Results for 'rourou'
rourou - small basket, food basket
rourou, n.
1. Small basket for cooked food. He toa paheke, ko te rourou iti a Haere (P. 108). ‖ rau (iii).
2. A kete made with loops at the ends.
Williams Dictionary
Mā tāu rourou, mā tāku rourou ka ora te iwi.
Through your food basket and my food basket the people will be fed.
Through (one thing/action), (a second thing) will be achieved. - Mā te... ka...; mā... e... ai
He aha koe i haere mai i te rourou iti a Haere, te noho atu ai koe, i te tokanga nui a Noho?
Why did you come here for the short supplies of the traveller, instead of remaining at home with the plentiful provisions of the stay-at-home?
He aha koe i haere mai i te rourou iti a Haere, tē noho atu ai koe i te tokanga nui a Noho?
Why did you come with the small basket of Traveller, instead of remaining with the large basket of Stay-at-home.
Nāu te rourou, nāku te rourou, ka ora ai te iwi.
With your contribution, with my contribution, we will sustain the people.
Nāu te rourou, nāku te rourou, ka ora ai te iwi
With your contribution, with my contribution, we will sustain the people.
He rarangatanga nāna i ngā rourou, ka tino mamae ana matikara.
She wove the food baskets, and her fingers were very sore.
He kotahi te kūmera i roto i te rourou mā ngā tāngata tokorua.
There was one small round basket containing one kūmera belonging to two men.
