Results for 'Whenua'
whenua - land
Whenua. 1. n. Land, country. Katahi ka rere mai ki te kimi whenua mona (T. 120).
Williams Dictionary
E haka ana te iwi whenua rā i te haka.
The local people were performing the haka.
Simple sentences: present tense - e... ana
I mahi poka noa au ki te keri i te whenua, ka kohete mai ia, 'E tama e! Me taki karakia i te tuatahi'.
I heedlessly started digging and she growled at me, 'Boy! You should do karakia first!'
Simple sentences: past tense - i
Ka manaaki te tangata whenua i ngā manuhiri.
The people of the land/marae will care for the visitors.
Simple sentences: future tense - ka
He rite tonu ia ki tōna pāpā mō te mahi whenua.
He is just like his father when it comes to farming.
This is just like that - he rite tonu
Nō te marama o Paenga-whāwhā i hui ai ngā tāngata whenua o te ao.
In April, indigenous people from round the world gathered.
Belonging to the past - nō
Ka pōwhiritia te manuhiri e te tangata whenua.
The visitors will be welcomed by the local people.
Passive sentences - tikina...
E takahia ana te whenua e ngā waewae o ngā manuhiri.
The ground is trodden on by the feet of the visitors.
Passive sentences - tikina...
Ka mihia mātou e te tangata whenua.
We were greeted by the home people.
Passive sentences - tikina...
E ai ki a Mira, he pai te rimurimu hei whakamōmona i te whenua.
According to Mira, seaweed is good for enriching the soil.
According to... - E ai ki.../E ai ki tā... /Ki tā
Ki runga ki te whenua.
Upon earth.
Above, underneath, outside of - runga ake, raro iho, waho atu, roto atu
Ka haere noa atu te iwi whenua ki ō rātou kāinga.
The local tribe went to their home.
Ka used to indicate the past - ka
Ka karanga atu te rōpū whakaeke ki ngā tangata whenua.
The group ascending onto the marae calls back to the people of the land/marae.
Ka used to indicate the past - ka
He wahine tino mōhio a Rongomai ki te hoahoa i te takoto o te whenua.
Rongomai is a woman very knowledgeable in designing the layout of the land.
Categorizing sentences - he
Nō te whānau tēnei whenua.
This land belongs to the family.
Established possession - nāku, nōku...
Ko to iwi Māori ngā tāngata whenua o Aotearoa.
The Māori people are the tāngata whenua of Aotearoa.
Possessives - 'o' class - ō, tōku...
Ehara i te whānau tēnei whenua.
This land does not belong to the family.
Negating nāku possessives - Ehara i...
Ko te taiapa e karapoti ana i te wahanga o taku whenua.
The fence is around the edge of my section.
Sentences with two possessives - a, o
I hinga katoa i a ia ngā toa o tērā whenua.
All the champions of that country were defeated by him.
Statives with 'i' - i a, i te, i ngā
Ka pau ana āu hua whenua, ka kai koe i tō purini.
When all your vegetables have been eaten, you will be able to eat your pudding.
When, whenever - ka... ana, ka...
Ko wai te iwi nōna te whenua?
What is the tribe which owns the land?
Ahakoa haere koe ki hea, me mihi ki te mana whenua.
No matter where you go, you must acknowledge the people of the place.
Kei te taha o te tangata whenua au i tēnei wā.
I'm on the side of the people of the marae this time.
Ahakoa tae atu koe ki hea, me mihi ki te mana whenua.
Wherever you go, you should acknowledge the mana whenua.
Patu-a ngā tāngata kia/*ka riro ai te whenua.
Kill the people and take the land.
Ka haere tahi ati anō i a rātou ētahi o te tangata whenua.
Some of the local people accompanied them.
Kua ngaro ōku whenua katoa.
All my lands are lost.
Ko wai te iwi, nōna te whenua?
What is the tribe which owns the land?
Nō reira anō i ngaro ai tētahi wāhi o te whenua.
Therefore some part of the land disappeared.
I kōrero a Kupe i ēnei kupu mō te whenua hou.
Kupe said these words about the new land.
He whenua waikore tēnei.
This is a waterless land.
E takoto ana ia i te whenua.
He is lying on the ground.
Takoto tonu iho taua ika hai whenua.
That fish continues to lie here as land.
Ko te iwi Māori ngā tāngata whenua o Aotearoa.
The Māori people are the tangata whenua of Aotearoa.
He wahine tino mōhio ki te hoahoa i te takoto o te whenua.
She is a woman who is very knowledgeable about designing the layout of the land.
He hua whenua te kūmara.
The kūmera is a root vegetable.
Ko te whenua anake te āmaia ana E aku mahara ki ngā pūtea,
All the earth around is bringing hither To my memory thoughts of those precious heaps,
Ka titiro whakawaho atu ngā pirikoti ki te hiwi matomato i kō atu o tō rātou whenua.
The billy goats looked out towards the green hill beyond their land.
Tāwhaki Nui a Hema 126 33 0.57 8.31 Te Whānau Moana 73 32 0.54 9.22 Te Whenua Kauruki 65 68 0.26 3.18
The Tribes of Muriwhenua 40 76 0.21 3.58
Nei rā te reo mihi ki te mana whenua.
Here is my greeting to the people.
I tukua iho tēnei whenua mai i tō tātou tipuna.
This land was handed down to us from our grandfather.
Mā tonu te whenua i te hukapapa.
The ground was quite white with frost.
Kia meatia tāu e pai ai, ki runga ki te whenua.
Let be done that which you approve, upon earth.
Taihoa, kātahi anō tātou kia mahi i Mana Whenua, Mana Ao Tūroa, Mana Tangata, Mana Reo
Ehara te aromatawai i te whainga nui. Engari kē, mā te aromatawai koutou e kōrero ai. The assessment isn't the destination. The assessment is the reason to speak.
Kei te pōhēhē a Rangi he papatairite te whenua.
Rangi thinks the earth is flat.
Koinei te whenua i mahi ai tōku koroua.
This is the land where my grandfather worked.
me te whenua,
In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
Ko te tāne a te wahine nei i haere ki te mahi i tētahi whenua tawhiti.
The woman’s husband had gone to a distant place to work. When he returned home the woman went hokianga mai ki te kāinga, ka haere te wahine ki te wharekai ki te mahi.
Nā, ka oti te rangi me te whenua me ō reira mano katoa (Genesis 2:1)
Thus heaven and earth were completed with all their array
E ai ki a Mira, he pai te rimurimu hei whakamōmona i te whenua.
According to Mira, seaweed is good for enriching the soil.
Ka tupu te whakaaro i a Ngā Tokorua kia whakatupu i a i tana iwi kia nui hei rapu utu, ā, kia hoki anō ai rātou ki tō rātou whenua tupu
Ngā Tokorua had determined to build up his tribe in order to take revenge and to return to their homeland
E mau ai te whenua, me āpiti te here a te ture.
If the land is to be retained, something must supplement the protection of the law.
Kia mahaki rā anō te Kauae-o-Poua, ka riro ai te whenua.
When the jawbone of Poua becomes loose, then the land may be taken.
Mehemea i whakarongo rātou ki te reo o Māui, e kore e kino te whenua.
the land If they had heeded Māui’s voice the land would not have been bad.
I hongi ngā manuhiri me ngā tāngata whenua.
The manuhiri pressed noses with the people of the marae.
I hū ake te puna i raro i te whenua.
The spring bubbled up from the ground.
mo te whenua anō
concerning the land itself
