Results for 'kōwhai'
kōwhai - yellow; a native tree
Kōwhai, kōhai, n. 1. Sophora tetraptera and S. microphylla, trees. Ka pua te kowhai, ka ngawha te korari (M. 247). Kowhai ngutukaka, Clianthus puniceus; a shrub with handsome red flowers. Kowhai taepa, a drooping variety of Sophora tetraptera. Katahi ia ka tuha i a ia, te upoko i te rata, nga maikuku o nga waewae i te kohai taepa, nga maikuku o nga ringaringa i te kohai ngutukaka. Kowhai angaora and kowhai, tauiti, variety of kowhai. He ua kowhai, spring showers, when the kowhai is in bloom.
2. Geum urbanum and Potentilla anserina, plants used for scenting oil. = kowhai kura.
3. A pattern of scroll ornament, different varieties being distinguished by the epithets kape tahi, kape rua, ngutu tahi, or ngutu rua.
Williams Dictionary
E pīrangi ana koe ki tēnei tī hāte kōwhai?
Are you wanting this yellow t-shirt?
Simple sentences: present tense - e... ana
I pou māua i ētahi rākau māori: he tōtara, he tarata, he kōwhai hoki.
We planted some native trees: tōtara, tarata and kōwhai.
Simple sentences: past tense - i
He kōwhai tērā rākou.
That tree is a kōwhai.
That (over there) - tērā
He kōwhai te rā.
The sun is yellow.
Kei te mau ia i tētahi pōtae kākāriki, i tētahi poraka kōwhai, i tētahi tarau poto me ētahi hū kikorangi hoki.
She is wearing a green hat, yellow jersey, red shorts and blue shoes.
He pāpura, he kōwhai hoki tōna tarau.
Her trousers and brown and yellow.
He kōwhai te rā.
The sun is yellow.
He kōwhai tērā rakau.
That tree is a kōwhai.
He ātaahua ngā putiputi kōwhai.
The yellow flowers are pretty.
He kōwhai tana pōtae.
Her hat is yellow.
