Results for 'aua'
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
Kāore anō aua nanakia kia whiua.
Those rascals have not yet been punished.
Negating passive sentences - Kāore... e...
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
E mau nei anō aua ingoa.
Those names remain the same.
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
Ka pai te waiata a aua kōtiro.
Those girls sang well.
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.
How many are there? - E hia? Tokohia?
E aua...
Therefore...
E aua.
Dunno.
Aua.
I don't know.
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 grass.
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.
I aua huihuinga, ka kite a Hinemoa i a Tūtānekai.
At those meetings, Hinemoa would see Tūtānekai.
