He Kuputaka | Glossary

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

Blue

1.(noun). food/meal.

1. (noun) teacher, instructor.

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

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.

vegetarian

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

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

That's amazing!

1. (loan) (noun). Popcorn

Orange

(verb) - to colour

Go for it! Give it heaps! Give it everything you got!

thin stratus cloud

Lime green

(loan) (noun) - cardboard

Carrot

"Right on, you!"         

 "You're on the money!"

Cow

mud-kitchen

who has it?

You're the best

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

Where?

(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.

(Noun) Basket

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

video

(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.

please

(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 tā and tō.

Māori language preschool.

fog/mist

You've got it! You got the skills!

ice

sleeping bag

blank

conversation

(numeral) be one, single, alone, 1

Girl

who?

Yellow

(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

Door

scissors