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kata - to laugh

kāta - cart

Kata. 1. v.i. Laugh. He aha tau e kata ? (T. 199).

2. v.t. Laugh at. Ki te kata koutou i a au (T. 29). Kauaka ahau e kataina e koutou (T. 29). Hei reira ka kataa ai ahau e koutou (T. 29).

3. Of cry of a bird, etc. Ka kata te tiutiu (M. 409). Kia kata noa mai te kikitara (M. 312).

4. n. Operculum of univalve molluscs.

kākata, a. Brown, rusty coloured.

kakata, a. 1. Laughing frequently.

2. Opening in cracks, chapped. Kakata ana te whenua.

katakata. 1. a. Dried up.

2. v.t. Dry up. Kua katakatangia e te ra.

Williams Dictionary

He aha ia i kata ai?
Why did she laugh?
Why did? - He aha... i... ai?

E kata ana a Taika.
Taika is laughing.
Simple sentences: present tense - e... ana

E kata hoki ana a Rangi.
Rangi is also laughing.
Simple sentences: present tense - e... ana

E kata!
Laugh!
Command with e! - e!

Kaua e kata ki a māua.
Don't laugh at us.
Negative active commands - Don't! - Kaua e..., kāti...

Kāore ngā kōtiro i whakaaro he hangarau, engari i kata he tama.
None of the girls thought it was funny, but a boy laughed.
Negations of the past tense - Kāore... i...

Ka umere me te kata.
They shouted and laughed.
Ka used to indicate the past - ka

te aha ia i kata ai?
For what reason did she laugh?
For what reason? - nā te aha ai?

Ko ētahi o rātou, ko ngā rōpā me ngā wāhine i kata.
Some of them, the slaves and the women, laughed.

Ko ngā tāngata katoa i kata mne te tangatira atu.
All the people, including the chief, laughed.

Ngā tāngata katoa i kata me te rangatira atu.
All the people, including the chief, laughed.

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