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ahi - fire
Ahi (i) n. Fire. Tenei to ahi (T. 24). As the first element of a compound word ahi is applied to a large class of karakia, as
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ahitaitai, ahitahoka, ahi-taumata, etc. Ahikaroa, title to land by occupation. ‖ J. ii, 77, 78, and vi, 49–54.
ahiahi, n. Evening. Kia ahiahi ka hoki mai ki roto ki tona whare (T. 46).
ahiahitanga (poetical), n. Evening. Kia tangi atu au i te ahiahitanga (M. 252).
Williams Dictionary
Ahi (ii) = ai, v.t. Beget.
Williams Dictionary
Kei te tahu ia i te ahi i te marae.
He is lighting the fire at the marae.
Simple sentences: present tense with a verb - kei te
Me tahu te ahi.
We should light the fire.
Simple sentences: you should - me
Kātahi ka tahuna e Ataahua te ahi. Kāore i roa, ka mahana te whare.
Then Ataahua lit the fire. It wasn't long before the house was warm.
It won't be long before... - kāore e roa...; kāori i roa...
Ka tahuna te ahi, kāore i roa ka mahana te whare.
The fire was lit and it wasn't long before the house got warm.
It won't be long before... - kāore e roa...; kāori i roa...
Kaua e tahuna te ahi.
We shouldn't light the fire.
Negations of 'me' - We shouldn't... - Kaua... (passive) e...
Kei te tunua te kai ki te ahi.
The food is being cooked by fire.
Passive sentences - tikina...
I nukuhia e au ngā ahi wera mai i ngā kōhatu ki te pouaka ki tōku hawera.
The hot ashes were moved by me from the stones to the box with my shovel.
Passive sentences - tikina...
Heoi anō, te mea pai o te koni ahi, ehara ko te mahana anake te hua ki te tangata. Ko te mea tino pai, ko te pārekareka o ngā kōrero.
Still / However, the good thing about sitting round the fire was that it didn't just keep us warm. The really good thing was the enjoyable conversation.
Conjunctions - on the other hand, however - heoi anō
Ka mura te ahi i te rarauhe, mea ake ka toro ki te ngahere.
The fire blazed up in amongst the bracken. In no time at all it had spread to the forest.
All of a sudden - Mea ake
Homai ana e Mahuika he ahi, whakawetohia ana e Māui. Pēneitia tonutia ā pau noa ngā maikuku katoa, atu i tētehi mea kotahi.
Mahuika gave him fire, Māui doused it. This carried on until all of her fingernails were used up except one.
It carried on like this... - Pēnei tonu...
Ka rongo a Rangi i te whakapū ahi.
Rangi heard the fire siren.
Ka used to indicate the past - ka
Ko te rā, ko te marama hei rama, ā, ko te ahi hei whakamahana i a mātou.
The sun and the moon were our lights, and the fire was all we had to keep us warm.
Conjunctions - and - ā
I whai atu a ia i te ahi kāpara.
He followed [her] by means of the burning torch.
Away - atu
Noho atu ana tētahi, noho mai ana tētahi, i tētahi taha, o tā rāua ahi.
They sat opposite one another on either side of their fire.
Ko te ahi anake tāku e tiki atu ai.
It is only fire that I want to bring back.
Tino kaha kē te mura o te ahi, i te maroke ai hoki o aua rau rākau, otaota hoki
The fire was particularly fierce, especially because of the dryness of the leaves and grass
Kei te tunua te kai i te ahi.
The food is being cooked on the fire.
Kia makariri te rangi, ka tahu mātou i te ahi.
Whenever the weather is cold, we light the fire.
Tino kaha kē te mura o te ahi, i te maroke ai hoki o aua rau rākau, otaota hoki.
The fire was particularly fierce, especially because of the dryness of the leaves and the grass.
I nuku·hia e au ngaa ahi wera mai i ngaa koohatu ki te pouaka ki toku hawera
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Mā te tokomaha ka kā te ahi.
By the many will the fire be kept burning.
Kei te tahu a Koa i te ahi.
Koa is lighting the fire.
Keria te rua, ka tahu ai i te ahi!
(First) dig the hole and then light the fire!
Kōwatawata ana ngā uru māwhatu i te hana o te ahi.
Her curly hair was gleaming in the firelight.
E noho koutou ki mua i te ahi whakamahana ai i ō.koutou pona!
You can stay by the fire and warm your knees!
Ka whakakī au i te kōhua ki te wai kātahi ka whakatūria ki te ahi, kia wera, kia koropupū.
I will fill the pot with water and then put it on the fire so that it heats up and boils.
tiīkina he ahi i a Mahuika!
fetch some fire from Mahuika!
He tōtara wāhi rua, he kai nā te ahi.
A tÅtara split in two is food for the fire.
Me tahu te ahi.
We should light the fire.
Nō te mutunga o te tangihanga, ka kīia atu e Rehua, ‘Tahuna he ahi.
When the greeting was done, Rehua said, ‘Light a fire.
Kaua e tahuna te ahi.
We shouldn’t light the fire.
Kaua te ahi e tahuna.
We shouldn’t light the fire.
Ka tahuna te whare ki te ahi, me ngā tāngata anō i roto.
The house was burnt, and the people inside too.
Ka mura te ahi i te rarauhe, mea ake ka toro ki te ngahere.
The fire blazed up in amongst the bracken. In no time at all it had spread to the forest.
