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- stand; to be wounded; a wound

(i), n. 1. Part of a fishing net which is first in the water.

2. Girdle, for man or woman, to which the maro was attached. Homai taku tu kia hurua (M. xxv). Kua riro te tu me te maro whaiapu (T. 13).

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(ii), n. 1. Manner, sort. Na wai tenei tu mahi ?—Inakoa ko tau tu haka te kino e rongo iho nei au (T. 65).

2. Used with adjectives to signify a moderate degree of the quality expressed, as: tu-a-pouri, moderately dark, tu-a-hae, inclined to be jealous. E wha nga niho nunui rawa, e wha nga mea tu-a-ririki (Tr. xxiv, 447). Ka tu-a-hae te tuakana, ka mea, “Riro rawa te wahine pai nei i taku teina” (M.M. 184).

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(iii), v.i. 1. Stand, be erect. Te maunga e tu mai ta (M. 9). Ka tu ki te marae, ka roa e tu ana (J. xx, 19). Ka tu nga tokotoko ki roto ki te otaota. (T. 79). Ka tu ona waewae, he stood on his feet.

2. Be placid, remain. I a matou e toutou tahi ana ki te kete, kokiritia ki runga pataka tu ai.—E pangaa ana etahi kiore ki ro wai tu ai.—Ruia taitea, kia tu ko taikaka anake (P. 81). Ka mauria mai (nga ipu) ki te aroaro o Rupe, ka tu ki tona taha (T. 33). Taraia he waka kia pai; tu te tauihu, tu te taurapa (M. 91).

3. Be turned up, of the nose, indicating disdain, or merely sniffing. Kua tu te ihu, te tunga ake ano o te ihu, e tama ana e nga mano tini, ngaro noa iho te piro (T.47).

4. Be high, of the sea. Kua tu nga tai o Maihirangi (P.).

5. Be set, be established, take place. Ka tu te hakari (P. 100). E tu ana te haka (T. 145). Ka tu nga toa ki te tu tohu mo te toa o nga tangata.—Ka tu te riri (W. vi, 132). Frequently in the passive, turia, be arranged, be entered upon, begin. Katahi ka turia te haka (T. 167). Ka turia iho e ia i reira, kua ara te patu (T. 202).

turanga (less often tunga). n. 1. Circumstance, time. etc., of standing. Turanga mua; turanga tika; turanga muri, turanga he (P.). Turanga tohu, war dance. Tera pea koe kei nga turanga tohu (M. 332). Turanga whanau, relationship of cousins.

2. Site, foundation.

whakatū. 1. v.t. Erect, set up, raise. Whakaturia tana whare, ko Te Rangiao (M. 325). Ka whakaturia nga tuaahu (T. 112).

2. Propose a subject for discussion, etc. Ka whakaturia tana tamahine i konei, a Te Kahureremoa, ma te tama a taua tangata (T. 143).

3. Instigate. Whakatu tonu atu kia tahuti taua wahine (Pi, 131, 6).

4. n. Formal or set speech. Na Te Koki enei whakatu ki ana tamariki.—Kei te korero whakatu, “Kei au a Raumati” (T. 102).

tūtū. 1. n. A tree at which birds are taken by the mutu snare. He tutu taua rakau; ko te Rua-o-Tane te ingoa; no Te Pouwhenua taua tutu.

2. a. Full, of the tide. Taihoa c haere, kia tutu te tai (J. ii, 148).

whakarūtū. 1. v.t. Point out. (Tar.) Mau e whakatutu te ara.

2. a. Piled up. Kai whakatūtū, piles of food set out for guests. Koia te kai whakatutu (M. 351).

tutū, v.i. 1. Stand erect. Ka whati te ope ra i te wehi ano ki nga tuaitara e tutu haere ana mai (T. 150). I tutu tonu nga makawe, tukirakira ana (T. 193).

2. Be prominent.

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(iv). 1. v.t. Fight with, engage. Kia ata tu ki au taokete (W. ii, 129).

2. v.i. Be ignited. Ka hikaina ki te ahi, ka tu (Tr. vii, 32).

3. a. Vehement, energetic. Tu ana te kiha a tou tangata.—Tama tu, tama ora; tama noho, tama mate kai (P. 83).

4. Persistent, continuous. Tu te wheke. Tu te mania (P. 94).

whakatū, v.t. In the expression whakatu rakau, practise with weapons. Tona maramatanga o te whakatu rakau he ako ki nga tamariki.

tūtū, v.t. Move with vigour. Tūtū waewae, tūtū ngarehu, dance a war dance. Ka mutu te tutu waewae (T. 41).

tutū. 1. v.t. Set on fire. Me tutu te koraha, kia atea ai te ara.

2. v.i. Be raised, as dust, disturbance, etc. Tutu ana te heihei (T.5). Ka tutu te puehu.— Nawai ra, a ka tutu te huka o te waha (P. 98).

3. a. Insubordinate, violent. Ka timata a Tapo i tana mahi tutu (T. 111). Tutūtia, have violence done to one, be treated with violence. Kua tututia taku wahine (T. 117).

4. Vigorous. Tutu to manawa (Breathe vigorously).

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(v), v.i. 1. Be hit, be wounded. Kua tu i te tao a Hatupatu (T. 95). Kua rongo raua i te kapakapa o te harirau o te kuku kua tu i te tangata ra te wero (T. 146).

2. Be served. Tu pupu, tu ngaro; tu hao, tu ea (P.). E te iwi, ka tu koutou i te kaihaukai (S. 82).

tūnga (less frequently turanga), n. Wound; circumstance, etc., of being wounded.

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(vi), v.t. Serve, send. Tu ake e hine ki to tu wharariki hei whakakakara mo hine ki te moenga.

tūtū. 1. v.t. Summon, assemble. Ka hamara a Manaia kia tuturia he tangata hei ohu waru mo ana tao (T. 117). Ka haere tana tuakana ki te tutu ope (P. 100). Ka rite ki te takiwa e pakari ai nga kai, katahi ka turia te taua.

2. n. Messenger sent to summon people, summoner. Ka tukua te tutu (T. 117).

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Ko Tōrere te marae e ai te hui.
Tōrere is the marae where the meeting will take place.
Identity sentences - ko...

Ko Taranaki te maunga e mai .
That mountain standing over there is Mount Taranaki.
Identity sentences - ko...

He aha a Tame i kore ai e ki te whakatau i ngā manuhiri?
Why didn't Tame get up to greet the guests?
Why did? - He aha... i... ai?

E ana te tamaiti tāne.
The boy is standing.
Simple sentences: present tense - e... ana

E ana ia ki mua i Te Rōpū Whakamana i te Tiriti o Waitangi.
He is standing in front of the Treaty of Waitangi.
Simple sentences: present tense - e... ana

E ana te whare.
The house is standing.
Simple sentences: present tense - e... ana

E tika ana me ki te mihi atu ki a koe.
It is appropriate to stand and acknowledge you..
Simple sentences: present tense - e... ana

E ana te waka ki te huarahi.
The car is parked on the road.
Simple sentences: present tense - e... ana

E ake ana ia ki te marae.
He is standing up on the marae.
Simple sentences: present tense - e... ana

I tētahi tamaiti tāne.
A certain boy stood.
Simple sentences: past tense - i

I te ia.
He was standing.
Simple sentences: past tense - i te

I te mutunga o te hui, ka he arotakenga.
At the end of the hui, an evaluation was done.
Simple sentences: past tense - i te

I te mutunga o te pōwhiri, ka te hākari.
At the end of the welcome, a feast was held.
Simple sentences: past tense - i te

Kua hōhā au ki tēnei āhuatanga.
I'm sick (bored) of this carry on.
Simple sentences: past completed tense - kua

Kua a Hine hei kaiārahi.
Hine has stood as a leader.
Simple sentences: past completed tense - kua

Me koe.
You should stand.
Simple sentences: you should - me

Me whakakāhore e koe ēnei whakaaro.
You should resist these kinds of thoughts.
Simple sentences: you should - me

Kātahi ka tuku i a au kia ana, i a rātou e whakatā ana.
Then they left me standing while they had a rest.
Sentences with a subclause - e... ana

Kei mua rātou i te whare e ana.
They are standing in front of the house.
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Kei muri rātou i te whare e ana.
They are standing behind the house.
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Kei waho ia i te whare e ana.
He is standing outside the house.
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Kia māia!
Let's be brave!
Mild imperatives (You should be...) - kia

ai ngā whakamātautau i te mutunga o te tau.
The exams always take place at the end of the year.
Habitual action - ai

tērā tau i ai ngā Taumāhekeheke o te Ao ki Poihākena.
It was last year that the Olympic Games were held in Sydney.
Belonging to the past - nō

E !
Stop.
Command with e! - e!

E !
Stand!
Command with e! - e!

I kau, kāore i paku nekeneke. Ānō nei kua whakakōhatutia.
She just stood there and didn't move a whisker. It was as if she'd been turned to stone.
It was as if - ānō nei

E whakapakoko ana ia ānō nei kua kōhatutia.
He was standing like a statute as if he had become stone.
It was as if - ānō nei

ake!
Stand up!
Commands without e or the passive - Homai! Whakarongo!

E runga i te tūru!
Stand on the chair!
Commands without e or the passive - Homai! Whakarongo!

Kaua e !
Don't stand!
Negative active commands - Don't! - Kaua e..., kāti...

Kaua e !
Don't stand up!
Negative active commands - Don't! - Kaua e..., kāti...

Kaua e i runga i tērā tūru!
Don't stand on that chair!
Negative active commands - Don't! - Kaua e..., kāti...

Kaua e ki te kai.
Don't stand and eat.
Negative active commands - Don't! - Kaua e..., kāti...

te mahi tahi te kaupapa e ai.
Through cooperation the kaupapa will get off the ground or be realised.
Through (one thing/action), (a second thing) will be achieved. - Mā te... ka...; mā... e... ai

I whiria te harakeke e te kuia.
The flax belt was braided by the old woman.
Passive sentences - tikina...

E ai ki taku koroua, he whare miraka kau e ana i korā i ngā o mua.
According to my koroua, there was a milking shed over there in the old days.
According to... - E ai ki.../E ai ki tā... /Ki tā

Kāore anō tēnei kia .
This one has not yet stood.
Negations of kua (I haven't yet...) - Kāore ano... kia...

Kāore anō a Hine kia hei kaiārahi.
Hine has not stood as a leader yet.
Negations of kua (I haven't yet...) - Kāore ano... kia...

Horekau mātou e hiahia kia he whare petipeti ki konei.
We categorically don't want a casino to be built here.
there wasn't any... absolutely no... - Kāore kau...

Ka atu he kaikōrero i tēnei taha, ka noho, ka mai he kaikōrero i tērā taha, ka noho. Ka pēnei tonu te haere o ngā kōrero, heoi anō, te iwi kāinga e whakakapi.
A speaker stands on this side, then sits, a speaker on the other side stands, then sits. The speeches carry on in this fashion. However, the homeside closes.
It carried on like this... - Pēnei tonu...

Kei te te waka i te huarahi.
The car's parked on the road.
Locatives (at the moment, something is somewhere) - kei te

Kāore a Kauri i te .
Kauri is not standing.
Negations of the present tense (I am not working) - Kāore... i te...

I te mutunga o te hui, ka he konohete.
At the end of the hui, a concert was held.
Past - specifying a particular time - i te

Kāore te waka i i te pirihimana.
The car was not stopped by the police.
Negating statives - kāore i... i ahau...

Ka mai tētahi o aua wāhine .
One of those women stood up.
Ka used to indicate the past - ka

Ka atu anō he wahine.
Another woman stood up.
Ka used to indicate the past - ka

Ka ia, ā, ka kōrero.
He stood and spoke.
Ka used to indicate the past - ka

Ka a ia, ka karanga mai i waho i te whare.
He stood and called from outside the house.
Ka used to indicate the past - ka

Ka kite a i te mamaha e puta ake ana i mua o te tereina.
saw the steam rising from the front of the train.
Ka used to indicate the past - ka

Ka mai te tumuaki ki te mihi ki a rātou.
The headmaster stood up to greet them.
Ka used to indicate the past - ka

Ka ngā tamāhine i te mataihi katau o te marae.
The daughters stood at the front right of the marae.
Ka used to indicate the past - ka

Ka mai tētahi wahine anō me te mere pounamu i te ringa.
Another woman stood and came forward with a greenstone mere in her hand.
Ka used to indicate the past - ka

Kaua e ki runga i rātou whāriki hou!
Do not stand on their new carpet!
Possessives - 'o' class - ō, tōku...

He mea ui e ia ki tana whaea te mahi e mahia au aua mea nei.
The method by which these kind of things were made was something he asked his mother.
Family relationships - mother - mama, whaea

Kāore ia i te .
He was not standing.
Negations of the past tense - Kāore... i te...

Ka mai Aorangi, te tipuna maunga o Waitaha.
There stands Aorangi, the ancestral mountain of the Waikato people.
Towards - mai

atu tērā maunga.
That mountain stands apart.
Direction markers with adverbs - tonu mai, kā atu, rawa mai...

E ana mātou i te roto.
We were standing by the lake.
Using 'i' to mean 'in', 'by' or 'at' - i

Kāhore kau ana taonga nei i whakawhiwhia ki te taitamariki i aua .
These kinds of treasures were not given to the young in those days.
That aforementioned thing - taua, aua

Me teitei koe pērā i te tōtara.
You should stand tall like the tātara tree.
Like this, like that - pēnei, pēna, pēra

Kua te waka i te pirihimana.
The car was stopped by the police.
Statives with 'i' - i a, i te, i ngā

Haere atu ki korā ai, kia pai ai titiro.
Go over there to stand so you can have a good look.
In order to - kia... ai

Rurea, taitea, kia ko taikaka anake.
If you strip away the exterior, reveal the treasure inside.
Kia for second verb after a passive - kia

Kei te a Nikau.
Nikau is standing.

I tētāho tamaiti tāne.
A certain boy stood.

Kua tēnei.
This one has stood.

Pakeke rawa ati au, kua tu au hei Mema-Pāremata.
When I eventually grow up, I am going to stand as a member of Parliament.

E ākonga .
Stand please students.

Ka tētahi o ngā kaumātua .
One of those elders stood up.

Tama , tama ora. Tama noho, tama mate.
If you stand, you live. If you sit down, you'll die.

Kei te a Rangi.
Rangi is standing.

Mauri .
Life force stand tall.

E .
Stand up.

I roto i ngā tau, i taku whare ki kora.
In years gone past, my house stood there.

Takitū tātou! E tātou!
Everyone stand up!

ana anō a ia i roto i te wai.
She was still standing in the water.

Āwhea te tumuaki ai ki te kōrero?
When will the principal stand to speak?

Āwhea ai te tumuaki ki te kōrero?
When will the principal stand to speak?

Āwhea te hui ai?
When will the hui take place?

Āwhea ai te hui?
When will the hui take place?

Ko te tūmahi poro, te tūmahi whiti-kore, he tūmahi ka me tana kotahi.
Intransitive verbs, intransitive verbs, verbs...

Ko Kararaina te mea i ki te karanga.
Katherine is the one who stood and called.

Ā muri i ia whaikōrero ka ngā tāngata ki te tautoko i te kaikōrero ki tētahi waiata.
After each speech the people will stand to support the speaker with a song.

He toka moana ia!
She's a rock!

Kia toa!
Let's be strong!

Kia pakari!
Let's be robust!

E ki te mihi.
Stand up to greet.

Ko ngā mea e ana.
The ones standing up.

Kia rangatira!
Let's be chiefly!

Kia tangata!
Let's be human!

Te tino omanga koa o te wahine nei, kua tata ki te taha o te toka rangitoto e ana i te ara.
This woman ran on happily, and reached the side of the scoria rock standing by the path.

Kāore te tamaiti tāne e ana.
The boy is (or was not) standing.

Kāore tētahi tamaiti tāne i .
A certain boy did not stand.

I te mutunga o te akoranga, ka te arotakenga.
At the end of the lesson an evaluation was done.

Tama , tama ora, tama moe, tama mate.
The boy that stands, lives. The boy that sleeps, dies.

Kei te tāna irāmutu i runga i tōku kākahu .
His nephew is standing on my clean dress.

I reira, ka te tira ki te tina.
There, the travelling party had lunch.

anganui ana ngā tāngata e rua.
The two men stood opposite each other.

I taua , ka te kanikani.
That night, there was a dance.

Ka whakatika tētahi anō o ngā uri ariki, ka hei kaituki te waka .
Another young chief arose and stood as chanter for that canoe.

He kaha atu a i a Pou ki te kai.
eats more than Pou.

E ki konā.
Stand there.

Ā te tau e heke mai nei, ka te hui nui.
In the year ahead, the big meeting will be held.

Ka karanga a Rāpata ki a au kia .
Rapata called to me to stand.

Ka te hui ki tēhea marae?
Which marae is the hui at?

Ka te whakangahau ki tōku whare, kaua ki tōna.
The party is at my place, not his.

Taihoa. Me tatari kia mārika te waka.
Hold on. You need to wait until the car has come to a complete stop.

Tokoiwa rātou i ki te kōrero.
Nine of them stood to talk.

Tu atu!
Stand over there!

E ki te mihi.
Stand up to greet.

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