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auau - to bark, howl

Auau. ‖ au (i).

Williams Dictionary

auau. 1. a. Disagreeable, disgusting.

2. Frequently repeated, again and again. He korero auau.

3. ad. Frequently.

4. n. Basket of seed potatoes. Kia rua auau, ka kapi te mara.

5. v.t. Lift. Maku anake e auau te hanga taimaha na?

Williams Dictionary

I te kurī e auau ana, ka oma atu to kaiā.
While the dog was barking, the thief ran away.
Sentences with a subclause - e... ana

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

Ko tā rātou kurī tērā e auau ana.
That is their dog barking.
That (over there) - tērā

I hea a Miti rāua ko Auau?
Where were Miti and Auau?
Talking about more than one person - ...rāua ko..., rātou ko...

Mehemea ka kite he kurī i tētahi tangata, ke auau.
If a dog sees someone, it barks.
If (using mehemea) - mehemea, mehe, mēnā

He aha te kurī i auau ai?
Why did the dog bark?

I auau tā mātou akiaki i a ia kia whakaoti i tana tuhinga roa
We frequently urged him to finish his thesis

He aha te kurī I auau ai
Can either mean why was the dog barking or why is the dog barking now?

Kei te auau Ērā kurī
Those dogs over there are barking

Auau auau auau!
So why is the dog barking?

Kei te auau te kurī a Hōne
Hōne's dog is barking

Kei te auau tāu kurī
Your dog is barking

Ka puta he kurī, ka auau.
A dog appeared and barked.

Auau ai tērā kurī.
That dog is always barking.

I auau tā rātou kurī.
Their dog barked.

Kāorɛ tā rātou kurī i auau.
Their dog did not bark.

E auau ana tā rātou kurī.
Their dog was, or is will be barking.

Kāore tā rātou kurī e auau ana.
Not barking.

Kei te auau te kurī.
The dog's barking.

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