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rua - two; grave, hole, storage pit
Rua (i).
1. num. Two. Ka patua nga kuri e rua; kotahi i taona, kotahi i haematatia (T. 112).
2. a. Both. Ehara i te mea nana ake, na raua tokorua i mahi.
3. Used with the article, second. Katahi ka rangona te rua o ona ingoa (T. 20).
rūrua, ad. Both equally. E tika rurua ana raua.
ruarua, a.
1. Few. Patua katoatia taua iwi, he ruarua nga mea i ora.
2. Of two minds, in doubt. Te take i ruarua ai nga tuakana o Maui ki a ia, he tangata maminga ia.
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Rua (ii), n.
1. Pit, hole. Whakarongo rawa atu ki roto e kanga mai ana, anana! Me he rua kakariki (T. 66). Me haere au ki roto ki te rua noho ai (T. 97). Used of holes dug in connection with rites of witchcraft, etc. Rua torino, rua iti, pits in connection with the tuaahu, the terms being sometimes used as synonymous with witchcraft. Ka kawea ki te rua iti patu ai, ka mate. Rua haeroa, a similar pit in connection with rites for the destruction of enemies. Ka keria te rua haeroa, te rua o te ngana, koia tenei te karakia, “Ei, tena te rua ka keri,” etc. (T. 86). ‖ kanapu, koha.
2. Store for provisions; in parts of the Bay of Plenty literally a pit in the ground with a narrow entrance, elsewhere generally a shallow excavation with or without low walls, roofed over, and having a small door at one end. Ko te rua kumara, ko Marihope (T. 92). Ka tapoko taua maia ki roto ki te rua i nga taha huahua (T. 94). Rua tāhuhu, roofed store for potatoes. Rua koauau, store for kumara. Rua patu, pit for storing provisions (? having thatched roof; ‖ patu). E tika, e whae, taku tonuitanga te rua patu (S.).
3. Grave. Ko nga tupapaku i tanumia ki te rua (T. 155). Rua totoe, an expression used of a family dying out. Ka poto ratou; he rua totoe i ngaro ai. Ko taua whakananakia ka ngongo i nga uri, a poto iho. Ka whakatakotoria e te tohunga te korohunga ki roto ki te rua, makaa iho te tupapaku. Ruaahuri = urupa.
4. In poetry, abyss into which the heavenly bodies set, and from which they rise, Te tonga o te ra, te rerenga ki te rua (M. 168). Tera Kaiwaka ka marewa i te rua (M. 407).
whakarua, n.
1. Hollow, vale, valley. E heke ki raro ra, kai raro te whakarua (S.). Whakarua kawau, a term applied to the hole in which taro is planted when made rather deep. ‖ ipurangi.
2. Feeding ground of birds, particularly of kaka. The term whakarua kaka applies to the feeding ground, and to the birds collected there.
3. North-east sea breeze. Puhia mai nei e te hau muri, pa whakarua taku mahuri totara (M. 25). If moderate, it is termed whakarua mātāriki, if violent, whakarua hikanui.
4. Waves carried by the north-east wind. Kai tai, kai te whakarua roa (S.). Maku e whakatu ki te whakarua roa (M. 335). Whakarua kopito, a form of ornamental lattice-work, or tukutuku, for the interior decoration of a house.
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Rua (iii), n. A fish. He rua te ika nana i piki te kauae o Murirakawhenua (Tr. vii, 39).
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Rua (iv), n.
1. Left or noa peg in weaving frame.
2. House post on which the maro is suspended at the time of the kawa ceremony.
3. A net (N'Toa).
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E hui ana te kōmihana o te Taura Whiri ia marama mō te rua rā.
The Māori Language Commission meets each month for two days.
Simple sentences: present tense - e... ana
E hui ana te kōmihana ia marama mō te rua rā.
The Commission meets for two days in each month.
Simple sentences: present tense - e... ana
I tauomaoma rātou e rua maero i te one.
They had a race for two miles along the beach.
Simple sentences: past tense - i
He aha ngā mahi kua oti i a koe i ēnei wiki e rua?
What have you completed this fortnight?
What are you doing? - He aha tāu mahi?
He aha ngā mahi ka oti i a koe ā ngā wiki e rua?
What will you do next fortnight?
What are you doing? - He aha tāu mahi?
Nō muri, ka āmio haere ia i ngā moutere e rua nei.
Afterwards, he circumnavigated these two islands.
Belonging to the past - nō
He panakeke pea māku, kia rua.
Perhaps I'll have two pancakes.
Unrealised possession - mā, māku
Kia kotahi māku, kia rua mā Pita.
One for me, two for Pita.
Unrealised possession - mā, māku
E rua āu āporo. Homai tētahi!
You've got two apples. Give me one!
Commands without e or the passive - Homai! Whakarongo!
Ka haere mātou ki te tāone mā runga tereina mō te rua haora.
We went to town by train for two hours.
Travelling by means of - mā runga
Kua tākarohia e mātou ngā kēmu e rua.
We've played the two games.
Passive sentences - tikina...
I a mātou e tamariki ana, e rua noa ngā hongere i te pouaka whakaata.
When we were young, there were only two television channels.
When I was young - I a e tamariki ana
Kāore a Rua i te pānui i te pukapuka.
Rua isn't reading the book.
Negations of the past and present tense (I was not working, I am not working) - Kāore... i te...
Nā rāua ngā pukapuka e rua.
The two books belong to them.
Established possession - nāku, nōku...
Rua rau taara tāna utu.
His pay is two hundred dollars.
Possessives - 'a' class - ā, tāku...
Kua rere te wauria o Rua.
Rua's spirit has fled.
Possessives - 'o' class - ō, tōku...
He rua ō ngā pōtiha.
The foxes have dens.
Do you have any...? - He... ?
Kō ēnei waka e rua, i ū mai ki Hokianga.
These two canoes landed at Hokianga.
Towards - mai
Ka hoki mai au i te rua haora.
I'll be back in two hours.
Towards - mai
Tekau mā rua ngā tamariki.
There are twelve children.
Numbering people - tokorua, tokotahi...
E rua ngā kurī.
There are two dogs.
Numbering things - e rua, e toru...
E toru ngā kahawai, e rua ngā tāmure.
There are three kahawai and two tāmure (fish).
Numbering things - e rua, e toru...
E rua ō waewae. Tahi, rua.
You've got two legs. One, two.
Numbering things - e rua, e toru...
E rua ngā tepu.
There are two tables.
Numbering things - e rua, e toru...
E rua ō rātou whare.
They have two houses.
Numbering things - e rua, e toru...
E rua paringa o te tai i te rā.
There are two tides a day.
Numbering things - e rua, e toru...
Engari kei te marae ētahi e rua.
But there are two already at the marae.
Numbering things - e rua, e toru...
E rua ngā pune.
There are two spoons.
Numbering things - e rua, e toru...
Haurua mai i te rua.
Half past two.
Telling time - kara
Hauwhā mai i te rua.
Quarter past two.
Telling time - kara
Hauwhā ki te rua karaka.
Quarter to two.
Telling time - kara
Hei te rua karaka.
See you at two o'clock.
Telling time - kara
Hei te tekau mā rua karaka.
See you at twelve o'clock.
Telling time - kara
E rua tekau meneti ngā tītī e tunua ana i roto it te umu.
The muttonbirds were roasted in the hot oven for twenty minutes.
Telling time - kara
Te hui a te rua karaka, hei te whare wānanga.
The 2 o'clock meeting will be at the university.
Telling time - kara
Ehara i a rāua ngā pukapuka e rua.
The two books do not belong to them.
Negating nāku possessives - Ehara i...
Tekau mā waru ngā pereti, a rua tekau mā tahi ā tātou kapu.
There are eighteen plates and we have twenty-one cups.
How many are there? - E hia? Tokohia?
Kāore e tekau mā rua ngā tamariki.
There are not twelve children.
Negating counting people - Kāore e toko...
Kāore e rua ngā tepu.
There are not two tables.
Negating counting things - Kāore e...
Ka tae a Māui ki te rua i rere iho rā tōna whaea.
Māui reached the pit down which his mother had fled.
Tekau mā waru ngā pereti, e rua tekau mā tahi ā tātou kapu.
There are eighteen plates, and we have twenty-one cups.
Kua rere te wairua o Rua.
Rua’s spirit has fled.
Kātahi tō rātou rangatira, a Rua, ka mea....
Then their chief, Rua, said...
Kua tae mai ngā waka e rua tekau.
The twenty canoes have arrived.
Rua mano rua tekau
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Ā muri i ngā kōrero, ka [harirū] ā ka hongi ngā rōpū e rua.
After the speeches, the two groups will [shake hands] and press noses.
Ka waitohua ngā hōiho tekau mā rua.
Twelve horses will be chosen.
E rua ngā huka.
Two sugars.
Kotahi rau e rua tekau ngā mema Pāremata.
There are 120 MPs.
Ka rua tekau mā tahi tau tana pakeke ā tērā wiki.
Next week, she turns twenty-one.
E rua haora noa iho kei te toe.
Just two hours remain (Only two hours are left).
E rua hāora e toe ana.
There is two hours to go.
Ka puta ake te taniwha i roto i tōna rua.
The taniwha came forth from inside his den.
Āhua rua tekau ngā tāngata i tae mai ki te hui
About 20 people came to the meeting
I roto i ngā rua haora ki mua tana taenga mai.
He will arrive within the next two hours.
I ētahi rā te nui o te wātiū, he rahi rawa mō ngā kēna e rua (Pōtatau 1991:25)
Some days, there was too much milk for the two cans
Kia rua koa.
Two please.
Kei hea te kāinga i whakatūria ai te whare o Rua?
Where is the settlement at which/where Rua’s house was erected?
Ka hokona e ia te kurī rā mō te rua rau tāra.
He sold that dog for two hundred dollars.
Tekau mā rua ngā kurī.
There are twelve dogs.
Ko te Wenerei tēnei, te rua o Hānuere.
This is Wednesday, the second of January.
Ka kite au i roto i ngā nūpepa e kōrero ana mō ētahi tohorā e rua, he tāne, he uwha.
I saw in the newspaper where they were talking about two whales, a male and a female.
He rua tāra tikiti tēnei.
This is a two dollar ticket.
E rua maero te haerenga o te one.
This beach extends for two miles.
Tātou ka mahi i te tawa kia rua rau putu te roa.
Let us make a tower 200 feet high.
E rua ōu whatu, kotahi tōu ihu.
You have two eyes and one nose.
I tēnei tau, arā, rua mano rua tekau mā ono.
In this year, two thousand and twenty-six.
Tahi Rua Toru Whā Rima Ono Whitu Waru Iwa Tekau
So that's fine for counting on your fingers, but when we want to say how many *things* there are we need to add an e in front of the numbers between 2 and 9.
E rua ngā pene.
And the e preceds the number: *e* rua.
Tāpiri ati ki a Hone, ka hiahia tātou e rua tāngata tino kaha.
We will need two strong men in addition to John.
Waiata ai te iwi o Waikato i ngā whiti e rua. (1991:114)
The people of Waikato usually sing both verses.
E rua tekau mā tahi ōku tau.
I'm twenty one years old.
E rua aa maaua tamariki
We have two children
Atu i te āhua o ngā kupu, kāore he tino rerekētanga o ēnei pū tohu wā e rua nei.
In terms of the meaning of the words, there is no significant difference between these two expressions.
E rua paringa o te tai i te raa
There are two tides a day
E rua ngā pū-tohu-wā "wātū".
There are two time markers for the present tense.
E rua meneti mai i te whā karaka.
Two minutes past four.
Rua tekau meneti mai i te ono karaka.
Twenty minutes past six o'clock.
Rua tekau mā rima meneti ki te whitu karaka te tāima.
It is twenty-five to seven.
E rua ngā kūkupa.
Two doves.
E rua tekau mā iwa tōna pakeke.
He is twenty-nine years old.
E toru rau e rua tekau mā whā ngā tāngata.
There are 324 people
Toru rau, rua tekau mā whā ngā tāngata
There are 324 people.
E ono rau e rua tekau mā whitu ngā tamariki i te kura.
There are 627 children at the school
Kei te waiata ngā tamariki ono rau rua tekau mā whitu i te kura.
And we don't need an e.
E rima miriona, rua rau ono tekau mā waru mano, whitu rau rima tekau mā whā ngā tāngata kei Aotearoa.
There are 5,268,754 people in new Zealand
Rua rau tāra tāna utu.
His pay is two hundred dollars.
Āhua rua tekau ngā tāngata i tae mai ki te hui.
About twenty people came to the meeting.
100,000: kotahi rau mano 200,000: rua rau mano 700,000: whitu rau mano
Complex Numbers:
Tekau mā rua tau te pakeke o Riripeti.
Riripeti is twelve years old.
I taua pō e moe ana a Pita i waenganui o ngā hōia tokorua, he mea here ki ngā mekameka e rua.
That night Pita was sleeping between two soldiers secured with two chains.
Kia rua ngā kaiako i te akomanga
there should be two teachers in the class
Te rima ngā kura, rua wiki te roa o ia kura.
There are five schools - each school is two weeks long.
Kia rua ngā hēki
There should be two eggs
Kia rua rau ngā tūru.
Let there be two hundred chairs
Kia rua ngā kapu miraka.
There should be two cups of milk
E rua ō tātou maunga.
We have two mountains.
Nō te wehenga rua o te pō rā anō mātou tokotoru i hoki ai ki te kāinga.
In the middle of that night we three returned home.
Mō ngā wiki e rua i noho ai ia ki Hāmoa.
He stayed in Samoa for two weeks.
E rua ngā wiki i noho ai ia ki Hāmoa.
He stayed in Samoa for two weeks.
E aha ana a Rua? (I te aha a Rua?)
What was Rua doing?
Ko ngā rōpū e rua i te totohe.
The two groups were arguing.
E kata ana a Rua (I te kata a Rua).
Rua was laughing.
Haere mai tāua kia kite koe i ngā puna wai e rua.
Let us two go so that you may see the two springs of water.
Rua.
Two.
I te tekau mā rua karaka ka karangatia mai mātou kia whakatika, kia haere.
At twelve o’clock we were called (and told) to get up and go.
E rua ngā pene
There are two pens
E rua tekau ngā tau i mahi ai ahau i tēnei pukapuka.
I have been working on this book for twenty years.
Tekau mā rua.
Twelve.
Kia rua kapu o te huka.
Let there be two cups of sugar.
E rua ā māua tamariki.
We have two children.
Rua Tekau.
Twenty.
I ngā rua wiki.
Two weeks ago.
Āe, kia rua māku.
Yes, two for me thanks.
E rua ngā pukapuka.
There are two books.
Tahi, rua, toru.
One, two, three.
Ka tahi, ka rua, ka toru.
One, two, three.
Keria te rua, ka tahu ai i te ahi!
(First) dig the hole and then light the fire!
Kia kaua e roa ake i te rua rau kupu te roa.
Do not exceed the 200-word limit.
I tuketuke haere atu ia i waenganui i ngā kaumātua e rua.
He elbowed his way between the two elders.
E rua aku pukapuka.
I have two books.
Hōmai ngā pene rākau, kia rua.
Give me the pencils, let there be two
e rua tekau mā whitu = 27 kotahi rau e rima tekau mā tahi = 151 e ono mano e waru rau e toru tekau mā iwa = 6839
When counting things off, we say ‘ka tahi, ka aka toru
Hōmai he āporo kia rua.
Please give me two apples.
E rua āku āporo. E toru ā kōrua.
I have two apples. You two have three.
He tōtara wāhi rua, he kai nā te ahi.
A tÅtara split in two is food for the fire.
Ā rua wiki.
In two weeks.
Ēnei whare e rua.
These two houses.
Kia rua hoki he hokohoko?
Should an exchange take place twice?
Nāna tēnei rua tāra.
This $2 is his.
Tū anganui ana ngā tāngata e rua.
The two men stood opposite each other.
E rua ngā whare kei roto i tēnei rori.
There are two houses in this street.
E rua tekau meneti ki te tekau mā tahi (o ngā hāora).
Twenty minutes to eleven.
Ka ngaro e rua ngā tāea o tētahi o ō mātau taraka.
Two tyres from one of our trucks went missing.
E rua pauna pata.
Two pounds of butter.
Kia pēhea te hōhonu o te rua nei?
How deep should this hole be?
Kia rua ngā huka.
Two sugars please. (Let it be two sugars.)
Ko te rua o Hakihea.
The second of December.
Hai te rua o te ahiahi, kua haere kia kite i te whare karakia Mōmona. Ka mutu, kua hoki mai ki te kite i te whare karakia o Te Hīnota Māori Perehipitīriana (Pōtatau 1991:80)
At two o’clock, we’ll go to see the Mormon church. After that, we’ll return to see the church of the Māori Presbyterian Synod
Hine: Āe, kia rua māku.
Yes, two for me thanks.
E rua mano ngā tūru.
There are 2000 chairs.
I a mātou e tamariki ana, e rua noa ngā hongere i te pouaka whakaata.
When we were young, there were only two television channels.
E akona ana ngā tamariki kia kaua e kau rawa atu ki te wāhi tapu, kia kaua rānei e inu i ngā pua o ngā hutukawa e tū ana i te runga i te rua o ngā taniwha, kei horomia, kei rumakina rānei ki te wai.
The children were taught not to swim in the sacred place, nor to drink (the nectar) of the flowers of the pōhutukawa trees standing above the monster’s pit, lest they be swallowed up, or drowned in the water.
Tōna rua rau pea.
About 200, perhaps.
(I whakatoe ia i aua kūmara ki ana rua kūmara
He left those kūmara in his kūmara pits
Tīkina atu kia rua ngā kapu o te parāoa puehu.
Get two cups of flour.
Kia rua ngā kapu.
Let there be two cups.
Kia rua ngā kapu o te huka.
Let there be two cups of sugar.
B. Tōna rua rau pea
About 200, perhaps
E rua e rua.
One and the same.
Ko te hui a te rua haora.
The meeting is in two hours.
Ko tō tāua tūtakitanga a te rua haora ka tautohetohe.
Our meeting in two hours will be quarrelsome.
E whitu miriona e rua rau e whā tekau mā rima mano e waru tekau mā ono
Seven million, two hundred and forty-five thousand, and eighty-six.
E rua haora noa-atu-rā, i konei ahau.
I was here two hours ago.
Rua haora noa-atu-rā i waiata ai ngā tamariki.
The children sang two hours ago.
E rua marama ki muri.
Two months ago.
E rua tekau āna tamariki.
She has twenty children.
