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Appendix 2 - Kinship and Genealogy/ Whanaungatanga me te Whakapapa
Māori cultural emphasis on kinship relations and genealogies, te whanaungatanga me te whakapapa, has resulted in the development of a large and specialised vocabulary dealing with these two concepts. This is a concise list of commonly used terms.
| Kinship and Genealogy | Whanaungatanga me te Whakapapa |
| adopted child | tamaiti taurima, tamaiti whāngai |
| adoptive father | mātua whāngai |
| adoptive mother | whaea whāngai |
| adoptive parents | mātua whāngai |
| affinal kin | kaireperepe, kūwhā, moumouranga |
| agnatic line | ure tārewa |
| ancestor | tipuna |
| aunt | matua kēkē, whaea, whaene |
| baby | kōhungahunga, tamaiti |
| blood relation | para, whanaunga |
| brother, elder | hāmua |
| brother, father's or mother's | pāpā |
| brother-in-law, man's | taokete |
| brother-in-law, woman's | autāne |
| brother, of a female | tungāne |
| brother, older, of a male | tuakana |
| brother, younger | kōtore |
| brother, younger, of a male | tāina, tēina |
| child | tamaiti |
| child, first-born | pekepoho |
| child, foster | tamaiti whāngai, taurima |
| child, only | huatahi |
| child, youngest | pōtiki |
| clan | hapū |
| cousin, female of male | tuāhine |
| cousin, male of female | tungāne |
| daughter | tamāhine |
| daughter-in-law | hinaonga, hunaonga, hunōnga |
| elder brother, of male | tuakana |
| elder child | muanga |
| elder sister of female | tuakana |
| eldest brother or sister | kauaemua |
| father | hākoro, matua, pāpā |
| father-in-law | hungarei, hungawai |
| female | wahine |
| female ancestor | whāwhārua |
| first-born | mātāmua |
| first-born, female | tapairu |
| first-born, male or female | ariki |
| genealogical line | kāwai |
| genealogical table | whakapapa |
| genealogy | tātai, whakapapa |
| genealogy, assigning spouses to each name | whakamoe |
| genealogy, single line | taotahi |
| grandchild | mokopuna |
| grandfather | koroua, tīpuna tāne |
| grandmother | kuia, tīpuna wahine |
| husband | hoa, tāne |
| husband, of wife's sister | hoahoa |
| male | ariki, tamaroa, tāne |
| male, relative of parents' generation | pāpā kēkē |
| member of same clan | huānga |
| mother | kōkā, māmā, whāea |
| mother-in-law | hungarei, hungawai |
| nephew | irāmutu, tamaiti kēkē, tamaiti whakaangi |
| niece | irāmutu, tamaiti kēkē, tamaiti whakaangi |
| offspring, illegitimate | meamea, pōriro, tīraumoko |
| relation or relative | huanga, pākanga, uri, waiū, whanaunga |
| relative, blood | eweewe |
| relative, by marriage | kaireperepe |
| relative, distant | epeepe, rerenga |
| relative, dual | karanga rua |
| relative, living with distant tribe | kanokano, taurahere |
| relative, lover | tau whanaunga |
| relative, multiple | karanga maha |
| relative, near | pākanga, kiritahi, tahu, whanaunga tata |
| relative, near, of a deceased person | kirimate |
| relative, not married, single | takakau |
| relative, second wife | punarua |
| relative, step | whakaangi |
| relative, through a second husband or wife | ihupuni |
| relative, through female line | para wahine |
| relative, through male line | para tāne |
| sister, elder | hāmua |
| sister-in-law, man's | auwahine |
| sister-in-law, woman's | taokete |
| sister, of a male | tuāhine |
| sister, older, of a woman | tuākana |
| sister, younger, of a woman | tāina, tēina |
| son | tama, tamaroa |
| son, by slave wife | tama meamea |
| son-in-law | hinaonga, hunaonga, hunōnga |
| uncle | matakeke, matua kēkē, pāpā |
| wife | hoa, makau, wahine |
| wife, inferior or second | murimanu, punarua, wahine iti |
| wife, of husband's brother | hoahoa |