Results for 'Kuia'
kuia - elderly woman, grandmother
Kuia (i), n. 1. Old woman. Ka mea mai ano te kuia ra, “Ko Maui-taha koe ?” (T. 17).
Williams Dictionary
Kuia (ii), n. Procellaria cinerea, grey petrel, and P. parkinsoni, black petrel. Ka whiti nei au kei Rurima, kei Mautoki, kei Karewa, te motu o te kuia (S. 95).
Williams Dictionary
Ko tōku kuia tērā!
That's my nanna!
Identity sentences - ko...
Ko wai te ingoa o tō kuia?
What is your grandmother's name?
Asking who - Ko wai...?
Ehara tōku whaea i te kuia.
My mother is not an elder.
Negations of identity sentences - ehara...
Kei te karanga mai te kuia.
The elder is calling.
Simple sentences: present tense with a verb - kei te
E moe ana te kuia rā.
The old lady is speaking.
Simple sentences: present tense - e... ana
Ko Aroha te kuia e karanga ana ki te manuhiri.
Aroha is the old woman who calls to the visitors.
Sentences with a subclause - e... ana
Kei mua te kuia e karanga ana.
The kuia is calling in front.
Rite tinu a Aria ki tōna kuia.
Aria is just like her mother.
This is just like that - he rite tonu
He aha te mahi a ngā kuia i te marae?
What is the work of the elderly women at the marae?
What are you doing? - He aha tāu mahi?
Nō Tūhoe tōku kuia.
My grandmother is from Tūhoe.
Belonging to a place - nō
E hūrori haere ana te kuia ānō nei kua māuiui.
The old woman was staggering along as if she was sick.
It was as if - ānō nei
He pēwhea tō kuia?
How is your nanna?
How is...? - E pēwhea ana, he pēwhea?
Kei waenganui te tamaiti i ngā kuia.
The child is between the elderly women.
In, on, by, under... - kei runga...
I whāngaihia te tamaiti e tana kuia.
The child was adopted by his grandmother.
Passive sentences - tikina...
I whiria te tū harakeke e te kuia.
The flax belt was braided by the old woman.
Passive sentences - tikina...
Ki tā te kuia rā, he mea hanga taua whare ki te mauku.
According to that kuia, that house was built out of mauku (a type of fern).
According to... - E ai ki.../E ai ki tā... /Ki tā
E whatu hiripa ana taku kuia.
My nan is knitting slippers.
Gerund phrases (fence building, bread baking, dishes washing...) - tunu parāoa...
Kei te pānui puka te kuia.
The old lady is reading a book.
Gerund phrases (fence building, bread baking, dishes washing...) - tunu parāoa...
Kua kuia mārika au, engari kāore anō kia hauā!
I am indeed old, but not yet disabled!
Negations of kua (I haven't yet...) - Kāore ano... kia...
Kei te aha te kuia?
What is the old lady doing?
What is happening at the moment? - kei te aha?
He kuia tōku whaea.
My mother is an elder.
Categorizing sentences - he
No te kuia tērā pōtae.
That hat belongs to the old lady.
That (over there) - tērā
Kotahi te kuia, tokotoru ngā tamariki.
One grandmother, three children.
Numbering people - tokorua, tokotahi...
Ehara tōku kuia nō Tūhoe.
My grandmother is not from Tūhoe.
Negating nāku possessives - Ehara i...
Nō te kuia tērā pōtae.
That hat belongs to the old lady.
Mā te kuia e karanga.
The kuia will karanga.
He kuia au nō Aroha.
I am a kuia of Aroha's.
He kuia mātau ia
She is a very knowledgeable old lady
Horomia ana te kuia rā, ngaro atu ana ki tōna puku.
The grandmother was swallowed and disappeared into his stomach.
Kei taku kuia tētehi paihikara.
My nanny has a push bike.
Kua moe te kuia rā.
The kuia over there has gone to sleep.
Rite tonu ia ki tōna kuia ki te karanga.
She's just like her grandmother at doing the karanga.
He kuia kaha ki te kōrero i ngā mahi o tana tamarikitanga.
She is an elderly woman who is good at talking about her childhood.
He toa ngā kuia o Waikato ki te kanikani.
The old ladies of Waikato are great dancers.
Rite tonu ia ki tōna kuia te riri.
She is just as bad-tempered as her grandmother.
Kei te whakaohohia ngā tamariki e te kuia.
The children are being woken up by the elderly woman.
Kāore ngā tamariki i te whakaohohia e te kuia.
The children are not being woken up by the elderly woman.
He wharau mō tōna kuia tāna e mahi ana.
She is working on a shed for her kuia.
Ka tono te kuia kia inumia te waina e te tūroro.
The old lady directed that the wine should be drunk by the invalid.
Moo te kuia teenaa ka tika
That would be fine for an old lady
Riyte tonu ia ki tōna kuia.
She is juts like her nan.
I te ahiahi ka moe te kuia.
In the evening the old lady slept.
Ka karanga te kuia ki te manuhiri, arā ki a Haora.
The old lady called out to the guest, that is to say, to Haora.
Koroua - Kuia Pāpā - Māmā
If you are a tāne:
Mihia tō kuia.
Greet your grandmother.
kuia nō / o
A grandmother or senior female relative.
He kuia aroha a Mere.
Mary is a loving elder.
Ko Ani te kuia.
Ani is the grandmother.
He kaha kē tō kuia.
Your gran is surprisingly strong. She's 86 and she beat me in an arm wrestle.
Kei te āwhina mai te kuia i ahau.
The grandmother is helping me.
He kuia au nō Rāniera.
I am a kuia of Rāniera’s.
Kei te kuia haere taku waka, engari he waka pai tonu.
My car is aging/growing old, but she's still a good car.
Oho rawa ake te kuia rā, kāore tōna maro.
By the time the woman got up, her skirt was gone.
Ko te karanga te mahi a ngā kuia.
The call of welcome is the job of the elderly women.
E karanga ana te kuia.
The old lady is calling.
He kuia hūmarie tōku kuia.
My nan is a humble kuia.
Ko Una tōku kuia.
Una is my grandmother.
tā te kuia mokopuna
the old woman's grandchild
ā te kuia mokopuna
the old woman's grandchildren
A te raumati, ka haere aku tamariki ki tō rāua kuia.
In summer (coming) my children will go to their grandmother.
Ka raranga ngā kuia i ngā kete.
The old women will weave the bags.
Ki tā te kuia rā, he mea hanga taua whare ki te mauku.
According to that kuia, that house was built out of mauku (a type of fern).
Ka taea e tō kuia te waiata?
Can your grandmother sing?
Āe, ka taea e tōku kuia te waiata.
Yes, my grandmother can sing.
Engari ko te painga, he mōhio ia ki te tiaki i te pakeke, i tōna kuia.
But on the good side, he's very good at looking after his elders.
Kei te kohete te kuia i ngā tamariki.
The old woman is telling the children off.
Ko Kuikui tōku kuia.
Kuikui is my grandmother.
Mō te kuia tēnā ka tika.
That would be fine for an old lady.
Ko Kui tōku tupuna kuia, arā, ko au te mokopuna a Kui.
Kui is my grandmother, that is, I am Kui's grandchild.
Ka tīmata te kuia nei ki.te tatau i āna kūmara tekau, kia mōhio ai ia kei reira tonu tana pūkai kūmara.
After a while she began counting her ten kūmara; this was a way of checking that the pile of kūmara was still there.
E hūrori haere ana te kuia ānō nei kua māuiui.
The old woman was staggering along as if she was sick.
