On-line Te Reo Māori Dictionary

Nā te wahine anake tērā mahi.
That task is done by woman alone.
Past agent emphatic - nā - agent emphatic

Kia kamakama e hoa, ko tāu kupu anake te mea e tāria nei.
Can you hurry things up a bit - your opinion is the only one still being waited on.
Be waited for - tāria

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

Kāore au i āhei ki te kuhu atu, mā ngā mema anake.
I wasn't allowed to enter, it was for members only.
Allowed to do something - āhei

Rurea, taitea, kia tū ko taikaka anake.
If you strip away the exterior, reveal the treasure inside.
Kia for second verb after a passive - kia

Nō te karahipi mō te kotahi tau anake i haere ai rātou ki Amerika.
A scholarship for a year has taken them to America.

Kāti, ko au anake e haere.
Enough! I alone will go.

Ko te ahi anake tāku e tiki atu ai.
It is only fire that I want to bring back.

E toru tekau mā waru ngā tāngata i runga, he tāne anake (Pōtatau 1991:8)
There were thirty people on board (Tākitimu), they were all men only.

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,

He taitamāhine anake ēnei i kau atu nei ki uta.
Those who swam to shore were exclusively young women.

Ko Hata anake kua kai.
Only Hata has eaten.

Kei roto i te kēkē mauī he rāwaru anake ngā ika o reira.
Within (her) left armpit only the fish called rāwaru are there.

Kei te kēkē matu he tāmure anake ngā ika o reira.
In her right armpit, snapper only are the fish of that place.

Kei waenganui o ngā kūhā he hāpuku anake ngā ika o reira.
Between her thighs, hāpuku alone are the fish of that place.

He kauri anake ngā rākau o tērā ngahere.
There are only kauri trees in that forest.

Ko koe anake ka haere.
Only you will go.

I waiata anake a Rangi i tētahi waiata.
Rangi only sang one song. (i.e., he sang it but didn't play, dance, or compose it)

Ko Rangi anake i waiata i tētahi waiata.
Only Rangi sang one song. (i.e., nobody else sang)

I waiata a Rangi i tētahi waiata anake.
Rangi sang only one song. (i.e., one song, not two or more)

I mahi ngā wāhine anake.
Only the women worked. (The men didn't.)

Kua kai ngā tamariki i ngā rare anake.
The children have only eaten the lollies.

Kua kai ngā tamariki anake i ngā rare katoa.
Only the children have eaten all the lollies.

Kua kai ngā tamariki katoa i ngā rare anake.
All of the children have only eaten the lollies.

Kotahi anake te pukapuka.
There is only one book.

Ko ngā rākau anake i tupu tonu.
Only the trees continued to grow.

Waiho, ko māua anake ki tēnei whare, moe ai.
Leave us to sleep.

Ko te wahine rā anake i waiho, ko Hine-a-te-kawa.
Only the woman, Hine-a-te-kawa, was left.

I uta anake pea tēnei hau e tangi ana.
It seems this wind was only blowing on the shore.

Nōku anake rā te tupuna i kau mai, ko Hinemoa,
Mine is the ancestor who swam here, Hinemoa,

Kotahi anake te urunga.
There is only one pillow.

He kai anake pea te mea e pahure i tērā.
Perhaps the only thing he is accomplished at is eating.

Koirā anake te mahi e pahawa i a koe!
That's all you're good for!

Mō te kotahi tau anake te karahipi.
The scholarship is for just one year.

anake anō hoki kau kē koa noa pea rawa tonu
The ten particles here may be briefly glossed as follows.