patua - hit/killed (patu + passive suffix -a)
Pātua, n. 1. A canoe without raised side planks. = tiwai.
2. A receptacle for food, made of bark of totara, etc. Ka titiro ki te ngako, katahi ka tutua ki te taha, ki te patua, heoi ka kainga e te iwi ra (T. 153). ‖ papa (ii).
Williams Dictionary
Patua aku kupu!Prove me wrong!Passive sentences - tikina...
I patua au.I was hit.Passive sentences - tikina...
I patua e au.It was hit by me.Passive sentences - tikina...
Ka patua te ngeru e te kurī.The cat will be attacked by the dog.Passive sentences - tikina...
Kua patua ahau.I have been hit.Passive sentences - tikina...
I patua te rango e te tangata.The fly was hit by the man.Passive sentences - tikina...
I patua te kurī e te tamaiti.The dog was hit by the child.Passive sentences - tikina...
Ka patua ia e te tamaiti rahi.He was hit by the big boy.Passive sentences - tikina...
Ka patua taua kai rā e ia ki te manga o te kawakawa.He struck that food with the branch of the kawakawa.Ka used to indicate the past - ka
Ka patua katoatia.All [the people] were killed.Ka used to indicate the past - ka
Kāore te ngeru e patua e te kurī.The cat will not be attacked by the dog.Negating passive sentences - Kāore... e...
Kaua e patua!Don't kill it!Negative passive commands (Don't be...) - Kaua... e...
I patua te kau me ngā hipi e te kaipāmu ki te rākau.The cow and the sheep were hit by the farmer with the stick.By means of - ki
I patua e ia ki te ngākaukore.He killed it heartlessly.
Kei te patua e ia tana kurī.Her dog is beaten by her.
Kore rawa he rerenga, ka titiro kau iho ngā tāngata o roto i te pā ki ērā o rātou e patua ana ki te moana.No one escaped and the people of the fort looked on helplessly as their compatriots were slaughtered at sea.
I patua e ia kāhore he māripi.He killed it without a knife.
