Kupu

All kupu lists

Karakia

Prayer, to pray

Whakataukī

Proverb

Kīwaha

Idiom, colloquialism

Wananei

Awesome

Whakamā

Embarrassment

Waitaha

Canterbury

Kia ora e hoa (mā)

Hello, friend(s)

Tēnā koe

Hello (to one person)

Tēnā kōrua

Hello (to two people)t

Tēnā koutou

Hello (to more than two people)

Mōrena

Good morning

Ata mārie

Good morning

Ahi mārie

good morning

Pō mārie

good night

Ka kite (anō)

See ya/bye

Hei konā

goodbye (appropriate for the phone)

Hei konei rā

goodbye (appropriate for the phone)

Haere rā

goodbye (to departing person)

E noho rā

goodbye (to person staying)

Pātai

question

kupu

word

tikanga

meaning

anō

again

hoa

friend

tū

to stand

noho

to sit

kōrero

to speak

whakarongo

to listen

Āe

Yes

Kāo

No

Aua

I have no idea

E tū

Stand up

E noho

Sit down

Whakarongo!

Listen

Kōrero mai

speak

Kōrero mai anō

Speak again, please repeat

Ka mau te wehi

That’s amazing

Kātahi rā koe

You are awesome

Kāo/ Kāore/ Kāhore

No

Kāore au i te mōhio

I don’t know

Aua! Aua hoki!

I have no idea

He aha te kupu Māori mō…?

What’s the Maori word for…?

Kia āta kōrero

Speak slowly please

Wai?

Who?

Ingoa

name

Taku

My (singular)

Aku

My (plural)

Tō

Your (singular)

ō

your (plural)

tana

his/her (singular)

ana

his/her (plural)

au/ ahau

I/ me

Koe

You (one person)

ia

he/she

tāua

you and I (the listener)

Māua

him/her and I (excl. listener)

kōrua

you two

rāua

they/them two

tātou

us/we (incl. listener)

mātou

us (excl. listener)

koutou

you (more than 2)

rātou

they/them (more than two)

kōtiro

girl

hoa

friend

mātua

parents

wāhine

women

wahine

woman/wife

tāne

man/husband

pāpā

father

tuakana

older sibling (same sex)

teina

younger sibling (same sex)

tungāne

brother of a girl

tuahine

sister of a boy

tama

son, boy

tamāhine

daughter

Koro

grandfather

kuia

grandmother

kurī

dog

tamariki

children

kaiako

teacher

E kī, e kī

Well, well, isL that right, you don’t say

Kua pau te hau

Exhausted!

Ōtepoti

Dunedin

Whakatū

Nelson

Tāamaki-makau-rau

Auckland

Te Whanganui-a-tara

Wellington

pene

pen

waewae

leg

whare

house

pēke

bag

ngeru

cat

wai?

who?

hea?

Where?

pēhea?

how?

matua

father

mātāmua

oldest

pōtiki

youngest

mokopuna

grandchild

kuia

grandmother

pai

good