Results for 'kūmara'
kūmara - kūmara, sweet potato
Kūmara, n. Ipomoea batatas, sweet potato. The names of a large number of varieties are recorded. Ka koa nga tama a Paoa ki a ia, no te mea ka tae atu hei karakia i a raua mara kumara (T. 199).
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Kumara—kai—torouka, n. Olearia furfuraeea, a shrub.
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Ko te kūmara tāku tūmomo huawhenua pai rawa.
Kumara is my favourite type of vegetable.
Identity sentences - ko...
Kei te kai rāua i ngā kūmara.
They are eating the kūmara.
Simple sentences: present tense with a verb - kei te
I whakatō i ētehi kai māori pērā i te kūmara me te kōkihi.
We planted native food like kūmara and native spinach.
Simple sentences: past tense - i
Nā Maru te kūmara i whakatipu.
It was Maru grew the kumara.
Past agent emphatic - nā - agent emphatic
Nāu ngā kūmara i waru.
You were the one who peeled the kūmera.
Past agent emphatic - nā - agent emphatic
Kei roto ngā kūmara i te umu.
The kumara are in the oven.
In, on, by, under... - kei runga...
E mea ana au ki te hauhake i aku kūmara āpōpō. Heoi anō, ki te ua, ka waiho pea mō tērā wiki.
I'm intending to dig up my kūmara tomorrow. However, if it rains, I'll probably leave it ‘til next week.
Conjunctions - on the other hand, however - heoi anō
I whakatipu a Maru i te kūmara.
Maru grew the kūmara.
He kai pai te kūmara.
Kumara is good food
Kei te kai a Niko i ngā kūmara.
Niko is eating the kūmera.
He hua whenua te kūmara.
The kūmera is a root vegetable.
