Results for 'Pō'
pō - night
pouaka poutāpeta - PO box
Pō (i). 1. n. Night. Ko te po whakaau te moe (T. 46). In speaking of the passage of time, so many days. Po whitu ki te moana ka whiti ki Hawaiki.
2. Season. Ko te po tanu kai tenei.
3. Place of departed spirits. Hei huna i te tangata ka ngaro ki te po (S. ii, 26).
4. v.i. Set. Ka po te ra (Tr. vii, 48).
pōnga, n. Nightfall. A, rokohanga e te ponga (T. 70).
pōngia, v. pass. Be overtaken by night, be benighted. I roto Whakamauru i pongia ai koe (M. 182).
whakapō, v.t. 1. Darken. To kiri piataata kia whakapokia ki te ahi manuka (M. 401).
2. Grieve.
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pōpō, n. Apparently a plural form used in special cases. Tena au e haere atu na; ma nga popo nunui o te waru, mana e hoatu.
Williams Dictionary
Pō (ii). ——
pōpō. 1. v.t. Pat with the hand. Popotia te tamaiti na, kia mutu ai te tangi.
2. Soothe, hush.
3. Knead, mix up. Ma wai e popo te para ?
4. Anoint. Me popo ki te hinu, ki te kokowai.
5. n. Lullaby. He popo tamariki (M. 46).
6. Part of the operation of preparing a dried human head, which consisted in anointing it with oil after the brains had been removed.
Williams Dictionary
Pō (iii). ——
popō. 1. v.t. Crowd round, throng. Te kitenga o te tokomaha ka popotia (Pi. 175, 1). Ka kite te tangata whenua, ka popo ki te matakitaki i te iwi e haka ra.
2. v.i. Smoulder. E popo ana te ahi, kaore e mura. ‖ poa (ii).
whakapopō, v.t. Cover a fire over with weeds, earth, etc., to make it smoulder. A ka tae taua iwi ra, a Ngarauru, ka whakapoporia nga ahi o te kainga ra (W. iv, 79).
Williams Dictionary
Ko wai ka taraiwa i te pō nei?
Who will drive tonight?
Asking who - Ko wai...?
Ko wai ka haere ki te taone ā te pō nei?
Who's going to town tonight?
Asking who - Ko wai...?
I tihewa ia i te pō roa nei.
She sneezed all night.
Simple sentences: past tense - i
I tērā pō, ka tae mai ētahi manuhiri.
Last night, some visitors arrived.
Simple sentences: past tense - i
I tae tōmuri mai ia i te pō rā.
He arrived late last night.
Simple sentences: past tense - i
Ka tunu a Mere i te kai mō te whānau ā te pō.
Mere will cook dinner for the family tonight.
Simple sentences: past tense - i te
Ka kaha te pupuhi o te hau ki Tauranga ā te pō nei.
The wind will blow in Tauranga tonight.
Simple sentences: future tense - ka
Ka haere tātou ki te tāone i te pō nei.
We (3+you) will go to town tonight.
Simple sentences: future tense - ka
Ka tunu au i te parāoa ā tēnei pō.
I'll bake the bread tonight.
Sentences with i - i
Kei ngā pō mārama, kei ngā pō rākaunui o te marama, e kitea atu ana a Rona.
On clear nights, on nights when the moon is full, Rona can be seen.
Sentences with a subclause - e... ana
Tunu kai ai ahai i a pō, i a pō.
I always cook food every night.
Habitual action - ai
Mātakitaki pouaka whakaata ai au, ia pō.
I always watch television every night.
Habitual action - ai
Horoi ai au i aku niho i te ao, i te pō.
I habitually brush my teeth day and night.
Habitual action - ai
Pānui ai au i ia pō, i ia pō.
I always read each and every night.
Habitual action - ai
Ka pai taku hari i aku tamariki ki te pō whakangahau?
Can I take my kids along to the entertainment night?
Is it OK if... ? - Ka pai taku...?
Nō te pō rā.
Last night.
Belonging to the past - nō
Nō te pō, i a rātou ka taurite ki te kūrae o Taumata-apanui, ka peke a Tōrere.
At night, when they were opposite Taumata-apanui, Tōrere jumped [overboard].
Belonging to the past - nō
Nō tētahi pō kei te purupuru a Māui i te whatitoka!
One night, Maui stopped up the chinks in the door.
Belonging to the past - nō
Māu te whare e whakamā i tēnei pō.
You will clean the house today.
Future agent emphatic - māku
Māku tā tātou hapa e tunu a tēnei pō.
I will be the one to cook our dinner tonight.
Future agent emphatic - māku
Kaua e mātakitaki i te pouaka whakaata i te ao, i te pō!
Don't watch television day and night!
Negative active commands - Don't! - Kaua e..., kāti...
Kua tata waenganui pō ka hoki mai ia i te mahi.
It's nearly midnight when he returns from work.
Almost/just about - kua/i tata...
Ka horoia ngā rīhi e ngā tama ā te pō nei.
The dishes will be washed by the boys tonight.
Passive sentences - tikina...
Ki tā te pānui, hei te pō nei te kōnohete.
According to the flyer, the concert's tonight.
According to... - E ai ki.../E ai ki tā... /Ki tā
Kei te rama tuna mātou ā te pō nei.
We are going eeling tonight.
Gerund phrases (fence building, bread baking, dishes washing...) - tunu parāoa...
E pō haere ana.
It is getting dark.
It is becoming... - E... haere ana
E ao haere ana te pō.
The night is becoming day.
It is becoming... - E... haere ana
Ka tāria te pō pai.
A good night was waited for.
Be waited for - tāria
Kia moata te haere ki te moe a tēnei pō, kia mauria ai kōrua ki te ngahere a te ata.
Go to bed early tonight, so that you can be taken to the forest in the morning.
So that something can happen for someone else - kia
Ka tata tatū te take, kātahi ka puta ake he māharahara anō. I pēnei tonu te āhua ā pō noa.
The matter would just about be resolved, then someone would raise another concern. It carried on like this into the night.
It carried on like this... - Pēnei tonu...
Kei te aha koe ā tēnei pō?
What are you doing tonight?
What is happening at the moment? - kei te aha?
Kei te aha koe ā te pō o te Mane?
What are you doing on Monday night?
What is happening at the moment? - kei te aha?
I te pō...
In the evening...
Past - specifying a particular time - i te
I te pō roa nei, ha tihewa ia.
She sneezed all night.
Past - specifying a particular time - i te
I te ata pō tonu, ka timata te oreore o te marae.
Even before dawn, the marae began to stir.
Past - specifying a particular time - i te
I te pō i kai hapa au, ā, i mahi au.
At night I had dinner and worked.
Past - specifying a particular time - i te
Ka mahana haere ngā pō.
The nights get warmer.
Ka used to indicate the past - ka
Kāore a Mere e tunu i te kai mō te whānau ā te pō.
Mere will not cook dinner for the family tonight.
Negations of the future (I will not go) - Kāore... e...
He pō tino makariri tēnei.
This is a very cold night.
Categorizing sentences - he
Pō mārie Māmā.
Goodnight mum.
Family relationships - mother - mama, whaea
E tangi he pū i ngā pō katoa, ko ahau tēnā, hoe mai.
A flute sounds every night: it's me! Paddle to me!
That (near you) - tēnā, te... nā
Tēnā tātou kua huihui mai nei i tēnei pō.
Thanks for coming tonight.
This week, this month, this year - i tēnei wiki, i tēnei marama...
I pō, i pō, ā, ka mārama.
It was dark for a long time, and then at last it became light.
Conjunctions - and - ā
He roa noa atu te kōrero a te iwi nei i taua pō.
The tribe's discussion that night lasted for a long time.
That aforementioned thing - taua, aua
Ko Puhihuia te noho mai rā i roto o taua iwi te titiro mai rā ki a Ponga.
Puhihuia was sitting amongst those people watching Ponga.
That aforementioned thing - taua, aua
Nō te ono kartaka i te pō.
Last night at 6pm.
The day before yesterday, etc - inatahīrā, inaoake...
Nā te aha koe i moe ai i te pō nei?
For what reason did you sleep tonight?
For what reason? - nā te aha ai?
Nā te aha koe i kore ai e moe i te pō nei?
Why didn’t you sleep tonight?
Why not? - nā te aha i kore ai?
Ka kite au i a koe ā te pō nei.
I will see you tonight.
Kei te wātea ahau ā te pō o te Paraire.
I'm free on Friday night.
He pō makariri noa atu tērā.
It was an extremely cold night.
Kua pō, me moe koe.
It's night, you'd better sleep.
Ka waea mai ia i te weherua pō.
She rung me at midnight.
He uaua te moe i ngā pō wera.
It's hard to sleep on hot nights.
Ā te pō nei.
See you tonight.
Ka kite ā te pō nei!
See [you] tonight!
Ka kite au i a koe ā te pō nei.
I will see you tonight.
He ata anō tō muri i te pō roa.
There is a new day after a long night.
Koutou ko ē atu ki te pō, haere, haere, haere atu rā.
ou who have gone on to the night, go, go, go on.
Tuatoru ki tētahi o tēnei kuini, o Ngā Waiwhenua, i te pō o Tātau-te-Wherowhero, te tuawaru.
Third, to one of this queen’s people, of Ngā Waiwhenua, on the night of Tātau-te-Wherowhero, the eighth.
Ka rawe te pō nei e Niko, ka nui ngā mihi ki a koe!
This was an excellent night Niko, many thanks to you!
Ka tuku īmera au ki a koe ā te pō nei.
I'll send an email to you tonight.
Tangihia ngā mate kua ngaro ki te pō.
Grieve those who have gone into the night.
He pukumahi au i te ao, i te pō!
I'm busy night and day!
Ka aha koe ā te pō nei?
What are you doing tonight?
I te kainga o ngā pāua, ka pāterotero ia i te katoa o te pō.
On eating the pāua, he farted all night.
Ko te pō tika tony tēnei.
This is certainly the correct night.
Kore tonu ia e kai hikareti i ngā pō.
He never smoked in the evenings.
Pērā tonu i ngā rā katoa, i ngā pō hoki e te iwi.
The tribe did that by day and at night.
Moea te pō!
Sleep on it!
I taua pō, ka tū te kanikani.
That night, there was a dance.
Ā te haurua mai i te ono karaka ā te pō nei.
6:30pm this evening (future).
Ngā mihi o te pō; kei te pēhea koutou katoa?
Evening greetings, how are you all?
He pō makariri tēnei.
This is a cold night.
Kia moata te haere ki te moe a tēnei pō.
Go to bed early tonight.
Pērā tonu i ngā rā katoa, i ngā pō hoki, e te iwi.
The tribe did this every day, and at night too.
Ka tū te pō whakangahau ki tōku whare, kaua ki tōna.
The party is at my place, not his.
E tangi he pū i ngā pō katoa.
A flute can be heard every night.
Kei te mātakitaki koe i te kēmu ā te pō nei?
Are you watching the game tonight?
Ka kite ā te pō nei!
See [you] tonight!
