Results for 'Tātau'
tatau - to count
tātau - we; us; everyone
Tātāu. ‖ tāu (ii).
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Tātau, pron. We, including the person addressed. = tātou.
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Tatau. ‖ tau (ii), (v), (vii), (viii).
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tātāu, v.i. Turn about, vacillate. E tatau ana te ngakau ki te aha, ki te aha.
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tatau, v.t. 1. Tie with a cord. Tauia to tatou ra.
2. Count. Ka tatau ano te wahine ra; tatau rawa iho, e waru ano taro (T. 99).
3. Repeat one by one. E tauria ana e koe o ratou ingoa (T. 11). Ka patai mai te koro, “Ko wai ou hoa ?” Ka tatau atu te tangata nei i nga ingoa, a poto noa (T. 201). Tatau manawa, a childish game which consists in trying to repeat a long form of words without taking breath. = pepe taki manawa.
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tatau, v.t. Settle down upon. Tatau atu ana te po i a koe, whiti ana te ra i a au nei; tatau atu ana te kohu i a koe, whiti ana te ra i a au nei (M. 132).
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tatau, v.i. Quarrel. E tatau ana nga tangata.
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tatau. 1. v.t. Draw or push a sliding board. Pass. tauia. Tauia mai ra te papa o taku whare (T. 28).
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2. Squeeze, express. Kua tapeke a matou pononga ki te tatau taweku.
3. n. Sliding slab or shutter to close a door or window. Toia ake te tatau kia tuwhera (T. 66). Kua toia mai te tatau o te whatitoka, o te pihanga; karatiti rawa (Pi. 175, 1). Tatau o te po, fig., death. E tomo, e pa, ki Mirumiru-te-po, te tatau o te po (M. 65). Tatau pounamu, enduring peace, and sometimes apparently some visible symbol of the same. Katahi ka poua te tatau pounamu.—Katahi a Ngarangi-mataeo ka ki, “Me tatau pounamu, kia kore ai e pakaru, ake, ake,”—Ka whakaarahia te tatau pounamu, ka pou ki Ohui; e tu nei inaianei, kaore i hinga tae noa ki tenei ra.
4. Door. (mod.).
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Me tīmata tātau i ngā mahi ināianei.
We had better start the work now.
Simple sentences: you should - me
Mā Ataahua e oma ki Tatau Iho.
Ataahua will run to Countdown.
Future agent emphatic - māku
Ka tuwherahia te tatau e te kaiako.
The door will be opened by the teacher.
Passive sentences - tikina...
Me haere tātau ki te marae hui ai.
Let's go to the marae in order to have a meeting.
The reason for an action - ...ai.
Ka āhei tātau ki te haere ki te hui?
Are we allowed to go to the meeting?
Allowed to do something - āhei
He tatau tō te whare.
The house has a door.
Possessives - 'o' class - ō, tōku...
Kāore te tatau e tuwherahia e te kaiako.
The door will not be opened by the teacher.
Negating passive sentences - Kāore... e...
Me Ponga i hoki mai anō mā te tatau ōna i puta atu ai.
And Ponga came back in by the same door he had left by.
Direction markers with adverbs - tonu mai, kā atu, rawa mai...
Ki te whiti te rā āpōpō, ka haere tātau ki tātahi.
If the sun shines tomorrow, we will go to the beach.
*If using ki - ki
Ki te wehe moāta tātau, ka tae wawe tātau ki Te Tai Hauāuru.
If we leave early, we will arrive in the Westland region on time.
*If using ki - ki
Kia tae mai a Koa, ka peka atu tātau ki te kāinga o Aria.
When Koa arrives, we will stop by Aria's house.
When... - ka... ka; kia... ka
Ki te kore te rā e whiti āpōpō, kāore tātau e haere.
If the sun does not shine tomorrow, we won't go.
If not... - ki te kore...
Me wehe tātau ināianei, kia kore ai tātau.
We had better leave now so we are not late.
In order not to... - kia... kore ai
Ko Te Kūhā te marae e wānanga ai tātau.
Te Kūhā is the (specific) marae where we hold a learning session.
Specifically - ai
He aha tātau i kore ai e toa?
Why didn't we win?
*Why didn't? - he aha i kore ai e?
Nā te aha tātau i kore ai e toa?
Why didn't we win?
For what reason? - nā te aha ai?
Mā Tiwana e oma ki Tatau Iho.
Tiwana will run to Countdown.
Kaua e wareware ki te kati i te tatau.
Don't forget to close the door.
Nā te mea i kaha ake rātau i a tātau.
Because they were stronger than us.
