The 1000 most common Māori words
Te Reo Māori · ranked by frequency · with English translations
Te reo Māori is an official language of New Zealand and the language of the tangata whenua. After a long decline it is in active revitalisation, taught in schools and heard daily in broadcasting, with something over 150,000 speakers of conversational fluency or better.
The sound system is small and very regular — five vowels, each with a short and a long form marked by a macron, and every syllable ending in a vowel. The macron is not decoration: keke is cake and kēkē is armpit. Vocabulary is built with a small set of particles doing work that English does with word endings, so the commonest words on this list are grammatical rather than nouns.
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Ordered by how often each word actually occurs in ordinary use, so the words near the top are the ones you will meet first and hardest.
This page lists the first 1000 of 2002 words in the Māori frequency list.
| # | Māori | English | Part of speech |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | kia ora | hello, hi; thank you, thanks; (lit.) be well | |
| 2 | mōrena | good morning, morning (informal) | |
| 3 | au | I, me | |
| 4 | ahau | I, me | |
| 5 | koe | you (one person) | |
| 6 | ia | he, she, him, her | |
| 7 | ingoa | name | |
| 8 | wai | who?; water; juice | |
| 9 | āe | yes | |
| 10 | kāo | no | |
| 11 | tēnā koe | hello, greetings; thank you (to one person, formal) | |
| 12 | ka kite | see you, see you later, bye (informal farewell) | |
| 13 | whānau | family, extended family; to be born | |
| 14 | kai | food | |
| 15 | pai | good | |
| 16 | aroha | love, compassion, sympathy, affection | |
| 17 | ko | (topic marker) it is; as for | |
| 18 | te | the (singular) | |
| 19 | he | a, some | |
| 20 | kei | at, in (present location); (present-tense marker: kei te) | |
| 21 | i | (past-tense marker); at, in (past location); (object marker) | |
| 22 | ka | will; and then (future marker) | |
| 23 | kua | (completed-action marker) has, have (done) | |
| 24 | e | verbal particle (with ana: ongoing action); hey, O (calling someone) | |
| 25 | ana | (with e: ongoing-action marker); cave | |
| 26 | ngā | the (plural) | |
| 27 | tēnei | this (near me) | |
| 28 | tēnā | that (near you) | |
| 29 | tērā | that (over there) | |
| 30 | kāore | not, no (negates verb sentences) | |
| 31 | kia | (desiderative marker) so that, let it be; used in greetings (kia ora) | |
| 32 | ora | alive, well, healthy, safe | |
| 33 | nui | big, great, many | |
| 34 | iti | small, little | |
| 35 | whare | house, building | |
| 36 | haere | go, come, travel | |
| 37 | noho | to sit; to stay; to live | |
| 38 | mahi | to do, work, make; work, job | |
| 39 | tangata | person | |
| 40 | wahine | woman, wife | |
| 41 | tāne | man, husband, male | |
| 42 | tamaiti | child | |
| 43 | tamariki | children (plural form of tamaiti) | |
| 44 | ki | to, towards, at, into (various uses) | |
| 45 | me | with, and; should, must; like, as if | |
| 46 | o | of, belonging to (ō category) | |
| 47 | tō | your (one person; one thing; neutral a/o) | |
| 48 | tōku | my (one thing, ō category) | |
| 49 | tāku | my (one thing, ā category) | |
| 50 | mō | for, about, concerning (ō category) | |
| 51 | mā | for, by (ā category); white, clean; and others (Hone mā) | |
| 52 | ā | and, and then; of (ā category); (future-time marker: ā te pō nei) | |
| 53 | rā | sun; day; over there, yonder | |
| 54 | pō | night | |
| 55 | awatea | daylight, daytime | |
| 56 | ata | morning; shadow, reflection | |
| 57 | āpōpō | tomorrow | |
| 58 | inanahi | yesterday | |
| 59 | kura | school; red; red feather; treasured item | |
| 60 | moana | sea, ocean | |
| 61 | maunga | mountain | |
| 62 | awa | river, stream | |
| 63 | rākau | tree, wood, stick; timber | |
| 64 | manu | bird | |
| 65 | ika | fish | |
| 66 | kurī | dog | |
| 67 | ngeru | cat | |
| 68 | mātou | we, us (three or more, excluding addressee) | |
| 69 | tātou | we, us (three or more, including you) | |
| 70 | māua | we, us (two people, excluding addressee) | |
| 71 | tāua | we, us (you and I) | |
| 72 | kōrua | you (two people) | |
| 73 | koutou | you (three or more people) | |
| 74 | rāua | they, them (two people) | |
| 75 | rātou | they, them (three or more people) | |
| 76 | aha | what? | |
| 77 | hea | where? | |
| 78 | tokohia | how many (people)? | |
| 79 | rua | two; hole, pit | |
| 80 | tahi | one, single | |
| 81 | toru | three | |
| 82 | whā | four | |
| 83 | rima | five | |
| 84 | ono | six | |
| 85 | whitu | seven | |
| 86 | waru | eight; to scrape, to peel | |
| 87 | iwa | nine | |
| 88 | tekau | ten | |
| 89 | nō | from, of, belonging to (ō category) | |
| 90 | nā | by, belonging to (ā category); because of | |
| 91 | ake | upwards; own, self (emphatic) | |
| 92 | anō | again; also, too; self (ki a ia anō) | |
| 93 | hoki | also, too; to go back, return | |
| 94 | engari | but, however, on the contrary | |
| 95 | Māori | Māori (people, language, culture) | |
| 96 | Ngāti | descendants of, tribe (in tribal names: Ngāti Porou) | |
| 97 | Pākehā | New Zealander of European descent, European, non-Māori | |
| 98 | ahakoa | although, even though | |
| 99 | ahi | fire | |
| 100 | ako | to learn, to teach, to study | |
| 101 | aku | my, mine (several things; neutral a/o) | |
| 102 | anake | only, just, alone | |
| 103 | anei | here (near me), here is | |
| 104 | ao | world, dawn, cloud | |
| 105 | ara | path, way, road; to rise, wake up | |
| 106 | arā | there, over there; that is, namely | |
| 107 | atu | away (from the speaker); more (in comparisons) | |
| 108 | aua | I don't know (Aua!); those (mentioned before) | |
| 109 | auē | alas, oh no, oh dear (cry of dismay or grief) | |
| 110 | ehara | is not (negative for ko and he sentences) | |
| 111 | eke | to climb on, board, ride; to embark, get onto | |
| 112 | haka | to perform traditional dance; haka, a traditional dance, war dance | |
| 113 | hanga | to build, make, erect; shape, form | |
| 114 | hangaia | passive form of hanga (to build, erect, make) | |
| 115 | hau | wind, air, breath | |
| 116 | hei | as, to be (in future); at, in (future location); in order to | |
| 117 | heke | to descend, go down; rafter | |
| 118 | hia | how many? | |
| 119 | hiahia | to want, desire, wish | |
| 120 | hoa | friend, mate, companion | |
| 121 | hoatu | to give (away from speaker) | |
| 122 | hoko | to buy, sell | |
| 123 | hopu | to catch, seize, grab | |
| 124 | horoi | to wash, to clean | |
| 125 | hou | new | |
| 126 | hua | fruit; egg; product | |
| 127 | huarahi | road, path, way, route | |
| 128 | hui | meeting, gathering; to gather, meet | |
| 129 | huia | huia (extinct native bird, its feathers treasured) | |
| 130 | hunga | group of people | |
| 131 | huri | to turn | |
| 132 | haereere | to wander, roam, travel about | |
| 133 | hāora | hour; oxygen | |
| 134 | heoi | so, then, anyway, however | |
| 135 | hī | to fish (with a line), catch fish | |
| 136 | hīkoi | to walk; to step, tread | |
| 137 | hū | shoe | |
| 138 | ināianei | now, at present | |
| 139 | iho | down, downwards | |
| 140 | inā | since, because, for; when (in the past) | |
| 141 | iwi | tribe, people, nation; bone | |
| 142 | kaha | strong, able | |
| 143 | kanohi | face; eye; in person | |
| 144 | kapa | group, row of people, as in: kapa haka | |
| 145 | karanga | to call, call out; ceremonial call of welcome | |
| 146 | kararehe | animal | |
| 147 | kata | to laugh | |
| 148 | katoa | all, every, whole, everyone | |
| 149 | kau | cow; to swim; only, merely (kāore kau: none at all) | |
| 150 | kaua | don't, do not (negative command: Kaua e tangi) | |
| 151 | kaupapa | topic, theme, subject; plan, policy, purpose | |
| 152 | kawe | to carry, convey | |
| 153 | kete | basket, kit | |
| 154 | kimi | to look for, seek | |
| 155 | kino | bad, evil, wrong | |
| 156 | kiri | skin | |
| 157 | kite | to see, find, perceive | |
| 158 | kitea | passive form of kite (to see) | |
| 159 | koia | that's it, that's right; it is, so | |
| 160 | koinei | this is | |
| 161 | konei | here (near me), this place | |
| 162 | kore | zero, nothing, none; without | |
| 163 | koro | grandad, grandfather, elderly man (address: E koro) | |
| 164 | koroua | elderly man, old man, grandfather | |
| 165 | kotahi | one | |
| 166 | kuia | elderly woman, old woman, grandmother | |
| 167 | kupu | word | |
| 168 | kāhore | not, no (variant of kāore) | |
| 169 | kāinga | home, village, settlement | |
| 170 | kākahu | clothing, clothes, garment | |
| 171 | kāre | not, no (colloquial form of kāore) | |
| 172 | kātahi | then, at that point; just (kātahi anō) | |
| 173 | kē | instead, rather, different; already | |
| 174 | kēmu | game | |
| 175 | kī | to say; to be full | |
| 176 | kīia | passive form of kī (to say) | |
| 177 | kōhanga | nest | |
| 178 | kōrero | to talk, speak, say; story, speech, conversation | |
| 179 | kōtiro | girl | |
| 180 | maha | many | |
| 181 | mahana | warm | |
| 182 | mahia | passive form of mahi (to do, work, make) | |
| 183 | mai | towards me, this way, hither; from (mai i) | |
| 184 | mana | prestige, authority, status, power | |
| 185 | marae | marae (communal meeting grounds) | |
| 186 | marama | month, moon | |
| 187 | mataku | scared, afraid, frightened | |
| 188 | mate | sick, ill, dead; to die; illness | |
| 189 | matua | parent, father | |
| 190 | mau | to take, bring; to be caught; to wear clothes | |
| 191 | mea | thing; to say | |
| 192 | mehemea | if, as if (hypothetical) | |
| 193 | mere | short club, mere (flat weapon, often greenstone) | |
| 194 | mihi | to greet, acknowledge, thank; greeting | |
| 195 | moe | to sleep; to marry | |
| 196 | moko | grandchild (address: E moko); tattoo; lizard | |
| 197 | mokopuna | grandchild | |
| 198 | momo | type, kind | |
| 199 | moni | money | |
| 200 | motokā | car, motorcar | |
| 201 | motu | island; cut, cut off | |
| 202 | mua | front, before, the past | |
| 203 | muri | behind, after | |
| 204 | mutu | be ended, finished (but not necessarily completed) | |
| 205 | mutunga | end, conclusion | |
| 206 | māku | for me, by me (ā category) | |
| 207 | māmā | mother, mum, mummy (informal); easy | |
| 208 | māna | for him, for her, by him, by her (ā category) | |
| 209 | māori | normal, ordinary, fresh (of water) | |
| 210 | mārama | clear; to understand; light | |
| 211 | mātau | we, us (variant of mātou); to know, understand | |
| 212 | mātauranga | education, knowledge | |
| 213 | mātua | parents, fathers (plural form of matua) | |
| 214 | mēnā | if | |
| 215 | mīharo | to wonder at; amazing | |
| 216 | mīhini | machine | |
| 217 | mōhio | to know, understand | |
| 218 | nei | this, here (near me) | |
| 219 | ngahere | forest, bush | |
| 220 | ngaro | to be lost, missing, gone | |
| 221 | noa | only, just, merely; freely | |
| 222 | nuinga | majority, most | |
| 223 | nāna | by him, by her, his, hers (ā category) | |
| 224 | nē | eh?, isn't it?, right? (tag question) | |
| 225 | oma | to run, escape | |
| 226 | oti | to be completed | |
| 227 | otirā | but, and also, in fact, indeed | |
| 228 | pakeke | grown up, adult; hard, stiff | |
| 229 | pango | black | |
| 230 | papa | floor, ground, flat surface | |
| 231 | pau | to be consumed, used up completely, all gone | |
| 232 | pea | maybe, perhaps; pear; bear; pair | |
| 233 | pepa | paper | |
| 234 | piki | to climb; to increase | |
| 235 | pikitia | picture, film, movie | |
| 236 | pou | pole, post | |
| 237 | pouaka | box | |
| 238 | pukapuka | book; lungs | |
| 239 | puku | stomach, belly | |
| 240 | pupuri | to hold, hold onto, keep, retain | |
| 241 | puta | to come out, go out, appear, emerge | |
| 242 | pā | to touch, affect; fortified village; father (E pā) | |
| 243 | pāpā | dad, father, uncle | |
| 244 | pātai | question; to ask a question | |
| 245 | pēhea | how? | |
| 246 | pēnei | like this | |
| 247 | pērā | like that (over there) | |
| 248 | pīrangi | to want, desire | |
| 249 | pū | letter (of the alphabet); gun; to blow gently | |
| 250 | rahi | large, big, great; size | |
| 251 | rangatahi | youth, young people | |
| 252 | rangatira | chief, leader, boss | |
| 253 | rangi | sky, day | |
| 254 | raro | under, below, down; north | |
| 255 | rau | hundred; leaf; to put into | |
| 256 | rawa | very, really, exceedingly; goods, property | |
| 257 | rawe | lovely, excellent, great, awesome | |
| 258 | reira | there (previously mentioned) | |
| 259 | reka | sweet, tasty, delicious | |
| 260 | reo | language, voice | |
| 261 | rere | to fly; to flow; to sail; to escape | |
| 262 | rerekē | different, changed, strange | |
| 263 | ringa | hand, arm | |
| 264 | riro | be obtained, be carried away, gone away | |
| 265 | rite | like, alike, the same as; ready | |
| 266 | roa | long, tall | |
| 267 | rongo | to hear, feel, perceive, sense | |
| 268 | roto | in, inside; lake | |
| 269 | runga | on, on top of, above, up; south | |
| 270 | rānei | or | |
| 271 | rārangi | line, row | |
| 272 | rō | in (short form of roto, as in: ki rō whare) | |
| 273 | rōpū | group, team, party | |
| 274 | rūma | room | |
| 275 | tae | to reach, arrive; colour | |
| 276 | taea | to be able, to be achieved | |
| 277 | taha | side, edge, margin; to pass by | |
| 278 | tai | the sea, as opposed to land; tide | |
| 279 | taka | to fall, to fall off, to drop; to come around in a cycle | |
| 280 | take | reason, cause, origin; subject of discussion; root, stump | |
| 281 | taki | to recite, to recount; to lead, to bring along | |
| 282 | takoto | to lie down | |
| 283 | taku | my (one thing; neutral a/o) | |
| 284 | tama | son, boy (address: E tama); nephew | |
| 285 | tana | his, her (one thing; neutral a/o) | |
| 286 | tangi | to cry; to mourn, lament; to make a sound, sound | |
| 287 | taniwha | monster, traditional guardian of bodies of water | |
| 288 | taonga | prized possession, treasure; property, possession | |
| 289 | tata | near, close | |
| 290 | tatari | to wait | |
| 291 | tatau | door; to count | |
| 292 | tau | number; year, period of time; age | |
| 293 | taua | that, previously mentioned (singular) | |
| 294 | tauira | student; example | |
| 295 | tawhiti | distant, a distant place | |
| 296 | tere | to flow, float, move quickly; fast | |
| 297 | tiaki | to look after, to care for, guard, protect | |
| 298 | tika | to be right, correct, straight, in order | |
| 299 | tikanga | custom, habit, agreed way of doing things; reason, meaning | |
| 300 | tiki | to fetch, go and get (tiki atu), come and get (tiki mai) | |
| 301 | tinana | body, trunk, torso | |
| 302 | tino | very, really | |
| 303 | tipu | to grow, develop; a plant, shoot | |
| 304 | tiro | to look | |
| 305 | titiro | to look at, look, watch | |
| 306 | toa | shop; brave; to win, come first; winner; male animal | |
| 307 | tohu | sign, mark, symbol; to indicate, point out; qualification, degree | |
| 308 | toi | origin, source; native, indigenous; art, knowledge | |
| 309 | toka | rock | |
| 310 | tonu | still, continually; right away, immediately | |
| 311 | tua | beyond, the far side | |
| 312 | tuarua | second | |
| 313 | tuatahi | first | |
| 314 | tuhi | to write, to draw; to indicate, point out | |
| 315 | tuhia | passive form of tuhi (to write, to draw) | |
| 316 | tuku | to allow, let; to send; to let go, give up; to hand down | |
| 317 | tukuna | passive form of tuku (to allow) | |
| 318 | tuna | eel | |
| 319 | tā | the … of (ā-category possessive); to strike, print | |
| 320 | tākaro | to play | |
| 321 | tāna | his / her, ā category possession, singular | |
| 322 | tāngata | people (plural of tangata) | |
| 323 | tētahi | a, an, one (particular); another | |
| 324 | tīma | team | |
| 325 | tīmata | to begin, to start | |
| 326 | tōna | his / her, ō category possession, singular | |
| 327 | tōu | your, ō category possession, singular | |
| 328 | tū | to stand; to be wounded; a wound | |
| 329 | tūturu | real, natural, authentic; fixed, permanent, definite | |
| 330 | uaua | difficult; muscle, vein, artery | |
| 331 | uru | to enter, to go into; west | |
| 332 | utu | cost, price, payment; to pay; revenge, reciprocity | |
| 333 | waea | telephone; wire | |
| 334 | waenganui | middle, centre, between | |
| 335 | waewae | foot, leg | |
| 336 | waho | out, outside, the outside | |
| 337 | waiata | to sing; song | |
| 338 | waiho | to leave something somewhere; to remain, rest | |
| 339 | waka | canoe; car; vehicle (land, air and sea) | |
| 340 | wera | to burn; burnt; hot, heat | |
| 341 | whaea | mother, aunt | |
| 342 | whai | to follow, to chase | |
| 343 | whakaae | to agree, consent, accept | |
| 344 | whakaahua | to take photos; photograph | |
| 345 | whakaaro | to think; thought, idea, opinion | |
| 346 | whakaatu | to display, show, demonstrate | |
| 347 | whakaaturanga | display; television programme | |
| 348 | whakahoki | to return, to reply | |
| 349 | whakamārama | to explain | |
| 350 | whakarongo | to listen | |
| 351 | whakataetae | competition, contest; to compete | |
| 352 | whakautu | to reply, to respond | |
| 353 | whanaunga | relative, relation | |
| 354 | whatu | eye; stone; to weave, knit | |
| 355 | whenua | land, country, ground; placenta | |
| 356 | whetū | star | |
| 357 | whānui | broad, wide | |
| 358 | wā | time; place, space, area | |
| 359 | wāhanga | part, portion, section; chapter, episode | |
| 360 | wāhi | place, locality; to break, to split, to break open; part, portion | |
| 361 | wāhine | women, wives (plural form of wahine) | |
| 362 | āhua | shape, form, appearance; somewhat, rather | |
| 363 | āhuatanga | property, characteristic, feature, circumstance | |
| 364 | āna | his, her (several things, ā category) | |
| 365 | āta | gently, carefully, deliberately | |
| 366 | ātaahua | beautiful, pretty, lovely, well formed | |
| 367 | āwhina | to help, assist; help | |
| 368 | ēnei | these (near me) | |
| 369 | ērā | those (over there) | |
| 370 | ētahi | some (plural of tētahi) | |
| 371 | ō | your (one person, several things; neutral a/o) | |
| 372 | ōku | my (several things, ō category) | |
| 373 | ōna | his, her (several things, ō category) | |
| 374 | ahatia | passive form of aha (what?) | |
| 375 | ahiahi | afternoon, evening | |
| 376 | aho | string, fishing line; light, to shine | |
| 377 | ahu | move in a certain direction; to heap up; to look after | |
| 378 | aihikirīmi | ice-cream | |
| 379 | aituā | accident; to have an accident; disaster; to suffer a disaster | |
| 380 | akoranga | lesson, course, teaching | |
| 381 | anga | face or move in a certain direction; shell | |
| 382 | anā | there (near you) | |
| 383 | aorangi | planet | |
| 384 | ariki | high chief, paramount chief, lord | |
| 385 | aro | to face, turn towards | |
| 386 | atawhai | to show kindness towards | |
| 387 | atua | god, deity, supernatural being | |
| 388 | auahi | smoke | |
| 389 | auau | to bark, howl | |
| 390 | awhi | to hug, embrace | |
| 391 | ha | what!, oh!, hey! (surprise) | |
| 392 | haerenga | journey | |
| 393 | hai | as, to be; at (variant of hei) | |
| 394 | haina | to sign (a letter, document) | |
| 395 | haki | flag | |
| 396 | hangarau | technology | |
| 397 | hao | to catch in a net, a net | |
| 398 | hapū | subtribe; pregnant | |
| 399 | hara | to make a mistake; mistake | |
| 400 | harakeke | flax, New Zealand flax | |
| 401 | haramai | come here, welcome | |
| 402 | hararei | holiday | |
| 403 | hari | to carry, take; to feel happy | |
| 404 | haria | passive form of hari (to carry, take) | |
| 405 | harikoa | happy, joyful, glad, delighted | |
| 406 | haruru | to resound; a heavy sound | |
| 407 | haunga | smelly, stinky | |
| 408 | hauora | health, healthy | |
| 409 | haurua | half | |
| 410 | heihei | chicken | |
| 411 | hekenga | migration; descent | |
| 412 | hemo | to be dead; to pass by, be gone | |
| 413 | here | to tie, to bind | |
| 414 | herea | passive form of here (to tie, to bind) | |
| 415 | hika | gosh, my goodness (E hika!); friend (term of address) | |
| 416 | hiki | to lift up, raise; to carry in the arms, to nurse | |
| 417 | hiko | lightning; to flash; electricity | |
| 418 | hine | girl (term of address: E hine!) | |
| 419 | hinengaro | mind, intellect | |
| 420 | hinga | to fall (from upright); to be defeated | |
| 421 | hinu | oil, fat | |
| 422 | hipi | sheep | |
| 423 | hoariri | enemy | |
| 424 | hoe | to paddle, row | |
| 425 | hokinga | return | |
| 426 | hokohoko | to shop, trade | |
| 427 | hokona | passive form of hoko (to buy, sell) | |
| 428 | hono | to join together | |
| 429 | horo | quick; to crumble, to fall down | |
| 430 | huakina | to open | |
| 431 | huka | foam; ice, frost; sugar | |
| 432 | huna | to hide | |
| 433 | hurihuri | to turn round and round, over and over | |
| 434 | huritau | birthday | |
| 435 | huruhuru | feather; body hair; fur | |
| 436 | hā | breath | |
| 437 | hākari | feast | |
| 438 | hākinakina | sport; to play sport | |
| 439 | hāmama | to yell, shout; open, gaping | |
| 440 | hāngai | opposite, facing | |
| 441 | hāngī | hāngī, earth oven; food cooked in an earth oven | |
| 442 | hāparangi | to shout, bawl | |
| 443 | hāunga | besides | |
| 444 | hāwhe | half | |
| 445 | hē | wrong; error, mistake | |
| 446 | hēki | egg | |
| 447 | hōhonu | deep | |
| 448 | hōhā | bored, fed up, annoyed; boring | |
| 449 | hōia | soldier, warrior | |
| 450 | hōiho | horse | |
| 451 | homai | to give (to me, towards the speaker) | |
| 452 | ihu | nose | |
| 453 | ina | if, when | |
| 454 | ine | to measure | |
| 455 | inu | to drink | |
| 456 | ipu | container, bowl | |
| 457 | ira | dot; gene | |
| 458 | irirangi | radio (usually as reo irirangi) | |
| 459 | kahu | cloak, cape, covering | |
| 460 | kahurangi | blue (colour); woman of high status or rank | |
| 461 | kaiako | teacher | |
| 462 | kaikōrero | speaker, orator | |
| 463 | kaimahi | worker | |
| 464 | kaimoana | seafood | |
| 465 | kainga | to be eaten (passive of kai, to eat) | |
| 466 | kaipuke | ship | |
| 467 | kaipūtaiao | scientist | |
| 468 | kaitiaki | guardian, caretaker, custodian, trustee | |
| 469 | kaituhi | writer, author | |
| 470 | kaitā | big, sturdy of build | |
| 471 | kaitākaro | player, sportsperson | |
| 472 | kaiwhakahaere | manager, organiser | |
| 473 | kakara | scent, fragrance, smell; fragrant | |
| 474 | kakau | handle | |
| 475 | kake | to climb | |
| 476 | kakī | neck | |
| 477 | kamo | eye | |
| 478 | kanikani | dance, to dance | |
| 479 | kano | colour | |
| 480 | kapi | to be covered or occupied (of space) | |
| 481 | kapu | cup | |
| 482 | kapua | cloud | |
| 483 | kara | colour; flag | |
| 484 | karaka | clock; orange (from the colour of ripe karaka berries) | |
| 485 | karakia | prayer, to pray | |
| 486 | karani | granny, grandmother | |
| 487 | kare | dear, friend (term of address: E kare); ripple | |
| 488 | karere | messenger | |
| 489 | karu | eye | |
| 490 | karāhe | glass, mirror | |
| 491 | katakata | to laugh and laugh, laughter | |
| 492 | kauaka | don't, do not (variant of kaua) | |
| 493 | kauhoe | to swim | |
| 494 | kaukau | to bathe | |
| 495 | kaumātua | elder; elderly | |
| 496 | kaute | to count | |
| 497 | kauwhata | graph | |
| 498 | kawea | passive form of kawe (to carry, convey) | |
| 499 | kawenga | load, luggage, burden | |
| 500 | keke | cake | |
| 501 | kekeno | seal | |
| 502 | kimihia | passive form of kimi (to look for, seek) | |
| 503 | kiore | rat | |
| 504 | kirikiri | gravel, sand | |
| 505 | kiromita | kilometre | |
| 506 | kitenga | observation, seeing | |
| 507 | kiwi | kiwi, native bird | |
| 508 | koa | please; happy | |
| 509 | koha | gift, donation, contribution | |
| 510 | kohi | to collect, gather together | |
| 511 | kohikohi | to collect, gather together | |
| 512 | koi | sharp | |
| 513 | koinā | that is, that's (near you) | |
| 514 | kongakonga | small piece, fragment | |
| 515 | konā | there (near you) | |
| 516 | kuhu | to enter, to go or come in | |
| 517 | kui | grandma, old lady (term of address: E kui) | |
| 518 | kuīni | queen | |
| 519 | kukume | to pull, to drag | |
| 520 | kā | to burn, be alight | |
| 521 | kākano | seed | |
| 522 | kākāriki | green | |
| 523 | kānga | corn, maize | |
| 524 | kāpata | cupboard | |
| 525 | kāpene | captain | |
| 526 | kāpia | glue | |
| 527 | kāreti | college; carrot | |
| 528 | kāri | card; playing card | |
| 529 | kāti | stop, enough, that will do (Kāti te tangi!) | |
| 530 | kāwana | government, governor | |
| 531 | kāwanatanga | government | |
| 532 | kāwhe | calf | |
| 533 | kēhua | ghost | |
| 534 | kīhai | did not, not (negates the past) | |
| 535 | kō | at a distance, yonder | |
| 536 | kōhatu | stone, rock | |
| 537 | kōhua | to boil; cooking pot | |
| 538 | kōiwi | bone | |
| 539 | kōkiri | to charge, rush at | |
| 540 | kōkā | mother, aunt | |
| 541 | kōpae | disc | |
| 542 | kōrere | tap, faucet | |
| 543 | kōrerorero | to chat, converse, discuss | |
| 544 | kōrerotia | passive form of kōrero (to talk, speak) | |
| 545 | kōtuku | white heron | |
| 546 | kōwhai | yellow (colour); kōwhai, a native tree | |
| 547 | kūmara | kūmara, sweet potato | |
| 548 | kupenga | net, fishing net | |
| 549 | mahara | memory, thought; to remember, think | |
| 550 | mahere | map, plan | |
| 551 | mahue | to be left behind | |
| 552 | makariri | cold; winter | |
| 553 | makawe | hair of the head (human), used in plural: ngā makawe | |
| 554 | makere | to fall; to come off; to get down from | |
| 555 | mamae | hurt, sore, pain | |
| 556 | manaaki | to look after, to show hospitality towards | |
| 557 | manawa | heart; breath | |
| 558 | manga | stream; branch | |
| 559 | mano | thousand | |
| 560 | manuhiri | guest, visitor | |
| 561 | maramara | crumbs, small pieces | |
| 562 | marangai | east wind; rain, storm | |
| 563 | maringi | to spill | |
| 564 | maroke | dry | |
| 565 | mata | face, surface; point, blade | |
| 566 | matapihi | window | |
| 567 | matau | right (direction); fish hook | |
| 568 | matekai | hungry | |
| 569 | matimati | finger, toe | |
| 570 | matū | fat, chemical | |
| 571 | maumahara | to remember, recall | |
| 572 | mauri | life force, life principle, vital essence | |
| 573 | mauria | passive form of mau (to take, bring) | |
| 574 | mauī | left (direction) | |
| 575 | meatia | to be done (passive of mea) | |
| 576 | meneti | minute | |
| 577 | miraka | milk | |
| 578 | miriona | million | |
| 579 | miro | thread | |
| 580 | mita | metre | |
| 581 | moemoeā | to dream; dream | |
| 582 | moenga | bed | |
| 583 | moka | end, margin, piece | |
| 584 | mokemoke | lonely | |
| 585 | mokomoko | lizard | |
| 586 | motuhake | special, separate, independent | |
| 587 | moutere | island | |
| 588 | mura | blaze, flame | |
| 589 | māhanga | twin(s) | |
| 590 | māharahara | worried, anxious | |
| 591 | māhau | for you (variant of māu) | |
| 592 | māhunga | head | |
| 593 | māia | capable, brave, bold | |
| 594 | mākū | wet | |
| 595 | māra | garden | |
| 596 | mārika | indeed, quite, certainly; āe mārika | |
| 597 | mārō | hard (of texture, personality) | |
| 598 | mātaki | to watch | |
| 599 | mātakitaki | to watch, to observe, examine, inspect | |
| 600 | mātao | cold | |
| 601 | māu | for you, by you; ā category possession | |
| 602 | mīere | honey | |
| 603 | mīti | meat | |
| 604 | mōhiotanga | knowledge | |
| 605 | mōhiotia | passive form of mōhio (to know) | |
| 606 | mōkai | pet | |
| 607 | mōku | for me, about me (ō category) | |
| 608 | mōna | for him, for her, about him, about her (ō category) | |
| 609 | nama | number | |
| 610 | nanakia | rascal; cunning, nasty | |
| 611 | nau | come, go: as in: Nau mai! | |
| 612 | neke | to move | |
| 613 | nekeneke | to move gradually | |
| 614 | ngaru | wave | |
| 615 | ngata | snail; to be satisfied | |
| 616 | ngau | to bite | |
| 617 | ngaungau | to chew, a snack | |
| 618 | ngenge | tired, weary, exhausted | |
| 619 | ngunguru | to growl | |
| 620 | ngutu | lip, lips | |
| 621 | ngākau | heart, mind (seat of the feelings) | |
| 622 | ngārara | reptile, monster | |
| 623 | ngātahi | together | |
| 624 | ngāwari | easy; soft, supple of texture; kind, pleasant of personality | |
| 625 | niho | tooth | |
| 626 | noke | worm | |
| 627 | nuku | to move | |
| 628 | nunui | big (plural form) | |
| 629 | nāianei | now | |
| 630 | nāku | mine, by me (ā category) | |
| 631 | nāwai | eventually, after a while, presently | |
| 632 | nōku | mine, belonging to me, from me (ō category) | |
| 633 | nōna | his, hers, belonging to him, belonging to her (ō category) | |
| 634 | oho | to wake up | |
| 635 | ohorere | to start suddenly, be startled | |
| 636 | one | beach, sand | |
| 637 | oneone | earth, soil | |
| 638 | ope | group travelling together | |
| 639 | oranga | health, life | |
| 640 | oreore | to shake, quiver | |
| 641 | otaota | vegetation, herbs, grass, weeds | |
| 642 | pae | to be cast ashore; to lay horizontally; horizon, ridge of hills; circumference | |
| 643 | paepae | orators' bench (on the marae); threshold, beam | |
| 644 | pahi | bus | |
| 645 | pahū | to explode, burst; bomb; drum | |
| 646 | painga | benefit, skill, good qualities | |
| 647 | paipa | pipe | |
| 648 | pakanga | war, battle, fight; to fight | |
| 649 | pakari | strong; mature, ripe | |
| 650 | pakaru | broken, shattered; broken down | |
| 651 | paki | to slap, to pat | |
| 652 | pakipaki | to applaud, to clap; applause | |
| 653 | pakitara | wall | |
| 654 | pakiwaitara | story, fiction, legend | |
| 655 | paku | small, little, slightly | |
| 656 | pakupaku | very small | |
| 657 | pana | to push away, to expel | |
| 658 | panana | banana | |
| 659 | panga | to throw; puzzle, riddle | |
| 660 | pani | orphan; to be orphaned | |
| 661 | paoro | ball | |
| 662 | parakuihi | breakfast | |
| 663 | parauri | brown | |
| 664 | pare | headband, headdress; to ward off, to divert | |
| 665 | pari | cliff | |
| 666 | parirau | wing | |
| 667 | paru | dirt, mud; dirty | |
| 668 | paruparu | dirt, mud | |
| 669 | parāoa | bread, flour | |
| 670 | pata | butter | |
| 671 | patu | to strike, beat, thrash; to kill | |
| 672 | patua | passive form of patu (to strike, beat, thrash) | |
| 673 | peita | paint | |
| 674 | peka | branch | |
| 675 | pekapeka | bat | |
| 676 | peke | to jump, to leap over | |
| 677 | pene | pen | |
| 678 | pere | bell | |
| 679 | pirau | rotten | |
| 680 | piri | to stick to, to cling | |
| 681 | pirihimana | police officer | |
| 682 | piriti | bridge | |
| 683 | piro | stinking, putrid | |
| 684 | pito | end, extremity; belly button | |
| 685 | piupiu | flax skirt worn as part of traditional costume, eg in kapa haka | |
| 686 | poaka | pig | |
| 687 | poi | poi, small, soft ball on string | |
| 688 | poka | hole; to make a hole in, to pierce | |
| 689 | pono | true, faithful, honest; truth | |
| 690 | poraka | frog; jersey | |
| 691 | poro | to cut off, to cut short | |
| 692 | porohita | circle, round (variant of porowhita) | |
| 693 | porowhita | circle, round (variant of porohita) | |
| 694 | poti | cat; boat | |
| 695 | poto | short | |
| 696 | pouaka whakaata | television, TV | |
| 697 | pounamu | greenstone | |
| 698 | puare | open, opening | |
| 699 | puehu | dust | |
| 700 | puhi | to blow (wind) | |
| 701 | puke | hill | |
| 702 | puna | pool, spring | |
| 703 | punua | young animal | |
| 704 | puoro | to sing; music, song, musical instrument | |
| 705 | pupuhi | to blow (of the wind); to shoot | |
| 706 | pupū | to boil; to bubble up, arise from | |
| 707 | purapura | seed | |
| 708 | purei | to play; play | |
| 709 | puru | to block up, plug; to put, place somewhere | |
| 710 | purua | passive form of puru (to block up, plug) | |
| 711 | putanga | opening, exit | |
| 712 | putiputi | flower | |
| 713 | putu | to heap up; a heap, pile | |
| 714 | pāhi | purse; to pass | |
| 715 | pākete | packet; bucket | |
| 716 | pāmu | farm | |
| 717 | pāngarau | mathematics | |
| 718 | pānui | to read; to publish, advertise; notice, advertisement | |
| 719 | pātata | close (of distance) | |
| 720 | pātene | button | |
| 721 | pātiki | flounder (fish) | |
| 722 | pātītī | grass | |
| 723 | pāua | pāua (abalone) | |
| 724 | pēkana | bacon | |
| 725 | pēke | bag | |
| 726 | pēnā | like that (near you) | |
| 727 | pēpi | baby | |
| 728 | pēwhea | how? (variant of pēhea) | |
| 729 | pī | bee | |
| 730 | pīpī | chick, baby | |
| 731 | pōhatu | stone | |
| 732 | pōhēhē | to think mistakenly, be mistaken | |
| 733 | pōro | ball | |
| 734 | pōtae | hat | |
| 735 | pōuri | sad, unhappy, depressed; dark | |
| 736 | pūkaha | engine | |
| 737 | pūkenga | skilled, expert | |
| 738 | pūmau | fixed, permanent | |
| 739 | pūngāwerewere | spider | |
| 740 | pūrere | appliance, machine (electric) | |
| 741 | pūrerehua | butterfly | |
| 742 | pūrākau | traditional story, myth, legend | |
| 743 | pūtaiao | science | |
| 744 | pūtake | reason, cause; root | |
| 745 | pūtea | fund, funds, budget, money, resources | |
| 746 | raki | north | |
| 747 | rama | light, torch | |
| 748 | rango | fly, blowfly | |
| 749 | rangona | to be heard, felt (passive of rongo) | |
| 750 | rapa | to look for | |
| 751 | rapu | to look for | |
| 752 | raru | trouble; to be in difficulty, in trouble | |
| 753 | raruraru | trouble, problem; to be in difficulty | |
| 754 | rata | friendly, at ease, calm | |
| 755 | rekareka | pleasant, delighted | |
| 756 | rerenga | voyage; escape, running away | |
| 757 | rererangi | airplane | |
| 758 | reri | ready | |
| 759 | reta | letter | |
| 760 | reti | to skate, slide | |
| 761 | retireti | sliding, skating, skiing | |
| 762 | ringaringa | hand, arm | |
| 763 | rino | iron | |
| 764 | riri | anger; angry; to be angry | |
| 765 | rita | litre | |
| 766 | roanga | length, extent; rest (of), continuation | |
| 767 | rohe | district, area, region; boundary | |
| 768 | roimata | tears | |
| 769 | rongonui | famous | |
| 770 | rongoā | medicine, remedy | |
| 771 | rori | road | |
| 772 | rorohiko | computer | |
| 773 | ruku | to dive | |
| 774 | rāwhiti | east | |
| 775 | rēhia | pleasure, amusement | |
| 776 | rīpene | ribbon, tape | |
| 777 | rīwai | potato | |
| 778 | taenga | arrival | |
| 779 | tahuri | to turn around, to turn over; to capsize | |
| 780 | taiapa | fence | |
| 781 | taihoa | wait | |
| 782 | taitama | young man | |
| 783 | takiwā | district, region | |
| 784 | tamatāne | boy | |
| 785 | tame | male animal | |
| 786 | tamāhine | daughter | |
| 787 | tango | to take hold of | |
| 788 | tangohia | passive form of tango (to take hold of) | |
| 789 | tao | to cook | |
| 790 | tapa | edge, margin; to name | |
| 791 | tapahi | to cut up, chop | |
| 792 | tapahia | passive form of tapahi (to cut up, chop) | |
| 793 | tapu | sacred, holy, under ritual restriction | |
| 794 | taputapu | utensil, tool; appliance; gear, equipment | |
| 795 | tapuwae | footprint | |
| 796 | taraiwa | to drive; driver | |
| 797 | taraka | truck | |
| 798 | tarau | trousers | |
| 799 | tari | study; department | |
| 800 | taringa | ear | |
| 801 | taro | presently, by and by, soon (taro ake) | |
| 802 | tauhou | strange, unfamiliar; stranger | |
| 803 | taumaha | heavy, of weight; heavy, difficult of spirit or health | |
| 804 | taumata | peak, pinnacle; grade, level of achievement | |
| 805 | taunga | landing place, resting place, anchorage; to be used to, familiar with | |
| 806 | taupoki | to cover, close with a lid; lid, cover | |
| 807 | taura | rope, cable | |
| 808 | tautoko | to support, back, endorse | |
| 809 | tawhito | old, ancient, former | |
| 810 | teina | younger sibling (same sex), younger brother of a man, younger sister of a woman | |
| 811 | teitei | tall, high, lofty; height | |
| 812 | tihi | summit; topknot | |
| 813 | tina | dinner, lunch | |
| 814 | tini | very many, numerous, plenty; multitude, throng | |
| 815 | tinihanga | to deceive, cheat, trick | |
| 816 | tipua | goblin, strange being; strange, unusual | |
| 817 | tipuna | grandparent, ancestor | |
| 818 | tira | travelling party; group or row of people | |
| 819 | tiriti | treaty; street | |
| 820 | tirohanga | view, look, perspective | |
| 821 | tirohia | passive form of tiro (to look) | |
| 822 | tirotiro | to look about, to investigate | |
| 823 | toe | to remain, be left over | |
| 824 | toenga | leftovers, remnants | |
| 825 | tohorā | whale | |
| 826 | tohua | passive form of tohu (to indicate, point out) | |
| 827 | tohunga | expert, priest | |
| 828 | tohutohu | to instruct; to guide, direct; instructions, directions | |
| 829 | tokomaha | many (of people) | |
| 830 | tokorua | two (of people) | |
| 831 | tokotoru | three (people) | |
| 832 | tomo | to enter, go into | |
| 833 | tonga | south | |
| 834 | tono | to send, to command; to ask for, to request, to demand; to apply for | |
| 835 | tonoa | passive form of tono (to send, to command) | |
| 836 | tonutia | still, immediately (form of tonu after a passive verb) | |
| 837 | toro | to stretch out, to extend; to visit | |
| 838 | toroa | albatross | |
| 839 | tote | salt | |
| 840 | toto | blood | |
| 841 | tuahine | sister (of a male) | |
| 842 | tuakana | older sibling (same sex), older brother of a man, older sister of a woman | |
| 843 | tuanui | roof | |
| 844 | tuarā | back | |
| 845 | tuatoru | third | |
| 846 | tuawhā | fourth | |
| 847 | tuhinga | writing, text | |
| 848 | tuhituhi | to write, draw | |
| 849 | tuhituhinga | writing, text | |
| 850 | tuki | to hit, to knock, to beat, to pound | |
| 851 | tukua | passive form of tuku (to allow) | |
| 852 | tukutuku | woven wall panels; spider web | |
| 853 | tumeke | to take fright, surprise | |
| 854 | tungāne | brother (of a female) | |
| 855 | tunu | to cook, roast | |
| 856 | tupu | to grow, develop; a plant, shoot (variant of tipu) | |
| 857 | ture | law, rule | |
| 858 | turituri | be quiet!; noisy, noise | |
| 859 | tutuki | to complete, to achieve | |
| 860 | tāhau | your (one thing, ā category; variant of tāu) | |
| 861 | tāhuhu | ridgepole of a house; Ministry of Education, as in: Te Tāhuhu o te Mātauranga | |
| 862 | tāia | be struck, be printed (passive of tā) | |
| 863 | tākuta | doctor | |
| 864 | tāone | town | |
| 865 | tāpiri | to join something on, to add | |
| 866 | tāra | dollar | |
| 867 | tātahi | seaside, beach | |
| 868 | tātai | to measure, to calculate; to arrange, to set in order | |
| 869 | tāu | your (one person, one thing, ā category) | |
| 870 | tēhea | which? (one) | |
| 871 | tēpu | table | |
| 872 | tētehi | a, an, one (particular) (variant of tētahi) | |
| 873 | tī | tea; cabbage tree | |
| 874 | tīkina | passive form of tiki (to fetch) | |
| 875 | tīmatanga | beginning | |
| 876 | tīni | to change | |
| 877 | tīpuna | ancestors, grandparents (plural of tipuna) | |
| 878 | tōkena | stockings, socks | |
| 879 | tōtika | straight, direct, right | |
| 880 | tūmanako | to hope for, anticipate, expect | |
| 881 | tūpato | to be careful; caution, cautious | |
| 882 | tūpuna | ancestors, grandparents (plural of tupuna) | |
| 883 | tūranga | position, job, standing; stopping place (tūranga pahi: bus stop) | |
| 884 | tūrehu | fairy | |
| 885 | tūru | chair, seat, stool | |
| 886 | tūtaki | to meet; to close up, to block | |
| 887 | ua | to rain; rain | |
| 888 | uhi | to cover | |
| 889 | uhia | passive form of uhi (to cover) | |
| 890 | ui | to ask, enquire | |
| 891 | uira | lightning; to flash | |
| 892 | uku | clay; to wash | |
| 893 | umere | to shout (in wonder, in appreciation) | |
| 894 | upoko | head; chapter of a book; verse of a song | |
| 895 | uri | descendant, offspring | |
| 896 | uta | shore, land as opposed to sea or water; to load | |
| 897 | uwha | female animal | |
| 898 | waenga | middle, dividing line | |
| 899 | waha | mouth; to carry on the back; load, burden | |
| 900 | wahie | firewood | |
| 901 | waiariki | hot spring | |
| 902 | waihanga | to make, build something | |
| 903 | waimarie | lucky, fortunate; luck, good fortune | |
| 904 | wairua | spirit, soul | |
| 905 | wao | forest | |
| 906 | wareware | to forget; forgetful | |
| 907 | wawata | to long for, yearn for | |
| 908 | wawe | early, soon, quickly | |
| 909 | wehe | to separate, divide | |
| 910 | wehenga | departure, leaving; part, division, separation | |
| 911 | wehi | to be afraid; terrible | |
| 912 | weka | weka, a native woodhen | |
| 913 | wero | to pierce; to challenge; formal challenge at a welcome ceremony | |
| 914 | whakaari | to display, to exhibit; play, drama, performance | |
| 915 | whakaata | to display, show; mirror | |
| 916 | whakahaere | to run something, manage, make something go | |
| 917 | whakahau | to command, order; to encourage | |
| 918 | whakaheke | to decrease, drop, lower | |
| 919 | whakahirahira | great, magnificent, wonderful, very important | |
| 920 | whakahokia | passive form of whakahoki (to return, to reply) | |
| 921 | whakahīhī | arrogant | |
| 922 | whakairo | to carve, a carving | |
| 923 | whakakī | to fill something | |
| 924 | whakamahi | to operate, to make something work; to put someone to work, to make someone work | |
| 925 | whakamahia | passive form of whakamahi (to operate, to make something work) | |
| 926 | whakamau | to put on; to fix, fasten | |
| 927 | whakamaua | passive form of whakamau (to put on) | |
| 928 | whakamua | frontward, towards the front | |
| 929 | whakamuri | towards the back | |
| 930 | whakamutunga | ending, conclusion | |
| 931 | whakamā | to be embarrassed, ashamed | |
| 932 | whakamāori | to translate into Māori | |
| 933 | whakamātau | to test, examine | |
| 934 | whakamātautau | examination, test | |
| 935 | whakamīharo | amazing, astonishing | |
| 936 | whakangahau | to entertain, to amuse | |
| 937 | whakangā | to rest | |
| 938 | whakanui | to honour, to praise; to enlarge | |
| 939 | whakaora | to rescue, to cure | |
| 940 | whakapae | to accuse, allege; lying across, horizontal | |
| 941 | whakapai | to improve, to fix up | |
| 942 | whakapaipai | to decorate, to adorn | |
| 943 | whakapakari | to strengthen | |
| 944 | whakapapa | genealogy, ancestry, lineage, family tree | |
| 945 | whakapiri | to cling to, stick to | |
| 946 | whakapono | to believe; faith | |
| 947 | whakaputa | to produce; to reveal, to publish; to make something come out, to appear | |
| 948 | whakararo | downwards | |
| 949 | whakarite | to prepare; to arrange, to put in order; to compare | |
| 950 | whakaritea | passive form of whakarite (to prepare) | |
| 951 | whakarunga | upwards | |
| 952 | whakatakoto | to lay something down | |
| 953 | whakatata | to come closer to | |
| 954 | whakatau | to decide, settle | |
| 955 | whakatika | to straighten, to correct, to fix | |
| 956 | whakatikatika | to rearrange, to put in order, to fix | |
| 957 | whakatipu | to raise | |
| 958 | whakatoi | cheeky, impertinent; to tease | |
| 959 | whakatā | to rest | |
| 960 | whakatū | to establish, to put someone or something in position; to stand something up | |
| 961 | whakatūpato | to warn, to caution | |
| 962 | whakatūria | passive form of whakatū (to establish, to put someone or something in position) | |
| 963 | whakauru | to enter, to join, to enrol | |
| 964 | whakawhiti | to cross | |
| 965 | whanga | bay; to wait | |
| 966 | whara | to be injured | |
| 967 | wharekura | Māori-medium secondary school | |
| 968 | whawhai | to fight; a battle | |
| 969 | whea | where? (variant of hea) | |
| 970 | whero | red | |
| 971 | whiti | to cross | |
| 972 | whiu | to throw, to fling; to whip; to be satisfied | |
| 973 | whiua | passive form of whiu (to throw, to fling) | |
| 974 | whiwhi | to get, to acquire, to win; to be in possession of | |
| 975 | whutupōro | football, rugby | |
| 976 | whāia | passive form of whai (to follow, to chase) | |
| 977 | whāinga | objective, aim, purpose | |
| 978 | whāiti | narrow, crowded together | |
| 979 | whāki | to reveal, to disclose, to confess | |
| 980 | whāngai | to feed, to foster | |
| 981 | whārangi | page | |
| 982 | whāriki | mat, carpet, rug | |
| 983 | whāwhā | to fiddle with, to touch | |
| 984 | wiki | week | |
| 985 | wiriwiri | to tremble, to shake, to quiver | |
| 986 | wānanga | seminar, forum, workshop; place of higher learning (whare wānanga); to discuss | |
| 987 | wātea | to be clear, unoccupied, free of obstruction | |
| 988 | wīra | wheel | |
| 989 | āhei | to be able; to allow | |
| 990 | ākau | shore, coast | |
| 991 | ākonga | student, learner | |
| 992 | āku | my, mine (several things, ā category) | |
| 993 | ākuanei | soon, presently | |
| 994 | āporo | apple | |
| 995 | ārahi | to lead, guide | |
| 996 | ārai | curtain; to screen off, block | |
| 997 | ātea | open space; outer space | |
| 998 | āu | your (one person, several things, ā category) | |
| 999 | āwangawanga | worried, anxious; worry | |
| 1000 | ēnā | those (near you) |