Results for 'tūpuna'
tūpuna - grandparents (plural form of tupuna; variant of tīpuna)
tupuna - ancestor; grandparent
Tupuna, tipuna (pl. tūpuna), n. Ancestor, grandparent. Ki to tupuna, ki a Hine-nui-te-po (T. 28). Tupuna whenua, the ceremony of going blindfold to a sacred place and depositing a leaf there.
Williams Dictionary
Kei te whakaaro au ki ōku mātoua tūpuna.
I am thinking about my ancestors.
Simple sentences: present tense with a verb - kei te
E tātaku ana tērā i ngā kauhau o nehe, me te kōrero i ngā mahi a ngā tūpuna i mahia i tēnei taha.
They recited the old recitations from ancient times, and talked about the deeds of the ancestors.
Simple sentences: present tense - e... ana
Nō te wā o ngā tūpuna ēnei ritenga.
These customs come from the time of the ancestors.
Belonging to the past - nō
Nō hea ō tūpuna?
Where are your ancestors from?
Belonging to a place - nō
Nō Kotirangi nō Ingarangi hoki ōku tūpuna.
My ancestors are from Scotland and England.
Belonging to a place - nō
Nō Rarotonga ōna tūpuna.
Her ancestors are from Rarotonga.
Belonging to a place - nō
Nō Kotirangi ōku tūpuna.
My ancestors are from Scotland.
Belonging to a place - nō
Nō Kotirangi nō Ingarangi hoki ōku tūpuna.
My ancestors are from Scotland and England.
Belonging to a place - nō
Ko Rāhera rāua ko Hone ōku tūpuna.
Rāhera and Hone are my ancestors.
Talking about more than one person - ...rāua ko..., rātou ko...
Ehara ōku tūpuna nō Kotirangi, nō Ingarangi hoki.
My ancestors are not from Scotland or England.
Negating nāku possessives - Ehara i...
Ko Kui tōku tupuna whaea.
Kui is my ancestral mother or grandmother.
Ngā mahi ā ngā tūpuna.
The deeds of the ancestors.
Ko tāku mahi ia rā, he haere ki te tupuna whare.
Every day I went to the ancestral house.
He whakataukī tēnei nā ngā tūpuna Māori...
As the Māori ancestors said...
Haere ai rātou ia raumati ki te wāhi i noho ai ō.rātou tūpuna.
They went every summer to the place where their ancestors lived.
E tika ana te kōrero i ō tātou tūpuna...
As the proverb of our ancestors says...
Me mahara koe ki ngā tonotono a ō tūpuna.
You must remember the instructions of your ancestors.
Ko Elvis tōku tupuna rongonui.
Elvis is my famous ancestor.
Ko ngaa mema tonu o te Paremete te tupuna o taua mahi nei.
But the very members of Parliament are the originators of the fault.
Ko Tinirau ki runga ki te tupuna haere ai.
So Tinirau climbed onto his ancestor and set off.
Nōku anake rā te tupuna i kau mai, ko Hinemoa,
Mine is the ancestor who swam here, Hinemoa,
Ko Paraukau te whare tūpuna.
Paraukau is the ancesteral house.
Ko Kui tōku tupuna kuia, arā, ko au te mokopuna a Kui.
Kui is my grandmother, that is, I am Kui's grandchild.
