Results for 'Waru'
waru - eight; to scrape, to peel
waru - eight
Waru (i), num. Eight. Tatau rawa iho e waru ano taro, kua riro e rua (T. 49). E waru atu hoki Paka ? (T. 147). With the article, the eighth; and, elliptically, the eighth month. He puanga kakaho ka rere i te waru (P. 25). He wa kore kai te waru, no reira ka whakataukitia ko, “Te waru pokai kete; te wara o kai tahi.” Te ra o te waru, an expression for scarcity, the time before the new crops are ready. He manawa e kore nei e taea e te ra o te waru (M. 231). E waru pu, an ironical expression: not at all, by no means. Kia mahue te whanake o Paoa? E waru pu te mahue ki raro (T. 193).
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Waru (ii), v.t. 1. Scrape, pare. Ka mahara a Manaia kia tuturia he tangata, hei ohu waru mo ana tao (T. 117).
2. Shave, cut the hair. He whekiki tamariki me ka waruhia te upoko (M. 321).
waruhanga, n. Act, etc., of scraping. Nga kotakota waruhanga tao e mau ana i a ia (T. 118).
waruwaru, v.t. Scrape, grate. He tangata kau Takarangi na Manukawehi i here ki te taura hei waruwaru kao (M. 364).
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I taraiwa māua ko taku hoa ki te whare wānanga i te waru karaka.
Me and my friend drove to uni at 8 o'clock.
Simple sentences: past tense - i
Kua eke atu ia ki ngā taumata o te waru tekau mā whitu tau.
She has reached the age of eighty seven years.
Simple sentences: past completed tense - kua
Nāu ngā kūmara i waru.
You were the one who peeled the kūmera.
Past agent emphatic - nā - agent emphatic
E waru ngā tūru.
There are eight chairs.
Numbering things - e rua, e toru...
Hei te waru karaka.
See you at eight o'clock.
Telling time - kara
A te waru karaka ka haere tātou ki te marae.
We will go the marae at 8 o'clock.
Telling time - kara
Tekau mā waru ngā pereti, a rua tekau mā tahi ā tātou kapu.
There are eighteen plates and we have twenty-one cups.
How many are there? - E hia? Tokohia?
Kāore e waru ngā tūru.
There are not eight chairs.
Negating counting things - Kāore e...
Whitu tekau mā waru tōna pakeke.
She is seventy-eight years old.
Tekau mā waru te pakeke o tana tungāne.
Her brother is 18.
E waru ngā waitohu.
8 credits.
Waru.
Eight.
Tekau mā waru.
Eighteen.
