Results for 'poro'
poro - to cut off, to cut short
pōro - ball (also 'paoro')
Pōro, a. Stupid, dazed, half stunned.
Williams Dictionary
Poro. 1. n. Butt end, termination.
2. Block. Kei hea te poro rakau ? Poro-kainga, poro-ngaua, terms of abuse.
3. Piece of anything cut or broken off short. Ana whatiia porotia i waenganui, anana whati poro (T. 5). Poro toroa, short lengths of albatross bone strung as a necklace.
4. A bivalve mollusc, a species of cockle.
5. v.t. Cut short.
6. Strike down by witchcraft. Ka poronga i reira, koia Kurapatiu (M. 351).
7. a. Finished, come to an end. Ka poro ra hoki taku akutotanga (M. 174). Taihoa, kia poro te kai ki te whenua.
8. Broken off. Whatiwhati rawa a Tane, poro pu (M. xxxiii).
poronga, n. End. Ko te poronga tenei o tana korero.
porohanga, n. Fragment, piece.
whakaporo, v.t. Bring to an end, exhaust. Kei te whakaporo koe i te manawa o Matuku (Tr. vii, 47).
pōporo, poroporo, n. Solanum nigrum and S. aviculare, plants. Poroporo tanguru, S. aviculare.
pōporo. 1. n. A fruit tree of Hawaiki. Ka kite i te poporo whakamarumaru o Uenuku, ka kainga e raua (T. 63).
2. a. Black, dark in colour. Kua poporotia te riwai. (Darkened by exposure to the sun.)
poroporo. 1. a. Darkened. He ngutu poroporo. (Of tattooed lips.)
2. v.t. Lop off, cut. Kia tikina he toki hei poroporo i nga peke o a ratou matua (W.W. 22). Ka riro mai ka poroporoa nga peke o Ranginui, o Papatuanuku (W.W. 22).
3. n. Bracelet.
Williams Dictionary
E whai ana ngā tamariki i te pōro.
The children are chasing the ball.
Simple sentences: present tense - e... ana
E whana ana te tama i te pōro.
The boy is kicking the ball.
Simple sentences: present tense - e... ana
E whai ana ngā tamariki i te pōro.
The children are chasing the ball.
Simple sentences: present tense - e... ana
I te whana te tama i te pōro.
The boy was kicking the ball.
Simple sentences: past tense - i te
Ka whana te tama i te pōro.
The boy will kick the ball.
Simple sentences: future tense - ka
Ka patu au i te pōro.
I will hit the ball.
Simple sentences: future tense - ka
Kua whana te tama i te pōro.
The boy has kicked the ball.
Simple sentences: past completed tense - kua
Kei te whāia te pōro e ngā tamariki.
The ball is being chased by the children,
Passive sentences - tikina...
Kei te tākarohia te pōro e ngā tamariki.
The ball is being played with by the children.
Passive sentences - tikina...
Kāore anō te tama kia whana i te pōro.
The boy has not yet kicked the ball.
Negations of kua (I haven't yet...) - Kāore ano... kia...
Kei te papa purei te pōro.
The ball is on the field.
Locatives (at the moment, something is somewhere) - kei te
Kāore i mau i a ia te poro.
He didn't catch the ball.
Negating statives - kāore i... i ahau...
Kāore te tama e whana ana i te pōro.
The boy isn't kicking the ball.
Negations of e... ana... sentences - kāore... e... ana...
Kāore te pōro i te tākarohia e ngā tamariki.
The ball is not being played with by the children.
Negating passive sentences - Kāore... e...
He pōro tāu?
Do you have a ball?
Do you have any...? - He... ?
Kāore te tama i te whana i te pōro.
The boy wasn't kicking the ball.
Negations of the past tense - Kāore... i te...
Whiua mai te pōro.
Throw me the ball.
Towards - mai
Kāore te pōro i te papa purei.
The ball is not on the field.
Negation of locatives - kāore...
Kua mau i a Rewi te pōro.
The ball has been caught by Rewi.
Statives with 'i' - i a, i te, i ngā
I whana te tama i te pōro.
The boy kicked the ball.
Kei te whana te tama i te pōro.
The boy is kicking the ball.
Kāore te pōro i mau i a ia.
He didn't catch the ball.
E kore te tama e whana i te pōro.
The boy won't kick the ball.
Kua ngaro tō pōro.
Your ball has gone missing.
Ko te tūmahi poro, te tūmahi whiti-kore, he tūmahi ka tū me tana kotahi.
Intransitive verbs, intransitive verbs, verbs...
Hopukina te pōro.
Catch the ball.
Ka patu te tamaiti i te poro ki te taiapa.
The child hits the ball to the fence.
I opaina mai te pōro e ia anganui tonu ki tētahi taha o te whīra tākaro.
He threw the ball to the opposite end of the playing field.
Kei mua te pōro i a koe.
The ball is in front of you.
