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kākahu - clothing, garment
Kākahu. ‖ kahu.
Williams Dictionary
kākahu. 1. n. Garment. Ka tae a Tutanekai ki tetahi o ona kakahu, ka whakahoroa atu ki a ia (T. 134). Strictly only those of fine texture. Ko Taharakau, e pokai ana i tona kakahu ki roto o te kaikaha tii (Pi. 126, 2). Kakahu-haehae, a feigned retreat for the purpose of drawing on an enemy (tearing off the clothes as if hardly pressed). ‖ hawaiki-pepeke, manukawhaki. Kākahu-kura, (a) cape covered with red feather (T. 153) this is not the same as kahu-kura; (b) butterfly, probably the red admiral, Vanessa gonerilla.
2. v.t. Put on clothes. Ka noho i raro, kakahu ai i ona (T. 39).
Note.—The noun kakahu is often omitted after the possessive pronoun, as in the previous example.
Williams Dictionary
Ko wai i kī i te kākahu?
Who packed the clothes?
Asking who - Ko wai...?
He aha ō kākahu i paru ai?
Why are your clothes dirty?
Why did? - He aha... i... ai?
Kei te whātuitui kākahu ia.
He is folding clothes.
Simple sentences: present tense with a verb - kei te
E whakakākahuana ia i a ia anō ki ōna kākahu tino pai.
He's getting himself dressed in his best clothes.
Simple sentences: present tense - e... ana
E hiahia ana au ki tērā kākahu kahurangi.
I want that blue dress.
Simple sentences: present tense - e... ana
I haere au ki te whare horoi kākahu.
I went to the laundry.
Simple sentences: past tense - i
Ka horoi au i ngā kākahu.
I will wash the clothes.
Simple sentences: future tense - ka
Ka horoi au i ngā kākahu paru.
I will wash the dirty clothes.
Simple sentences: future tense - ka
Kua tīkina ngā kākahu horoi e ngā tamariki.
The clean clothes have been fetched by the children.
Simple sentences: past completed tense - kua
Me whakatika koe i ō kākahu kura.
You should fix your uniform.
Simple sentences: you should - me
Me tango tāua i ō kākahu moe.
Let's take off your pyjamas.
Simple sentences: you should - me
Ia rā, ia rā, oho ai au ki te horoi i ngā kākahu.
Every day, I always get up to wash the clothes.
Habitual action - ai
Pēnei au he māmā noa iho te whatu kākahu.
I thought it would be easy as to knit clothes.
I thought mistakenly - Pēnei au...
Ki a au te horoi i ngā kākahu.
I will wash the clothes.
Who is going to... - Ki a wai te...?
Tēnā tangohia ngā kākahu i te rārangi?
Could you please remove the washing from the line?
Could you please make me... - Tēnā mahia mai he... māku.
Hei aha ngā kākahu kaukau.
Never mind the togs.
Never mind the... No worries! - Hei aha te..., Kia ahatia!
Taihoa e horoi i ngā kākahu kia kī te ipu kākahu.
Don't wash the clothes until the clothes basket is full.
Don't... just yet! - Taihoa... e
Ehara mō ngā tamariki tēnei kākahu.
This clothing is not for the children.
Negating māku possessives - ehara... mā...; ehara... mā
Nā wai ō kākahu i horoi i tērā wiki?
Who washed the clothes last week?
Past agent emphatic - nā - agent emphatic
Nā wai ō kākahu i pōkai i tēnei wiki?
Who was the one who folded the clothes last week?
Past agent emphatic - nā - agent emphatic
Mō ngā tamariki tēnei kākahu.
This clothing is for the children.
Unrealised possession - mā, māku
Māu te kete kākahu e wehewehe.
You will sort the clothes basket.
Future agent emphatic - māku, mā... e..., mā... hei
Māku te kākahu e whakamaroke.
I will dry the clothes.
Future agent emphatic - māku, mā... e..., mā... hei
Māu pea ngā tamariki e tiki ki te kura, māku ngā kākahu e whakariterite.
Maybe you pick the kids up, I'll get the clothes ready.
Future agent emphatic - māku, mā... e..., mā... hei
Mā taku hoa tāne ngā kākahu horoi e whakairi.
It will be my boyfriend who will hang the washing.
Future agent emphatic - māku, mā... e..., mā... hei
Mā tātou e horoi ō tātou kākahu.
We will be the ones to clean the room.
Future agent emphatic - māku, mā... e..., mā... hei
Tangohia ō kākahu!
Take off your clothes!
Commands using the passive - Tāpirihia, Tīkina...
Tīkina ōu kākahu paru!
Fetch your dirty clothes!
Commands using the passive - Tāpirihia, Tīkina...
Whakairihia ngā kākahu ki runga i te rākau.
Hang the clothes on the line.
Commands using the passive - Tāpirihia, Tīkina...
Awhinatia tāu tuahine ki te kuhu i ōna kākahu!
Help your sister put her clothes on!
Commands using the passive - Tāpirihia, Tīkina...
Kāore e roa ka maroke ngā kākahu.
Won't be long and the clothes will be dry.
It won't be long before... - kāore e roa...; kāori i roa...
Homai ōna kākahu.
Give me his clothes.
Commands without e or the passive - Homai! Whakarongo!
Homai ngā kākahu.
Pass me the clothes.
Commands without e or the passive - Homai! Whakarongo!
Kei waenganui i te whare kori tinana me te toa kākahu.
It's between the gym and the clothing store.
In, on, by, under... - kei runga...
E kōrero ana a Māmā ki te waea me te whātuitui kākahu anō.
Māmā is talking on the phone whilst folding the clothes.
While at the same time/and in addition - me te... anō
Me horoi koutou i ngā rīhi me te whakairi anō i ngā kākahu.
You guys should wash the dishes and hang out the clothes too.
While at the same time/and in addition - me te... anō
E whakamākūtia ana ngā kākahu e te ua.
The clothes are being drenched by the rain.
Passive sentences - tikina...
I utaina e au ngā kākahu ki roto i te mīhini horoi.
The clothes were loaded into the washing machine by me.
Passive sentences - tikina...
Ka horoia ngā kākahu mā e ia.
The white clothes will be washed by him.
Passive sentences - tikina...
I horoia ngā kākahu e au i tērā Rāhoroi.
The clothes were washed by me on Saturday.
Passive sentences - tikina...
Kei te whakairi kākahu a Mia.
Mia is hanging out washing.
Gerund phrases (fence building, bread baking, dishes washing...) - tunu parāoa...
Ka kuhu a Hine i ana kākahu papai, ka haere ai ki te tūtaki ki tana hoa i te tāone.
Hine put on her good clothes, and then went to meet her friend in town.
*And then... - ...ka/kātahi... ai...
Ka taea e koe te tuitui kakahu?
Can you sew clothing?
I am able... - Ka taea e...
Haria ngā kākahu ki waho kia whitia ai e te rā.
Take the clothes outside so that they can be shone on by the sun.
So that something can happen for someone else - kia
Engari i mua i te haere ki te mahi, i hoki au ki te kāinga tīni kākahu ai.
But before going to work, I returned home to change clothes.
The reason for an action - ...ai.
Kei te rūma horoi kākahu ō hū.
Your shoes are in the laundry.
Locatives (at the moment, something is somewhere) - kei te
Ka mau ki te kākahu o waho.
And took hold of her outer garment.
Ka used to indicate the past - ka
He kākahu hou ōu?
Do you have new clothes?
Do you have any...? - He... ?
He kākahu ō koutou.
You have clothes.
Do you have any...? - He... ?
Whātuia iho a runga o te kākahu kotahi e mau rā i a ia.
The top of the garment she wore was folded down.
Down - iho
Tuatahi, horoia ngā kākahu, tuarua whakamarokehia ngā perēti.
First wash the clothes, second dry the plates.
Ordinal numbers (First, second, third...) - tuatahi, tuarua...
Kaua e whakairihia ngā kākahu ki runga i te rākau.
Don't hang the clothes on the line.
Negative passive commands (Don't be...) - Kaua... e...
Kāore ō hū i te rūma horoi kākahu.
Your shoes are not in the laundry.
Negation of locatives - kāore...
Ehara māku te kākahu e whakamaroke.
I won’t dry the clothes.
Negating the future agent emphatic - ehara mā..
Te pai hoki o tō hanga i ēnā kākahu.
You look pretty/handsome in those clothes.
*How... - Te... hoki...
Ehara i tōku hoa ō māua kākahu i horoi.
My friend didn't wash our clothes.
Negating the past agent emphatic - ehara i...
Mā wai tō rātou kakahu e haenga?
Who will iron our clothes?
Who will? - mā wai?
Nā te aha ō kākahu i paru ai?
For what reason are your clothes dirty?
For what reason? - nā te aha ai?
Kuhuna ētahi atu kākahu.
Put some other clothes on.
Another, a different - tētahi atu
Ko wai kāore i kī i te kākahu?
Who didn’t pack the clothes?
Who didn't? - Ko wai kāore...
Tangohia ō kākahu.
Take off your clothes.
Ka tango au i ō kākahu.
I'll take off your clothes.
He kahurangi rānei tōna kākahu?
Is her dress blue?
He tino pai rawa atu tōu kākahu (He tino pai rawa atu tō kākahu).
Your coat is very fine indeed.
Ehara i te mea mā rātou e horoi ngā kākahu.
They will not wash the clothes.
Ahakoa kei te mākū ō rātou kākahu, ka mahi tonu rātou.
Even though their clothes were wet, they kept on working.
Ahakoa he mākū ō rātou kākahu, ka mahi tonu rātou.
Even though their clothes were wet, they kept on working.
Ko tēwhea te kākahu, i whatua nā e koe?
Which is the cloak woven by you?
Kua mā ngā kākahu?
Are the clothes clean?
Kua haere a Taika ki te tiki i ōna kākahu.
Taika has gone to get her clothes.
Kua oti ngā kākahu i ngā kōtiro te horoi.
The girls have finished washing the clothes.
Haere mai ki te tiki i ngā kākahu nei.
Come and get these clothes.
He pouaru tēnā, nō reira i kākahu ai i tōna pare.
She is a widow; therefore she wears her (widow’s) circlet.
Āe, kua mā ngā kākahu.
Yes, the clothes are clean.
Ehara mā rātou e horoi ngā kākahu.
They will not wash the clothes.
Kua oti kē i ahau ngā kākahu te horoi.
I have already finished washing the clothes.
whakamaua ō kākahu moe
put on your pyjamas
Kei hea ō kākahu?
Where are your clothes?
He māwhero ngā kākahu.
The clothes are pink.
E hia te utu mō ngā kākahu katoa?
How much did all the clothes cost?
Kia ua, ka oma ai a Mere ki waho ki te tiki i ngā kākahu.
Whenever it rains, Mere runs outside to get the clothes.
Kia ua, ka oma a Mere ki waho ki te tiki i ngā kākahu.
Whenever it rains, Mere runs outside to get the clothes.
Ahakoa kei te mākū (Ahakoa he mākū) o rātou kākahu, ka mahi tonu rātou.
Even though their clothes were wet, they kept on working.
He kākahu rangatira ō rātou.
They have flash clothes.
E horoi kākahu ana ia.
She is washing clothes.
Ia rā, ia rā, oho ai au ki te horoi i ngā kākahu.
Every day, I always get up to wash the clothes. (Māori Dictionary)
Kia oti te whakairi i ngā kākahu, ka haere tāua.
Once the clothes are hung up, we will go.
E hiahia ana au ki tērā kākahu whewhero.
I want that reddish dress.
I horoi kākahu au.
I did washing.
Kei te tuitui ia i ngā kākahu.
She is sewing clothes.
Ka tiki au i te kete kākahu.
I will fetch the clothes basket.
Kei te tuitui kākahu ia.
She is clothes-sewing.
I tītiro ia ki ngā kākahu ātaahua i roto i te matapihi o te toa.
She looked at the beautiful dresses in the shop window.
I a wai te kākahu o Maka
Who had Maka’s coat
Ka uta au i ngā kākahu ki te kete kākahu.
I will load the clothes into the clothes basket.
Kei te tū āna irāmutu i runga i ōku kākahu mā.
His nephews are standing on my clean clothes.
He pūngāwerewere kei roto i tōku whare horoi kākahu.
There are spiders in my laundry.
Ka wehewehea ngā kākahu i runga anō i te tae.
The clothes will be sorted according to colour.
Āwhea a Riripeti horoi kākahu ai?
When will Riripeti wash the clothes?
Kuhuna ō kākahu moe.
Let's put your pyjamas on.
Ka kuhu a Hine i ana kākahu papai, ka haere ai ki te tūtaki ki tana hoa i te tāone.
Hine put on her good clothes, and then went to meet her friend in town.
Mō Mere ēnei kākahu.
These clothes are for Mary.
I paruparu he kākahu hou o te māhita.
Some of the teacher’s new clothes got dirty.
Whakahokia ō kākahu ki te kāpata.
Can you put your clothes away?
E hoko kākahu hou ana ia mō tana tamāhine
She is buying new clothes for her daughter
Kei te tū tāna irāmutu i runga i tōku kākahu mā.
His nephew is standing on my clean dress.
He tino pai rawa atu tōu kākahu.
Your coat is very fine indeed.
He wūru tēnei kākahu.
Exercise 2b
Ka waiho ā.rāua kākahu i te taha o te wai takoto ai.
Their clothes were left beside the water.
Kei te whāwhai atu rāua ki waho kia tīkina ngā kākahu horoi.
They are rushing outside to fetch the washing.
Kei te haere ngā tama ki te toa kākahu i te tāone matua o Kirikiriroa.
The sons are going to the clothing shop in the important town of Hamilton
Kei roto tō korowai i te whata kākahu.
Your cloak is in the wardrobe.
Tangohia ō kākahu, whakamaua ō kākahu moe.
Take off your clothes, put on your pyjamas.
I a koe ōku kākahu hākinakina?
Did you have my sports gear?
Ngā kakahu o te wahine.
The woman's clothes.
Kāo, i a Roberta mā kē ōu kākahu hākinakina!
No, Roberta and the others had your sports gear!
Ngā kākahu ō ngā tamariki.
The children's clothes.
Ka haere tāua ki.te mau atu i ōku kākahu.
We came to get my clothes.
Kua oti ngā kākahu i ngā kōtiro te tuitui.
The clothes are finished being sewn by the girls
Tangohia ō kākahu moe.
Take off you pyjamas.
Tū ana ngā tāngata tokorua i ō rātou taha, uira tonu ngā kākahu.
The two men stood at their side,
Me pai ō kōrua kākahu. Kia kamakama!
Your clothes need to look tidy. Quick!
E whakairi ana taku tāne i ngā kākahu horoi.
My husband is hanging the washing.
Ō mātou kākahu.
Our clothes (not yours).
Kei hea ngā kākahu?
Where are the clothes?
Tēnā tangohia ngā kākahu i te rārangi.
Could you please remove the washing from the line.
Au?! Kātahi te kākahu paru!
Auē! How dirty the clothes are!
He tino pai rawa atu tō kākahu.
Your coat is very fine indeed.
Nā te ua ō tātou kākahu i whakamākū.
It was the rain that wet our clothes.
Ko tēwhea te kākahu i whatua nā e koe?
Which is the cloak woven by you?
