A

amo

bargeboard supports

aotea

variety of greenstone

ariki

paramount chief

ariki tapairu

female paramount chief

atua

god, deity

E

H

hākari

feast of celebration

hāngī

food cooked in an earth oven

hapū

subtribe

harakeke

New Zealand flax

Hauhau

faith founded in Taranaki

hauhunga

variety of greenstone

He Whakaputanga o te Rangatiratanga o Nu Tirene

the Declaration of the Independence of the United Tribes of New Zealand

heitiki

neck pendant of human depiction

heke

rafters

hika ahi

fire making

hoeroa

prized whalebone staff

hue

gourd

hui

meeting

huia

native bird

hukahuka

tassel

I

ika

fish

īnanga

variety of greenstone

iwi

tribe, people

iwi māngai

tribal representative

K

kahu

cloak

kahu huruhuru

feather cloak

kahu kiwi

kiwi feather cloak

kahu tōī

rain cape

kahurangi

variety of greenstone

kai

food

kaikōmako

native tree

kāinga

home, village

kaitaka

finely woven cloak

kaitaka aronui

cloak with tāniko border

kaitaka huaki

finely woven multi-bordered cloak

kaitaka muka

finely woven muka cloak

kaitiaki

guardian, custodian, steward

kākā

native parrot

kākahu

cloak, garment

kapeu pounamu

curved greenstone ear pendant

karakia

incantation, chant, blessing

kaumātua

elder(s)

kaunoti

grooved battens for fire making

kauri

largest native tree

kaurima

pointed-end sticks for fire making

kāuta

cooking house, kitchen

kawakawa

variety of greenstone

kererū

native pigeon

kete

woven basket

kia ora

greeting

Kīngitanga

Māori king movement

kō

digging stick

kōhine

girl, young girl

kōhuru

murder, kill treacherously

kōkōwai

red ochre

kono

woven food baskets

kōrero

narrative, story, conversation

koroua

male elder

korowai

tasselled cloak

korowai hukahuka

tasselled cloak

koruru

carved face

kōtiro

girl, young girl

kōtuku

white heron

kōwhaiwhai

decorative patterns

kuia

female elder

kūmara

sweet potato

kurī

native dog, dog

kuru

greenstone pendant

kuru pounamu

greenstone pendant

kurupatu

fringe, plaited hem of cloak

M

mahau

porch

mahi whai

string games

mahinga kai

cultivation, food gathering places

mahoe

striking tool, mallet

maihi

bargeboard

mako

shark-tooth ear pendant

mana

power, authority and prestige of person, group, place or object

marae

open area in front of the wharenui, tribal complex

matakirikiri

variety of greenstone

mataora

full-face marking

mātauranga

knowledge, education

mātauranga Māori

Māori knowledge, worldview, cultural practices

mere

shortened form of mere pounamu

mere pounamu

greenstone hand weapon

merengi

watermelon

mihi

greet, acknowledge

moko kauae

female chin marking

mokopapa

gathering to receive tribal markings

mokopuna

grandchild/children, descendant

mōrehu

survivor, remnant

mū tōrere

game similar to draughts

muka

flax fibre

N

noa

common, without restriction

Ng

ngā rangatira wairua

spiritual chiefs

ngore

pompoms

ngutu pūrua

lip markings

O

P

pā

fortified village

pā harakeke

flax bush

pā tūwatawata

fort surrounded by a stockade

paepae

bench, seat, perch for orators

Pākehā

European New Zealander

pāua

abalone

pihepihe

finely woven cloak

pipi

variety of shellfish

piupiu

waist garment made of flax

pōhoi

plume of feathers

pōhue

native bush

poi

light ball on string

pōtaka

spinning tops

pounamu

New Zealand greenstone

poutūturu

stilts

R

rangatira

chief, leader

raperape

buttock marking

raupatu

traditional conquest, the confiscation of Māori land by the Crown

raupō

bulrush, reed

rīwai

potato

rohe

region, boundary, area

rūnanga

assembly, council

ruru

knucklebone game

T

tā moko

the application of traditional markings

taewa

variety of potato

taiaha

long wooden weapon

tama

boy, young boy

tamaiti

child

tamariki

children

tāne

man, men

tāniko

geometric weaving or pattern

tangi

cry, mourn, shortened form of tangihanga

tangihanga

mourning, funeral rites and proceedings

tangiwai

variety of greenstone

taonga

treasure, heirloom

taonga Māori

anything considered culturally valuable

taonga tuku iho

inherited ancestral treasures

tapu

sacred, with restriction

tātua

belt

tauihu

prow, figurehead of a canoe

taumata

bench, seat for orators

taura tangata

threads of humanity, connection, kinship, descent

Te Kotahitanga

political movement, Māori Parliament

Te Tiriti o Waitangi

constitutional founding document

teka

dart used in customary welcome

tewhatewha

axe-shaped weapon with a long staff

tī kōuka

cabbage tree

tikanga

protocol and practices

tikitiki

topknot

tipuna

ancestor

tīpuna

ancestors

tītī tōrea

sticks thrown in time to song

tīwhana

lines of moko over eyebrows

tohunga

master, expert

tohunga ahurewa

traditional spiritual leader, expert

tohunga tā moko

tā moko expert

toi moko

preserved heads

toki pātītī

tomahawk

toki pounamu

greenstone adze

tokotoko

walking stick

tuatua

variety of shellfish

tūī

native bird

tukutuku

decorative woven panel

tuna

eel

tupuna

ancestor

tūpuna

ancestors

tūrapa

decorative woven panel

turuturu

weaving pegs

U

uhi

bone chisel

umu

earth oven

uri whakaheke

descendant

urupā

burial ground, cemetery

W

wahaika

hand weapon

wahine

woman

wāhine

women

waiata

song

waiata tangi

lament, song of mourning

waka

canoe

waka taua

war canoes

wānanga moko

gathering to receive tribal markings

Wh

whakairo

carvings

whakamīharo

surprise, amazement, wonder

whakapapa

genealogy, lineage, descent

whakataukī

proverb, saying

whānau

family

whāngai

foster, traditional adoption

whare whakairo

carved house

wharenui

meeting house

wharepuni

principal house, sleeping quarters

whāriki

woven mat

whenu

strand, warp

whenua

land, ground

whiri

plait