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hau - wind, air, breath

matangi - wind, breeze

paeroa - range of hills; wind which blows along the shore

pōkai - flock, swarm; roll up, wind up, wrap around

pūkaea - large wooden wind instrument

tiu - north; north wind; soar

I te pupuhi te hau inanahi.
The wind was blowing yesterday.
Simple sentences: past tense - i te

I te pupuhi te hau.
The wind was blowing.
Simple sentences: past tense - i te

Ka kaha te pupuhi o te hau ki Tauranga ā te nei.
The wind will blow in Tauranga tonight.
Simple sentences: future tense - ka

Kātia te kuaha kia kaua e uru mai te hau.
Close the door to prevent the wind from coming in.
Commands using the passive - Tāpirihia, Tīkina...

Kāore te hau i te pupuhi.
The wind is not blowing.
Negations of the present tense (I am not working) - Kāore... i te...

Kāore te manu i mate i te hau.
The bird was not killed by the wind.
Negating statives - kāore i... i ahau...

Kāore te rākau i hinga i te hau.
The tree was not knocked down by the wind.
Negating statives - kāore i... i ahau...

Ka kite mātou i te Wind Wand, ā, ka hīkoi i te ara moana.
We saw the Wind Wand, and walked on the beach walkway.
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

Kaua e kātia te kuaha kia kaua e uru mai te hau.
Don't close the door to prevent the wind from coming in.
Negative passive commands (Don't be...) - Kaua... e...

Kua mate te manu i te hau.
The bird was killed by the wind.
Statives with 'i' - i a, i te, i ngā

Kua hinga te rākau i te hau.
The tree was knocked down by the wind.
Statives with 'i' - i a, i te, i ngā

I pakaru te wini i te hau?
Did the wind break the window?
Statives with 'i' - i a, i te, i ngā

I muri ka haere mai a Tāwhiri-mātea, te hau me te ua, ki te horoi i ngā parahanga katoa o te piri tahitanga, me , ngā puehu me ngā maramara kiri, kia te āhua o te rangi.
Afterwards Tāwhiri-mātea, the wind and the rain, stepped in to clean away all of the rubbish left in the confined space, everything created in the dark clinging together, the dust, the strips of skin, so the sky would be clean.

Inapō nei, e pupuhi ana te hau.
Last night, the wind was blowing.

I pupuhi te hau.
The wind blew.

Inapō nei ka pupuhi te hau.
Last night, the wind blew.

Kei te pupuhi te hau.
The wind is blowing.

Ko Tāwhirimātea te atua o te hau me ngā āwhā.
Tāwhirimātea is the god of the storms.

I tēnei , kua tino kaha te pupuhi o te hau.
By this time, the wind had become very strong.

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