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kupu - word
Kupu. 1. n. Anything said. Kahore he kupu a te mohoao (The man from the wood has not anything to say) (T. 139.) Ka puaki atu te kupu a te wahine nei (The woman said) (T. 187).
2. Saying. Ko te kupu tenei mona, “Kai hanu, kai hanu,” etc. (P. 105).
3. Message. Kahore he kupu a nga tuakana, a nana anake te kupu i rere mai ai ki a au, “E kore au e tukua mai” (T. 199).
4. Word, Ngangahu ke ana te whakahuatanga mai o nga kupu (T. 42), Ka rite nga kupu o tana waiata (Pi. 133, 11).
5. Talk. Ka ekengia e te kupu (Be the subject of talk, generally of adverse criticism). eke.
6. v.i. Speak. Te kupu te tahae, te aha (W. v, 110).
kupukupu, v.i. and v.t. Speak frequently, or at length, or emphatically. E kupukupu ana tenei tangata kia patua te manubiri,— Nga iwi kupukupu, nana te ki, nana te kohuru (M. 47). Mo nga whenua e kupukupua nei e te ngutu (K.M. '63, 3, 1). Na ka kupu kupuria mai e te hunga i te pa (K.M. '60, 5, 3).
Williams Dictionary
E mohio ana au ki ana kupu.
I know what her words mean.
Simple sentences: present tense - e... ana
E mōhio ana au ki ana kupu.
I am knowing what her words mean.
Simple sentences: present tense - e... ana
Me tuhi koe i ngā kupu, kei wareware i a koe!
You should write the words down or you might forget them!
Be careful... lest! - kia... kei...
Āhea te whakamātautau kupu?
When is the word test?
When? (in the future) - Āwhea? Āhea?
Tataungia te kupu!
Spell the word! (Put it into sequence.)
Command with e! - e!
Mā te takitaki ka maumahara koe i ngā kupu.
Through repetition (you) will remember the words.
Through (one thing/action), (a second thing) will be achieved. - Mā te... ka...; mā... e... ai
Patua aku kupu!
Prove me wrong!
Passive sentences - tikina...
I te pānuitia te kupu.
The message was being read out.
Passive sentences - tikina...
Kawea tētehi puka iti ki ngā wāhi kei reira te reo Māori e kōrerohia ana, tuhia ngā kupu me ngā kīanga ka rangona.
Bring a small book with you to the places where the Māori language is spoken, write down the words and phrases that are heard.
Passive sentences - tikina...
Kia kamakama e hoa, ko tāu kupu anake te mea e tāria nei.
Can you hurry things up a bit - your opinion is the only one still being waited on.
Be waited for - tāria
kia toi te kupu, toi te mana, toi te aroha, toi te Reo Māori,
so that our words, spiritual power, love, and language are upheld,
So that something can happen for someone else - kia
Kāore ia e ū ki tāna kupu.
She doesn't do what she says she'll do.
Negations of the future (I will not go) - Kāore... e...
Ko tēnei kupu, ko te "mārena" mea tango mai i te reo Pākehā.
This word, "mārena", was borrowed from English.
Using 'i' to indicate direction away from something - i - i
Ka koa tōku ngākau ki āna kupu.
My heart raced at her words.
Possessives - 'o' class - ō, tōku...
Kāore aku kupu.
I don't have anything to say.
I have no... - Kāore aku...
He aha te kupu Māori mō time?
What's the Māori word for time?
What? - He aha?
He aha te kupu Māori mō hat?
What's the Māori word for hat.
What? - He aha?
He aha te kupu Māori mō lollies?
What is the Māori word for lollies?
What? - He aha?
He aha te kupu Māori mō 'awesome'?
What's the Māori word for 'awesome'?
What? - He aha?
Aua, he kupu hou tēnā ki a au.
I don't know, that's a new word to me.
That (near you) - tēnā, te... nā
He kupu hou tēnā.
That's a new word.
That (near you) - tēnā, te... nā
Kei te ako a Hēmi rāua ko Hera i ngā kupu whānau i te reo Māori.
Hēmi and Hera are learning Māori 'family' words.
Talking about more than one person - ...rāua ko..., rātou ko...
Ka koa tōku ngākau ki ana kupu.
My heart rejoiced at her words.
Koia tāku kupu tēnei ki a koutou.
This then (indeed) is what I have to say to you.
Pēhea te roa o te Taura Whiri e kimikimi kupu hōu nei?
How long has the Māori Language Commission been making up new words?
I kōrero a Kupe i ēnei kupu mō te whenua hou.
Kupe said these words about the new land.
Waiatatia ēnei kupu.
Sing these words.
Kua kite mātou i āu kupu i roto i tēnei reta āu.
We have seen your words in this letter of yours.
Atu i te āhua o ngā kupu, kāore he tino rerekētanga o ēnei pū tohu wā e rua nei.
In terms of the meaning of the words, there is no significant difference between these two expressions.
Nā, ka miharo rātou ki tāna kupu, ā whakarongo kau ana.
They marvelled at his word and just listened.
He mea kōrero ngā kupu.
The words were spoken.
He mea kōrero ngā kupu e te kaiako.
The words were spoken by the teacher.
I kitea te kupu i te papakupu.
The word was seen in the dictionary.
E waiata tika ana ia i ngā kupu.
She is correctly singing the words.
Kei te ako tātou i te kupu 'poaka'.
We are learning the word 'pig'.
E kore e ea i te kupu taku aroha mōu.
Words can't express how much I love you.
Kāore te iwi i rata ki ētahi o ngā kupu hou a Te Taura Whiri.
People did not like some of the new words coined by the Māori Language Commission.
He ātaahua tana whakahua i ngā kupu Māori.
She pronounces Māori words beautifully.
Foster, Ngā Kupu Whakamārama:
The adjective
He kupu kei ngā pakitara o te kīhini?
Are those words on the walls of your kitchen?
Ko ngā kupu a te akomanga.
The words of the class.
He ātaahua tana whakahua i ngā kupu Māori
Her pronunciation of Māori words is beautiful, she pronounces Māori words beautifully
I te pānuitia te kupu e te kaiwhakahaere.
The message was being read out by the organiser.
Kīhai a ia i hoki mai, ko ana hoa ia i hoki atu i te kupu o te tangata i karanga atu rā.
She did not return; her friends, however, returned at the word of the man who called out.
Anei e whai ake nei ētahi atu o ngā kupu i kitea mai e te Taura Whiri.
Here follow some other words produced by the Māori Language Commission.
Ko ngā kupu iti o te reo e hono hono nei i te kōrero e kīa ana he punga
The small words of the language which connect utterances are called particles
Kimihia te kupu ki te papakupu.
Look for the word in the dictionary.
Whakahokia ngā kupu ki te wāhi tika.
Put back the missing words.
Ka tuhi ia i ngā kupu.
He wrote the words.
Whakamahia ngā kupu, kīanga, whakataukī, kīwaha i ako ai koe i tēnei akoranga.
Use words, phrases, proverbs and idiom you have learnt in this course.
Kia kaua e roa ake i te rua rau kupu te roa.
Do not exceed the 200-word limit.
Kei konei ētahi kupu hei whakaaroatanga mā tātau (Kāretu 1974:110)
Here are some words for us to think about
Kāhore kau he kupu a rāua ki a rāua.
They did not say a single word to each other.
E kore te whare kōrero, e puta he kupu mā tētahi tangata i muri i te kupu a te tino ariki.
It was not allowable according to the rules of debate for any person to say anything after the high chief had spoken.
Me ako kupu, kīanga anō hoki e hāngai ana.
Learn words, and also relevant phrases that are applicable.
Me pēhea tā tātou whakatika i te whakahuatanga o ngā kupu Māori?
How are we to correct the pronunciation of Māori words?
Homai koa te kupu huna mō te ipurangi.
Please give me the password for the internet.
Mō Puhihuia rāpea tō kupu?
Are your words actually about Puhihuia?
Ko Ponga koā rāua ko Puhihuia i noho kau noa iho, hore he kupu, hore he aha.
Ponga and Puhihuia, however, just sat, without a word, without anything.
E hoa, he tika tō kupu.
Friend, your words are true.
Ka whai atu rā hoki te kupu kanga i muri i a rātou.
And the curse followed them.
Hei tino tauira hei tāna, "i roto i te Kowheori i ngā marama e ono, e hia kē nei ngā kupu mō te mate Kowheori i te tīmatanga rā."
A prime example "is when Covid-19 first hit, in the first six months there were so many different Māori names used for the word Covid".
Iti te kupu nui te kōrero.
Short but laden with meaning.
Ehara pea tēnei i te kupu tika?
Perhaps this is not the correct word?
