Results for 'pūhā'
pūhā - green spinach-like vegetable
Pūhā = pūwhā.
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Puha (i) puhapuha. 1. a. Full, up to the brim, overflowing. Puhapuha ana te wai, toka tonu i runga. Applied also to a very high tide.
2. n. Inferior kakaho or toetoe reeds; called also kakaho puha. Ka whakarerea te puha, ka whai ki te matariki (P.).
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Puha (ii), n. Song, chant; sometimes accompanied by a dance. Katahi ano ka takitakina ona puha: ona puha nei na, “Kia rere atu te Kawana ki tawhiti.”
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Puha (iii). 1. n. Gills of a fish. = piha.
2. v.i. Spit. = puwha.
3. Gasp; more correctly, make a faint emission of the breath. Ka puha ake te manawa o te tupapaku.
pupuha, v.i. 1. Blow, spout, as a whale. Ka eke au ki runga ki te puna a Tinirau e pupuha nei te moana (M. 140).
2. Gasp for breath. Ka pupuha kau au (S.).
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Kei te kato pūhā au ā te Hātarei.
I am picking pūhā on Saturday.
Simple sentences: present tense with a verb - kei te
Kua kai au i te pūhā.
I have eaten pūhā.
Simple sentences: past completed tense - kua
Nā ngā tamariki i kato te pūhā.
The children picked the pūhā.
Past agent emphatic - nā - agent emphatic
Nā ngā tamariki te pūhā i kato.
The children picked the pūhā.
Past agent emphatic - nā - agent emphatic
Nā wai i kato te pūhā?
Who picked the pūhā?
Past agent emphatic - nā - agent emphatic
Nā wai te pūhā i kato?
Who picked the pūhā?
Past agent emphatic - nā - agent emphatic
Nānā te pūhā i kato.
She/he picked the pūhā.
Past agent emphatic - nā - agent emphatic
Mānā te pūhā e kato.
She will pick the pūhā.
Future agent emphatic - māku
Mā ngā tamariki e kato te pūhā.
The children will pick the pūhā.
Future agent emphatic - māku
Mā ngā tamariki te pūhā e kato.
The children will pick the pūhā.
Future agent emphatic - māku
Ka pēwhea te pūha nei?
How is the pūha?
How is...? - E pēwhea ana, he pēwhea?
Kāore anō au kia kai i te pūhā.
I have not yet eaten pūhā.
Negations of kua (I haven't yet...) - Kāore ano... kia...
Mā wai e kato te pūhā?
Who will pick the pūhā?
Who will? - mā wai?
Mā wai te pūhā e kato?
Who will pick the pūhā?
Who will? - mā wai?
Kua kai pūhā koe?
Have you tried pūhā?
I kato pūhā au.
I gathered milk thistle.
He kūtai, he pūhā tēnei toroī.
This fermented food is mussels and pūhā.
