Results for 'kiore'
kiore - rat
Kiore, n. 1. Rat, mouse. He nanakia aha to te kiore nanakia ? (T. 199). He ata marama, e kore ai e mau te kiore (P.). Kiore tuapuku, a variety of rat; also called hamua.
2. Hippocampus abdominalis, seahorse. Also kiore moana, kiore waitai. Te aio e kauia e te kiore (P.).
3. A pattern in carving. Kiri kiore, fine, close weaving.
4. Scout. Usually travelled in pairs before the vanguard, or toro. Ko nga toro o mua kia whai kiore, kia tokorua ki mua hei tirotiro haere … auaka aua kiore e haere tahi (Po.).
Williams Dictionary
E kimi ana te ngeru ki te kiore.
The cat is searching for the mouse.
Simple sentences: present tense - e... ana
Kai ai te ngeru i ngā kiore.
The cat always eats mice.
Habitual action - ai
Taihoa e whakarere i te ngeru kia mau i a ia te kiore.
Don't shoo the cat until it has caught the mouse.
Don't... just yet! - Taihoa... e
E kimihia ana te kiore e te ngeru.
The cat is searching for the rat.
Passive sentences - tikina...
Kei te whai kiore te ngeru.
The cat is mice-chasing.
Gerund phrases (fence building, bread baking, dishes washing...) - tunu parāoa...
He aha kei roto i ana ringaringa? He kiore?
What's that in his hands? A rat?
What? - He aha?
He iti ake te kiore i te ngeru.
The mouse is more small than the cat.
He iti iho te kiore i te ngeru.
He mouse is smaller than the cat.
He kiore te mōkai a tāku tamāhine.
My daughter’s pet is a rat.
He tangata, he kiore rānei koe?
Are you a man or a mouse?
Kai ai te ngeru i ngā kiore.
The cat always eats mice. (Kupu)
Kua pau ngaa paraoa i ngaa kiore te kai
The bread has been eaten up by the rats
Kai ai tā rātou ngeru i ngā kiore.
Their cat always eats mice.
Nā te kiore ngā kānga i kai.
(It was the rat (that) ate the corn (Rats ate the corn).
