Results for 'Motu'
motu - island (n); cut (v), cut off (adj)
motū - steak
Mōtū, n. A heavy kind of stone, used for making sinkers for nets and fishing lines.
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Mōtu.——
whakamōtu, v.i. Remain silent and still.
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Motū, n. Piece of flesh, or fat, titbit. Ka homai te rourou kai mana, ko te motu o te iramutu i runga i te rourou. = matu.
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Motu (i). 1. a. Severed. Ka tapahia te arero, ka motu (T. 42). He mare motu, a cough in which the phlegm comes away.
2. Separated, moved to a distance. Ka motu ki te ara (When they had gone some distance on the road) (T. 198). Ka motu koe ko tawhiti (M. 62). Ka motu ki Hawaiki (M. 104).
3. Set free, escaped. Me te weka ka motu i te mahanga (T. 170). Tana kiri aritahi i motu mai i te reinga (M. 347).
4. Broken off, cut, as a rope, etc. I motu mai i whea te rimu o te moana ? (P. 33).
5. Cut, wounded. Kei motu koe i te toki na.
6. n. Anything isolated. E noho kotahi nei tona motu, ko ia anake (M. 230).
7. Island. Ko tetehi rahinga i te motu, i Mokoia, e noho ana (T. 80).
8. Clump of trees. Tena kei te motu ko te manu kopakopa (M. 182).
9. Ship, in the expression motu tawhiti.
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10. Cut, wound.
motunga, n. Faggot.
momotu, v.t. (pass. motuhia). Sever, separate. Ki taku taonga ra ka momotu ki tawhiti (S. ii, 79). He whakakai taringa … ka motuhia mai e au i te taringa (J. ii, 226).
mōmotu, motumotu. n. Firebrand. He toro motumotu, he toro ngarahu, ka tahu ki whea ? (M. 286). Motumotu tōroa, a skid for a canoe; also, apparently, the ama connecting the outrigger.
motumotu. 1. n. A charm and rite used by fowlers and fishers, included in the class known as kaha.
2. In the expression motumotu taka, applied to a person who mishandles property in the owner's absence. takahi motumotu.
3. a. Divided into isolated portions.
4. Appearing like islands. E ! ka motumotu rapea te whenua e haerea ana e Te Ponga ma (T. 171).
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Motu (ii), a. Cold. He wai motu.—Ka motu oku ringa.
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E kauhoe ana ia ki te motu.
She is going to swim to the island.
Simple sentences: present tense - e... ana
I kauhoe atu ia ki te motu.
He swam to the island.
Simple sentences: past tense - i
Nā Manu te waka i hoe ki te motu.
Manu paddled the boat to the island.
Past agent emphatic - nā - agent emphatic
E mōhiotia whānuitia ana a Te Puea Hērangi e ngā tāngata Māori o te motu.
Te Puea Hērangi is widely known by Māori people from all over the land.
Passive sentences - tikina...
I hoea te waka e ngā manuhiri ki te motu.
The boat was paddled by the guests to the island.
Passive sentences - tikina...
Kātahi te motu wera!
What a hot island!
What a... - kātahi te...
Kātahi te motu wera ko Raratonga!
What a hot island Rarotonga is!
What a... - kātahi te...
Kei Te Taitokerai te kāuri te tino nui o te motu.
The biggest kāuri in the land is in Northland.
pai·nga moo te motu naa reira ia ka whakaari·a hei mema paaremata
Because he was such a good man, and had done so much for the people, they nominated
Ā, tūāroa ki ngā tini mate huri noa i te motu.
And a long farewell to the many who have passed away throughout the land.
Heoti anō āku i kite ai o tēnei motu, ka mutu.
That was all I saw on this island.
He hono tangata e kore e motu; ka pa he taura waka e motu.
Unlike a canoe rope, a human bond cannot be severed.
Me tuku tēnei karere ki tēnā marae, ki tēnā marae o te motu.
This message should be sent to every marae in the country.
Nōna e tīhore ana i te tia, ka pakū te pū a Motu.
While he was skinning the deer Motu’s gun went off.
Kua motu koe i tō matimati.
You've cut your finger.
I kitea e wai, tēnei motu?
Who discovered this island? (This island was discovered by whom?)
Ka haere hoki a Ngātoro ki te motu, noho ai.
Ngātoro also went to the island, and stayed there.
Kei te Taitokerau te kauri te tino nui o te motu.
The biggest kauri in the land is in Northland.
Ki te motu i kauhoe ai te wahine.
It was to the island that the woman swam.
Ki te motu e kauhoe ai te wahine.
It will be to the island that the woman will swim.
Kei te mōhio koe ki te ngaringari a motu?
Do you know the national anthem?
I te tau i anga te tamariki nei ki konei, i haere mātou ki runga i ngā motu nā, tirotiro tuatara ai.
at the(pl) island LOC look tuatara ai The year the children headed out here, we went onto the islands looking for tuatara there.
Ko Kāpiti te motu te rū nei taku ngākau.
Kāpiti is the island that speaks to my heart.
