Results for 'maui'
mauī - left (direction)
māui - on the left hand, left side
Te tokorima a Māui - “The five of ui– a reference to one’s fingers. If an apology is made for the lack of cutlery, one might say “Hei aha rā. Hai te tokorima a It dnot matter. Leave it to the five of
Māui. 1. a. Left, on the left hand. Atawhaia ki tona peke maui (T. 16). Katahi ka whaka-tika, ka mau ki te pakihiwi maui, ka numia ki te pakitara maui o waho o te whare (J. xx, 19).
2. n. Left hand. E raka te maui, e raka te katau (P.).
3. Cat's-cradle; a string game. = whai.
4. Witchcraft. Ki etehi iwi he maui, ki etehi iwi he whakai, ki etehi he whaiwhaia, ki Taranaki he makutu.
5.A convolute scroll pattern used in painting rafters, etc.
6. l.n. The left hand. Kihai i peka ke atu ki matau, ki maui.
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whakamāui, v.i. Recover from severe ill-ness. (According to one legend, Hine-nui-te-po waylaid and almost killed Maui, but he restored himself to health by incantations.) Tena ra koe, e whakamaui ake nei.—Ka oke te tupapaku, kua mohiotia ka mate, ka karanga mai tetahi tangata, “Māna ano e whakamaui ake.”
māuiui. 1. a. Wearied with labour. Ka mahi nga tangata, ka mauiui, ka noho (Tr. vii, 32). Ka mauiui oku pokohiwi i te amo-hanga i te wahie.
2. n. That on which one has laboured.
Williams Dictionary
Ehara mō Māui taku kōrero.
My talk is not about Māui.
Negations of identity sentences - ehara...
E pīrangi ana a Aria ki tēnā aihikirimi.
Aria is wanting that icecream by you.
Simple sentences: present tense - e... ana
E pīrangi ana a Māui ki tēnā aihikirimi.
Māui desires/wants that icecream by you.
Simple sentences: present tense - e... ana
Nō tētahi pō kei te purupuru a Māui i te whatitoka!
One night, Maui stopped up the chinks in the door.
Belonging to the past - nō
Kei tō taha mauī te rūma kaukau.
The bathroom is on your left?
In, on, by, under... - kei runga...
Titiro ki tō taha mauī.
Look to your left.
In, on, by, under... - kei runga...
Anā, kei tō taha mauī.
There it is. On your left side.
In, on, by, under... - kei runga...
Ka numia ki te pakitara maui o waho o te whare.
And led him past the outside of the left wall of the house.
Passive sentences - tikina...
Kei te taha mauī te motokā.
The car is on the left-hand side.
Above, underneath, outside of - runga ake, raro iho, waho atu, roto atu
I te taha mauī te motokā.
The car was on the left-hand side.
Above, underneath, outside of - runga ake, raro iho, waho atu, roto atu
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...
I te taha mauī o te tēpu te ngeru.
The cat was to the left of the table.
Locatives - past (something was somewhere) - i te
Ko Aotearoa to ika a Māui.
Aotearoa is Māui's fish.
Possessives - 'a' class - ā, tāku...
Hei taha mauī te waka i te whare.
The car will be to the left of the house.
Future locative - hei
Hei te taha mauī te tama.
The boy will be on the left-hand side.
Future locative - hei
Kāore te ngeru i te taha mauī o te tēpu.
The cat wasn’t to the left of the table.
Negation of locatives - kāore...
Kāore te motokā i te taha mauī.
The car isn’t on the left-hand side.
Negating locatives - kāore... i runga...
Kāore te motokā i te taha mauī.
The car was not on the left-hand side.
Negating locatives - kāore... i runga...
Kāore te tama hei te taha mauī.
The boy will not be on the left-hand side.
Negating locatives - kāore... i runga...
Te ika a Māui.
The fish of Māui.
Words that can be 'a' or 'o' categories - o, a
Te Upoko o te Ika a Māui
The head of the fish of Māui (a name for the Wellington region).
Words that can be 'a' or 'o' categories - o, a
Kāore te waka hei taha mauī i te whare.
The car will not be to the left of the house.
Negating future locatives - Kāore... hei...
Kei te taha mauī o te rorohiko te pepa.
The paper is on the left-hand side of the computer.
