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karaka - orange (colour)

Karaka, n. 1. Corynocarpus laevigata, a tree; and fruit of same. Ka tukua mai a Pungarehu i mua ki te rui haere mai i te karaka (T. 113). Karaka oturu, karaka huarua, dwarf varieties of Corynocarpus, said to be found at Patea. Karaka maoa, a person who cannot swim.

2. A variety of greenstone, opaque and dark green.

3. Variety of totara tree. He kotukutuku te ingoa o te uwha o te totara, he karaka te ingoa o te tane.

4. Cookia sulcata, a univalve mollusc.

Williams Dictionary

I taraiwa māua ko taku hoa ki te whare wānanga i te waru karaka.
Me and my friend drove to uni at 8 o'clock.
Simple sentences: past tense - i

Ka whakaweto te koroua i ngā rama ā te 10 karaka.
The old man will turn the lights off at 10 o'clock.
Simple sentences: future tense - ka

Ka wehe tātou ā te 2 karaka ā tēnei ahiahi.
We (3 + incl) will leave at 2 o'clock this afternoon.
Simple sentences: future tense - ka

Ka tūtaki tātou ki te pāmu ā te 3 karaka.
We will meet at the farm at 3 o'clock.
Simple sentences: future tense - ka

Maranga mai ai au ia , ia i te whitu karaka.
I always get up every day at seven o'clock.
Habitual action - ai

Oho ai au i te wari karaka i te ata.
I usually wake up at eight o'clock in the morning.
Habitual action - ai

Kia hia ngā karaka?
How many oranges do we need?
How many are needed? - Kia hia

te whā karaka i te ahiahi rātou i tīmata ai.
It was four o'clock in the afternoon when they started.
Belonging to the past - nō

te iwa karaka rawa, ka tīmata te purei kāri.
Finally, at nine o'clock, the card games started.
Belonging to the past - nō

runga i te tereina o te ono karaka.
On the six o'clock train.
Travelling by means of - mā runga

Ka taea au te whakaoho e koe ā te whitu karaka?
Are you able to wake me at 7 o'clock?
I am able... - Ka taea e...

I te tekau karaka.
At ten o'clock.
Past - specifying a particular time - i te

I te whā karaka i te atu ai i wehe atu ai ki Te Tai Hauāuru.
I left for the Westland region at 4 in the morning.
Past - specifying a particular time - i te

I te whitu karaka i te ahiahi, ka mate ia.
At seven o'clock in the evening, he died.
Past - specifying a particular time - i te

I te tekau tahi karaka i te ata te karakia.
The service was at 11 am.
Past - specifying a particular time - i te

I te haurua mai i te ono karaka i te ata.
6:30am (past).
Past - specifying a particular time - i te

I te whitu karaka, kua haere mai ia.
He will have left at seven o'clock.
Past - specifying a particular time - i te

He karaka māua hunaonga.
Our daughter-in-law is a clerk.
Possessives - 'a' class - ā, tāku...

I te ono karaka, kua tae atu rātou ki Ōmihi.
By six o'clock they had got to Ōmihi.
Away - atu

Toru karaka te .
The time is 2 o'clock.
Telling time - kara

Ko te whitu karaka i te ata.
7 o'clock in the morning.
Telling time - kara

Ko te rima karaka i te ahiahi.
5 o'clock in the afternoon.
Telling time - kara

E rua meneti mai i te whā karaka.
Two minutes past four.
Telling time - kara

Hauwhā ki te rua karaka.
Quarter to two.
Telling time - kara

Haurua mai i te iwa karaka.
Half past nine.
Telling time - kara

Hei te rua karaka.
See you at two o'clock.
Telling time - kara

Hei te whā karaka.
See you at four o'clock.
Telling time - kara

Hei te rima karaka.
See you at five o'clock.
Telling time - kara

Hei te ono karaka.
See you at six o'clock.
Telling time - kara

Hei te whitu karaka.
See you at seven o'clock.
Telling time - kara

Hei te waru karaka.
See you at eight o'clock.
Telling time - kara

Hei te tekau karaka.
See you at ten o'clock.
Telling time - kara

Hei te tekau tahi karaka.
See you at eleven o'clock.
Telling time - kara

Hei te tekau rua karaka.
See you at twelve o'clock.
Telling time - kara

Ka kai tātou ā te whitu karaka.
We'll eat at seven o'clock.
Telling time - kara

Ā te tekau karaka tīmata ai te karakia.
The service starts at ten o'clock.
Telling time - kara

A te waru karaka ka haere tātou ki te marae.
We will go the marae at 8 o'clock.
Telling time - kara

I ngā ata katoa e ara ana is i te ono karaka.
He gets up at six o'clock every morning.
Telling time - kara

Kua whakaritea, me tae rātou ki te mira o Kawerau i te iwa karaka.
It was arranged that they should arrive at the Kawearau mill at nine o'clock.
Telling time - kara

Te hui a te rua karaka, hei te whare wānanga.
The 2 o'clock meeting will be at the university.
Telling time - kara

Ko te tekau tahi karaka.
It is eleven o'clock.
Telling time - kara

Hāwhe pahi i te iwa karaka.
Half past 9.
Telling time - kara

Haurua mai i te ono karaka.
Half past 6.
Telling time - kara

Āe, i te rima karaka.
Yes, at 5 o'clock.
Telling time - kara

Ko to ono karaka te e tīmata ai te hui.
The meeting starts (specifically) at 6 o'clock.
Specifically - ai

Rua tekau meneti mai i te ono karaka.
Twenty minutes past six o'clock.

Hei te tahi karaka.
See you at one o'clock.

Tekau meneti ki te tekau karaka.
Ten to ten.

Hei te toru karaka.
See you at three o'clock.

He karaka ōna!
He has some orange shoes!

Ko te haurua mai i te toru karaka te ,
The time is 3.30pm

He karaka te waka.
The car is orange.

Huia te reta i muri o te karaka.
The letter behind the clock is Huia's.

Mauria mai te i muri i te karaka.
Bring me the key from behind the clock.

He karaka ōna!
He has some orange shoes!

I muri tata i te rama karaka, ko te whero.
Straight after the orange light comes the red one.

Whitu karaka te tāima tīmata o te purei kāri.
7pm is the time the card games will start.

Ā te haurua mai i te ono karaka ā te nei.
6:30pm this evening (future).

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