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kete - basket, kit
Kete, n. 1. Basket made of strips of flax, etc. E toru tekau o nga kete tawatawa (T. 143).
2. Belly of a net. Kete pahao, kete tihao, shrimp net.
3. A parbuckle of plaited supplejack, about 1 ft. wide and 20 ft. long, passed under a log in order to roll it along the ground.
4. fig. Womb. Ka ruru ki te kete ra (M. 165).
5. A form of incantation in which a kete was used. Ka hoatu i te oranga mo ratou, ko te kete, ko te ahi, ko te taumata.—Ka rangā te kete: “Rangaranga ra taku kete,” etc. (T. 88). The same use appears in Uvea. Kete pure, a basket used by the tohunga in the ceremonies above.
kekete = kete, 3. Ki te whakamaunga kekete, kekete mai te kekete (S. 115).
Williams Dictionary
Nā te kōtiro te kete ātaahua i raranga.
It was the girl who wove the beautiful basket.
Past agent emphatic - nā - agent emphatic
Māu te kete kākahu e wehewehe.
You will sort the clothes basket.
Future agent emphatic - māku, mā... e..., mā... hei
Tatari i te kete!
Wait at the gate!
Commands without e or the passive - Homai! Whakarongo!
Ehara māku e taki te karakia, nā te mea he iti taku kete pāpaku taku kete karakia.
I will not be the one to recite the prayer because my kete is shallow.
Conjunctions - but - engari
Tīmata ana ki te raranga i tana kete harakeke.
She is starting to make a flax kit.
Verbs that take 'i' (kite, etc) - i
Kei taku kete.
It’s in my te
Tino tere te whatu a ngā wāhine i ngā kete kūmera.
The women very quickly plaited the kumera baskets.
Nā tētahi atu wahine tēnā kete.
That basket belongs to another woman.
He pai kee au ki te raranga kete i te whatu korowai
I make baskets better than I make cloaks
Nāku tēnei kete.
This kit is mine.
Nāku te kete nei.
This kit is mine.
Ahakoa he iti kete, he iti nā te aroha.
It is the thought that counts.
Kia ako, kia tapurihia itahi atu o ngā pūkenga mātaurangahau i tō ake kete.
To learn, and to add other new knowledge skills to your own kete.
Me kawe koe i taku kete!
You must carry my basket!
E whakakite ana ia i ana kete ki ngā manuhiri
She is showing her/his kits to the guests
Me kawe e koe taku kete!
My basket must be carried by you!
E whakakite ana ia i ana kete ki ngā manuhiri.
She is showing her baskets to the guests.
Kei te raranga ia i tētahi kete.
She is weaving a basket.
Kei te raranga kete ia.
She is basket-weaving.
E hia ngā ika kei roto i tōu kete?
How many fish are in your kete?
Ka tiki au i te kete kākahu.
I will fetch the clothes basket.
E kore e roa kua tīmata ki te raranga i tana kete.
It will not be long before she has started to make her kit.
Ka uta au i ngā kākahu ki te kete kākahu.
I will load the clothes into the clothes basket.
He aha kei roto i tāu kete?
What is in your kit?
He rīwai kei roto i tāku kete.
There are potatoes in my kit.
Inā poroa e ahau te taura, māua e hopu mai te kete.
When I cut the rope, you catch the basket.
Māu tēnā kete
That kete is for you
Kāhore tēnei kete i rarangatia ki te raupō.
This basket was not woven out of bulrushes.
.. koirā i takea mai ai te kōrero nei nā, ‘te kete rukuruku a Whakaotirangi
the small food basket of Whakaotirangi
E hia ngā rīwai kei roto i te kete?
How many potatoes are in the kit?
E waru ngā rīwai kei roto i te kete.
There are eight potatoes in the kit.
Nā Pani tēnei kete
This kete belongs to Pani (direct statement of ownership, see SF13)
Nā Pani tēnei kete i raranga
Pani plaited this kete (the agent is emphasised)
Ka raranga ngā kuia i ngā kete.
The old women will weave the bags.
Āku kete.
My baskets.
He tino ātaahua tēnā kete huruhuru
That feather kete is very beautiful
Ki tonu ā rātou kete ka hoki rātou ki te kāinga.
When their kits were quite full they returned to the village.
Kei hea ngā kete i whatua e Rangi
Where are the kete which were woven by Rangi?