Results for 'moāta'
moata - early; early morning
Moata, a. Early in the morning. Kia moata ki te whariki mo te kainga nei (T. 192).
Williams Dictionary
Mā te wehe moata ka whai tūnga motokā.
By leaving early you'll find a car park.
Through (one thing/action), (a second thing) will be achieved. - Mā te... ka...; mā... e... ai
Kia moata te haere ki te moe a tēnei pō, kia mauria ai kōrua ki te ngahere a te ata.
Go to bed early tonight, so that you can be taken to the forest in the morning.
So that something can happen for someone else - kia
Ki te wehe moāta tātau, ka tae wawe tātau ki Te Whanganui-a-Tara.
If we leave early, we will arrive in Wellington on time.
*If using ki - ki
Te moata hoki!
How early!
*How... - Te... hoki...
I oho moata, nō reira ka haere au ki te mahi.
I got up early, and so (therefore) I went to work.
I oho moata ahau nā reira i haere ai ki te mahi.
Reasons for including ai in result clauses will be explored in Section 5.3.5.
Me moata te tae atu + kei mahue koe i te pahi
Make sure to be on time, or you will miss the bus.
I te ata o te Rā Horoi ka moata te oho o ngā tamariki.
On Saturday morning the children woke early (the children’s waking changed to early).
Moata rarau!
Good morning (lit. balanced early)
Kia moata te haere ki te moe a tēnei pō.
Go to bed early tonight.
Ko te pai o ngā hui raumati, he moata te tākiritanga mai o te ata.
The good thing about summer meetings is that the mornings start early.
Tae moata atu, e moe tonu ana ngaa tamariki
When [we] arrived early, the children were still sleeping
