Results for 'tawhiti'
tawhiti - distant, a distant place
Tāwhiti, n. Snare, trap. Ano he kiore e mau ana i te tawhiti whakaruatapu (T. 160).
Williams Dictionary
Tawhiti (i), tahiti. 1. a. Distant, widely separated, in space of time. Nawai i tata, a ka tawhiti noa atu, ka tawhiti noa mai (T. 70). Kaua e tino tutata atu ki te taha o te taniwha, engari kia tawhiti mai tatou i a ia (T. 150).
2. From abroad, foreign; in such expressions as taru tawhiti, imported disease.
3. Hospitable, generous. Katahi ano te tangata tawhiti.
4. In the expression tangi tawhiti, a spell to destroy life. Used also as a verb. E Te Whakatohea, kaua ra e ware ki nga mahi a Te Whatupe, e tangi tawhititia ana tatou.— He tangi tawhiti tenei na Piki.
5. l.n. A distant locality, the distance. Ma wai hoki koa e kimi rawa ki tawhiti, ki Rakaumangamanga (M. 48). Aua to pai kei tawhiti rawa (M. 188). Kei tawhiti often signifies matchless, unrivalled. Kei tawhiti tou manawanui!
Williams Dictionary
Tawhiti (ii), n. Fellow, person. Used sometimes contemptuously, sometimes in admiration. Ka peke taua tawhiti nei, a Maui-tikitiki-o-Taranga, me tana patu (T. 19). Te whakatikanga ake o taua tawhiti raka i raro ano e haere ake ana (T. 65).
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Tawhiti (iii) = tahuti, v.i. Run away. Kua tawhiti taku tamaiti.
tawhititanga, n. Means of flight. Taku mohio he rakau nui kei raro i te whenua, me tiki, ne titiro, kapa he tawhititanga (J. ii, 224).
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Me kau hoki ki hea i te tawhiti ki waho o te moana nui?
Where could he swim to, from such a distance out in the ocean?
Sentences with i - i
He pēwhea te tawhiti atu o Te Wharekauri i te tuawhenua?
How far away are the Chatham Islands from the mainland?
How is...? - E pēwhea ana, he pēwhea?
Kei tawhiti ngā maunga.
The mountains are in the distance.
Above, underneath, outside of - runga ake, raro iho, waho atu, roto atu
I tawhiti ngā maunga.
The mountains were in the distance.
Above, underneath, outside of - runga ake, raro iho, waho atu, roto atu
Hei tawhiti te whare.
The house will be in the distance.
Future locative - hei
Kāore ngā maunga i tawhiti.
The mountains aren’t in the distance.
Negating locatives - kāore... i runga...
Kāore ngā maunga i tawhiti.
The mountains were not in the distance.
Negating locatives - kāore... i runga...
Kāore te whare hei tawhiti.
The house will not be in the distance.
Negating locatives - kāore... i runga...
He tawhiti kē tō koutou haerenga, ki te kore haere tonu.
You have come too far in your journey to not carry on.
Kei tawhiti taku tahu.
My beloved is far away.
