Results for 'rama'
rama - light, torch
Rāmā, pron. 3rd pers. pl. They, them. ‖ ra (iii), mā (ii).
Williams Dictionary
Rama. 1. n. Torch or other artificial light. Ko te rama he mea miro ki te muka, ka tukua ki te hinu (T. 195). Ka tahuna te ahi hei rama mo ratou (T. 180).
2. v.t. Catch eels, etc., by torchlight. Ka riro a Hinaki ma kei te rama tuna.—E ramaa ana nga tuna o aua roto e o matou tupuna (W. v, 69).
ramarama. 1. v.i. Gleam. E pou e, he atua e ramarama nei i runga whare (S.).
2. n. Myrtus bullata, a shrub.
3. Pseudowintera colorata, a shrub.
rarama, v.i. Gleam.
Williams Dictionary
Kei te hui a Rama rāua ko Pita ki te pātaka kōrero.
Rama and Pita are meeting in the library.
Simple sentences: present tense with a verb - kei te
E hui ana a Rama rāua ko Pita ki te pātaka kōrero.
Rama and Pita are meeting in the library.
Simple sentences: present tense - e... ana
Ka whakaweto te koroua i ngā rama ā te 10 karaka.
The old man will turn the lights off at 10 o'clock.
Simple sentences: future tense - ka
Kua pakaru te rama i runga ake i te tēpu.
The light above the table is broken.
Simple sentences: past completed tense - kua
Kei te rama tuna mātou ā te pō nei.
We are going eeling tonight.
Gerund phrases (fence building, bread baking, dishes washing...) - tunu parāoa...
Kei te hui a Mia rāua ko Ataahua ki te pātaka kōrero.
Mia and Ataahua are meeting in the library.
Talking about more than one person - ...rāua ko..., rātou ko...
Kua inu rama a Aroha?
Has Aroha drunk rum?
Puta kau anō te kōtiro rā me te rama kāpara i te ringa.
That girl went out alone with hardwood torch in her hand.,.
I muri tata i te rama karaka, ko te whero.
Straight after the orange light comes the red one.
