Results for 'kohikohi'
kohikohi - to collect, gather together
Kohikohi (ii), n. 1. Hemerocoetes acantho-rhynchus, a fish (D. ii, 213).
2. Latridopsis lineata, trumpeter, a fish. whakakohikohi, n. A zigzag pattern often used in plaiting girdles.
Williams Dictionary
Me kohikohi ngā karaihe, ka horoi ai.
We should collect up the glasses, and then wash them.
*And then... - ...ka/kātahi... ai...
I kohikohi ia i te kawakawa hei rongoā mō te māuiui o tāna tama.
He collected kawakawa as a cure for his son's illness.
For the purpose of - hei
Engari i mua i te haere ki te marae, i hoki au ki te kāinga ki te kohikohi i aku taputapu.
But before going to the marae, I returned home to pack my gears.
Using 'ki' to indicate direction towards something - ki
Ko tēhea te wā kohikohi pāua?
Which is the pāua-gathering season?
Ko te raumati te wā kohikohi pāua
The summer is the pāua-gathering season.
Ko te mea nui i nāianei, kei ora ana ngā tāngata mōhio ki ngā waiata, ko te kohikohi haere i ngā māramatanga kei a rātau
The main thing now, while the people who know the songs are still alive, is to go round collecting the explanations they have
I kohikohi pūha ngā kōtiro.
The girls gathered pūha.
He mea kohikohi ngā mōteatea tawhito e Tā Apirana Ngata
The ancient songs were collected by Sir Apirana Ngata
Heoi anā tana he kohikohi i ngā whakaaro o ētahi.
All he does is assemble other people’s ideas.
