Results for 'rongoā'
rongoā - medicine
Rongoa, 1. v.t. Preserve, take care of. Rongoatia a tatou kai mo apopo.
2. Apply medicines to.
3. n. Anything preserved; hence applied to drugs.
4. Remedy, preservative against sickness or death; so medicine (mod.). He mata tawhito te karakia a Tamure hei rongoa mona (T. 172).
Williams Dictionary
I kohikohi ia i te kawakawa hei rongoā mō te māuiui o tāna tama.
He collected kawakawa as a cure for his son's illness.
For the purpose of - hei
Unumia tō rongoa!
Take your medicine!
Possessives - 'o' class - ō, tōku...
Kua ora a Hera i tērā rongoa.
Hera has got well through that medicine.
Statives with 'i' - i a, i te, i ngā
Anei tō rongoā. Inumia.
Here's your medicine. Drink it up.
