Te Reo Maori Vocab
Left
Mauī
Right
Matau
Front
Mua
Behind
Muri
In
Roto
Out
Waho
Up
Runga
Down
Raro
In between
Waenganui
Bad
Kino
Good
Pai
Sit
Noho
Stand
Tū
Lie Down
Takoto
Walk
Hīkoi
Run
Oma
Sleep
Moe
Awake
Oho
Hot
Wera
Cold
Makariri
Sweet
Reka
Sour
Kawa
Boat
Waka
Apple
Āporo
Bag
Pēke
Cake
Keke
Eye
Karu
Pen
Pene
Seat
Tūru
Ko Hone tēnei
This is Hone
Kaipāmu
Farmer
Kurī
Dog
Te Arapu Maori
The Māori Alphabet
Te Ika o Maui
North Island
Te Waka a Maui
South Island
Hamilton
Kirikiriroa
Christchurch
Ōtautahi
Dunedin
Ōtepohi
Nelson
Whakatū
Wellington
Tūranga nui ā kiwa
Ko wai tō ingoa
What is your name
Koe
You
Ahau
Me
Ia
Him/Her
māua
Us (He and I)
Kōrua
You guys (Two people)
Rāua
Them (2 people)
Tāua
we (You and me)
Mātau
Us (three of more and not you)
Koutou
You and your friends (3 or more)
Rātau
Them over there (3 or more)
Tātau
All of us (3 or more)
No hea que
Where are you from
No Ahuriri ahau
Im from Napier
kākāriki
green
kahurangi
blue
kōwhai
yellow
mā
white
whero
red
waiporoporo
purple
pango
black
kākahu
clothes
hāte
shirt
pōtae
hat
tarau
pants
panekoti
skirt
tōkena
socks
hū
shoes
pouaka whakāta
TV
ngaru iti
microwave
whāriki
mat
whare
house
matapihi
window
pouaka makariri
fridge
kei te pehea koe
How are you?
pai
good
ora
well
ngenge
sleepy
harikoa
happy
pōuri
sad
āwangawanga
anxious
pukuriri
angry
hōha
bored
hiakai
hungry
rākau
tree
putiputi
flower
rawe
excellent
otaota
weed
moana
sea
roto
lake
awa
river
repo
swamp
maunga
mountain
waka-rere-rangi
aeroplane
pahikara
bike
pahi
bus
pukapuka
book
pepa
paper
ngeru
cat
hipi
sheep
heihei
chicken
kau
cow
hapu
sub-tribe
mātua
parents
mātua tīpuna
granparents
teina
sibling of same gender
Whaea
Mother
Mātua
Father
Tamāhine
Daughter
Whaea kēkē
Aunty
Tama
Son
Wahea tipuna
Grandma
Matua Tipuna
Grandad
matua kēkē
uncle
Hoa Wahine
Wife
Hoa tāne
Husband
Tōku Whaea
My Mother
Tōu Whaea
Your Mother
Tōna Whaea
His/Her mother
Tāku Tamaiti
My Child
Tāu tamaiti
Your child
Tāna Taimaiti
His/her child
ōku mātua
My parents
Ōu Mātua
Your Parents
Ōna Matua
Their Parents
Āku Tamariki
My Children
Āu Tamariki
Your Children
Āna Tamariki
Their Children
Ko John Rāua ko Susan ōku mātua
John and Susan are my parents