Results for 'Mahia'
mahia - worked (mahi + passive suffix -a)
Māhia, n. 1. Indistinct sound. Me te whai tonu atu te waka ra i te mahia o te waha o te kuri ra (T. 121). He mahia reo i rangona e au kei Taiporutu (S. 75).
2. Scrofulous swelling. Kaki mahia = hore.
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Māhie, n. 1. Hatred. = mauahara.
2. Crime, evil deed.
Williams Dictionary
E tātaku ana tērā i ngā kauhau o nehe, me te kōrero i ngā mahi a ngā tūpuna i mahia i tēnei taha.
They recited the old recitations from ancient times, and talked about the deeds of the ancestors.
Simple sentences: present tense - e... ana
Kua mahia te mahi pai e kōrua.
The good work has been done by you two
Simple sentences: past completed tense - kua
Tēnā mahia mai he rēwena mā tātou, e te tau?
Could you please make us some bread, dearest?
Could you please make me... - Tēnā mahia mai he... māku.
Tēnā mahia mai he kapu tī māku?
Could you please make me a cup of tea.
Could you please make me... - Tēnā mahia mai he... māku.
Tēnā mahia mai he kapu tī mā māua?
Can you please make us (2) a cup of tea?
Could you please make me... - Tēnā mahia mai he... māku.
Tēnā mahia mai he tī māku.
Please make a tea for me.
Could you please make me... - Tēnā mahia mai he... māku.
Mahia atu!
Get into it!
Commands using the passive - Tāpirihia, Tīkina...
Mahia te mahi!
Do the work!
Commands using the passive - Tāpirihia, Tīkina...
I haere mātou ko aku hoa mā runga i te waka o Betsy ki te takutai, ki Te Māhia.
Me and my friends went on Betsy's car to the beach, to Māhia.
Travelling by means of - mā runga
Kaua e māngere, mahia atu!
Don't be lazy, give it heaps!
Negative active commands - Don't! - Kaua e..., kāti...
I mahia e ia te wini me ana ringa paruparu.
He mended the window with dirty hands.
Passive sentences - tikina...
Ka mahia he waka mō tekau tāngata,.
A ten-man canoe was made.
Passive sentences - tikina...
I mahia e ia he taonga wheua mō te rau tāra.
He made a bone pendant worth one hundred dollars.
Passive sentences - tikina...
Mahia ai tēnei mahi i ngā rā omua.
This work was carried out in former times.
Passive sentences - tikina...
Kua mahia te mahi e ngā tamariki.
The work was done by the children.
Passive sentences - tikina...
I ngā rā o mua, kāore tēnei mahi e mahia ana e ngā Māori o Te Kaha.
Formerly, this activity was not performed by the Māori people of Te Kaha.
Passive sentences - tikina...
Kua mahia e Honi he kapu tī mā rātou.
Honi has made them a cup of tea.
Passive sentences - tikina...
I runga i te paruone ka mahia e ia he raina mai i te kēti ki te whare ki tana rākau.
He drew a line in the dirt from the gate to the house with his stick.
Passive sentences - tikina...
Ka tae te ope rā ki ā rātou mea i mahia mai rā i Āwhitu.
The group took their things which had been made in Āwhitu.
Ka used to indicate the past - ka
Kāore te mahi i mahia e ngā tamariki.
The work was not done by the children.
Negating passive sentences - Kāore... e...
He mea ui e ia ki tana whaea te mahi e mahia au aua tū mea nei.
The method by which these kind of things were made was something he asked his mother.
Family relationships - mother - mama, whaea
Mahia te mahi ināianei.
Do the work now.
I mahia tēnei mea e rātou kia rite ai ngā whakahau a te āpiha.
This thing was done by them so that the officer’s orders might be complied (there)with.
Mahia te huamata.
Make the salad.
Mahia hei painga mōu.
Do it for your own good.
I ako taku tama i te ture kia mahia ai tēnei momo mahi.
My son learnt the law so that he could do this kind of work.
Tēnā mahia mai he tī māku.
Could you please make me a cup of tea?
Tēnā mahia mai he tōhi māku.
Could you please make me some toast?
Tēnā mahia mai he rēwena mā tātou, e te tau.
Could you please make us a rēwena loaf, dearest?
Mahia he korārā mā māua
Make us a Milo please
Mahia ngā mahi kei tamariki ana.
Get things done while (you’re) young.
Ka taea e koe, mahia atu!
You can do it, give it a go!
I mahia ngā mahi katoa
All the tasks were worked on/done (passive); simple past.
Mahia kia pēnei.
Do it like this.
Ka whāia te wahie mō takurua, ka mahia te kai mō tau.
Firewood for the winter is gathered, food for the year is prepared.
Tēnā mahia mai he... māku.
\Could you make me a... please.
(I mahia ngā mahi o neherā i taua wāhi
The activities of olden times were carried out in that place
Tēnā mahia mai he kapu tī māku.
Could you please make me a cup of tea.
Kua mahia kētia e Hōne.
It has already been done by John. / It has been done by John instead.
