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tawhiti - distant, a distant place
Tāwhiti, n. Snare, trap. Ano he kiore e mau ana i te tawhiti whakaruatapu (T. 160).
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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!
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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 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...
Kotahi rau e toru tekau kiromita te tawhiti i Kirikiriroa ki Ākarana.
Auckland is 130 kilometres from Hamilton.
Nā.te.mea ka tawhiti noa atu, ka kī ētahi, ‘Ē, ka hoki tātau!
Because of the great distance, some said, ‘Eh, we should go back!
kiromita te tawhiti (mai) i Kirikiriroa (tae noa atu) ki Tāmaki
The distance from Hamilton to Auckland is 130 km
E 130 kiromita te tawhiti mai i Ākarana ki Kirikiriroa.
It is 130 kilometres from Auckland to Hamilton.
Nā te mea ka haere tōna whaiāipo ki tawhiti ka tangi a Tina.
Because her sweetheart went far away Tina lamented.
He tawhiti te toa, nō reira ka haere mā runga pahi mātou.
The shop is far, so we’ll go by bus.
Kei tawhiti ō rāua marae
Their marae are far away
He tawhiti kē tō koutou haerenga, ki te kore haere tonu.
You have come too far in your journey to not carry on.
He tawhiti rawa ngā marae o te wā kāinga nei hei hokinga mai mō rātau (Kāretu 1974:153)
The marae of the home area are too far away to be a place they can return to
Ko te tāne a te wahine nei i haere ki te mahi i tētahi whenua tawhiti.
The woman’s husband had gone to a distant place to work. When he returned home the woman went hokianga mai ki te kāinga, ka haere te wahine ki te wharekai ki te mahi.
Kei runga rānei, kei raro rānei, kei tawhiti atu rānei i a tātou.
Above, below, or far from us perhaps.
He pēwhea te tawhiti atu o Te Wharekauri i te tuawhenua?
How far away are the Chatham Islands from the mainland?
Kei tawhiti taku tahu.
My beloved is far away.
He aha te ingoa o te waahi e waru maero te tawhiti atu i Te Araroa?
mile the distance away from Te Araroa ‘What is the name of the place whose distance from Te Araroa is eight miles?
E 130 kiromita te tawhiti mai i Ākarana ki Kirikiriroa
It’s 130 kilometres from Auckland to Hamilton.
