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Vocabulary

Maori vocabulary

English translation

ahau, au I / me
huatahi only child
kaihana cousin
kaumātua elder(s)
kōkā, māmā, whaea mother, mum
koroua grandfather
kuia grandmother
māmā whakaangi stepmother
mātāmua eldest child, first born
matua, pāpā father, dad
mātua parents
matua kēkē uncle
matua whāngai foster parent
mokopuna grandchild, grandchildren
pāpā whakaangi stepfather
pōtiki youngest child, last born
tama son, boy
tamāhine daughter
tamaiti child
tamaiti tāne young boy
tamaiti whāngai adopted child
tamariki children
tāne husband, man
teina

younger brother of a male

younger sister of a female

tipuna, tupuna ancestor
tīpuna, tūpuna ancestors
tuahine sister of a male
tuakana

elder brother of a male,

elder sister of a female

tuākana

elder brothers of a male,

elder sisters of a female

tungāne brother of a female
wahine wife, woman
whaea kēkē aunt
whānau family, to be born
whanaunga relative(s)
whānautanga birth

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