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kino - bad

Kino (pl. sometimes kikino). 1. a. Evil, bad. Ko nga mea kikino, nga aitua, no te po era mea kino (M. lxxxi). When used with ka or kua, corrupted, damaged. Kua kino te kura o te taiaha me te awe (Pi. 126, 2).

2. Ill-looking, ugly, ill-dressed; the converse of pai. E kino ana ahau, engari me heru, me tiatia ki te raukura, me kakahu, ka pai ai (M. vii). He kakahu pai o etahi, he kakahu kino to Paoa (T. 193). “He kino na te auripo,” mo te rangatira, otiia he tangata kino, tona kanohi (P. 107).

3. Badly behaved. Ko te take i whakaparahako ai taua wahine, he kikino no te tangata (T. 141). He tutua, e kino ana te kai (T. 190).

4. n. Ill will. Ka korero mai a Hotunui ki te kino o tona iwi e noho nei ia (T. 141). A tupu ana tenei take kino ma nga iwi katoa (T. 161).

5. v.t. Dislike, hate. E kore oti koe e kinongia, ina penatia tau mahi ?

6. Ill-treat. E hoa ma, me kino tatou ki a ia (T. 135).

7. ad. With ill usage. I haere noa atu nga herehere, ehara i te mea i toia kinotia e te pakeha.

8. Precipitately, hurriedly. E mua ata haere, e muri tata kino (P.). He popotai numanga kino (P. 25). No te motunga i te mahanga i whiwhiu kino ai (M. 164).

whakakino, whakakinokino, v.t. 1. Pronounce bad, treat with contempt.

2. Disguise, disfigure, debase. He rangatira te tangata na e whakakino ana i a ia (T. 190). Ka whakakinokino i a ia, na kua penei me te koroheke nei te ahua (T. 50).

Williams Dictionary

Kaua e kino ki a ia.
Don't be bad to him.
Negative active commands - Don't! - Kaua e..., kāti...

He mate kino i ohorere ki ōna roro, hea e taea te whakaora.
A serious condition struck her brain without warning, and there was no hope of saving her.
A strong or emphatic negative. - Nō hea, nō whea

Ka kite mai a Rangi-uru-hinga, he taniwha tēnei kei Moana-ariki e noho ana, i te kino o te mahi a Kupe ki a Hotu.
Rangi-uru-hinga, who was a taniwha living in Moana-ariki, saw the wickedness of Kupu's treatment of Hotu.
Ka used to indicate the past - ka

He kino ēnā kurī.
Those dogs are bad.
Categorizing sentences - he

He kino tāna kōrero.
What he says is bad.
Possessives - 'a' class - ā, tāku...

He ara kino tērā?
Is that a bad road?
That (over there) - tērā

Te kino hoki!
How terrible!
How... - Te... hoki...

He kino ēnei.
These are bad.

He kino ēnei inu.
These drinks are bad.

He tino kino ngā whakangungutanga.
The training sucks.

Ka kōrero mai a Hotunui ki te kino o tōna iwi e noho nei ia.
Hotunui spoke about how bad the people were that he was living among.

He kino maremare.
That's a bad cough.

Ka kino tērā.
That is bad.

Ka kino tērā.
That is worse.

Ka kino rawa tērā.
That is awful.

He kino koe!
You are too much!

Ka kino !
How wicked!

Ka kino .
Wicked, that's bad as.

He kino tēnei kurī.
This dog is bad.

He tangata i pai, he tangata i kino ki te mahi a Ponga.
Some said Ponga's action was good, and some said it was bad.

Ka kino mahi.
Your are doing wrong.

Tino kino te pai!
Awesome! (It's so bad it's great!).

Tino kino ngā pōkākā i te ata.
The morning squalls were awful.

E mea ana ētahi he mahi kino te whawhe ira kararehe, hua rānei, ko ētahi e mea ana he pai.
Some say that genetic engineering of animals and food plants is a bad thing, others that it is good.

He ara kino tēnei.
This is a bad road.

! Te kino hoki!
Poo! How bad!

He tino kino tēnei pahi!
This bus is really terrible.

He kino te āhua o tēnei tarau.
These pants look bad.

#91: Let there be one cup of sugar (kia)
#40: Rangi is sad now but is a happy person
#46: The man's dog is eating the woman's cat's food
#102: I did not go, I was not going, I am not going
#125: Talking about you and other poeple
#15: I'm coming. You're going.
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