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kotahi - one

Kotahi, num. One. Used adjectively and predicatively, but not in counting or as an ordinal. Horo maunga ki tua, pakira ki tangata kotahi (P.). Kotahi rawa te mea i kitea e au (T. 16). Toku kotahi, etc., myself alone, etc. Whakatika mai ki runga, taua ka whawhai; tou kotahi, toku kotahi (You by yourself, I by myself) (T. 77). ‖ tahi.

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whakakotahi, v.t. Unify, make one. Ka oti enei whakaaro, katahi ka whakakotahitia kia whawhaitia he utu mo ta Raumati kino ki a Te Arawa i tahuna ra ki te ahi (T. 82).

kōtahitahi, a. Few. Kua whiwhi i te pu kotahitahi i taua wa (W. v, 87).

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Kia kotahi kapu maramara kōkōnati.
You need one cup of shredded coconut.
Let there be... - kia...

Kia kotahi māku, kia rua mā Tame.
One for me, two for Tame.
Unrealised possession - mā, māku

Kotahi atu a Aria ki te wharekai me te karanga anō ki ngā mahuhiri.
Aria made a beeline to the kitchen and began to call the visitors.
While at the same time/and in addition - me te... anō

Kotahi te poaka e pūhia ana a te Mane.
One pig will be shot on Monday.
Passive sentences - tikina...

Homai ana e Mahuika he ahi, whakawetohia ana e Māui. Pēneitia tonutia ā pau noa ngā maikuku katoa, atu i tētehi mea kotahi.
Mahuika gave him fire, Māui doused it. This carried on until all of her fingernails were used up except one.
It carried on like this... - Pēnei tonu...

Whātuia iho a runga o te kākahu kotahi e mau rā i a ia.
The top of the garment she wore was folded down.
Down - iho

Kotahi te kuia, tokotoru ngā tamariki.
One grandmother, three children.
Numbering people - tokorua, tokotahi...

Kotahi te pouaka.
There is one box.
Numbering things - e rua, e toru...

Kotahi tonu.
Just the one.
How many are there? - E hia? Tokohia?

Kāore e kotahi te pouaka.
There is not one box.
Negating counting things - Kāore e...

Nō te karahipi mō te kotahi tau anake i haere ai rātou ki Amerika.
A scholarship for a year has taken them to America.

Kotahi rau ngā marae o tēnei rohe.
There are one hundred marae in this area.

E toru tekau ngā tamariki, kotahi te māhita, tokorua ngā mātua e haere ana.
There were thirty children, one teacher, and two parents who were going.

Kotahi te wahine pai rawa o tēnei ope.
There is one really beautiful woman in this group.

Kotahi rau e rua tekau ngā mema Pāremata.
There are 120 MPs.

Kotahi te kawhe
one coffee

Kotahi rau e toru tekau kiromita te tawhiti i Kirikiriroa ki Ākarana.
Auckland is 130 kilometres from Hamilton.

Kotahi rita hinu.
A litre of oil.

Kāore e mārama tētahi wāhanga o te iwi ki te reo o tētahi atu wāhanga, ahakoa he iwi kotahi.
One section of the people cannot understand the language of another section, although they are one people.

Ahakoa kāore i riro mai tētahi paraihe kotahi, kore rawa tēnei hui tino nui e wareware i te tōpū o Te Kaha.
Although they didn’t win a single prize, this big gathering will never be forgotten by the group from Te Kaha.

E kore e oti tēnei mahi i te rā kotahi, he pēra rawa te uaua
This job is too difficult to finish in one day. This job is so difficult that it can’t be finished in one day,

Kotahi rau tāra te utu mō te pukapuka.
The book cost one hundred dollars.

kia kotahi kapu maramara kōkōnati
you need one cup of shredded coconut

E rua ōu whatu, kotahi tōu ihu.
You have two eyes and one nose.

kotahi rau
100

kotahi mano 100,000 - kotahi rau mano 1,000,000 - kotahi miriona
The formula for writing 31-39, 41-49 etc. is similar to that for 11-19.

He iti kai mā tangata kotahi e kai, kia rangona ai te reka
If there is only a little food, let only one eat it in order that its sweetness may be appreciated

Kotahi rau karamu o te pata.
100 grams of butter.

Kotahi rau ngā pukapuka i te whare pukapuka.
One hundred books in the library.

Kotahi rau mā whitu ngā whare.
One hundred and seven houses.

Kotahi te tēpu
There is one table

100,000: kotahi rau mano 200,000: rua rau mano 700,000: whitu rau mano
Complex Numbers:

Kia kotahi kapu o te huka.
(Let there be) one cup of sugar..

Hoake ki runga i te waka kia kotahi ai tāua mate!
Go onto the canoe so that we two shall die together!

Kia kotahi te tīpune tote.
Let there be one teaspoon of salt

Kotahi tō tātou maunga, ko Aorangi.
We have one mountain, Aorangi.

Kotahi rau tāra te utu mō ngā whakamātautau.
The price for the tests is one hundred dollars.

Ko te tūmahi poro, te tūmahi whiti-kore, he tūmahi ka tū me tana kotahi.
Intransitive verbs, intransitive verbs, verbs...

Kotahi tā kōrua kurī?
Do you have one dog?

He iti kai mā tangata kotahi e kai, kia rangona ai te reka.
If there is only a little food, let just one person eat it so that its sweetness may be appreciated.

Ka kotahi hāora e maremare au.
He has been coughing for one hour.

Kia kotahi tīpune.
Let there be one teaspoon.

Kotahi anake te pukapuka.
There is only one book.

E kore e oti tēnei mahi i te rā kotahi, he pēra rawa te uaua.
This job is too difficult to finish in one day.

He kotahi te kūmera i roto i te rourou mā ngā tāngata tokorua.
There was one small round basket containing one kūmera belonging to two men.

kotahi
one

e rua tekau mā whitu = 27 kotahi rau e rima tekau mā tahi = 151 e ono mano e waru rau e toru tekau mā iwa = 6839
When counting things off, we say ‘ka tahi, ka rua, ka toru

Nō te tau kotahi mano, e iwa rau mā whitu, tēnei haerenga ōku.
This journey of mine was in the year nineteen hundred and seven.

Ko te utu mō te tamariki kotahi tāra.
The price for children is one dollar.

Kotahi te whare kei roto i tēnei rori.
There is one house in this street.

Kotahi te waka o Hēmi.
Hēmi has one car.

Kotahi taku tuāhine.
I have one sister.

Ka kī atu a Kupe ki tana wahine, ‘Hoake ki runga i te waka kia kotahi ai tāua mate!
Go onto the canoe so that we two shall die together!

Kotahi te mea whero.
There is one red one.

Kia kotahi te whakaritenga.
Let the decision be united.

Kotahi tōku tungāne.
I have one brother.

Āe, taki haere tātou, kotahi atu ki te hokomaha.
Yes, let's be off, straight to the supermarket.

Kotahi anake te urunga.
There is only one pillow.

Kotahi noa iho.
Only one.

E āhei ana ngā kura ki te whakauru ki ngā wāhanga e whā, ki te wāhanga kotahi noa rānei.
Schools may enter for the four parts, or for just one.

Kia kotahi kapu o te miraka.
Let there be one cup of milk.

Kotahi taku tama, ko Nikau tōna ingoa.
I have one son. His name is Nikau.

Ka whakatā ahau mō te kōtahi wiki.
I'll take a holiday for a week.

Mō te kotahi tau anake te karahipi.
The scholarship is for just one year.

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