What is Maori for money?

Answer 1

Here are some money related Maori termsmīhini moni

(loan) (noun) money machine, ATM (automated teller machine).

moni

(loan) (noun) money, cash. He Kai, he taonga rānei te koha i ngā wā o mua, engari, ko te moni kē i ēnei rā.Food or gifts were koha in the past but these days it's money. (Te Kākano Textbook (Ed. 2): 48;)

mahi

1. (verb) (-a,-ngia) to work, do, perform, make, accomplish, practise, raise (money). Kei te taka mai ngā rā e mahia nuitia ai e te Pākehā te mahi whakamaroke me te mahi tini i te paramu me ērā atu huarākau (Pipi 12/1905 wh7).The days are approaching when Pākehā will be busy drying and canning plums and other fruit.

2. (noun) work, job, employment, trade (work), practice, occupation, activity, exercise, operation. Kei te taka mai ngā rā e mahia nuitia ai e te Pākehā te mahi whakamaroke me te mahi tini i te paramu me ērā atu huarākau (Pipi 12/1905 wh7).The days are approaching when Pākehā will be busy drying and canning plums and other fruit.

3. (noun) abundance, lots of, many, heaps of. I ētahi tau he tino kaha kē te hua o ngā piki nei, ā, he tino reka hoki mō te Kai. I ētahi rā, i te haere kē mātau, hoki rawa mai kua pau ngā hua te Kai i te mahi a te tamariki (HP wh13).In some years these fig trees fruited prolifically and they were very tasty to eat. Some days, when we went elsewhere, when we returned the fruit had all been eaten by the many children.Kua kapi taua wāhi i te mahi a te whare.That place was covered with lots of houses. (Te Māhuri Textbook (Ed. 2): 113;) See also http://wiki.answers.com/index.cfm?wordID=7909.

pāuna

(loan) (noun) pound - money, weight and animal pound. Nā, kei Ingarangi e rua rau ngā pauna pata a te kau e whāngaia ana ki te Kai mōmona, i te tau kotahi, nā, ka hokona te pata, kotahi tekau mā rima ngā pauna-moni e riro mai ki te tangata nāna te kau (AMW 31/8/1848 wh 4).In England, a cow that is feed with good feed will produce two hundred pounds of butter per year, and when the butter is sold, the person who owns the cow earns fifteen pounds.

hōhonu te pūkoro

(stative) deep pocket, wealthy, having lots of money - an idiom. Kei pōhēhē koe he pōhara ia. He hōhonu tana pūkoro.Don't be mistaken in thinking that she is poor. She's wealthy.

pūtea moni

(loan) (noun) sum of money, fund.

tahua

1. (noun) heap, fund, sum of money.

2. (noun) space in front of the meeting house, courtyard.

takoha

(noun) gift, token, pledge, donation, tip (money).

pakaru [te] pūkoro

(stative) broke, having no money - an idiom. Kua pakaru taku pūkoro.I'm broke.

herengi

(loan) (noun) money, shilling - equivalent to 10 cents. Utua ai au e rima herengi i te wiki (HP wh26).I was paid five shillings per week.Tēnā hoki tētahi wāhi mā tātou, mā te Māori, kei riro anake ngā herengi i te iwi Pākehā, kei kīia kua ringa mūhore te Māori ki te ngaki witi (TW 22/6/1878 wh4/312).That then is an option for us, the Māori people, lest only the Pākehā make money and it is said that Māori are no good at growing wheat.

Answer 2

In Māori, the word for money is "moni."