Māori suffixes and prefixes

Find out these common prefixes (pīmua) and suffixes (pīmuri) in te reo Māori.

Source: Te Aka Māori Dictionary

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Passive To be written (Tuhi...)

-a

Passive To be searched (Kimi...)

-hia

Passive To be joined (Uru...)

-hina

Passive To be built (Hanga...)

-ia

Passive To be cut down (Tua...)

-ina

Passive To be caught (Hopu...)

-kia

Passive To be untied (Wete...)

-kina

Passive To be drunk (Inu...)

-mia

Passive To be released (Tuku...)

-na

Passive To be eaten (Kai...)

-nga

Passive To be hit (Pā...)

-ngia

Passive To be carried (Mau...)

-ria

Passive To be shown (Whakaatu...)

-rina

Passive To be fought (Pakanga...)

-tia

Passive To be put into (Whao...)

-whia

Passive To be put into (Whao...)

-whina

State of being Session (Noho...)

-anga

State of being Funeral (Tangi...)

-hanga

State of being Burning, hearth, home (Kā...)

-inga

State of being Learning (Ako...)

-ranga

State of being Election (Pōti....)

-tanga

Possession (1st sg.) Mine (Tō...)

-ku

Possession (3d sg.)

-na

Nominalizer Bed (Moe...)

-nga

Possession (2d sg.) Yours (Tā...)

-u

Multiplies by 10 or 20 140 (...whitu)

Hoko-

Agentive Worker : (...mahi)

Kai-

Prefix for a tribal group beginningin the southern accent (...Māmoe)

Kāti

Prefix for a tribal group beginning with the letter T in the southern accent (...Tahu)

Kāi

Meaningless prefix Eddy, swirl (...riporipo)

Kō-

Intensifier To boil : (...pupū)

Koro-

Intensifier Disputed: (...raruraru)

Kū-

Intensifier To rot, decay (...popo)

Kuru-

Adjective maker Primary (...tua)

Mā-

Prefix for a tribal group (... Maniapoto)

Ngāti

Prefix for a tribal group beginning with the letter T (...Tahu)

Ngāi

Tendency to do sth Stingy (...kaihākere)

Poro-

Intensifier, very Gluttonous (...kai)

Puku-

Multiplier Triple (...toru)

Rea-

Qualifier Youth (...tamariki)

Tai-

Distributive To be double (...ruatia)

Taki-

Reciprocal action To argue (...tohetohe)

Tau-

Marker of difference Stranger (...tangata)

Tau-

Groupe of the number Quartet (...whā)

Tō-

Number of people How many (...hia)

Toko-

Cardinal First (...tahi)

Tua-

Causative To collect (...kao)

Whaka-

Causative To assemble (...kao)

Whā-

Connector of compass points South-west (tonga-...-uru)

mā

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