Results for 'kuia'
kuia - elderly woman, grandmother
Kuia (i), n. 1. Old woman. Ka mea mai ano te kuia ra, “Ko Maui-taha koe ?” (T. 17).
Williams Dictionary
Kuia (ii), n. Procellaria cinerea, grey petrel, and P. parkinsoni, black petrel. Ka whiti nei au kei Rurima, kei Mautoki, kei Karewa, te motu o te kuia (S. 95).
Williams Dictionary
Ko tōku kuia tērā!
That's my nanna!
Identity sentences - ko...
Ko wai te ingoa o tō kuia?
What is your grandmother's name?
Asking who - Ko wai...?
Ehara tōku whaea i te kuia.
My mother is not an elder.
Negations of identity sentences - ehara...
Kei te karanga mai te kuia.
The elder is calling.
Simple sentences: present tense with a verb - kei te
E moe ana te kuia rā.
The old lady is speaking.
Simple sentences: present tense - e... ana
Ko Ataahua te kuia e karanga ana ki te manuhiri.
Ataahua is the old woman who calls to the visitors.
Sentences with a subclause - e... ana
Kei mua te kuia e karanga ana.
The kuia is calling in front.
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Rite tinu a Aroha ki tōna kuia.
Aroha is just like her mother.
This is just like that - he rite tonu
He aha te mahi a ngā kuia i te marae?
What is the work of the elderly women at the marae?
What are you doing? - He aha tāu mahi?
Nō Tūhoe tōku kuia.
My grandmother is from Tūhoe.
Belonging to a place - nō
Mā te kuia e karanga.
The kuia will karanga.
Future agent emphatic - māku
E hūrori haere ana te kuia ānō nei kua māuiui.
The old woman was staggering along as if she was sick.
It was as if - ānō nei
He pēwhea tō kuia?
How is your nanna?
How is...? - E pēwhea ana, he pēwhea?
Kei waenganui te tamaiti i ngā kuia.
The child is between the elderly women.
In, on, by, under... - kei runga...
I whāngaihia te tamaiti e tana kuia.
The child was adopted by his grandmother.
Passive sentences - tikina...
I whiria te tū harakeke e te kuia.
The flax belt was braided by the old woman.
Passive sentences - tikina...
Ki tā te kuia rā, he mea hanga taua whare ki te mauku.
According to that kuia, that house was built out of mauku (a type of fern).
According to... - E ai ki.../E ai ki tā... /Ki tā
E whatu hiripa ana taku kuia.
My nan is knitting slippers.
Gerund phrases (fence building, bread baking, dishes washing...) - tunu parāoa...
Kei te pānui puka te kuia.
The old lady is reading a book.
Gerund phrases (fence building, bread baking, dishes washing...) - tunu parāoa...
Kei te kuia haere taku waka, engari he waka pai tonu.
My car is growing old, but she's still a good car.
It is becoming... - E... haere ana
Kua kuia mārika au, engari kāore anō kia hauā!
I am indeed old, but not yet disabled!
Negations of kua (I haven't yet...) - Kāore ano... kia...
Kei te aha te kuia?
What is the old lady doing?
What is happening at the moment? - kei te aha?
He kuia tōku whaea.
My mother is an elder.
Categorizing sentences - he
He toa ngā kuia o Waikato ki te kanikani.
The old ladies of Waikato are great dancers.
Possessives - 'o' class - ō, tōku...
No te kuia tērā pōtae.
That hat belongs to the old lady.
That (over there) - tērā
Kotahi te kuia, tokotoru ngā tamariki.
One grandmother, three children.
Numbering people - tokorua, tokotahi...
Ehara tōku kuia nō Tūhoe.
My grandmother is not from Tūhoe.
Negating nāku possessives - Ehara i...
Nō te kuia tērā pōtae.
That hat belongs to the old lady.
He kuia au nō Taika.
I am a kuia of Taika's.
Kei taku kuia tētehi paihikara.
My nanny has a push bike.
Kua moe te kuia rā.
The kuia over there has gone to sleep.
He kuia kaha ki te kōrero i ngā mahi o tana tamarikitanga.
She is an elderly woman who is good at talking about her childhood.
He wharau mō tōna kuia tāna e mahi ana.
She is working on a shed for her kuia.
Mihia tō kuia.
Greet your grandmother.
He kuia aroha a Mere.
Mary is a loving elder.
Ko Rina te kuia.
Rina is the grandmother.
Kei te āwhina mai te kuia i ahau.
The grandmother is helping me.
Ko te karanga te mahi a ngā kuia.
The call of welcome is the job of the elderly women.
He kuia hūmarie tōku kuia.
My nan is a humble kuia.
Ko Una tōku kuia.
Una is my grandmother.
tā te kuia mokopuna
the old woman's grandchild
ā te kuia mokopuna
the old woman's grandchildren
Ka raranga ngā kuia i ngā kete.
The old women will weave the bags.
Ka taea e tō kuia te waiata?
Can your grandmother sing?
Āe, ka taea e tōku kuia te waiata.
Yes, my grandmother can sing.
Engari ko te painga, he mōhio ia ki te tiaki i te pakeke, i tōna kuia.
But on the good side, he's very good at looking after his elders.
Kei te kohete te kuia i ngā tamariki.
The old woman is telling the children off.
Ko Kuikui tōku kuia.
Kuikui is my grandmother.
Mō te kuia tēnā ka tika.
That would be fine for an old lady.
Ko Kui tōku tupuna kuia, arā, ko au te mokopuna a Kui.
Kui is my grandmother, that is, I am Kui's grandchild.
