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poaka - pig

Poaka, n. 1. Himantopus leucocephalus, pied stilt, and H. novae-zealandiae, black stilt, shore birds. Whiri poaka, flax rope with three strands.

2. Rigel, a star. Tangohia ana mai ko Hirautu, ko Porerinuku, ko Kahuwiwhetu, ko Poaka (Tr. vii, 33). (Wohlers says Orion, but this appears to be a mistake.) = Puanga.

Williams Dictionary

Ka kite kōrua i a Pāpā Poaka ā tērā tau.
You two will see Pāpā Poaka next year.
Simple sentences: future tense - ka

Rite tonu koe ki te poaka ki te kai.
You eat just like a pig.
This is just like that - he rite tonu

Kotahi te poaka e pūhia ana a te Mane.
One pig will be shot on Monday.
Passive sentences - tikina...

Kaua e mauria tērā poaka ki te kāinga!
Don't bring that pig home!
Using 'ki' to indicate direction towards something - ki

Kei te whakangau poaka rāua.
They are pig hunting.

Kei te takaro ngā poaka.
The pigs are playing.

Ko rātou, ko ngā poaka e toru.
Them (over there), the three little pigs.

poaka me te kāpeti.
pork and cabbage.

#122: Too right mate!

#151: That is the house where I grew up (i... ai)

#116: I will write the letter with the pen

#96: Rangi is reading. The book is being read.

#64: She is always swimming in the sea

#175: Are you a man or a mouse?

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