Results for 'kōtahi'
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).
Williams Dictionary
Kia kotahi tīpune.
Let there be one teaspoon.
Let there be... - kia...
Kia kotahi kapu o te miraka.
(Let there be) one cup of milk.
Let there be... - kia...
Kia kotahi kapu maramara kōkōnati.
You need one cup of shredded coconut.
Let there be... - kia...
Kia kotahi māku, kia rua mā Mia.
One for me, two for Mia.
Unrealised possession - mā, māku
Kotahi atu a Rina ki te wharekai me te karanga anō ki ngā mahuhiri.
Rina 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...
E rua ōu whatu, kotahi tōu ihu.
You have two eyes and one nose.
Possessives - 'o' class - ō, tōku...
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 tōku tungāne.
I have one brother.
Numbering people - tokorua, tokotahi...
Kotahi te kuia, tokotoru ngā tamariki.
One grandmother, three children.
Numbering people - tokorua, tokotahi...
Kotahi anake te urunga.
There is only one pillow.
Numbering things - e rua, e toru...
Kotahi te pouaka.
There is one box.
Numbering things - e rua, e toru...
Kotahi rau ngā marae o tēnei rohe.
There are one hundred marae in this area.
Counting over ten -
Kotahi anake te pukapuka.
There is only one book.
Counting over ten -
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 te kawhe
one coffee
Kotahi rita hinu.
A litre of oil.
Kotahi rau tāra te utu mō te pukapuka.
The book cost one hundred dollars.
kotahi rau
100
Kotahi rau karamu o te pata.
100 grams of butter.
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...
Ka kotahi hāora e maremare au.
He has been coughing for one hour.
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
Ko te utu mō te tamariki kotahi tāra.
The price for children is one dollar.
Kotahi tō tātou maunga, ko Aorangi.
We have one mountain, Aorangi.
Āe, taki haere tātou, kotahi atu ki te hokomaha.
Yes, let's be off, straight to the supermarket.
Kotahi noa iho.
Only one.
Kotahi taku tama, ko Hera tōna ingoa.
I have one son. His name is Hera.
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.
