Results for 'ringa'
ringa - hand, arm
Ringa, ringaringa, n. 1. Hand. A poto noa etahi matikara, tango atu ki o tetehi ringa (T. 24). Kihai i patua e te ringaringa tangata (T. 47). He tangata ringa kino (An industrious man).
2. Arm. Te tohu o Manaia i kitea ai ko tetehi wahi o te ringa he mea whakairo (T. 93).
3. Weapon. Kia ata nenene; tena a Ngapuhi ka tata te whai ringaringa (P.). Ringakore, unarmed. Me ki atu ki ana tangata ringa-kore kia neke ki tahaki.
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Williams Dictionary
E paru ana ana ringa.
He has dirty hands.
Simple sentences: present tense - e... ana
Kua riro ia i te ringa o Aituā.
He has been taken by the hands of Misfortune.
Simple sentences: past completed tense - kua
Pēnei au kua wehe rāua, engari i kite au i a rāua e pupuri ringa ana, e whakaipoipo tonu ana i te tāone.
I thought they'd broken up, but I saw them holding hands and looking pretty loved up in town.
I thought mistakenly - Pēnei au...
Homai tō ringa.
Pass me your hand.
Commands without e or the passive - Homai! Whakarongo!
I mahia e ia te wini me ana ringa paruparu.
He mended the window with dirty hands.
Passive sentences - tikina...
I oti i a au, engari kua mamae taku ringa i te tuhituhi.
I completed it but my hand is sore from all the writing.
Conjunctions - but - engari
Ka tū mai tētahi wahine anō me te mere pounamu i te ringa.
Another woman stood and came forward with a greenstone mere in her hand.
Ka used to indicate the past - ka
I kite ahau i te tangata paru ngā ringa.
I saw a man with dirty hands.
Verbs that take 'i' (kite, etc) - i
Me wiri ō ringa pēnei.
You should quiver your hands like this.
Like this, like that - pēnei, pēna, pēra
He mea tino tauhou ki te kite i te tamariki kāhore he ringa paru.
It is very strange to see a child without dirty henads.
He ringa rehe a Moana ki te purei rakuraku hiko.
Moana is a dab hand at playing electric guitar.
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.
Moea te tangata ringa raupā.
Marry a hard working person.
Puta kau anō te kōtiro rā me te rama kāpara i te ringa.
That girl went out alone with hardwood torch in her hand.,.
He mamae tōku ringa.
My hand hurts.
Āta tangohia te taupoki o te kōhua kei wera tō ringa i te korohū.
Carefully take the lid off the pot just in case your hand is burnt by the steam.
Āta hoatu te maripi, kei haehaetia te ringa o tō hoa.
Carefully pass the knife or you might cut your friends hand.
