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hone - to plunder, acquire wrongfully (v); ocean swell (n)

Hone (i), v.t. Plunder, acquire wrongfully. No te hone matou katoa.—Ka rere a Ruawharo raua ko Tupai ki roto o te kupenga ki te hone i nga ika puwharu ma raua (J. xvi, 221).

Williams Dictionary

Hone (ii), n. Ocean swell. Ko te uma o te kotiro eka whakaea, ano he hone moana aio i te waru e ukura ana hoki i te toanga o te ra (Pi. 133, 11).

Williams Dictionary

Ko tēnei whare te whare o Hone.
This is Hone's house.
Identity sentences - ko...

Ko Hone rāua ko Rāhera ōku hungawai.
Hone and Rāhera are my parents-in-law.
Identity sentences - ko...

Kei te kai a Hōne i te āporo.
Hōne is eating the apple.
Simple sentences: present tense with a verb - kei te

Ki a rātou te tiki i a Hone.
They will fetch Hone.
Who is going to... - Ki a wai te...?

He rite a Hone ki tōna pāpā.
Hone is just like his father.
This is just like that - he rite tonu

Hōne i hanga te pouaka.
It was Hōne who built the box.
Past agent emphatic - nā - agent emphatic

Hōne ngā pukapuka e whakahoki.
Hōne will return the books.
Future agent emphatic - māku

Kua hokona ngā e Hōne.
The shoes were bought by Hōne.
Passive sentences - tikina...

Kāore a Hōne i te kai i te āporo.
Hōne is not eating the apple.
Negations of the present tense (I am not working) - Kāore... i te...

I a Hōne ngā inapō.
Hōne had the keys last night.
Locatives - past (something was somewhere) - i te

He tangata aroha nui a Hone ki tana mokopuna a Riripeti.
Hone is a man who greatly loves his granddaughter Riripeti.

Kāore ngā i hokona e Hōne.
The shoes were not bought by Hōne.
Negating passive sentences - Kāore... e...

Kāore ō Hōne motokā.
Hōne doesn’t have any cars.
I have no... - Kāore aku...

He motokā Hōne.
Hōne has a car.
Do you have any...? - He... ?

Ko Rāhera rāua ko Hone ōku tūpuna.
Rāhera and Hone are my ancestors.
Talking about more than one person - ...rāua ko..., rātou ko...

Kei te haere atu rātou ko Hone, ko Hōhepa, ko Tai.
Hone, Hōhepa and Tai are going.
Talking about more than one person - ...rāua ko..., rātou ko...

Ko Hone rāua ko Rāhera ōku mātua.
Hone and Rāhera are my parents.
Talking about more than one person - ...rāua ko..., rātou ko...

Arā, ko au te tama a Hone rāua ko Rāhera.
That is, I am the child of Hone and Rāhera.
Talking about more than one person - ...rāua ko..., rātou ko...

Ko Hone rāua ko Rāhera ōku mātua
Hone and Rāhera are my parents.
Talking about more than one person - ...rāua ko..., rātou ko...

Ehara Hōne ngā pukapuka e whakahoki.
Hōne won’t return the books.
Negating the future agent emphatic - ehara mā..

He pai ki a Hōne ngā hōiho.
Hōne likes horses.
I like... - He pai ki a au...

Ehara i a Hōne te pouaka i hanga.
Hōne didn’t build the box.
Negating the past agent emphatic - ehara i...

Ehara ngā hōiho i te pai ki a Hōne.
Hōne does not like horses.
I don't like... - Ehara... i te pai...

Tāpiri ati ki a Hone, ka hiahia tātou e rua tāngata tino kaha.
We will need two strong men in addition to John.

Ko Hone te tohunga kutikuti pātītī.
Hone is the expert at mowing the lawns.

Ko te Hone e kōrero nei, kāhore e roa.
The John I'm talking about isn't tall.

He koretake tāku Hone.
My John is useless.

Ko Hēmi tōku matua.
Hēmi is my father.

Ko Hone te mātāmua.
Hone is the eldest sibling.

E kore a Hōne e haere.
Hōne will not go.

I hoatu ahau i te māripi ki tana hoa mā Hone.
I gave the knife to John's friend for John.

Ko Hone, ko Toti aku hunaonga.
Hone and Toti are my nephews.

Ko Hone tōku hoa tāne.
Hone is my husband.

Ko Hone tōku ingoa.
My name is Hone.

Ko Hone tōku pāpā, ko Rāhera tōku māmā.
Hone is my father, Rāhera is my mother.

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