Results for 'hunga'
hunga - group, people, company of people
Hunga (i), n. 1. Company of persons, people. Tu tonu iho te hunga ra i te taumata (T. 151). Sometimes used contemptuously.
2. Slave. Ka patua etahi, ko etahi i whakaorangia hei hunga.
Williams Dictionary
Hunga (ii). 1. n. Down. Waiho kia haere ana, he toroa hunga nui (W.M. ix, 13).
2. v.t. Grind down, rub fine. ‖ pahunga.
3. a. Decayed, putrid. ‖ mohunga.
4. Light—coloured.
whakahunga. 1. v.t. Pack dried inanga in a flax basket. Kia pakā ra te inanga, katahi ka whakahungatia, he whakamātā te tikanga.
2. n. Inangaso preserved. E rua kete whakahunga i a maua.
hungahunga. 1. n. Tow, down, nap off a garment. ‖ hukahuka.
2. Fine dust. I te hungahunga o Tarawera raua ko Ruawahia.
3. a. Finely divided, pulverised. Totohu to hinu, e, nga one hungahunga i waho Te Karaka (J. xiii, 21).
Williams Dictionary
Ka wehe atu te hunga rā ākuanei.
That group of people (over there) will leave soon.
Simple sentences: future tense - ka
Waiho mā mātou, te hunga taiohi, ngā mea e kawe.
Leave it to us, the youth, to carry the things.
Commands without e or the passive - Homai! Whakarongo!
Tuatahi me mihi ki te hunga mate. Tuarua me mihi ki te hunga ora.
Firstly you should acknowledge the dead (group of dead people). Secondly you should acknowledge the living (group of living people)
Ordinal numbers (First, second, third...) - tuatahi, tuarua...
Ka whakatūria te rama ki runga ki te tūrangā kia kitea ai te mārama e te hunga e tomo ana.
Put up the lamp onto a stand so that the light may be seen by the people who are coming in.
Tuhia ki te papa, kia kitea ai e te hunga katoa.
Write it on the board, so that it is seen by everybody.
Kia tū koe ki te kōrero, me mihi ki te whare, ki te marae, ki te hunga mate, ki te tangata whenua
When you stand to speak, you should acknowledge the house, the marae, the deceased and the hosts
Ka whakatūria te rama ki runga ki te tūranga kia kitea ai te mārama e te hunga e tomo ana.
Put the lamp up on a stand so that its light may be seen by the people coming in.
"Katoa tō mātou kapa e tino manawanui nei i te āheinga a te hunga reo Māori ki te whakamutu i ā rātou mahi hoko kai i roto i te reo, i te āheinga hoki mā te whānui me te whāroa o ā mātou toronga, ka āwhina kia whakarauora i te reo, ā, kia whakamahia e ngā whakatipuranga kei te pihi ake."
"Our entire team is incredibly proud that not only can te reo Māori speakers now complete their shopping in their own language, but that we can use our scale and reach to help ensure te reo Māori is revitalised and used for generations to come."
Tērā pea tētahi e mōhio ana ki te roanga ake o te kōrero nei, e taea pea e ia te whakamārama ki te hunga e noho ware ana.
Perhaps there’s somebody who knows the rest of this story and who perhaps will be able to explain it to those of us who live in ignorance.
