Local Drinks

1. tī

   Tea

   Usage

   A loan from English "tea". It also means tea as a meal, matching New Zealand English "tea" for the evening meal.

   Grammar Note

   Other words with the same spelling mean the cabbage tree (Cordyline spp.) and a hand game. Tea leaves are tī raurau

2. kawhe

   Coffee

   Usage

   A loan from English "coffee". The bean is kanokawhe, a coffee machine is a pūrere kawhe, and a barista is tuari mahi kawhe

   Grammar Note

   ⚠ With a macron on the first vowel, kāwhe is a different word meaning "calf". Do not add the macron

3. kawhe kutē

   Espresso

   Usage

   This means "espresso". New Zealand cafe culture is strong, and in practice orders are placed in English — flat white, long black

4. miraka

   Milk

   Usage

   A noun "milk" and a verb "to milk". Low-fat milk is miraka ngako iti, trim milk is miraka kore kirīmi, and milk powder is miraka paura

   Grammar Note

   waiū is a synonym.

5. inu mirumiru

   Soft drink, fizzy drink

   Usage

   "soft drink, fizzy drink". New Zealand English normally says "fizzy drink"

6. namuneiti

   Lemonade

   Usage

   "lemonade, Sprite". In New Zealand English "lemonade" means a clear fizzy drink, not a squeezed-lemon cordial

   Grammar Note

   namunēra, remaneiri and remuneiti are equivalent loanwords.

7. wai ārani

   Orange juice

   Usage

   The juice served with breakfast. Ārani means orange.

8. wai rēmana

   Lemon or lime juice

   Usage

   "lemon juice, lime juice". Rēmana covers both fruits, so check which one is meant if it matters

9. wai-inu

   Drinking water

   Usage

   "drinking water". Used on signage at water points on tracks and campgrounds

   Grammar Note

   It is written with a hyphen, wai-inu. A drink in general is inu

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