Results for 'rua'
rua - two; grave, hole, storage pit
Rua (i).
1. num. Two. Ka patua nga kuri e rua; kotahi i taona, kotahi i haematatia (T. 112).
2. a. Both. Ehara i te mea nana ake, na raua tokorua i mahi.
3. Used with the article, second. Katahi ka rangona te rua o ona ingoa (T. 20).
rūrua, ad. Both equally. E tika rurua ana raua.
ruarua, a.
1. Few. Patua katoatia taua iwi, he ruarua nga mea i ora.
2. Of two minds, in doubt. Te take i ruarua ai nga tuakana o Maui ki a ia, he tangata maminga ia.
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Rua (ii), n.
1. Pit, hole. Whakarongo rawa atu ki roto e kanga mai ana, anana! Me he rua kakariki (T. 66). Me haere au ki roto ki te rua noho ai (T. 97). Used of holes dug in connection with rites of witchcraft, etc. Rua torino, rua iti, pits in connection with the tuaahu, the terms being sometimes used as synonymous with witchcraft. Ka kawea ki te rua iti patu ai, ka mate. Rua haeroa, a similar pit in connection with rites for the destruction of enemies. Ka keria te rua haeroa, te rua o te ngana, koia tenei te karakia, “Ei, tena te rua ka keri,” etc. (T. 86). ‖ kanapu, koha.
2. Store for provisions; in parts of the Bay of Plenty literally a pit in the ground with a narrow entrance, elsewhere generally a shallow excavation with or without low walls, roofed over, and having a small door at one end. Ko te rua kumara, ko Marihope (T. 92). Ka tapoko taua maia ki roto ki te rua i nga taha huahua (T. 94). Rua tāhuhu, roofed store for potatoes. Rua koauau, store for kumara. Rua patu, pit for storing provisions (? having thatched roof; ‖ patu). E tika, e whae, taku tonuitanga te rua patu (S.).
3. Grave. Ko nga tupapaku i tanumia ki te rua (T. 155). Rua totoe, an expression used of a family dying out. Ka poto ratou; he rua totoe i ngaro ai. Ko taua whakananakia ka ngongo i nga uri, a poto iho. Ka whakatakotoria e te tohunga te korohunga ki roto ki te rua, makaa iho te tupapaku. Ruaahuri = urupa.
4. In poetry, abyss into which the heavenly bodies set, and from which they rise, Te tonga o te ra, te rerenga ki te rua (M. 168). Tera Kaiwaka ka marewa i te rua (M. 407).
whakarua, n.
1. Hollow, vale, valley. E heke ki raro ra, kai raro te whakarua (S.). Whakarua kawau, a term applied to the hole in which taro is planted when made rather deep. ‖ ipurangi.
2. Feeding ground of birds, particularly of kaka. The term whakarua kaka applies to the feeding ground, and to the birds collected there.
3. North-east sea breeze. Puhia mai nei e te hau muri, pa whakarua taku mahuri totara (M. 25). If moderate, it is termed whakarua mātāriki, if violent, whakarua hikanui.
4. Waves carried by the north-east wind. Kai tai, kai te whakarua roa (S.). Maku e whakatu ki te whakarua roa (M. 335). Whakarua kopito, a form of ornamental lattice-work, or tukutuku, for the interior decoration of a house.
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Rua (iii), n. A fish. He rua te ika nana i piki te kauae o Murirakawhenua (Tr. vii, 39).
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Rua (iv), n.
1. Left or noa peg in weaving frame.
2. House post on which the maro is suspended at the time of the kawa ceremony.
3. A net (N'Toa).
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E hui ana te kōmihana o te Taura Whiri ia marama mō te rua rā.
The Māori Language Commission meets each month for two days.
Simple sentences: present tense - e... ana
E hui ana te kōmihana ia marama mō te rua rā.
The Commission meets for two days in each month.
Simple sentences: present tense - e... ana
I tauomaoma rātou e rua maero i te one.
They had a race for two miles along the beach.
Simple sentences: past tense - i
Kua tākarohia e mātou ngā kēmu e rua.
We've played two games.
Simple sentences: past completed tense - kua
Kia rua kapu o te huka.
Let there be two cups of sugar.
Let there be... - kia...
Kia rua ngā kapu.
Two cups (let there be two cups).
Let there be... - kia...
He aha ngā mahi kua oti i a koe i ēnei wiki e rua?
What have you completed this fortnight?
What are you doing? - He aha tāu mahi?
He aha ngā mahi ka oti i a koe ā ngā wiki e rua?
What will you do next fortnight?
What are you doing? - He aha tāu mahi?
Nō muri, ka āmio haere ia i ngā moutere e rua nei.
Afterwards, he circumnavigated these two islands.
Belonging to the past - nō
He panakeke pea māku, kia rua.
Perhaps I'll have two pancakes.
Unrealised possession - mā, māku
Kia kotahi māku, kia rua mā Manu.
One for me, two for Manu.
Unrealised possession - mā, māku
E rua āu āporo. Homai tētahi!
You've got two apples. Give me one!
Commands without e or the passive - Homai! Whakarongo!
Ka haere mātou ki te tāone mā runga tereina mō te rua haora.
We went to town by train for two hours.
Travelling by means of - mā runga
Kua tākarohia e mātou ngā kēmu e rua.
We've played the two games.
Passive sentences - tikina...
I a mātou e tamariki ana, e rua noa ngā hongere i te pouaka whakaata.
When we were young, there were only two television channels.
When I was young - I a e tamariki ana
Kāore a Rua i te pānui i te pukapuka.
Rua isn't reading the book.
Negations of the present tense (I am not working) - Kāore... i te...
Nā rāua ngā pukapuka e rua.
The two books belong to them.
Established possession - nāku, nōku...
Rua rau taara tāna utu.
His pay is two hundred dollars.
Possessives - 'a' class - ā, tāku...
E rua ōu whatu, kotahi tōu ihu.
You have two eyes and one nose.
Possessives - 'o' class - ō, tōku...
Kua rere te wauria o Rua.
Rua's spirit has fled.
Possessives - 'o' class - ō, tōku...
He rua ō ngā pōtiha.
The foxes have dens.
Do you have any...? - He... ?
Kō ēnei waka e rua, i ū mai ki Hokianga.
These two canoes landed at Hokianga.
Towards - mai
Ka hoki mai au i te rua haora.
I'll be back in two hours.
Towards - mai
Tekau mā rua ngā tamariki.
There are twelve children.
Numbering people - tokorua, tokotahi...
E rua ngā kurī.
There are two dogs.
Numbering things - e rua, e toru...
E toru ngā kahawai, e rua ngā tāmure.
There are three kahawai and two tāmure (fish).
Numbering things - e rua, e toru...
E rua ō waewae. Tahi, rua.
You've got two legs. One, two.
Numbering things - e rua, e toru...
E rua ngā tepu.
There are two tables.
Numbering things - e rua, e toru...
E rua ō rātou whare.
They have two houses.
Numbering things - e rua, e toru...
E rua paringa o te tai i te rā.
There are two tides a day.
Numbering things - e rua, e toru...
Engari kei te marae ētahi e rua.
But there are two already at the marae.
Numbering things - e rua, e toru...
E rua ngā pune.
There are two spoons.
Numbering things - e rua, e toru...
E rua meneti mai i te whā karaka.
Two minutes past four.
Telling time - kara
Haurua mai i te rua.
Half past two.
Telling time - kara
Hauwhā mai i te rua.
Quarter past two.
Telling time - kara
Hauwhā ki te rua karaka.
Quarter to two.
Telling time - kara
Hei te rua karaka.
See you at two o'clock.
Telling time - kara
Hei te tekau mā rua karaka.
See you at twelve o'clock.
Telling time - kara
E rua tekau meneti ngā tītī e tunua ana i roto it te umu.
The muttonbirds were roasted in the hot oven for twenty minutes.
Telling time - kara
Te hui a te rua karaka, hei te whare wānanga.
The 2 o'clock meeting will be at the university.
Telling time - kara
Ehara i a rāua ngā pukapuka e rua.
The two books do not belong to them.
Negating nāku possessives - Ehara i...
E rua ngā pukapuka.
There are two books.
Counting 1-10 -
Tekau mā waru ngā pereti, a rua tekau mā tahi ā tātou kapu.
There are eighteen plates and we have twenty-one cups.
How many are there? - E hia? Tokohia?
Kāore e tekau mā rua ngā tamariki.
There are not twelve children.
Negating counting people - Kāore e toko...
Kāore e rua ngā tepu.
There are not two tables.
Negating counting things - Kāore e...
Kātahi tō rātou rangatira, a Rua, ka mea....
Then their chief, Rua, said...
Rua mano rua tekau
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Ā muri i ngā kōrero, ka [harirū] ā ka hongi ngā rōpū e rua.
After the speeches, the two groups will [shake hands] and press noses.
E rua ngā huka.
Two sugars.
E rua hāora e toe ana.
There is two hours to go.
Rua tekau meneti mai i te ono karaka.
Twenty minutes past six o'clock.
Ka hokona e ia te kurī rā mō te rua rau tāra.
He sold that dog for two hundred dollars.
Tekau mā rua ngā kurī.
There are twelve dogs.
He rua tāra tikiti tēnei.
This is a two dollar ticket.
E rua maero te haerenga o te one.
This beach extends for two miles.
Tātou ka mahi i te tawa kia rua rau putu te roa.
Let us make a tower 200 feet high.
I tēnei tau, arā, rua mano rua tekau mā ono.
In this year, two thousand and twenty-six.
Tāpiri ati ki a Hone, ka hiahia tātou e rua tāngata tino kaha.
We will need two strong men in addition to John.
E rua tekau mā tahi ōku tau.
I'm twenty one years old.
Atu i te āhua o ngā kupu, kāore he tino rerekētanga o ēnei pū tohu wā e rua nei.
In terms of the meaning of the words, there is no significant difference between these two expressions.
E rua ngā pū-tohu-wā "wātū".
There are two time markers for the present tense.
E rua tekau mā iwa tōna pakeke.
He is twenty-nine years old.
Tekau mā rua tau te pakeke o Riripeti.
Riripeti is twelve years old.
Te rima ngā kura, rua wiki te roa o ia kura.
There are five schools - each school is two weeks long.
Mō ngā wiki e rua i noho ai ia ki Hāmoa.
He stayed in Samoa for two weeks.
E rua ngā wiki i noho ai ia ki Hāmoa.
He stayed in Samoa for two weeks.
Ko ngā rōpū e rua i te totohe.
The two groups were arguing.
Āhua rua tekau ngā tāngata i tae mai ki te hui.
About 20 people came to the meeting.
Rua.
Two.
E rua tekau ngā tau i mahi ai ahau i tēnei pukapuka.
I have been working on this book for twenty years.
Tekau mā rua.
Twelve.
E rua ā māua tamariki.
We have two children.
Rua Tekau.
Twenty.
I ngā rua wiki.
Two weeks ago.
E rua marama ki muri.
Two months ago.
I tuketuke haere atu ia i waenganui i ngā kaumātua e rua.
He elbowed his way between the two elders.
E rua āku āporo. E toru ā kōrua.
I have two apples. You two have three.
He tōtara wāhi rua, he kai nā te ahi.
A tÅtara split in two is food for the fire.
Ā rua wiki.
In two weeks.
Kia rua hoki he hokohoko?
Should an exchange take place twice?
Nāna tēnei rua tāra.
This $2 is his.
Tū anganui ana ngā tāngata e rua.
The two men stood opposite each other.
Kia rua koa.
Two please.
E rua ō tātou maunga.
We have two mountains.
Kia rua ngā huka.
Two sugars please. (Let it be two sugars.)
Kia pēhea te hōhonu o te rua nei?
How deep should this hole (rua) be?
Ko te rua o Hakihea.
The second of December.
E rua mano ngā tūru.
There are 2000 chairs.
Tōna rua rau pea.
About 200, perhaps.
E rua e rua.
One and the same.
Ko te hui a te rua haora.
The meeting is in two hours.
Ko tō tāua tūtakitanga a te rua haora ka tautohetohe.
Our meeting in two hours will be quarrelsome.
E rua haora noa-atu-rā, i konei ahau.
I was here two hours ago.
Rua haora noa-atu-rā i waiata ai ngā tamariki.
The children sang two hours ago.
