Maori

Family: 

• Borean languages

  • Dené-Daic languages

    • Austric languages

      • Austronesian languages

        • Malayo-Polynesian languages

          • Oceanic languages

            • Polynesian languages

              • Eastern Polynesian

                • Tahitic

Region: Aotearoa (New Zealand)

Ethnicity: 

• Maori People

• White Pakehas

• Brown Pakehas

• Yellow Pakehas

• Japanese people

Speakers: 6.4 million (second speaker), 186,000 (first speaker)

Time Period: 1500s

Grammar Type: Verb–subject–object

Writing System: 

• Latin (Maori Alphabet; 1800s-2600s, Historically)

• Kanji and Hiragana (Maori version; 2600s-present)

Language Status: 

• Earth: Vulnerable (Real-life and Pre-Two Lights) / Not Endangered (Post-Two Lights to Post-Rewritten)

• Berbania: Not Endangered

• Reinachos: Not Endangered

• Delphia: Critically Endangered

Māori has mostly a verb-subject-object word order, is analytical and makes extensive use of grammatical particles to indicate grammatical categories of tense, mood, aspect, case, topicalization, among others. The personal pronouns have a distinction in clusivity, singular, dual and plural numbers, and the genitive pronouns have different classes (a class, o class and neutral) according to whether the possession is alienable or the possessor has control of the relationship (a category), or the possession is inalienable or the possessor has no control over the relationship (o category), and a third neutral class that only occurs for singular pronouns and must be followed by a noun.

Numbers / Tau (数)

• zero, 0 - kore, koretake (これ, コレタケ / 零)

• one. 1 - tahi (タヒ / 一)

• two, 2 - rua (ルア / 二)

• three, 3 - toru (トル / 三)

• four, 4 - whā (バー / 四)

• five, 5 - rima (リマ / 五)

• six, 6 - ono (オノ / 六)

• seven, 7 - whitu (ビツ / 七 )

• eight, 8 - waru (ワル / 八)

• nine, 9 - iwa (イワ / 九)

• ten, 10 - tekau (テカウ / 十)

• 11 - tekau mā tahi (十 まー 一)

• 12 - tekau mā rua

• 13 - tekau mā toru

• 14 - tekau mā whā

• 15 - tekau mā rima

• 16 - tekau mā ono

• 17 - tekau mā whitu

• 18 - tekau mā waru

• 19 - tekau mā iwa

• 20 - rua tekau

• 21 - rua tekau mā tahi

• 22 - rua tekau mā rua

• 23 - rua tekau mā toru

• 30 - toru tekau

• 40 - whā tekau

• 50 - rima tekau

• 60 - ono tekau

• 70 - whitu tekau

• 80 - waru tekau

• 90 - iwa tekau

• 100 - kotahi rau

• 101 - kotahi rau tahi

• 111 - kotahi rau tekau mā tahi

• 200 - rua rau

• 234 - rua rau toru tekau mā whā

• 300 - toru rau

• 400 - whā rau

• 500 - rima rau

• 600 - ono rau

• 700 - whitu rau

• 800 - waru rau

• 900 - iwa rau

• 1000 - kotahi mano

• 1982 - kotahi mano, iwa rau, waru tekau mā rua

• 2000 - rua mano

• 2016 - rua mano, tekau mā ono

• 3000 - toru mano

• 4000 - whā mano

• 5000 - rima mano

• 6000 - ono mano

• 7000 - whitu mano

• 8000 - waru mano

• 9000 - iwa mano

• 10000 - tekau mano

• 1,000,000 - kotahi miriona (コタヒ 百万)

• 2,000,000 - rua miriona (ルア 百万 / 二 百万)

• 3,000,000,000 - toru piriona

Phrases

People / Tangata (人/タガタ)

• People, human - Tangata (タガタ, タンガタ / 人間)

• Maoris - Māori (マーオリ)

• Morioris - Moriori (モリヨリ)

• Europeans, Asians, White People, Brown People - Pākehā (白人)

• Ainus - Te Ainu, Te tangata Ainu (テ-アイヌ, テ-人 アイヌ)

• Korean people - Tangata Korea, Tangata Hānakānu (人間韓国, )

• Hawaiian people - Tangata Hawaii, Whenua-tawhiti Pākehā (陸-縁遠い 白人)

• Japanese - Tangata Nipono, Āhia-Pākehā (ハパニ白人)

• Filipino people - Tangata Piripīni, Whenua-moana Pākehā, Wheanakeha (テ-人 ピリピーニ, ベアナケハ)

• French people - Wīwī, Te tangata Wīwī

• Black people, African people - Tangata mangu (黒人種)

• Mixed - Whakauru, Hāwhe kāehe (混成, 混血)

Occupations / Nga-mahi (職業)

• King, lord, emperor (except Japan) - Ariki (主君)

• Emperor of Japan, Hawaii, and New Zealand - Tenō (天皇; via Japanese: 天皇)

• Japanese raiders - Wakō (和子, via Japanese: 和子)

Animals / Kararehe (獣/カラレヘ)

• Dog - kuri (クリ / 犬)

• Wolf - kuringahere, wuruhi (狼)

• Cat - ngeru (ゲル / 猫)

• Stray cat - ngeru kotiti (猫野良)

• Cattle - kau (カウ / 牛)

• Goat - koti, koati (コち, コアチ / 山羊)

• Tahr - koati-tawhito (コアチ-タビト / 山羊-中古)

• Himalayan tahr - Koati-tawhito o Himaraiana

• Rat - kiore (キョレ / 鼠)

• Mouse - iti-kiore (小鼠)

• Weasel - wihara, itatī (ヰハラ, イタチイ / 鼬)

• Pig - poaka (ポアカ / 豚)

• Bat - pekapeka (ペカペカ / 蝙蝠)

• Sheep - hipi (ヒピ/ 羊)

• Duck - rakiraki (ラキラキ / 鴨)

• Blue duck - whio (鴨青,)

• Chicken - heihei (ヘイヘイ / 鶏)

• Black stilt - kakī (黒柱)

• Cuckoos - koekoeā (杜鵑)

• Kiwi bird - roroa (ロロァ)

• Moa bird - moa (モア)

• Bleeding heart doves - punai (via Tagalog: punay)

• Pigeon - kererū (鳩)

• Parrot - kākā (カーカー, 鸚哥, 鸚鵡)

• Kakapo - kākāpō (カーカーポウ, 鸚哥夜)

• Kea - kea (ケア)

• Swans - wana (白鳥), poūwa (via Moriori: 白鳥 "poūwa")

• Snake - neke, naka, nakahi (ネケ, ナカ, ナカヒ / 蛇)

• Pheasant - whehana, kitii (ベハナ, キチイ / 雉)

• Penguin - kororā (コロラア)

• Parson bird - tūī (ツウイー)

• Rifleman - tītitipounamu (チイチチポウナム)

• Sparrow - pihoihoi (ピホイホイ, 雀)

• Oystercatcher - tōrea (トウレア)

• Albatross - toroa (トロワ)

• Gannet, bobby - tākapu (タアカプ)

• Cormorant - kawau (カワウ, 鵜)

• Heron, egret - matuku (マツク, 鷺)

• Tropicbird - amokura (アモクラ, 熱帯鳥)

• Tern - Tara (たら)

• Fantail - Pīwakawaka, tīwakawaka (ピーワカワカ, チーワカワカ)

• Haast's eagle - Pouakai (ポウアカイ)

• Snake - Nakahi (蛇)

• Vine snake - nakahi-aka (蛇蔦)

• Cobra - nakahi-potae (蛇被)

• Python - nakahi-nui, hewhi (ナカヒ-ヌイ / 蠎)

• Sea snake - nakahi-moana (蛇海)

• Possum - paihamu (指結び, パィハム)

• Big cats, panthers - Ngeru-nui (猫・巨, ゲル・ヌィ)

• Lion - Raiona (ラいォナ)

• Tiger - Taika (タイカ, 虎)

• Leopard - Reparo (レエパロ), rēpata (レエパタ), huna-taika (不明虎)

• Snow leopard - Reparo-huka (レパロ・雪) 

• Clouded leopard - Reparo-kapua (レパロ・雲)

• Raccoon dog - tanuki (タヌキ / 狸)

• Rabbit, hare - rapeti, utiaki (ラペチ, ウチァキ / 兎)

• Bear - pea, kūma (ペア, ペァ / 熊)

• Snail - pūpū (プープー / 蝸牛)

• Cephalopod (squid, octopus) - wheke (ベケ / 烏賊)

• Shark - mangō (鮫 / マゴ)

• Whale shark - nuiwhetū-mangō (諸星鮫), tohorā-mangō (鯨鮫)

• Goblin shark - oni-mangō (鬼鮫)

• Whale - tohorā (鯨,トホラー)

• Pufferfish - pupuhi (鰒, ププヒ)

• Dolphin - aihe (アイヘ, 海豚)

• Taniwha - Taniwha (タニファ, タニバ, 龍)

• Dragon - tarakona, riū (タラコナ, リュー, 竜)

• Patupaiarehe (パツパイアレヘ)

Vehicles / Wakakatoa (車/ワカカトァ)

• Airplane, aeroplane - 飛行機 (Hikōki) - Wakarererangi (飛行機)

Things / Tūemi (項)

• Compass - Kāpehu (カァペフ, 羅針盤 (rarely used))

Countries / Iwi-whenua (国家)

• Australia - Ahiterēiria (豪州)

• New Zealand - Aotearoa (雲直白, アオテアロア)

Directions / Aronga (方向)

• North - Raki (北, らキ)

• South - Tonga (南, トガ)

• East - Rāwhiti (東, ラビチ)

• West - Uru (西)

• Up, above, on - Runga (ルが)

• Down, below, under - Raro (ラろ)

• In, into - Roto (ロト)

• At - Kai (カィ), kei (ケィ), i (お)

• Right - matau

• On the right - te taha matau

• Left - mauī - left

• On the left - te taha mauī

• In front of - mua

• Behind - muri

• Between - waenganui

• Near - Tata

• Far - Mamao

• Here - Konei, anei

• There - Reira

• This - Tēnei

• These - Ēnei

• That - Tēnā

• Those - Ēnā

Events / Takahanga (事件/タカハガ)

• Japanese–Maori conflicts - Pakanga Kore Pakeha me te Maori, Pakanga Tangata Nipono me te Maori, Nga raruraru mai i Ahia

• Chinese Rebels on Wellington – Ko nga Hainamana tutu i Poneke; ポネケの中国反乱軍 (Poneke no Chūgoku hanran-gun)

• Battle of Auckland – オークランドの戦い (Ōkurando no tatakai); Te Pakanga o Akarana

• Hawaiian Pirates on Christchurch – Ko te pakanga hara a te iwi Hawaii ki Otautahi (lit. Native Hawaiian's crime war on Christchurch); クライストチャーチのハワイの海賊 (Kuraisuto chāchi no Hawai no kaizoku)

• Wakō–Moriori War – 倭寇とモリオリ戦争 (Wakō to moriori sensō), Ko te pakanga a te Wakō (lit. Japanese raider's civil war)

• Extermination of New Zealand Fauna – Te whakakore i nga kararehe o Aotearoa, アオテアロアの動物相の絶滅

• Japanese–Maori War on Dunedin/New Osaka – 新大阪における日本とマオリの戦争 (Shin Ōsaka ni okeru Nihon to Maori no sensō); Te Pakanga Hapanihi–Maori ki Otepoti

• Japanese Siege of Nelson City – Te whakapae a Hapanihi ki te taone nui o Whakatu, Te whakapae a Hapanihi ki te taone nui o Hou Nakoia, 日本軍による新名古屋市の包囲 (Nihon-gun ni yoru shin Nagoya-shi no hōi)

• Battle of Antipodes Islands – Te Pakanga o Moutere Mahue, ムテレ・マウエ・の・戦い (Mutere maue no tatakai)

• Yellow Revolution of New Zealand – アオテアロア・の・黄色い・革命 (Aotearoa no kiiroi kakumei); Kowhai Huringa o Aotearoa

• Marlborough District Incident – Te aitua o te takiwa o Wairau; ワイラウ・地区・事件 (Wairau chiku jiken)

• The Reincarnation of Ryomen Sukuna – Ka whakaarahia ano a Riomene; 両面・宿・儺・の・再・覚醒 (Ryōmen yado nuó No sai kakusei)

• Reborn of Ryomen Sukuna – Ko te whanau ano a Riomene Hukuna

• Rediscovered of Yamatai Island – I kitea ano te Moutere o Iamatai; 邪馬台島再発見 (Yokoshima-ba-dai shima sai hakken)

• Japan-Aotearoa Fauna Interchange – 日本・アオテアロア動物交流 (Nihon Aotearoa dōbutsu kōryū); Nipono-Aotearoa whakawhiti kararehe

Others / Etahi atu (他尚)

• Flag - Haki (旗)

• Map - Mahere-whenua (平面図)

Loanwords from Japanese / Kupu taurewa a te Maori no reo Nipono (マオリ語の日本語からの借用語 "Maori-go no Nihon-go kara no ka yōgo")

• Fire shadow / Hokage (火影) - Hokange (火影) / Ahirangi (火影)

• Bonsai - Pōnohai (盆栽)

• Raccoon dog / tanuki (狸/たぬき) - Tanuki (たぬき/狸)

• Warship - 軍艦/ぐんかん (Gunkan) - Kōnukana (軍艦) / Waka-whawhai (船戦)

• Cutting [the] belly / Seppuku - 切腹/せっぷく/セップク - Hepuku (切腹)

• Emperor - 天皇/てんの - Teno

• Greetings to one - Tēnā koe (formal), Kia ora (informal)

• Greetings to two - Tēnā kōrua (formal), Kia ora kōrua (informal)

• Greetings to three or more - Tēnā koutou (formal), Kia ora koutou (informal)

• Greetings to a friend - Tēnā koe e hoa (formal), Kia ora e hoa (informal)

• Dear Sir/Madam - Kei te rangatira, tēnā koe (very formal)

• Dear Vice-Chancellor - E te Tumu Whakarae, tēnā koe

• Dear Sir/Madam - Tēnā koe

• Dear Michael - Tēnā koe Mikaere (Michael, Maikeru)

• Hello - Kia ora (今 日)

• Hello everyone - Kia ora koutou katoa! (今 日 コゥトゥ カトァ！)

• Good morning - Ata mārie

• Hello to one person - Tēnā koe

• Hello to two people - Kia ora/Tēna kōrua

• Greetings to you (said to three or more people) - Tēnā koutou

• Welcome - Nau mai, haere mai

• How are you? - Kei te pēhea koe? 

• Good - Kei te pai 

• Really good - Tino pai

• What you say? - He aha to korero?

• What? - Nani? / He aha?

• See you later - Ka kite anō

• See you next time - Mā te wā

• Goodbye/farewell (said to someone leaving) - Haere rā 

• Goodbye (said to someone staying) - Hei kona rā

• Would you like a coffee? - He kawhe māu?

• Would you like a tea? - He tī māu?

• Would you like a water? - He wai māu?

• Sugar? Milk? - He huka? He miraka/kiūniū?

• Is (name) there (telephone) - Kei konā a (name)?

• Yes, one moment please - Āe, taihoa ake nei

• Is (name) in (office) - Kei konei a (name)?

• Sorry s/he is in a meeting. - Kāo, kei te hui ia.

• Sorry s/he is in a class. - Kāo, kei te whakaako ia.

• Yes, but unfortunately s/he is busy at the moment. - Āe, engari kāore ia i te wātea i tēnei wā.

• Send him/her an email. - Tukuna he īmera ki a ia.

• I would like to meet with you. - Me hui tahi tāua.

• I would like to meet with you all. - Me hui tahi tātou.

• Shall I meet you (one person) for lunch? - Me haere tāua ki te tina?

• Shall we (more than one person) meet for lunch? - Me haere tātou ki te tina?

• Where? - Ki hea? (奈 辺？)

• At the marae? - Ki te marae?

• At the Hub? - Ki te Ihonui?

• I will call past your office. - Ka peka au ki tō tari.

• Meet me at the Library. - Me tūtaki tāua ki Te Pātaka Kōrero.

• I am teaching until 1pm. - Kei te whakaako au ki te kotahi karaka.

• My computer is broken. - Kua te pakaru taku rorohiko.

• Call 5050 - Waeahia te nama rima, kore, rima, kore.

• The internet is slow today. - He pōturi rawa te ipurangi i tēnei rā.

• The printer is out of paper. - Kua pau te pepa i te mīhini tā.

• Do you have a pen I can borrow? - He pene tāhau?

• Yes, I have a pen. - Āe, he pene āku.

• I will care for the pigs on your farm. - Mākū e tiaki ngā poaka o tō paamu.

• Yours sincerely (one signatory) - Nāku noa, nā

• Yours sincerely (two signatories) - Nā māua noa, nā

• Yours sincerely (three signatories) - Nā mātou noa, nā

• Yours faithfully (one signatory) - Nāku, nā

• That is all for now - Heoi anō tāku mō nāianei

• See you (again) - Ka kite (anō)

• With best wishes - Ngā manaakitanga

• Regards - Ngā mihi

• Thanks - Kia ora, Tēnā rā koe (テーナー ラー コェ)

• Thank you - Whakawhetai koe

• Many thanks - Kia ora rawa atu

• Thank you so much/very much - ka nui te mihi

• All the best - Noho ora mai

• See you tomorrow - Hei āpōpō

• See you on Monday - Hei te Rāhina

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• English: The lonely sheep cannot eat grass but must subdue the spirit.

• Maori Ratini: E kore e taea e te hipi mokemoke te kai tarutaru engari me pehi te wairua.

• Maori Kanji: エ コレ え タエヤ え テ 羊 征服 テ カい 草 エガリ メ ペヒ テ 魂。

• Japanese Kanji: 孤独な羊は草を食べることができませんが、精神を鎮めなければなりません。

• Romaji: Kodokuna hitsuji wa kusa o taberu koto ga dekimasenga, seishin o shizumenakereba narimasen.

• English: As man disappears from sight, the land remains.

• Maori Ratini: Ka ngaro te tangata i te tirohanga kanohi, ka mau tonu te whenua.

• Maori Kanji: カ ガロ テ 人間 い テ チロハガ カノヒ、 カ マう トヌ テ 土地。

• Japanese Kanji: 人間が視界から消えても、土地は残ります。

• Romaji: Ningen ga shikai kara kiete mo, tochi wa nokorimasu.

• English: There is food at the end of my hands.

• Maori Ratini: He kai kei te pito o oku ringa.

• Maori Kanji: ヘ 食物 ケい テ ピト お オク 手。

• Japanese Kanji: 手の先には食べ物があります。

• Romaji: Te no sakini wa tabemono ga arimasu.

• English: A duck swims with her children.

• Maori Ratini: Ka kauhoe te rakiraki me ana tamariki.

• Maori Kanji: カ 泳ぐ テ 鴨 メ アナ 児童。

• Japanese Kanji: アヒルが子供たちと一緒に泳ぎます。

• Romaji: Ahiru ga kodomo-tachi to issho ni oyogimasu.

• English: 

• Maori Ratini: 

• Maori Kanji: 

• Japanese Kanji: 

• Romaji: