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Site: Te Ahu o te Reo Māori ki Te Taiuru
Course: Te Ahu o te Reo Māori ki Te Taiuru (Ata Rawea)
Glossary: He Kuputaka | Glossary
M

Mahea (te rangi)

Mākū

Mākūkū

Mamae

Mamaoa

mano

Manuhiri

Marae ātea



courtyard, public forum - an open area in front of the wharenui where formal welcomes to visitors take place and issues are debated. The marae ātea is the domain of Tūmatauenga, the atua of war and people, and is thus the appropriate place to raise contentious issues.

Maroke

Matapihi

Matau

Matua

1. (verb) to be adult, grown-up.


2. (stative) main, chief, important, primary.


3. (noun) father, parent, uncle.


Mātua

1. (noun) parents - plural form of matua.



Mauī

Māwhero

me

me he tē

Like a boss! 


Mīharo

Mihia

Miraka tepe

Motukā

Motupaika

Mou

Moumahara

Mōwhiti

glasses


Mua


(location) the front, in front of, before, ahead - a location word, or locative, which follows immediately after particles such as ki, i, hei and kei or is preceded by a when used as the subject of the sentence.

Muri


(location) the rear, behind, at the back of - a location word, or locative, which follows immediately after particles such as ki, i, hei and kei or is preceded by a when used as the subject of the sentence.

N

 (particle) there (by the listener) - used after nouns, location words, pronouns and personal names to indicate position or connection with the listener or the principal character in a narrative. Like the other two locative particles, nei and , it follows manner particles (i.e. kau, kē, noa, rawa and tonu) and directional particles (i.e. mai, atu, iho and ake) in the phrase if they are present.


nei

(particle) here - used after nouns, location words, pronouns and personal names to indicate position or connection with the speaker or the principal character in a narrative. Like the other two locative particles,  and , it follows manner particles (i.e. kau, kē, noa, rawa and tonu) and directional particles (i.e. mai, atu, iho and ake) in the phrase if they are present.


Nē rā

Nē rā

(Common saying) is that so? won't you? won't we? isn't it? - interrogative emphasising a question, request or proposal.


ngā

O

ono

P

Paehaukū

Paemahana

Paepae

Paepae manuhiri

Paepae tangata whenua

Pahikara

Pahipoto

Pahirahi

paiā

Paki

Pakitara

Pango

Pāorooro

Papa


(noun) board, timber, floor, slab, plank, chart, plane surface, bed (of a lake or the sea), Earth, shell of crayfish and molluscs - anything broad, flat and hard.


papa tuhituhi

Parāoa Poke

Parauri