Results for 'māra'
māra - garden
Māra, n. Plot of ground under cultivation, farm. Tenei pea te koroheke nei kua tae iho, kei te karakia i nga mara a ana tamariki (T. 201). Mara kumara, mara kumara a Ngatoro-i-rangi, a mackerel sky. Mara o Tane, an expression applied to the singing of birds together at dawn and dusk.
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Mara (i), n. A term of address to a man. E mara ! Friend! (Ngi.)
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Mara (ii), a. Prepared for eating by steeping in fresh water. He koura mara.—Kahore i mara ta taua koura.—He wareware tou ki te whakaeronga o to kete inanga mara (M. 402).
whakamara, v.t. Prepare food by steeping in water. Whakairihia to putiki mohimohi ka whakamara hei whaomoomo mo o tamariki (M. cxi).
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Mara (iii). ——
maramara, n. 1. Chip, splinter. Ka mate te tamaiti a Manaia ia Rata, ka tanumia ki nga maramara o Tainui (T. 69). Kaua to kiri e haea ki te kuku wai tai, haea mai ra ki te maramara pounamu (S.).
2. Piece, bit, portion. Maramara nui a Mahi, ka riro i a Noho (P. 65).
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Ka ātaahua te māra ā tēnei Whiringa-ā-nuku.
The garden will be beautiful in October.
Simple sentences: future tense - ka
Nō te māra ēnei taewa.
These potatoes come from the garden.
Belonging to a place - nō
Mā rāua te māra e whakatipu.
They (two) will tend to the garden.
Future agent emphatic - māku
Kei te māra a Māmā.
Mum's in the garden.
Locatives (at the moment, something is somewhere) - kei te
Kei te māra tō whutupōro.
Your football's by the garden.
Locatives (at the moment, something is somewhere) - kei te
Ehara mā rāua te māra e whakatipu.
They won’t tend to the garden.
Negating the future agent emphatic - ehara mā..
Āwhea a Koa ngaki māra ai?
When will Koa dig the garden?
I mahi māra au.
I did gardening.
