Maori

Conjugate Verbs

Introduction

Maori is a language of New Zealand. It is spoken in Far north, North Island, east coast. Also in United States.

Dialects

Bay of Plenty, Moriori, North Auckland, Rotorua-Taupo, South Island, Taranaki, Wanganui. Formerly fragmented into regional dialects, some of which diverged quite radically from what became the standard dialect. Lexical similarity: 71% with Hawaiian (See: Hawaiian), 57% with Samoan (See: Samoan).

The Maori Verb

Verblist

ā, ahu, akiri, ako, amio, amo, ānau, aneane, apa, ara, ārahi, ārai, aro, ārohirohi, aru, ātaahua, atawhai, atiti, ato, au, auahi, auau, aukati, anga, anganui, angi, awhitu, ehu, eke, hā, hae, haere, haere atu, haere mai, haere ra, haereere, haeremai, haha, hahae, hahana, hahani, hahu, haika, hakahaka, hākaro, hake, hākinakina, hakirara, hakiri, hākure, hama, hamama, hamu, hamumu, hana, hanahana, hanake, hanatu, hanumi, hāparangi, hara, haramai, hārapa, hārau, hārewa, hari, harirū, hāro, hau, haukaha, haukoti, haumākū, hauraro, hautū, hanga, hangarau, hē, hea, heke, hemo, hemokai, hepara, herehere, heru, heu, heuheu, hī ika, hiki, hiko, hīoi, hinga, hoa, hoe, hoka, hōkaka, hoko, hono, hopu, horo, horoi, hongi, hū, hua, huatau, hui, hukapapa, humuhumu, hura, huri, huru, hūtuki, hūngoingoi, ī, inoi, inu, kā, kaha, kai, kainga, kakakaka, kākāriki, kakau, kapi, karakia, kari, karo, kārohirohi, kau, kauhoe, kawa, kāwana, keakea, kēkē, keri, kī, kihirua, kini, kipa, kirikiri, kite, koe, koekoe, kōhua, kōhue, kokomo, komo, kopa, kōpaki, kōrero, kongakonga, kupu, kuru, kutikuti, mahi, māhī, māhū, mahuru, maina, maka, makariri, makere, maki, makimaki, manaaki, mānu, mārena, marino, mātakitaki, mataku, mātau, mate, matira, matomato, mangeo, māngoingoi, mihi, mina, miraka, moe, moemoeā, moī, moto, motu, motumotu, mutu, nānā, neke, nekeneke, noa, noho, ō, oma, ora, oroi, ota, pā, pahū, pākehā, paki, pakini, pānui, papahū, parai, parakuihi, pārara, pare, pata, pātai, patu, pēhea, penapena, pī, pīata, piro, pōhara, pōhēhē, pōpō, pōti, pōwhiri, pū, puku, pūmanawa, puna, pūpū, puru, purupuru, puta, punga, rahi, rāhui, raku, rakuraku, ranu, rara, rārangi, rehurehu, rewa, ripo, rite, rīti, roha, rona, rongo, rongoā, ruaki, ruku, ruruku, tā, tahi, tahito, tāhono, taka, takai, takatakahi, tāke, takiuru, tāone, tara, tārere, tari, tau, taurumarumaki, tauwhere, tangi, tangitangi, tangiweto, tāwhiri, tepe, tia, tiaki, tiki, tina, tino mate nui ki, tiri, tiro, tō, toa, tōhi, toko, tokotoko, tomo, tōpū, toto, tū, tua, tuhi, tūhura, tui, tuitui, tuki, tukituki, tuku, tūmanako, tunu, tupu, turaki, tute, tutū, ū, ua, uaua, uira, umere, unu, upoko, uru, uta, utauta, utu, utuutu, wae, waea, waha, wahawaha, wahangū, wāhi, waiata, waimārie, waku, wakuwaku, wānanga, wawā, wāwā, wawao, wehe, wehe atu, wehi, wiki, wiri, ngaro, ngāwhā, whai, whaikaha, whakaaro, whakaauau, whakahohe, whakamā, whakamaheni, whakamataku, whakanau, whakapapa, whakaraka, whakarangona, whakaririka, whakarongo, whakarongona, whakataka, whakataurekareka, whakatangi, whakatewhatewha, whakatōpū, whakawahine, whaki, whāki, whana, whānako, whānau, whao, wharau, wharo, whata, whatu, whatutoto, whawhai, whero, whiri, whiriwhiri, whiti, whiu, whiwhi.

• ara, matau, mohio, moohio -- to know, be knowledgeable
• batua, nanati, patu -- to kill
• batua, patu, tukituki -- to hit
• buhia, whana -- to shoot
• eëi, kai, kaikai -- to eat
• fakaroko, rongo -- to hear
• hā, kauhou, whakataa -- to breathe
• haamama(mama), hamama, whakaturupeke -- to yawn
• haere mai, haramai, tae -- to come
• haere, haere-a-waewae -- to walk
• hamama, huaki, huakina -- to open, uncover
• hemo, mate -- to die, be dead
• herea, herehere -- to tie up, fasten
• herere -- to fly
• hika, horo, makere -- to fall
• hoki, hongi -- to sniff, smell
• hoko -- to buy
• hua, pupuhi -- to blow
• huare, tuha -- to spit
• huna, hunahuna -- to hide
• huri, tahuli, tahuri -- to turn
• inu -- to drink
• kakáhu, ngau -- to bite
• kapokapo, pupuri -- to hold
• karikari, keri -- to dig
• kata -- to laugh
• katikati -- to chew
• kauhoe, kaukau -- to swim
• ki, koorero -- to say
• kite -- to see
• kotee, tatau -- to squeeze
• kotia, taa, tataka -- to cut, hack
• mahara, whakaaro -- to think
• mahi -- to work
• mataku -- to fear
• moe -- to sleep
• moemoeaa, reki -- to dream
• ngote -- to suck
• noho -- to sit
• noho, ora -- to live, be alive
• oka, uerohia -- to stab, pierce
• paka, panga, patoopatoo -- to throw
• piki -- to climb
• puku -- to swell
• pupu, tao, tao(-na), taona -- to cook
• rakuraku -- to scratch
• ruaki -- to vomit
• taahae, tahai -- to steal
• tahu, tahuna, uera -- to burn
• taki, tangi -- to cry
• takoto, tokoto -- to lie down
• tatau, taui -- to count
• tere -- to flow
• tipu, tupu -- to grow
• too -- to plant
• tu, tuu -- to stand
• tui, tuitui -- to sew
• tuki -- to pound, beat
• waawaahi -- to split
• whaiwhai -- to hunt
• whiri -- to choose

References

• K.T.Harawira. Beginner's Maori. Beginner's Guides. Hippocrene Books, Inc.. New York, 1997.