Tahi
moa
(extinct large flightless bird)
kai
(food)
aroha
(love)
karakia
(prayer)
awa
(river)
puku
(belly, stomach)
marae
(the area for formal discourse in front of a meeting house, or applied to a whole marae complex)
whānau
(extended family)
tangi
(funeral)
wai
(water)
haka
(generic term for Māori dance. )
hangi
(traditional feast prepared in earth oven)
maunga
(mountain)
waiata
(song or chant)
wahine
(woman, wife)
tipuna/ tupuna
(ancestor )
iti
(small)
mana
(prestige, reputation)
hīkoi
(walk)
whenua
(land, homeland)
nui
(large, many, big)
koha
(gift, present (usually money, can be food or precious items, given by guest to hosts) )
kaumatua
(elder)
hapu
(clan, sub-tribe; to be born )
taonga
(treasured possession or cultural item, anything precious)