Results for 'pakaru'
pakaru - broken (applied to a thing not a body part) (trans)
pākaru - to break forth, break into pieces
Pakaru. 1. a. Shivered, broken, shattered. Kua pakaru te kiaka (T. 133).
Note.—Pakaru should be distinguished from motu, broken, of a cord, etc., and whati, broken, of a rod, wand, etc.
2. Rent, torn. Ko te whare pakaru i te hau (M. lxxx).
3. Split. Na Toto i hahau, ka hinga ki te whenua, wahia ana, ka pakaru (T. 109).
4. Put to flight, dispersed. Katahi ano te matua ka pakaru, ka patua (J. xx, 23).
5. n. Damage. Waiho kia pakaru ana, he pakaru waka taua (P.).
6. Tattoo marks on the temples.
pākaru, pākarukaru. 1. v.t. Break in pieces, break through. Ko te whare e kore e tahaetia, e pakarutia ranei e te kuri, e te tangata (M. lxxxiii). Piki tonu atu ki runga ki te tuanui o te whare, ka pakarua iho te wahi i rite ake ai tona iringa ake (T. 64).
2. v.i. Break forth. I te ahiahi ka pakaru mai te wai, riro ana nga whare me nga taiepa (W.M. ix, 103).
pākarutanga, n. Place of breaking forth. Te pakarutanga o te awa ki te moana.
Williams Dictionary
He aha taku motokā i pakaru ai?
Why did my car break down?
Why did? - He aha... i... ai?
Kua pakaru te hīrere.
The shower has broken!
Simple sentences: past completed tense - kua
Kua pakaru te rama i runga ake i te tēpu.
The light above the table is broken.
Simple sentences: past completed tense - kua
Kua pakaru i a Rangi?
Did Rangi break it?
Simple sentences: past completed tense - kua
I pakaru te wini i a Manu.
The window was broken by Manu.
Sentences with i - i
Kia tūpato, kei pakaru te tūru.
Be careful, or the chair will break.
Be careful... lest! - kia... kei...
He waka tōna, engari kua pakaru tōna waka.
He has a car, but his car is broken.
Conjunctions - but - engari
Kua pakaru te wini.
The window is broken.
Statives - mate, ngaro, mau...
Kua pakaru te matapihi.
The window has been broken.
Statives - mate, ngaro, mau...
Kāore te wini i pakaru i ngā tamariki.
The window was not broken by the children.
Negating statives - kāore i... i ahau...
Kāore te wini kia pakaru.
The window has not been broken.
Negating statives - kāore i... i ahau...
Kua pakaru te wini i ngā tamariki.
The window was broken by the children.
Statives with 'i' - i a, i te, i ngā
I pakaru te wini i te hau?
Did the wind break the window?
Statives with 'i' - i a, i te, i ngā
Kua pakaru i a ia te matapihi.
The window has been broken by her.
Statives with 'i' - i a, i te, i ngā
Kua pakaru i a koe.
It has been broken by you.
Statives with 'i' - i a, i te, i ngā
Kua pakaru i a Pāpā te motokā.
The car was broken by Dad.
Statives with 'i' - i a, i te, i ngā
Kua pakaru te motokā i a Pāpā.
The car was broken by Dad.
Statives with 'i' - i a, i te, i ngā
Tē taea te haere i te mea kua pakaru te waka.
[We] couldn't go because the car was broken down.
I pakaru te wini i a Tamahae.
Tamahae broke the window.
I pakaru te matapihi i a au.
The window was broken by me.
I pakaru te wini.
The window was broken.
Kua pakaru te kapu i te tangata kino.
The cup has been broken by the bad man.
Kua pakaru te rorohiko.
The computer is broken.
Upoko pakaru te karawhiu!
Get a smashed head! (Keep going! Get into it!).
Kua pakaru taku mōwhiti.
My glasses are broken.
Kia pakaru?
(Is it) broken?
