Vocabulary about animalsMaori words
by DuoCards
ki te hopu
to capture
I taea e ia te hopu i tētahi taika onge ki te kāmera i te ngahere.
he pū
tusk
I Awherika, ka whakaarotia he tapu ngā pū.
ika morihana
cod fish
I mau ia i te ika morihana i tana haerenga hī ika.
he taraute
trout
Kei te awa te kāinga o ngā momo maha, tae atu ki he taraute.
he momo
species
Ko te taika he momo e mōhiotia ana mō tōna kaha me tōna ātaahua.
he kahui
flock
I rere he kahui manu ki runga ake i te roto i te tōnga o te rā.
he mātini
marten
I kitea tētahi he mātini e oma ana i roto i te ngahere.
he kīrehe
animal
I kitea e te kaipūtaiao he kīrehe hou i te moana.
te hereherenga
imprisonment
I whakaorangia te kararehe i te hereherenga, ā, i whakahokia ki te wao nui.
he kaiotaota
herbivore
He kaiotaota ngā raiona e whai ana i tā rātou kai.
he popokorua whero
a red ladybug
I kite ahau i tētahi he popokorua whero i runga i te putiputi i taku māra.
whakarihariha
disgusting
He whakarihariha te pūrerehua.
ngāwha
fierce
I rōria te raiona ngāwha, i whakamataku i ngā kararehe katoa i te ngahere.
whakamataku
fearsome
Ko te āwhā he whakamataku, me ngā hau kaha me te ua taimaha.
he kapu
hoof
I tirotiro te kaiahuwhenua i te kapu o te kau mō ngā tohu wharanga.
e mōrearea ana
it is endangered
Kei te mōrearea ana te honu moana.
he parirau wai
a flipper
I hukere te kororā i runga i te huka mā te whakamahi i ōna parirau wai.
he noke
worm
I kitea e te kaitiaki māra he noke i a ia e keri ana i te oneone.
he waewae
paw
I totoro te ngeru i he waewae ki te tākaro ki te taonga tākaro.
he pūrerehua
butterfly
I tīwaha ia i tana kitenga i tētahi he pūrerehua i tōna rūma.
te wao nui
the great wilderness
Ko te Tiri o te Tonga te wao nui whakamutunga o te ao.
he kaikohi para
a scavenger
Ko ngā kaikohi para he kararehe e kai ana i ngā kararehe kua mate.
he māhunga
mane
I rūrū te hōiho i tōna māhunga, ā, ka rere he māhunga i te hau.
he mawhitiwhiti
grasshopper
I peke te mawhitiwhiti i tētahi rau ki tētahi atu.
he maikuku
claw
He maikuku nui tō te velociraptor.
he matekore
extinction
Kei te mata o te matekore te kīrehe maunga.
he ngutu
beak
He ngutu koi tō te ekara hei āwhina i a ia ki te hopu ika.
kua ngaro atu
it has become extinct
I ngaro atu ngā mokonui i te takiwā o te 65 miriona tau ki muri.
te oranga
survival
Ko te oranga o te maha o ngā momo e mōrearea ana kei runga i ngā mahi tiaki.
ngā kararehe o te wao nui
the animals of the great forest
I haere mātou ki te safari ki te kite i ngā kararehe o te wao nui i tō rātou ake nohonga māori.