Results for 'pounamu'
pounamu - greenstone
Pounamu. 1. n. Greenstone, jade. For an exhaustive discussion on the subject see F. R. Chapman's paper, Tr. xxiv, 479. Ko nga toki i taraia ai enei waka he toki pounamu (T. 71). Ano he poumanu kei nga karu e titiwha ana (T. 159).
2. Weapon or implement of greenstone. Ka kitea te iwi tupapaku, te pounamu (Pi. 135, 5).
3. A variety of kumara and of yam.
4. Bottle. (mod.)
5. a. Dark green. Ano kahiwahiwa kau ana me te ahua wai pounamu (T. 158). So tititi pounamu, a bird; and nanua pounamu, a fish.
6. n. Prionace glauca, blue shark. = mango-aupounamu, tahapounamu.
Williams Dictionary
I tāraia te waka ki te toki pounamu.
The canoe was carved with a jade adze.
Simple sentences: past tense - i
Kia whakapapa pounamu te moana.
May the sea be like greenstone.
Mild imperatives (You should be...) - kia
Kei roto te miraka i te pounamu.
The milk is in the bottle.
In, on, by, under... - kei runga...
Kei hea ngā pounamu mīraka?
Where are the milk bottles?
Locatives (at the moment, something is somewhere) - kei te
Ka mahue a Puhihuia i te taha o te tangata i a ia rā te patu pounamu.
Puhihuia was left beside the man who had the greenstone weapon.
Statives - mate, ngaro, mau...
Ka titiro a Amaru ki te parani i runga i te pounamu.
Amaru looked at the brand on the bottle.
Ka used to indicate the past - ka
Ka mau ki tana mere pounamu, ke hoatu ki te tamaiti ariki o taua ope nei.
[He] took his greenstone mere and gave it to the young leader of this group.
Ka used to indicate the past - ka
Ka tū mai tētahi wahine anō me te mere pounamu i te ringa.
Another woman stood and came forward with a greenstone mere in her hand.
Ka used to indicate the past - ka
I tāhaetia te patu pounamu i te whare taonga.
The greenstone patu was stolen from the museum.
Using 'i' to indicate direction away from something - i - i
Ka haria ki tētahi tohunga te pounamu e tāhaetia i te whare nui.
The greenstone which was stolen from the meeting house was taken to a tohunga.
Using 'i' to indicate direction away from something - i - i
No Te Wai Pounamu tōu tipuna wahine.
Your grandmother is from the South Island.
Possessives - 'o' class - ō, tōku...
He pounamu tēnei mere.
This mere is greenstone.
I reira, ka kitea e ia tētahi pounamu i Arahura.
There, he saw a piece of greenstone at Arahura.
Ke hoki ia ki Hawaiki, ka mauria e ia ētahi pounamu.
When he returned to Hawaiki, he took some pieces of greenstone with him.
Ahakoa he iti he pounamu.
Although it is small, it is valuable.
Āta hīkina te pounamu e te tau, kei maringi te wai ki te tēpu.
Lift the bottle up carefully, darling, so that the milk spills on the table.
