| He Kupu | He paku whakamārama |
| hū | to boil |
| reri | to be ready |
| mahue | to be left behind |
| hora | to be spread out |
| i | by, due to (in stative sentences only); preposition, past time and place location - at, in |
| kī | to be full |
| māngere | to be lazy |
| mātaotao | to be cool |
| mate | to be dead, to be sick |
| mutu | to stop/ to finish |
| mokemoke | to be lonely |
| ngaro | to be missing, to be absent |
| oti | to be complete, to be finished |
| pakaru | to be broken |
| pau | to be consumed, to be used up |
| riro | to be awarded, to receive |
| tata | almost, nearly |
| tūreiti | to be late |
| wareware | to be forgotten |
| whati | to be snapped |
| hinga | fall |