Results for 'Kīhai'
kīhai - Negative word
Kihai, kihei, ad. Not; only in past time with i. Kihai ano i taro kua mate (T. 160).
Williams Dictionary
Kīhai i tāria a ngāi whiore mā.
The ones lagging behind weren't waited for.
Be waited for - tāria
Kīhai i pīrangi tōna whaea ki a ia.
His mother did not want him.
Family relationships - mother - mama, whaea
Ahakoa aruaru te tāne i a ia, kīhai a ia i pai atu ki ērā.
Although men wooed her, she didn’t like any of them.
Me i noho amoo a Ngaaotoroo maa i Maketuu, me i kaua te haere ki Moehau, kīhai i wera a Te Arawa.
If Ngaatoro and his people had settled at Maketuu, and if the journey to Moehau had not taken place, Te Arawa would not have been burned.
Kīhai ia i karanga.
He or she did not call.
Kīhai rātou i kai.
They did not eat.
Kīhai rānei koe i haere ki te kura?
Did you not go to school?
Kīhai a Hōne i haere.
Hōne did not go.
Kīhai anō a Hōne i haere.
Hōne has not yet gone.
Kīhai a ia i āta mōhio ki te ara ki te puna wai.
He didn't really know the path to the spring.
Kīhai a Ponga i ahu ki aua whare.
Ponga did not head for those houses.
Kīhai i mau i ahau tētahi hē o tēnei tangata.
I cannot seize upon any fault of this man.
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.
Kīhai te ika i mau ki te waha, i mau kē ki te hiku.
The fish was not caught by the mouth; it was caught by the tail instead.
Kīhai mātou i haere.
We did not go.
Kīhai koa i taro, ka puta atu te tangata.
Indeed, it was not long before the man appeared.
Kīhai tāku reta i whakautua.
My letter was not answered.
Kīhai te rākau i hinga.
The tree did not fall.
Kīhai a Tūpai i mate, engari ko tōna hoa, ko Ruawhārō, i mate.
Tūpai didn’t suffer, but his companion Ruawhārō was afflicted.
Kīhai ia i hīkoi ki te kura.
She didn't walk to school.
