Results for 'Pounamu'
pounamu - greenstone
Pounamu. 1. n. Greenstone, jade. For an exhaustive discussion on the subject see F. R. Chapman's paper, Tr. xxiv, 479. Ko nga toki i taraia ai enei waka he toki pounamu (T. 71). Ano he poumanu kei nga karu e titiwha ana (T. 159).
2. Weapon or implement of greenstone. Ka kitea te iwi tupapaku, te pounamu (Pi. 135, 5).
3. A variety of kumara and of yam.
4. Bottle. (mod.)
5. a. Dark green. Ano kahiwahiwa kau ana me te ahua wai pounamu (T. 158). So tititi pounamu, a bird; and nanua pounamu, a fish.
6. n. Prionace glauca, blue shark. = mango-aupounamu, tahapounamu.
Williams Dictionary
I tāraia te waka ki te toki pounamu.
The canoe was carved with a jade adze.
Simple sentences: past tense - i
Kia whakapapa pounamu te moana.
May the sea be like greenstone.
Mild imperatives (You should be...) - kia
Kei roto te miraka i te pounamu.
The milk is in the bottle.
In, on, by, under... - kei runga...
Kei hea ngā pounamu mīraka?
Where are the milk bottles?
Locatives (at the moment, something is somewhere) - kei te
Ka mahue a Puhihuia i te taha o te tangata i a ia rā te patu pounamu.
Puhihuia was left beside the man who had the greenstone weapon.
Statives - mate, ngaro, mau...
Ka titiro a Ataahua ki te parani i runga i te pounamu.
Ataahua looked at the brand on the bottle.
Ka used to indicate the past - ka
Ka mau ki tana mere pounamu, ke hoatu ki te tamaiti ariki o taua ope nei.
[He] took his greenstone mere and gave it to the young leader of this group.
Ka used to indicate the past - ka
Ka tū mai tētahi wahine anō me te mere pounamu i te ringa.
Another woman stood and came forward with a greenstone mere in her hand.
Ka used to indicate the past - ka
I tāhaetia te patu pounamu i te whare taonga.
The greenstone patu was stolen from the museum.
Using 'i' to indicate direction away from something - i - i
Ka haria ki tētahi tohunga te pounamu e tāhaetia i te whare nui.
The greenstone which was stolen from the meeting house was taken to a tohunga.
Using 'i' to indicate direction away from something - i - i
No Te Wai Pounamu tōu tipuna wahine.
Your grandmother is from the South Island.
Possessives - 'o' class - ō, tōku...
He pounamu tēnei mere.
This mere is greenstone.
I reira, ka kitea e ia tētahi pounamu i Arahura.
There, he saw a piece of greenstone at Arahura.
Ke hoki ia ki Hawaiki, ka mauria e ia ētahi pounamu.
When he returned to Hawaiki, he took some pieces of greenstone with him.
Ahakoa he iti he pounamu.
Although it is small, it is valuable.
