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kita - fast; tightly

Kitā. 1. n. Chirp, stridulation of the cicada.

2. v.i. Sing, stridulate, as the cicada. E kita nei hoki te tarakihi (Of a hungry man when food is scarce) (P.).

whakakitā. 1. v.i. Make to stridulate, as the cicada. Taria i haramai ki konei whakakita ai te tarakihi, kita, kita (M. 386).

2. n. Singing in the head.

Williams Dictionary

Kita. 1. ad. Tightly, fast. Mau kita taua maia i nga taura a taua hunga (T. 19).

2. Intensely, brightly (of colours), as whero kita, whero kitakita. Oia, oia te mata o Ruanuku ki te wai kia ma, kia ma, kia ma kitakita (M. 393).

3. a. Tightly clenched. Ka kita aku niho (M. 401).

kitakita, n. Anything very small.

Williams Dictionary

I kite a Nikau i a ia anō.
Nikau saw himself.
Simple sentences: past tense - i

He rite tonu tāku kitā ki tōku tuakana.
My guitar is just like my older sibling's.
This is just like that - he rite tonu

Ka taea koe te tākaro i te kita?
Are you able to play the guitar?
I am able... - Ka taea e...

Ka taea ahau te tākaro i te kita.
I am able to play the guitar.
I am able... - Ka taea e...

Kāore koe e taea te tākaro i te kita?
Are you unable to play the guitar?
To be unable - Kāore... taea...

Kāore au e taea te tākaro i te kita.
I am unable to play the guitar.
To be unable - Kāore... taea...

E whakatangitangi ana te kaiwhakatangitangi i te kitā.
The musician is playing the guitar.

E whakatangitangi ana te kaiwhakatangitangi i te kitā.
The musician is playing the guitar.

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