Results for 'Rama'
rama - light, torch
Rāmā, pron. 3rd pers. pl. They, them. ‖ ra (iii), mā (ii).
Williams Dictionary
Rama. 1. n. Torch or other artificial light. Ko te rama he mea miro ki te muka, ka tukua ki te hinu (T. 195). Ka tahuna te ahi hei rama mo ratou (T. 180).
2. v.t. Catch eels, etc., by torchlight. Ka riro a Hinaki ma kei te rama tuna.—E ramaa ana nga tuna o aua roto e o matou tupuna (W. v, 69).
ramarama. 1. v.i. Gleam. E pou e, he atua e ramarama nei i runga whare (S.).
2. n. Myrtus bullata, a shrub.
3. Pseudowintera colorata, a shrub.
rarama, v.i. Gleam.
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
Ka whakaweto te koroua i ngā rama ā te 10 karaka.
The old man will turn the lights off at 10 o'clock.
Simple sentences: future tense - ka
Kua pakaru te rama i runga ake i te tēpu.
The light above the table is broken.
Simple sentences: past completed tense - kua
Kei te rama tuna mātou ā te pō nei.
We are going eeling tonight.
Gerund phrases (fence building, bread baking, dishes washing...) - tunu parāoa...
Kei te hui a Rangi rāua ko Honi ki te pātaka kōrero.
Rangi and Honi are meeting in the library.
Talking about more than one person - ...rāua ko..., rātou ko...
Ko te rā, ko te marama hei rama, ā, ko te ahi hei whakamahana i a mātou.
The sun and the moon were our lights, and the fire was all we had to keep us warm.
Conjunctions - and - ā
I muri tata mai i te rama karaka, ko te whero.
Straight after the orange light comes the red one.
Ka whakatūria te rama ki runga ki te tūrangā kia kitea ai te mārama e te hunga e tomo ana.
Put up the lamp onto a stand so that the light may be seen by the people who are coming in.
Kua inu rama a Aroha?
Has Aroha drunk rum?
Puta kau anō te kōtiro rā me te rama kāpara i te ringa.
That girl went out alone with hardwood torch in her hand.,.
Ka whakatūria te rama ki runga ki te tūranga kia kitea ai te mārama e te hunga e tomo ana.
Put the lamp up on a stand so that its light may be seen by the people coming in.
Whakawetohia ngā rama.
Turn off the lights for goodness sake.
I muri tata i te rama karaka, ko te whero.
Straight after the orange light comes the red one.
