Results for 'kiri'
kiri - skin
Kiri, n. 1. Skin, bark. A kite iho au to kiri i ahua ki te wai ngarahu (M. 28). Kinikinitia ana e ia nga kiri o taua rakau (W. iii, 79). Kiri kā, fever. Kiri kau, naked. Kei waenga e korero ana, he kiri kau (T. 101). Kiri tai, outer skin, epidermis. Kiri wai, inner skin. Kiri wera, a person in a state of despair.
2. fig. Person, self. Ko au, ko te kiri matotoru, e whakaora mo te ao; ko te kiri kopipi e tuku ki te mate (M. 365). E muri ahiahi takoto ki te moenga ko taku kiri mangi te titiro mai na (M. 116).
kikiri, v.i. Begin to grow, as a child in the womb. E tama i kimihia i raro i a Papa, kikiri ake ana i te rua o te ra (M. 46).
kirikiri, n. 1. Gravel. Ka tango ki nga rito harakeke, ki nga rito toetoe, ki nga kowhatu, ki nga kirikiri (T. 128).
2. Basket with the sides raised by network, for food, etc. Ka whakatika a Hatupatu, ka pioi i ana kirikiri upoko (T. 102). Kirikiri kai ota; he tangata ringaringa (There are baskets of uncooked food, we are men with hands) (P. 51).
3. —— Tukutuku wai ka rere, kia hoaia atu to reo kirikiri (S. ii, 16). Rangona ki raro ra, tangi ana te kirikiri; rangona ki raro ra, tangi ana te aweawe (S.).
4. Ahua kirikiri, denotes something which does not meet with approval (Po.).
Williams Dictionary
Waruhia te kiri rēmana.
Grate the lemon rind.
Commands using the passive - Tāpirihia, Tīkina...
Kua pau te wai i a Kiri.
Kiri has consumed the water.
Statives with 'i' - i a, i te, i ngā
I moe ia i a Pare, kaua ko Kiri.
You should marry Pare, not Kiri.
Not that - kaua ko.. tēnei, tēnā, tērā
I moe ia i a Pare, kaua rawa ko Kiri.
You should marry Pare, absolutely not Kiri!
Not that - kaua ko.. tēnei, tēnā, tērā
Kei whea a Kiri?
Where is Kiri?
Māu e tohutohu ki te tohunga ō mate, ka ngau ai te tohunga i ō atua e ngau ana i tō kiri, te mamae i tō tinana.
You must indicate your ills to the tohunga, then the tohunga will devour your spirits that are devouring your skin, paining your body.
I muri ka haere mai a Tāwhiri-mātea, te hau me te ua, ki te horoi i ngā parahanga katoa o te piri tahitanga, me kī, ngā puehu me ngā maramara kiri, kia mā te āhua o te rangi.
Afterwards Tāwhiri-mātea, the wind and the rain, stepped in to clean away all of the rubbish left in the confined space, everything created in the dark clinging together, the dust, the strips of skin, so the sky would be clean.
waruhia te kiri rēmana
grate the lemon rind or zest or the lemon
Unuhia te kiri o te ārani.
Peel the orange
I waiata a Kiri ki ā wai?
Exercise 21b
Kua waiata a Kiri
Kiri has sung (active); completed action.
Nō te taenga ki te raumati, ka mahana te kiri o te tangata.
When summer arrived people began to feel warm.
He mataku pea nō ngā Kiri Mā kei tere mōhio ngā Kiri Pango ki te whakahaere i a rātau.
Perhaps the whites were afraid the blacks would quickly learn how to administer their own affairs.
Kei te tino mōhiotia te reo o Kiri Te Kanawa, puta noa i te ao.
Kiri Te Kanawa’s voice is known throughout the world.
Ehara ko Hone i kite i te tāhae, (ko Kiri kē).
It wasn’t John who saw the thief, (it was rinstead).
Me tiki e koe i ngā rau o ngā rākau katoa, i ngā kiri, kia mōhio ai koe ki te āhua o te tōtara.
Fetch leaves from all the trees, and bark, so that you will know what the totara looks like.
