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aua - those (previously mentioned, plural of taua)

Aua (i), n. Agonostomus forsteri (Aldrichetta), yellowed-eyed mullet, so-called herring = kataha: fry called maraua, then matakā, then aua. Aua matawhero, or aua rere kaha runga, fig. for a chief. He takupu matakana, he aua matawhero (M. 198).

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Aua (ii), ad. I know not. “Kei hea to koutou teina?” “Aua, kahore matou i kite” (T. 95). “Ko wai tena tangata?” “Aua hoki, he tauhou” (T. 133). Aua atu, never mind, it matters not. Aua atu ra, ko wai ka kite atu? (M. 219). Aua ake, excluding. = haunga. ‖ au (vi), auara.

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Aua (iii), ad. imperative. Not. Aua koe e haere. = kaua.

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Aua (iv), ad. Far advanced, far on (in point of distance), at a great height or depth. Generally with mai or atu. Aua tonu ake te rangi, aua tonu iho te whenua ki raro (M. iv). Kua aua mai koe (You have come a long way). Kei aua noa atu nga tangata (The men are a great distance off). Aua noa atu, ka puta ake a Ha (T. 96).

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Aua (v), definitive pron., pl. of taua. Those before mentioned. Kua pa atu nga ringa ki aua pohutukawa (T. 74).

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Ka āwhina aua manu i te tīwaiwaka.
Those birds help the fantail.
Sentences with i - i

Ko Pani mā ngā kaiwhakahaere. Nō Te Kaha aua tāngata.
Pani and the others are the organisers. Those people are from Te Kaha.
Belonging to a place - nō

Ki te kore tātou e maimoa i aua tini a Tāne, mea ake ka ngaro.
If we don't actively look after those children of Tāne, they'll become extinct in no time at all.
All of a sudden - Mea ake

I te taha o te awa aua mea.
They were beside the river.
Locatives - past (something was somewhere) - i te

Ka tū mai tētahi o aua wāhine rā.
One of those women stood up.
Ka used to indicate the past - ka

Ka whakatika aua wāhine nei, ka whai atu i taua tokotoru.
Those women stood up and followed those three.
Ka used to indicate the past - ka

He mea ui e ia ki tana whaea te mahi e mahia au aua tū mea nei.
The method by which these kind of things were made was something he asked his mother.
Family relationships - mother - mama, whaea

Aua, he kupu hou tēnā ki a au.
I don't know, that's a new word to me.
That (near you) - tēnā, te... nā

He moumou tāima aua korikori.
Those exercise classes are a waste of time.
That aforementioned thing - taua, aua

He kai tino reka aua kai.
That food is sweet as.
That aforementioned thing - taua, aua

Kāhore kau ana tū taonga nei i whakawhiwhia ki te taitamariki i aua rā.
These kinds of treasures were not given to the young in those days.
That aforementioned thing - taua, aua

Haere ake i aua ope nei he tamariki kau.
Only young people went in those groups.
That aforementioned thing - taua, aua

Kaua aua pukapuka a mauria atu!
Don't take those books away!
Negative passive commands (Don't be...) - Kaua... e...

Ki tōku whakaaro, e rima tekau aua kāinga.
In my estimation, there are fifty of those settlements.

Anana, kua rere te rangi, aua noa ake i runga, ko Papatūānuku ki raro rawa.
And there! Rangi had been ripped upwards, miles above, and Papatūānuku lay separated below.

Kei whea aua tamariki?
Where are those children?

E mau nei anō aua ingoa.
Those names are still used.

Ka kai nei aua tupua i ngā kai i hoatu ai e mātou.
Those strangers ate the food we gave [them].

E aua...
Therefore...

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

E aua.
Dunno.

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.

aua mahi e tika ana
those actions (jobs) that are proper (respectable/fitting)

Kei.te tupu aua rākau ināianei.
Those trees are growing today.

Ā, i tōna mōhiotanga no te rangatiratanga ia o Hērota ka tonoa ia ki a Hērota i Hiruhārama hoki ia i aua rā.
And, when he (Pilate) was informed that he (Jesus) belonged to Herod’s province he (Jesus) was sent to Herod as he (Herod) was in Jerusalem in those days.

Ka āwhina aua manu i te tīwīwaka.
They help the fantail.

I ahu a Ponga ki aua whare.
Ponga headed for those houses.

Kīhai a Ponga i ahu ki aua whare.
Ponga did not head for those houses.

Aua.
I don't know.

Ka pai te waiata a aua kōtiro.
Those girls sang well.

Aua hoki mātou e kawea kia whakamāia
Lead us not into temptation

Koinei i Ngā Pōtiki kia ai aua whenua
This is why those lands become Ngā Pōtiki’s

Tekau mā ono aua waka taua
The number of those war canoes (previously mentioned) was sixteen

E aua!
Dunno!

Ka pai → te waiata a aua kōtiro.
Those girls sang well.

Ka tae rāua ki reira ka waiho te tamaiti rā a Kape-taua e Tara-kumikumi i aua toka rā noho ai.
When they reached there, that child, Kape-taua, was left to stay on that rock by Tara- kumikumi.

Kei hea aua pukapuka āna
Where are those books of his?

Kātahi aua tini tamariki rā, te tāne, te wahine, ka kohi i te hua o te miro, hei hinu whakakakara.
Then those many young people, men and women, would gather miro berries for scented oil.

Ko aua raakau i tua·ina raa e maatou he ri·riki katoa
The trees we cut down were all small

(I tito a Ngoi i aua waiata
Ngoi composed those songs

(Kei aua tāngata te reo
Those people have (know) the language

Kāore anō aua nanakia kia whiua.
Those rascals have not yet been punished.

(I kōpikipiko au i roto o Waikato i aua marama
I wandered around Waikato during those months

(E ngaro ana ia i aua tau
She was away for those years

Ki te kore tātou e maimoa i aua tini a Tāne, mea ake ka ngaro.
If we don’t actively look after those children of Tāne, they’ll become extinct in no time at all/ in the blink of an eye

Kaua aua pukapuka | e mauria atu!
Don't take those books away!

(I whakatoe ia i aua kūmara ki ana rua kūmara
He left those kūmara in his kūmara pits

Me kore ake a Hoani Waititi hei āwhina i aua tāngata (Kāretu 1974:124)
These people were fortunate to have Hoani Waititi to help them

I aua huihuinga, ka kite a Hinemoa i a Tūtānekai.
At those meetings, Hinemoa would see Tūtānekai.

Tekau mā ono aua waka taua.
Those previously mentioned war canoes numbered sixteen.

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