Ngata Dictionary
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The Ngata Dictionary illustrates the use of Māori and English headwords in sentences and phrases drawn from a wide range of contemporary and traditional contexts. It explains usage as well as meaning.
Ngata Word of the day
constant
English
A constant friend will always help in time of need.
pūmau, tūturu
Maori
I nga wā o te hē ka āwhina tonu te hoa pūmau.
Preface
The H.M. Ngata English–Māori Dictionary is the result of a long and patient journey, embarked on by Hōri M. Ngata, the eldest grandson of Sir Apirana Ngata.
Hōri Ngata focused his energies on the richness of te reo Māori, as his grandfather had done before him.
Appendices
Several appendices have been provided as a convenient reference for users of the dictionary.
He Mihi
E tipu, e rea,
Mo ngā ra o tau ao;
Ko to ringa ki ngā rakau a te Pāhekā
Hei ara mo to tinana,
Ko to ngākau ki ngā taonga a o tipuna Māori
Hei tikitiki mo to māhuna,
A, ko to wairua ki to Atua,
Nāna nei ngā mea katoa.
He Whakatau
E mahara iho ana, he waka ka urutomo;
He ika rere ki Hikurangi ra ia.
Haere e ngā mate, haere atu koutou i te huanui, i te ara kua papatauria e te tapuwae kauika.