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Remember that Maori song lyrics are just like English poetry: they use elliptical speech and are not always grammatically correct, and the phrases may have several layers of meaning. You are not translating legal documents!        

Te Aka Dictionary


Ngata Dictionary

This accepts partial words.
And it gives sample sentences.
It shows long vowels as ā, ē, ī, ō, ū.
For more accurate results, type in a "SPACE" at the beginning OR end of each word you enter.

Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary
          Edward Tregear, 1891               

A - E - H - I - K - M - N - NG - O

P - R - T - U - W - WH - Other pages
                         

JHMRC Web Site

Contains unfinished draft pages of the
Tai Tokerau Maori Dictionary.
Enter single words or phrases in English or Maaori.
Use aa, ee, ii, oo, uu for long vowels.

Any word All words Exact phrase
"Sounds-like..."

Williams Maori Dictionary
          Herbert Williams, 6th edition, 1957            

A - E - H - I - K - M - N - Ng - O

P - R - T - U - W - Non-Polynesian

Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database
          language.psy.auckland.ac.nz

200 basic words. Explore how they are linked to 400 other Pacific Ocean languages.
Search all Austronesian words for
From these basic English words:
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Te Puna
     NZ National Library     Find where and when NZ songs were recorded, and who sang them. You can interloan Maori CDs you find.

Tuhinga
      Search historic Maori documents
                  1841 to 1976


                    M&P Turnbull Library,
               NZETC            ENZB
                       Te Ao Hou        Nuipepa

CLICK HERE

Te Ao Hou    

Published from 1952 to 1976 by the Maori Affairs Dept.
Waiata, haka, mythical tales and record reviews. as well as wood carving, cooking, dairy farming and important obituaries.

Wakareo

Much bigger than the dictionaries above, if you have NZ$144 a year to buy access to it!

An on-line Mäori-English-Mäori lexicon produced with the assistance and cooperation of the Mäori Language Commission.
MORE DETAILS

ERO Word-lists

    A list of terms used by the ERO when evaluating Maori schools.
         CLICK HERE

 

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