Reo Māori Kuki Āirani
Cook Islands Māori
Austronesian (Polynesian, Tahitic)
Cook Islands Māori (Reo Māori Kuki Āirani) is the indigenous language of the Cook Islands, with ~13K speakers in the Cook Islands themselves and a substantial diaspora in New Zealand (where most ethnic Cook Islanders now live, ~80K). Closely related to New Zealand Māori and Tahitian within the Tahitic Polynesian subgroup. Each inhabited island has its own distinctive variety (Rarotongan, Aitutakian, Mangaian, Atiuan, etc.), with Rarotongan as the de facto standard. Co-official with English in the Cook Islands. Uses Latin orthography with macrons (ā, ē, ī, ō, ū) for vowel length.
Where it is spoken
87 core words in Cook Islands Māori
chocolate
sushi
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Words compared
Compared with languages in the same classification: Austronesian (Polynesian, Tahitic)
| Meaning | Cook Islands Māori | Tuamotuan | Pukapukan | Tahitian | Rapanui | Māori | Tuvaluan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Water | vai /vai/ | vai /vai/ | wai /wai/ | pape /pape/ | vai /vai/ | wai /wai/ | vai /vai/ |
| Fire | aʻi /aʔi/ | ahi /ahi/ | awi /awi/ | auahi /auahi/ | ahi /ahi/ | ahi /ahi/ | afi /afi/ |
| Sun | rā /raː/ | rā /raː/ | la /la/ | mahana /mahana/ | raʻā /ɾaʔaː/ | rā /ɾaː/ | laa /laː/ |
| Moon | marama /marama/ | marama /marama/ | malama /malama/ | marama /maɾama/ | mahina /mahina/ | marama /maɾama/ | masina /masina/ |
| Star | etū /etuː/ | fetū /fetuː/ | wetū /wetuː/ | fetiʻa /fetiʔa/ | hetuʻu /hetuʔu/ | whetū /ɸetuː/ | fetū /fetuː/ |
| Night | pō /poː/ | pō /poː/ | pō /poː/ | pō /poː/ | pō /poː/ | pō /poː/ | pō /poː/ |
| Rain | ua /ua/ | ua /ua/ | ua /ua/ | ua /ua/ | ua /ua/ | ua /ua/ | ua /ua/ |
| Snow | kiona /kiona/ | — | kīona /kiːona/ | hiona /hiona/ | — | hukarere /hukaɾeɾe/ | kiona /kiona/ |
| Wind | matangi /mataŋi/ | matangi /mataŋi/ | matangi /mataŋi/ | mataʻi /mataʔi/ | tokerau /tokeɾau/ | hau /hau/ | matagi /mataŋi/ |
| Earth | one /one/ | repo /repo/ | kelekele /kelekele/ | repo /ɾepo/ | ʻoʻone /ʔoʔone/ | oneone /oneone/ | kelekele /kelekele/ |
| Stone | toka /toka/ | pōfatu /poːfatu/ | watu /watu/ | ʻōfaʻi /ʔoːfaʔi/ | maʻea /maʔea/ | kōhatu /koːhatu/ | fatu /fatu/ |
| Mountain | maunga /mauŋa/ | māunga /maːuŋa/ | maunga /mauŋa/ | mouʻa /mouʔa/ | maʻunga /maʔuŋa/ | maunga /mauŋa/ | mauga /mauŋa/ |
| Sea | tai /tai/ | tai /tai/ | tai /tai/ | moana /moana/ | tai /tai/ | moana /moana/ | tai /tai/ |
| Mother | māmā /maːmaː/ | metua vahine /metua vahine/ | matua wawine /matua wawine/ | māmā /maːmaː/ | matuʻa vahine /matuʔa vahine/ | whaea /ɸaea/ | maatua /maːtua/ |
| Father | pāpā /paːpaː/ | metua tāne /metua taːne/ | matua tāne /matua taːne/ | pāpā /paːpaː/ | matuʻa tāne /matuʔa taːne/ | matua /matua/ | tamana /tamana/ |
| Daughter | tamaine /tamaine/ | tamahine /tamahine/ | tamāwine /tamaːwine/ | tamāhine /tamaːhine/ | poki vahine /poki vahine/ | tamāhine /tamaːhine/ | tama fafine /tama fafine/ |
| I | au /au/ | au /au/ | au /au/ | au /au/ | au /au/ | au /au/ | au /au/ |
| You | koe /koe/ | koe /koe/ | koe /koe/ | ʻoe /ʔoe/ | koe /koe/ | koe /koe/ | koe /koe/ |
| We | tātou / mātou /taːtou / maːtou/ | tātou / mātou /taːtou / maːtou/ | tātou / mātou /taːtou / maːtou/ | tātou / mātou /taːtou / maːtou/ | tatou / matou /tatou / matou/ | tātou / mātou /taːtou / maːtou/ | tātou / mātou /taːtou / maːtou/ |
| Name | ingoa /iŋoa/ | ingoa /iŋoa/ | ingoa /iŋoa/ | iʻoa /iʔoa/ | ingoa /iŋoa/ | ingoa /iŋoa/ | igoa /iŋoa/ |
| Person | tangata /taŋata/ | tangata /taŋata/ | tangata /taŋata/ | taʻata /taʔata/ | tangata /taŋata/ | tangata /taŋata/ | tino /tino/ |
| Head | upoko /upoko/ | upoko /upoko/ | ulu /ulu/ | upoʻo /upoʔo/ | puʻoko /puʔoko/ | upoko /upoko/ | ulu /ulu/ |
| Eye | mata /mata/ | mata /mata/ | mata /mata/ | mata /mata/ | mata /mata/ | karu /kaɾu/ | mata /mata/ |
| Ear | taringa /taɾiŋa/ | taringa /tariŋa/ | talinga /taliŋa/ | tariʻa /taɾiʔa/ | taringa /taɾiŋa/ | taringa /taɾiŋa/ | taliga /taliŋa/ |
| Nose | putāngiʻu /putaːŋiʔu/ | ihu /ihu/ | iyu /iðu/ | ihu /ihu/ | ihu /ihu/ | ihu /ihu/ | isu /isu/ |
| Mouth | vaʻa /vaʔa/ | vaha /vaha/ | ngutu /ŋutu/ | vaha /vaha/ | haha /haha/ | waha /waha/ | gutu /ŋutu/ |
| Tooth | niʻo /niʔo/ | niho /niho/ | nio /nio/ | niho /niho/ | niho /niho/ | niho /niho/ | nifo /nifo/ |
| Tongue | arero /aɾeɾo/ | arero /aɾeɾo/ | alelo /alelo/ | arero /aɾeɾo/ | arero /aɾeɾo/ | arero /aɾeɾo/ | alelo /alelo/ |
| Hand | rima /ɾima/ | rima /rima/ | lima /lima/ | rima /ɾima/ | rima /ɾima/ | ringa /ɾiŋa/ | lima /lima/ |
| Foot | vae /vae/ | vae /vae/ | vae /vae/ | ʻāvae /ʔaːvae/ | vaʻe /vaʔe/ | waewae /waewae/ | vae /vae/ |
| Heart | ngākau /ŋaːkau/ | hōupo /hoːupo/ | loto /loto/ | mafatu /mafatu/ | mahatu /mahatu/ | ngākau /ŋaːkau/ | fatu /fatu/ |
| Bone | ivi /ivi/ | ivi /ivi/ | ivi /ivi/ | ivi /ivi/ | ivi /ivi/ | kōiwi /koːiwi/ | ivi /ivi/ |
| Blood | toto /toto/ | toto /toto/ | toto /toto/ | toto /toto/ | toto /toto/ | toto /toto/ | toto /toto/ |
| Poop | tūtae /tuːtae/ | tūtae /tuːtae/ | tūtae /tuːtae/ | tūtae /tuːtae/ | tūtaʻe /tuːtaʔe/ | tūtae /tuːtae/ | tae /tae/ |
| Love | aroʻa /aɾoʔa/ | aroha /aroha/ | aloa /aloa/ | here /heɾe/ | hanga /haŋa/ | aroha /aɾoha/ | alofa /alofa/ |
| Tree | rākau /raːkau/ | rākau /raːkau/ | lākau /laːkau/ | tumu rāʻau /tumu ɾaːʔau/ | tumu rākau /tumu ɾaːkau/ | rākau /ɾaːkau/ | laakau /laːkau/ |
| Dog | puakaoa /puakaoa/ | kuri /kuri/ | kulī /kuliː/ | ʻūrī /ʔuːɾiː/ | paihenga /paiheŋa/ | kurī /kuɾiː/ | kuli /kuli/ |
| Cat | ngiao /ŋiao/ | — /—/ | pusi /pusi/ | mīmī /miːmiː/ | kati /kati/ | ngeru /ŋeɾu/ | pusi /pusi/ |
| Fish | ika /ika/ | ika /ika/ | ika /ika/ | iʻa /iʔa/ | ika /ika/ | ika /ika/ | ika /ika/ |
| Bird | manu /manu/ | manu /manu/ | manu /manu/ | manu /manu/ | manu /manu/ | manu /manu/ | manu /manu/ |
| Butterfly | pepe /pepe/ | pepe /pepe/ | — | pepe /pepe/ | pepa /pepa/ | pūrerehua /puːɾeɾehua/ | pepe /pepe/ |
| Egg | ua /ua/ | tōuo /toːuo/ | wuamoa /wuamoa/ | huero /hueɾo/ | māmari /maːmaɾi/ | hēki /heːki/ | fuamoa /fuamoa/ |
| Bear | pea /pea/ | — | pea /pea/ | daba /daba/ | oso /oso/ | pea /pea/ | pea /pea/ |
| Horse | ʻoroʻenua /ʔoɾoʔenua/ | puārehenua /puaːrehenua/ | oloenua /oloenua/ | puaʻahorofenua /puaʔahoɾofenua/ | hoi /hoi/ | hōiho /hoːiho/ | solofanua /solofanua/ |
| House | ʻare /ʔaɾe/ | fare /fare/ | wale /wale/ | fare /faɾe/ | hare /haɾe/ | whare /ɸaɾe/ | fale /fale/ |
| Milk | ū /uː/ | — | wū /wuː/ | ū /uː/ | ū /uː/ | miraka /miɾaka/ | susu /susu/ |
| Honey | meri /meri/ | — | meli /meli/ | meri /meɾi/ | meri /meɾi/ | miere /mieɾe/ | hani /hani/ |
| Salt | miti /miti/ | miti /miti/ | miti /miti/ | miti /miti/ | miti /miti/ | tote /tote/ | masima /masima/ |
| Wine | uaina /uaina/ | — | uwaina /uwaina/ | uaina /uaina/ | vino /vino/ | wāina /waːina/ | uaina /uaina/ |
| Rice | raiti /ɾaiti/ | — | — | raiti /ɾaiti/ | raiti /ɾaiti/ | raihi /ɾaihi/ | laisi /laisi/ |
| Chocolate | chocolate | — | — | — | — | tiakarete /tiakaɾete/ | — |
| Iron | ʻāuri /ʔaːuri/ | kāuri /kaːuri/ | āuli /aːuli/ | ʻāuri /ʔaːuɾi/ | auri /auɾi/ | rino /ɾino/ | fiti /fiti/ |
| Wheel | porotātā /poɾotaːtaː/ | huira /huira/ | — | huira /huiɾa/ | — /—/ | wīra /wiːɾa/ | teka /teka/ |
| Silk | tīrika /tiːɾika/ | — | tilika /tilika/ | — | sea /sea/ | hiraka /hiɾaka/ | silika /silika/ |
| Book | puka /puka/ | puta /puta/ | puka /puka/ | puta /puta/ | puka /puka/ | pukapuka /pukapuka/ | tusi /tusi/ |
| Eat | kai /kai/ | kai /kai/ | kai /kai/ | ʻamu /ʔamu/ | kai /kai/ | kai /kai/ | kai /kai/ |
| Drink | inu /inu/ | inu /inu/ | inu /inu/ | inu /inu/ | unu /unu/ | inu /inu/ | inu /inu/ |
| Sleep | moe /moe/ | moe /moe/ | moe /moe/ | taʻoto /taʔoto/ | moe /moe/ | moe /moe/ | moe /moe/ |
| One | taʻi /taʔi/ | tahi /tahi/ | tayi /taði/ | hōʻē /hoːʔeː/ | tahi /tahi/ | tahi /tahi/ | tasi /tasi/ |
| Two | rua /rua/ | rua /rua/ | lua /lua/ | piti /piti/ | rua /ɾua/ | rua /ɾua/ | lua /lua/ |
| Three | toru /toɾu/ | toru /toɾu/ | tolu /tolu/ | toru /toɾu/ | toru /toɾu/ | toru /toɾu/ | tolu /tolu/ |
| Four | ʻā /ʔaː/ | hā /haː/ | wā /waː/ | maha /maha/ | hā /haː/ | whā /ɸaː/ | fā /faː/ |
| Five | rima /ɾima/ | rima /ɾima/ | lima /lima/ | pae /pae/ | rima /ɾima/ | rima /ɾima/ | lima /lima/ |
| Hundred | ʻānere /ʔaːnere/ | hānere /haːnere/ | lau /lau/ | hānere /haːneɾe/ | rau /ɾau/ | rau /ɾau/ | selau /selau/ |
| Hello | kia orāna /kia oɾaːna/ | — /—/ | kia orana /kia oɾana/ | ʻia ora na /ʔia oɾa na/ | ʻiorana /ʔioɾana/ | kia ora /kia oɾa/ | taalofa /taːlofa/ |
| Thank you | meitaki /meitaki/ | — /—/ | meitaki /meitaki/ | māuruuru /maːuɾuuɾu/ | maururu /mauɾuɾu/ | ngā mihi /ŋaː mihi/ | fakafetai /fakafetai/ |
| Good | meitaki /meitaki/ | maitaki /maitaki/ | lelei /lelei/ | maitaʻi /maitaʔi/ | riva /ɾiva/ | pai /pai/ | lei /lei/ |
| New | ʻou /ʔou/ | hoou /hoou/ | wou /wou/ | ʻāpī /ʔaːpiː/ | hoʻou /hoʔou/ | hou /hou/ | fou /fou/ |
| Red | muramura /muɾamuɾa/ | kura /kuɾa/ | kula /kula/ | ʻuteʻute /ʔuteʔute/ | mea mea /mea mea/ | whero /ɸeɾo/ | kula /kula/ |
| White | teatea /teatea/ | tea /tea/ | tea /tea/ | teatea /teatea/ | tea tea /tea tea/ | mā /maː/ | kena /kena/ |
| Black | kerekere /keɾekeɾe/ | kere /kere/ | uli /uli/ | ʻereʻere /ʔeɾeʔeɾe/ | uri uri /uɾi uɾi/ | mangu /maŋu/ | uli /uli/ |
| Green | matie /matie/ | matie /matie/ | yengayenga /ðeŋaðeŋa/ | matie /matie/ | rito mata /ɾito mata/ | kākāriki /kaːkaːɾiki/ | lanu lau niu /lanu lau niu/ |
| Blue | auīka /auiːka/ | ninamu /ninamu/ | yengayenga /ðeŋaðeŋa/ | nīnamu /niːnamu/ | moana /moana/ | kahurangi /kahuɾaŋi/ | lanu moana /lanu moana/ |
| Cuckoo | karavia /kaɾavia/ | — | — | ʻārevareva /ʔaːɾevaɾeva/ | — | koekoeā /koekoeaː/ | — |
| Computer | rorouira /ɾoɾouiɾa/ | — | — | roro uira /ɾoɾo uiɾa/ | — | rorohiko /ɾoɾohiko/ | komupiuta /komupiuta/ |
| Sushi | sushi | — | — | — | — | huhi /huhi/ | — |
| Tea | tī /tiː/ | — | — | tī /tiː/ | — | tī /tiː/ | tī /tiː/ |
| Coffee | kaope /kaope/ | — | — | taofe /taofe/ | — | kawhe /kaɸe/ | kofe /kofe/ |
| Sugar | tuka /tuka/ | — | — | tihota /tihota/ | tihota /tihota/ | huka /huka/ | suka /suka/ |
| Orange | ʻānani /ʔaːnani/ | anani /anani/ | — | ʻānani /ʔaːnani/ | — | ārani /aːɾani/ | moli /moli/ |
| Ninety-nine | iva ngaʻuru mā iva /iva ŋaʔuɾu maː iva/ | — | — | — | iva ʻahuru mā iva /iva ʔahuɾu maː iva/ | iwa tekau mā iwa /iwa tekau maː iwa/ | iva sefulu iva /iva sefulu iva/ |
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