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whakapapa - genealogy


whakapaparanga - generations

Kia whakapapa pounamu te moana.
May the sea be like greenstone.
Mild imperatives (You should be...) - kia

Kōrero mai tō whakapapa, kaua ko tō pepeha.
Tell me your whakapapa, not your pepeha.
Not that - kaua ko.. tēnei, tēnā, tērā

Kōrero mai tō whakapapa, kaua rawa ko tō pepeha.
Tell me your whakapapa, definitely not your pepeha.
Not that - kaua ko.. tēnei, tēnā, tērā

Tātai whakapapa.
to recite lineage.

Kei te mōhio koe ki tō whakapapa?
Do you know your family tree?

He mōhio a Pāora ki te whakapapa o te iwi.
Pāora is knowledgeable of the ancestry of the people.

whakapapa
genealogy

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