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hōtoke - winter, cold

Hōtoke. 1. a. Cold. Ka hotoke te kai.

2. n. Winter. Hei te hotoke ahau ka hoki atu ai.—Hei te hotoke, ara hei te makariri anake ka nohoia taua tu whare (W. i, 13).

Williams Dictionary

I ngā hōtoke kei ngā raorao, kei ngā mānia, ā, i ngā raumati kei ngā maunga.
In the winter they were on the foothills and on the plains, and in the summer they were in the mountains.
Simple sentences: past tense - i

He rite te huarere ki hōtoke.
The weather is like winter.
This is just like that - he rite tonu

I ōna he iwi manene; i ngā hōtoke kei ngā raorao, kei ngā mānia, ā, i ngā raumati Kei ngā maunga.
In those days they were a nomadic tribe; in the winter, [they] were in the foothills and on the plains, and in the summer [they] were on the mountains.

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