Results for 'Pātaka'
pātaka - elevated storehouse; pantry
Pātaka, n. 1. Storehouse raised upon posts, elevated stage for storing food. Kai atu, whakairi ki te pataka (M. 86). Pataka pu kiore, one built with a flat slab on the top of each post to exclude rats. Umu pataka, a ceremonial oven in connection with the hahu ceremony.
2. Enclosure. “Kei whea te kaainga o Ngatoro-i-rangi ?” Ka kiia mai e ratou, “Kei te pataka e tu mai ra” (T. 84).
Williams Dictionary
Kei te hui a Rama rāua ko Pita ki te pātaka kōrero.
Rama and Pita are meeting in the library.
Simple sentences: present tense with a verb - kei te
E hui ana a Rama rāua ko Pita ki te pātaka kōrero.
Rama and Pita are meeting in the library.
Simple sentences: present tense - e... ana
Me kī te pātaka i ngā kai.
The pantry should be filled with food.
Simple sentences: you should - me
Nāku te pukapuka hītori i pānui i te Pātaka Kōrero.
I read the history book in the library.
Past agent emphatic - nā - agent emphatic
Kaua e kīa te pātaka i ngā kai.
The pantry shouldn't be filled with food.
Negations of 'me' - We shouldn't... - Kaua... (passive) e...
E ai ki tā rātou, ko Te Pātaka o Rākaihautū tētahi anō ingoa mō Horomaka.
According to them, Te Pātaka o Rākaihautū is another name for Banks Peninsula.
According to... - E ai ki.../E ai ki tā... /Ki tā
Kei te hui a Ataahua rāua ko Hera ki te pātaka kōrero.
Ataahua and Hera are meeting in the library.
Talking about more than one person - ...rāua ko..., rātou ko...
Kia ora tātou, mihi ana ki a koutou katoa, ngā pātaka reo o tēnā, o tēnā kokona o te ao Māori nei. Ko Tūhoe Huata tōku ingoa. I tipu ake au i Ngā Rekereke, i ōku kaumātua o Te Whakarewarewatanga o teope tau a Wāhiao.
Greetings to us all, I acknowledge you all, the repositories of language in every corner of this Māori world. My name is Tūhoe Huata. I grew up at Ngā Rekereke, among my elders of Te Whakarewarewatanga o teope tau a Wāhiao.
