This is not an academic or linguist publication, but a compilation of several historically published sources that contain word lists of Moriori.
For full details including sources and an analysis download the publication here.
My intention as a researcher was to compile and publish this material which is scattered among many historical publications that are not easily accessible or are even common knowledge to many outside of academia.
I chose not to include genealogy of the myriad god names, but to only include a few more popular names as these are in stories that can be verbally shared as opposed to being made public in this publication. There was also a small list of god names whose association are unknown which I have included.
It is only fair that any Moriori descendant should be able to access their own language and sources so as to utilise the unique words and grammar of their own mother tongue. Even more so now that tribal dialects are being revived and promoted within iwi.
Moriori Wordlist
A
| a te(che) here | decrease |
| ahi | fire |
| akeake | forest tree (species unknown) |
| akureki | delighted |
| amama | yawn |
| amimio | giddy |
| amo | carry on a pole |
| ana | cave |
| anga | front, intestines (aspect) |
| anini | wind (mythological) |
| aniniwa | rainbow |
| ao | day |
| apiti | join |
| apo | collect |
| apo | tomorrow |
| arai | barricade |
| aranui | passage |
| arapuhi | plant (mythological with 12 branches) |
| arere | roof of mouth |
| aro korunga | awake, to |
| aroha | compassion, love |
| arohi | wind (mythological) |
| arowa | sole of foot |
| aruaru | chase |
| aruhe | fern root |
| ataoheia | daybreak |
| atapangopango | dawn |
| ate | liver |
| atea | break on top of wave |
| ateata | break of day |
| atetanga | leisure |
| auahi | smoke |
| aue | lament |
| auta | moan |
| awa | channel, river |
| awaienei | directly |
| awhi | embrace |
| awhio | circuitous |
| awina | assist |
E
| e | aye, yes |
| ehi | fire |
| e hiku | hindermost thing |
| E ho | Name of a god |
| ekenga | landing-place |
| e mae | ache |
| e taukiri | alas |
| Ē Tehuā | an incantation to chop, fell, the evil power |
| e ti(chi) ra , na, e ti(chi) ra ko | behold |
| ena | those (near the person addressed) |
| enake | alone |
| enaki | alone |
| eoho | plunder |
| Etiaw’ | An Iwi name |
| etiro | examine |
| ewhi | how many |
H
| ha | sacred |
| hakana | wooden drinking vessel, coffin |
| hakoma | codfish |
| haku | disbelieve |
| hamama | bawl |
| hamama | gape |
| hanga | build |
| hapai | lift up |
| hapu | pregnant |
| hara | crime |
| hara | large |
| haramai | come |
| harapepe | flax |
| harengerenge | disagreeable |
| Harua | An Iwi name |
| hau | wind |
| hau | wind |
| hau | cool |
| hau marangei | east wind |
| hauoro | god (war) |
| Haupawhakuru | North East wind |
| haurangi | dew |
| hautomaru | dim |
| haware | snow |
| he aha | collarbone |
| he au | cloud |
| he ho | companion |
| he ho | concubine |
| he ohokore | solitary |
| he umu | calm |
| Heauro | god (war) |
| heihei | tear |
| heka | mildew |
| hekaruru | excavate |
| here | advance, go |
| here ra | advance, go |
| herenga | departure |
| heruru | rumbling noise |
| hi | fish, to |
| hiama | drowsy |
| hikari | calf of leg |
| hiki (timiriki) | carry to, as a child |
| hiki i te(che) hara | avenge |
| hiki tamariki | nurse a child, to |
| hiku i t(ch)e hara | revenge |
| hina | grey |
| hinamoko | squeak |
| hingi | fall |
| hinu | grease |
| hinu imi | marrow |
| hiore | tail |
| hipa | exceed |
| hipuku | sea-elephant |
| hirangaro | conscience |
| hirawerawe | cumbersome |
| hirengaro | heart |
| hiringaro | heart |
| hiwa | lie |
| hiwa | paddle |
| ho | causative prefix |
| ho rongo | forgive |
| hohonu | deep |
| hohou | lash (to fasten) |
| hok | causative prefix |
| hoka | causative prefix |
| hokaako | admonish |
| hokaangi | shake in the wind |
| hokaia | accuse |
| hokau | fasten |
| hokau | fasten |
| hoke | causative prefix |
| hoki | also, causative prefix |
| hoki ho kupu | answer |
| hokino | abhor |
| hokioki | restless |
| hoko | causative prefix |
| hokoairo | carve |
| hokoako | instruct |
| hokoaro | consideration |
| hokoauru | ally |
| hokohe | condemn |
| hokohikohi | accelerate |
| hokoi | tickle |
| hokoiana | affirm |
| hokoihoko | fish (species unknown) |
| hokokoro | relax |
| hokoma | shame |
| hokomaha | ashamed, to be |
| hokomarama | enlighten |
| hokomari | appease |
| hokomari kaoro te ngakau | consolation |
| hokomarie | soothe |
| hokomataku | affright |
| hokomatau | attempt |
| hokomau | waste |
| hokomo | betrothed |
| hokomohemo | swoon |
| hokomoko | ambush |
| hokomomohara | malice |
| hokomuri | backwards |
| hokomutu | end, to |
| hokonape | polish |
| hokongaro | annihilate |
| hokongaro | destroy |
| hokonui | enlarge |
| hokopanapana | chequered |
| hokopanapana | spotted |
| hokopanopano | twinkle |
| hokopapa | genealogy |
| hokopeke | bend (of the arm) |
| hokopihipiha | irregular |
| hokopiko | bend |
| hokopoto | abbreviate |
| hokopoto | abridge |
| hokopuaki | declare |
| hokopuaki | disclose |
| hokoputa | launch (canoe) |
| hokoraru | confuse |
| hokoraru | difficulty, to be in |
| hokore | avoid |
| hokore | forsake |
| hokorekore | abolish |
| hokorekore | deny |
| hokorere | abandon |
| hokorere | banter |
| hoko-rere | to abandon, to avoid |
| hokorere etu | cast, to |
| hokorerehe | bluster |
| hokorereto | play |
| hokorinaki | loll |
| hokoririha | atone |
| hokorite | appoint |
| hokorite | assimilate |
| hokorite | compare |
| hokorite | decide |
| hokorite | liken |
| hokoro | delay |
| hokoro | dilatory |
| hokorong’ | listen |
| hokoroto | inward |
| hokoru | forty |
| hokorua | forty |
| hokorutu | oppress |
| hokotae | detest |
| hokotae | loathsome |
| hokotae | disgusting, abominable, to detest |
| hokotae | abominable |
| hokotaingahiwa | pride |
| hokotaingahiwa | refuse |
| hokotakorero | confess |
| hokotama tama | exult |
| hokotanukunuku | confused |
| hoko-tanukunuku | confused |
| hokotara | sharpen |
| hoko-tara | to sharpen, to point |
| hokotata | approach |
| hokotauki | proverb |
| hokotaupiki | conexion |
| hoko-taupikitaua | a battle |
| hokote | abominable |
| hokote | abominable |
| hokotei | unite |
| hokotei | abhor |
| hokoteke | disobedient |
| hokoteke | persecute |
| hokotetero | put out the tongue |
| hokoti | cease, to make to |
| hokotika | assent |
| hokotika | belief |
| hokotikamau | contend |
| hokotikatu | contend |
| hokotiki | starve |
| hokotikitika | arrange |
| hokotiko | argue |
| hokotiko | endeavour |
| hokotiko | obstinate |
| hokotipatipa | flatter |
| hokotipatipe | entice |
| hokotoimaha | ballast |
| hoko-toimaha | ballast |
| hokototoranga | lay |
| hokotuaki | accuse |
| hokotuiho | respect |
| hokowehewehe | encumber |
| hokowheu | spin |
| homauri | start |
| honehu pango | pupil of the eye |
| hongona | soothe |
| hope | waist |
| hope | breech |
| hopo | avarice |
| hopo | covet |
| hopu | catch |
| hore | pare |
| horiri | antagonist |
| horiri | enemy |
| horo | swallow |
| horo tatakau | glutton |
| horopari | landslip |
| hu | abound |
| hu | roe of fish |
| hu manu | egg |
| hua | keel of a canoe (hand-spike, lever) |
| hua | bear fruit |
| hua | fruit |
| huanga | shark |
| huinga | assemblage |
| huiti | pluck |
| huiti, | pull the hair |
| huka tei | surf |
| huka tongeheupapa | frost |
| humari | beauty |
| humaria | good |
| huna | conceal |
| huna | hide |
| hunatu | advance, go |
| hunau | brother of a sister |
| hunau | brother, elder |
| hunaunga no ko | a relative of thine |
| hunau potiki | brother, younger |
| hunungo | daughter-in-law |
| hupeke | jump |
| huri | turn, to |
| huru | swell of sea |
| huruhuru | hair |
| hutoi | crumple |
I
| i te hunu | bit |
| i tena wahi | always |
| i tera ngata atu | another |
| iahu | form |
| iakauta | porpoise |
| iaoreka | entertainment |
| iapita | add |
| iara kihi | kidney |
| iarataki | conduct |
| iarataki | lead |
| iaroha | affection |
| iatamarama | moonlight |
| iauripo | eddy |
| iawangarua | reel |
| iawe | soot |
| iche eruhe | fern-root |
| ieriki-ieriki | chief |
| ihakoa | although |
| ihara | fat |
| ihi | authority |
| ihu | cape |
| ika | fish |
| imata | formerly |
| imi | bone |
| imi whati | fracture, bone |
| imu | ahead |
| imu | formerly |
| inaina | scorch |
| ingainga | stagger |
| ingoa | name |
| inu | drink |
| ioranga | life |
| iri wa kai kore | famine |
| iripo | last night |
| iro | maggot |
| irupo | last night |
K
| ka eke | aground, to be |
| ka hiti ke i toho | alter |
| ka ko | glad |
| ka mai a nake | all |
| ka puta | appear |
| ka ra wa me | because |
| ka rewi i tawai | afloat |
| ka ro me | because |
| ka tangi | explode |
| ka tau te-po | sorrow |
| kaha | ability |
| kahaki | carry away by stealth |
| kahewa te tangata | hesitates, the man |
| kahukura | shark god (a) |
| kahutoto | nephew |
| kai | devour |
| kai hore | flay |
| kai iemo | jerk |
| kai imi | strange tribe |
| kai mata | eat raw |
| kaiaha | steal |
| kaimiorokaokao | anus |
| kainga | abode |
| kainga | encampment |
| kaka | fibre |
| kakahu | garment |
| kake | ascend |
| kaki | neck |
| kakit(ch)ia | rustle |
| kamakama | fruit (of a gourd) |
| kamate ko ro te wai | drowned |
| kamau | constant |
| kamo | beckon, wave to (wink) |
| ka-na waina | forget |
| kanape | bright |
| kanape | shine |
| kanu waka | embark |
| kaokao | flank |
| kaokao | side |
| kapakapa | throb |
| kaparu | kneel |
| kapichia | take |
| kapihia | take |
| kapiko | kneel |
| kapo | awe, to feel |
| kapo | catch |
| kapukapuai | moth |
| kara | aromatic |
| karamiha | sing |
| karangata | men |
| Karangatai | A canoe name |
| karapuna (plural) | ancestor |
| Karauria | Oyster |
| karekare | rough, as the sea |
| karipuru | mud |
| karupuru | bog (swamp) |
| karupuru | dirt |
| kata | laugh |
| kateruku | sore throat |
| kau | bathe |
| kau | handle |
| kaue | chin |
| kaue | jaw |
| kauho | legend |
| kaunaki | kindle by rubbing sticks |
| kauteretere | floating |
| kawa | acid |
| kawa | sour, to be |
| kawe | bear |
| kawei | pedigree |
| Kawhai | Arripis trutta |
| kehere tahe taua | accomapany |
| kei | devour |
| kei iri | continue |
| keke | armpit |
| kemo | eye-lash |
| kerere | messenger |
| kenewaka | a karakia name |
| keri | dig |
| kete | basket |
| kewa | wriggle |
| kewa ka ngutu | move the lips |
| ki pahaki | apart |
| ki te taha ki te taha | around |
| ki wanganui o rawa | between |
| kia nu te re | aloud, speak |
| kia toho | careful |
| kiato | jealous |
| kiko | flesh |
| Kikokiko | Name of a god |
| kimi | searching |
| kimiaha | fragile |
| kina | sea urchin |
| kini | nip |
| kino | abhor |
| kiore | rat |
| kiri | bark |
| kiri | skin |
| kiri pohatu | gravel |
| kiri wera | fever |
| kiritoanga | naked |
| ko re kau o paorangi | foreigner |
| ko ri kiko o te rangi | firmament |
| ko ro ta pari | over the cliff |
| ko ro to wai | above the water |
| ko ta wao-nui a-Tane | a saying regarding the forest |
| ko waho | outside |
| koenga | load |
| koenga | carry on the back |
| koenga | carry on the back |
| kohi | active |
| kohi | hasten |
| kohia | firewood |
| kohu | fog |
| kohu | mist |
| koi nana | better (rather) |
| koi titio | acute |
| kokiri | launch (canoe) |
| kokirikiri | meteor |
| kokohu | concave, to be |
| kokoti | notch |
| kokoti i ka uru | cut hair |
| komanga | adze |
| komo | insert |
| konehi | eyes |
| Kopa | veer, turn (bent, folded) |
| koparo | gale |
| koperu | curved |
| Kopi | Corynocarpus laevigata (tree) |
| kopiriango | evening star |
| kopuku | blister |
| korakoru | spark |
| korari | raft |
| korero | account, narration |
| korero tupuna | genealogy |
| korerorero | jabber |
| korikoko | twilight |
| korikoko | twilight |
| korikore | wriggle |
| korikoringa | motion |
| koripo | whirlpool |
| koro | inside |
| korokonei | eyebrows |
| korokoro | loose |
| koropanga | patch |
| koropuku o ro puanga | uvula |
| koropupu | boil |
| korotata | man |
| koruatawhito | insect |
| kotamutumu | whisper |
| kotare | porch |
| koti | amputate |
| koti | chop, to |
| kotingotingo | spotted |
| kotungutungu | ulcerated |
| koura | crayfish |
| ku ai ka taonga (or miheke) ka riri ia i | acquired |
| ku runga | aloft |
| kuahi | numerous |
| kuai | who? |
| kuare | absurd |
| kuare | stupid |
| kuaretanga | ignorance |
| kuhanga | bird’s nest |
| kuku | clinch the hand |
| kuku iripuki | strangle |
| kumaku | damp |
| Kumara | Potatoe (sweet) |
| kume | drag |
| kumukumu | beard |
| kumuru | back |
| kuo | young |
| kupapa | brood, to |
| kupe | cloud |
| kupe | calm |
| kupenga | net |
| kupu | bewitch |
| kupukupu | curse, to |
| kurukuri, patoto | knock |
| kurunga iai a enei | continue |
| kutu-porenga | flea |
| kuwha | thigh |
M
| mae | affect |
| mae | pain |
| mae | sore |
| maene | smooth |
| maetauaro | widow |
| maheiki-marie | abate |
| mahi | action |
| mahine | woman |
| mahue | left, to be |
| maihanga | twins |
| maiharahara | anxious, to be |
| maikuku | finger nail |
| maimai | unseasoned, as timber |
| Maitai | an ancient word denoting all kinds of fish |
| maka | fornication |
| maka | sprawl |
| maka kai | beg |
| makaha | confused |
| Makaoauha | An iwi name |
| Makaoato | An iwi name |
| makari kei | beg |
| makutu | cajole |
| makutu | crafty |
| makutu | deceitful |
| mama | light (not heavy) |
| Mana-aotea | month 12 |
| mananui | bear up (under pain) |
| manapa | regret |
| manau kore | appetite |
| manau puku | envy |
| manawa | breath |
| manawa kore | famish |
| manawa reka | respect |
| manawanui | patient |
| manawareka | satisfaction |
| manga | bough |
| manga | fork of a tree |
| mangere | idle |
| mangere | lazy |
| Mango | Shark |
| Mangoruake | Shark |
| mania | slippery |
| manu | bird |
| manukanuka | misgive |
| manuwiri | stranger |
| manuwiri | stranger |
| mapuna | ripple, v (well up) |
| marama | moon |
| maramara | nausea |
| maramara | splinter |
| maranga | arise |
| marangai | south-east |
| mararake | astray, to be |
| marautara | vine (plant) |
| mare | cough |
| maringi | spilled |
| maro | stubborn |
| maro | obstinate |
| maro | contend |
| maro t(cth)enga | hard |
| marohi | dispirited |
| marote | durable |
| marowhara | flax girdle |
| Maru | A god associated with healing wounds, severe cuts, or broken bones |
| maru | bruised, to be |
| maru | maimed |
| maruapo | break of day |
| marurua | salt |
| mataku | offensive |
| Matanga | An iwi name |
| matangi | wind |
| matao | cold |
| matarae | cape |
| Mātā-rangi | A canoe name |
| matatata | chasm |
| matau | fish hook |
| matau | hook |
| mate | accident |
| mate | adversity |
| matehine | mother |
| matenga | death |
| matewai | athirst |
| mati hongoi | father-in-law |
| mati-hongoi-mahine | mother-in-law |
| matonga | south-east |
| matotoru | thick |
| matu ke | uncle |
| maukewa | murmur |
| maunga | mountain |
| me hara | big |
| me huna | clandestinely |
| me toke | little |
| mea kara | odour |
| mea tae | thin |
| meangauru | ten |
| mehanga | ensnare |
| mehanga | noose |
| mehara | memory |
| mehare | excoriated |
| merekohai | month 7 |
| meretaura | month 4 |
| metoke | baby |
| mihi | admire |
| mimi | urine |
| mimiha | hair seal |
| mimiha | seal |
| mingo | wrinkle |
| miti | absorbed, to be |
| miti | evaporate, exhausting the tide |
| miti | lick |
| mitimiti | lick |
| mitimiti | shell |
| moana | ocean |
| moe | asleep, to be |
| moenga | bed |
| mohokiau | fasting |
| mohoro | extended |
| mokai | cripple |
| mokai | lame |
| mokiau | abstain, from food |
| mokopuna | grandchild |
| mokoru | mesh |
| momoe | blink |
| momoea | dream |
| momomi | suck |
| momotu | embers |
| morehu | survivors |
| morero | month 6 |
| morimahi | diligent |
| moroke | dry |
| moteatea | shine (fearful, apprehensive) |
| motiha | dance (native) |
| Motīhangai | figurative name of heaven or the sky |
| moto | blow, to strike a |
| moto | crave |
| mura | blaze |
| mura ahi | flame |
| muri tae | younger relative |
| murieneti i tena | after |
| Muruangina | month 10 |
| murumuru | singe |
| Murutoake | month 9 |
| Muruwhenu | month 8 |
| Muruwhenua | month 8 |
| mutunga kore | endless |
| Muturangi | An iwi name |
N
| na katou | yours |
| namu | mosquito |
| nape | tie, to |
| ngaere | shake, as the ground |
| ngaherehere | forest |
| ngahu | bite |
| ngakau | bowels |
| ngakau | entrails |
| ngakaukore | disinclined |
| ngake | bay |
| ngana | bear fruit |
| nganangana | to contend, to strive |
| ngana | fruit |
| ngarara | lizard |
| ngarara | insect |
| ngarehu | charcoal |
| ngaro | absent to be |
| ngaro | forgotten |
| ngaro | lost |
| ngaruru | shell |
| ngaruru | dizzy |
| ngau | chew |
| ngauru | ten |
| ngawari | easy |
| ngawari | mellow |
| ngawha | broken, to be |
| ngenge | jaded |
| ngenge | fatigued |
| ngoi | weak (strength) |
| ngu | shark |
| ngutu | beak |
| ngutu | lip |
| ngutu | lips |
| ngutu | brim |
| ngutuawa | mouth of river |
| niho | teeth |
| nihotu | toothache |
| Nini-a-rangi | name of a god |
| no paorangi | distant |
| no re me | because |
| No ro me | because |
| noho | abide |
| nono | taut |
| nono | of no account |
| Nui | great |
| nui eti | above |
| nuitewai | large |
| Nukutaotao | month 2 |
| Nukutaurua | month 3 |
| nunanga | to bind; a band, a fillet |
| nunanga | bandage |
| nungana | bind |
O
| o | causative prefix |
| oatu | offering |
| oeha | feeble |
| oeha | fatigued |
| oeha | languid |
| oha | wearisome |
| ohinata | daylight |
| ohinawatea | daylight |
| ok’ | causative prefix |
| oka | causative prefix |
| oke | causative prefix |
| oki | causative prefix |
| okioki | pause |
| oko | rafter |
| oko | causative prefix |
| oko | many |
| okohomauri | arouse |
| okohomori | arouse |
| okoikoi | hurry |
| O Mutu | name of a night of the moon |
| one | beach |
| one | sand |
| oparo | bad weather |
| ora | alive |
| ora e neti | everlasting |
| Oropuke | Name of an ancesteral canoes that arrived from Hawaiki |
| oti | death, finished |
| Ouenuku | Name of a god |
| O-Whiro | name of a night of the moon |
P
| pa | fence |
| pa | throw (to) |
| pa | explode |
| pa rakau | leaf |
| pae | joist |
| paihihi | canoe, large |
| pakako | barren |
| pakamara | sweet potatoe |
| pakapaka | crab |
| pakau | arm |
| pakau | wing |
| pake | clap |
| pakira | bald |
| pana | banish |
| pana | avert |
| panaunga | cliff |
| panaunga | precipice |
| pange | cast, to |
| pango | black |
| pani | besmear |
| pani | brother-in-law |
| pani | orphan |
| pao | open, (strike) |
| papa | brittle |
| papa | father |
| papa hepe | hip bone |
| papa | breech |
| papae-hope | hips |
| papaku | shallow |
| papamatu | bladebone |
| paparinga | cheek |
| paparinga | countenance |
| parapara | bleed |
| parau | corrupt |
| parauiri | dark skin |
| pare | avert |
| parea | pigeon |
| pari | precipice |
| pari | cliff |
| patu | kill |
| patu huna | conspiracy |
| pawa | dust |
| pawerewere | heat |
| pehe | sing |
| peka | fork of a tree |
| peke | leap |
| penaeneti | alike, to be |
| peni toke | almost |
| pepeke | benumbed |
| perere | duck |
| pi | diarrhoea |
| pia | diarrhoea |
| piki | feather |
| pipui | move up and down |
| piri | adhere |
| piri | close to |
| piri | tame |
| pito | navel |
| po | troubled |
| poa | bait |
| poahau | squall |
| Poapoarangi | month 1 |
| pohatu | rock |
| pohatu | stone |
| poi | jump |
| poipoi | dandle |
| pokai | coil |
| pokai | surround |
| pokai | circuitous |
| pokaiamio | encircle |
| pokaikai | round about |
| pokepoke | mix |
| pokepoke oneone | lump of earth |
| pokerekere | dark |
| poki | cover |
| pona | ankle |
| ponopono | joint |
| popo | dandle |
| popoi | ear, lobe of |
| popoi i ngaherehere | fungus |
| poremi | disappear |
| porepore | propitiate |
| poro | ship |
| poro-rakau | block of wood |
| porotu | beauty |
| potaietu | overtaken |
| potaka | round |
| potakataka | circle |
| potiki | youngest child |
| potiki | infant |
| poto | short |
| pou | post |
| Pou | A god of fish |
| Poutama | An iwi name |
| pua | flower |
| puhanuhanu | cool |
| puhea | gills of a fish |
| puhi | blow |
| puhiku | blunt |
| puhina | seal |
| pūhina | fur seal |
| puhongo | sponge |
| pukaukau | pungency |
| pukiho | dumb |
| puku | bump |
| puku | knob |
| puku | swelling |
| puku tura | crookback |
| pukumauri | sob |
| pukupuka | lungs |
| pumau | constant, to be |
| punehu | drizzle |
| punga | basket (fish) |
| pungatei | pumice |
| puni | blocked up |
| puni | many |
| pupura | blind |
| pu-rakau | blossom |
| purakau-timu | root |
| purangaihu | nose |
| purehe | spider |
| pūrehurehu | butterfly |
| puri | cling |
| puroro | cloudy |
| purunga ihu | nose |
| purungehu | ashes |
| purungehu | ashes |
| puta | hole |
| putchihapa | month 5 |
| puwai | funnel |
| puwha | thistle |
| puwhenu | country |
R
| ra | sun |
| rae | forehead |
| rahi | big |
| rakau | tree |
| Rakei-ora | Name of a god |
| Rakeipa | Name of a god |
| raku | scrape |
| ranga | plait |
| rangata | a man |
| rangataua | affray |
| rangataua | battle |
| Rangataua | a battle |
| Rangi-hiki-waho | a shark god |
| Rangi-mana | Name of a god |
| Rangimehoe | Name of a god |
| Rangihoua | Name of an ancesteral canoes that arrived from Hawaiki |
| Rangimata | Name of an ancesteral canoes that arrived from Hawaiki |
| Rangitokona | The propper-up or separator of Heaven and earth and formed man by heaping together earth in Papa |
| rat(ch)akimai | east |
| rauira | lightning |
| raukura | albatross feather emblem |
| raumati | summer |
| Rauru | An Iwi name |
| rauru | afterbirth |
| rauru | placenta |
| Rauru-motchihere | An iwi name |
| rauruhe | fern leaves |
| Rautini | the name of a tree (Bot Senecio huntii) |
| rei | wet |
| reimata | tears |
| reimata | tear |
| reka | palatable |
| Rekautu | Name of a god |
| rekereke | heel |
| Rekohu | Chatam Island |
| reo | language |
| rere | assault |
| rere | move swiftly |
| rere | run |
| rere | to run, as water; to fly |
| rere kararo | abyss |
| rewa | melt |
| rewa | squint |
| rewa | swim |
| rima | five |
| rimu | seaweed |
| ripo | whirlpool |
| riri | anger |
| ririma | arm (hand) |
| ririma | he hand or arm |
| ririma maui | left-handed |
| ro | Inside |
| ro | go |
| roanga | length |
| roha | expand |
| rohe | boundary |
| rokiri | to be overtaken |
| romi | squeeze |
| Rongo | God of whales |
| rongo | attend |
| rongo | obey |
| rongomai | a whale |
| Rongomai-awaiti | Name of a god |
| rongomaitere | a figurative equivalent for the ocean |
| Rongo-mai-tauira | god of lightning, of eels, and “Will of the Wisp” |
| Rongomaiwhenua | Earth Mother, a figurative equivalent for land |
| Rongomoana | Whale, the generic term for all cetaceans |
| ropa koropourangi | youth |
| ropa tamiriki | youth |
| roto | lake |
| ru | two |
| ru whenu | earthquake |
| rua | hole |
| ruaki | vomit |
| Ruarangi | An iwi name |
| ruku | band |
| ruku tupo | dive |
| ruru | shake |
| ruru | sheltered |
| ruru | shake, as a line by fish |
T
| t’iei | not |
| ta | to arrive |
| ta | the |
| ta karo ra | hush |
| ta’u | my |
| taea | accomplished, to be |
| tahatu | bank (of the river) |
| taheke | cataract |
| taheke | waterfall |
| tahi te rau | hundred |
| tahuhu | ridgepole |
| Tahunua | Name of a god |
| tai hokopu | neap tide |
| tai miti | ebb |
| tai puiha | flood tide |
| tai turi | deaf |
| taiko | bird (species unknown) |
| taina | fill in |
| taka te whenua | dizzy |
| takai | bandage |
| takapo | spread |
| takapu | abdomen |
| takapu | belly |
| take | cause |
| take | reason |
| takehi | kick |
| taki ? | draw forth |
| takina | draw, induce, shoot forth |
| takutai | coast |
| tamahana | scorch |
| tamahine | girl |
| Tamahiwa | Name of a god |
| Tama-kororo | A canoe name |
| Tamarau-ariki | A shark god |
| Tamaroro | Name of a god |
| tami | to press |
| tamira | press |
| tamira | to press |
| Tami-ta-ra | the Sun god |
| tamoe | to press flat |
| tane | husband |
| tanga teanga | glutton |
| Tangaroa | A god of fish |
| tangata hiwa | liar |
| tangata hou rongo | peacemaker |
| tangata huna | ambush |
| tangata kaha | impetuous |
| tangata kiko kore | emaciated |
| tangata maka | adulterer |
| tangata maoriori | normal people |
| tangata matua | elder person |
| tangata matua | adult |
| tangatae | ugly |
| tangata-maka | mad, maniac |
| tangi | cry |
| tangi | mourn |
| tangipurunga iho | snore |
| tango | accept |
| tango | work (take, attempt) |
| taniko | border (of mat) |
| tapa ngutu | brim |
| tapa te manau | hunger |
| tapa te manau | hunger |
| tapatu | roof |
| tapatupatu | marshy |
| tāpatupatu | quicksand |
| tapore | propitiate |
| tapu | sacred |
| tapue | sole of foot |
| taputapu | marshy, boggy |
| tarahinau | plant (species unknown) |
| taramu | prickly |
| tarauma | bosom |
| tareo | excite |
| tarewa | hang |
| Tarawai | Stingray |
| taring’ | ear |
| taru | grass |
| tata | access, to have |
| tata | dangle |
| tata ani ki tangata | about (near to) |
| tatarame | rough |
| tatatei | sea coast |
| tatau, matau | ourselves |
| tatere | shark |
| tatu | belt |
| tau | calculate |
| tau | cord |
| tau | line, string |
| tau | perch |
| tau | reef |
| tau | to calculate; tautau, a bunch, a cluster |
| tau atu ra | farewell |
| tau e te ehi | kindle a fire |
| tau to waka | canoe launching chorus |
| tauangakau | conspiracy |
| tauera | to beguile Cf taurewa, vagrant; homeless |
| tauhokotiko | dispute |
| taumaha | heavy |
| taumarumaru | overhang |
| taumata, tieki | brow of hill |
| Tauna | Name of a god |
| taunga | accustomed, to be |
| tauohorihori | diminished |
| tauranga | landing-place |
| taureia | beguile |
| tautau | bunch |
| tautau | cluster |
| tawa | wind (rainy) |
| tawhakere | ditch |
| tawhete | adorn |
| tawhiri | beckon |
| tawhito | old |
| tawhito | membrum virile |
| Tch-Eitara | An iwi name |
| Tch-Eituhi | An iwi name |
| Tch -Etiao | An iwi name |
| Tch-Etikoke | An iwi name |
| tchakat henu | indigenous people, ordinary people |
| tchakat moriori | indigenous people, ordinary people |
| tchimitchi | baby |
| tchohuk | expert |
| te a putake o te a kino | author (of evil) |
| te aka a kahu (mythological) | fern root (fine variety) |
| Te Aomarama | Sky Father |
| Te hiku Watea | a name for the expanse of the ocean |
| te ikara | strange land |
| te imi o tura | backbone |
| Te Rangi-tu-makohakoha | A canoe name |
| tearauru | ten |
| teewe | womb |
| tehi | one |
| tei-kohuru | calm sea |
| teiwa | nine |
| teono | six |
| tepetoto | clot (of blood) |
| tere | company |
| terima | five |
| teru | two |
| tetua | god |
| ta wao-o Mahuta | a saying regarding the forest |
| tewaru | eight |
| tewha | four |
| te whanau-o-te-rangi | the Heaven-born, or children of Heaven Refers to Rangi and Papa children |
| tewhitu | seven |
| ti roto | amidst |
| ti taha | against |
| ti(ch)u maro | North West wind |
| tianga | eat ravenously |
| tie etiki anohi | advantage |
| tieki | summit |
| tihangeera | halo |
| Tihauwea | A canoe name |
| tihe | sneeze |
| tiheru | baler |
| tika | accurate |
| tika marie | level |
| Tikamata | eyebrows |
| tikane | correct |
| tikanga | equity |
| tikaro | scoop |
| tikitiki | height |
| tikitiki | high |
| timata | begin |
| timi(chi) | baby |
| timiti | child |
| timiti | nurse a child, to |
| timiti | infant |
| timiti | baby |
| timiti mahine | daughter |
| timiti tane | boy (child) |
| tinaku | cultivate |
| tinaku | grow deep and strong, or increase |
| tinani | skeleton |
| tino | body |
| tino | membrum virile |
| tipakore | causeless |
| tipakore | causeless |
| tipuna-tane | grandfather |
| tipuna-wahine | grandmother |
| tira | ladder |
| tiringa | ears |
| tiringa | hear |
| tiu makehu | North West wind |
| tiwheatu | afar |
| to | finger |
| to e hau | 2nd finger |
| to iti | 4th finger |
| to nui | thumb |
| to pere | 3rd finger |
| to roa | 1 st finger |
| toa | bold |
| toe kai | remains of food |
| toha | chasm |
| Tohinga tamirīki | ceremony performed over children somewhat akin to baptism |
| toho | custom |
| toho | custom, use |
| tohonga | adept, skilful |
| tohua | public place |
| toino | posteriors |
| toke | small (out of sight, gone) |
| toko mauru | belch |
| tokohia | how many |
| tokomauru | catch one’s breath |
| tokomoru | hiccough |
| Tokorau | the name of a wind (uncertain) |
| tona | pimple |
| tonga | south wind |
| Tongaminino | the south or south-east wind |
| tongamimi | bladder |
| Tongariri | the South-east wind |
| Tongawaikau | the wind southeast by south |
| tongi | shake, as a line by fish |
| tongihiki | brother, elder |
| tono | beseech |
| tonui | the thumb |
| tonui | to |
| tonui | the finger or toe |
| topa | fall |
| topere | the third finger |
| toro | crawl |
| toro | shoal, ridge |
| torohe-kaupeke | annoyance |
| toru | three |
| totaranga | bed |
| toti | limp |
| toto | bleed |
| totohungatanga | knowledge |
| totoko | staff |
| totoro | crawl |
| Tu | a shark god |
| tu | erect |
| Tu-i-Hawaiki | Name of a god |
| tu ke | aloof to be |
| tua imi | tribe |
| tua imi | strange tribe |
| tuaki | disembowel |
| tuapoi | ancient |
| tukana | brother, elder |
| tukohu | mat |
| tuku | admit |
| tuku | allow |
| tuku | betray |
| tuku | surrender |
| tukuiho | tradition |
| tukutuke | elbow |
| tukuwaru | carry on a pole |
| tuma | bachelor |
| tuna | eel |
| tunga | chrysalis |
| tunga | worm |
| tungehu | blink |
| Tumei-o-rangi | Name of a god |
| tunu | broil |
| tunu | roast |
| tunu kei | bake food |
| tunu, tao | cook |
| tupa te manau | appetite |
| tupa tupe | contentious |
| tupapaku | corpse |
| tuparipari | spear |
| tupepe | dwarf |
| Tupepe | a dwarf |
| tupere | cockle |
| tupetupe | to incite, to stir up to action |
| tupopo | splash |
| tupuki | sore throat |
| tupuna (singular) | ancestor |
| Tupu-ngaherehere | A canoe name |
| tura | back |
| Tura | the back |
| turango | back of a house |
| turi | knee |
| turi | deaf |
| Turore | A canoe name |
| turorirori | stagger |
| turu | drip |
| turu | leak |
| turu | permanent |
| turuhea | midnight |
| turuhea | midnight |
| tutaki | blocked up |
| tutanga | origin |
| tutanga | begin |
| tute | deny |
| tutekiore | flint |
| tutuku | crushed |
| tuwhatu | adult |
| tuwhenu | mainland |
U
| u | breast |
| uau | artery |
| uau | difficult |
| ui | ask |
| uiho | flesh |
| uira | lightning |
| uira | lightning |
| umu | oven |
| umuumu | jabber |
| upoko | head |
| upoko | head |
| uraki | head |
| ure | membrum virile |
| uri | offspring |
| uru | hair |
| urumatonga | south-west |
| urunga | pillow |
| uta | ashore |
| uti | pull the hair |
| utihau | wind |
| Utua | figurative for heaven, where the water originates from |
W
| wa nui | morning star |
| waenganui | centre |
| waenganui | middle |
| waha | mouth |
| wahi | firewood |
| wahike | bad |
| wahine | woman |
| wahine ‘ti | junior wives |
| waiau whare | house |
| waihakihaki | itch |
| waihekeheke | disease of the skin |
| waihekeheke | cutaneous disease |
| waipu | ocean |
| waipuke | flood |
| wairangi | bastard |
| wairarapa | month 11 |
| wairu | ghost |
| Wairuarangi | Name of a god |
| waka | canoe |
| waka korari | raft |
| wanatu ra | farewell |
| ware | saliva |
| warero | tongue |
| waruwaru | garment |
| watea | clear, to be |
| watoahi | cleave, to |
| wawae | foot |
| wehi | dread |
| wenewene | anus |
| werewere | perspiration |
| wewe roro | longlegs |
| Whai | Stingray |
| whaikorero | harangue |
| whairamutu | nephew |
| whaiti | tight |
| whaitiri | thunder |
| whakaae | yes |
| whakapiri | consort |
| whakuru | north |
| whanaunga | kindred |
| whanautanga | birth |
| whanau-timiriki-mahine | man’s sister |
| whangai | feed |
| whanui | breadth |
| whao | chisel |
| wharau | ship |
| whariu | turn |
| whata | a raft |
| whata | raft |
| whati | break off |
| whatu | island |
| Whēke | Cuttle-fish |
| whengu | snuffle |
| whenua | land |
| whenua | country |
| whenua rei | A wet land |
| whenua a rangi | strange land |
| whero | crimson |
| Wheteina | An iwi name |
| whetu | star |
| whewhe | abscess |
| whewhe | boil |
| whiro | darkness or non-existence |
| whiwhi | acquire |
| whiwhi | entangle |
| whiwhi | obtain |
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