ā- - Te Aka Māori Dictionary
Te Aka Māori-English, English-Māori Dictionary and Index by John C Moorfield comprises a selection of modern and everyday language that will be extremely useful for learners of the Māori language. Te kai a te rangatira. He Pātaka Kupu is a monolingual Māori language dictionary, and was designed using its own culturally authentic terms.
Māori people - Wikipedia
Māori (Māori: [ˈmaːɔɾi] ⓘ) [i] are the indigenous Polynesian people of mainland New Zealand (Aotearoa). Māori originated with settlers from East Polynesia, who arrived in New Zealand in several waves of canoe voyages between roughly 1320 and 1350. [13] .
Māori language - Wikipedia
Māori (Māori: [ˈmaːɔɾi] ⓘ; endonym: te reo Māori 'the Māori language', commonly shortened to te reo) is an Eastern Polynesian language and the language of the Māori people, the indigenous population of mainland New Zealand. The southernmost member of the Austronesian language family, it is related to Cook Islands Māori, Tuamotuan, and Tahitian.
a - Te Aka Māori Dictionary
1. (verb) (-ia,-ngia) to drive, urge, compel. Kei te āta āngia haeretia e te Pākehā, āpōpō ake nei piri mai ana i ngā pari, i runga rānei i ngā keokeonga o ngā maunga (TTT 1/3/1930:1992). / We are slowly being driven out by the Pākehā and soon will be clinging to the cliffs or on the peaks of the mountains. See also ānga.
Maori | History, Traditions, Culture, Language, & Facts | Britannica
2024年12月13日 · Māori, member of a Polynesian people of New Zealand. Their traditional history describes their origins in terms of waves of migration that culminated in the arrival of a “great fleet” in the 14th century from Hawaiki, a mythical land usually identified as Tahiti.
Māori language, alphabet and pronunciation - Omniglot
Māori is a Polynesian language spoken in New Zealand, or Aotearoa ('The Land of the Long White Cloud'), and the Cook Islands by about 136,000 people. It was brought to New Zealand by Polynesian people, probably from Taihiti or thereabouts in about 800 AD, or possibly earlier.
ā: and (Conjunction for two sentences) - kupu.maori.nz
However, in Maori, the above Māori sentence would still have the English translation (with and) without the co-ordinating conjunction ā. It seems that ā is being used increasingly due to the influence of English.
Te Reo Māori: Māori Language | 100% Pure New Zealand
Learning basic Māori greetings (mihi) is a great place to start. Try using these anywhere you go in New Zealand - quite often, the response will be a wide smile. How do you say hello in Te Reo Māori? Kei te pēhea koe? - How are you? How do you say goodbye in Te Reo Māori? How do you say thank you in Te Reo Māori?
Māori Grammar - grammar.maori.nz
Te Reo Māori Level 1. The use of 'a' - a a
Ā and ō categories | Te Murumāra Foundation
te kaiwaiata ki te whakatairanga i te reo Māori, ka waiata ia i roto i te reo Māori anake. Because of the singer’s desire to promote the Māori language, she sings only in the Māori language. Nō te kitenga. ngā kaihanga i te whare tupuna, ka ohorere katoa rātou. When the builders saw the ancestral house, they were all surprised.