Results for 'Tatau'
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 Aria e oma ki Tatau Iho.
Aria 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 Kawatiri.
If we leave early, we will arrive in Westport on time.
If using ki - ki
Kia tae mai a Niko, ka peka atu tātau ki te kāinga o Hera.
When Niko arrives, we will stop by Hera'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?
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.
