tapahia - cut! to be cut (tapahi + passive suffix -a)
Tēnā tapahia he wahie?Could you please chop some wood?Could you please make me... - Tēnā mahia mai he... māku.
Tapahia kia ono ngā topenga.Cut it up into six slices.Commands using the passive - Tāpirihia, Tīkina...
Kaua e tapahia te parāoa.Don't slice the bread.Negative active commands - Don't! - Kaua e..., kāti...
Kaua te parāoa e tapahia.You shouldn't slice the bread.Negations of 'me' - We shouldn't... - Kaua... (passive) e...
Kua tapahia te pātītī e au.The grass has been cut by me.Passive sentences - tikina...
Kua tapahia te pātītī e au.The grass was cut by me.Passive sentences - tikina...
Kāore anō te pātītī kia tapahia e au.The grass has not been cut by me.Negating passive sentences - Kāore... e...
Kāore te pātītī i tapahia e au.The grass was not cut by me.Negating passive sentences - Kāore... e...
Ko Waikaremoana te wāhi i tapahia ai taku pito.Waikaremoana is the (specific) place where my umbilical cord was cut.Specifically - ai
Āta tapahia ō mīti, kei purere ngā kai ki te papa.Cut your meat carefully, or the food might all fly off onto the floor.
