Results for 'rangatira'
rangatira - chief, leader, boss
Rangatira. 1. n. Chief, male or female. Kahore he rangatira o tenei whenua, ko toku matua anake (T. 195).
2. Master or mistress. Ko te ingoa o toku rangatira, ko te Kahureremoa (T. 147).
3. Person of good breeding. He haka ano ta te rangatira, he haka ano ta te ware (T. 146).
4. a. Well born, noble. Ka mahue te wahine rangatira, me nga tamariki (T. 185).
5. In the expression whenua rangatira, state of peace. Ko to te tangata maori taonga nui tenei mo te manuhiri, ka mahia tenei he whenua rangatira, he humarie (T. 145). He tohu whenua rangatira te haka (T. 188).
rangatiratanga, n. Evidence of breeding and greatness. Ko te rangatiratanga o te wahine nei, he atawhai ki nga tangata o tona iwi (T. 189).
Williams Dictionary
Ko Rewi te rangatira.
Rewi is the chief.
Identity sentences - ko...
Ko ia te rangatira o tēnei tari.
She's the boss of this department.
Identity sentences - ko...
Ehara tōku pāpā i te rangatira.
My father is not a leader.
Negations of identity sentences - ehara...
Ehara ngā rangatira i a Moki rāua ko Tū-te-kawa.
Moki and Tū-te-kawa were not the chiefs.
Negations of identity sentences - ehara...
Ehara tērā tāne i te rangatira.
That man is not the boss.
Negations of identity sentences - ehara...
Nā te rangatira taua īmēra i pānui.
It was the boss who read that (aforementioned) email.
Past agent emphatic - nā - agent emphatic
Mā te rangatira o te iwi te hui e tīmata ki te karakia.
The chief of the tribe will begin the meeting with the prayer.
Future agent emphatic - māku
Mā te rangatira o te hapū te karakia e taki hei tīmata i te hui.
The chief of the subtribe will begin the meeting with the karakia.
Future agent emphatic - māku
Mā te rangatira o te hapū te karakia e taki hei tīmata i te hui.
The chief of the subtribe will begin the meeting with the karakia.
Future agent emphatic - māku
Mehemea ko au, e kore au e whakaae. Heoi anō, ko koe kē te rangatira, ehara i a au.
If it were me, I wouldn't agree to it. Still / However, you're the boss, not me.
Conjunctions - on the other hand, however - heoi anō
Ka kite o reira taitamariki rangatira i taua kōtiro nei, i a Puhihuia,.
The young chiefs from there was this girl, Puhihuia.
Ka used to indicate the past - ka
He rangatira tōku pāpā.
My father is a leader.
Categorizing sentences - he
Ko Tūhawaiki te rangatira o Murihuku i tērā ray tau.
Tūhawaiki was the chief of Murihiku last century.
Possessives - 'o' class - ō, tōku...
Kua whakawātea tō mātou rangatira i tōna tūranga.
Our boss has returned from his position.
Possessives - 'o' class - ō, tōku...
Ko Moki rāua ko Tū-te-kawa ngā rangatira.
Moki and Tu-te-kawa were the chiefs.
Talking about more than one person - ...rāua ko..., rātou ko...
Nā te rangatira taua īmēra i pānui.
It was the boss who read that (aforementioned) email.
That aforementioned thing - taua, aua
Ngā rākau a ō tātou rangatira.
Our chief's weapons.
Sentences with two possessives - a, o
Kātahi tō rātou rangatira, a Rua, ka mea....
Then their chief, Rua, said...
Ngā tāngata katoa i kata me te rangatira atu.
All the people, including the chief, laughed.
He kākahu rangatira ō rātou.
They have flash clothes.
E whā tau tōna pakeke ake i a Rāhera, tōna hoa rangatira.
He is four years older than Rāhera, his significant other.
Ahakoa ka noho ahau he kaiako, i ētahi wā ka noho ahau hei tauira. Nā reira, koerā te mahi o tō tātou nei reo rangatira.
Although I may be a teacher, at times I am a student. Therefore, that is the work of our chiefly language.
Kua moe wahine tō koutou rangatira.
Your chief has taken a wife.
Ko Te Kooti te rangatira.
To Kooti is the chief.
He rangatira ia.
He is a chief.
E te rangatira!
Express of respect to chief or highly respected person.
Kia tū rangatira!
Let's be chiefly!
Tēnā anō koutou e whai kaha nei i te reo rangatira!
Greetings to you all pursuing the chief language!
A tērā wiki, kei te haere mai tētahi rangatira ki tō mātou kāinga.
Next week, a chief is coming to our home.
E haere ana te rangatira.
The chief is going.
Āe, koia te rangatira o te kamupene, he tokomaha ana kaimahi.
Yup, he is the boss of the company. He has a lot of workers.
Ko Pāora te rangatira.
Pāora is the chief.
Ko Bob te rangatira i te tari nei.
Bob is the boss at this department.
Tō tātou rangatira.
Our chief.
E kōrero ana tō kōutou rangatira ki tāna tamaiti.
Your chief is talking to his child.
Tā te rangatira kai.
The chief's food.
Ko Ponga tētahi tangata rangatira o rātou.
Ponga was one of their chiefs.
