Results for 'tohunga'
tohunga - expert, priest
Tohunga. ‖ tohu (i).
Williams Dictionary
Ko ngā tohunga nāna te waka i tārai.
The experts who carved the canoe.
Identity sentences - ko...
Ehara ngā tēina i te tohunga whakairo.
The younger ones are not master carvers.
Negations of identity sentences - ehara...
Tokotoru ngā tohunga e hauhau ana i ngā waka nei.
There were three experts hewing these canoes.
Sentences with a subclause - e... ana
Ka whāngaitioa ringaringatia hoki a Ruataupare e tētahi tohunga.
Ruataupere was also fed by hand by a tohunga.
Passive sentences - tikina...
Ka whāngaitia ringaringatia hoki a Ruataupare e tētehai tohunga.
Ruataupare was also fed by hand by a tohunga.
Passive sentences - tikina...
Kainga i waho, ke whakaritea he tohunga hei whāngai mō Tū-whakairi-ora.
They ate out of doors, and a tohunga was appointed to feed Tū-whakairi-ora.
For the purpose of - hei
He tohunga whakairo ngā tēina.
The younger ones are master carvers.
Family relationships - younger sibling of the same sex - teina
Māu e tohutohu ki te tohunga ō mate, ka ngau ai te tohunga i ō atua e ngau ana i tō kiri, te mamae i tō tinana.
You must indicate your ills to the tohunga, then the tohunga will devour your spirits that are devouring your skin, paining your body.
Mā tēnei mahi au e kīia ai koe he tohunga.
By (through) this work of yours you will be called an expert.
= Ehara i te mea he tohunga ia ki tēnei mahi.
This idiomatic form looks the same as the previous one, but ‘mā’ or ‘ngā’ is not included.
Kawea ana ia ki roto ki te whare o te tohunga.
He was carried into the house of the priest.
Ko koe te tohunga, māna e hanga te whare.
You are the expert who will build the house.
Ko te tohunga o Te Arawa waka, ko Ngātoroirangi =
As for the priest of (the) Te Arawa canoe, it was Ngātoroirangi
Ko Hone te tohunga kutikuti pātītī.
Hone is the expert at mowing the lawns.
Kua hangaia te marae e ngā tohunga.
The marae has been built by the experts.
Kua hanga ngā tohunga i te marae.
The experts have built the marae.
He mea hanga te whare e ngā tohunga.
The house was built by the experts.
He tohunga a Kupe.
Kupe was an expert.
Anania tohunga nui
Anania (the) chief priest
I rapu ngā tohunga nui i te kōrero mo Ihu e whakamatea ai.
The chief priests sought a statement concerning Jesus (thereby/by which) to cause his being put to death.
Kua haere te tohunga.
The young person left.
He tohunga katoa ki ā rātou kaupapa ngā kaiako o tēnei whare wānanga.
The teachers at this university are all experts at their subject.
Ehara i te mea he tohunga ia ki tēnei mahi.
It is not as if he were an expert at this work.
He tino tohunga tēnei ki te patu i te tangata mā te mākutu.
He was very expert at killing people with black magic.
Ka tupu te raruraru i waenganui i ngā tohunga nei, i a Nukutawhiti rāua ko Ruanui.
Trouble arose between these two experts, Nukutawhiti and Ruanui.
Ka haria ki tētahi tohunga te pounamu e tāhaetia i te whare nui.
The greenstone which was stolen from the meeting house was taken to a tohunga.
He tohunga whakairo te teina.
The younger one is a master carver.
Ehara te teina i te tohunga whakairo.
The younger one is not a master carver.
He tohunga whakairo ngā teina.
The younger ones are master carvers.
Ehara ngā teina i te tohunga whakairo.
The younger ones are not master carvers.
(Nā ngā tohunga te waka i tārāi
The experts carved the canoe
Ko Raka-tāura te tohunga whakahaere i te mahi.
Raka-tāura was the overseer of the work.
He tohunga mātou ki te hanga waka
We are expert canoe builders
I ngā pō i tika ai ka karakia te tohunga.
On the nights on which (it) was proper the tohunga prayed.
Ka whāngaitia ringaringatia hoki a Ruataupare e tētahi tohunga.
Ruataupare was also fed by hand by a tohunga.
He tohunga whakairo te teaina.
The younger one is a master carver.
Ko koe te tohunga māna e hanga te whare.
You are the expert who will build the house.
