Results for 'ponga'
pōnga - nightfall
Pōnga. ‖ pō (i).
Williams Dictionary
Ponga. 1. n. Cyathea dealbata, a tree-fern.
2. A method of adzing timber; also pongaponga. He pongaponga tenei tarai.
3. A game. Ka emi mai te mano o te tangata ki te haka, ki te ti, ki te ponga, ki te punipuni, ki te takaro (M. vii).
4. a. Smoky.
pongaponga, n. 1. Nostril. ‖ pongaihu.
2. = ponga, 2.
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Pōngahangaha, n. and v.t. Muzzle. Pongāihu, n. 1. Nostril. ponga.
2. Food sent by hosts to persons who are on the road to visit them.
3. = Koihu. Space between rows of kumara plants. ‖ marua.
Williams Dictionary
pōnga, n. Nightfall. A, rokohanga e te ponga (T. 70).
Williams Dictionary
Ēhara i a Ponga te hē nei.
The fault is not Ponga's.
Negations of identity sentences - ehara...
E mea ana koe ko Ponga hei ariki mōu?
Are you saying that Pongo is to be your lord?
Simple sentences: present tense - e... ana
Nā Ponga te kōhuru i a au.
Ponga is responsible for the treachery against me.
Past agent emphatic - nā - agent emphatic
Nā Ponga tēnā, ēhara i a au.
Ponga is the cause, not me.
Past agent emphatic - nā - agent emphatic
Nā Ponga ahau i āwhina.
I was protected by Ponga.
Past agent emphatic - nā - agent emphatic
Nā te moko o Ponga i pai ai.
It is because of Ponga's facial tattoo that he was attractive.
Past agent emphatic - nā - agent emphatic
Ka whakarongo puku a Ponga.
Pongo listened in silence.
Ka used to indicate the past - ka
Ka piki puku atu hoki a Ponga i muri i a ia.
Ponga also climbed up silently behind her.
Ka used to indicate the past - ka
Tae atu a Ponga ki tana taha.
Ponga reached her side.
Away - atu
Haere tonu rāua, me te whai atu anō a Ponga i muri tata.
They went on with Ponga following close behind.
Direction markers with adverbs - tonu mai, kā atu, rawa mai...
Me Ponga i hoki mai anō mā te tatau ōna i puta atu ai.
And Ponga came back in by the same door he had left by.
Direction markers with adverbs - tonu mai, kā atu, rawa mai...
Ko Puhihuia te noho mai rā i roto o taua iwi te titiro mai rā ki a Ponga.
Puhihuia was sitting amongst those people watching Ponga.
That aforementioned thing - taua, aua
Ko Ponga te mea i mihi puku ki a ia.
Ponga admired her silently.
.. kia kawea anō e Ponga ki te tangata i tukua mai ai taua patu rā ki a ia e te matua o Puhihuia
.. so that it could be carried back by Ponga to the man who that weapon was given to by
Te tino putanga o Ponga ki mua o te kapa.
When Ponga appeared at the front of the ranks.
E kore a ia e hoki mai i a Ponga.
She will never return to us from Ponga.
I ahu a Ponga ki aua whare.
Ponga headed for those houses.
Kīhai a Ponga i ahu ki aua whare.
Ponga did not head for those houses.
Kāti, e mea ana koe ko Ponga hei ariki mōu?
Then are you saying Ponga is to be your lord?
Ko Ponga i kōhuru i a au.
Ponga treated me maliciously.
Nāna i tuku a Kahotea kia kawea anō e Ponga ki te tangata.
She gave Kahotea to Ponga so that it could be carried back by Ponga to the man.
Nā taua wai rā i kawe rā i kitea ai te whakaaro a Ponga ki a au.
Because of that water that was fetched, Ponga's feelings towards me were discovered.
He tangata i pai, he tangata i kino ki te mahi a Ponga.
Some said Ponga's action was good, and some said it was bad.
Ko Ponga koā rāua ko Puhihuia i noho kau noa iho, hore he kupu, hore he aha.
Ponga and Puhihuia, however, just sat, without a word, without anything.
Ko Ponga tētahi tangata rangatira o rātou.
Ponga was one of their chiefs.
Heoti anō ka whakatika te kōtiro rā, ka haere, ka noho rawa atu i te taha o Ponga i te waka rā.
To end the matter, the girl got up, and went and sat firmly next to Ponga in the canoe.
He tika te kī a tō tātou ariki, nā te kōtiro nei i pai mai ki a Ponga, kāti me āwhina e tātou.
The words of our leader are just; because this girl loves Ponga, we should support her.
