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ngaro - to be lost, missing, gone, hidden (trans)

Ngaro (i). 1. a. Hidden, out of sight, disappeared. Kua ngaro te ra (T. 47). Ano ko te marama kua ngaro, kua ara ano (P. 42). Kia ngaro te tuapae whenua, a ngaro rawa, katahi ka tukua te punga (T. 21).

2. Absent. I a Hinauri ano e ngaro atu ana i tona kainga tupu (T. 32).

3. Missing, lost. I haere tahi ano koutou, ka ngaro nei ia i to koutou hokinga mai nei (T. 95).

4. Destroyed, consumed. E kore e ngaro, he takere waka nui (P. 5). Ka ngaro i te ngaro a te moa (M. 9). Ka tukua iho te ua o te rangi, ka ngaro te whenua (T. 45). Ka ngaro te kai, e mimiti ta tuwaewae (M. 11).

5. Passed into anything. Kua ngaro ki roto ki te mahanga (T. 151). E Hou, e, ka ngaro kei roto te taua (T. 66).

6. Undetected, unnoticed. Kai ana, hoki mai, hoki atu; nawai i ngaro, i ngaro, a ka kitea (M. vi). Ko taua tangata i rite tonu ki a Patupaiarehe te ma o te kiri, na reira i ngaro ai (T. 178).

7. Passed off or away, subsided. A, ka ngaro te ngenge, ka kauhoe a Hinemoa (T. 132). Taro kau iho kua ngaro noa iho te ngangi, ko te tai anake e aki ana (T. 93).

8. Forgotten. Kua ngaro i a au tena mea.

9. Unintelligible. Kei te ngaro tonu i a au to korero.

10. Beaten, baffled, at a loss. Kua taea e ahau nga mea katoa; a, hei tena mea, hei te mahi o te kai ka ngaro ai (T. 20). Ka ui mai hoki te hunga kainga, ui atu ana, ui mai ana, heoi, ka ngaro noa iho (T. 149).

11. Distressed, oppressed, overcome by sensation or emotion. Ko tana mokopuna kua ngaro i te hiainu.

12. Unavenged, unrequited. Ko nga mate ngaro, e kore e mana; ka tikina a Whakatau, ea tonu ake aua mate (Pi. 175, 1). Ka mate hoki ta ratou uto, ka ea hoki to ratou mate ngaro ra (W. vi, 21). He mate ngaro te mate o Tu-whakararo; he maha nga taua ngaki mate, kaore i mate mai tetahi tangata o te iwi o Manahua i nga taua katoa e rapu utu ana.

13. ad. Secretly. Haere ngaro atu te ope ra, haere ngaro mai te tupua nei (T. 150).

ngaromia, v. pass. Be destroyed. Ka ngaromia nga waka i te moana e te ngaru (T. 6).

whakangaro, v.t. 1. Put out of sight.

2. Destroy. Kia tikina mai taua iwi tutu nei kia whakangaromia (T. 118).

ngarongaro, a. Somewhat abated. Ka kitea, noho ana, ka ngarongaro te aroha, hoki ana mai (T. 15).

Williams Dictionary

Ngaro (ii) = rango, n. 1. Fly, blowfly. Haere ana taua ngaro nei, ko te ingoa ko Tamumu-ki-te-Rangi (T. 95). In connection with makutu the fly was called sometimes ngaro ruahine, ngaro tamumu, ngaro tane, or ngaro tara, and was supposed to represent the life or spirit of the person involved.

2. Roller used in dragging a canoe. Ka whakatakoto au hei ngaro waka, na Tuangau e to mai nei (S.). Sometimes called ngaro parapara.

3. A piece of wood set up in the tuaahu for certain purposes.

Williams Dictionary

Ngaro (iii), v.i. Be certain. E ngaro ia, ka tohe koe ka mate.

Williams Dictionary

Kua kite noa atu ahau ka ngaro te reo Māori.
I saw long ago that the Māori language will disappear.
Simple sentences: past completed tense - kua

Kua ngaro taku pukapuka.
My book is lost.
Simple sentences: past completed tense - kua

Tēnā, hōmai he pene. Kua ngaro tāku.
Give me a pen please. I have lost mine.
Could you please make me... - Tēnā mahia mai he... māku.

Kua ngaro tāku pene. He nui āu. Tēnā, hōmai tētahi.
I've lost my pen. You've got lots. Give me one please.
Commands without e or the passive - Homai! Whakarongo!

te whai i a ia ka ngaro koe.
By following him you will get lost.
Through (one thing/action), (a second thing) will be achieved. - Mā te... ka...; mā... e... ai

I ū te ngaro ki runga ake i te tēpu.
The fly landed above the table.
Above, underneath, outside of - runga ake, raro iho, waho atu, roto atu

Ki te kore tātou e maimoa i aua tini a Tāne, mea ake ka ngaro.
If we don't actively look after those children of Tāne, they'll become extinct in no time at all.
All of a sudden - Mea ake

Kāore au e āhei te karanga, kua ngaro hoki taku reo.
I can't karanga as I've lost my voice.
Allowed to do something - āhei

Kua ngaro taku pene.
My pen has been lost.
Statives - mate, ngaro, mau...

Kāore te i ngaro i te tamaiti.
The key was not lost by the child.
Negating statives - kāore i... i ahau...

Kua ngaro ōku whenua katoa.
All my lands are lost.
Possessives - 'o' class - ō, tōku...

Ko rātou ko ō rātou hoa ngā mea ngaro.
They and their friends are the missing ones.
Talking about more than one person - ...rāua ko..., rātou ko...

Ki te ngaro te reo, ka ngaro tāua pērā i te moa.
If the language is lost, we are lost like that of the large extinct moa bird.
Like this, like that - pēnei, pēna, pēra

Kua ngaro te i te tamaiti.
The key was lost by the child.
Statives with 'i' - i a, i te, i ngā

Kua ngaro i a Mere tana pēke.
Mere has lost her bag. (Her bag has been lost by Mere.)
Statives with 'i' - i a, i te, i ngā

Kua ngaro i a Hēmi tōna pōtae.
Hēmi has lost his hat. (His hat has been lost by Hēmi.)
Statives with 'i' - i a, i te, i ngā

kua ngaro tōku kōti.
I've lost my coat.

Kāore āku i ngaro i ahau. I ngaro ēnā i a koe.
I didn't lose my keys. You lost them.

Kāore i ngaro āku i ahau. I ngaro ēnā i a koe.
I didn't lose my keys. You lost them.

Kāore i ngaro i a ia āna hītimi.
She didn't lose her marbles.

Kāore āna hītimi i ngaro i a ia
She didn't lose her marbles.

Ngā manaakitanga o te wāhi ngaro ki a koe.
Celestial blessings to you.

Ngā manaakitanga o te wāhi ngaro ki a kōrua.
Celestial blessings to you both.

Ngā manaakitanga o te wāhi ngaro ki a koutou.
Celestial blessings to you three or more.

Kua ngaro tō pōro.
Your ball has gone missing.

I mokemoke ia i te ngaro o māua hoa.
He's lonely as a result of the absence of our (2 inclusive) friend.

Kua ngaro te ngeru i te kōtiro.
The cat has become missing because of the girl.

Kia kore ai e ngaro.
Ensure it is never lost.

Kia tau ngā manaakitanga a te mea ngaro
Let the strength and life force of our ancestors

Tangihia ngā mate kua ngaro ki te .
Grieve those who have gone into the night.

Kua ngaro ōna .
His shoes have disappeared.

Kei ngaro i a Pita aku .
Pita had better not lose my keys.

Kua ngaro taku pene, hōmai tētahi pene o ōu pene.
I’ve lost my pen, give me one of yours.

Ko te ngaro kei runga i te matapihi.
The fly is on the window.

Ko te ngaro i ngaoki haere i te taha raro i te oko.
The fly crawled along the underside of the bowl.

Kua ngaro i a au aku purutaringa.
I have lost my earphones.

Auē, kua ngaro anō? Kei roto pea i pēke.
Oh no, has it disappeared again? Maybe it's in your bag.

Āe ! Me i kore ēnei karu, kua ngaro rawa kopa moni, ngā , ō mōwhiti!
I sure am! If it weren't for these eyes, you'd have lost your wallet, the keys, your glasses!

Kei te hanga te pūngāwerewere i tana māwhaiwhai ki te hopu i ngā ngaro.
The spider is building its web to catch flies.

Oho rawa ake ia i te ata, ka tirotiro haere, kua ngaro `na hoa.
When he finally woke up in the morning, [he] looked all around, but his friends had disappeared.

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