Results for 'Matua'
matua - parent, father
mātua - parents, fathers (plural form of matua)
Mātua (i). 1. ad. First. I matua whakawawa ano nga uri o Tangaroa (T. 5). Matua ano tenei e hanga.
2. Almost, on the point of. Matua te wairua ki te po, e koroingo ana ano (P.). (Another version has matuatia.)
3. a. Important, large, abundant. He matua te ika o tera kainga.
4. n. Main body of an army. Katahi ano te matua ka pakaru, ka patua (J. xx, 23).
mātuatua. 1. a. Important, large, abundant.
2. n. A variety of eel.
Williams Dictionary
Matua (ii). ‖ matua, 1.
Williams Dictionary
Matua. 1. n. Parent, and more especially father. Plural, mātua. Ko te matua o Tawhaki i mauria matetia atu, ko te wahine anake i haere ora (T. 46).
2. Division of an army, company, Plural, matua. Ko nga matua a nga tuakana, he maha ano nga tangata (T. 101).
3. Placenta. Matua kihikihi, larva of cicada.
4. Hull or body of a canoe, to which the haumi, rauawa, etc., were fitted. Ka whakaekea nga rauawa ki runga ki te matua.
5. Body of a calabash, to which the paewai was fixed.
6.As an element in the names of several plants. Matua-aruhe, matua-kaponga, ferns; matua-kore, a tree; matua-kūmara. Geranium dissectum;matua-mauku. Hymenophyllum dilatatum;matua-tikumu, Celmisia specta-bilis and C. coriacea.
7. a. Adult, grown up. Tena kia matua ia, he tangata matau rawa ia (W.M. vii, 7). = kaumatua.
8. Main, chief, important. Kei hopu tou ringa ki te aka taepa, engari kia mau ki te aka matua (T. 48). Ka mahue te wahine matua (T. 185).
whakamatua. 1. v.i. Rest, pause, after an effort. (So explained by Grey.) He pureirei whakamatuatanga (P. 25).
2. v. Keep steady, control. Ka houhia nga rakau ki waenganui tonu o te waka ki runga i nga taumanu… hei whakamatua i te waka.
Williams Dictionary
Ko Kuikui tōku whaea. Ko Tahu tōku matua.
Kuikui is my mother. Tahu is my father.
Identity sentences - ko...
Ko wai te ingoa o tō matua?
What's the name of your dad?
Asking who - Ko wai...?
Ko wai ō mātua?
Who are your parents?
Asking who - Ko wai...?
Ko wai ngā mātua?
Who are the parents?
Asking who - Ko wai...?
Ehara a Pāora i te matua.
Pāora is not a parent.
Negations of identity sentences - ehara...
Ehara a Amaru rāua ko Aria i te mātua.
Amaru and Aria are not parents.
Negations of identity sentences - ehara...
Kua ora mai anō ōna mātua.
His parents have got well again.
Simple sentences: past completed tense - kua
Me whakaronga ngā tamariki ki ngā mātua.
Children should listen to the parents.
Simple sentences: you should - me
Me mātua paku kōrero te take, kātahi ka whakatau.
We should first discuss the issue a bit, then decide.
Simple sentences: you should - me
Kei Tokoroa tōnā matua e noho ana.
His father is living in Tokoroa.
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He rite tonu tērā tamaiti ki tōna matua.
That child is just like his father.
This is just like that - he rite tonu
Nō hea ō mātua?
Where are your parents from?
Belonging to a place - nō
Mā ngā mātua ngā tamariki e āwhina.
The parents will help the children.
Future agent emphatic - māku
I te tohutohu mai taku tamāhine ānō nei he matua kē ia.
My daughter was bossing me as if she was a parent
It was as if - ānō nei
Kei waenganui tana matua i ngā manuhiri.
Her/his father is in the middle of the visitors.
In, on, by, under... - kei runga...
Kei waenganui te kōtiro i ōna mātua.
The girl is between her parents.
In, on, by, under... - kei runga...
Ka haere mātou mā runga i te motokā o tōku matua.
We (but not you) will go in my father's car.
Travelling by means of - mā runga
I kohia he pipi māku, me te kohi anō i ētehi mā taku matua.
I gathered some pipi for me, as well as some for my dad.
While at the same time/and in addition - me te... anō
Kua tangohia nā hū e tōnā matua.
His shoes have been removed by his father.
Passive sentences - tikina...
Kei te hanga whare rātou mō ō rātou mātua.
They are house building for their parents.
Gerund phrases (fence building, bread baking, dishes washing...) - tunu parāoa...
Ko Pōneke te taone matua, engari ko Akarana te taone nui.
Wellington is the capital city, but Auckland is the big city.
Conjunctions - but - engari
I te mutunga o te wānanga ka ngana a Tame ki te whakawehe i ōna mātua.
At the conclusion of the wānanga Tame attempted to separate his parents.
Past - specifying a particular time - i te
He mātua pai a Ari rāua ko Moana.
Ari and Moana are good parents.
Categorizing sentences - he
Kua wehe rātou i te rōpū matua.
They have separated from the parent organisation.
Using 'i' to indicate direction away from something - i - i
Kāore tō tāua matua i haere ki tāna hui.
Our father did not go to his meeting.
Possessives - 'o' class - ō, tōku...
Tokorima. Ko aku mātua, mātou ko taku tuakana, ko taku tungane.
Five. My parents, (me) and my older sister and my brother.
Family relationships - older sibling of the same sex - tuakana
Ko ia te tuakana o taku pāpā, arā taku matua kēkē.
He's my dad's older brother, that is my uncle.
Family relationships - older sibling of the same sex - tuakana
Tokoono mātou, ko ōku mātua, me ōku tuākana.
There are six of us, my parents and my older sisters.
Family relationships - older sibling of the same sex - tuakana
Ko Rongomai rāua ko Moana ōku mātua.
Rongomai and Moana are my parents.
Talking about more than one person - ...rāua ko..., rātou ko...
Ko Aroha rāua ko Timi ana mātua.
Aroha and Timi are her parents.
Talking about more than one person - ...rāua ko..., rātou ko...
Ko Brian rāua ko Fran ōku mātua.
Brian and Fran are my parents.
Talking about more than one person - ...rāua ko..., rātou ko...
Ko Timi rāua ko Jen aku mātua.
Timi and Jen are my parents.
Talking about more than one person - ...rāua ko..., rātou ko...
Ko Piripi rāua ko Miriama ōku mātua.
Piripi and Miriama are my parents.
Talking about more than one person - ...rāua ko..., rātou ko...
Ko Barry rāua ko Lynne ōku mātua.
Barry and Lynne are my parents.
Talking about more than one person - ...rāua ko..., rātou ko...
Ko Hēmi rāua ko Aroha ngā mātua o Pāora.
Hēmi and Aroha are the parents of Pāora.
Talking about more than one person - ...rāua ko..., rātou ko...
Ko Raureka rāua ko Tūhawaiki ngā mātua.
Raureka and Tāhawaiki are the parents.
Talking about more than one person - ...rāua ko..., rātou ko...
Ko Sally rāua ko Tīmoti ōku mātua.
My parents are Sally and Timoti.
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...
He mātua a Pani rāua ko Hata,.
Pani and Hata are parents.
Talking about more than one person - ...rāua ko..., rātou ko...
Pātai atu ki a Matua Kūkara.
Ask Uncle Google.
Away - atu
Ehara mā ngā mātua ngā tamariki e āwhina.
The parents won’t help the children.
Negating the future agent emphatic - ehara mā..
I mātua hui te iwi ki te marae, kātahi ka haere ki te urupā.
First the tribe met at the marae, and then set off to the cemetry.
And then... - kātahi ka...
Nā te aha ngā mātua i tae mai ai ki te kura?
For what reason did the parents come to the school?
For what reason? - nā te aha ai?
Nā te aha ngā mātua i kore ai e tae mai ki te kura?
Why didn’t the parents come to the school?
Why not? - nā te aha i kore ai?
Kei te hangaia e rātou he whare mō ō rātou mātua.
A house is being by them for their parents.
Ko Tania te kaitiaki matua i tēnei rā.
Tania is the main caregiver today.
Kei hea tō matua?
Where is your father?
Kei te kūaha taku matua.
My father is by the door.
Ka haere ki te whare o te matua o Amaru.
[He] went to the house of Amaru's parent.
Kua horoi ngā mātua i ngā rīhi.
The parents have washed the dishes.
Ko Hēmi tōku matua.
Hēmi is my father.
Kei mua te kotiro i ana mātua.
The girl is in front of her parents.
He tangata tāroaroa a Matua Māka.
Matua Māka is a tall person.
Whakautua ana e Kura ki tana matua.
Kura answered her father.
Kei te haere ahau ki te hokomaha hoko ai i te kai mā ōku mātua.
I am going to the supermarket to buy food for my parents.
Ko Brian tōku matua.
Brian is my father.
Ko Jim taku matua.
Jim is my dad.
I te reo Māori, e ono ngā pū-tohu-wa matua, e whitu me ka whakaarohia te "kātahi āno... ka", engari he mono tūkē te "kātahi anō".
In the Māori language, there are six main time markers, seven if we include "kātahi anō... ka", but "kātahi anō" is considered a standalone.
Ākuanei ka tūtaki i a ia. Heoi anō, ahau tēnā, Aaron Henare. Ko taku tētahi ingoa poto, ko Matua Azza. Mehemea e hiahia ana koe ki te tuku te ingoa poto, Matua Azza, e pai ana ki ahau.
We’ll meet him shortly. Anyway, that is me, Aaron Henare. One of my short names is tuazza. If you would like to use my short name, that is fine with me.
Ki te rongo ki tō ake, ō ake hiahia, ō ake wawata, whāinga matua pea.
To listen to your own heart, your own desires, your own aspirations — perhaps your main goal.
Mā reira pea te matua o to kōtiro rā ka rongo ai ki tō reo.
Perhaps as a result, the girl's mother will hear you calling.
Kei mua a Tu-whakairi-ora i ngā mātua rā.
Tu-whakairi-ora is at the front of those battalions.
Ko te kōrero a ngā mātua tïpuna.
The stories of the forebears.
E tae ai tēnei take te whakatau, me mātua mōhio ngā āhuatanga katoa.
In order for this issue to be decided, one must first know everything that relates to it.
Ko Tawa tōku matua.
Tawa is my father.
Ko Tai tōku matua whakaangi.
Tai is my stepfather.
Kia ora Matua.
Hello uncle.
Kei te haere ngā tama ki te toa kākahu i te tāone matua o Kirikiriroa.
The sons are going to the clothing shop in the important town of Hamilton
Te whare o ō mātou mātua.
Our parents' house.
Ko Tania te kaitiaki matua i tēnei rā.
Tania is the main caregiver today.
He matua a Koa.
Koa is a parent.
Ko Kauri taku taokete, he tino pai ia. Koia kei te āwhina mai i ōku mātua i ia rangi, i ia rangi.
Kauri is my sister in law, she is great. She helps my parents everyday.
