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ingoa - name

Ingoa, n. 1. Name. Ka huaina toku ingoa ko Whakatau (T. 57).

2. Namesake. He ingoa ia noku.

3. v.i. Acquire distinction. I ingoatia ai a ia, i whai ingoa ai te tangata i mua, na te hapai titaha ki nga rakau pururu.

Io. 1. n. Sinew, muscle, nerve.

2. Spur, ridge.

3. Strand of a rope. E torn nga io o te taura.

4. Lock of hair.

5. Strip, shred.

6. Warp, vertical threads in weaving, suspended from the tawhiu. Ka patua te muka mo te io, kia ngawari; kaore e patua mo te aho, kia kaha ai. ‖ aho.

7. Line, column.

8. a. Tough, hard, obstinate.

9. v.i. Twitch. Ki te mea ka io i te pokohiwi (W. ii, 5). Ki te mea ka ioa te ringa matau (W. ii, 5).

whakaio, v.i. 1. Stand firm.

2. March in single file.

ioio. 1. a. Hard, not friable. He ioio te oneone o te whenua nei.

3. Stiff from weariness. Ka ioio oku waewae i te roa o te haerenga.

4. v.t. Cut into strips. He mea ioio te mango kia wawe te maroke.

whakaioio, a. Inflexible, irrefragable, permanent. Ka tu au i te rahui whakaioio na Tokoahu (M. 74).

Williams Dictionary

Ko Ruahine te ingoa o tērā maunga.
Ruahine is the name of that mountain.
Identity sentences - ko...

Ko Hōhepa taku ingoa.
My name is Hōhepa.
Identity sentences - ko...

Ko Hera tōna ingoa.
Her name's Hera.
Identity sentences - ko...

Ko wai te ingoa o tō matua?
What's the name of your dad?
Asking who - Ko wai...?

Ko wai te ingoa o tō hoa?
What's the name of your friend?
Asking who - Ko wai...?

Ko wai te ingoa o tō whaea?
What's the name of your mum?
Asking who - Ko wai...?

Ko wai te ingoa o tō pāpā?
What is the name of your mother?
Asking who - Ko wai...?

Ko wai te ingoa o tērā wahine?
What's the name of that woman?
Asking who - Ko wai...?

Ko wai te ingoa o tērā maunga?
What is the name of that mountain?
Asking who - Ko wai...?

Ko wai te ingoa o tēnei awa?
What is the name of this river?
Asking who - Ko wai...?

Ko wai tana ingoa?
What's her name?
Asking who - Ko wai...?

Ko wai te ingoa o tō kuia?
What is your grandmother's name?
Asking who - Ko wai...?

Ko wai te ingoa o tō whānau?
What's the name of your family?
Asking who - Ko wai...?

Ko te aha te ingoa o te kamupene?
What is the name of the business?
Why did? - He aha... i... ai?

E ai ki tā rātou, ko Te Pātaka o Rākaihautū tētahi anō ingoa mō Horomaka.
According to them, Te Pātaka o Rākaihautū is another name for Banks Peninsula.
According to... - E ai ki.../E ai ki tā... /Ki tā

Kua wareware i a au tō ingoa.
Your name has been forgotten by me.
Negating statives - kāore i... i ahau...

Ko Ngāti Hāmuti Wera to ingoa o tērā iwi.
The name of that tribe is Ngāti Hāmuti Wera.
Possessives - 'o' class - ō, tōku...

He ātaahua te ingoa o tō whaea. E hia tana pakeke?
Your mum's name is beautiful. How old is she?
Family relationships - mother - mama, whaea

Āe, he tuakana tōku, ko Niko tōna ingoa.
Yes, I do have an older sibling, his name is Niko.
Family relationships - older sibling of the same sex - tuakana

Āe, he tuākana ōku, ko Koa, ko Manu ō rāua ingoa.
Yes, I do have older siblings, their names are Koa and Manu.
Family relationships - older sibling of the same sex - tuakana

Āe, he tuākana ōku, ko Amaru, ko Rangi, ko Tawa ō rātou ingoa.
Yes, I do have older siblings, their names are Amaru, Rangi and Tawa.
Family relationships - older sibling of the same sex - tuakana

Āe, he tēina tōku, ko Taika tōna ingoa.
Yes, I do have a younger sibling, his name is Taika.
Family relationships - younger sibling of the same sex - teina

Āe, he tēina ōku, ko Aria, ko Amaru ō rāua ingoa.
Yes, I do have younger siblings, their names are Aria and Amaru.
Family relationships - younger sibling of the same sex - teina

Āe, he tēina ōku, ko Pāora, ko Honi, ko Tawa ō rātou ingoa.
Yes, I have younger siblings, their names are Pāora, Honi and Tawa.
Family relationships - younger sibling of the same sex - teina

He kurī tāku. Ko Auau tōna ingoa.
I have a dog, his name is Auau.
Do you have any...? - He... ?

He aha te ingoa o tōu huarahi?
What's the name of your street?
What? - He aha?

Ko Tai rāua ko Moana ngā ingoa o ōku hoa.
The names of my friends are Tai and Moana.
Talking about more than one person - ...rāua ko..., rātou ko...

Kua wareware i a au tana ingoa.
I have forgotten his name.
Statives with 'i' - i a, i te, i ngā

I wareware i a Hera taku ingoa.
Hera forgot my name.
Statives with 'i' - i a, i te, i ngā

Ko Ōtaki te ingoa o taku kura.
The name of my school is Ōtaki.

Me he mea nāau te tamaiti, kua mōhio koe ki te roanga o tōona ingoa.
If the child was yours you would have known its full name.

Tōia te ingoa o te tangata ki te pouaka e hāngai ana ki te pātai.
Drag the name of the person to the box who fits the description.

Ko hea te ingoa o te maunga rā?
What is the name of that mountain?

E mau nei anō aua ingoa.
Those names are still used.

Ko te tāne i moe ai a Tōrere o te tangata.whenua,ko Manaaki-ao te ingoa.
Manaaki-ao was the name of the local man that Tōrere married.

Ko Hēmi te ingoa o te tangata rā
The name of that man is Hēmi

Kia tapu tōu ingoa.
Let your name be holy.

Ā, ko ā Arama i huaina ai ki ngā mea ora katoa, hei ingoa ērā mō rātou (Genesis 2:19)
And whatever Adam called all the living things, those were their names

Ko wai tōna ingoa?
What is her name?

Ko hea te ingoa o tēnei rohe?
What is the name of this area?

Ko Manu Karaitiana tōku ingoa.
My name is Manu Karaitiana.

Ko Ngāti Hāmuti Wera te ingoa o tērā iwi.
The name of that tribe was Ngāti Hāmuti Wera.

Ka tapa au i tana ingoa ko Huia.
I name this child Huia.

Ko tēnei wāhanga tuatahi. Ko Aaron Hēnare tōku ingoa.
This is the first section. My name is Erena Hēnare.

Tērā tētehi kōhine, ko Kauri tōna ingoa.
There once was a young girl, Kauri was her name.

Ko Pere te ingoa o tā rāua ngeru.
Their cat’s name is Pere.

Ākuanei ka tūtaki i a ia. Heoi anō, ahau tēnā, Aaron Henare. Ko taku tētahi ingoa poto, ko Matua Azza. Mehemea e hiahia ana koe ki te tuku te ingoa poto, Matua Azza, e pai ana ki ahau.
We’ll meet him shortly. Anyway, that is me, Aaron Henare. One of my short names is Matua Azza. If you would like to use my short name, that is fine with me.

He aha te ingoa o tērā ika
What is the name of that fish?

Tōku ingoa.
My name

Kia ora tātou, mihi ana ki a koutou katoa, ngā pātaka reo o tēnā, o tēnā kokona o te ao Māori nei. Ko Tūhoe Huata tōku ingoa. I tipu ake au i Ngā Rekereke, i ōku kaumātua o Te Whakarewarewatanga o teope tau a Wāhiao.
Greetings to us all, I acknowledge you all, the repositories of language in every corner of this Māori world. My name is Tūhoe Huata. I grew up at Ngā Rekereke, among my elders of Te Whakarewarewatanga o teope tau a Wāhiao.

Koia ka puta te ingoa mō tērā taha moana ko Mangonui.
Hence the name Mangonui was given to that harbour.

He kahawai te ingoa o tērā ika
Kahawai is the name of that fish

Ko Raureka tōku ingoa.
My name is Raureka.

Ko wai te ingoa o tērā wahine
What is the name of that woman, literally Who is the name of that woman?

Ko Manawatū tōna ingoa.
Its name is Manawatū.

Ko wai te ingoa o tērā maunga tapu
What is the name of that sacred mountain?

Ko Makareta tōku ingoa.
Makareta is my name.

I tōna tikanga ko Pita tana ingoa.
It is her intention that his name will be Peter.

Ākuanei ka haere mai tētahi tangata nō Te Reinga, he wairua, ko Tū-horopunga te ingoa.
This is a story about Hine-kōrangi, a woman whose father made her a puhi and wouldn’t

Ko wai te ingoa o tēnei tamaiti?
What is the name of this child?

Ko Tanira te ingoa o tōku kuia
Tanira is my grandmother’s name

Ko Rita te ingoa o tēnā tamaiti.
Rita is the name of that child.

Ko Rangi tōku ingoa.
My name is Rangi.

Tēnā koe Tāne, ko Aroha tōku ingoa.
Hello Tāne, my name is Aroha.

Ko Kōuraraka tōna ingoa.
Her name is Goldilocks.

Ko Jeff tōku ingoa.
In the same way, if could say

Mōna tērā ingoa tūpuna
That ancestral name is for her

Ko wai ō koutou ingoa, kōtiro mā?
What are your names, girls?

Ko te ingoa nei nā Te Aotakī i tapa.
This name was given by Te Aotakī.

Ko wai tō ingoa?
What is you name?

Kei te mōhio koe ko wai ngā ingoa o ā rāua tamahine?
Do you know what (are) the names of their daughters?

Ka wani kē! He mīharo! Kātahi rā te ingoa pai ko tērā.
Wicked! Amazing! That is a good name.

Singular: Ko wai tōu ingoa?
What is your name?

Plural: Ko wai ō koutou ingoa, kōtiro mā?
What are your names, girls?

Ko Hōhepa tōku ingoa.
My name's Joseph.

Ko Hine tōku ingoa.
My name is Hine.

Āe, he tuahine tōku, ko Aria tōna ingoa.
I do have a sister, her name is Aria.

He aha tō ingoa?
What is you name?

Āe, he tuāhine ōku, ko Rina, ko Ataahua ō rāua ingoa.
Yes,I do have sisters, their names are Rina and Ataahua.

Ko wai to ingoa?
What is you name?

Āe, he tuāhine ōku, ko Mia, ko Aroha, ko Moana ō rātou ingoa.
Yes, I do have a sister, their names are Mia, Aroha and Moana.

Ko Nikau tōna ingoa.
His name is Nikau.

Āe, he tungāne tōku, ko Ari tōna ingoa.
I do have a brother, his name is Ari.

Āe, he tungāne ōku, ko Pāora, ko Tame ō rāua ingoa.
Yes, I do have brothers, their names are Pāora and Tame.

Āe, he tungāne ōku, ko Hēmi, ko Niko, ko Koa ō rātou ingoa.
Yes, I do have brothers, their names are Hēmi, Niko and Koa.

Āe, he tamāhine tāku, ko Ani tōna ingoa.
Yes, I do have a daughter, her name is Ani.

Āe, he tamāhine āku, ko Kauri, ko Aria ō rāua ingoa.
Yes, I have daughters, their names are Kauri and Aria.

He ingoa kē tō tēnei pukapuka.
This book has a different name.

Āe, he tamāhine āku, ko Rina, ko Ataahua, ko Mia ō rātou ingoa.
Yes, I have daughters, their names are Rina, Ataahua and Mia.

Āe, he tamatāne tāku, ko Manu tōna ingoa.
Yes, I do have a son, his name is Manu.

Āe, he tamatāne āku, ko Amaru, ko Rangi ō rāua ingoa.
Yes, I have sons, their names are Amaru and Rangi.

Āe, he tamatāne āku, ko Tawa, ko Taika, ko Nikau ō rātou ingoa.
Yes, I have sons, their names are Tawa, Taika and Nikau.

Ehara tōku ingoa i a Rangi.
My name is not Rangi.

Kua tuhi koutou i ō koutou ingoa ki runga i te pepa?
Have you written your names on the paper?

Ko Kauri tōku ingoa.
My name is Kauri.

E ai ki tā rātou, ko Te Pātaka o Rākaihautū tētahi anō ingoa mō Horomaka.
According to them, Te Pātaka o Rākaihautū is another name for Banks Peninsula.

Nā, i reira tētahi tangata, ko Haimona tōna ingoa.
Well, a certain man was there, named Haimona.

Ko Bob tōku ingoa.
My name's Bob.

Ko tō wahine kua hara ki tētahi tangata ko Tupeteka te ingoa.
Your wife has sinned with a man called Tupetaka.

Meatia tēnei mahi i runga i tōku ingoa.
Do this work in (in association with) my name.

Ko Rāhera tōku ingoa.
My name is Rāhera.

Nō muri nei tēnei ingoa tuarua.
This second name is from recent times.

(Ko Rangi te ingoa o te tangata
The name of the man was Rangi

He aha te ingoa o te waahi e waru maero te tawhiti atu i Te Araroa?
mile the distance away from Te Araroa ‘What is the name of the place whose distance from Te Araroa is eight miles?

Ko Hone tōku ingoa.
My name is Hone.

Ko wai tōu ingoa?
What is

Ko Terry te ingoa o te pokokōhua nā
Terry is the name of that egghead over there

Ko wai te ingoa o te koroua rā?
What's the name of that elderly gentleman over there?

I kawea kētia e ia tōna ingoa.
His name was changed by him.

I tango pea i te ingoa Ngāti Hotu kia ora ai rātou ..
They perhaps took the name Ngāti Hotu so that they would be spared ..

Kotahi taku tama, ko Niko tōna ingoa.
I have one son. His name is Niko.

#102: I did not go, I was not going, I am not going
#112: If I was a goldfish I'd live in a lily pond
#206: Rangi drank beer, then he got drunk, then he threw up
#177: The really happy fish will indeed return
#28: Rangi is reading the book
#160: The bus has been left behind by me
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