Thursday 19 May 2016

Family and Friends

If the letter is slanted it has a dash on top
like this except upside down
Tipuna - grandparent
Tupuna - grandparents
Koroua - grandfather
Kuia - grandmother
Matua - parents
Matua - father
Mama - mother
Matua Keke - uncle
Koka - aunty
Tuahine - sister ( of a male )
Tuahine - sisters ( of a male )
Tungane - brother (s) (of a female)
Tuakana - older sibling (same gender)
Tuakana - older siblings (same gender)
Teina - younger sibling (same gender)
Teina younger siblings (same gender)
Hoa - friend
Tamuhine - daughter (s)
Tamaiti Tane - son
Tama - son (s)
Tamaiti - child
Tamariki - childern
Tamaiti Whangai - foster child
Iramutu - niece/nephew
Mokopuna - grandchildren
Wahine - wife
Tane - husband
(disclaimer) if a word has no plural listed, then the way to turn it into a plural would be to put the particle o (remember, upside down dash). Example: Ko wai to wahine means "how is your wife? versus "Ko wai o wahine", how are your wives? ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

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