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parāoa - bread, flour

Parāoa. 1. n. Physeter macrocephalus, sperm whale. E tau hoki te uaua kiore hei hoariri mo te paraoa (T. 200). Homai koia te wai paraoa kia whakapakia mo runga i taku rangi (M. 368).

2. A short flat weapon made of bone of the sperm whale. He topuni te kahu, he paraoa te rakau (T. 101). This was also called patu paraoa, while a weapon made of a rib of the whale was called paraoa roa. Nga onewa, nga patu paraoa, nga paraoa roa (T. 155).

3. fig. Chief. Ka hua au me haere i muri o te tira paraoa (P.).

4. a. Well born, aristocratic. Kotahi te taha mahimahi, kotahi te taha paraoa.

Williams Dictionary

I kai ngā tamariki i te parāoa.
The children ate the bread.
Simple sentences: past tense - i

Me haere māua ki te hoko parāoa.
We two had better go and buy some bread.
Simple sentences: you should - me

Kua pau i a ia te paraoa te kai.
He has eaten up the bread.
Sentences with i - i

Ka tunu au i te parāoa ā tēnei pō.
I'll bake the bread tonight.
Sentences with i - i

Nā Amaru i mahi te parāoa.
Amaru made the bread.
Past agent emphatic - nā - agent emphatic

Nā Tame te parāoa i mahi.
Tame made the bread.
Past agent emphatic - nā - agent emphatic

Nāna te parāoa i tunu.
He baked the bread.
Past agent emphatic - nā - agent emphatic

Nā wai i mahi te parāoa?
Who made the bread?
Past agent emphatic - nā - agent emphatic

Nā wai te parāoa i mahi?
Who made the bread?
Past agent emphatic - nā - agent emphatic

Nāku te parāoa i mahi.
I made the bread.
Past agent emphatic - nā - agent emphatic

Māku te parāoa e mahi.
I will make the bread.
Future agent emphatic - māku, mā... e..., mā... hei

Mā Tawa e mahi te parāoa.
Tawa will make the bread.
Future agent emphatic - māku, mā... e..., mā... hei

Mā Aroha te parāoa e mahi.
Aroha will make the bread.
Future agent emphatic - māku, mā... e..., mā... hei

Hōmai he parāoa māku.
Give me some bread.
Commands using the passive - Tāpirihia, Tīkina...

Pataina tr parāoa.
Butter the bread.
Commands using the passive - Tāpirihia, Tīkina...

Mauria mai ētahi parāoa parai.,
bring me some fried bread.
Commands using the passive - Tāpirihia, Tīkina...

Hoatu te paraoa ki a ia.
Pass the bread to her.
Commands without e or the passive - Homai! Whakarongo!

Homai te parāoa.
Pass me the bread.
Commands without e or the passive - Homai! Whakarongo!

Hoatu te parāoa.
Pass the bread (away).
Commands without e or the passive - Homai! Whakarongo!

Kaua e tapahia te parāoa.
Don't slice the bread.
Negative active commands - Don't! - Kaua e..., kāti...

Kaua te parāoa e tapahia.
You shouldn't slice the bread.
Negations of 'me' - We shouldn't... - Kaua... (passive) e...

Kua kainga te parāoa e ngā rakiraki.
The bread has been eaten by the ducks.
Passive sentences - tikina...

E tunu parāoa ana a Taika.
Taika's baking bread.
Gerund phrases (fence building, bread baking, dishes washing...) - tunu parāoa...

Kei te kāpata te paraoa.
The bread is in the cupboard.
Locatives (at the moment, something is somewhere) - kei te

Kāore ngā tamariki i kai i te parāoa.
The children did not eat the bread.
Negations of the past tense - Kāore... i...

Tīkina atu he miraka, he paraoa hoki.
Get some milk and some bread too.
Away - atu

Mā wai e mahi te parāoa?
Who will make the bread?
Statives with 'i' - i a, i te, i ngā

Mā wai te parāoa e mahi?
Who will make the bread?
Statives with 'i' - i a, i te, i ngā

Kua wareware te parāoa i a ia.
He has forgotten the bread.
Statives with 'i' - i a, i te, i ngā

Kua pau katoa i a koe te pārāoa.
The bread is all gone because of you.
Statives with 'i' - i a, i te, i ngā

I a mātou i Rānana ka tūtaki ki a Mere mā i a rātou e hoko ana i ng`1a parāoa wīwī.
While they were in London, they met Mary and her group while they were buying French bread.
While... - i... e... ana, ka...

Pataina te parāoa ki tre naihi kaua ki te pune iti.
Butter the bread with a knife, not a teaspoon.
Not to, not with, not against - ...kaua ki...

He āhua kākāriki tēnā parāoa.
That bread is kind of green.

Tīkina atu te miraka me te paraoa hoki.
Get the milk and the bread too.

Kia hia ngā parāoa?
How many (packets of) bread do we need?

Kua pau te parāoa.
The bread has all been consumed.

Kei hea te paraoa?
Where is the bread?

Kua pau te parāoa i te kurī.
The bread has all been consumed by the dog.

Kua pau te parāoa te kai.
The bread has all been consumed through eating.

Kua pau te parāoa i te kurī te kai.
The bread has all been consumed by the dog through eating.

Kua pau te parāoa te kai e te kurī.
The bread has all been consumed through being eaten by the dog.

Tapahia te paräoa. AND Me tapahi te paräoa.
Slice the bread. We/You should slice the bread.

Parāoa puehu.
Flour.

Kaua e tapahia te paräoa. (also possible: Kaua te paräoa e tapahia.).
Don't slice the bread. We/You shouldn't slice the bread.

Kua pau ngaa paraoa i ngaa kiore te kai
The bread has been eaten up by the rats

Kua pau ngaa paraoa te kai e ngaa kiore
The bread has been eaten up by the rats

Tikina he naihi hei tapahi i te parāoa.
Fetch a knife to cut the bread with.

Kia toru ngā kapu paraoa.
Three cups of flour

Mā Tawa e mahi te parāoa.
Tawa will be the one to make the bread.

Kia toru ngā kapu parāoa.
Three cups of flour

Whiua atu ā tātou parāoa ki ngā rakiraki
Throw our bread to the ducks

paraoa me te hupa.
bread and soup.

parāoa me te pata.
bread and butter.

Tēnā, hōmai he parāoa me te pata
Pass me some bread and butter, please

tapahia te paraoa!
cut the bread!

He kākāriki te paraoa.
The bread is green.

Ko te parehe, ko te parāoa anō hoki aku tino kai.
Pizza and bread are my favourite foods.

I ētahi wā ka whakatakotoria he patu pounamu, paraoa rānei ki runga i te tūpāpaku.
Sometimes, a greenstone or whalebone club is laid on the body of the deceased.

Hōmai he paraoa māku
Give me some bread

Tīkina atu kia rua ngā kapu o te parāoa puehu.
Get two cups of flour.

Hōmai koa te parāoa.
Please pass the bread.

Anei te parāoa.
Here is the bread.

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