Results for 'kahawai'
Kāhawai, n. Hydroprogne caspia, Caspian tern; a bird.
Williams Dictionary
Kahawai, n. Arripis trutta, a fish. Ka homai nga kahawai ma Paoa (T. 190). E haere mai ana nga rau e toru, me te waha kahawai, kua tata (i.e., like a shoal of kahawai) (T. 202).
Williams Dictionary
E toru ngā kahawai, e rua ngā tāmure.
There are three kahawai and two tāmure (fish).
Numbering things - e rua, e toru...
Nā te nanakia kahawai rā i kaahaki atu taku pāua.
That rascally kahawai has taken my spinner.
He kahawai tērā ika
That fish is a kahawai
He kahawai te ingoa o tērā ika
Kahawai is the name of that fish
Ko te tere kahawai rā ki waho i te moana haere ai, ko te tangata rā ki uta oma haere atu ai, me to oma, me te karakia.
The shoal of kahawai was swimming along out at sea, and the man was running along the shore and as he ran he recited karakia.
Tērā pea e haoa e Te Whānau-a-Apanui ki te kupenga, te tere kahawai rā.
Perhaps that school of kahawai will be caught by Te Whānau-a-Apanui with a net.
