☰
☰

On-line Te Reo Māori Dictionary

Look up a word:


Results for 'Pani'

pani - orphan (n); to be orphaned (v): to smear, spread out (v)

Pani (i), n. Persons bereaved; generally orphan, sometimes widow. Ko Paia-te-mamaru hei atawhai pani (M. 214). Pani taua, bereaved by war. I aua ra e Weu ma, i te pani taua, e takoto nei te mamae, me he ngau atua (M. 88).

whakapani, v.t. Make orphan. Hei whakapani hika (M. 50).

Williams Dictionary

Pani (ii), panipani, v.t. 1. Paint, besmear. Ka hoki ia ki te pani i tona whare ki te tawhiri (T. 192). Ka pania ki te ngarahu, kapi katoa (T. 42). To uru i panipania ki te wai tangihua (M. 226).

2. Smear, spread anything upon something else. Panipania rawatia hoki nga kumara (T. 107).

Williams Dictionary

Pani (iii), papani, v.t. Block up. Kua pania tena kuwaha. ‖ kopani, puni.

Williams Dictionary

Ehara a Rangi rāua ko Kauri i te mātua.
Rangi and Kauri are not parents.
Negations of identity sentences - ehara...

Kei te mau a Pani i te ika.
Pani is carrying the fish.
Simple sentences: present tense with a verb - kei te

I mania a Pani.
Pani slipped.
Simple sentences: past tense - i

Kua mau te ika i a Pani.
Pani has caught the fish.
Simple sentences: past completed tense - kua

Me haere koutou ko Pāora ko Koa ki te tāone.
You and Pāora and Koa should go to town.
Simple sentences: you should - me

Ko Pani mā ngā kaiwhakahaere. Nō Te Kaha aua tāngata.
Pani and the others are the organisers. Those people are from Te Kaha.
Belonging to a place - nō

Mā Pani ēnei pukapuka.
These books are for Pani.
Unrealised possession - mā, māku

He mātua pai a Hēmi rāua ko Rina.
Hēmi and Rina are good parents.
Categorizing sentences - he

He mātua a Pani rāua ko Hata,.
Pani and Hata are parents.
Talking about more than one person - ...rāua ko..., rātou ko...

Me kāhore koutou e haere ana, me tuku a Pani kia haere.
If you are not going, let Pani go.

He mātua pai a Pani rāua ko Hata
Pani and Hata are good parents.

Koutou ko Hata ko Pani
You, Hata and Pani.

Me haere koutou ko Hata ko Pani ki te tāone.
You and Hata and Pani ought to go to town.

Kei te kura rātou ko Hata ko Pani ko Mere.
They and Hata, Pani, and Mere are at the school.

Ko Pani te hoa wahine o Hata.
Pani is the wife of Hata.

Me haere ana koutou ki Ahuriri me hari Pani.
If you are going to Napier, better bring Pani.

Ko Pani te whaea o Tamahae.
Pani is Tamahae’s mother.

Ko Tamahae te tama a Pani.
Tamahae is Pani’s son.

Ko Pani te wahine a Hata.
Pani is Hata’s wife.

Mā runga i te waka o Pani.
By Pani’s canoe.

No Pani tēnei whare?
(Is this house Pani’s?)

Na Hata rāua ko Pani.
(They’re Hata’s and

Ka haere ana koe, ka mahue pani mātou.
If you go we will be left like orphans.

Ko Pani mā ngā kuki.
Pani and company are the cooks.

Ēhara ngā kuki i a Pani mā.
The cooks are not Pani and company.

Ma runga i te waka o Pani.
By Pani’s canoe.

Koutou ko Amaru ko Tame.
All of you and Amaru and Tame.

Ehara a Pani i tana tamāhine
Pani is not his daughter

Nā te matenga o tō rātou rangatira, ka noho pani te iwi
The tribe was bereaved (left “orphaned

Nā Pani tēnei kete
This kete belongs to Pani (direct statement of ownership, see SF13)

Nā Pani tēnei kete i raranga
Pani plaited this kete (the agent is emphasised)

He mātua a Pani.
Pani is a parent.

Ehara a Pani i te mātua.
Pani is not a parent.

He mātua a Pani rāua ko Hata.
Pani and Hata are parents.

Ehara a Pani rāua ko Hata i te mātua.
Pani and Hata are not parents.

Ka āwhina a Mere rānei, a Marama rānei i a Pani.
Either Mary or Marama will help Pani.

He matua a Ataahua.
Ataahua is a parent.

Mō Pani tēnei hōiho.
‘This horse is for

#18: The sheep are standing
#178: She immediately cried and is still crying.
#55: The chair my father made is good
#141: In the time of the ancestors
#68: Colonel Musard in the ballroom wirh the dagger
#97: Is Rangi helping Mere, it is Mere helping Rangi?
Explore Māori Grammar! | Play our Māori word game! | Learn with our Māori flashcards!