moutere - island
Moutere = motutere, n. Island. Kua eke ki Rangitahua, he moutere kei waenganui moana (T. 112). ‖ motu (i).
Williams Dictionary
E kauhoe ana ia ki te moutere.She is going to swim to the island.Simple sentences: present tense - e... ana
Nō muri, ka āmio haere ia i ngā moutere e rua nei.Afterwards, he circumnavigated these two islands.Belonging to the past - nō
Ka haere tonu a Tainui, ā, ka pahemo i tētahi moutere.Tainui went on and passed an island.Conjunctions - and - ā
He moutere rongonui a Mokoia.Mokoia is a famous island.
Ko Mokoia te moutere i kau atu ai a Hinemoa i RotoruaMokoia is the island to which Hinemoa swam from Rotorua