In week 2 my maths group met together and we made a list of all the Maori words we already knew, before we started learning more. I was shocked that we knew 60 words already and could say what they meant in English!
Words we already know (Miss Ashley’s maths group)
- Whenua – land
- Haere mai – come here
- Tamaki makaurau – Auckland
- Whanau – family
- Manaakitanga – respectful, caring.
- Kia ora – hello
- Whaea – Mrs, aunty
- Kura – school
- Matua – Mr, uncle.
- Waka – boat, car, aeroplane
- Maunga – mountain
- Aroha – love
- Moana – ocean
- Kaimoana – seafood
- Kai – food
- Aotearoa – land of the long white cloud
- Kaiako – teacher
- Tamariki – children
- Awa – river
- Tahi – one.
- Weteri – Wesley
- Manu – bird
- Ki Runga – on top / go up
- Ki raro – down / below
- Ringaringa – hands
- Mahi – work
- Whare – house
- Marae – house (means more than that)
- Manawa – heart
- Morena – morning
- Ka pai – good job
- Ko ____ toku ingoa – my name is …
- Maui – left
- Matou – right
- Taringa – ear
- Whakarongo – listen
- Mai – me
- Tamariki – lots of children
- Tamaiti – one child
- Tane – boy/man
- Wahine – woman
- Girl?
- Ka kite – see you later
- E tu – stand up
- Harae ra – goodbye
- E noho – sit down
- Kaitiakitanga – guardianship
- Marama – moon
- Atua – god
- Te ra – sun
- Poi –
- Haka – dance (means more than that)
- Waiata – song
- Korero – talking
- Oma – run
- Hurihuri – turn around
- Whakamana – leadership
- Mana – pride (means more than that)
- Titiro – look
- Titiro mai – look at me