Results for 'kui'
kui - Term of address for an elderly woman (eg 'E kui'.)
Kūī (i), a. 1. Short of food. Kahore ana tau kui (T. 160).
2. Cold.
3. Weak, cowardly.
4. Stunted.
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Kūī (ii), n. Larva of Cicindela tuberculata, tiger beetle.
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Kūī (iii). 1. n. Part of the cry of the pipiwharauroa. “Kui, kui, kui, whiti whiti ora.”
2. v.i. Call the cry kui. Ka rangona te tangi a te pipiwharauroa, e kui ana.
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Kui (i), n. Woman. A common mode of address to a woman. E kui, kawea atu tetehi wai mo te manuhiri (T. 168). E kui, to tane ko mea (P. iv). In some districts applied strictly only to a woman who is a mother.
kuikui, n. Old woman. Ka hia nga kuikui i hoki ki Toitoi?(P.). ‖ kuia.
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Kui (ii).——
kuinga, kuikuinga, n. Streamlet, source of a stream. Te kuinga o te awa.—Ko nga wai kahore he rere ikeike puta noa atu ki runga ki ona kuikuinga.
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Kui (iii).
whakakuikui, v.t. Cause to scream, so tickle. = whakakoekoe.
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Ka kite anō i a koe e Kui.
See you again Nan.
Verbs that take 'i' (kite, etc) - i
Ko Kui tōku tupuna whaea.
Kui is my ancestral mother or grandmother.
Kia ora e kui!
Hello elderly woman!
Kia ora e kui mā!
Hello elderly women!
Ko tāu, e kui, he okioki.
Your role, elder, is to rest.
Kia ora e kui.
Hi elder.
E kui!
Address to an elderly woman.
He inu māu, e kui?
Would you like a drink, grandma?
Mōrena e Kui.
Good morning Nan.
Ko Kui tōku tupuna kuia, arā, ko au te mokopuna a Kui.
Kui is my grandmother, that is, I am Kui's grandchild.
Ko au te mōkai a Kui. Ko Tahu tōku koroua. Kua mate ia.
I am Kui's pet. Tahu is my grandfather. He has passed away.
