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pōnga - nightfall

Pōnga. ‖ (i).

Williams Dictionary

Ponga. 1. n. Cyathea dealbata, a tree-fern.

2. A method of adzing timber; also pongaponga. He pongaponga tenei tarai.

3. A game. Ka emi mai te mano o te tangata ki te haka, ki te ti, ki te ponga, ki te punipuni, ki te takaro (M. vii).

4. a. Smoky.

pongaponga, n. 1. Nostril. ‖ pongaihu.

2. = ponga, 2.

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Pōngahangaha, n. and v.t. Muzzle. Pongāihu, n. 1. Nostril. ponga.

2. Food sent by hosts to persons who are on the road to visit them.

3. = Koihu. Space between rows of kumara plants. ‖ marua.

Williams Dictionary

pōnga, n. Nightfall. A, rokohanga e te ponga (T. 70).

Williams Dictionary

Ēhara i a Ponga te nei.
The fault is not Ponga's.
Negations of identity sentences - ehara...

E mea ana koe ko Ponga hei ariki mōu?
Are you saying that Pongo is to be your lord?
Simple sentences: present tense - e... ana

Ponga te kōhuru i a au.
Ponga is responsible for the treachery against me.
Past agent emphatic - nā - agent emphatic

Ponga tēnā, ēhara i a au.
Ponga is the cause, not me.
Past agent emphatic - nā - agent emphatic

Nā Ponga ahau i āwhina.
I was protected by Ponga.
Past agent emphatic - nā - agent emphatic

te moko o Ponga i pai ai.
It is because of Ponga's facial tattoo that he was attractive.
Past agent emphatic - nā - agent emphatic

Ka whakarongo puku a Ponga.
Pongo listened in silence.
Ka used to indicate the past - ka

Ka piki puku atu hoki a Ponga i muri i a ia.
Ponga also climbed up silently behind her.
Ka used to indicate the past - ka

Tae atu a Ponga ki tana taha.
Ponga reached her side.
Away - atu

Haere tonu rāua, me te whai atu anō a Ponga i muri tata.
They went on with Ponga following close behind.
Direction markers with adverbs - tonu mai, kā atu, rawa mai...

Me Ponga i hoki mai anō te tatau ōna i puta atu ai.
And Ponga came back in by the same door he had left by.
Direction markers with adverbs - tonu mai, kā atu, rawa mai...

Ko Puhihuia te noho mai i roto o taua iwi te titiro mai ki a Ponga.
Puhihuia was sitting amongst those people watching Ponga.
That aforementioned thing - taua, aua

Ko Ponga te mea i mihi puku ki a ia.
Ponga admired her silently.

Te tino putanga o Ponga ki mua o te kapa.
When Ponga appeared at the front of the ranks.

E kore a ia e hoki mai i a Ponga.
She will never return to us from Ponga.

Kāti, e mea ana koe ko Ponga hei ariki mōu?
Then are you saying Ponga is to be your lord?

Ko Ponga i kōhuru i a au.
Ponga treated me maliciously.

taua wai i kawe i kitea ai te whakaaro a Ponga ki a au.
Because of that water that was fetched, Ponga's feelings towards me were discovered.

He tangata i pai, he tangata i kino ki te mahi a Ponga.
Some said Ponga's action was good, and some said it was bad.

Ko Ponga tētahi tangata rangatira o rātou.
Ponga was one of their chiefs.

He tika te a tātou ariki, te kōtiro nei i pai mai ki a Ponga, kāti me āwhina e tātou.
The words of our leader are just; because this girl loves Ponga, we should support her.

#113: If it rains we will stay home
#125: Talking about you and other poeple
#64: She is always swimming in the sea
#41: That motorbike is yellow
#78: Rangi has been to Taupō on his friend's helicopter
#30: We two (not you) are going
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