--- title: Predictive Txt Database description: Note that this is an historical document. A recommended predictive Txt Database of te reo Māori to enhance text prediction capabilities. url: https://www.taiuru.co.nz/predictive-txt-database/ markdown_url: https://www.taiuru.co.nz/predictive-txt-database.md type: post slug: predictive-txt-database author: Karaitiana Taiuru published: 2006-02-08T23:50:34Z modified: 2026-11-08T23:50:56Z language: en-NZ taxonomies: category: - Te Reo Māori word_count: 4822 tokens: 8403 --- # Predictive Txt Database   This paper was first published in 2011. It looked at the Māori words in Telecom New Zealand’s predictive text list and compared them with lists of common Māori words used in New Zealand English and by Māori speakers. It found the Telecom list was incomplete and used macrons and transliterations inconsistently. It recommended updating both New Zealand English and Māori predictive text databases.The paper is reproduced here in full as a historical record, along with its word lists. The search box above the appendices filters every list, with or without macrons. ——————– Recommendation to update the NZ predictive TXT database: to create a new Māori predictive TXT database. Using word frequency lists including: a Māori predictive text list, lists of common Māori words in New Zealand English and common Māori words used in Māori. I discuss and analyse which words would be most beneficial in a Māori predictive text database for Māori and introduce the need to update New Zealand English databases used for predictive texting and spell checking. Contents Executive Summary Methodology Introduction Analysis of the Telecom New Zealand Predictive Text list Conclusion Recommendation References Appendix I: Telecom New Zealand’s Māori predictive word list Appendix II: Common Māori words in the English Language 50 Māori words every New Zealander should know 100 Māori words every New Zealander should know 20 Māori words in New Zealand Slang 246 Māori Words in New Zealand English Appendix III: Updated Māori word list for Predictive Text and other resources Appendix IV: Frequency lists 100 most frequent Māori words used in Twitter Mary Boyce 978 frequent words of Māori Executive Summary There are over 16,000 Māori words that have been incorporated into the New Zealand English language. From this list, there are 456 common Māori words in the English Language that should be included in a default New Zealand English dictionary, spellchecker and predictive text, if it is not possible to include the whole 16,000 words. From an estimated total of 150,000 Māori words, Boyce (2006) suggests that there are about 1000 common Māori words that are frequently used by Māori speakers. This list should form the basis of any Māori language proofing tool including predictive text. Methodology Using word frequency lists, a Māori predictive text list as used by a Telecom New Zealand and lists of common Māori word lists, I separated them into two categories. One category is of common Māori words as spoken by Māori speakers. The second category is a list of Māori words that appear in the English language. All duplicates were deleted from each list resulting in the two separate word lists. Introduction Statistically Māori people are high users of mobile phones.1 In the past this was attributed to credit related issues associated with having a landline installed. In recent times, I believe the high usage of mobile phones and media is attributed to the entertainment value. There are over 16,000 Māori words that have become a part of New Zealand English language: words including place names, street names, government departments, geography, birds, plants, animals, insects, Waitangi Tribunal words, personal names etc. These words are unique only to New Zealand and are in common use with New Zealand English speakers. Operating systems that allow the community to create predictive text and spell checkers are becoming popular and include Android, Microsoft Custom Dictionaries and Open Source tools such as Aspell. As such, the need to offer words lists and research to assist developers is now long overdue. Analysis of the Telecom New Zealand Predictive Text list In the Telecom New Zealand list (2009), it is interesting to note that transliterations are used for months but not for days of the week. I have yet to see any written material where this occurs. In my experience people will usually use either transliterations for both months and days, or the more traditional words for both months and days. It is a curious observation that the word Māori appears in the list without a macron, yet macrons are implemented elsewhere in the list. I believe this creates a further justification for an updated New Zealand predictive database that does not include macrons on commonly misspelt Māori words. When the common Māori words in New Zealand English word lists are combined together there are a total of 456 unique words with only 38 words that appear in the original predictive word list. Likewise, Boyce’s (2006) 978 high frequency Māori words of Māori speakers, 58 appear in the predictive text word list while another 55 do not. Conclusion The currently available predictive word lists of Māori words is incomplete and could cause some issues with the haphazard use of transliterations and traditional words and the omission of macrons on some words. It does not accurately reflect common words in either the Māori or English Language. Recommendation All 16,000 common Māori words in the English Language or at least the 456 most common Māori words that appear in New Zealand English are incorporated into an updated New Zealand English predictive text database. The list of common Māori words used by Māori speakers is incorporated into an updated New Zealand Māori predictive text database. References Boyce, M. (2006). Compilation of a Māori language broadcast corpus. Retrieved from http://tereomaori.tki.org.nz/content/download/2031/11466/file/1000%20frequent%20words%20of%20M%C4%81ori-%20in%20frequency%20order.doc Macalister, J. (2005). A dictionary of Māori words in New Zealand English. Māori Language Web site. Retrieved from http://www.maorilanguage.net/phrase_drills/phrase_drills_lesson.cfm?learningsubcategoryid=17 NZ History. Retrieved from http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/culture/maori-language-week/100-maori-words New Zealand Slang Dictionary. Retrieved from http://www.newzealandslang.com Taiuru, K. N. Personal web site and research. http://www.taiuru.maori.nz Telecom New Zealand. (2009). TXT te reo Māori ki Telecom. Retrieved from http://www.telecom-media.co.nz/releases_detail.asp?id=3599&page=1&pagesize=10 1 http://www.tpk.govt.nz/en/in-print/our-publications/fact-sheets/use-of-broadcasting-and-e-media-maori-language-and-culture/page/7/ ↩ Appendix I Telecom New Zealand’s Māori predictive word list (114 words) Source: Telecom New Zealand (2009), http://www.telecom-media.co.nz/releases_detail.asp?id=3599&page=1&pagesize=10 Core vocabulary Kupu Meaning Aotearoa Land of the long white cloud aroha Compassion, tenderness, sustaining love haere mai Welcome! Enter! haere mai Welcome!, come! haka Chant with dance for the purpose of challenge hangi Traditional feast prepared under earth hapū Clan, tribe, independent section of a people; modern usage – sub-tribe; to be born hīkoi Walk hui A meeting of any kind, conference, gathering iwi People, nation; modern usage – tribe; bones kai Food karakia Prayer karanga The ceremony of calling to the guests to welcome them to enter the marae kaumātua Elder or elders, senior people in a kin group kauri Large native tree kia ora Hi!, g’day! (general informal greeting) kiwi Bird koha Gift, present kōhanga reo Early childhood centre mana Authority, power; secondary meaning: reputation, influence Māori Indigenous inhabitants marae The area for formal discourse in front of a meeting house or applied to a whole marae complex, including meeting house, dining hall, forecourt, etc. moana Sea, or large lake Pākehā People living in New Zealand of British/European origin pounamu Greenstone, jade rangatira Person of chiefly rank, boss, owner tama Son, young man, youth tamāhine Daughter tāne Man, Husband, men, husbands tangata whenua Original people belonging to a place, local people, hosts tangi Short (verbal version) for the above (gerund) or to cry, to mourn taonga Treasured possessions or cultural items, anything precious tapu Sacred, not to be touched, to be avoided because sacred, taboo te reo Māori The Māori language Tēnā koe Formal greeting to one person tuakana Senior relative, older brother of a brother, older sister of a sister wahine Woman, wife (wāhine women, wives) wai Water waiata Song or chant which follows speech waka Canoe, canoe group (all the iwi and hapū descended from the crew of a founding waka) whakapapa Genealogy, to recite genealogy, to establish kin connections whānau Extended or non-nuclear family whanaunga Kin, relatives whāngai Fostered or adopted child, young person wharenui Meeting house whenua Land, homeland, country; also afterbirth, placenta Months of the year Kupu English Hanuere January Pepuere February Maehe March Aperira April Mei May Hune June Hūrae July Akuhata August Hepetema September Oketopa October Noema November Tīhema December Numbers Kupu Number tāhi 1 rua 2 toru 3 whā 4 rima 5 ono 6 whitu 7 waru 8 iwa 9 tekau 10 Days of the week Kupu English Rāhina Monday Rātū Tuesday Rāapa Wednesday Rāpare Thursday Rāmere Friday Rāhoroi Saturday Rātapu Sunday Place names Aoraki Cape Reinga Hawera Hokaianga Hokitika Kaikoura Kaitaia Motueka Oamaru Ohakune Orewa Piha Rangitoto Rotorua Taupo Tauranga Te Anau Tokoroa Waitangi Wanaka Wanganui Whakatane Whangamata Whangarei Whitianga Appendix II Common Māori words in the English Language 50 Māori words every New Zealander should know Sourced from http://www.maorilanguage.net/phrase_drills/phrase_drills_lesson.cfm?learningsubcategoryid=17 Kupu Meaning Aotearoa New Zealand, long white cloud Aroha love Awa river Haka generic term for Māori dance. Hāngi traditional feast prepared in earth oven Hapū clan, sub-tribe; to be born Hīkoi walk Hui gathering, meeting Iti small Iwi tribe Kai food Karakia prayer Kaumātua elder Kauri large native conifer Kiwi native flightless bird Koha gift, present usually money, can be food or precious items, given by guest to hosts kōhanga reo language nest, Māori immersion pre-school 0 to 4 years mahi work or activity mana prestige, reputation manuhiri guests, visitors Māori indigenous inhabitants of New Zealand, the language of the indigenous inhabitants of New Zealand Marae the area for formal discourse in front of a meeting house, or applied to a whole marae complex Maunga mountain Moa extinct large flightless bird Moana sea Motu island Nui large, many, big Pā hill fort Pākehā New Zealander of non-Māori descent, usually European Pounamu greenstone, jade Puku belly, stomach Rangatira person of chiefly rank, boss Taihoa to delay, to wait, to hold off to allow maturation of plans etc. Tama son, young man, youth Tamāhine daughter Tamariki children Tāne man, husband, men, husbands Tangi funeral Taonga treasured possessions or cultural items, anything precious Tapu sacred, not to be touched, to be avoided because sacred, taboo te reo Māori the Māori Language tipuna/ tupuna ancestor tuatara lizard like reptile wahine woman, wife wai water waiata song or chant waka canoe, canoe group whaikōrero the art and practise of speech-making whakapapa genealogy, to recite genealogy whānau extended family whenua land, homeland 100 Māori words every New Zealander should know Source: http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/culture/maori-language-week/100-maori-words The marae Kupu Meaning Haere mai! Welcome! Enter! Haka chant with dance for the purpose of challenge; (see other references to haka on this site) Hui a meeting of any kind, conference, gathering Kaikōrero or kaiwhai kōrero speaker (there are many other terms) Karanga the ceremony of calling to the guests to welcome them to enter the marae Koha gift, present (usually money, can be food or precious items, given by guest to hosts) Manuhiri guests, visitors Marae the area for formal discourse in front of a meeting house or applied to a whole marae complex, including meeting house, dining hall, forecourt, etc. Nau mai! Welcome! Tangata whenua original people belonging to a place, local people, hosts Tangi short (verbal version) for the above (gerund) or to cry, to mourn Tangihanga funeral ceremonies, when body is mourned on a marae Waiata song or chant which follows speech Whaikōrero the art and practise of speech making Whare horoi ablution block, bathroom Whare kai dining hall Whare nui meeting house; in writing this is sometimes run together as one word – wharenui Whare pakū lavatory, toilet Whare whakairo carved meeting house Concepts Kupu Meaning Aroha compassion, tenderness, sustaining love Ihi power, authority, essential force Mana authority, power; secondary meaning: reputation, influence Manaakitanga respect for hosts or kindness to guests, to entertain, to look after Mauri hidden essential life force or a symbol of this Noa safe from tapu (see below), non-sacred, not tabooed Raupatu confiscate, take by force Rohe boundary, a territory (either geographical or spiritual) of an iwi or hapū Taihoa to delay, to wait, to hold off to allow maturation of plans, etc. Tapu sacred, not to be touched, to be avoided because sacred, taboo Tiaki to care for, look after, guard (kaitiaki – guardian, trustee) Taonga treasured possessions or cultural items, anything precious Tino Rangatiratanga the highest possible independent chiefly authority, paramount authority, sometimes used for sovereignty Tūrangawaewae a place to stand, a place to belong to, a seat or location of identity Wehi to be held in awe Whakapapa genealogy, to recite genealogy, to establish kin connections Whenua land, homeland, country; also afterbirth, placenta People and their groups Kupu Meaning Ariki person of high inherited rank from senior lines of descent, male or female Hapū clan, tribe, independent section of a people; modern usage – sub-tribe; to be born Iwi people, nation; modern usage – tribe; bones Kaumātua elder or elders, senior people in a kin group Ngāi Tātou a way of referring to everyone present – we all Pākehā this word is not an insult; its derivation is obscure; it is the Māori word for people living in New Zealand of British/European origin; originally it would not have included, for example, Dalmatians, Italians, Greeks, Indians, Chinese, etc. Rangatira person of chiefly rank, boss, owner Tama son, young man, youth Tamāhine daughter Tamaiti one child Tamariki children Tāne man, husband, men, husbands Teina/taina junior relative, younger brother of a brother, younger sister of a sister Tipuna/tupuna ancestor Tuahine sister of a man Tuakana senior relative, older brother of a brother, older sister of a sister Tungāne brother of a sister Wahine woman, wife (wāhine women, wives) Waka canoe, canoe group (all the iwi and hapū descended from the crew of a founding waka) Whāngai fostered or adopted child, young person Whānau extended or non-nuclear family Whanaunga kin, relatives Components of place names Ordinary geographical features such as hills, rivers, cliffs, streams, mountains, the coast and adjectives describing them, such as small, big, little and long, are to be found in many place names. Here is a list so you can recognise them: Kupu Meaning Au current Awa river Iti small, little Kai one of the meanings of kai is food; in a place name it signifies a place where a particular food source was plentiful, e.g., Kaikōura, the place where crayfish (kōura) abounded and were eaten Mānia plain Manga stream Maunga mountain Moana sea, or large inland ‘sea’, e.g., Taupō Motu island Nui large, big ō or o means ‘of’ (so does a, ā); many names begin with ō, meaning the place of so-and-so, e.g., ōkahukura, ōkiwi, ōhau, etc. One sand, earth Pae ridge, range Papa flat Poto short Puke hill Roa long Roto lake; inside Tai coast, tide Wai water Whanga harbour, bay Greetings Kupu Meaning E noho rā Goodbye (from a person leaving) E haere rā Goodbye (from a person staying) Haere mai Welcome!, Come! Hei konā rā Goodbye (less formal) Kia ora Hi!, G’day! (general informal greeting) Mōrena (Good) morning! Nau mai Welcome! Come! Tēnā koe formal greeting to one person Tēnā kōrua formal greeting to two people Tēnā koutou formal greeting to many people Tēnā tātou kātoa formal inclusive greeting to everybody present, including oneself Body parts Kupu Meaning Arero tongue Ihu nose Kakī neck Kauae, kauwae chin Kōpū womb Māhunga hair (when used for hair must always be used in plural, indicated by ngā [the, plural]), head Manawa heart Niho teeth Poho chest (also called uma) Puku belly, stomach Raho testicles Ringa hand, arm Toto blood Tou anus Turi knee (also known as pona) Tūtae excrement, ordure ū breast (breast-milk is wai-ū) Upoko head Ure penis Waewae foot, feet, leg, legs 20 Māori words in New Zealand Slang Source: http://www.newzealandslang.com Kupu Meaning Aotearoa most widely known and accepted Māori name for New Zealand, translated as “Land of the Long White Cloud” Haere Mai come here (Māori origin) Haka traditional Māori dance Hamu unlawfully demand somebody for food or money Hangi traditional Māori meal prepared in an underground oven Hei matau traditional Māori pendant, made from bone or greenstone carving in the shape of a highly stylized fish hook Ka pai good job (Māori origin) Kai food (Māori origin) Kai moana sea food (Māori origin) Kete basket made from weaved flax (common native plant) Kia ora hello (Māori origin) Kina sea urchin (Māori origin) Kiwi New Zealander Kumara sweet potato Māori native people to New Zealand Moko traditional Māori tattoo that covers the face and body Pakeha non–Māori of European descent Tu meke great (Māori origin) Waka vehicle Whanau family (Māori origin) 246 Māori Words in New Zealand English Sourced from “A Dictionary of Māori Words in New Zealand English”, Edited by John Macalister. The method of classifying if a Māori word is commonly used in the English language for this publication is some-what dubious. Macalister sources Māori words from a myriad of printed materials ranging from one off prints with a minority audience to published books. Many of the words references are obscure at best. As was Macalister’s intention, these however are words that appear in the English language. Amo haeremai Haerera Hāpuku Heitiki Hinau Horoeka Horopito Houhere Huhu Hūia Īnanga Kahawai Kahikatea Kahikātoa Kāhu Kai Kaikomako Kāinga Kākā Kākāpō Kākāriki Kakino Kāmahi Kanae Kanaka Karaka Karakia Karakine Karamu Kareao Karoro Katipo Kauri Kawaka Kawakawa Kawau kéhua Kererū Kete Kia Kiekie Kiwi Koe koekoeā Kohekohe kōhoperoa Kōhutuhutu Kōkako Kōkopu Kōkōwai Korau Koreke Kōrero Korimako Koromiko Korua Koruru Kōtuku Kōtukutuku koukou koutou Kōwhai kōwhai-ngutukaka Kūaka Kūmara Kuri Māhoe Maihi Maire Mako Makomako Mākutu Mānawa Mangō Mānuka Marae Maro Matai Matakite Matipou Matuku Mere mingi Mingimingi Miromiro Mohua Moki moki mokimoki Muka Namu Neinei Ngaio Ngirungiru Ngutukaka Nikau Niu Noa Ongaonga Pa Pākehā Pāpāuma Para Pāraha Parapara Pare Pārera Pātaka Patete Pātiki Patu Pāua Pihanga Pikau Pikiarero Pingao Piopio Pipi Pīpipi Pipiwharauroa Piripiri Piupiu Pīwakawaka Pōhue Pōhutukawa Poi Pōkākā Ponga Porangi Porokaiwhiri Poroporo Pounamu Poupou Puawanānga Puka Pukatea Pūkeko Pūtangitangi Ramarama Rangatira Rātā Rauhuia Raukawa Raupeka Raupeti Raupo Rengarenga Rewarewa Rimu Riroriro rō roa roaroa Rongopai Rua Rūnanga Rupe Ruru Taiaha Taihoa Taipo Taipo Takahe Takapu Tamaiti Tamure Tanekaha Tangata Tangi Taniwha Tapairu Tapu Tara Taraire Taramea tarāmoa Tarata Tatarāmoa Tatau Taua Tauhinu Tauhou Taupata Tawa Tawake Tawatawa Tawhai Tawhara Tawhiri Tekoteko Tēnā koe Tena kōrua Tena koutou Terakihi Tewhatewha Tī Tīeke tī-kapu Tiki tī-kouka Tikumu tī-ngahere tī-parae tī-rauriki Tītī Titirangi Titoki Tīwakawaka Toa Toatoa Toetoe Tohunga Tōrea Toroa Totara Toutouwai Tui Tūkāuki Tukutuku Tuna Tūrutu Tutu Umu Upokotea Utu Wahine Waiata Waipiro Warehou Weka wēta Whai Wharariki Wharauroa Wharawhara Whare whare-kura whare-puni whata Whau Wheke Whio Appendix III Updated Māori word list for Predictive Text and other resources 419 entries. Aotearoa aroha haere mai haka hangi hapū hīkoi hui iwi kai karakia karanga kaumātua kauri kia ora kiwi koha kōhanga reo mana Māori marae moana Pākehā pounamu rangatira tama tamāhine tāne tangata whenua tangi taonga tapu te reo Māori tēnā koe tuakana wahine wai waiata waka whakapapa whānau whanaunga whāngai wharenui whenua Hanuere Pepuere Maehe Aperira Mei Hune Hūrae Akuhata Hepetema Oketopa Noema Tīhema tāhi rua toru whā rima ono whitu waru iwa tekau Rāhina Rātū Rāapa Rāpare Rāmere Rāhoroi Rātapu Aoraki Hawera Hokaianga Hokitika Kaikoura Kaitaia Motueka Oamaru Ohakune Orewa Piha Rangitoto Rotorua Taupo Tauranga Te Anau Tokoroa Waitangi Wanaka Wanganui Whakatane Whangamata Whangarei Whitianga awa hāngi iti mahi manuhiri Māori maunga Moa motu nui pā puku Taihoa tamariki tipuna tupuna tuatara whaikōrero Haere mai! kaikōrero kaiwhai kōrero Nau mai! tangihanga Whare horoi Whare kai Whare nui Whare pakū Whare whakairo ihi manaakitanga mauri noa raupatu rohe tiaki Tino Rangatiratanga Tūrangawaewae wehi ariki Ngāi Tātou tamaiti teina taina tipuna tupuna tuahine tungāne au mānia manga ō one pae papa poto puke roa roto tai whanga E noho rā E haere rā Hei konā rā mōrena Nau mai Tēnā kōrua Tēnā koutou Tēnā tātou kātoa arero Ihu kakī kauae kauwae kōpū māhunga manawa niho poho raho ringa toto tou turi tūtae ū upoko ure waewae hamu Hei matau Ka pai kai moana Kete Kina Kumara Moko Pakeha Tu meke whanau amo haeremai haerera Hāpuku Heitiki hinau horoeka horopito houhere huhu Hūia Īnanga Kahawai Kahikatea Kahikātoa Kāhu Kaikomako kāinga Kākā Kākāpō kākāriki kakino kāmahi kanae Kanaka Karaka karakine Karamu Kareao Karoro Katipo Kawaka Kawakawa Kawau kehua Kererū Kia Kiekie koe koekoeā kohekohe kōhoperoa kōhutuhutu Kōkako Kōkopu kōkōwai korau Koreke kōrero Korimako Koromiko korua Koruru Kōtuku Kōtukutuku koukou koutou Kōwhai kōwhai-ngutukaka Kūaka Kūmara kuri Māhoe Maihi Maire Mako Makomako Mākutu mānawa Mangō Mānuka Maro Matai Matakite Matipou Matuku mere mingi Mingimingi Miromiro Mohua Moki mokimoki muka namu neinei Ngaio Ngirungiru Ngutukaka Nikau niu Ongaonga pa Pāpāuma para Pāraha Parapara pare pārera Pātaka Patete Pātiki patu Pāua Pihanga Pikau Pikiarero Pingao Piopio Pipi Pīpipi Pipiwharauroa Piripiri Piupiu Pīwakawaka Pōhue Pōhutukawa poi Pōkākā Ponga Porangi Porokaiwhiri Poroporo Poupou Puawanānga Puka Pukatea Pūkeko Pūtangitangi Ramarama Rātā Rauhuia Raukawa Raupeka Raupeti Raupo Rengarenga Rewarewa Rimu Riroriro rō roaroa Rongopai Rūnanga Rupe Ruru Taiaha Taipo Takahe Takapu Tamure Tanekaha Tangata Taniwha Tapairu Tara Taraire Taramea tarāmoa Tarata Tatarāmoa Tatau Taua Tauhinu Tauhou Taupata Tawa Tawake Tawatawa Tawhai Tawhara Tawhiri Tekoteko Tena kōrua Tena koutou Terakihi Tewhatewha Tī Tīeke tī-kapu Tiki tī-kouka Tikumu tī-ngahere tī-parae tī-rauriki Tītī Titirangi Titoki Tīwakawaka toa Toatoa Toetoe Tohunga Tōrea Toroa Totara Toutouwai Tui Tūkāuki tukutuku Tuna Tūrutu Tutu umu Upokotea utu waipiro Warehou Weka wēta Whai Wharariki Wharauroa Wharawhara Whare whare-kura whare-puni whata Whau wheke Whio Appendix IV 100 most frequent Māori words used in Twitter This word list is sourced from Indigenous Tweets, http://indigenoustweets.com/ Word Frequency aere 109 Aherimi 101 ā-hinengaro 133 Ahurutanga 130 Amaha 105 Apanere 351 aromatawaitia 148 arotakenga 152 Atahere 101 a-Ture 291 ekenga 127 haereerea 110 haerenga 2344 hautekau 402 hekenga 282 Hēnare 191 herenga 135 hinengaro 1131 Hirikia 156 Hōne 195 Iapehe 122 Iehoiara 259 Ieropoama 454 Ietereere 184 inenga 668 Ioaha 282 iriiria 240 kapenga 434 kaupapa-here 215 kawenga 1108 Keraria 141 kinongia 144 kitenga 1920 kokotikore 153 konatunatua 182 kōpa 346 korenga 100 kupenga 555 Maaheia 104 marietia 106 meatanga 1800 Mehurama 111 memenge 140 moenga 914 Napara 112 Nepukareha 131 ngohengohe 336 ngokingoki 229 Ninewe 106 nio 153 Nohotima 160 Opereeroma 108 ōwehenga 441 paenga 728 paewhakaata 1110 pareparenga 110 Peerehepa 192 Pōmare 108 poropititanga 186 putangaoro 126 rerenga 1462 rerengia 122 rewenakore 336 ringihanga 373 ritenga 1668 taenga 1471 Takapūwāhia — takenga 128 Tamahae 155 Tāmati 120 tauhiuhia 139 tauhono 204 Teruia 145 toenga 657 tonuhia 409 toou 108 totokore 725 Tuhorouta 111 tūhurangia 116 tūhuratia 121 Tūrongo 100 tuwhaina 108 ururuatia 251 waenga 1233 waenganui 7149 wāwāhitanga 135 wehenga 946 wehewehenga 113 wehingia 123 whaitakenga — whakaaroa 276 whakaarokore 199 whakahaerenga 167 whakahekenga 134 whakaherea 294 whakainumia — Whakakapenga 111 whakakitenga 339 whakaminenga 2161 whakapaia 122 whakaponokore 176 whakarerenga 150 whakaritenga 1751 Mary Boyce 978 frequent words of Māori – in frequency order Note: the closer a word is to the top of this list, the more frequent it is. te i ki ka e ngā o a he ko ana atu me mai ia kei kia Words above this point in the list occurred 5000 times or more in the corpus nā kua rā nei haere hoki tētahi anō mahi mea hei tonu mō ā tēnei koe kōrero rātou au ai mā roto whanaunga ake tino ahau Words above this point in the list occurred 2000 times or more in the corpus noa noho rawa kātahi nui kore ō mōhio reira tātou āhua whakaaro iho tamariki kī tangata whare tae kāore kura puta kite ōna wāhi whakaaturanga ēnei rua tōku tū tēnā waka Māori, māori pikitia koutou rangi iwi mau taha whenua reo rānei ao taua māmā Words above this point in the list occurred 1000 times or more in the corpus kāinga manu whai rākau titiro māua hoa kaha taea mātau roa tekau pāpā muri kāre mua pea arā moana whānau raro rere toa tika tuatahi kupu ingoa pā kotahi ahakoa tāngata momo pātai pēnei kitea pērā huri pō papa rite tere tīmata waiata kaupapa mere ora rongo tata tākaro tohu taonga hiahia hanga tama hau āta matua tikanga mate mutu whakaahua whakautu mehemea tangi awa pēhea ringa waho toru ika rau konei moe Words above this point in the list occurred 500 times or more in the corpus ōku tāna pou tuna anake heke tahi kākahu wāhanga pakeke āe āwhina kaua rangatira whakataetae karanga iti pukapuka maha kuia pango ērā aua take tāne hea i nāianei (written as ināianei in older texts) hou ehara tinana ahi oma rōpū marama hēoi Ngāti wahine huarahi hia āhuatanga kau mihi ngaro aku pouaka auē kōrua tuarua aroha uru anei waewae hua rārangi rerekē maunga tāua piki tauira rima whaea whakaatu āna whā mātua tuhi kiia tuku pepa rō kete moko toi kāhore hāora Pākehā tipu māku ata mutunga whatu huia pīrangi waea whakamārama tīma waenganui tiaki oti rūma mana taki ara hunga motokā rahi tōu tawhiti tāku ako riro kurī wera mēnā koia ngahere tiro ātaahua kararehe mīharo motu nuinga reka tai eke kanohi taka whakahoki tatari kata toka kino whakarongo kōtiro koroua mātauranga puku tiki hui ono tamaiti mataku otirā takoto koro moni pū mīhini hoatu mahia paku nāna hāereere hoko mārama mahana waru nē marae tatau tuhia hangaia horoi kiri rawe waiho kēmu taniwha kōhanga hīkoi tukuna kapa whānui tūturu haka hī koinei uaua whakaae utu kimi inā hopu kawe whetū māna tua rangatahi wāhine mokopuna pau hū pupuri Words above this point in the list occurred 200 times or more in the corpus taumaha tipuna koa haerenga whakahaere mata oho kāti kaitā pae putanga karaka tāu upoko tīpuna pānui patu wiki rohe kanikani kaukau whero ngākau ngāwari peke hine waha oranga tohutohu wehi karu taputapu whiwhi pēke taenga whiti mātakitaki whakamahi tango whakaata hē raruraru tonga miraka moenga tautoko whawhai tirohia whakamahia ahu māhanga ngaru poto nāianei manawa ture matau mura iwa ōu pōtae teitei atua tokorua nama poaka tini tohunga waimarie kiwi kō kuhu whea neke tangohia mano hōiho taringa hiko rorohiko tapu ōrite whāngai hika ina tūpato huna kaitiaki kui hinga tūtaki aho ākonga hiki pēpi takiwā toroa hari kōkā mahara pēnā whārangi āu kaiako piri uri mamae kaimahi māhunga wawata hēki moemoeā pōro rapu wānanga kāinga ngutu hinengaro whitu hā kaumātua māu moutere tāone karakia mōkai pakanga rīwai pī hinu pōuri ahiahi haruru kāo kapu poti wareware whakarite anga kāri rino tono whakawhiti tēhea tētehi hākinakina mahue maumahara taura āhei kaipuke ohorere parāoa peka puare puke kōhatu tahuri tuatoru wairua wehe mōna whakamātau whakamutunga whakapono inu tēpu tiriti huruhuru one kahurangi mahere makawe rama roimata whakatau kauwhata niho nunui paepae rongonui wātea ārai pounamu ringaringa haramai (haere mai) mauria taraka oneone taumata hoariri hokinga kitenga puna tirotiro whakamuri whakatipu āku hoe karani nuku poi tūmanako tūranga uta pirihimana punua pupuhi whakamau anā aro kiore makariri whakararo āpōpō nāku painga pūtaiao ua whakangahau māharahara pakaru whakaari mauī putiputi tīmatanga ihu raki rererangi maroke matapihi ngeru pene pāmu tapa tōkena pouaka whakaata meneti pito tūrehu umere huka raru riri tākuta manaaki motuhake peita keke tunu tūru whakatū hāngai hōia hurihuri kīhai kirikiri mārō pūkaha rapa reti ū whakaritea hai pakupaku ruku taihoa tawhito whutupōro ātea awhi māra miro mita puhi ākuanei kapua tina tukua waenga Words above this point in the list occurred 100 times or more in the corpus here kaiwhakahaere kakī whāiti haurua ine pakari patua tipua tuakana kare moka pākete whakahokia ārahi mātaki mōhiotia pahi pātītī tuarā hākari haria heihei pōhēhē purua toro waihanga harakeke hōhā mātao nāwai pēkana pono tapahia whāia whakahirahira hono matimati pakitara atawhai hangarau hararei manuhiri mōku rīpene wero hokohoko kākano pīpī uhi whakaora whakatā kākāriki kauhoe hāparangi hapū huakina ira māia mokemoke otaota pūkenga tūpuna kāpia rata tīkina herea tupu paoro poro tumeke whakatakoto whanga mīti tāia whakaputa whakatika koi pere tirohanga toe toenga tungāne whakamā tao taro tokomaha whakamīharo hōmai karāhe katakata kāwanatanga kōwhai mākū mauri parakuihi purapura pūrere rēhia tī tukutuku whakamua whakarunga hā harikoa ipu irirangi maramara marangai pāngarau puehu purei tuhituhi whāinga whakamāori pahū tame ngārara noke parirau tapahi ope whakamaua wiriwiri hipi matekai pari poraka porohita porowhita tamatāne tutuki weka wīra auahi ētehi kaituhi kōtuku rāwhiti teina hāngi kaikōrero kāreti pata rango taiapa tāra tihi tohorā turituri whakangā āporo hōhonu kongakonga makere nanakia tari tīni tote tōtika whakamātautau whakatūpato kauaka kāwana kekeno mārika matū ngata pare tuahine whakatata rerenga tāhau tokotoru tomo whakapapa akoranga kaute kēhua kūmara tuhinga whakahau aituā kohi konā paipa paru pūngāwerewere rangona rekareka tātai tuawhā kawenga pēwhea tinihanga wharekura horo koha manga pani pātene pāua rori tapuwae tauhou whakaheke whakakī whakapakari kaitākaro kōiwi kupenga pekapeka ēnā hao hemo kāpata ngenge pana ui uku uwha whakauru ariki kāwhe kikī kohikohi miriona panga tāhuhu toto wehenga whakanui auau kāpene karere kiromita nekeneke paki pakipaki pūtake putu reri whakatikatika hāmama hauora kapi ngunguru pātata pātiki roanga tira tuanui whakapae whāriki kakara kawea kimihia kōhua kukume ngātahi piriti retireti rita tamāhine taraiwa tarau tuki whara haina kā kake kano mīere panana piro pūrākau tāpiri tohua whakatoi whiua ahatia ākau āwangawanga kaimoana kaipūtaiao kānga māhau mokomoko pūmau rongoā taupoki tuhituhinga awatea haunga hokona kahu mōhiotanga pirau pūrerehua uira whakatūria whiu haki hāunga koina maringi ngau oreore parauri tonoa whakairo whakapaipai whāwhā kōkiri kōpae pāhi paruparu poka puru tātahi uhia wao kara kōrerorero kōrerotia piupiu puoro pūtea reta tonutia hekenga meatia nau ngaungau nōku nōna pakiwaitara pupū taitama taunga wahie waiariki whakahīhī whakapiri whāki aihikirīmi hara kakau kōrere kuini pōhatu wawe whakapai aorangi hāwhe huritau kamo