Results for 'rare'
rare - lolly
Rare (i). 1. a. Dull, stupid. He rare koe.
2. n. Laziness, indolence. He waru ki runga, he rare ki raro (Summer [lit. eighth month] above, indolence below) (P.).
3. A convulsive twitching of muscles after death.
whakarare, v.t. 1. Hoodwink, bemuse. E whakarare ana koe i a au.
2. Distort. Used of part of a design in carving distorting another part.
3. Divert blame from oneself to another.
rarerare, a. Confused in mind.
Williams Dictionary
Rare (ii). 1. v.i. Lie, rest. Kei te rare tou nga rongoa.
2. v.t. Carry. Maku e rare tou kakahu.
whakarare. 1. a. A term used in connection with the tapu name given to the child of a chief. Such name might cause the temporary disuse of some ordinary word which resembled it. The name was termed ingoa whakarare.
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2. v.t. Change or discard the tapu name as above. Ka patua he tangata mo te whakara-retanga o te ingoa tapu o te tangata.
Williams Dictionary
Nō hea ō rare?
Where are your lollies from?
Belonging to a place - nō
I hokona ngā rare rā e ia i taina hi.
Those lollies were purchased by her yesterday.
Passive sentences - tikina...
Kei te pīnono ngā rare a Ataahua.
Ataahua is lolly-begging.
Gerund phrases (fence building, bread baking, dishes washing...) - tunu parāoa...
He reka atu tēnei rare i tērā rare.
This lolly is yummier than that lolly.
Comparatives (better than...) - pai ake...
Tē hiahia au ki ngā rare.
I do not want a lolly.
Not - tē
Mā Hēni ngā rare.
The lollies are for Hēni.
He reka ake tāku rare i tāu.
My lolly is yummier than yours.
Kei te kai ngā tamariki i ngā rare.
The children are eating the lollies.
He rare kei runga i te tūru.
There's a lolly on the chair.
Kei hea ngā rare?
Where are the lollies?
