Results for 'hāmama'
hāmama - open, gaping
Hāmama. 1. a. Open, gaping. Ko te taniwha, kua hamama haere mai te waha (T. 151). Pae tahi hamama te rakau nei (This tree is more than one fathom is circumference; lit., one fathom gaping—the fathom being measured by the extended arms). Hamama tou waha (Open your mouth).
2. Vacant, exempt. Kei hea te wahi o te ao i hamama i te raru?
3. v.i. Shout. I reira ka hamama te waha o te kuia raka ki te ki atu ki a ia (T. 165). hāmamamama, v.i. Yawn.
Williams Dictionary
Me i kore koe a hāmama, kua kore mātou e mōhio i pēnā koe.
If you hadn't spoken up, we would not have known that you thought that.
If... (using me) - me
Kia hāmama tētahi ki a Mere, ka tangi ia.
Whenever someone yells at Mere, she cries.
Kia hāmama tō waha.
Shout it! (Let your mouth shout!).
Me i kore koe e hāmama, kua kore mātou e mōhio i pēnā koe.
If you hadn’t spoken up, we would not have known that you thought that.
Hāmama tōu waha!
Speak, open your mouth!
