Results for 'Tīni'
tīni - to change
tini - to be very many, numerous, plenty; multitude, throng, many
Tini (i). 1. a. Very many. Katahi ka hoki mai ona tuakana, ka patu; he tini nga mano i hinga (T. 102). Ka whaona te whare e nga tangata, ka mano tini ki roto (T. 61).
2. n. Host, myriad. Tenei te tini o Ngatoro
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kei roto i te hangi e takoto ana (T. 91). Ka rupeke i te tini tohunga ra a ratou nei mahi (T. 159).
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Tini (ii), v.t. Caulk. Toia Tainui, tapotu ki te moana … tinia, monoa (M. 90).
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Engari i mua i te haere ki te mahi, i hoki au ki te kāinga tīni kākahu ai.
But before going to work, I returned home to change clothes.
The reason for an action - ...ai.
Ki te kore tātou e maimoa i aua tini a Tāne, mea ake ka ngaro.
If we don't actively look after those children of Tāne, they'll become extinct in no time at all.
All of a sudden - Mea ake
Ka riro i te hai hāte a Paki.
It was taken by Paki's ace of hearts.
Ka used to indicate the past - ka
Ka oho te tini i roto i te whare manuhiri.
The party at the visitor's house woke up.
Ka used to indicate the past - ka
Ka puta taua tini rā ki waho o te pā.
That group went out of the pā.
Ka used to indicate the past - ka
Ka pupihi te hau, ha hingahinga ngā rākau, ka rere ngā tīni o te whare.
The wind blew, the trees blew over and roofing iron blew off.
Ka used to indicate the past - ka
Te tini o te tangata i tae ake, tāne mai, wāhine māi.
A huge crowd turned up, men and women.
Ahakoa te tini, me whāngai.
No matter how many there are, we will feed them.
Ā, tūāroa ki ngā tini mate huri noa i te motu.
And a long farewell to the many who have passed away throughout the land.
Ka haere mātau, te kura o Tīpene, ki Kuini Tiriti, ki reira hui atu ai ki te tini o te tāngata, ki te whakanui i tēnei wikitoria (Pōtatau 1991:37)
We, St Stephen’s School, went to Queen Street to join up with the crowds to celebrate this victory
Ko taua wāhi kaukau he awa wai māori, he kaukaunga nō te tini o te tangata.
That bathing place was a freshwater stream, a bathing place for all the people.
Kāore mātou ko Shane, ko Tīni i te rata!
Shane, Tīni and I do not approve!
Kātahi aua tini tamariki rā, te tāne, te wahine, ka kohi i te hua o te miro, hei hinu whakakakara.
Then those many young people, men and women, would gather miro berries for scented oil.
Keo tōu kāinga pea te ngahau nā te tini o te uri ariki.
Perhaps at your home the young chiefs dance.
Ki te kore tātou e maimoa i aua tini a Tāne, mea ake ka ngaro.
If we don’t actively look after those children of Tāne, they’ll become extinct in no time at all/ in the blink of an eye
