English-Maori, Maori-English Dictionary by Bruce Biggs

Author:Bruce Biggs [Biggs, Bruce]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Māori
Publisher: Auckland University Press
Published: 1989-12-31T16:00:00+00:00

Y

yam: uwhi.

yard: marae.

yard (measure): iaari N.

yawn: kohera.

year: tau.

yearning: koonohi aroha, koingo.

yellow: koowhai, pungapunga.

yes: aae.

yesterday: i nanahi, no nanahi, i taainahi.

yield: tuku-a.

yoke: ioka.

young (animal): kuuao, punua.

young (bird): pii.

young (man): taitama.

young (woman): taitamaahine.

youth (time): taitamarikitanga.

youth (young person): taitama.

MAORI–ENGLISH

A

aa: and (after a time). Aa hea? when? (future) (LLM, 26.2).

a: of (LLM, 13.1-4, 17).

aa-ia: compel, drive.

aae: yes, say yes.

aha-tia: what?, do what?, be treated in what fashion?.

Aha ai?: why?

ahakoa: although, nevertheless, notwithstanding.

ahau: I, me.

aahei: be able, have ability to.

ahi: fire.

Aahia: Asia.

ahiahi: afternoon, evening.

Ahitereiria: Australia.

aho: cord, fishing-line, line, woof.

ahu: move in some direction, face towards.

ahu-a, -ria: tend, foster. Ahu-whenua: cultivate, farm, work land.

ahu(ahu)-ngia: earth up, heap up.

aahua: appearance, character, form, likeness, shape, sort.

aahuareka: agreeable, pleasant; be delighted, interested.

aahuatanga: circumstance.

ahu-whenua: cultivate, farm, work land.

ai: a particle that follows the verb and indicates (a) that what has happened is a result of what has happened previously or (b) that the noun relativised by a relative clause is a non-subject. Not usually translated.

ai-tia: beget, cohabit, copulate, procreate.

aaianei: now, soon, at present.

aihi-kiriimi: ice cream.

aikiha: handkerchief.

aaio: calm, peace; be calm (of the sea), be at peace.

Airihi: Irish.

aitanga: descendant, progeny.

aituaa: accident, calamity, disaster, fate, misfortune, trouble; unfortunate, unlucky.

aakau: coast, sea-coast.

ake: upwards, henceforth. Mo ake tonu atu: for ever.

akiaki: red-billed gull (Larus novaehollandiae scopulinus).

akiaki-na: encourage, incite, urge.

aki-na: dash against, pound, beat on.

akiri-tia, aakirikiri-tia: reject, throw away.

ako-na: learn, instruct, teach (someone).

aakonga: scholar, pupil, learner.

akoranga: doctrine, teaching.

aaku: my (active, pl. possession) (LLM, 14.1-3).

aku: my (neutral, pl. possession) (LLM, 14.1-3, 15.4).

aakuanei: now, presently, soon, today.

Akuhata: August.

aamara: amble (of a horse).

amarara: umbrella.

Amerika: America, United States.

amo-hia: bear, carry on a litter, carry on the shoulder; bier, carrier, litter, stretcher.

amokura: red-tailed tropic-bird (Phaethon rubricauda roseotincta).

amuamu-tia: complain, grumble.

aana: third person singular (dominant) possessive adjective denoting pl. possession, his, her, of him, of her (LLM, 14.1-2).

anaa!: behold!, lo!; there (near you) is.

ana: cave, cavern; postposed verbal particle (LLM, 36); third person singular (neutral) possessive adjective denoting pl. possession, his, her (LLM, 14.1-2, 15.4); denoting a specific point in time, when (LLM, 8.1, 53.3).

anahera: angel.

anake: alone, only.

aniana: onion.

aanini: ache (of head), dizzy, giddy; dizziness, giddiness, headache.

aaniwaniwa: rainbow.

aanoo: as if, like (LLM, 37.14, 41.2).

anoo: again, still, too (LLM, 41.1, 51).

anuhe: caterpillar.

anga: face towards; husk, outer covering, shell.

anga-nui: opposite, square on to.

angaanga: head, skull.

anganga: aspect.

angiangi: thin.

ao-hia: gather up, scoop up.

ao: day (not night) light; cloud; earth, world. Te Ao Maarama: physical or mortal world as opposed to the spirit world.

apa: band of people (usually serving others).

apakura: dirge.

aperikota: apricot.

Aaperira: April.

apiapi: crowded.

aapiha: officer.

aapiti-ria: add to, supplement, add, join; fight at close quarters; gorge, pass.

aapitireihana: arbitration.

apo-hia: gather together, grasp, take, heap up; avaricious.

apoapo-hia: collect.

aapoopoo: tomorrow.

aaporo: apple.

aapotoro: apostle.

apu-a, -ria: cram food into mouth, gorge; heap up, heap upon, cover over; force one’s way into the ground.

aapuru-a: crowd one upon another, suppress thoughts; be covered with (e.g., blood).

araa: namely, that is to say.

ara: arise, wake, rise up; path, road, track, way; amniotic water.

arahi-na: conduct, lead, guide, lead.

aarai-a, -tia: block, hinder, obstruct, ward off, prevent; barricade, curtain, hindrance, obstacle, screen, veil, wind-break.

aarai ahi: fire-screen, fender.

aarani: orange.

aranga: become famous, be celebrated, become known.

araara: trevally (Usacaranx lutescens).

arataki-na: conduct, lead.

aarau: entangle, entangled.

arawhata: bridge, ladder, stairs.

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