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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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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

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.

Ā taui ana tō ringa i te patunga.
And your hand will be strained by the slaughter.

He rite tonu te toro o ngā ringa o taua iwi katoa
CLS like cont the extend of the(pl) hand of that people all Each hand was put forward in perfect time with all the rest

He ringa rehe a Moana ki te purei rakuraku hiko.
Moana is a dab hand at playing electric guitar.

He kōura te rīnga o tōku māmā.
My mother's ring is gold.

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.

Ko wai tēnei tangata i tukua atu, he mea rīpeka nā te ringa o ngā tāngata kino?
Who was this man who was handed over, crucified by the hand(s) of evil men?

Puta kau anō te kōtiro rā me te rama kāpara i te ringa.
That girl went out alone with hardwood torch in her hand.,.

Kaua e ringa raweke
Don't go touching things.

He mamae tōku ringa.
My hand hurts.

E tohu ana ia i mua o ngā matua rā, me te mea tonu ka whatiwhati te taiaha i roto i ngā ringa.
He was gesticulating before the battalions as if the taiaha would break in pieces in his hands.

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.

Haere koe ki te horoi i oo ringa!
Go and wash your hands!

Kaua e puritia taku ringa!
Don’t hold my hand!

Toro mai ō ringa!
Stretch out your hands!

Me wiri ō ringa pēnei.
You should quiver your hands like this.

Peti, māku koe e tohutohu ki te mahi keke mā te ringa tonu.
Peti, I will teach you to make a cake entirely by hand.

Kātahi ia ka hopu i tōna ringa matau ka whakaara ake i ā ia.
Then he caught hold of his right hand and raised him up.

Kaatahi tonu taku ringa ka mau ki te waea, ka tangi hoki te pere o te tatau
As I picked up the phone, the doorbell rang

Puritia taku ringa!
Hold my hand!

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