
|
NGERU |
CAT |
|
KURI |
DOG |
|
PATU |
CLUB |
|
KAI |
FOOD |
|
MOKO |
TATTOO |
|
TIKI |
ORNAMENT |
|
PIUPIU |
FLAX
SKIRT |
|
TAIAHA |
SPEAR |
|
WHAKAIRO |
CARVING |
|
PAUA |
ABALONE |
|
WHARENUI |
MEETING
HOUSE |
|
POUNAMU |
GREENSTONE |
|
HONGI |
PRESS
NOSES |
|
TAPU |
SACRED/FORBIDDEN |
NUMBERS
|
TAHI |
ONE |
|
RUA |
TWO |
|
TORU |
THREE |
|
WHA |
FOUR |
|
RIMA |
FIVE |
|
ONO |
SIX |
|
WHITU |
SEVEN |
|
WARU |
EIGHT |
|
IWA |
NINE |
|
TEKAU |
TEN |
|
TEKAU
MA TAHI |
ELEVEN |
|
TEKAU
MA RUA |
TWELVE |
|
TEKAU
MA TORU |
THIRTEEN |
|
TEKAU
MA WHA |
FOURTEEN |
|
TEKAU
MA RIMA |
FIFTEEN |
|
TEKAU
MA ONO |
SIXTEEN |
|
TEKAU
MA WHITU |
SEVENTEEN |
|
TEKAU
MA WARU |
EIGHTEEN |
|
TEKAU
MA IWA |
NINETEEN |
|
RUA
TEKAU |
TWENTY |
|
TORU
TEKAU |
THIRTY |
|
WHA
TEKAU |
FORTY |
|
RIMA
TEKAU |
FIFTY |
|
ONO
TEKAU |
SIXTY |
|
WHITU
TEKAU |
SEVENTY |
|
WARU
TEKAU |
EIGHTY |
|
IWA
TEKAU |
NINETY |
|
KOTAHI
RAU |
ONE
HUNDRED |
MONTHS
|
KOHI-TATEA
/ HANUERE |
JANUARY |
|
HUI-TANGURU
/ PEPUERE |
FEBRUARY |
|
POUTU-TE-RANGI
/ MAEHE |
MARCH |
|
PAENGA-WHAWHA
/ APERIRA |
APRIL |
|
HARATUA
/ MEI |
MAY |
|
PIPIRI
/ HUNE |
JUNE |
|
HONGONGOI
/ HURAE |
JULY |
|
HERE-TURI-KOKA
/ AKUHATA |
AUGUST |
|
MAHURU
/ HEPETEMA |
SEPTEMBER |
|
WHIRINGA-A-NUKU
/ OKETOPA |
OCTOBER |
|
WHIRINGA-ARANGI
/ NOEMA |
NOVEMBER |
|
HAKIHEA
/ TIHEMA |
DECEMBER |
Many
thanks to Carol Whyte for the Months of Sept,
Oct, Nov & Dec
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G E N E o N Z ---------------------------
NZ
& Maori Genealogy
Carol Whyte, Auckland, New Zealand
http://www.geocities.com/wlorac
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SEASONS
|
KOANGA |
SPRING |
|
RAUMATI |
SUMMER |
|
NGAHURU |
AUTUMN |
|
HOTOKE |
WINTER |
COLOURS
|
WHERO |
RED |
|
KIKORANGI |
BLUE |
|
KAKARIKI |
GREEN |
|
KOWHAI |
YELLOW |
|
MA |
WHITE |
|
PANGO |
BLACK |
|
PARAKARAKARA |
ORANGE |
|
MAWHERO |
PINK |
|
PARAONE |
BROWN |
REFERENCE
SOURCE : THE REED POCKET DICTIONARY OF MODERN MAORI
ENGLISH
- MAORI
MAORI
- ENGLISH
P.M.
RYAN
