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whitu - seven

whitu - seven

Whitu, num. 1. Seven, seventh. Hokowhitu, of an indefinite number of persons, band, force. E takoto tonu ana te hokowhitu o Whakatau-potiki (T. 41). Used also adverbially, in a body, in force. Haere ake hokowhitu te kaitiki i a Paoa (T. 200). Katahi ka peke te hokowhitu ra, hokowhitu, hokowhitu atu ki tawahi o te awa (T. 41).

2. Elliptically, seventh month. E tuku ra, e, te waikohu o te whitu (S. ii, 83).

Williams Dictionary

Kua eke atu ia ki ngā taumata o te waru tekau whitu tau.
She has reached the age of eighty seven years.
Simple sentences: past completed tense - kua

Maranga mai ai au ia , ia i te whitu karaka.
I always get up every day at seven o'clock.
Habitual action - ai

Ka taea au te whakaoho e koe ā te whitu karaka?
Are you able to wake me at 7 o'clock?
I am able... - Ka taea e...

I te whitu karaka i te ahiahi, ka mate ia.
At seven o'clock in the evening, he died.
Past - specifying a particular time - i te

I te whitu karaka, kua haere mai ia.
He will have left at seven o'clock.
Past - specifying a particular time - i te

E whitu ngā parāikete?
Are there seven blankets?
Numbering people - tokorua, tokotahi...

E whitu ōu parāikete.
You have seven blankets.
Numbering things - e rua, e toru...

E whitu ngā waka.
There are seven cars.
Numbering things - e rua, e toru...

Ko te whitu karaka i te ata.
7 o'clock in the morning.
Telling time - kara

Hei te whitu karaka.
See you at seven o'clock.
Telling time - kara

Ka kai tātou ā te whitu karaka.
We'll eat at seven o'clock.
Telling time - kara

Kāore e whitu ngā waka.
There are not seven cars.
Negating counting things - Kāore e...

Whitu tekau waru tōna pakeke.
She is seventy-eight years old.

I te reo Māori, e ono ngā -tohu-wa matua, e whitu me ka whakaarohia te "kātahi āno... ka", engari he mono tūkē te "kātahi anō".
In the Māori language, there are six main time markers, seven if we include "kātahi anō... ka", but "kātahi anō" is considered a standalone.

Whitu.
Seven.

Tekau whitu.
Seventeen.

E whitu marama tōna pakeke.
Seven months is her age.

Whitu karaka te tāima tīmata o te purei kāri.
7pm is the time the card games will start.

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