Results for 'aitua'
aituā - disaster, accident, misfortune; to suffer a disaster
Aituā. 1. a. Of ill omen, unlucky. He aitua, ina mahue te whare.
2. Unfortunate, in trouble. Na koutou hoki tatou i aitua ai.—Kei aitua tana tamaiti mo tana mahi he (W. i, 99).
3. n. Misfortune, trouble, distaste, accident.
4. Omen, particularly evil omen. Ka matakite hei titiro i tona aitua (T. 175). ‖ J. vii, 120.
Williams Dictionary
Kua riro ia i te ringa o Aituā.
He has been taken by the hands of Misfortune.
Simple sentences: past completed tense - kua
I mate a Paikea i te aituā.
Paikea was destroyed by the evil fate.
Ki te kore he atua, ko taua wānanga rā te kaitohu aituā.
If there was no god, that wānanga, a sacred vessel, was the preserver against accidents.
Ka whāngai a Pāpāi tēnei ngeru aitua.
Dad will feed this unlucky cat.
Tēnā pea te aituā nō mua atu i te toru karaka.
The accident must have happened before three o’clock.
Ka haere mai ana te Kuīni ki Niu Tīreni, ka aitua te iwi Māori.
Whenever the Queen comes to New Zealand the Māori people suffer a disaster.
Ka whāngai a Pāpā i tēnei ngeru aituā.
Dad will feed this unlucky cat.
Āta taraiwahia te motokā, kei aituā koutou.
Drive carefully or you might have an accident.
