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tinana - body, trunk, torso

Tinana. 1. n. Body, trunk, the main part of anything. Ma te kai e ora ai te tinana, e hinga ai te hoariri (P.). Tenei te tinana te huri nei ki.te whare (M. 331).

2. Self, person, reality as opposed to apparition. Otira, kaore a Kupe i noho, i hoki ano ia ki tawahi; ko nga tohu i waiho i konei, ko tona tinana i hoki ano (T. 110). Mau ano te tinana, maku te ata o te tapara kau atu (M. 32; P. 66). Haehae rawa iho ki roto i te puku nui; ehara, e noho a tinana tonu ana te wahine, te tamariki, te tane (T. 152).

3. a. Real, actual. “Ko Paoa tenei kei Te Kari.” Ka mea ratou, “Ko Paoa tinana?” Ka mea ake ratou, “Ae” (T. 191).

4. ad. Actually, really. Ka kitea tinanatia taua mea e au.

5. In a mass, bodily. E takoto tinana ana.

Williams Dictionary

Kei te whakapakari tinana rātou ki te papa tākaro.
They are exercising at the playground.
Simple sentences: present tense with a verb - kei te

Kei te whakapakari tinana rāua ki te whare hākinakina.
Those two are exercising at the gym.
Simple sentences: present tense with a verb - kei te

Kei waenganui i te whare kori tinana me te toa kākahu.
It's between the gym and the clothing store.
In, on, by, under... - kei runga...

te hākinakina ka pakari te tinana.
Through exercise the body will get stronger.
Through (one thing/action), (a second thing) will be achieved. - Mā te... ka...; mā... e... ai

Kia wātea, kia māmā, te ngākau, te tinana, te wairua i te ara takatā.
To clear, to free the heart, the body and the spirit of humanity.
So that something can happen for someone else - kia

Kei te tino mamae tana tinana.
His body is very sore.

He tinana te rākau.
A trunk belonging to the tree.

Kua tino ora tōna tinana.
He is very fit.

Hei oranga o mātou tinana.
For our physical well being.

Me tiaki koe i tinana.
You should look after your body.

I haere ngā tamariki i runga i te tinana rākau.
The children walked along the tree trunk.

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