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iwa - nine


takiwā - district, region

rīwai - potato

taraiwa - to drive; driver

pakiwaitara - story

āniwaniwa - rainbow

hiriwa - silver

hiwa - watchful

kaitaraiwa pahi - bus driver

kaiwaiata - singer

kaiwawao - referee, umpire

kiriwara - drug addict

kiwa - wink

muriwai - backwater; lagoon

pakiwaituhi - cartoon

pīwaiwaka - fantail

pukapuka pakiwaituhi - comic book

raihana taraiwa - driver's licence

retiwai - water-skiing

rīwai parai - french fries

Te Moana-nui-a-Kiwa - Pacific Ocean

titiwai - glow-worm

Tūranga-nui-a-Kiwa - Gisborne

taraiwatia - driven (pass. of taraiwa)

tuaiwa - ninth

kotakota rīwai - potato chips

maramara rīwai - chips

tīwaha - to shout, call, yell

pākiwaha - to boast, brag (v), to be boastful (s)

whaiwāhi - participate

tekau ma iwa - ninteen

e iwa - nine [things]

tokoiwa - nine [people]

tuaiwa - ninth

Kotahi mano waru rau whā tekau mā iwa - 1849

Kotahi mano waru rau rima tekau mā iwa - 1859

Kotahi mano waru rau ono tekau mā iwa - 1869

Kotahi mano waru rau whitu tekau mā iwa - 1879

Kotahi mano waru rau mā iwa - 1809

Kotahi mano waru rau tekau mā iwa - 1819

Kotahi mano waru rau rua tekau mā iwa - 1829

Kotahi mano waru rau toru tekau mā iwa - 1839

Kotahi mano waru rau waru tekau mā iwa - 1889

Kotahi mano waru rau iwa tekau - 1890

Kotahi mano waru rau iwa tekau mā tahi - 1891

Kotahi mano waru rau iwa tekau mā rua - 1892

Kotahi mano waru rau iwa tekau mā toru - 1893

Kotahi mano waru rau iwa tekau mā whā - 1894

Kotahi mano waru rau iwa tekau mā rima - 1895

Kotahi mano waru rau iwa tekau mā ono - 1896

Kotahi mano waru rau iwa tekau mā whitu - 1897

Kotahi mano waru rau iwa tekau mā waru - 1898

Kotahi mano waru rau iwa tekau mā iwa - 1899

Kotahi mano iwa rau - 1900

Kotahi mano iwa rau mā tahi - 1901

Kotahi mano iwa rau mā rua - 1902

Kotahi mano iwa rau mā toru - 1903

Kotahi mano iwa rau mā whā - 1904

Kotahi mano iwa rau mā rima - 1905

Kotahi mano iwa rau mā ono - 1906

Kotahi mano iwa rau mā whitu - 1907

Kotahi mano iwa rau mā waru - 1908

Kotahi mano iwa rau mā iwa - 1909

Kotahi mano iwa rau tekau - 1910

Kotahi mano iwa rau tekau mā tahi - 1911

Kotahi mano iwa rau tekau mā rua - 1912

Kotahi mano iwa rau tekau mā toru - 1913

Kotahi mano iwa rau tekau mā whā - 1914

Kotahi mano iwa rau tekau mā rima - 1915

Kotahi mano iwa rau tekau mā ono - 1916

Kotahi mano iwa rau tekau mā whitu - 1917

Kotahi mano iwa rau tekau mā waru - 1918

Kotahi mano iwa rau tekau mā iwa - 1919

Kotahi mano iwa rau rua tekau - 1920

Kotahi mano iwa rau rua tekau mā tahi - 1921

Kotahi mano iwa rau rua tekau mā rua - 1922

Kotahi mano iwa rau rua tekau mā toru - 1923

Kotahi mano iwa rau rua tekau mā whā - 1924

Kotahi mano iwa rau rua tekau mā rima - 1925

Kotahi mano iwa rau rua tekau mā ono - 1926

Kotahi mano iwa rau rua tekau mā whitu - 1927

Kotahi mano iwa rau rua tekau mā waru - 1928

Kotahi mano iwa rau rua tekau mā iwa - 1929

Kotahi mano iwa rau toru tekau - 1930

Kotahi mano iwa rau toru tekau mā tahi - 1931

Kotahi mano iwa rau toru tekau mā rua - 1932

Kotahi mano iwa rau toru tekau mā toru - 1933

Kotahi mano iwa rau toru tekau mā whā - 1934

Kotahi mano iwa rau toru tekau mā rima - 1935

Kotahi mano iwa rau toru tekau mā ono - 1936

Kotahi mano iwa rau toru tekau mā whitu - 1937

Kotahi mano iwa rau toru tekau mā waru - 1938

Kotahi mano iwa rau toru tekau mā iwa - 1939

Kotahi mano iwa rau whā tekau - 1940

Kotahi mano iwa rau whā tekau mā tahi - 1941

Kotahi mano iwa rau whā tekau mā rua - 1942

Kotahi mano iwa rau whā tekau mā toru - 1943

Kotahi mano iwa rau whā tekau mā whā - 1944

Kotahi mano iwa rau whā tekau mā rima - 1945

Kotahi mano iwa rau whā tekau mā ono - 1946

Kotahi mano iwa rau whā tekau mā whitu - 1947

Kotahi mano iwa rau whā tekau mā waru - 1948

Kotahi mano iwa rau whā tekau mā iwa - 1949

Kotahi mano iwa rau rima tekau - 1950

Kotahi mano iwa rau rima tekau mā tahi - 1951

Kotahi mano iwa rau rima tekau mā rua - 1952

Kotahi mano iwa rau rima tekau mā toru - 1953

Kotahi mano iwa rau rima tekau mā whā - 1954

Kotahi mano iwa rau rima tekau mā rima - 1955

Kotahi mano iwa rau rima tekau mā ono - 1956

Kotahi mano iwa rau rima tekau mā whitu - 1957

Kotahi mano iwa rau rima tekau mā waru - 1958

Kotahi mano iwa rau rima tekau mā iwa - 1959

Kotahi mano iwa rau ono tekau - 1960

Kotahi mano iwa rau ono tekau mā tahi - 1961

Kotahi mano iwa rau ono tekau mā rua - 1962

Kotahi mano iwa rau ono tekau mā toru - 1963

Kotahi mano iwa rau ono tekau mā whā - 1964

Kotahi mano iwa rau ono tekau mā rima - 1965

Kotahi mano iwa rau ono tekau mā ono - 1966

Kotahi mano iwa rau ono tekau mā whitu - 1967

Kotahi mano iwa rau ono tekau mā waru - 1968

Kotahi mano iwa rau ono tekau mā iwa - 1969

Kotahi mano iwa rau whitu tekau - 1970

Kotahi mano iwa rau whitu tekau mā tahi - 1971

Kotahi mano iwa rau whitu tekau mā rua - 1972

Kotahi mano iwa rau whitu tekau mā toru - 1973

Kotahi mano iwa rau whitu tekau mā whā - 1974

Kotahi mano iwa rau whitu tekau mā rima - 1975

Kotahi mano iwa rau whitu tekau mā ono - 1976

Kotahi mano iwa rau whitu tekau mā whitu - 1977

Kotahi mano iwa rau whitu tekau mā waru - 1978

Kotahi mano iwa rau whitu tekau mā iwa - 1979

Kotahi mano iwa rau waru tekau - 1980

Kotahi mano iwa rau waru tekau mā tahi - 1981

Kotahi mano iwa rau waru tekau mā rua - 1982

Kotahi mano iwa rau waru tekau mā toru - 1983

Kotahi mano iwa rau waru tekau mā whā - 1984

Kotahi mano iwa rau waru tekau mā rima - 1985

Kotahi mano iwa rau waru tekau mā ono - 1986

Kotahi mano iwa rau waru tekau mā whitu - 1987

Kotahi mano iwa rau waru tekau mā waru - 1988

Kotahi mano iwa rau waru tekau mā iwa - 1989

Kotahi mano iwa rau iwa tekau - 1990

Kotahi mano iwa rau iwa tekau mā tahi - 1991

Kotahi mano iwa rau iwa tekau mā rua - 1992

Kotahi mano iwa rau iwa tekau mā toru - 1993

Kotahi mano iwa rau iwa tekau mā whā - 1994

Kotahi mano iwa rau iwa tekau mā rima - 1995

Kotahi mano iwa rau iwa tekau mā ono - 1996

Kotahi mano iwa rau iwa tekau mā whitu - 1997

Kotahi mano iwa rau iwa tekau mā waru - 1998

Kotahi mano iwa rau iwa tekau mā iwa - 1999

Rua mano mā iwa - 2009

Rua mano tekau mā iwa - 2019

e iwa karaka - nine o'clock

rima meneti pāhi i te iwa karaka - five minutes past nine

tekau meneti pāhi i te iwa karaka - ten minutes past nine

hauwhā mai i te iwa karaka - quarter past nine

rua tekau meneti pāhi i te iwa karaka - twenty minutes past nine

rua tekau mā rima meneti pāhi i te iwa karaka - twenty-five minutes past nine

haurua mai i te iwa karaka - half past nine

rua tekau mā rima meneti ki te iwa karaka - twenty-five minutes to nine

rua tekau meneti ki te iwa karaka - twenty minutes to nine

hauwhā ki te iwa karaka - quarter to nine

tekau meneti ki te iwa karaka - ten minutes to nine

rima meneti ki te iwa karaka - five minutes to nine

kīwaha - colloquial saying, idiom

kīrehu - idiom, a kīwaha you don't understand

Kaua e mutu takiwā noa iho. - Don't limit yourself! Go beyond the comfort zone.

He rā nō te pakiwaru! - It's very hot today!

waiwa - beautiful

Ko te Moana-nui-ā-Kiwa te moana.
The Pacific Ocean is the ocean.
Identity sentences - ko...

Ko Riripeti rāua ko Tīwana aku mokopuna.
Riripeti and Tīwana are my grandchildren.
Identity sentences - ko...

Ko wai ka taraiwa i te pō nei?
Who will drive tonight?
Asking who - Ko wai...?

Ehara a Aria i te kaitaraiwa pahi.
Aria is not a bus driver.
Negations of identity sentences - ehara...

E kaingākau ana ia ki tana mokopuna ki a Tīwana.
She is very fond of her grandchild, Tīwana.
Simple sentences: present tense - e... ana

E kai ana te pēpi i ngā rīwai.
The baby is eating the potatoes.
Simple sentences: present tense - e... ana

I taraiwa au.
I drove.
Simple sentences: past tense - i

I waruwaru rīwai au.
I peeled spuds.
Simple sentences: past tense - i

I taraiwa māua.
We drove.
Simple sentences: past tense - i

I taraiwa māua ko taku hoa ki te whare wānanga i te waru karaka.
Me and my friend drove to uni at 8 o'clock.
Simple sentences: past tense - i

Kei te waruwaru rātou i ngā rīwai.
They are peeling the spuds.
Sentences with i - i

Ka āwhina aua manu i te tīwaiwaka.
Those birds help the fantail.
Sentences with i - i

E iwa ngā hoihō e oma atu ana.
There are nine horses running away.
Sentences with a subclause - e... ana

Nō te iwa karaka rawa, ka tīmata te purei kāri.
Finally, at nine o'clock, the card games started.
Belonging to the past - nō

Mā Pāpā tātou e taraiwa atu ki Te Ao Hou.
Pāpā will drive us to New World.
Future agent emphatic - māku

Māku e taraiwa.
I will drive.
Future agent emphatic - māku

Māu koe e taraiwa
You will drive.
Future agent emphatic - māku

E kōrero pākiwaha mai ana ia ānō nei ko ia te toa o te kēmu.
He was boasting as if he won the game.
It was as if - ānō nei

Kāore e roa ka maoa ngā rīwai.
It won't be long and the spuds will be cooked.
It won't be long before... - kāore e roa...; kāori i roa...

Me i tae wawe mai koutou, kua whaiwāhi mai koutou ki te kōrero.
If you had arrived in time, you could have participated in the discussion.
If... (using me) - me

Kāore au i te taraiwa, ka haere mā runga i te waka rererangi.
I'm not driving, I'm going by plane.
Travelling by means of - mā runga

E kainga ana ngā rīwai e te pēpi.
The potatoes are being eaten by the baby.
Passive sentences - tikina...

I te ngahuru i hauhaketia e rātou ngā riwai.
In the autumn, they harvested potatoes.
Passive sentences - tikina...

E āhei ana au te taraiwa.
I can drive.
Allowed to do something - āhei

E āhei ana au ki te taraiwa.
I can drive.
Allowed to do something - āhei

Kua whakahokia atu tana raihana, kua āhei anō ia te taraiwa.
He's got his license back, so he's allowed to drive again.
Allowed to do something - āhei

I wareware ngā rīwai.
The spuds got forgotten.
Statives - mate, ngaro, mau...

Ka kite ia i te tīwaiwaka.
He sees the fantail.
Ka used to indicate the past - ka

He whāiti, he kōtiti ngā ara ki tōna takiwā.
The roads to her district are narrow and winding.
Possessives - 'o' class - ō, tōku...

I taraiwa māua ko taku hoa.
Me and my friend drove.
Talking about more than one person - ...rāua ko..., rātou ko...

I taraiwa māua ko taku hoa ki te whare wānanga.
Me and my friend drove to uni.
Talking about more than one person - ...rāua ko..., rātou ko...

Ko Riripeti rāua ko Tīwana ā māua tamariki.
Riripeti and Tīwana are our children.
Talking about more than one person - ...rāua ko..., rātou ko...

Ko Tīwana rāua ko Riripeti aku irāmutu.
Tīwana and Riripeti are my nieces/nephews.
Talking about more than one person - ...rāua ko..., rātou ko...

Ko Riripeti rāua ko Tīwana āku irāmutu.
Riripeti and Tīwana are my nieces/nephews.
Talking about more than one person - ...rāua ko..., rātou ko...

He taraiwa tekehi koe?
Are you a taxi driver?
Asking 'are you a...?' - He... ?

Haurua mai i te iwa karaka.
Half past nine.
Telling time - kara

Kua whakaritea, me tae rātou ki te mira o Kawerau i te iwa karaka.
It was arranged that they should arrive at the Kawearau mill at nine o'clock.
Telling time - kara

Hāwhe pahi i te iwa karaka.
Half past 9.
Telling time - kara

Ka rere iho te tīwaiwaka, rere iho hoki tana hoa.
The fantail flew down, and so did her mate.
Direction markers with adverbs - tonu mai, kā atu, rawa mai...

Tokoiwa ngā tāngata i taua hui.
There were nine people at that (aforementioned) meeting.
That aforementioned thing - taua, aua

He ika me te maramara rīwai te kai pai ki a ia.
He likes fish and chips.
I like... - He pai ki a au...

Tokoiwa pea.
About nine (people).
How many are there? - E hia? Tokohia?

Mā wai e taraiwa? Māku?
Who's going to drive? Shall I?
Statives with 'i' - i a, i te, i ngā

Homai koa ētaho o ngā maramara rīwai.
Please give me some of the potato chips.
Some - tētahi, ētahi

Mā wai e taraiwa?
Who is going to drive?
Who will? - mā wai?

Kāore e taea te taraiwa kia tika me te pātuhi anō.
You can't drive properly whilst at the same time texting.
Kia for second verb after a passive - kia

Ko te Paraire, te tuaiwa o Aperira.
Friday, the ninth of April.

Tuaiwa
ninth

He rīwai ēnā.
Those are spuds.

Haere tonu, ka tae ki Āniwaniwa.
[She] went on and reached Āniwaniwa.

He kamakama te hinengaro o Tīwana.
Tīwana has a stubborn mind.

He koretake a Tīwana ki te tunu keke.
Tīwana is useless at baking cakes.

He hangareka a Tīwana.
Tīwana is hilarious.

Tekau mā iwa taku pakeke.
My age is nineteen.

E rua tekau mā iwa tōna pakeke.
He is twenty-nine years old.

Ētahi rerenga kīwaha.
Some Phrases.

Kei te pāngia a Manu ki te takiwātanga.
Manu is afflicted with autism.

Anei tētahi kīwaha mōna.
Here is a kīwaha about him.

Tekau mā toru tau te pakeke o Tīwana.
Tīwana is thirteen years old.

He kaha a Tīwana ki tana whiu pātai nanakia me te whakapātaritari i tōna tuahine me tōna kuikui.
Tīwana is good at asking tricky questions and teasing her sister and grandmother.

He pai ake te raihi i te riwai.
Rice is better than potatoes.

Ika me te maramara rīwai.
Fish and chips.

mīti me te rīwai.
meat and spuds.

He waiwaitapu ahai ki kōnei.
I am new here.

Iwa.
Nine.

Kei te whakatoi te tīwaiwaka ki a Poti.
The fantail is teasing the pussycat.

Tekau mā iwa.
Nineteen.

Ko Tangiwai tōna whanaunga.
Tangiwai is his relation.

Ko te Moana-nui-ā-Kiwa te moana.
The Pacific Ocean is the ocean.

Ko Raima rātou ko Tanira, ko Aniwa ōku tuāhine.
Raima, Tanira and Aniwa are my sisters.

E hia ngā rīwai i te māra?
How many potatoes are in the garden?

E Hera, Tangiwai, kia ora kōrua. Kei te pēhea kōrua?
Hi Hera and Tangiwai. How are you two?

Nā wai te ngeru pīwari nei.
Whose cute cat is this?

Ko Tīwana, ko Amiria, ko Riripeti, ko Tiakina, ko Maia aku mokopuna tuarua.
Tīwana, Amiria, Riripeti, Tiakina, and Maia are my great-grandchildren.

Kua kai tā rāua tamāhine i āna rīwai.
Their daughter has eaten her potatoes.

I taraiwa ahau.
I drove.

Ko tēnei te hui tuaiwa ki konei.
This is the ninth meeting here.

Kāore e taea te taraiwa tika me te kai hamupaka anō.
You can't drive properly whilst at the same time eating a hamburger.

Kei te taraiwa mātou ki te Whanaganui a Tara mō te konohete.
We are driving to Wellington for the concert.

Kei te taraiwa mātou ki te Whanaganui a Tara ki te whakarongo ki te konohete.
We are driving to Wellington to listen to the concert.

Tokoiwa rātou i tū ki te kōrero.
Nine of them stood to talk.

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