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Māori word |
English meaning |
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Ariki |
chief of noble
birth, priest |
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Hangi |
earth
oven |
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Hapu |
subdivision
of a tribe, or sub tribe |
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Hongi |
a
greeting, by the pressing of noses |
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Hui |
gathering together
of people for discussion, or to socialise |
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Iwi |
a tribe which
traces descent from a common ancestor or ancestors |
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Mana |
prestige, authority,
power or psychic force |
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Marae |
sacred
meeting place, situated within a village |
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Mere |
a short weapon
usually made of whalebone, wood or greenstone |
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Moko |
tattoo, which
can be either on the face, arms, thighs or buttocks |
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Pa |
a village; settlement
or fortified area of a tribe or sub-tribe |
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European (also
used in earlier times as reference to traders, settlers, missionaries...) |
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Rahui |
prohibition;
the setting aside of a place or thing for a specified time
; permanent reservation of land for a specific purpose |
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Runanga |
tribal or public
assembly, conference, council |
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Tangata whenua |
Literally, a
person of the land or people belonging to a tribal region;
hosts as distinct from visitors |
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Tangi |
to weep, grieve,
mourn or cry |
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Tangihanga |
a ceremony of
mourning |
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Tohunga |
a healer or
a priest ; an expert in traditional lore or a person skilled
in a particular activity |
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Utu |
revenge, recompense,
reward, price, payment ; repayment in goods ; retribution
in battle to the death |
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Waiata |
song ; to chant
or to sing |
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Whanau |
literally -
to be born or to give birth. Family or an extended family
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Whare |
A house, or
a dwelling |
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Whare wananga |
A university,
or a learning place |
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Whenua |
literally -
afterbirth; land, ground, earth, a country |
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