kōhatu - stone
Kohatu = kowhatu, n. Stone, rock. Ka tango katoa, te iti, te rahi, ki te kohatu hei kuru i a ia (T. 16).
Williams Dictionary
I te kōrero mai te kaiako ānō nei he taringa kōhatu mātou.The teacher was talking to us as if we were deaf.It was as if - ānō nei
Kua haria haeretia ngā kōhatu ki te moana.The stones have been progressively carried to the sea.Passive sentences - tikina...
I nukuhia e au ngā ahi wera mai i ngā kōhatu ki te pouaka ki tōku hawera.The hot ashes were moved by me from the stones to the box with my shovel.Passive sentences - tikina...
Ka waiho he wāhi kia tuwhera ana i waenganui i ngā taiepa kōhatu nei.A place was left open between the stone walls.Ka used to indicate the past - ka
He whare kōhatu, he mea hōu.A new, stone house.Categorizing sentences - he
He whare kōhatu te whare nei.This house is a good house.
He papa kōhatu a Pānia ināianei.Pānia is a flat rock now.
