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
  

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