FamilyMaori words
by DuoCards
he kihi
kiss
I kihi ia i a ia ki te waha.
ngā rāua tāne hou
the newlyweds
He utu whakahekenga motuhake tā te hōtera mō ngā rāua tāne hou.
he matua whāngai
an adoptive parent
He maha ngā mātua whāngai e tohatoha ana i ō rātou wheako hei āwhina i ētahi atu ki te mārama ki te tukanga whāngai.
he whānau ārahi
a blended family
I whakanui rātou i tā rātou hararei tuatahi i te taha o te whānau ārahi.
he kōtiro
girl
Ko te ingoa o te kōtiro ko Sally.
he iriiringa
christening
Kei te haere mātou ki te iriiringa o taku irāmutu ā te Rāhoroi.
he marena hou
a honeymoon
I haere rātou ki Kariki mō tā rātou he marena hou.
kia whai pānga
to get engaged
I whakatau rātou kia whai pānga i muri i te rua tau e piri ana.
he tautohetohe
argument
I muri i te tautohetohe, ka whakatau rātou ki te noho hei hoa anō.
he tane mārena
a groom
I tino harikoa te tane mārena i tana rā mārena.
he whānau
family
Nō te whānau nui ahau - e toru ōku tuākana, tokorua ōku tuāhine.
he mārenatanga
wedding
E rua āna tamāhine i tana mārenatanga tuatahi.
kia aroha ki te
to fall in love with
I hinga ia kia aroha ki te ia i te wā o tā rāua hararei raumati.
he matua kēkē tane
a stepfather
Nā taku matua kēkē tane i ako ahau ki te eke paihikara.
ngā whanaunga
relatives
I tae mai ōna whanaunga tata katoa ki te mārenatanga.
kia pai te noho tahi me tētahi
to get on well with someone
Kia pai tana noho tahi me ētahi atu tāngata.
he tuahine-in-law
sister-in-law
I haere mātou ki te hokohoko, ā, i kitea e taku tuahine-in-law tētahi kākahu ātaahua.
he hungawai wahine
a mother-in-law
Kei te pai taku noho tahi me taku hungawai wahine.
he hungawai
father-in-law
I tono mātou i tōku hungawai ki tā mātou hui marena.
ngā mātua koiora
the biological parents
I ētahi wā, ka whiriwhiri ngā mātua koiora ki te tuku i tā rātou tamaiti kia whāngaihia.
he teina tāne
a younger brother
E rua ōna he teina tāne, he tino rorirori rāua.
he teina/tuakana
sibling
E whā aku teina/tuakana: tokotoru ngā tuākana, kotahi te tuahine.
he kāinga tiaki kaumātua
a rest home
Kei te whakarato te kāinga tiaki kaumātua i te tiaki pai mō ōna kainoho.
he whakarere
separation
I tino māmā tōna ngākau i te mutunga o te whakarere.
ki te whāngai
to feed
He tino rata ngā tamariki ki te whāngai parāoa ki ngā rakiraki.
he tāne
husband
I tutaki ia i tana he tāne ā muri ake nei i te whare wānanga.
ki te whakapaipai
to pamper
I whakapaipai ia i a ia anō ki te rā i te whare whakangā.
he matua kēkē
an uncle
Ko taku matua kēkē he tino kaitunu.
he uri
descendant
Kei te hiahia ngā mātua katoa i te pai mō ā rātou uri.
ki te whakarere
to divorce
Ko te rongo whakamutunga i rongo au, kei te whakarere rāua.
he tamarikitanga
childhood
I kī tonu tōna tamarikitanga i ngā mōrearea me te ngahau.
ki te whāngai ū
to breastfeed
I whakatau te whaea ki te whāngai ū i tana pēpi.
he pēpi
baby
I whakangōhia e te whaea tana pēpi mā te pōpoi.
he hononga
connection
I pai ake tāna hononga ki ōna mātua i te roanga o te wā.
he hoa
friend
Kei reira tonu ia mōku; he hoa pono ia.
hapū
pregnant
Kei te hapū taku tuahine ki ngā māhanga.
he kaitiaki pēpi
a babysitter
Me kimi tātou i tētahi kaitiaki pēpi mō te pō o te Rāhoroi.
he wahine
wife
Kei te tino aroha ia ki tana wahine.
he wahine mārenatanga
a bride
I tuhi a he wahine mārenatanga rāua ko te tāne mārenatanga i ā rāua ake oati mārenatanga.
ngā mokopuna
grandchildren
I haria e mātou ngā mokopuna ki te whare kararehe.
he whānau mātua kotahi
a single-parent family
He maha ngā whānau mātua kotahi e raru ana i ngā wero ā-pūtea.
he hoa aroha
a lover
He hoa rātou i mua i tō rātou noho hei hoa aroha.
ki te tiaki i te
to take care of the
Me tiaki au i taku teina ki te tiaki i te wā e ngaro ana ōku mātua.
he whaea
mother
He whaea ia nō te tokotoru, ā, he tino pai tana whakahaere i tōna wā.
he matua
father
I haria ahau e tōku matua ki te mātakitaki whutupōro ia Rāhoroi.
he tamaiti nohinohi
a little child
He mea nui te āta titiro ki te tamaiti nohinohi ina tata ana rātou ki ngā arawhata.
he whakatupuranga
generation
He wero, he whakatutukitanga anō tō ia whakatupuranga.
he kaumātua penihana
an elderly pensioner
He maha ngā kaumātua penihana e pai ana ki te haere i te wā okioki.
ki te huri i ngā kope
to change the diapers
Me huri au i ngā kope o te pēpi i mua i tā tātou haerenga ki waho.
he hui whānau
a family gathering
I te hui whānau, i mauria mai e ia tangata tā rātou rihi tino pai hei tuari.
he tama
boy
He tama hou kei tōku akomanga.
he irāmutu wahine
a niece
Ia rā whānau, ka hokona e au he koha motuhake mā taku irāmutu wahine.
he rākau whakapapa
a family tree
I tono taku kaiako ki a mātou ki te tuhi i tō mātou rākau whakapapa hei mahi kāinga.
he mokopuna
grandchild
I hokona e ia he koha motuhake mō te rā whānau o tana mokopuna.
ngā mātua
parents
Kei te haere au ki te tūtaki i ngā mātua o Richard mō te wā tuatahi i tēnei mutunga wiki.
he irāmutu
nephew
I hokona e au he koha mā taku irāmutu mō tana rā whānau.
he whaea kēkē
a stepmother
Ia wiki, ka tunu he whaea kēkē i ngā pihikete tino pai mō mātou.
he kuia
grandmother
He kuia nō Koterana aku kuia tokorua.
he whānau tuku iho
a traditional family
I ētahi ahurea, he mea nui, he mea whakanuia te whānau tuku iho.
ki te mārena
to get married
I mārena a Pāora ki a Ruki i te whā tau ki muri.
he tokorua
couple
Me tuku atu e te kāwanatanga he āwhina anō ki ngā tokorua rangatahi e hoko ana i tō rātou whare tuatahi.
ki te wehewehe
to split up
I wehewehe ia i tana hoa tāne i tērā wiki.
he hoa wahine
a girlfriend
I whakataki ia i ahau ki tana hoa wahine i te pāti.
he koroua
elderly man
Ko tana koroua i te taha o tōna whaea he Itāriana.
he tamaiti anake
an only child
I tipu ake ia hei tamaiti anake, ā, i ngā wā katoa i hiahia ia ki ētahi tuākana, tēina rānei.
he taitamariki
teenager
Ko te noho he taitamariki he mea whakaihiihi, he mea wero hoki.
he manuhiri
guest
I karangahia he manuhiri e 150 ki te mārena.
whānau tamariki
give birth to children
Kei te whānau tamariki ia ā te marama e tū mai nei.
he tupuna
ancestor
I reira ngā whakaahua o ōna tūpuna i ngā pakitara o te rūma.
he hoa tāne whakaipoipo
a fiancé
Kei te whakamahere māua ko tāku hoa tāne whakaipoipo i tā māua mārenatanga mō te raumati e tū mai nei.
he hoa mohio
an acquaintance
He maha ōna hoa mōhio i te mahi, engari he tokoiti noa iho ōna hoa piri tata.
he hoa tata
a neighbor
I āwhina mai taku hoa tata ki te kawe i aku hokohoko.
ngā māhanga
twins
Kei te whakanui a ngā māhanga i tō rā whānau i tēnei mutunga wiki.
he hoa rūma
a roommate
Ko Jean taku hoa rūma i te tau tuatahi i te kāreti.
ki te awhi
to embrace
I muri i te rā roa, kei te hiahia noa ahau ki te awhi i tāku kurī.
pāpā
dad
Ka taea e koe te tiki i ahau i te pāti ā te pō nei, e pāpā?
māmā
mom
Ko tā taku māmā pihikete te mea pai rawa atu i te ao.
he iriiri
baptism
I whakahaere rātou i tētahi he iriiri mō tā rātou pēpi i te whare karakia i te Rātapu kua hipa.
he whaea kīngi
a godmother
Ka taea e au te whakawhirinaki atu ki tōku whaea kīngi mō ngā tohutohu.
he tamaiti whāngai atua
a godchild
Ko tōku whaea kēkē taku whāea keke whāngai, ā, ko au tana tamaiti whāngai atua.
heina tuakana
his older stepbrother
I ētahi wā, ka tautohe mātou ko tāku heina tuakana, engari ka houhia te rongo i ngā wā katoa.
he tuāhine āpiha
a stepsister
Kei te aroha mātou ko taku tuāhine āpiha ki te tākaro kēmu ataata ngātahi.
i waho i te mārenatanga
out of wedlock
I whakatau ia ki te whakatipu i tana tamaiti i waho i te mārenatanga.
te tautohetohe i waenga i a rātou
arguing among themselves
I tīmata ngā tamariki ki te tautohetohe i waenga i a rātou mō te kēmu hei purei.
tinihanga
cheating
He maha ngā kōrero i roto i ngā kiriata e torotoro ana i te kaupapa o ngā hononga tinihanga.
te tinihanga
cheating
I pouri ia i te kitenga i tana tinihanga ki a ia.
he nehunga
burial
He maha ngā tāngata i tae atu ki te nehunga hei whakaatu i tō rātou tautoko mō te whānau.
he pouaru
widow
I te mea he pouaru ia, i kitea e ia te kaha i roto i ōna hoa me tōna whānau.
he pouaru tane
a widower
I te mea he pouaru tane ia, he maha ana kōrero mō tana hoa wahine kua mate ki āna tamariki.
he tamaiti whāngai
an adopted child
He tamaiti whāngai ia e kawe ana i te hari ki tōna whānau hou.