Tuesday, 30 April 2024, 4:48 AM
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
I

iwa

K

Ka

(Particle) used before a verb when the action is in the future.

Kahurangi

Kai.

Kaiako

1. (noun) teacher, instructor.


Kaiāwhina

1. (noun) helper, assistant, contributor, counsel, advocate.


Kaikaranga


Caller - the woman (or women) who has the role of making the ceremonial call to visitors onto a marae, or equivalent venue, at the start of a pōwhiri. The term is also used for the caller(s) from the visiting group who responds to the tangatawhenua ceremonial call. Traditionally this role was based on one's status within the hapū or whānau, the eldest sister normally being given the role. Skilled kaikaranga are able to use eloquent language and metaphor and to encapsulate important information about the group and the purpose of the visit.


Kaiotaota

Kairīwhi

1. (loan) (noun) reliever, successor, substitute, replacement.


Kaitautoko

1. (noun) supporter, sponsor, backer, advocate, benefactor, seconder (meeting).



Ka mau te wehi

Ka mutu pea

Wonderfullhow great, how marvellous, how wonderful - an idiom used to praise a person or something.

Kānga pakō

Kapua

cloud

Karaka

Karakara

karakia

1. (verb) (-tia) to recite ritual chants, say grace, pray, recite a prayer, chant.


karawhiua

Kareao

Karera

Kāri

Karoti

Kātahi rā koe!

Kau

Kāuta-repo

kei a wai?

kei runga noa atu koe

Kei te

(Particle) in the act of, is, are - when followed by a verb indicates continuing action in the present.

Kei whea

Kererū

(noun) New Zealand pigeon, kererū, Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae - a large green, copper and white native bush pigeon which was eaten by Māori. Kererū were one of two foods harvested during the Māori new year.



Kete

(Noun) Basket

ki

(particle) to, into, towards, on to, upon - indicates motion towards something


Kiriata

Kiwi

(noun) northern brown kiwi, North Island brown kiwi, kiwi feather, Apteryx mantelli and tokoeka, Apteryx australis - flightless, nocturnal endemic birds with hair-like feathers and a long bill with sensitive nostrils at the tip.



Koa

koe

(pronoun) you (one person) - like all pronouns and personals, takes a when following ki, i, kei and hei but does not take a when used as the subject of the sentence. Never occurs after he, te and ngā and is not used after the prepositions a, o, mā, mō, nā, nō or with  and .



Kohanga Reo

Kohu

Koia, kei a koe

Kōpaka

Kōpaki moe

Korekau

Kōrero

kotahi

Kōtiro

ko wai?

Kōwhai

Kua

(particle) has, had, have, will have - a particle used before ordinary verbs and statives denoting that an action is under way or completed, or a state established. It relates to something that has changed from one state to another

Kūaha

kutikuti