Results for 'pūrei'
purei - to play, play
Pūrei, pūreirei. 1. n. Carex diandra and perhaps other species, niggerhead; a sedge plant which grows in raised tufts. He pureirei whakamatuatanga (P.). Ka peka ki tahaki, ka whakapupuni mai i roto i nga pureirei (T. 52). = pukio.
2. Isolated rock. Kei eke tatou ki te purei ra.
3. Cluster, isolated group or patch of anything. Purei ao, the Magellan Clouds, and perhaps other groups or clusters of stars or nebulae. Purei kohu and purei ao, patches of cloud or mist. Titiro ki Manaia, e rere mai ana, he purei kohu (S. ii, 6).
4. The term pureirei is applied to the stump and roots of a tree torn up by the wind.
5. a. Patchy, in small isolated groups or clusters, detached. ‖ 3, above. Na ka tae ki te poporo rakau, kai ana; hoki mai, hoki atu, nawai i ngaro, i ngaro, a ka kitea te paunga ake o nga mea o raro, ka pureirei ki runga nga mea i toe (M. vi). He pureirei nga ngakinga a taua kainga.
‖ pureki.
Williams Dictionary
Kei te papa purei te pōro.
The ball is on the field.
Locatives (at the moment, something is somewhere) - kei te
Kāore te pōro i te papa purei.
The ball is not on the field.
Negation of locatives - kāore...
purei netipōro.
play neball.
Nā te pūrei whutuporo ahau i ngenge ai.
I’m tired through playing football.
He ringa rehe a Moana ki te purei rakuraku hiko.
Moana is a dab hand at playing electric guitar.
Tekau maa tahi ngaa taangata purei hoka
Eleven people play soccer
He ringa rehe a Moana ki te mahi māra, ki te purei rakuraku hiko, ka mutu, he rōreka ki te waiata.
Moana is a dab hand at gardening, playing electric guitar, and she loves to sing.
Kua haere atu rātou ki te whare wānanga ki te purei tēnehi.
They have gone to the university to play tennis.
Tekau mā tahi ngā tāngata purei hoka.
There are eleven people in a soccer team. (11 people play soccer.).
Nō te iwa karaka rawa, ka tīmata te purei kāri.
Eventually, at nine o’clock, the card-playing started.
Nā te ua mātou i kore ai e purei tēnehi.
It was because of the rain that we didn’t play tennis.
Whitu karaka te tāima tīmata o te purei kāri.
7pm is the time the card games will start.
Kua haere atu rātou ki te whare wānanga ki te purei tēnehi
They have gone to the university in order/so as to play tennis
Kei te purei kāri ahau.
I am playing cards.
