Vocabulary

Let's learn ten new words for our vocab!

'Hoa' is a term used to refer to which of the follwing?
  • mother or father
  • man or husband
  • a friend or companion
  • a baby
 

Choose the right translation for 'mother'
  • mama
  • pēpi
  • kuia
  • māmā
  • pāpā
 

What is the Maori term used to refer to a male, man or husband, i.e. how is your husband Kataraina?
  • tāne
  • kōtiro
  • pāpā
  • mokopuna
 

Which of the following is used to refer to a child or boy?
  • tāne
  • pāpā
  • māmā
  • tamaiti
 

Which term is used to refer to a girl?
  • kōtiro
  • tāne
  • māmā
  • mokopuna
 

Pēpi is the translation for which of the following?
  • grandmother
  • father
  • baby
  • boy
  • child
 

Kuia is the translation for which of the following?
  • male, or husband
  • elderly woman or grandmother
  • baby
  • boy or child
 

Pāpā is the term used to refer to which of the following?
  • father or uncle
  • grandmother or elderly woman
  • boy or child
  • girl
  • grandchild
 

'Mokopuna' is the term used to refer to who?
  • grandmother
  • grandfather
  • sister
  • boy
  • grandchild
 

Choose the correct meaning for 'whānau'
  • family
  • birth
  • extended family
  • to be born
  • all of the above
 

Exercises

Downloads

Useful Tips

Please ensure that you enter your answers using the correct combination of lower and upper case.

To make it easy to enter macrons, select the box you wish to enter text into, and press the correct macron button below.

background image