| Kupu | Brief description |
| noho | stay, sit, live |
| hikoi | walk |
| hoe(a) | paddle |
| menemene | smile |
| neke(hia) | move |
| oma | run |
| patu(a) | hit, thrash |
| whiti | shine |
| hari(a) | carry, to take |
| mahi(a) | to do, work, make |
| tango(hia) | remove |
| tangi(hia) | to cry, mourn, weep, grieve |
| kai(nga) | eat / food |
| pānui(tia) | read |
| kaukau | to bathe (swim) |
| Pā(ngia) | touch / reach |
| ruku(hia) | dive, plunge |
| tākaro | play |
| whakarongo | listen |
| tākai(a) | to wrap |
| whiwhi(a) | to receive, to be awarded |