Results for 'pupuhi'
pupuhi - to shoot
Pupuhi. ‖ puhi.
Williams Dictionary
pupuhi. 1. v.t. (pass. puhia). Blow. E pupuhi mai nei nga rorohu (M. 180). Puhia e te hau ki runga o Mangere (M.M. 198).
2. Blow, as a whale. = pupuha.
3. Fire a gun. (mod.)
4. Shoot with a gun. (mod.)
5. v.i. Swell. Ka hoki haere te pupuhitanga o tona poho (T. 18).
Williams Dictionary
Kei te pupuhi te wūruhi.
The wolf is blowing.
Simple sentences: present tense with a verb - kei te
I te pupuhi te hau inanahi.
The wind was blowing yesterday.
Simple sentences: past tense - i te
I te pupuhi te hau.
The wind was blowing.
Simple sentences: past tense - i te
Ka kaha te pupuhi o te hau ki Tauranga ā te pō nei.
The wind will blow in Tauranga tonight.
Simple sentences: future tense - ka
Nāna i pupuhi te manu.
He was the one who shot the bird.
Past agent emphatic - nā - agent emphatic
Nā Pāora i pupuhi te manu.
Pāora shot the bird.
Past agent emphatic - nā - agent emphatic
Kāore te hau i te pupuhi.
The wind is not blowing.
Negations of the present tense (I am not working) - Kāore... i te...
Inapō nei, e pupuhi ana te hau.
Last night, the wind was blowing.
I pupuhi te hau.
The wind blew.
Inapō nei ka pupuhi te hau.
Last night, the wind blew.
Kei te pupuhi te hau.
The wind is blowing.
Ka pupuhi te hau.
The pupuhi te hau.
I tēnei wā, kua tino kaha te pupuhi o te hau.
By this time, the wind had become very strong.
