| āe |
yes |
| ahurei |
unique, important, distinguished |
| ai |
expression of surprise |
| Ariroa |
moon on the twenty-fifth night after the full moon |
| atua |
primal ancestor/supernatural being (often used as god) |
| auē! |
expression of astonishment or distress |
| haere rā |
goodbye (said to someone leaving) |
| hau |
vital essence of a person, place or object |
| kararehe |
animal |
| Kōpū |
Venus as a morning star |
| koretake |
useless, hopeless |
| E kui |
addressing a kuia (term of respect for elderly woman) |
| Matawhero |
the planet Mars |
| Māui-tikitiki-a-Taranga |
well-known Polynesian hero, who performed a number of amazing feats
|
| maui |
life-force |
| moko |
lizard, reptile (also grandchild and traditional Māori tattoo) |
| moutere |
island |
| nā |
by |
| nau mai, haere mai |
welcome |
| noho ora mai |
goodbye (said to someone staying) |
| Ōtea |
name of legendary isle (literally, pale or misty) |
| Pareārau |
the planet Saturn (sometimes Jupiter) |
| parehe |
variant of patupaiarehe |
| patupaiarehe |
fair-skinned, supernatural people who live on mountains, do not eat
cooked food and are afraid of fires
|
| raro |
under, down, below, North |
| rāwhiti |
East |
| runga |
over, above, on top, South |
| Takurua |
winter (also the star Sirius) |
| Tāne-mahuta |
atua of the forests and birds |
| Tangaroa-whakapau |
moon on the twenty-fifth night of the lunar month |
| tapatoru |
triangle |
| tapu |
sacred, restricted, set apart |
| Tāwhiri-mātea |
atua of the winds, clouds, rain, hail, snow and storm |
| Te Hōkioi |
bird of legend identified with extinct Haast’s eagle |
| Te Ikaroa |
The Milky Way (literally, the long fish) |
| tihei mauri ora! |
sneeze of life, call to claim the right to speak |
| tuatara |
(literally, spiny back) endemic reptile that has survived since the time
of the dinosaurs, often called a ‘living fossil’
|
| Tūmatauenga |
atua of war and humans |
| uru |
West (also enter) |
| Uru-te-Ngangana |
atua atua of light and stars |
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