A
waiata tahanga (takenga mai: tahanga – alone)
a traditional percussion instrument
hue puruwai
a traditional percussion instrument
māpara (kupu kē atu: tōkere)
a traditional percussion instrument
pākuru ~a (kupu kē atu: pānguru)
a traditional percussion instrument
poiāwhiowhio
a traditional percussion instrument
tōkere (kupu kē atu: māpara)
a traditional percussion instrument
hopurangi
kāea (kupu kē atu: koea, pūkāea, pūtahoro, tētere)
koea (kupu kē atu: kāea, pūkāea, pūtahoro, tētere)
pūkāea (kupu kē atu: kāea, koea, pūtahoro, tētere)
pūtahoro (kupu kē atu: kāea, koea, pūkāea, tētere)
pūtātara
tētere (kupu kē atu: kāea, koea, pūkāea, pūtahoro)
tuarōria
a traditional woodwind instrument
hue puruhau
a traditional woodwind instrument
karanga manu
a traditional woodwind instrument
karanga weka
a traditional woodwind instrument
kōauau pōrutu
a traditional woodwind instrument
mamae (kupu kē atu: pūrerehua, rangorango)
a traditional woodwind instrument
nguru (kupu kē atu: pororua)
a traditional woodwind instrument
ororuarangi
a traditional woodwind instrument
pororua (kupu kē atu: nguru)
a traditional woodwind instrument
pūpū harakeke (kupu kē atu: pūpū whakarongotaua)
a traditional woodwind instrument
pūrerehua (kupu kē atu: mamae, rangorango)
a traditional woodwind instrument
pūtōrino (kupu kē atu: pū)
a traditional woodwind instrument
rangorango (kupu kē atu: mamae, pūrerehua)
a traditional woodwind instrument
pūmotomoto
a traditional woodwind instrument
pūpūrangi
a traditional woodwind instrument, nose flute
kōauau pongāihu
karu hāpuku
kōeaea
miti ~a (takenga mai: miti - lick up; mimiti - swallowed up)
tūrehurehu (takenga mai: tū - manner, sort; rehurehu - indistinctly seen) (kupu kē atu: waitara)
waitara (kupu kē atu: tūrehurehu)
toi tūrehurehu (takenga mai: tū - manner, sort, appear; rehurehu - indistinctly seen)
peita tūrehurehu
rīrā (tohu: 
) (takenga mai: rīrā - strong)
tohu whakaauau (takenga mai: tohu - symbol; whakaauau - to modulate, affect change)
puoro tautoko
tāpiripiri (takenga mai: tāpiri – to add on, supplement, append)
orooro (takenga mai: oro – sound; pāorooro – resound)
panguru orooro
kitā orooro
taonga orooro
mātai oro (takenga mai: mātai - inspect, examine; oro - sound)
kiriaku (takenga mai: kiri - skin; aku [akuaku] - firm, strong; kiriaku - He kupu mino.)
waituhi kiriaku
peita kiriaku
manga (takenga mai: manga - branch of a tree or river)
mīreirei (kupu kē atu: whakamīrei)
whakamīrei (kupu kē atu: mīreirei)
waiata ā-ringa (kupu kē atu: waiata kori)
kaiwhakaari (kupu kē atu: kaiwhakaatu, kiriwhakaari, kiriwhakaatu)
kiriwhakaari (takenga mai: kiri - person; whakaari - drama, play) (kupu kē atu: kaiwhakaari, kaiwhakaatu, kiriwhakaatu)
tāraitanga honohono
haratau (kupu kē atu: raka)
rākai, rākei ~tia (kupu kē atu: whakanako, whakanikoniko, whakapaipai, whakarākai, whakarākei)
whakapaipai ~tia (takenga mai: whakapaipai – adorn, beautify, embellish)
toki
whakaahua ā-manu (kupu kē atu: whakaahua mai i runga)
whakaahua mai i runga (kupu kē atu: whakaahua ā-manu)
aesthetic, aesthetically pleasing, beauty
rerehua (kupu kē atu: matomato)
matomato (kupu kē atu: rerehua)
kaitaunaki (takenga mai: kai - prefix denoting agent; taunaki - to support, promote, back)
paraihe kōkōhau (takenga mai: kōkōhau - air)
mataara
tīaroaro (tinana)
orokati tārua (takenga mai: orokati – consonant; tārua – repeat)
reo pekerangi (takenga mai: reo - voice; pekerangi - a voice pitched above the rest in singing)
ringa utukore
rapa (takenga mai: rapa – awkward, unskilful, inexpert) (kupu kē atu: ringarapa)
ringarapa (takenga mai: ringa - hand; rapa - awkward, unskilful, inexpert) (kupu kē atu: rapa)
whākaha ~ngia (takenga mai: whā - causative prefix; kaha - strength, volume)
taerata (takenga mai: rata - friendly, tame)
kaka kīrehe
kiritoariri
mānatunatu (kupu kē atu: anipā, āwangawanga, māharahara, manawapā, mānukanuka)
anipā (kupu kē atu: āwangawanga, māharahara, manawapā, manawarū, mānukanuka)
mānukanuka (kupu kē atu: anipā, āwangawanga, māharahara, manawapā, manawarū)
āwangawanga (kupu kē atu: anipā, māharahara, manawapā, manawarū, mānukanuka, mānatunatu)
anxious, anxiety, apprehension, tension, trepidation, unease
māharahara (kupu kē atu: anipā, āwangawanga, manawapā, manawarū, mānukanuka , mānatunatu)
anxious, anxiety, apprehension, unease
manawapā (kupu kē atu: anipā, āwangawanga, māharahara, mānukanuka)
puare
tui tāpiripiri (takenga mai: tui - sew; tāpiri - join, add, append, supplement)
pia (kupu kē atu: ika tauhou, tauhou)
pāhao ~tia (takenga mai: pāhao - borrow, acquire information stealthily, glean)
āria (takenga mai: He kupu mino [Itāria].)
rauoro (tohu: 
) (takenga mai: rau [raupapa] - put in order, sequence; oro - note)
toi
kōpaki toi (takenga mai: kōpaki - wrap, envelop, enfold; toi - art)
puninga toi (takenga mai: puni - encampment)
rawatoi (takenga mai: rawa - goods, property; toi - art)
kohinga toi whaiaro (takenga mai: kohi - collect, gather together; toi - art; whaiaro - self, person)
tukanga toi (takenga mai: tukanga [tukatuka] - start up, proceed forward)
tikanga toi
wahapū
tohu whakapuaki (takenga mai: tohu - symbol; whakapuaki - express)
ringatoi
āwhata piki
reo whakamahuki (takenga mai: whakamahuki – to explain, elucidate, enlighten)
oropuare tārua (takenga mai: oropuare – vowel; tārua – repeat)
taurite hikuwaru (takenga mai: taurite - balance; hikuwaru - crooked, asymmetrical)
hikuwaru (kupu kē atu: tipihori, tipirori, tipitaha, tōroherohe)
wairua
ura (kupu kē atu: kōkōwai - red brown)
minenga (kupu kē atu: hunga mātakitaki, hunga whakarongo, kaimātakitaki, whakaminenga)
whakaminenga (kupu kē atu: hunga mātakitaki, hunga whakarongo, kaimātakitaki, minenga)
kaimātakitaki (kupu kē atu: hunga mātakitaki, minenga, whakaminenga)
hunga mātakitaki (kupu kē atu: kaimātakitaki, minenga, whakaminenga)
aroturuki ā-oro
audio technician, audio engineer
pūkenga oro (takenga mai: pūkenga – skilled person; oro – sound)
whakaaturanga kōwhiri (takenga mai: whakaatu – show, reveal, demonstrate; kōwhiri – choose, select) (kupu kē atu: whakamātau)
whare whakarauika (kupu kē atu: whare whakaari)
whakakaurahi (takenga mai: kaurahi – large)
whā piki
pūkenga whakarongo
aunoa (takenga mai: au - current; noa - spontaneous)
para huarahi (takenga mai: para - to remove obstructions; huarahi - pathway)
huringa pae matanui (takenga mai: huri – change; pae [pae whakaari] – set; matanui [tūmatanui] – open, public, without disguise)
awkward (of movement), uncoordinated
ninipa (kupu kē atu: pōrahu)
(a) bunched together formation of a kapa haka
whakapiripiri
(a) facial gesture in kapa haka
whakaheke
maiorooro (takenga mai: maiorooro - be unpleasant, discordant, jarring)
whare whakaatu (toi)
(a Māori) game resembling draughts
mū tōrere (kupu kē atu: tōrere)
(a Māori) game resembling draughts
tōrere (kupu kē atu: mū tōrere)
(a) haka expressing anger or pain, with no set movements
manawa wera (kupu kē atu: manawawera)
whakaheke
(a) haka to show force before a battle
whakarewarewa
kōkiri
(a) stage in the game of kōruru (knuckle bones)
huri (kupu kē atu: huripapa)
(a) stage in the game of kōruru (knuckle bones)
huripapa (kupu kē atu: huri)
(a) stage in the game of kōruru (knuckle bones)
koropū (kupu kē atu: rāraki [rārangi])
(a) stage in the game of kōruru (knuckle bones)
rāraki (kupu kē atu: rārangi)
(a) stage in the game of kōruru (knuckle bones)
ruke (kupu kē atu: paka, panga)
(a) stage in the game of kōruru (knuckle bones)
panga (kupu kē atu: paka, ruke)
(a) stage in the game of kōruru (knuckle bones)
paka (kupu kē atu: panga, ruke)
(a) traditional Māori weapon used by a leader
toki poutangata
(a) traditional kōwhaiwhai and tukutuku pattern depicting the flounder and Coalsack constellation
pātiki, pātikitiki
(a) type of foot movement in kapa haka
tīrakaraka
(a) type of foot movement in kapa haka
tūwaewae takahia
(a) type of foot movement in kapa haka
whakawhitiwhiti rua
kotiate
taiaha
tewhatewha
wahaika
pouwhenua
koikoi
māhitihiti
pāpaka
papakirango (kupu kē atu: papakingaro)
pātangaroa
pouhine
ruaruawhetū
B
tīaroaro (tinana)
tūrama muri
kaihāpai o muri (kupu kē atu: kaimahi tuaroa)
tuinga takamuri
tuarongo (takenga mai: tuarongo – back wall of a meeting house)
tuarongo (takenga mai: tua - back, the farther side; tuarongo - back of the interior of a house) (kupu kē atu: a muri, papamuri)
papamuri (kupu kē atu: [a] muri, tuarongo)
(a) muri (kupu kē atu: papamuri, tuarongo)
tūrama tuarongo (takenga mai: tuarongo - back of the interior of a house, back wall)
puoro tuarongo (takenga mai: tuarongo - back of the interior of a house, back wall)
reo tautoko
tuaroa (takenga mai: tuaroa – back part of a house)
pūngawī (takenga mai: pū - pipe, tube; ngawī - squeal, howl)
taurite
waiata paki (takenga mai: paki – story)
ori hīteki (takenga mai: ori - sway, move about; hīteki - walk on tiptoe)
kanikani takirua ōkawa (takenga mai: takirua - in pairs; ōkawa - formal)
pēne (takenga mai: He kupu mino.) (kupu kē atu: rōpū puoro)
rōpū puoro (kupu kē atu: pēne [kupu mino])
kani koropewa (takenga mai: kani - saw; koropewa - ring, loop, bow)
pakakū (takenga mai: pakakū - make a harsh grating sound; kū - a one stringed instrument played with a stick)
kara (takenga mai: He kupu mino.)
tapa (takenga mai: tapa - margin, edge)
paetapa (takenga mai: pae - boundary, region; tapa - bar [music])
reo mārū (takenga mai: reo - voice; mārū - low in tone)
pūtake ~a (kupu kē atu: pū, take)
pū (kupu kē atu: pūtake, take )
base, source, origin, cause, reason
take (kupu kē atu: pū, pūtake)
reo nguru (takenga mai: reo - voice; nguru [tanguru] - deep toned, gruff)
tohu nguru (tohu: 
) (takenga mai: tohu - symbol; nguru [tanguru] - deep toned) (kupu kē atu: tohu panguru)
pahū nguru (takenga mai: nguru [panguru] - bass, gruff)
kitā panguru
panguru (takenga mai: panguru - bass, gruff)
pūhoru
tira (takenga mai: tira - a wand used with various rituals and karakia)
wiri pūhiko (kupu kē atu: tūwiri pūhiko)
pirepire
taki (takenga mai: taki – lead, bring along) (kupu kē atu: mita)
pūrere taki
papatu (kupu kē atu: patu, rau)
taki i te meneti
beguile, divert, seduce, entice
whakawai (kupu kē atu: whakawaiwai, pātaritari)
tātua
piko
turi whati (kupu kē atu: tū hengere)
bent knee stance in haka with straight back
tū hengere (kupu kē atu: turi whati)
tahatonga (kupu kē atu: kokohu, kōrapa, tātonga)
tātonga (kupu kē atu: kokohu, kōrapa, tahatonga)
kokohu (kupu kē atu: kōrapa, tahatonga, tātonga)
whakapaka totoka (takenga mai: whakapaka - firing; totoka - make solid)
hiwahiwa (kupu kē atu: mangu, pango)
mangu (kupu kē atu: hiwahiwa, pango)
pango (kupu kē atu: hiwahiwa, mangu)
pepa kariri pango
pukuhohe mōkinokino (takenga mai: pukuhohe – humour; mōkinokino – bleak, dismal, dreadful, grim)
black hole, black spot (stage lighting)
tiwha tuauriuri (takenga mai: tiwha – be black, patch, spot; tuauriuri – be very dark, pitch black)
ngārahu (kupu kē atu: konga, ngārehu, tārehu, waro)
hāurapango
tuauriuri (takenga mai: tuauriuri – be very dark, pitch black)
mataniho (takenga mai: mata - face, edge; niho - tooth)
kōmitimiti
kōpurepure
pepa mitimiti (takenga mai: mitimiti - lick up)
kahurangi (kupu kē atu: ōrangi, kikorangi, purū)
kikorangi (kupu kē atu: kahurangi, ōrangi)
ōrangi (kupu kē atu: kahurangi, kikorangi)
blue-green, teal, cyan, turquoise, aquamarine
kārikiōrangi
ōrangihina
(puoro) kōrangaranga (takenga mai: kōrangaranga - ache, be in pain, vexed; kōranga - raise, lift up)
puoro kōrangaranga
kororā
pūhoi (kupu kē atu: kiporo, pūhuki, tūnguru)
pūhuki (kupu kē atu: kiporo, pūhoi, tūnguru)
tūnguru (kupu kē atu: kiporo, pūhoi, pūhuki)
kiporo (kupu kē atu: pūhoi, pūhuki, tūnguru)
pūrehurehu (takenga mai: pūrehurehu - be misty, dim, blurred, indistinct)
makaro (kupu kē atu: rehurehu)
rehurehu (kupu kē atu: makaro)
pari
taonga whakarākei (tinana) (kupu kē atu: whakapīwari, taonga o wharawhara)
aroā tinana
tumu (tinana) (takenga mai: tumu – stump, base)
papaki ā-tinana
whaowiri (takenga mai: whao - iron tool; wiri - twist, thread)
kōiwi (kupu kē atu: wheua)
wheua (kupu kē atu: kōiwi)
whakairo kōiwi
pahū tamarua
boom (e.g. of a microphone stand)
kauwhanga (takenga mai: kauwhanga – limb of a tree)
pakitaha
kōmore
tira pūtētere
kanikani keretao (takenga mai: keretao - puppet, jumping jack, robot)
bridge (of a stringed instrument)
herenga aho (takenga mai: here - tie; aho - string)
hīoi (takenga mai: hīoi - native mint [Mentha cunninghamii])
paraihe raunui
rārangi motumotu
rauwhero (takenga mai: rauwhero - ruddy brown)
hāura (kupu kē atu: kākaka, parāone, parauri, ura)
kākaka (kupu kē atu: hāura, parauri, parāone, ura)
ura (kupu kē atu: parauri, kākaka, parāone [kupu mino])
pepa tākai
hāurakaho (takenga mai: hāura - brown; kaho - anything light coloured)
paraihe (takenga mai: He kupu mino.)
tahinga paraihe (takenga mai: tahi - sweep)
brush tool (digital image editing)
tahitahi kano (takenga mai: tahitahi - stroke, sweep; kano - colour, texture, stock)
hanga ~ia ~nga (kupu kē atu: waihanga)
(a) bunched together formation of a kapa haka
whakapiripiri
burn (an electronic file to a disk)
tāmau ~tia (takenga mai: tā - causative prefix; mau - capture, hold fast) (kupu kē atu: tahu)
burn tool (digital image editing)
tāuriuri (takenga mai: tā - causative prefix; uriuri - dark in colour)
whakamaheni ~tia (takenga mai: whaka - causative prefix; maheni - smooth)
whakangahau pati (takenga mai: whakangahau - to entertain; pati - appeal, solicit)
puku āmaimai (takenga mai: āmaimai - nervous, anxious)
waematihiko (tohu: B) (takenga mai: wae - unit of measurement; matihiko - digital) (kupu kē atu: paita [kupu mino])
C
rou kōpani (takenga mai: rou - a long stick used to reach anything; kōpani - shutter [of a camera])
tatūnga (takenga mai: tatū - arrive, settle, be at ease)
manawataki (kupu kē atu: ūngeri)
wāhanga takitahi (takenga mai: wāhanga - part, section; takitahi - single, solo)
kariko (takenga mai: He kupu mino.)
tautitotito ~a (takenga mai: tautitotito - sing songs in response to one another, recite alternately)
tuhi rerehua ā-ringa
pū whakaahua (takenga mai: pū - origin, source; pū [pūrere] - device; whakaahua - image) (kupu kē atu: kāmera [kupu mino])
kāmera (takenga mai: He kupu mino.) (kupu kē atu: pū whakaahua)
rōpū hopuata (takenga mai: rōpū – group; hopu – catch; ata – image)
ringa hopuata (takenga mai: ringa – hand; hopu – catch; ata – image)
neke inaki
rangi inaki (takenga mai: rangi - tune; inaki - overlap)
kānawehi (takenga mai: He kupu mino.)
papakōaka (takenga mai: papa [papanga] - cloth, fabric; kōaka - hemp)
pepa kānawehi
whakakopa (takenga mai: whakakopa - clasp, clutch)
pepa mārō
whakaahua kiripaki (takenga mai: kiri - person, self; paki [pakiwaitara] - fiction, legend, folk lore)
cartoon drawing, comic drawing
tānga pakiwaituhi
pepa kariri (takenga mai: He kupu mino.)
carve, carving, ornamented with a pattern
whakairo ~hia
whare whakairo
carved uprights on either side of the door of a meeting house
waewae (kupu kē atu: whakawae)
carved uprights on either side of the door of a meeting house
whakawae (kupu kē atu: waewae)
carving pattern for surface decoration
pūwerewere
carving pattern for surface decoration
taratara-a-Kai (kupu kē atu: taratara-a-Kae, taratara-o-Kai)
carving pattern for surface decoration
unaunahi (kupu kē atu: riporipo)
carving pattern for surface decoration
whakaironui
hangarewa (takenga mai: hanga - make, build, fashion; rewa - molten)
kāhui kiriwhakaari (takenga mai: kāhui - company, cluster; kiriwhakaari – actor) (kupu kē atu: rōpū kiriwhakaari)
kōata hangarewa
tōkere (kupu kē atu: māpara)
casting (characters for a play)
kōwhiringa kiriwhakaari
māui (kupu kē atu: hūhi, huhu, whai)
whakamahea ~tia ~tanga (takenga mai: whakamahea – to allay, clear away, dispel, calm)
hūhi (kupu kē atu: huhu, māui, whai)
herepuru
whiranui (takenga mai: whira - fiddle [kupu mino]; nui - large)
centre ridge-pole of a meeting house
poutokomanawa
matapaia (takenga mai: matapaia - clay work, pottery)
ceremonial haka (without weapons)
haka taparahi
tuinga mekameka
kani mekameka (kupu kē atu: kani mīhini)
tioka
pene tioka
taka puoro (takenga mai: taka - company of persons; puoro - music)
tautapa (kupu kē atu: umere)
umere (kupu kē atu: tautapa)
pātere
kiripuaki (takenga mai: kiri – person, self; puaki – disclose, express)
whakatakune
tārehu (kupu kē atu: ngārahu, ngārehu, waro)
waro (kupu kē atu: ngārahu, ngārehu, tārehu)
kongakonga (kupu kē atu: maramara)
papa maramara (takenga mai: papa - surface, board; maramara - chip, splinter)
whao ~whia
kapa waiata (kupu kē atu: koaea [kupu mino] , tira waiata, rōpū waiata)
rōpū waiata (kupu kē atu: kapa waiata, koaea [kupu mino], tira waiata)
tira waiata (takenga mai: tira - a travelling group of entertainers) (kupu kē atu: kapa waiata, koea [kupu mino], rōpū waiata )
waiata tira (takenga mai: tira – troupe, choir)
tangiata
tito nekehanga (takenga mai: tito – to compose, to make up; nekehanga – movement) (kupu kē atu: nekenekehanga)
kaitito nekehanga (kupu kē atu: kaitito kanikani)
nuka tito nekehanga (takenga mai: nuka - device, stratagem, ploy)
tukanga tito nekehanga
nekenekehanga (kupu kē atu: tito nekehanga)
korihi (takenga mai: korihi - sing [as birds], dawn chorus; korihi - chorus [kupu mino])
āwhata tokitoki (takenga mai: tokitoki - altogether, without exception)
ara amio (o te nekeneke)
whakakopa ~ina
paki ~a (kupu kē atu: pakipaki, papaki)
papaki ~a (kupu kē atu: paki, pakipaki)
pūtahoro (kupu kē atu: rehu matangi)
rehu matangi (kupu kē atu: pūtahoro)
puoro ōkawa (takenga mai: ōkawa - formal)
poro rākau (kupu kē atu: tīare)
tīare (takenga mai: tīare - hollow, empty, void) (kupu kē atu: poro rākau)
uku (kupu kē atu: kere)
kere (kupu kē atu: uku)
kaihanga uku (kupu kē atu: ringatoi uku)
ringatoi uku (kupu kē atu: kaihanga uku)
ngira mahi uku
tārai uku
taonga uku
ngangahu
tohu tārawa (takenga mai: tohu - symbol; tārawa - stave)
karamata (takenga mai: karamata – high point, pinnacle, summit)
clone stamp tool (digital image editing)
pūrua ~tia ~tanga
pūputu (kupu kē atu: mangungu)
whakaahua tiro tata (takenga mai: tiro - survey, view; tata - close)
mangungu (kupu kē atu: pūputu)
clothe, clothing, garment, costume
kākahu ~ria (kupu kē atu: kahu, kaka, pūeru)
kahu (kupu kē atu: kākahu, kaka, pūeru)
pūeru (kupu kē atu: kahu, kaka, kākahu)
kaitara (kupu kē atu: matanui, mātoretore, raunui, taratara)
ngao pae
raunui (kupu kē atu: kaitara, matanui, mātoretore, taratara)
taratara (kupu kē atu: kaitara, matanui, mātoretore, raunui)
matanui (kupu kē atu: kaitara, mātoretore, raunui, taratara)
whakakapinga (tohu: 
) (takenga mai: whakakapi - to conclude, close, finish)
coil (clay), to form into a coil
niko (uku) ~a
mahi tahi
hoa mahi tahi
toi piripiri (takenga mai: piripiri - stick, adhere, cling)
tātari kano
kōwhiringa tae (takenga mai: kōwhiri - select, choose; tae - colour)
tūāwhiorangi kitea (takenga mai: tūāwhiorangi - rainbow)
taeāwhio (takenga mai: tae - colour; āwhio - circle, round) (kupu kē atu: wīra tae)
wīra tae (kupu kē atu: taeāwhio)
tae (kupu kē atu: kano)
pepa whaikano
heru ~a
kiri hangareka (takenga mai: kiri - person, self; hangareka - to jest, make fun)
whakaari pukuhohe
tono ~a (takenga mai: tono - to request, order, demand, bid)
tiringa (takenga mai: tiri - share, portion)
tohumita noa
kōpae puoro (takenga mai: kōpae - disk; puoro - music)
kōpiri
tāporowhita (takenga mai: tā - draw, etch; porowhita - circle)
whakataetae ~tia (kupu kē atu: tātāwhāinga, tauwhāinga, whakatatae)
tātāwhāinga (kupu kē atu: whakataetae)
tito ~a ~nga
kaitito
hanganga (takenga mai: hanga - make, build, fashion, shape)
compress, squeeze together in the hand
kōpē, kōpēpē ~ngia (kupu kē atu: kōramuramu)
compress, squeeze together in the hand
kōramuramu ~tia (kupu kē atu: kōpē, kōpēpē)
huatau (takenga mai: huatau - thought) (kupu kē atu: ariā)
ariā (takenga mai: ariā - notion, idea, feeling)
konohete (takenga mai: He kupu mino.) (kupu kē atu: whakangahau)
puoro whakatene (takenga mai: whakatene - sing the solo part of a song)
potipoti (kupu kē atu: pūmoana, pūtātara)
pūmoana (kupu kē atu: potipoti, pūtātara)
whakakapi ~a ~nga (kupu kē atu: whakatepe)
kaikōtui (takenga mai: kai - prefix denoting agent; kōtui - lace, interlace) (kupu kē atu: kaiarataki)
tutūnga o te puehu (kupu kē atu: raru, raruraru)
raru, raruraru (kupu kē atu: tutūnga o te puehu)
pahū tāroa (takenga mai: tāroa - tall)
waihanga ~tia (kupu kē atu: hanga)
toi waihanga
o nāianei (takenga mai: o nāianei - of now, of the present)
kanikani o nāianei
neke o nāianei
horopaki
(to) contort the facial features, grimace
whakapī (kupu kē atu: whāitaita)
rārangi hua (takenga mai: hua - outline, contour line)
wana (takenga mai: wana - conspicuous)
tae tauaro (takenga mai: tauaro - opposite) (kupu kē atu: tae wana)
tae wana (kupu kē atu: tae tauaro)
oro tauaro (takenga mai: oro - sound, note; tauaro - opposite)
conventional formation of a haka group
matua (kupu kē atu: taparahi)
conventional formation of a kapa haka group
taparahi (kupu kē atu: matua)
tae mātao
cool down, bend and stretch body to relieve muscles
whakamakaka ~tia (kupu kē atu: whakamākakakaka)
reretahi (takenga mai: rere – flow; tahi – one, as one)
pūrua ~tia ~tanga (kupu kē atu: tārua)
manatārua (tohu: ©) (takenga mai: mana - authority, control; tārua - copy, duplicate) (kupu kē atu: manatā)
taura
koruroi (takenga mai: He kupu mino.) (kupu kē atu: paparai)
paparai (takenga mai: papa [papanga] - fabric; rarai - ribbed, furrowed) (kupu kē atu: koruroi)
riu (takenga mai: riu – belly, chest, abdomen, stomach) (kupu kē atu: tumu)
rino kōwakawaka
kaihoahoa kahu whakaari
kātene (takenga mai: He kupu mino.)
papahune (takenga mai: papa [papanga] - cloth, fabric; hune - pappus of seeds of raupō)
pepa hune
miro kātene (takenga mai: He kupu mino.)
counter-melody, counterpoint, contrapuntal
rangi pāhekoheko (takenga mai: rangi - melody; pāhekoheko - interact, combine)
tāhū taupatupatu (takenga mai: taupatupatu - to compete, vie with one another)
neke pāhekoheko (takenga mai: pāhekoheko - to combine, co-operate, interact)
puoro tuawhenua mā-uru
puoro tuawhenua kōrangaranga
puoro tuawhenua
puoro tuawhenua arotini
puoro tuawhenua rakatū
puoro tuawhenua kōmanawa
paorua (takenga mai: pao - sing; rua - two)
apu ~a (kupu kē atu: uhi)
piere
haratau (takenga mai: haratau - dextrous) (kupu kē atu: mahi ā-rehe)
mahi ā-rehe (kupu kē atu: haratau)
craftsman, craftsperson, expert, skilled person, artisan
ringarehe (takenga mai: ringa - hand; ringatoi - artist; rehe - adept, skillful) (kupu kē atu: ringaharatau)
tītukituki (takenga mai: tī [tīwēwē] - cymbal; tukituki - crash)
ngaoki (kupu kē atu: ngōki)
pene hinu
pīereere (takenga mai: pīereere - fissured)
kaho (takenga mai: kaho - anything light coloured) (kupu kē atu: kirīmi [kupu mino])
awe auaha (kupu kē atu: whakaetanga auaha, herekore auaha)
tukanga auaha (takenga mai: tukanga [tukatuka] - start up, proceed forward; auaha - creative)
creative, creativity, innovative
auaha ~tanga (takenga mai: auaha – throb, thrill with passion, shape, create, form, fashion)
poro whakaahua (takenga mai: poro - cut short; whakaahua - photograph, image)
crop, trim, crop tool (digital image editing)
poro ~a (takenga mai: poro - to cut short, trim off)
tūrama whakawhiti
tuinga kōwhiti (takenga mai: kōwhiti - a cross stitch in reed panelling)
cross-grained, matted, tangled
rīrapa (kupu kē atu: hūmengemenge, rapa, takawiri, tahatonga)
cross-grained, matted, tangled
tahatonga (kupu kē atu: hūmengemenge, rapa, rīrapa, takawiri)
kauruku whakahāngai (takenga mai: whakahāngai - perpendicular, at right angles)
takitahi (tohu: 
) (takenga mai: taki - beat; tahi - one)
tāupe (kupu kē atu: tuohu)
apiapi
kōpenupenu ~hia (kupu kē atu: hūmekemeke)
hūmekemeke (kupu kē atu: kōpenupenu)
toi matahuhua (takenga mai: mata - face, surface; mata [mataono] - cube; huhua - many)
(toi) matahuhua (takenga mai: toi - art; mata - face, surface; mata [mataono] - cube; huhua - many)
tohuuru (takenga mai: tohu – signal; uru – enter, come in)
rauhī ~tia ~tanga (takenga mai: rauhī - to collect together, to care for, protect)
kairauhī (takenga mai: kai - prefix denoting agent; rauhī - to gather together, take care of)
koropeke
koromengemenge (kupu kē atu: āmengemenge)
āmengemenge (kupu kē atu: koromengemenge)
ārai
tūnga whakamihi (takenga mai: tūnga – stand; whakamihi – acknowledge, pay tribute to, acclaim, congratulate)
kōpiko (kupu kē atu: hakoko)
ānau (kupu kē atu: rārangi kōpiko, rārangi piko)
rārangi kōpiko (kupu kē atu: ānau, rārangi piko)
ara kōpiko (o te nekeneke)
hakoko (kupu kē atu: kōpiko)
tōkari ~tia (kupu kē atu: pakini)
hae, hahae ~a ~nga (kupu kē atu: pihi)
pihi ~a (kupu kē atu: hae, hahae, ripi)
ripi ~a (kupu kē atu: hae, haehae, pihi)
papa tapahi
tīwēwē (takenga mai: tīwēwē - scream, unrestrained, uncontrolled)
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kanikani
kori (kupu kē atu: harakoa, kanikani, ngahau)
ngahau (kupu kē atu: harakoa, kanikani, kori)
huānga kanikani
rōpū kanikani
takahanga waewae
tira kanikani
dancing, entertainment, enjoyment
harakoa (kupu kē atu: kanikani, kori, ngahau)
hiwa (kupu kē atu: uri, kākarauri)
kākarauri (kupu kē atu: hiwa, uri)
uri, uriuri (kupu kē atu: hiwa, kākarauri)
ōrangiuri (takenga mai: ōrangi - blue; uri - dark [of colour]) (kupu kē atu: pukepoto)
pukepoto (kupu kē atu: ōrangiuri)
parauri (kupu kē atu: hāura, kākaka, parāone [kupu mino], ura)
kārikiuri (takenga mai: kāriki - green; uri - dark [of colour]) (kupu kē atu: kānapanapa, pounamu)
pounamu (kupu kē atu: kānapanapa, kārikiuri)
kānapanapa
hinauri (takenga mai: hina - grey; uri - dark [of colour])
dark orange, burnt orange, ochre
tākou (kupu kē atu: pākākā)
mātāuri (takenga mai: mātā [mātāniho] - print or mark of teeth; uri - dark)
porouri (takenga mai: poro [waiporoporo] - purple; uri - dark [of colour])
kurauri (takenga mai: uri - dark) (kupu kē atu: kōkōwai)
neti (kupu kē atu: niti, pehu, teka)
niti (kupu kē atu: neti, pehu, teka)
pehu (kupu kē atu: neti, niti, teka)
teka (kupu kē atu: neti, niti, pehu)
toro teka
whakahoi (takenga mai: whakahoi - insert divergent threads in the woof of a garment to make fullness)
hawahawa (kupu kē atu: pahawa)
decorate with feathers, bunches of hair etc.
puhipuhi ~a
tanguru
demisemiquaver (British notation)
takihauwaru (tohu: 
) (takenga mai: taki - beat; hauwaru - eighth)
tāngari (takenga mai: He kupu mino [mai i te kupu 'dungaree'].)
rohe ngangahu (takenga mai: rohe - area, region; ngangahu - clear, in focus)
toi mino (takenga mai: mino – to borrow)
āwhata heke
hoahoa ~ina (takenga mai: hoahoa - layout, plan, arrange)
mahere hoahoa (takenga mai: mahere - plan; hoahoa - design)
āhuatanga hoahoa (takenga mai: āhuatanga - aspect, characteristic, property, feature, attribute; hoahoa - layout, plan, arrange)
whakawhanake ~tia (takenga mai: whaka - causitive prefix; whanake - grow)
dexterity of the feet, fleet footed
rakanga waewae
raka (kupu kē atu: haratau)
hauroki (takenga mai: hauroki - the diagonals in measuring the ground plan of a house)
diagonal pathway (of movement)
ara hauroki (o te nekeneke) (kupu kē atu: ara hōkai)
whakawhitinga kōrero
niho taimana (takenga mai: niho - tooth; taimana - diamond [kupu mino]) (kupu kē atu: mata taimana)
mata taimana (takenga mai: mata - blade, edge, surface; taimana - diamond [kupu mino]) (kupu kē atu: niho taimana)
āwhata waru
matihiko (takenga mai: mati - digit; hiko - electricity)
oro matihiko (takenga mai: mati - digit; hiko - electric)
pū whakaahua matihiko (takenga mai: mati - digit; hiko - electricity)
digital device, digital instrument
pūrere matihiko (kupu kē atu: taputapu matihiko)
tānga matihiko (takenga mai: tā - draw, paint; mati - digit; hiko - electric)
tārua ā-matihiko (takenga mai: tārua - copy, duplicate; ā - after the manner of; matihiko - digital)
digital instrument, digital device
taputapu matihiko (kupu kē atu: pūrere matihiko)
whakaahua matihiko (takenga mai: matihiko - digital)
kōpae ataata
matawaenga
whakauriuri (takenga mai: uriuri – dark)
whakakauriki (takenga mai: kauriki – small)
rima taka (takenga mai: taka - flat [music], go downward)
kāhui takirua (takenga mai: kāhui - assemblage, cluster; takirua - in twos)
aronga
ahunga (o te nekeneke)
ringatohu (takenga mai: ringa – hand; tohu – command, signal)
kaituku waiata (tohu: DJ) (kupu kē atu: ringa kōpae)
pekerangi (takenga mai: pekerangi – dance accompanied by song)
puoro pekerangi (takenga mai: pekerangi - dance accompanied by song)
whakahawe ~a
kōrori ~tia (takenga mai: kōrori - to distort, twisted, warped)
hohō ~tanga
hakirara
whakaari pakipūmeka (takenga mai: whakaari – play, drama; paki – story; pū – origin, source; meka – true)
dodge tool (digital image editing)
tākaho (takenga mai: tā - causative prefix; kaho - anything light in colour)
aronga mātāmua (takenga mai: aronga - direction, attend to, favour; mātāmua - first)
dominant, fifth degree (of a scale)
(oro) paerima (takenga mai: pae [kaupae] - rung on a ladder; rima - five)
oro tongi
pōtaka kōtore rua (kupu kē atu: pōtaka tikitiki, pōtaka whero rua)
whatu aho rua
tūrama aronuku (takenga mai: aro – face, direction; nuku – the Earth)
tikiake
awai
whakaari ~hia (kupu kē atu: whakaataata)
tuhi ~a ~nga (kupu kē atu: tā ~ia ~nga)
papa tā
taputapu tuhi
tāraihiko matarehu (takenga mai: tārai - dress, shape, fashion; hiko - electricity; matarehu - fine)
whakaharatau whanotū (takenga mai: whakaharatau – rehearse, practice; whano – to be on the point of, nearly, looming, almost; tū – take place, convene)
ngao ~tia (kupu kē atu: tahi)
tahi ~a ~nga (kupu kē atu: ngao)
hōrete (kupu kē atu: wiri, tūwiri)
wiri (takenga mai: wiri - bore, twist) (kupu kē atu: hōrete, tūwiri)
nihowiri (takenga mai: niho - tooth; wiri - twist, bore)
pahū (kupu kē atu: taramu [kupu mino])
taramu (takenga mai: He kupu mino.) (kupu kē atu: pahū)
huinga pahū (kupu kē atu: kohinga pahū)
kohinga pahū (kupu kē atu: huinga pahū)
pūrere tāpatupatu
rākau pahū (kupu kē atu: toko pahū)
toko pahū (kupu kē atu: rākau pahū)
kuka (kupu kē atu: koka)
hopurua ~tanga ~tia (puoro) (takenga mai: hopu - record, catch; rua - two)
tōrua (takenga mai: tōrua - twofold, double thickness) (kupu kē atu: takirua)
takirua
tārua ~tia ~tanga
ārainehu (takenga mai: ārai - screen, ward off; nehu - dust, fine powder)
tāwai ~tia (takenga mai: tāwai - steep in vegetable dye)
waitae (takenga mai: wai - liquid; tae - colour) (kupu kē atu: tae)
taineke (takenga mai: tai – a prefix which sometimes denotes a qualifying force; neke – move)
taioro (takenga mai: tai – a prefix which sometimes denotes a qualifying force; oro – sound)
waitohu (kanikani) (takenga mai: waitohu – mark, symbol, brand, signature)
tuhinga (whakaari)
papatuhi (takenga mai: papa - surface; tuhi - write, draw)
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whakakai (kupu kē atu: pōhoi)
pōhoi (kupu kē atu: whakakai)
purutaringa (takenga mai: puru - plug, bung;)
tae ōnuku (takenga mai: ō - of, pertaining to; nuku - the earth)
uku koropungapunga (takenga mai: koropungapunga - porous)
tīrewa peita (takenga mai: tīrewa - scaffolding or raised frame for hanging things on; peita - painting)
tauira kārangaranga
tapa
whakatika ~ina
putanga
eighth note (American notation)
takihauwaru (tohu: 
)
whakarākai ~tia (kupu kē atu: whakanakonako, whakaniko, whakanikoniko, whakapaipai, whakarākei)
kūtorotoro (takenga mai: kūtoro - stretched, at full length)
panguru hiko
ōrangihiko (takenga mai: ōrangi - blue; hiko - electric)
kitā hiko
whakamaene hiko (takenga mai: whakamaene - make smooth; hiko - electricity)
kanihiko (takenga mai: kani - saw; hiko - electricity)
tāhiko (takenga mai: tā - causative prefix; hiko - electricity)
inetaki tāhiko
pūkeru tāhiko
oro tāhiko
whakaohorere ~tia
huānga whakaari
elocution, diction, accent, dialect, register
mita (takenga mai: He kupu mino.) (kupu kē atu: tūreo)
whakarākai ~tia ~tanga (kupu kē atu: rākai, rākei, whakaniko, whakanakonako, whakapaipai)
embellish, adorn, embellishment, adornment
whakaniko, whakanikoniko ~hia (takenga mai: whakanikoniko - ornament with curves, adorn) (kupu kē atu: whakanakonako, whakarākai, whakarākei)
tui whakaniko (takenga mai: tui - sew; whakaniko - ornament, adorn)
peita kōrahirahi (takenga mai: kōrahirahi - thin, somewhat transparent)
turuki ~tanga (takenga mai: turuki – to come as a supplement, to follow)
energetic, spirited, lively, envigorated
(whaka) hihiko (kupu kē atu: hihiri, pākahukahu, whitawhita, ngangahau)
aroā ngoi
engaging, pleasurable, entertaining
āhuareka (kupu kē atu: pārekareka, whakarekareka)
enjoyment, amusement, entertainment
ngahau (kupu kē atu: rēhia)
enraptured, ecstatic, delighted
manawarū (kupu kē atu: manahau)
enraptured, ecstatic, delighted, euphoria
manahau (kupu kē atu: manawarū)
tira puoro
whakangahau ~tia (kupu kē atu: ngahau)
kaiwhakangahau
entertaining, pleasurable, engaging
whakarekareka (kupu kē atu: āhuareka, pārekareka)
entertainment, amusement, enjoyment,
rēhia (kupu kē atu: ngahau)
pātaritari (kupu kē atu: whakawai)
entrance item in a performance
whakaeke ~a ~nga
envigorated, energetic, spirited, lively
pākahukahu (kupu kē atu: hihiko, hihiri, whitawhita, ngangahau)
turuki ~tanga (takenga mai: turuki - come as a supplement, follow)
whakataurite oro (takenga mai: whakataurite - balance, matching; oro - sound)
pūrere whakataurite oro (takenga mai: pūrere - device, machine; whakataurite - balance, match; oro - sound)
utauta (kupu kē atu: taputapu)
muku ~a (takenga mai: muku - wipe, rub) (kupu kē atu: rapa [kupu mino], ūkui)
ūkui ~a (kupu kē atu: muku, rapa)
rapa (takenga mai: He kupu mino.) (kupu kē atu: muku, ūkui)
pūkare (takenga mai: pū [pupū] - break forth, spring up; kare [kare ā-roto] - emotion)
whakatauira ~tia
exhibit, exhibition, show, performance
whakakite ~a ~nga (kupu kē atu: whakaatu)
whakawātea ~tia
expert, clever, deft, virtuoso
rehe (kupu kē atu: ringarehe, tohunga)
expert, professional (skilful, adept)
mātanga (kupu kē atu: ngaio)
expert, skilled person, expertise
tohunga ~tanga
tūhura ~tia ~tanga
kaweatu (takenga mai: kawe - carry, convey, take; atu - indicates direction away from the speaker)
whakatetē ~tia
huranga
express, expression, say, utter
puaki ~na ~tanga (kupu kē atu: kī, whakapuaki)
whakapuaki ~na ~tanga (kupu kē atu: kī, kōrero, puaki)
kīanga
toi pūkare (takenga mai: pu [pupū] - break forth, spring up; kare [kare ā-roto] - emotion)
ihiihi (kupu kē atu: pūkare)
kiriwhakaari tūpoto (takenga mai: kiriwhakaari – actor; tū – position, stand; poto – short)
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waepuare (tohu: f) (takenga mai: wae - unit of measurement; puare - aperture)
kuti papanga
papanga (takenga mai: papanga rua - two-fold, of fabric)
tā te kanohi
(a) facial gesture in kapa haka
whakaheke
tāromaroma (kupu kē atu: pāitiiti)
pāitiiti (kupu kē atu: tāromaroma)
māwhe (kupu kē atu: hātea)
hātea (kupu kē atu: māwhe)
hārearea (kupu kē atu: hīrea)
hīrea (kupu kē atu: hārearea)
hakiri (kupu kē atu: hārearea, hīrea)
hāheke
reohori (takenga mai: reo - sound, voice; hori - false, untrue)
hoahoa pūeru (takenga mai: pūeru - clothing, garment)
whiwhita ~ngia (kupu kē atu: tauhere)
peita pāwhara (takenga mai: pāwhara - wild, untamed)
tūkaha (kupu kē atu: mātātoa, uekaha)
mātātoa (kupu kē atu: tūkaha, uekaha)
maiorooro (takenga mai: maiorooro - be unpleasant, discordant, jarring)
pene whītau (takenga mai: pene - pen; whītau - prepared fibre)
whāroa (tohu: 
) (takenga mai: whā - causative prefix; roa - long)
taiopenga (kupu kē atu: hui ahurei, hui taurima)
hui taurima (kupu kē atu: hui ahurei, taiopenga)
weu (kupu kē atu: kaka)
kaka (kupu kē atu: weu)
papa marariki (takenga mai: papa - surface, board; mara [maramara] - chip, splinter; riki - small)
whira (takenga mai: He kupu mino.)
figurative art, representational art
toi tūturu (takenga mai: tūturu - real, true, actual, authentic)
kīpeha
peita tangata
kōnae
waku matarehu (takenga mai: waku - rub, scrape, abrade; matarehu - fine grained)
whakakī ~a
pū whakaahua kiriata (tohu: SLR)
kaihanga kiriata
film, movie, photographic slide
kiriata (takenga mai: kiri - skin; ata - shape, semblence, reflected image)
whakamutunga
rauangi (kupu kē atu: angiangi, rauiti)
angiangi (kupu kē atu: rauangi, rauiti)
paraihe rauiti
ngao matariki
wenewene
fingering (on a wind instrument)
pokipoki ~a
pereki tahu
whakapaka ~tia (takenga mai: paka - dried, baked, cook)
huripokinga tuatahi (whakapotonga: huripokinga 1)
aho tāhuhu (kupu kē atu: aho tapu, aho tāwhiu)
karu ika
kōhiko
urumaranga (takenga mai: urumaranga - ambush, surprise attack; uru – grove of trees; maranga – get up, arise)
taka (tohu: ♭) (takenga mai: taka - fall, go downward)
whao papatahi (takenga mai: papatahi - flat)
flat, out of tune (of a voice)
orotaha (takenga mai: taha - to pass by)
harakeke
tapa pīngore (takenga mai: tapa - edge; pīngore - flexible)
neke kārewa (takenga mai: kārewa - be buoyed, floating)
tūrama raharaha (takenga mai: raharaha – spread out)
flop (of a performance), failure
mūhore (takenga mai: mūhore - to be unsuccessful in an activity)
ia (takenga mai: ia - current)
tīmere (takenga mai: He kupu mino [mai i te kupu 'chimney'].)
pūtōrino (kupu kē atu: pū)
fly system (of a stage), theatrical rigging system
pūnaha tīrewa (takenga mai: pūnaha - system; tīrewa - scaffolding)
whāroa arotahi
oro auraki (takenga mai: auraki – return)
toi a te marea
aroaro (takenga mai: aroaro - face, front) (kupu kē atu: papamua, [a] mua)
(a) mua (kupu kē atu: aroaro, papamua)
papamua (kupu kē atu: aroaro, [a] mua)
āhua (kupu kē atu: ata)
ata (kupu kē atu: āhua)
tohu puoro ōkawa
pene waituhi
tāpare (kupu kē atu: taitapa, taku)
taitapa (kupu kē atu: taku, tāpare)
neke māhorahora
tāraitanga tū noa
hipihope ohia (takenga mai: hipihope – hip-hop [kupu mino]; ohia – to think on the spur of the moment)
tāpiko (takenga mai: tā - draw, etch; piko - curve)
pūwīwī (takenga mai: pū - tube; wīwī [Wīwī] - France)
hōkeka
auau (o te ngaru oro) (takenga mai: auau - frequently, again and again)
ripa (takenga mai: ripa - ridge, side, edge, boundary)
paparipa (takenga mai: papa - flat surface; ripa - ridge [fret in music])
kani whakaniko (takenga mai: kani - saw; whakaniko - ornamented with curves)
tūrama mua
whaitua matanui (takenga mai: whaitua – space, designated area; matanui [tūmatanui] – open, in public)
front row (of performing group)
aroākapa
wakuwaku ~a (takenga mai: wakuwaku - rub, scrape, abrade)
puoro kōmitimiti (takenga mai: kōmitimiti - combine, fuse, merge)
kani kōmitimiti (takenga mai: kani [kanikani] – dance; kōmitimiti – merge, fuse, blend)
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whare whakaatu (toi)
(a Māori) game resembling draughts
mū tōrere (kupu kē atu: tōrere)
(a Māori) game resembling draughts
tōrere (kupu kē atu: mū tōrere)
tākaro ~hia
tīrara (kupu kē atu: pirara, tīwāwā)
kaka (kupu kē atu: kākahu, kahu, pūeru)
mura kapuni
umu kapuni
kātū (kupu kē atu: momo, tūmomo)
tūmomo (kupu kē atu: momo, kātū)
momo (kupu kē atu: kātū, tūmomo)
tauira āhuahanga
pani pākeho (takenga mai: pani - paint, smear, spread; pākeho - limestone, white clay)
hūkari (kupu kē atu: tuone)
gesture, gesticulate, paralanguage
tuone (kupu kē atu: hūkari)
konohete ōpaki (takenga mai: konohete – concert [kupu mino]; ōpaki – informal)
piriona waematihiko (tohu: GB) (takenga mai: piriona - billion; wae - unit of measurement; matihiko - digital) (kupu kē atu: kikapaita [kupu mino])
(toi) kōata (takenga mai: kōataata - transparent)
kirimōhinu (takenga mai: kiri - skin; mōhinuhinu - shiny, glistening, glossy)
whakapaka kirimōhinu
glide, move with an even motion
naki (kupu kē atu: rōnaki)
glide, move with an even motion
rōnaki (kupu kē atu: naki)
wawani (kupu kē atu: waniwani)
pakakau rino (takenga mai: pakakau - two sticks with which a sort of tune is played [xylophone]; rino - metal)
mōhinuhinu (takenga mai: mōhinuhinu - shiny, glistening, glossy) (kupu kē atu: pīata)
pīata (kupu kē atu: mōhinuhinu)
pepa mōhinuhinu
kāpia (takenga mai: kāpia - kauri gum, resin)
pīngao
puoro rongopai
peita waikukū (takenga mai: peita - paint [kupu mino]; wai - water; kukū - firm, stiff, thickened, thick liquid)
tīkaro ~a
whao pewa (takenga mai: pewa - anything bow-shaped)
pōtaka hue
hue (kupu kē atu: tahā, kiaka)
kiaka (kupu kē atu: hue, tahā)
tahā (kupu kē atu: hue, kiaka)
gradient tool (digital image editing)
kōmitimiti (takenga mai: kōmitimiti - blend, fuse, merge)
toi karawhiti (takenga mai: He kupu mino [Itariana].)
tongitongi (takenga mai: tongitongi - speckled)
hono tārawa (takenga mai: hono - join; tārawa - line or rail on which anything is hung [staff, stave in music])
pepa tukutuku
matāpango (takenga mai: matā - lead; pango - black)
tāripa (takenga mai: tā - cut, tattoo; ripa - groove, furrow)
kāriki (kupu kē atu: kākāriki)
kākāriki (kupu kē atu: kāriki)
kārikihina
pounamu
taonga ukumata (takenga mai: taonga - object; uku - clay; mata - fresh, green, uncooked)
kiwikiwi (kupu kē atu: hina, kororā)
hina (kupu kē atu: kiwikiwi, kororā)
(to) grimace, contort the facial gestures
whāitaita (kupu kē atu: whakapī)
hunga (kupu kē atu: kanioro, kauoro, oro, pahunga)
kauoro ~tia (kupu kē atu: hunga, kanioro, oro)
oro ~a (kupu kē atu: hunga, kanioro, kauoro)
hōanga
awa, awaawa
group, company of people, team
rōpū (kupu kē atu: kapa, kāhui, pūtoi)
guides (digital image editing)
rārangi tīaroaro (takenga mai: rārangi - line; tīaroaro - alignment)
ringa pīauau (takenga mai: ringa - arm; pīauau - cutting instrument)
kitā (takenga mai: He kupu mino.) (kupu kē atu: kutā, rakuraku)
kutā (kupu kē atu: kitā, rakuraku)
rakuraku (kupu kē atu: kitā, kutā)
tātua kitā
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(a) haka expressing anger or pain, with no set movements
manawa wera (kupu kē atu: manawawera)
haka group, (Māori) concert party
kapa haka
kōtaratara
haka pōhiri (kupu kē atu: haka pōwhiri)
kaioraora
whakaheke
haka whakaari
(a) haka to show force before a battle
whakarewarewa
haka with leaping, performed with long weapons
tūtū ngārahu (kupu kē atu: peruperu, puha, tūtū waewae)
haka with leaping, performed with long weapons
peruperu (kupu kē atu: puha, tūtū ngārahu, tūtū waewae)
haka with leaping, performed with long weapons
puha (kupu kē atu: peruperu, tūtū ngārahu, tūtū waewae)
takihaurua (tohu: 
)
hama (takenga mai: He kupu mino.) (kupu kē atu: pākuru)
pākuru ~a (kupu kē atu: hama [kupu mino])
karetao ā-ringa
hand tool (digital image editing)
ataringa (takenga mai: ata - icon, image; ringa - hand)
whakaraka (takenga mai: raka – adept, skilful)
kani ā-ringa
pōkai (aho)
pūmārō
papamārō
totoka
tatūnga tangiata (takenga mai: tangiata - chord)
āputa ngātahi (takenga mai: āputa - interval, gap; ngātahi - together)
āwhata rikiriki whakahī (takenga mai: whakahī - raise the pitch in a song)
raupapa tangiata (takenga mai: raupapa - sequence, order; tangiata - chord)
pūtangitangi (takenga mai: pū - blow gently, pipe, tube, flute; tangitangi - make a sound)
reo niko (takenga mai: reo – voice, sound; niko [whakaniko] – to adorn, enhance, embellish)
reretau (takenga mai: rere - flow; rere [rerehua] - pleasant to the sight, beauty, aesthetic; tau - be neat, attractive, beautiful)
aurau (takenga mai: au - string, cord; rau - many)
kauruku whakarārangi (takenga mai: whakarārangi - linear)
tīpare
hutukawa (kupu kē atu: kōtaha)
kōtaha (kupu kē atu: hutukawa)
pokitaringa (takenga mai: poki – to cover)
piri māhunga (takenga mai: piri – cling)
whakapiringa māhunga (takenga mai: whakapiringa - attachment)
healing brush tool (digital image editing)
tapi ~a (takenga mai: tapi - patch, mend, repair)
māngaingai
remu
tuinga remu
kōaka (takenga mai: kōaka - coarse mat made of flax leaves)
hero, principal male actor, male idol
tuahangata
tāpora (takenga mai: tāpora - a coarse floor mat)
pōtaerua (takenga mai: pōtae - hat; rua - two)
(tangi) tīkā (takenga mai: tīkā - shrill) (kupu kē atu: hītawe)
hītawe (kupu kē atu: tīkā)
pūahoaho (takenga mai: pūahoaho - clarity, clearness)
neke teitei
tangi tīkā (kupu kē atu: hītawe)
arinui (takenga mai: ari [ariari] - resolution [of an image]; nui - large)
(puoro) hipihope (takenga mai: He kupu mino.)
history brush tool (digital image editing)
kapohanga o mua
whango
kōhao (kupu kē atu: poka)
poka ~ina (kupu kē atu: kōhao)
tangiata pū
home note, first degree (of a scale), tonic
(oro) paetahi (takenga mai: pae [kaupae] - rung on a ladder; tahi - one) (kupu kē atu: oro matua)
puringa (takenga mai: puri - hold on to, keep in the memory)
huapae
horizontal type tool (digital image editing)
pato huapae
hāona (takenga mai: He kupu mino.)
hononga kōhiko (takenga mai: hono - connect; kōhiko - flash)
whare mātoro (kupu kē atu: whare tapere)
huhū (kupu kē atu: hohō, rangorango, tamumu, wheo, wheowheo, mapu)
tamumu (kupu kē atu: hohō, huhū, mapu, rangorango, wheo, wheowheo)
hohō ~tanga (kupu kē atu: huhū, mapu, rangorango, tamumu, wheo, wheowheo)
mapu (kupu kē atu: hohō, huhū, rangorango, tamumu, wheo, wheowheo)
rangorango (kupu kē atu: hohō, huhū, mapu, tamumu, wheo, wheowheo)
wheo, wheowheo (kupu kē atu: hohō, huhū, mapu, rangorango, tamumu)
pōtaka huhū (kupu kē atu: pōtaka kukume, pōtaka tākiri)
hīmene (takenga mai: He kupu mino.)
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waerongo aho (takenga mai: wae - unit of measurement; rongo - sense; aho - light)
īPapa
kīrehu
pikitia whakaari (takenga mai: whakaari - to show, display, present)
whakaahua (kupu kē atu: ata)
raweke whakaahua (kupu kē atu: whakarākei whakaahua)
image manipulation, image enhancement
whakarākei whakaahua (kupu kē atu: raweke whakaahua, whakarākei ata)
pakoko (kupu kē atu: whakapakoko)
whakatau ~ria (kupu kē atu: tāwhai)
pani kukū (takenga mai: pani - paint, smear, spread anything on something else; kukū - thick liquid)
kawemai (takenga mai: kawe - carry, convey, take; mai - indicates direction toward the speaker)
toi kōpura (takenga mai: kōpura - ruddy, shining)
(toi) kōpura (takenga mai: kōpura - ruddy, shining)
whakaari tene
tito ohia (takenga mai: tito – compose; ohia – to think on the spur of the moment)
in tune (of a musical instrument)
(tangi) tika
orotau (takenga mai: oro – sound, note; tau – neat, becoming, suitable)
in unison (of movement), simultaneous movement
neke ngātahi (kupu kē atu: korite)
ororite (takenga mai: oro - note [music]; rite - corresponding)
ngātahi
inarticulate, incoherent, jumbled
nanu (kupu kē atu: tapepe)
incoherent, inarticulate, jumbled
tapepe (kupu kē atu: nanu)
puoro taketake
poropango (takenga mai: poro [waiporoporo] - purple; pango - black)
tohu puoro ōpaki
whakatōngā (kupu kē atu: nguengue)
waituhi (takenga mai: wai - liquid; tuhi - write, draw, adorn with painting)
aronga hou (takenga mai: aronga - direction; hou - new)
hiringa
toi puni (takenga mai: puni - encampment)
whakamanawa ~hia
whakatangitangi (takenga mai: whakatangitangi - to play an instrument)
mātātuhi kōaro (takenga mai: kōaro - be inverted)
kitakita (kupu kē atu: pūahoaho)
taunekeneke (takenga mai: taunekeneke – interaction, relationship)
kōtui, kōtuitui ~a ~nga (kupu kē atu: pawero)
intermission, interlude, interval
whakamatua ~tanga
whakamāori ~tia ~tanga
āputa
hā (takenga mai: hā - tone of voice)
introduce, introduction, exposition
whakataki ~na ~nga (kupu kē atu: tīmatanga)
huripoki ~a ~nga
uiraira (takenga mai: uira – to flash, gleam; iraira – to shine, glitter, be variegated)
tōroherohe (kupu kē atu: tipihori, tipirori, tipitaha)
tipirori (kupu kē atu: hikuwaru, tipitaha, tōroherohe, tipihori)
taki whakahipahipa (takenga mai: whakahipahipa - irregular, of different lengths)
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kūkau (kupu kē atu: rōria, tararī)
tararī (kupu kē atu: kūkau, rōria)
tautangitangi (takenga mai: tangi - to sing, make a sound; tau [tautitotito] - sing songs in response to one another)
(puoro) tautito (takenga mai: tautito [tautitotito] - sing songs in response to one another; tito [tito ohia] - improvise)
whakanene (kupu kē atu: hangarau, hangareka)
taonga whakapaipai (kupu kē atu: whakapīwari)
whakapīwari (takenga mai: whakapīwari – bedeck, ornament) (kupu kē atu: taonga whakarākei, taonga whakapaipai)
kanipiko (takenga mai: kani - saw; piko - curve)
hono, honohono ~a ~nga
kaiwhakawā (kupu kē atu: kaiwhiriwhiri)
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whakataetae kapa haka (kupu kē atu: tātāwhāinga kapa haka)
kahu kapa haka
tū ā-kapa
kōkiri
kaihaka
pahū rino (takenga mai: rino - metal)
patooro (takenga mai: pato [patopato] - tap; oro - sound, note)
paeoro (takenga mai: pae - region, boundary; oro - sound)
tohu paeoro (takenga mai: tohu - symbol; paeoro - key [tonal framework])
papa patooro (takenga mai: papa - anything broad or flat; pato [patopato] - to tap; oro - sound, note)
umuuku (takenga mai: umu - oven; uku - clay)
pākau (kupu kē atu: manu aute, manu tukutuku)
manu tukutuku (kupu kē atu: manu aute, pākau)
romiromi ~a (uku) (kupu kē atu: pokepoke [uku])
pūkanohi (kupu kē atu: pūpeka, pūmanga)
pūmanga (kupu kē atu: pūkanohi, pūpeka)
pūpeka (kupu kē atu: pūkanohi, pūmanga)
kōruru (kupu kē atu: kaimakamaka, ruru)
kaimakamaka (kupu kē atu: kōruru, ruru)
ruru (kupu kē atu: kōruru, kaimakamaka)
kanikani tūtū (takenga mai: tūtū – move with vigour)
kōwhaiwhai (painted scroll pattern)
kōwhaiwhai
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pawero ~a (kupu kē atu: kōtui, kōtuitui)
pūrama
whakaahua taiao (takenga mai: taiao - environment)
tauhere ~a (kupu kē atu: whiwhita)
lasso tool (digital image editing)
tārore (takenga mai: tārore - put into a noose, snare)
aho whatu
whakarewatanga (takenga mai: whakarewa – to set in motion, launch)
papanga (kupu kē atu: paparanga)
paparanga (kupu kē atu: papanga)
hari ~a (kupu kē atu: hī, taki, tātaki, whakataki)
hī ~ia (kupu kē atu: hari, taki, tātaki, whakataki)
taki (kupu kē atu: hari, hī, tātaki, whakataki)
whakataki ~na ~nga (kupu kē atu: tātaki)
kaea (kupu kē atu: kaitātaki, manukura)
kaitātaki (kupu kē atu: kaea, manukura)
leading note, seventh degree (of a scale)
(oro) paewhitu (takenga mai: pae [kaupae] - rung on a ladder; whitu - seven)
mawhiti
āpitihanga tārawa (takenga mai: āpitihanga - supplement; tārawa - line or rail on which anything is hung [staff, stave in music])
left and right turning of haka performers
ahuahungāroa
left over pieces stripped off in the process of preparing flax
para (kupu kē atu: kaku, pūkaha)
left over pieces stripped off in the process of preparing flax
pūkaha (kupu kē atu: kaku, para)
left over pieces stripped off in the process of preparing flax
kaku (kupu kē atu: para, pūkaha)
ārai parirau (takenga mai: ārai – curtain; parirau – wing)
rōnaki (takenga mai: rōnaki - gliding easily)
pūrākau
arotahi
arotahi
taupoki arotahi (takenga mai: taupoki - cover, close with a lid; arotahi -lens)
maru arotahi (takenga mai: maru - shield, shelter; arotahi - lens)
raihana (takenga mai: He kupu mino.) (kupu kē atu: whakaaetanga)
whakaaetanga (kupu kē atu: raihana)
ata kirikau (takenga mai: ata - form, shape, semblence, image; kirikau - naked)
tea (kupu kē atu: kaho, kōmā, teatea)
ōrangitea (takenga mai: ōrangi - blue; tea - light [of colour])
pouaka tūrama
pākā kōrito (kupu kē atu: hāuratea)
hāuratea (takenga mai: hāura - brown; tea - light [of colour]) (kupu kē atu: pākā kōrito)
karera (kupu kē atu: kārikitea)
kārikitea (takenga mai: kāriki - green; tea - light [of colour]) (kupu kē atu: karera)
mātātea (takenga mai: mātā [mātāniho] - print or mark of teeth; tea - white, clear)
kuratea (takenga mai: tea - light [colour])
tūrama (takenga mai: tūrama – give light to, illuminate)
kaihoahoa tūrama
tīrewa tūrama
pūkenga tūrama (takenga mai: pūkenga – skilled person; tūrama – light, lighting, illuminate)
māota (kupu kē atu: kārikikōwhai)
kārikikōwhai (kupu kē atu: māota)
rārangi ~hia ~tanga
toi rārangi
kanikani matatira (takenga mai: matatira – be in a row; tira – company of people)
papamuka (takenga mai: papa [papanga] - fabric; muka - flax fibre)
pepa muka
kahupeka
mātātuhi kahupeka
hunga whakarongo (kupu kē atu: minenga, whakaminenga)
nuka reo (takenga mai: nuka - stratagem, ploy, device)
whakaaturanga mataora (takenga mai: mata – face; ora – alive)
pāhotanga mataora (takenga mai: pāho - broadcast; mata - face; ora - alive)
lively, energetic, spirited, envigorated
whitawhita (kupu kē atu: hihiko, hihiri, pākahukahu, ngangahau)
lock off (turn in the strands of a piece of weaving)
tapiki ~tia ~tanga
tuinga tāmau
ngatete (takenga mai: ngatete – to move) (kupu kē atu: whakatakataka)
poi roa
tiro kōtaha (kupu kē atu: tiro korotaha)
koropewa (mahi uku)
tangatanga
ngekingeki (kupu kē atu: ngeki, tāwēwē)
tāwēwē (kupu kē atu: ngeki, ngekingeki)
hoihoi (kupu kē atu: rarahi, tīwerawera)
rarahi (kupu kē atu: tīwerawera, hoihoi)
tīwerawera (kupu kē atu: hoihoi, rarahi)
tukuoro (takenga mai: tuku - let go, send; oro - sound)
low contrast, dim (of an image)
māhinahina (kupu kē atu: whakawairua, whēkaro)
low contrast, dim (of an image)
whēkaro (kupu kē atu: māhinahina, whakawairua)
low contrast, dim (of an image)
whakawairua (takenga mai: whakawairua - appear dim and shadowy) (kupu kē atu: māhinahina, whēkaro)
neke hahaka
tangi mārū
ariiti (takenga mai: ari [ariari] - resolution [of an image]; iti - small)
lullaby, song composed for the birth of a child
oriori (kupu kē atu: taiapo)
kerengeo
raikara (takenga mai: He kupu mino.)
M
hīkarotanga (puoro) (takenga mai: hīkaro - to extract)
hanganga (puoro)
mau rākau (kupu kē atu: ngā rākau a Tū, ngā rākau o te riri)
ngā rākau a Tū (kupu kē atu: mau rākau, ngā rākau o te riri)
(te) here a Mātuku-tangotango
machine head (of a guitar or similar instrument)
peru (takenga mai: peru - head of a nail etc.)
arotahi piritata (takenga mai: piri - come close; tata - near)
mākurakura
magic wand tool (digital image editing)
kōwhiti kano (takenga mai: kano - colour, texture, stock)
kiriwhakaari matua (kupu kē atu: kiriwhakaari mātāmua)
kiripuaki mātāmua (kupu kē atu: kiripuaki matua)
matua
tangiata matua
paeoro matua (takenga mai: paeoro - key [music]; matua - main)
āwhata matua
rua matua
whitu matua
ono matua
toru matua
hangareka ~tia (kupu kē atu: whakanene, hangarau)
panipani (takenga mai: panipani – to smear, daub, paint)
mallet, strike with a mallet or other implement
kuru ~a (kupu kē atu: tā)
kūrarī
raweke ~hia ~tanga
ā-ringa
māpara (takenga mai: māpara - pieces of wood used as castanets) (kupu kē atu: tōkere)
toi pīereere (takenga mai: pīereere - fissured)
(puoro) rangatū (takenga mai: rangatū - to march, advance in order)
marquee tool (digital image editing)
kōwhiti (takenga mai: kōwhiti - to select, to pull out)
atoato ~hia ~hanga
kanohi kē (takenga mai: kanohi - face; kē - different, other) (kupu kē atu: matahuna)
matahuna (kupu kē atu: kanohi kē)
pīata-kore
pepa pīata-kore
matted, tangled, cross-grained
hūmengemenge (kupu kē atu: rapa, rīrapa, tahatonga, takawiri)
rūri tākai (kupu kē atu: tēpa ine)
tēpa ine (takenga mai: tēpa - He kupu mino.; ine - measure) (kupu kē atu: rūri tākai)
mediant, third degree (of a scale)
(oro) paetoru (takenga mai: pae [kaupae] - rung on a ladder; toru - three)
ngao tū
wharenui
miriona waematihiko (tohu: MB) (takenga mai: miriona - million [kupu mino]; wae - unit of measurment; matihiko - digital) (kupu kē atu: mekapaita [kupu mino])
miriona tongiiti (tohu: MP)
āputa tauaru (takenga mai: āputa - interval, gap; tauaru - to follow, pursue)
āwhata rikiriki whakahīrua (takenga mai: whakahī - raise the pitch in a song; rua - two)
melodious, sweet sounding, mellifluous
wainene (kupu kē atu: rōreka)
whakaari pehapeha (takenga mai: whakaari – play, drama; pehapeha – boast)
rangi
kāri mahara
pūmahara
whakaruruhau (takenga mai: whakaruruhau – protector, shield, advisor, mentor) (kupu kē atu: pou)
pou (kupu kē atu: whakaruruhau)
menu (e.g. of a computer programme)
kōwhiringa (takenga mai: kōwhiri - select, choose) (kupu kē atu: tahua)
pā kōwhiringa (takenga mai: pā [pātene] - button; pā - touch; kōwhiringa - menu)
peita whairino (takenga mai: whai - possessing; rino - metal [kupu mino])
pepa whairino (takenga mai: whai - possessing; rino - metal [kupu mino])
whakaahua ~tia ~tanga
huahuatau (kupu kē atu: kupu whakarite)
inetaki (takenga mai: ine - to measure; taki - beat) (kupu kē atu: takitaki)
hopuoro (takenga mai: hopu – capture, seize; oro – sound)
tīwai hopuoro (takenga mai: tīwai – trunk, main stem of a tree)
papawaenga (kupu kē atu: tuawaenga, [a] waenga)
tuawaenga (takenga mai: tua - e whai ana i te 'tua' o te kupu tuarongo; waenga - middle) (kupu kē atu: [a] waenga, papawaenga)
(a) waenga (kupu kē atu: papawaenga, tuawaenga)
whakaari ngū (takenga mai: ngū – be silent, speechless)
tāwhai ~tia ~tanga (kupu kē atu: whakatau)
takirua (tohu: 
) (takenga mai: taki - beat; rua - two)
toi tahanga (takenga mai: tahanga - naked, bereft, having nothing)
rikiriki
tangiata rikiriki (takenga mai: rikiriki - gloomy, sad, small)
paeoro rikiriki (takenga mai: paeoro - key [music]; rikiriki - gloomy, small)
āwhata rikiriki (takenga mai: rikiriki - gloomy, small)
rua rikiriki
whitu rikiriki
ono rikiriki
toru rikiriki (takenga mai: rikiriki - gloomy, sad, small)
whakaata ~nga ~ngia
tāhae ~tia (kupu kē atu: whānako)
whānako ~tia (takenga mai: whānako - cheat, rob, steal) (kupu kē atu: tāhae)
whakahanumi ~tia (kupu kē atu: ranu, whakaranu)
whakaranu ~a (kupu kē atu: ranu, whakahanumi)
ranu ~a ~nga (kupu kē atu: whakahanumi, whakaranu)
rawatoi tini (takenga mai: rawatoi - medium [visual art]; tini - many) (kupu kē atu: toirau)
toirau (kupu kē atu: rawatoi tini)
kaui (takenga mai: kaui - string of articles)
pā whakahaere (takenga mai: pā [pātene] - button; pā - touch; whakahaere - organise, operate)
tauira
toi hou
whakaauau ~tia (takenga mai: whakaauau - to modulate, effect change)
moko (tattooing on the face or body under traditional protocol)
moko ~a (kupu kē atu: tāmoko)
kurawaka
paeturi (kupu kē atu: pakituri)
pakituri (kupu kē atu: paeturi)
aroturuki ~tia ~tanga (takenga mai: aro – to heed, pay attention to; turuki – to come as a supplement, follow, reinforce)
taetahi (takenga mai: tahi - one)
whaikī tōtahi (takenga mai: whaikī – to make a formal speech; tōtahi – solitary, single, alone)
tānga papatahi
hātahi (takenga mai: hā – tone of voice; tahi – one)
tūmau kano (kupu kē atu: waitumu)
waitumu (kupu kē atu: tūmau kano)
toi rōpinepine (takenga mai: rōpinepine - place close together)
waitohu (takenga mai: waitohu - mark, signify, indicate)
waitohu (kanikani) (takenga mai: waitohu – mark, symbol, brand, signature)
whakaohooho ~tia (kupu kē atu: whakahihiko)
whakahihiko ~tia ~tanga (kupu kē atu: whakaohooho)
kōrangorango (kupu kē atu: kōtingotingo, tāingoingo)
tāingoingo (kupu kē atu: kōrangorango, kōtingotingo)
kōtingotingo (kupu kē atu: kōrangorango, tāingoingo)
hangarewa kōaro (takenga mai: hanga - make, build, fashion; rewa - molten; kōaro - inverted)
kōmiri ~a (uku) (takenga mai: kōmiri - rub with the hand or fingers)
paepiringa (takenga mai: pae - surround with a border; piri - be attached, fastened to)
rōria (kupu kē atu: kūkau, tararī)
ngutu
whakatairangi
haukori (kupu kē atu: tūtū)
angi (kupu kē atu: whakaangi)
whakaangi (kupu kē atu: angi)
ori (kupu kē atu: pīoioi)
pīoioi (kupu kē atu: ori)
hīkaikai
kauneke (kupu kē atu: paneke)
paneke (kupu kē atu: kauneke)
move in an enchanting way in a performance
whakatautau ~ria
kapekapetau (kupu kē atu: kapetau, takawheta)
kaunuku
konihi (kupu kē atu: koropuku, ninihi, whakakoko, whakamokamoka, whakamōkihi)
koropuku (kupu kē atu: konihi, ninihi, whakakoko, whakamokamoka, whakamōkihi)
ninihi (kupu kē atu: konihi, koropuku, whakakoko, whakamokamoka, whakamōkihi)
whakakoko (kupu kē atu: konihi, koropuku, ninihi, whakamokamoka, whakamōkihi)
whakamōkihi (kupu kē atu: konihi, koropuku, ninihi, whakakoko, whakamokamoka)
takaoreore (kupu kē atu: koiri, ngarue, ngāruerue, piupiu)
ngarue (kupu kē atu: koiri, piupiu, takaoreore)
piupiu (kupu kē atu: koiri, ngarue, ngāruerue, takaoreore)
tūtū (kupu kē atu: haukori)
neke ~hia ~hanga (kupu kē atu: kori, nekeneke)
kori (kupu kē atu: neke)
movement (in a piece of music)
tūārere (takenga mai: tūā - prefix to indicate a stage or part of something; rere - flow, offshoot of a family)
aroā nekeneke
taumata nekeneke
movement of a haka group in two's
whiore taparua
rerenga nekehanga (kupu kē atu: rerenga kanikani)
movement vocabulary, dance vocabulary
pūkete nekehanga (takenga mai: pū - heap, stack; kete - kit) (kupu kē atu: pūkete kanikani)
whetū kiriata
kanorau (takenga mai: kano - colour, pigment; rau - many) (kupu kē atu: taerau, taetini)
hamumu (kupu kē atu: pararāwaha)
pararāwaha (kupu kē atu: hamumu)
matarahi (takenga mai: matarahi - large; mata - surface; rahi - numerous)
muse, source of inspiration, creative influence
manawakura (takenga mai: manawa - heart, seat of affection; kura [māreikura, whatukura] - order of female/male supernatural beings; kura - something cherished, dearly loved)
puoro (kupu kē atu: pūoru)
pūoru (kupu kē atu: puoro)
hopunga puoro (takenga mai: hopu - catch)
ariā puoro
nuka puoro (takenga mai: nuka - device, stratagem)
ringatohu puoro
āhuatanga puoro (kupu kē atu: huānga puoro)
huānga puoro (kupu kē atu: āhuatanga puoro)
momo puoro
taonga puoro (kupu kē atu: taonga whakatangitangi)
tohu puoro
musical, musical theatre, musical drama
whakaari puoro
kaiwhakatangitangi (kupu kē atu: ringapuoro)
ringapuoro (takenga mai: ringa - hand; puoro - music) (kupu kē atu: kaiwhakatangitangi)
pūkenga puoro
rangaranga (o te puoro) (takenga mai: rangaranga - structure of a speech etc.)
N
nēra (takenga mai: He kupu mino.)
whakataki ~na ~nga (kupu kē atu: tātaki, takitaki)
oronoa (tohu: ♮) (takenga mai: oro - note [music]; noa - ordinary)
rawa māori
hei (kupu kē atu: tāhei)
ngira (takenga mai: He kupu mino.)
kiri tōraro (takenga mai: kiri [kiriata] - film; tōraro - negative [of an image])
tōraro (takenga mai: tō - that of, pertaining to; raro - below)
whakahinga
taiatea (kupu kē atu: āmaimai, ongaonga)
āmaimai (kupu kē atu: ongaonga, taiatea)
ongaonga (kupu kē atu: āmaimai, taiatea)
tārawa papā (takenga mai: tārawa - line or rail on which anything is hung [staff, stave in music]; papā - percussion)
pepa tōkau (takenga mai: tōkau - to be plain)
non-figurative art, non-representational art
toi tūaweawe (takenga mai: tū - manner, sort, appear; aweawe - distant, out of reach)
koiri (takenga mai: koiri – to bend the body, sway, move to and fro)
non-sequential plot, non-linear narrative
tāhū whakahipahipa (takenga mai: whakahipahipa - irregular)
pakini ~tia
oro (takenga mai: oro - sound)
ika tauhou (kupu kē atu: tauhou, pia)
peru (takenga mai: peru - head as of a nail etc.)
nut (of a guitar or similar instrument)
paepane (takenga mai: pae - perch, rest, lie across; pane - head)
ngaiaku (takenga mai: ngai - He kupu mino.; aku [akuaku] - firm, strong)
paraihe ngaiaku
aho ngaiaku
O
pūtōiri (takenga mai: pū - tube; tōiri - tingle, vibrate, resound)
octave, eighth degree (of a scale)
waruoro (takenga mai: waru - eight; oro - note, sound) (kupu kē atu: [oro] paewaru)
octave, eighth degree (of a scale)
(oro) paewaru (takenga mai: pae [kaupae] - rung on a ladder; waru - eight) (kupu kē atu: waruoro)
taki whai (takenga mai: whai - to follow)
pūmā (kupu kē atu: kōmā)
kōmā (kupu kē atu: pūmā)
peita hinu
olive, greenish-brown, browny-green
kārikihāura (takenga mai: kāriki - green; hāura - brown)
taki matua
whakaari manga-tahi (takenga mai: whakaari – drama, play; manga – branch of a tree; tahi – one)
kupu ororite (takenga mai: oro – sound; rite – similar)
puata-kore
raranga tīrara (kupu kē atu: raranga tātahi)
puoro whakaari (kupu kē atu: ōpera [kupu mino])
karaka (kupu kē atu: ārani)
ārani (takenga mai: He kupu mino.) (kupu kē atu: karaka)
pārakaraka
pūkōrero (kupu kē atu: kākā wahanui)
rāngai puoro (takenga mai: rāngai - company, group; puoro - music)
pūkeru (takenga mai: pū - tube; pūkeru - blow) (kupu kē atu: ōkena [kupu mino])
taketake (takenga mai: taketake - origin, beginning, root)
hopunga taketake
poi awe (kupu kē atu: poi tāniko)
kūreureu
taki hē (kupu kē atu: ia kore, rangirua)
rangirua (kupu kē atu: taki hē)
ia kore (kupu kē atu: rangirua, rapa, taki hē)
out there, unusually innovative
aronga whanokē (takenga mai: aronga – direction; whanokē – be peculiar, weird, different)
hua (takenga mai: hua - outline, leading lines of a pattern in carving)
whakatepe ~a ~nga (takenga mai: whakatepe - finish off, conclude)
huranga tuhene (takenga mai: tuhene - overmuch, excessive)
tuinga tapa
inaki ~tia ~tanga
P
peita ~hia (takenga mai: He kupu mino.) (kupu kē atu: pani)
hinatea (takenga mai: hina - grey; tea - light [of colour])
karakatea (takenga mai: karaka - orange; tea - light [of colour])
māwherotea (takenga mai: māwhero - pink; tea - light [of colour])
kārikikaho (takenga mai: kāriki - green; kaho - anything light coloured)
pae whakaranu (takenga mai: pae -perch, rest; whakaranu - mix together)
whakaahua takiraha (takenga mai: takiraha - wide, extended)
whakaari puoro pukuhohe
pepa
umu pepa
papa poro pepa (takenga mai: papa - flat surface; poro - trim off, cut off)
pepa whakapiripiri (takenga mai: pepa - paper; whakapiri - stick, fasten)
piakano (takenga mai: pia - gum of a tree; kano - colour)
tauira
okioki (kupu kē atu: whakatā)
papa kōputaputa (takenga mai: papa - surface; kōputaputa - pitted, full of holes)
pene (takenga mai: He kupu mino.)
hapa tautuku (takenga mai: hapa - fault, error; tautuku - stoop, bend, to give away)
pene rākau
inetaki tārere
āwhata rima
perceive, perception, awareness, feel
rongo ~hia (kupu kē atu: aroā)
(taonga) papā (kupu kē atu: [taonga] tāpatupatu)
(taonga) tāpatupatu (kupu kē atu: [taonga] papā)
tira papā
percussion notation, beat chart
tohu papā (takenga mai: tohu - symbol; papā - percussion)
percussion synthesiser, drum synthesiser
hangaoro papā
whai taki (takenga mai: whai - possessing; taki - beat)
rima arotau (takenga mai: arotau - favourable, suitable)
tahi arotau (takenga mai: arotau - favourable, suitable)
whā arotau (takenga mai: whā - four; arotau - suitable)
waru arotau (takenga mai: arotau - favourable, suitable)
whakaataata ~tia (kupu kē atu: whakaari)
whaitua o rēhia
performance, show, exhibit, exhibition, recital
whakaatu ~ria ~ranga (kupu kē atu: whakakite, whakangahau, konohete [kupu mino])
kaiwhakaataata (takenga mai: whakaataata - to pretend, act out, perform)
ngā mahi a te rēhia
kitenga mōwaho (takenga mai: mōwaho - outward, peripheral to, on the outskirts)
pene tāmau
tirohanga (takenga mai: tirohanga - view, sight, aspect)
whakaahua ~tia
mātātuhi raumata whakaahua
hopu whakaahua (takenga mai: hopu - catch, seize; whakaahua - image)
pepa whakaahua
tōpūtanga whakaahua (takenga mai: tōpū - assembled together; whakaahua - photograph)
tohu rerenga
piana (takenga mai: He kupu mino.)
pickup (for musical instrument)
hopuoro (takenga mai: hopu - capture, seize; oro - sound)
pikitia (takenga mai: He kupu mino.) (kupu kē atu: whakaahua)
ōpurepure
wai ngārahu (kupu kē atu: waikauri)
kano (takenga mai: kano - colour) (kupu kē atu: tae)
pine ~a (takenga mai: He kupu mino.) (kupu kē atu: tāpine)
tāpine ~a (kupu kē atu: pine)
aupuru tāpine
pū whakaahua puare ririki (takenga mai: puare - aperture, opening; ririki - small)
ipu kiniuku (takenga mai: ipu - pot; kini - nip, pinch; uku - clay)
māwhero (kupu kē atu: mākurakura)
kuti kōpekapeka (takenga mai: kōpekapeka - zig zag)
pūkeru paipa
huri hīteki (takenga mai: huri – turn; hīteki – hop on one foot, walk on tip-toe; hītekiteki – ballet)
pārua (kupu kē atu: rua)
rua (kupu kē atu: pārua)
whakapaka rōrua (takenga mai: rō [roto] - in; rua - pit)
umu rua
tangi (takenga mai: tangi - sound, resound) (kupu kē atu: hauoro)
tangiata kauneke (takenga mai: tangiata - chord; kauneke - move forward)
tongiiti (tohu: px) (takenga mai: tongi - speck; iti - small) (kupu kē atu: pika [kupu mino])
pixelate (digital image editing)
whakatongitongi ~hia (takenga mai: whaka - causative prefix; tongotongi - speckled)
plagiarise, plagiarism, illegal copying
tārua whānako (takenga mai: tārua – copy, duplicate; whānako – steal, rob)
plain, devoid of ornamentation
tōkau, tōtōkau (kupu kē atu: kōkau, māmore, taramore)
plain, devoid of ornamentation
taramore (kupu kē atu: kōkau, māmore, tōkau, tōtōkau)
plain, devoid of ornamentation
māmore (kupu kē atu: kōkau, taramore, tōkau, tōtōkau)
plain, devoid of ornamentation
kōkau (kupu kē atu: māmore, taramore, tōkau, tōtōkau)
whiri ~a ~nga
kaka tipu
kerepeti (takenga mai: kerepeti - clay worked and pressed)
play (an instrument or musical note etc)
whakatangi ~hia
whakatangi ā-taringa
whakatautau ~ria (kupu kē atu: whakaari)
poikere (takenga mai: poi - make into a ball, knead, work up; kere - clay, earth) (kupu kē atu: kere pokepoke)
kere pokepoke (kupu kē atu: poikere)
kaitito whakaari
pleasurable, entertaining, engaging
pārekareka (kupu kē atu: āhuareka, whakarekareka)
kōpē, kōpēpē
kūmau
tāhū (takenga mai: tāhū – ridge beam of a meeting house)
katokato ~hia (kupu kē atu: tākirikiri)
tākirikiri ~tia (kupu kē atu: katokato)
puru ~a
toikupu (takenga mai: toi - art, knowledge; kupu - word, utterance, message) (kupu kē atu: ruri)
poi made from dried and curled strands of flax
poi patu (kupu kē atu: poi piu)
poi made from dried and curled strands of flax
poi piu (kupu kē atu: poi patu)
tā tongitongi (takenga mai: tā - draw; tongi - point, speck)
whakamahine ~tia
taetini (takenga mai: tini - many)
tānga papatini
kāhui takitini (takenga mai: kāhui - assemblage, cluster; takitini - many)
ngore (kupu kē atu: poi)
poi (kupu kē atu: ngore)
toi arotini (takenga mai: aro - desire, inclination, attend to, favour; tini - many)
puoro arotini (takenga mai: aro - attend to, favour, be inclined toward; tini - many)
waiata arotini (takenga mai: aro – to heed, to pay attention; tini – many, multitude)
whakaahua kiritangata (takenga mai: kiritangata – person)
tōrunga (takenga mai: tō - that of, pertaining to; runga - above)
haka ~ina
ringauku (takenga mai: ringa - hand; uku - clay)
mahi uku
wīra uku
tāperu (kupu kē atu: tupere)
tupere (kupu kē atu: tāperu)
tāraihiko (takenga mai: tārai - dress, shape, fashion; hiko - electricity)
para whakawai
whakawai (kupu kē atu: parakitihi [kupu mino], whakaharatau, whakawaiwai)
whakamanahau
prance about, strut, walk on tiptoe
hītekiteki
tūāmua (takenga mai: tūā - prefix to indicate a stage or part of something; mua - in front, ahead)
muka (kupu kē atu: whītau)
whītau (kupu kē atu: muka)
awenga (takenga mai: awenga – influence, power, presence)
whakataruna ~tia
tae mātāmua (takenga mai: mātāmua - first)
mātātuhi (takenga mai: mātā [mātāniho] – print or mark of teeth; tuhi – delineate, draw, adorn with painting) (kupu kē atu: hāraunga)
hāraunga (kupu kē atu: mātātuhi)
whakaaturanga mataiti (takenga mai: mataiti [tūmataiti] - private)
aramahi (takenga mai: ara - pathway; mahi - work) (kupu kē atu: hātepe, huarahi)
prodigy, star, talented performer
hautipua (kupu kē atu: hautupua, ringa taiea)
whakarangirua ~tia
tumu whakaputa (takenga mai: tumu - dependable leader; whakaputa - produce)
ringa whaiutu (takenga mai: ringa – hand; whai – to have, acquire; utu – payment)
ngaio ~tanga (kupu kē atu: mātanga)
ringa ngaio (kupu kē atu: ringarehe)
tukuata (takenga mai: tuku – send, release; ata – image)
wāhinga (takenga mai: wāhi – break open, disclose)
whāngai kupu
whakahua ~tia
taputapu (takenga mai: taputapu – gear, movable property) (kupu kē atu: utauta)
mata
pānga riterite (takenga mai: pānga [pā] - connected with, relationship; riterite - alike, corresponding)
proscenium, apron (of a stage)
tuaaroaro (takenga mai: tua – e whai ana i te tua o te kupu tuarongo; aroaro – face, front)
kiritoa (takenga mai: kiri – person, self; toa – warrior)
toi mautohe (takenga mai: mautohe - to oppose, take a stand against, protest)
ine-koki (takenga mai: ine - to measure; koki - angle)
(to) protrude or poke out the tongue
whātero (kupu kē atu: whētero)
(to) protrude or poke out the tongue
whētero (kupu kē atu: whātero)
poipoinga (takenga mai: poipoi – to nurture) (kupu kē atu: paruhi)
kaiwhakapātari (takenga mai: whakapātari – to challenge, provoke, incite)
whakariterite ā-hinengaro
whakaaturanga matanui (takenga mai: matanui [tūmatanui] - public)
karetao (kupu kē atu: keretao, korotao)
ringa karetao
māhoe (kupu kē atu: pāpura [kupu mino], tawa, waiporoporo)
tawa (kupu kē atu: māhoe, pāpura [kupu mino], waiporoporo)
waiporoporo (kupu kē atu: māhoe, pāpura [kupu mino], tawa)
Q
quarter note (American notation)
takihauwhā (tohu: 
)
tōwhā (takenga mai: tōrua - duet [twofold]; tōtoru - trio [threefold]) (kupu kē atu: takiwhā)
takiwhā (kupu kē atu: tōwhā)
takihaurua (tohu: 
) (takenga mai: taki - beat; haurua - half)
waha kai tuinga (kupu kē atu: wewete tuinga)
wete tuinga (takenga mai: wete - untie, unravel; tuinga - stitch) (kupu kē atu: waha kai tuinga)
noho puku (kupu kē atu: hāngū, hū, ngū, wahangū)
wahangū (kupu kē atu: hāngū, hū, noho puku, ngū)
tui kuira (takenga mai: tui - sew; kuira - quilt [kupu mino])
takirima (kupu kē atu: tōrima)
tōrima (takenga mai: tōrua - duet [twofold]; tōtoru - trio [threefold]) (kupu kē atu: takirima)
aroarowhaki (kupu kē atu: oreore, ori, tīkorikori, wiri)
tīkorikori (kupu kē atu: aroarowhaki, oreore, ori, wiri)
kareu (kupu kē atu: oioi, oreore)
R
whakaari reo irirangi
radio microphone, wireless mircophone
hopuoro irirangi
pūrere tuku irirangi
ruha, ruwha (takenga mai: karukaru) (kupu kē atu: petapeta, ruharuha)
karukaru (kupu kē atu: petapeta, ruha, ruharuha, ruwha)
petapeta (kupu kē atu: karukaru, ruha, ruharuha, ruwha)
whakahī ~a
raku (takenga mai: He kupu mino [reo Hapanihi].)
whānui
(puoro) rapi (takenga mai: He kupu mino.)
waku kaitara (takenga mai: waku - rub, scrape, abrade; kaitara - rough, coarse)
reiaku (takenga mai: He kupu mino.)
toi pono
ata pono (takenga mai: ata - form, shape, semblence; pono - true, valid, honest)
recite, recital, narrate, narration
takitaki ~na (kupu kē atu: takutaku, whakataki)
hopu oro
taupuni hopuoro (takenga mai: taupuni - place of assignation; hopu - catch, seize; oro - sound)
rectangle tool (digital image editing)
kōwhiti tapawhā (takenga mai: tapawhā [tapawhā hāngai] - rectangle)
rawa hangarua
pepa hangarua
kura (kupu kē atu: whero)
hōrū (kupu kē atu: hōrua, kōkōwai)
red ochre, dark red, red-brown, auburn
kōkōwai (kupu kē atu: hōrū, hōrua)
maukoroa
whero (kupu kē atu: kura - red)
tohetohe
pūkeru tohetohe
whakapai ake
rekereke (takenga mai: He kupu mino mai i te kupu rege-rege o te reo Hemeika.) (kupu kē atu: rēkei [kupu mino])
taki nahanaha (takenga mai: taki - beat; nahanaha - be well arranged, in good order)
whakaharatau (kupu kē atu: parakatihi [kupu mino], whakawai)
whakairo papatahi
whakarākei ~tia ~ tanga (puoro) (takenga mai: whakarākei - adorn, decorate, embellish)
render (digital image editing)
tāhuahua ~tia
tāruarua
kete (puoro) (takenga mai: kete - kit, basket; puoro - music)
neke tāruarua
tukuruatanga (takenga mai: tukurua – to repeat)
rangahau ~tia (takenga mai: rangahau - seek, search out)
nguengue (kupu kē atu: whakatōngā)
ariari (takenga mai: ariari - clear)
tatūnga (takenga mai: tatū – to be settled, agreed)
pāorooro (kupu kē atu: haruru, paoro)
tiori, tīoriori (kupu kē atu: tīoriori)
resound, pop, bang, boom, a loud sudden noise
papā (kupu kē atu: pakō, pakū)
resound, pop, bang, boom, a loud sudden noise
pakō (kupu kē atu: pakū, papā)
ngū (takenga mai: ngū - silent)
huri kōaro
reused material, recycled material
rawa tukurua (kupu kē atu: rawa hangarua)
papahū (takenga mai: papahū - to resound, reverberate)
tōiriiri
whakahou ~tia ~tanga (puoro)
revolving movement in kapa haka
taihuringa
huarite (takenga mai: hua [whakahua] – pronounce; rite – similar)
puoro ūngeri kōrangaranga
rau (kupu kē atu: papatu, patu)
ūngeri (kupu kē atu: manawataki, mita)
mita (kupu kē atu: manawataki, ūngeri)
tatūnga manawataki (takenga mai: manawataki - rhythm)
rhythmic chant with no set movements
keka (kupu kē atu: pōkeka)
rhythmic chant without actions
pōkeka (kupu kē atu: keka)
tīeke (takenga mai: tī [; eke - ride)
ripa
tāhū (kupu kē atu: tāhuhu)
tāhuhu (kupu kē atu: tāhū)
rerenga auau (takenga mai: rerenga - phrase; auau - frequently repeated)
hāpiki
rakapioi (takenga mai: raka - rock [kupu mino]; pioi - to shake, sway)
puoro rakapioi (takenga mai: raka [kupu mino] - rock; pioi - to shake, sway)
whakairo kāmaka (takenga mai: whakairo - carve, ornament with a pattern, sculpt; kāmaka - rock, stone)
puoro rakatū (takenga mai: rakatū - He kupu mino.)
rango
kaho
pūtake tangiata
huri ~hia ~nga
mātoretore (kupu kē atu: kaitara, matanui, raunui, taratara)
kōkau (kupu kē atu: pūhungahunga)
pūhungahunga (kupu kē atu: kōkau)
kapa
kanioro ~a (kupu kē atu: hunga, kauoro, oro)
rūri (takenga mai: rūri - He kupu mino.) (kupu kē atu: tauine)
tauine (kupu kē atu: rūri)
tuinga takamua
kōkiri
S
awenga (takenga mai: awenga – influence, power, presence)
paraihe huruhuru (takenga mai: huruhuru - hair, fur)
saddle (of a guitar or similar instrument)
paetumu (takenga mai: pae - perch, rest, lie across; tumu - foundation, stump, post)
autui
tīpako ~na ~nga (takenga mai: tīpako - to pick out, select)
pepa whakamaene (takenga mai: whaka - causative prefix; maene - smooth)
papamōhinu (takenga mai: papa [papanga] - fabric; mōhinu [mōhinuhinu] - shiny, glistening, glossy)
kani
pūtohe (takenga mai: pū - tube; tohe [tohetohe] - vibrating reed) (kupu kē atu: rehu kōkō)
rehu kōkō (kupu kē atu: pūtohe)
āwhata (takenga mai: āwhata [arawhata] - ladder)
tuhinga āwhata
korahi (o te) nekehanga (takenga mai: korahi - size, extent, scope)
pūmatawai (takenga mai: pū [pūrere] - device; matawai - look closely, inspect, scan)
hīwera
kāpeka (takenga mai: kāpeka – branch of a tree or river)
whakaariari (takenga mai: whakaariari – to show, expose to view)
kutikuti
titonga tōpū (takenga mai: titonga - composition; tōpū - be assembled, in a body, combined)
harakuku ~a (kupu kē atu: hākuku, wakuwaku)
hākuku ~a (kupu kē atu: harakuku, wakuwaku)
hāro ~a (kupu kē atu: hāpine, harakuku)
hāpine ~a (kupu kē atu: hāro)
wakuwaku ~a (kupu kē atu: hākuku, harakuku)
rakaraka ~ina
tauārai
anga raumata (takenga mai: anga - frame; raumata - mesh of a net)
mata (whakaata)
mata
mātātuhi raumata (takenga mai: raumata - mesh of a net)
tīwiri
huriwiri (takenga mai: huri - turn; wiri [tīwiri] -screw)
tuhinga (whakaari)
tārai ~a ~tanga (takenga mai: tārai - dress, shape, fashion)
sculpting tool, kidney (tool for clay work)
taputapu tārai
tārunga whakarehurehu (takenga mai: tā - paint; runga - top; whakarehurehu - blur)
hiki (kupu kē atu: maurua)
maurua (kupu kē atu: hiki)
huripokinga tuarua (whakapotonga: huripokinga 2)
kiripuaki mātāmuri
tae mātāwaenga (takenga mai: mātā - e whai ana i te tauira o te 'mātāmua' me te 'mātāmuri'; waenga - middle)
ārai mātāmuri (takenga mai: ārai – curtain; mātāmuri – last, latter; muri – behind)
tīpako ~na ~nga
whakaahua kiriaro (takenga mai: kiri - person, self; aro [whaiaro] - self, person)
tākarokaro (takenga mai: tākarokaro - shine dimly)
takiwhā (tohu: 
) (takenga mai: taki - beat; whā - four)
takihauwhā (tohu: 
) (takenga mai: taki - beat; hauwhā - quarter)
(oro) waehaurua (takenga mai: oro - musical note, sound; wae - unit, division; haurua - half)
paerongo (takenga mai: pae - perch; paenga - place where things are heaped up; rongo - apprehend by the senses)
tīonioni
kanikani nahanaha (takenga mai: nahanaha – well arranged, systematic, ordered)
raupapa (nekeneke)
sequential plot, linear narrative
tāhū raupapa
kora (takenga mai: kora - small fragment, speck, to gleam)
tetepe (uku) (takenga mai: tetepe - set, become firm)
pae whakaari (takenga mai: pae - perch, site; whakaari - drama)
kaihoahoa pae whakaari
tāhāngai (takenga mai: tā - to draw, mark; hāngai - at right angles)
takiwā (takenga mai: takiwā – space, region, time, period)
tui, tuitui ~a ~nga
toi tuitui
pūrere tuitui
toi rapirapi (takenga mai: rapirapi - scratch) (kupu kē atu: ketuketu)
ketuketu (kupu kē atu: toi rapirapi)
kauruku ~tia (kupu kē atu: kauruki)
tātiwha ~hia (takenga mai: tā - causative prefix; tiwha - dark)
ātārangi
karetao atarau
whakaari atarau
ngāruerue
whākapakapa (kupu kē atu: wiri)
wiri (kupu kē atu: aroarowhaki, oreore, ori, tīkorikori, whākapakapa)
oioi (kupu kē atu: kareu, oreore)
koi (kupu kē atu: kikoha, pīrata, ratarata)
pīrata (kupu kē atu: kikoha, koi, ratarata)
ratarata (kupu kē atu: kikoha, koi, pīrata)
kikoha (kupu kē atu: koi, pīrata, ratarata)
piki (tohu: ♯) (takenga mai: piki - ascend, go upward)
whakakoi ~tia (kupu kē atu: oroi)
oroi ~a (kupu kē atu: whakakoi)
whakangangahu ~tia (takenga mai: ngangahu - clear, in focus)
poi poto
hāmama (kupu kē atu: hāparangi)
tioro, tīorooro
ngateri
hōnekeneke (kupu kē atu: hōnukunuku, pikari)
pikari (kupu kē atu: hōnekeneke, hōnukunuku)
kōpani (takenga mai: kōpani - close off, door)
pā kōpani (takenga mai: pā [pātene] - button; pā - touch; kōpani - shutter [of a camera])
huranga kōpani (takenga mai: hura - expose; kōpani - shutter [of camera])
rotarota
matauri (takenga mai: mata - face; uri - dark)
hiraka (kupu kē atu: papamāene)
papamaene (takenga mai: papa [papanga] - cloth, fabric; maene - soft, smooth) (kupu kē atu: hiraka)
hiriwa (takenga mai: He kupu mino.) (kupu kē atu: kākonu)
kākonu (takenga mai: kā [kakā] - to glow; konu [konganuku] - metal) (kupu kē atu: hiriwa [kupu mino])
kupu whakarite (kupu kē atu: huahuatau)
simultaneous, in unison (of movement)
korite (kupu kē atu: [neke] ngātahi)
iere (kupu kē atu: hiere)
single file formation or movement of a haka group
whiore tapatahi (kupu kē atu: haukaiwahine)
single file formation or movement of a kapa haka group
haukaiwahine (kupu kē atu: whiore tapatahi)
whatu aho pātahi
single-point perspective, one-point perspective
tirohanga pūtahi (takenga mai: pū - originate; pū [pūwāhi] - point in space; tahi - one)
sixteenth note (American notation)
takihau-tekau mā ono (tohu: 
) (takenga mai: taki - beat; hau-tekau mā ono - one sixteenth)
huahua ~tia (takenga mai: huahua - sketch out a pattern before carving)
piupiu
hanga ā-papa (uku)
slice tool (digital image editing)
kotikoti (takenga mai: kotikoti - to cut to pieces, lay out boundaries)
kiri tōrunga (takenga mai: kiri [kiriata] - film; tōrunga - positive [of an image])
waiuku (takenga mai: wai - water; uku - clay)
slovenly, crooked, loose (in weaving)
tāheha (kupu kē atu: kāwitiwiti, tākeka)
slovenly, crooked, loose (in weaving)
tākeka (kupu kē atu: tāheha, kāwitiwiti)
slovenly, crooked, loose (in weaving)
kāwitiwiti (kupu kē atu: tāheha, tākeka)
akutō
pōngenge
penu ~a (kupu kē atu: pani)
whakawahi ~a (kupu kē atu: pani, penu)
pahawa (kupu kē atu: hawahawa)
pani ~a (kupu kē atu: penu)
ukupara ~tia
smudge tool (digital image editing)
ukupara ~tia
pahū rarā (takenga mai: rarā - rattle)
hokahoka (kupu kē atu: hoka, topa)
karetao tōkena
mārire (kupu kē atu: ririki)
ririki (kupu kē atu: mārire)
kupu whaiaroaro (takenga mai: whaiaro – self, person)
tōtahi (kupu kē atu: takitahi, whakatene)
whakatene ~a (kupu kē atu: takitahi, tōtahi)
takitahi (kupu kē atu: tōtahi, whakatene)
hīanga (kupu kē atu: tōtahi, takitahi, whakatene)
solo performance, one person play
whakaari tōtahi (takenga mai: tōtahi - solitary, single, alone)
kiriwhakaari tōtahi
tāmeha (takenga mai: tā - causitive prefix; meha [memeha] - be dissolved)
tau (kupu kē atu: hari, maire, pao, pīoriori, takitaki, waiata)
maire (kupu kē atu: hari, pao, pīoriori, takitaki, tau, waiata)
pīoriori (kupu kē atu: hari, maire, pao, takitaki, waiata)
takitaki (kupu kē atu: hari, maire, pao, pīoriori, tau, waiata)
song composed for the birth of a child
taiapo (kupu kē atu: oriori)
whakahauhau
song of affection for the dead, haka to welcome guests to a tangi
maimai (kupu kē atu: maimai aroha)
waiata tangi
hanihani
waiata ~tia (kupu kē atu: hari, maire, pao, pīoriori, takitaki, tau)
hari (kupu kē atu: maire, pao, pīoriori, takitaki, tau, waiata)
reo tōiri (takenga mai: reo - voice; tōiri - tingle, vibrate, resound)
puoro kōmanawa (takenga mai: kōmanawa - spring, well up, of water and thoughts)
hou (kupu kē atu: oro)
oro (kupu kē atu: hou)
orotaunaki (takenga mai: oro – sound; taunaki – reinforce, support)
puare pāorooro
hiere (kupu kē atu: iere)
ringa hopuoro (takenga mai: ringa - hand; hopu - to catch, capture; oro - sound)
takiwā (kupu kē atu: mokowā)
mokowā (kupu kē atu: takiwā, whaitua)
huriperu (takenga mai: huri - turn; peru - nut) (kupu kē atu: wāwāhi)
tūrukiruki
aroā mokowā (kupu kē atu: aroā whaitua)
hamumu (kupu kē atu: kōrero, kī)
kōrero ~hia (kupu kē atu: hamumu, kī, whakapuaki)
(to) speak, utter, say, express
kī (kupu kē atu: hamumu, kōrero)
ata mariko (takenga mai: ata - form, shape, semblence; mariko - unreal, illusory)
tāwhirowhiro (uku)
pōtaka
makaurangi (kupu kē atu: tōrino)
tōrino (kupu kē atu: makaurangi)
spirited, envigorated, energetic, lively
hihiri (kupu kē atu: hihiko, pākahukahu, whitawhita, ngangahau)
ngangahau
paratī (takenga mai: paratī - to splash up; tī [tīwēwē] - cymbal)
maramara (kupu kē atu: kongakonga)
mātītore (kupu kē atu: kōihi)
kōihi (kupu kē atu: mātītore)
tākirikiri ~tanga
hautai
tūrama arotahi (takenga mai: arotahi – focus on, zero in on) (kupu kē atu: tūrama tīwerawera)
peita rehu
hūpeke (kupu kē atu: tarapeke, peke)
noho hītengitengi (kupu kē atu: kuparu)
rautahi (takenga mai: rau [rarau] - lay hold of, grasp, handle; tahi - sweep)
patō (tohu: 
) (takenga mai: patō - emit a sharp sudden sound)
atamira
hanepī (takenga mai: hanepī - to be dumbfounded)
(a) stage in the game of kōruru (knuckle bones)
huri (kupu kē atu: huripapa)
(a) stage in the game of kōruru (knuckle bones)
huripapa (kupu kē atu: huri)
(a) stage in the game of kōruru (knuckle bones)
koropū (kupu kē atu: rāraki [rārangi])
(a) stage in the game of kōruru (knuckle bones)
rāraki (kupu kē atu: rārangi)
(a) stage in the game of kōruru (knuckle bones)
ruke (kupu kē atu: paka, panga)
(a) stage in the game of kōruru (knuckle bones)
panga (kupu kē atu: paka, ruke)
(a) stage in the game of kōruru (knuckle bones)
paka (kupu kē atu: panga, ruke)
stage monitor, foldback speaker
tukuoro auraki
stage used for kapa haka performance
papa whakatū waewae
takatū atamira (takenga mai: takatū – to prepare, make ready; atamira – stage)
hikoki (kupu kē atu: hīrori, hurori, kōkeke)
hirori (kupu kē atu: hikoki, hurori, kōkeke)
hurori (kupu kē atu: hikoki, hīrori, kōkeke)
tawau (takenga mai: tawau - milky juice of plants, stain therefrom) (kupu kē atu: tae)
kōata ōpure (takenga mai: ōpure - patches of colour)
mataaho ōpure (takenga mai: mataaho - window; ōpurepure - varied with patches of colour)
whakaroaroa ~tia (takenga mai: whakaroaroa - to delay, dither, hold up) (kupu kē atu: whakawhētōtō)
mamamama
takahi ~a
tū
whakamatika
tēpara (takenga mai: tēpara - He kupu mino.)
(to) stare wildly, dilate the eyes
pūkana (kupu kē atu: whākana)
(to) stare wildly, dilate the eyes
whākana (kupu kē atu: pūkana)
whakaahua tū (kupu kē atu: whakaahua hū)
whakapakoko (kupu kē atu: pakoko)
tārawa (takenga mai: tārawa - line or rail on which anything is hung)
tīwani maitai (takenga mai: tīwani - to scrape, dress, smooth; maitai - steel)
aho maitai
kākaho
tāhua (takenga mai: tā - draw, cut, etch; hua - outline)
tī rākau (kupu kē atu: poi rākau , tītī tōrea , tītī tourea, tītī touretua)
tītī tōrea (kupu kē atu: poi rākau, tī rākau, tītī tourea, tītī touretua)
poi rākau (kupu kē atu: tī rākau, tītī tōrea, tītī tourea, tītī touretua)
whakaahua toka (takenga mai: toka - stay still, firm)
ata toka (takenga mai: ata - form, shape, semblence, image; toka - stay still, firm, solid)
hāngū (kupu kē atu: hū, ngū, noho puku, wahangū)
hū (kupu kē atu: hāngū, ngū, noho puku, wahangū)
ngū (kupu kē atu: hāngū, hū, noho puku, wahangū)
kauruku tongitongi (takenga mai: tongitongi - speckled)
tuohu (kupu kē atu: tāupe)
pakiwaitara (kupu kē atu: paki, kōrero paki)
story, fiction, yarn, story telling
paki (kupu kē atu: kōrero paki, pakiwaitara)
story, fiction, yarn, story telling
kōrero paki (kupu kē atu: paki, pakiwaitara)
rārangi torotika
straight pathway (of movement)
ara torotika (o te nekeneke)
aritahi (kupu kē atu: mākohe, ngako, pūkaka)
ngako (kupu kē atu: aritahi, mākohe, pūkaka)
pūkaka (kupu kē atu: aritahi, mākohe, ngako)
mākohe (kupu kē atu: aritahi, ngako, pūkaka)
whakaaturanga tiriti
whakapakari ~tia
whātorotoro
toro ~na
papanga kūtoro (takenga mai: papa [papanga] - fabric; kūtoro - stretched at full length, a closely woven fabric)
pākuru ~a (kupu kē atu: pao)
pao, paopao ~a (kupu kē atu: hau, hahau, kuru, pātuki)
hau, hahau ~a ~nga (kupu kē atu: pao, paopao, pātuki, kuru)
pātuki ~a (kupu kē atu: hau, hahau, pao, paopao)
(taonga) autangi (takenga mai: au - string, cord; tangi - sound, give forth a sound)
string (of a musical instrument)
aho (kupu kē atu: au)
string (of a musical instrument)
au (kupu kē atu: aho)
tira autangi
whai (kupu kē atu: hūhi, huhu, māui)
tīhore ~a
rangaranga (o te puoro) (takenga mai: rangaranga - structure of a speech etc.)
raraku ~a
kīkiki
tātaitanga (takenga mai: tātai - arrange, adorn, set in order, recite genealogy) (kupu kē atu: tāera [kupu mino])
stylise (digital image editing)
whakawhaihanga ~tia (takenga mai: whaka - causative prefix; whaihanga - manipulate, make, construct)
ata whaihanga (takenga mai: ata - form, shape, semblence; whaihanga - make, construct, manipulate)
pene matihiko (takenga mai: pene - pen; matihiko - digital)
kaupapa āpiti (takenga mai: āpiti – as well, in addition, supplement)
subdominant, fourth degree (of a scale)
(oro) paewhā (takenga mai: pae [kaupae] - rung on a ladder; whā - four)
submediant, sixth degree (of a scale)
(oro) paeono (takenga mai: pae [kaupae] - rung on a ladder; ono - six)
aronga mātāmuri (takenga mai: aronga - direction, attend to, favour; mātāmuri - last, latter)
tāhū iti
tāraitanga tangotango
kirihunga (takenga mai: kiri - skin; hunga [perehunga] - nap, fluff)
pepa huka
tipua (kupu kē atu: tupua)
whakaari mariko (takenga mai: whakaari – play, drama; mariko – be unreal, supernatural apparition)
supertonic, second degree (of a scale)
(oro) paerua (takenga mai: pae [kaupae] - rung on a ladder; rua - two)
kiriwhakaari taupua
kiripuaki taupua
(toi) pohewa (takenga mai: toi - art; pohewa - imagine, fancy, in imagination)
toi pohewa (takenga mai: pohewa - imagine, fancy, in imagination)
pohopā (kupu kē atu: poho tārewa)
poho tārewa (takenga mai: poho - chest, seat of affections; tārewa - suspended, dangling, unresolved) (kupu kē atu: pohopā)
pīoioi
tīemiemi
korokoro tūī (takenga mai: korokoro - throat; tūī - parson bird) (kupu kē atu: reo rōreka)
rōreka (kupu kē atu: wainene)
piu ~a
hangarite (takenga mai: hanga – shape; rite – alike, corresponding)
puoro tuatini (takenga mai: tuatini - with many parts, of many strands)
rāngai puoro tuatini (takenga mai: rāngai - company, group; puoro - music; tuatini - with many parts, of many strands)
tukutahi (takenga mai: tukutahi - together, in unison, simultaneous)
taki aruaru (takenga mai: taki - beat; aruaru - chase, pursue, interrupt)
hangaoro (takenga mai: hanga - make, fashion, create; oro - sound) (kupu kē atu: huioro)
huioro (takenga mai: hanga - make, fashion, create; oro - sound) (kupu kē atu: hangaoro)
paraihe horihori (takenga mai: horihori - false, artificial)
kaka horihori (takenga mai: horihori - false, untrue)
T
tīhāngai (takenga mai: koki hāngai - right angle)
(to) contort the facial features, grimace
whakapī (kupu kē atu: whāitaita)
tāwai ~tia (takenga mai: tāwai - steep in vegetable dye)
whakatetē ~tia
(to) grimace, contort the facial gestures
whāitaita (kupu kē atu: whakapī)
tarapekepeke
(to) protrude or poke out the tongue
whātero (kupu kē atu: whētero)
(to) protrude or poke out the tongue
whētero (kupu kē atu: whātero)
hamumu (kupu kē atu: kōrero, kī)
(to) speak, utter, say, express
kī (kupu kē atu: hamumu, kōrero)
hūpeke (kupu kē atu: tarapeke, peke)
(to) stare wildly, dilate the eyes
pūkana (kupu kē atu: whākana)
(to) stare wildly, dilate the eyes
whākana (kupu kē atu: pūkana)
papatuhi (takenga mai: papa - surface; tuhi - write, draw)
kaihoro i te kupu
tatangi (takenga mai: tatangi - jingle, rattle)
rapa (kupu kē atu: hūmengemenge, rīrapa, tahatonga, takawiri)
tangled, cross-grained, matted
takawiri (kupu kē atu: hūmengemenge, rapa, rīrapa, tahatonga)
kanikani patō (takenga mai: patō - to emit a sharp sudden sound)
tapa
tui raumata (takenga mai: tui - sew; raumata - mesh)
patapata (kupu kē atu: hukahuka)
kirituhi (takenga mai: kiri - skin; tuhi -adorn with painting)
team, group, company of people
kapa (kupu kē atu: rōpū, kāhui, pūtoi)
ringatohu hangarau
arotahi whakatata
whakaari pouaka whakaata
tere
tohu tere
moko rangitahi (takenga mai: rangitahi – transient, short-lived)
reo iere (takenga mai: reo - voice; iere - sound of voices, singing)
tae mātāmuri (takenga mai: mātāmuri - last)
kakano
pepa kaitara (kupu kē atu: pepa whaikakano)
the first piece woven by a learner
kāwhatuwhatu
pūtoi whakaari (takenga mai: pūtoi – kinship group, tribe, family) (kupu kē atu: rōpū whakaari)
rōpū whakaari (kupu kē atu: pūtoi whakaari)
whakataetae whakaari tene
tira whakaari (takenga mai: tira – travelling party)
theatre, auditorium, house of entertainment
whare whakaari (kupu kē atu: whare whakaaturanga, whare rēhia, whare whakarauika)
kaupapa
hūhimati (takenga mai: hūhi - cover; mati - finger)
thirty-second note (American notation)
takihau-toru tekau mā rua (tohu: 
) (takenga mai: taki - beat; hau-toru tekau mā rua - one thirty second)
(to) thrash about, move quickly to and fro
takawheta (kupu kē atu: kapekapetau, kapetau)
miro (kupu kē atu: aho)
ahu-toru (whakapotonga: ahu-3) (takenga mai: ahu - move in a certain direction; toru - three) (kupu kē atu: ahutoru)
tirohanga pūtoru (takenga mai: pū - originate; pū [pūwāhi] - point in space; toru - three)
ihi (kupu kē atu: ihiihi)
ahu uku (takenga mai: ahu - shape, fashion; uku - clay)
hukahuka (kupu kē atu: patapata)
whakaahua hangariki (takenga mai: hangariki - small)
huahua hangariki (takenga mai: huahua - sketch; hangariki - small)
tūhono ~a (takenga mai: tūhono - join)
raranga mangungu
aroā rerewā (takenga mai: aroā – comprehended, be understood; rere – flow; wā – time)
tohumita (takenga mai: tohu - symbol; mita - accent, beat)
whakaahua takanga wā
pepa mohe (takenga mai: mohe [konumohe] - aluminium)
tākano ~tia (takenga mai: tā - causative prefix; kano - pigment, colour)
pepa rauangi (takenga mai: rauangi - to be thin, fine)
ahuahu ~a
tarapeke (kupu kē atu: hūpeke, peke)
mātiti (takenga mai: mātiti - peg for tightening or securing anything)
pahū tametame (takenga mai: tametame - tomtom [kupu mino])
(oro) waetahi (takenga mai: oro - musical note, sound; wae - unit, division; tahi - one)
tāhina ~tia (takenga mai: tā - causative prefix; hina - grey)
pā hāoro (takenga mai: pā [pātene] - button [kupu mino]; pā - touch; hā - tone; oro - sound)
hā (takenga mai: hā - breath, taste, flavour, tone of voice, tenor of a speech)
whīwhiwhi te arero (takenga mai: whīwhiwhi – entangled; arero – tongue) (kupu kē atu: arero whīwhiwhi)
arero whīwhiwhi (takenga mai: arero - tongue; whīwhiwhi - entangled) (kupu kē atu: whīwhiwhi te arero)
oro matua (kupu kē atu: [oro] paetahi)
taputapu (kupu kē atu: pāraharaha)
pāraharaha (kupu kē atu: taputapu)
tools palette (digital image editing)
kōwhiringa utauta (kupu kē atu: kōwhiringa taputapu)
(peita) kiritai (takenga mai: kiritai - outer skin, epidermis)
takawhitiwhiti (kupu kē atu: oke, okeoke)
tatutatu
tāoke (takenga mai: tā - causative prefix; oke - ill, ailing)
tāwhai ~tia ~tanga (takenga mai: tā - draw, etch; whai - follow, acquire the shape or character of; tāwhai - imitate)
pepa tāwhai
o nehe (takenga mai: o nehe - of the past) (kupu kē atu: tuku iho)
(a) traditional Māori weapon used by a leader
toki poutangata
waiata koroua (kupu kē atu: waiata tahito, waiata tawhito)
waiata tawhito (kupu kē atu: waiata koroua, waiata tahito)
(a) traditional kōwhaiwhai and tukutuku pattern depicting the flounder and Coalsack constellation
pātiki, pātikitiki
traditional kōwhaiwhai pattern
kape rua
neke o nehe
traditional tukutuku pattern incorporating a number of patterns in an array
mūmū (kupu kē atu: Whanganui mūmū)
traditional tukutuku pattern incorporating a number of patterns in an array
Whanganui-mūmū (kupu kē atu: mūmū)
whakaari aituā
tauhou (kupu kē atu: ika tauhou, pia)
whakawhiti ~a ~nga
whakawhiti ~a ~nga
whakatīaho
pepa whakatīaho
pūataata (kupu kē atu: kōataata, purata)
purata (kupu kē atu: kōataata, pūataata)
kōataata (kupu kē atu: pūataata, purata)
whakawhiti ~a ~nga
trap door (of trap room under a stage)
kōpani (takenga mai: kōpani – lid, cover)
pokorua (takenga mai: pokorua – pit, hollow, crevasse)
travelling entertainment troupe
whare karioi
tohu tīkā (tohu: 
) (takenga mai: tohu - symbol; tīkā - high pitch)
(oro) takitoru (takenga mai: oro - note; takitoru - in threes)
tae tapatoru (takenga mai: tapatoru - triangle)
tapatoru
reo ā-iwi (kupu kē atu: tūreo ā-iwi)
tōtoru (takenga mai: tōtoru - threefold, a few) (kupu kē atu: takitoru)
takitoru
waetoru (takenga mai: wae - leg; toru - three)
kāhui takitoru (takenga mai: kāhui - assemblage, cluster; takitoru - in threes)
tōneke (takenga mai: tō – to drag; neke – move)
pūhōkai (takenga mai: pū - tube; hōkai - extend and retract alternately)
pūtātara
pūnguru (takenga mai: pū - tube; nguru [tanguru] - deep toned, gruff)
wekuweku
whakatika ~hia (takenga mai: whaka - causative prefix; tika - correct)
kōwiri (takenga mai: kōwiri - twist)
umu kerepeti
taihuringa (takenga mai: tai – tide; huri – turn)
ringa rakaraka (takenga mai: ringa - hand; rakaraka - to scratch)
hinu paina (takenga mai: hinu - oil; paina - pine [kupu mino])
kōrangaranga tapa tekau mā rua
hurihuri (kupu kē atu: porotiti)
porotiti (kupu kē atu: hurihuri)
takawiri
twist a cord by rubbing the strands on the thigh
miri ~a ~nga (kupu kē atu: tāmiro)
twist a cord by rubbing the strands on the thigh
tāmiro ~tia (kupu kē atu: miri)
rangitāmiro ~hia
ahu-rua (whakapotonga: ahu-2) (takenga mai: ahu - move in a certain direction; rua - two) (kupu kē atu: ahurua)
tirohanga pūrua (takenga mai: pū - originate; pū [pūwāhi] - point in space; rua - two)
pato, patopato ~a
kohungaiti
(a) type of foot movement in kapa haka
tīrakaraka
(a) type of foot movement in kapa haka
tūwaewae takahia
(a) type of foot movement in kapa haka
whakawhitiwhiti rua
kiriwhakaari toka (takenga mai: kiriwhakaari – actor; toka – rock, be firm)
tuhi rerehua (takenga mai: tuhi - write; rere - flow, flowing; rerehua - pleasant to the sight, beauty, aesthetic)
tāmoko (tattooing on the face or body under customary protocol)
tāmoko (kupu kē atu: moko)
pūrere tāmoko
tāniko
tāniko and tukutuku pattern with small double diamond shapes representing courage and commitment
waharua
tāniko pattern constructed from triangles, representing pursuit of knowledge about the natural world
aonui (kupu kē atu: aronui)
tāniko pattern constructed from triangles, representing pursuit of knowledge about the natural world
aronui (kupu kē atu: aonui)
U
ukurere (takenga mai: He kupu mino [Hawai'i].) (kupu kē atu: ukarere)
unbroken line, continuous line
rārangi motukore
uncoordinated, awkward (of movement)
pōrahu (kupu kē atu: ninipa)
hura ~ina ~nga (kupu kē atu: kohura)
huranga pore (takenga mai: pore - shortened, truncated)
kahu raro
(peita) kiriwai (takenga mai: kiriwai - skin, dermis; peita - painting) (kupu kē atu: peita papatake)
piki (takenga mai: piki – second, support in a duel; piki tūranga – successor)
hīngarungaru (kupu kē atu: hīnarunaru)
hukihuki (kupu kē atu: kohuku)
kohuku (kupu kē atu: hukihuki)
uninspiring, lacklustre, limp, boring
wana-kore (kupu kē atu: mehameha)
tūrama arorangi (takenga mai: aro – face, direction; rangi – sky)
tukurunga (takenga mai: tuku [tukurua] - recycle; runga - up)
tukuatu
upright haka stance with both feet together
tū ā-Hinetītama
upright rod on the front of a tukutuku panel
tūmatakahuki
upright stance in haka with feet side by side, slightly apart
tū kapa (kupu kē atu: tū wahine)
upright stance in haka with feet side by side, slightly apart
tū wahine (kupu kē atu: tū kapa)
upright stance in haka with the left foot back
tū whakarehu
upright stance in haka with the right foot back
tū kakara (kupu kē atu: tū tāne)
upright stance in haka with the right foot back
tū tāne (kupu kē atu: tū kakara)
kaiwhakanohonoho
V
whao haehae
poki wenewene (takenga mai: poki - cover over, cap; wenewene - fingerhole in flute)
pū ngaro
wānihi (takenga mai: He kupu mino.)
kōpare
piripiri (takenga mai: piripiri - Acaena anserinifolia, a creeping burr; piri - stick, adhere)
papamōnehu (takenga mai: papa [papanga] - cloth, fabric; mōnehu - the fine rusty pubescence on the unexpanded fronds of bracken and other ferns)
whiti
rotarota
poutū
tōiri (kupu kē atu: ihirangaranga, tāwariwari, tōiriiri)
ihirangaranga
tōiriiri (takenga mai: tōiriiri - to resound, tingle, vibrate)
pū whakaahua ataata (takenga mai: ataata - video)
aroturuki ā-ata
mataaho (takenga mai: mataaho - window)
tapeha (takenga mai: tapeha - rind, bark, skin)
tiora (takenga mai: tiora - shrill; tiora - He kupu mino [Itāriana].)
violet, mauve, pale purple-blue
poroporo
tōiri (takenga mai: tōiri - tingle, vibrate, resound)
hāpiripiri (takenga mai: hāpiripiri - be sticky, viscous)
purimau (takenga mai: puri - hold; mau - fixed, be held)
toi ataata
ringatoi ataata
rautaka (takenga mai: rau - to put into, gather into; taka - to come around as a date or period of time) (kupu kē atu: mahitaka ataata)
reo ataata
ata whakarite (kupu kē atu: tohu whakarite)
tohu whakarite (kupu kē atu: ata whakarite)
muramura (takenga mai: muramura - glow, show a brilliant colour) (kupu kē atu: kitakita)
kaiwaiata (kupu kē atu: reo waiata)
reo waiata (kupu kē atu: kaiwaiata)
reo
reo āpiti (takenga mai: āpiti – to add, supplement)
kahaoro
pā kahaoro (takenga mai: pā [pātene] - button [kupu mino]; pā - touch; kahaoro - volume)
W
pepa pakitara (kupu kē atu: pepa pātū)
tengitengi (takenga mai: hītengi - hop on one foot; tengi - three)
puni kahu (whakaari) (takenga mai: puni - place of encampment, company of persons; kahu - costume, clothing, garment)
tae mahana
whakamahana ~tia
whenu
warped, twisted, bent (grain of timber)
kōrapa (kupu kē atu: kokohu, tahatonga, tātonga)
peita waimeha (takenga mai: waimeha - diluted)
peita waikano
peita wai
pepa waikano
wākihi (takenga mai: He kupu mino.)
pepa wākihi
waimeha (takenga mai: waimeha - diluted)
koikoi
pouwhenua
kotiate
taiaha
tewhatewha
wahaika
toi kākahu (kupu kē atu: toi pūeru)
toi pūeru (kupu kē atu: toi kaka, toi kākahu)
nape ~a (kupu kē atu: raranga, whatu)
whatu ~a ~nga (kupu kē atu: nape, raranga)
raranga (kupu kē atu: nape, whatu)
turiwhati
ruaruawhetū
pouhine
pātangaroa
papakirango (kupu kē atu: papakingaro)
pāpaka
māhitihiti
pokepoke ~a (uku) (takenga mai: pokepoke - knead)
whip for a spinning top, (to) whip a spinning top
kare (kupu kē atu: tā)
whip for a spinning top, (to) whip a spinning top
tā ~ia (kupu kē atu: kare)
pōtaka tā
mā
whole note (American notation)
takitahi (tohu: 
)
tīwāwā (kupu kē atu: pirara, tīrara)
pirara (kupu kē atu: tīrara, tīwāwā)
arotahi whārahi (takenga mai: whārahi - broad, wide)
putē (kupu kē atu: whetē)
whetē (kupu kē atu: putē)
wind (instrument), brass (instrument)
(taonga) pūtētere (takenga mai: pū - tube; tētere - wind instrument, trumpet)
parirau (kupu kē atu: paetaha)
paetaha (kupu kē atu: parirau)
whakaihuwaka (kupu kē atu: toa)
ahohae (uku) (takenga mai: aho - chord, string; hae - to cut)
kōkō tatakī (takenga mai: kōkō - tūī, parson bird; tatakī - to be talkative, witty)
wobble, move about irregularly
hūkokikoki
woman who performs on the side of a haka group to encourage and energise the performers
manu ngangahu
mātātuhi poro rākau
whakairo rākau
umu tahu rākau
(taonga) pūhau
tira pūhau
puoro aunuku (takenga mai: au [aumoana] - open sea; nuku - wide extent, the Earth)
oreore (kupu kē atu: kareu, oioi)
oke, okeoke (kupu kē atu: takawhitiwhiti)
X
pakakau (takenga mai: pakakau - two sticks with which a sort of tune is played)
Y
aho (kupu kē atu: miro)
hāparangi (kupu kē atu: hāmama)
kōwhai
kerewhenua
Z
ara kōpekapeka (o te nekeneke)
tuinga kōpekapeka
nihokati (takenga mai: niho - teeth; kati - close) (kupu kē atu: niniho)
topa
pā topa (takenga mai: pā [pātene] - button; pā - touch; topa [arotahi topa] - zoom lens)