Results for 'tuākana'
tuakana - older sibling of the same sex
tuākana - older brothers of a male; older sisters of a female
Tuakana (pl. tuākana), n. 1. Elder brother of a male. E rua tahi nga take i tupu ai te kino a ona tuakana ki a Tutanekai (T. 135).
2. Elder sister of a female. Ka haha te tuakana o te wahine nei (T. 139).
3. Cousin of the same sex in an elder branch of the family.
Williams Dictionary
Ko wai te tuakana o Ari?
Who is the older sibling (same gender) of Ari?
Asking who - Ko wai...?
He rite ia ki tōna tuakana.
She is just like her elder sister.
This is just like that - he rite tonu
Nā wai i kī e mārena ana tō tuakana?
Who said your brother's getting married?
Past agent emphatic - nā - agent emphatic
Kāore i roa ka hōhā ngā tuākana ki ngā teina.
Before long the older kids were over the younger ones.
It won't be long before... - kāore e roa...; kāori i roa...
Kei waenganui a Tūrehu i ana tuākana.
Tūrehu is between her older sisters.
In, on, by, under... - kei runga...
Ko Miakei te akomanga o Tau 7, ko te teina kei te akomanga o raro iho, ko te tuakana kei tō runga ake.
Mia is in the Year 7 class, her younger sister is in the class beneath that, and her older sister is in the class above.
Above, underneath, outside of - runga ake, raro iho, waho atu, roto atu
Tērā pea ko Pita kē te tuakana.
Perhaps Pita is the tuakana.
Perhaps, quite possibly - Tērā pea, tērā tonu pea
Kāore ōna tuākana.
She doesn't have any older siblings.
Family relationships - older sibling of the same sex - tuakana
Tokorima. Ko aku mātua, mātou ko taku tuakana, ko taku tungane.
Five. My parents, (me) and my older sister and my brother.
Family relationships - older sibling of the same sex - tuakana
Ko Joseph te tuakana o Isaac.
Joseph is the elder sibling (of the same gender) of Isaac.
Family relationships - older sibling of the same sex - tuakana
Ko Margaret te tuakana o Fran.
Margaret is the elder sibling (of the same gender) of Fran.
Family relationships - older sibling of the same sex - tuakana
Ko Elizabeth te tuakana o Fran.
Elizabeth is the elder sibling (of the same gender) of Fran.
Family relationships - older sibling of the same sex - tuakana
Ko Aidan te tuakana o Liam.
Aidan is the elder sibling (of the same gender) of Liam.
Family relationships - older sibling of the same sex - tuakana
Ko Aidan te tuakana o Kaia.
Aidan is the elder sibling (of the same gender) of Kaia.
Family relationships - older sibling of the same sex - tuakana
Kāore ō tuākana?
Do you not have an older sibling?
Family relationships - older sibling of the same sex - tuakana
E hia te pakeke o tō tuakana?
How old is your older brother?
Family relationships - older sibling of the same sex - tuakana
Kua tūtaki koe ki taku tuakana?
Have you met my brother?
Family relationships - older sibling of the same sex - tuakana
Ko Niko te tuakana o Manu.
Niko is the older brother of Manu.
Family relationships - older sibling of the same sex - tuakana
Ko Kauri tōku tuakana.
Kauri is my older sister. (spoken by a female)
Family relationships - older sibling of the same sex - tuakana
Ko ia tōku tuakana.
He is my older brother / she is my older sister.
Family relationships - older sibling of the same sex - tuakana
Ko Teremoana rāua ko Tania ōku tuakana.
Teremoana and Tania are my older sisters.
Family relationships - older sibling of the same sex - tuakana
Ko ia te tuakana o taku pāpā, arā taku matua kēkē.
He's my dad's older brother, that is my uncle.
Family relationships - older sibling of the same sex - tuakana
Kāore ōku tuākana.
I don't have any older siblings.
Family relationships - older sibling of the same sex - tuakana
He tuakana tōu?
Do you have an older sibling?
Family relationships - older sibling of the same sex - tuakana
Āe, he tuakana tōku, ko Ari tōna ingoa.
Yes, I do have an older sibling, his name is Ari.
Family relationships - older sibling of the same sex - tuakana
Āe, he tuākana ōku, ko Pāora, ko Taika ō rāua ingoa.
Yes, I do have older siblings, their names are Pāora and Taika.
Family relationships - older sibling of the same sex - tuakana
Āe, he tuākana ōku, ko Tame, ko Rangi, ko Nikau ō rātou ingoa.
Yes, I do have older siblings, their names are Tame, Rangi and Nikau.
Family relationships - older sibling of the same sex - tuakana
Ko Margaret tōku tuakana.
Margaret is my older sister.
Family relationships - older sibling of the same sex - tuakana
Tokoono mātou, ko ōku mātua, me ōku tuākana.
There are six of us, my parents and my older sisters.
Family relationships - older sibling of the same sex - tuakana
Ko Rāwiri tōku tuakana.
Rāwiri is my older sibling.
Family relationships - older sibling of the same sex - tuakana
Ehara rānei a Paerau i te tuakana ōna?
Is not Paerau an elder brother of his?
He aha ngā mahi e meatia ai e tōu tuakana?
What are the jobs that will be done by your brother?
Ka mea atu a Horowhenua ki ōona tuākana, ‘Ki te purutia atu tō tātou matua, hōhoro mai, kia tikina atu.
Horowhenua said to his older brothers, ‘If our father is detained hurry back so that he may be fetched.
He tuakana ia.
He is an older brother of a boy
I a ia e haere atu ana, ka kitea mai e ōna tuākana.
As he was going, he was seen by his older brothers.
= Ehara rānei a Paerau i te tuakana ōna?
Will you not both fall together into the water?
I whakaoho ahau i tōku tuakana.
I woke my brother.
Kei te hiahia ahau kia hoki mai tōku tuakana =
I wish that my elder brother would come back.
Kua haere ati tōku tēina ki te whare o ōku tuākana.
My younger brother has gone to the house of my older brothers.
Kei te hiahia ahau kia hoki mai tōku tuakana.
I wish that my elder brother would come back.
Ki te riri ki tōu tuākana.
To fight your big brother.
He rite tonu tāku kitā ki tā tōku tuakana.
My guitar is just like my older sibling's.
Ko wai ōu tuākana?
Who are your older siblings?
Ko Riki te tuakana o Bruce
Riki is Bruce’s older brother
Ko Andrea te tuakana o Moana
Andrea is Moana’s older sister
He tuakana koe nōku.
You are a senior relative of mine.
Ko ngā tuākana, kāore e mate te kai
As for his elder brothers, the food would not die (i.e., they could catch no birds)
Ka mea a Tāne kia haere ki te tiro atu ki ōna tuākana e noho ana i runga o ngā rangi.
Tāne decided that he would go to see his older brothers who were living above the heavens.
Ko Paora tōku tuakana whakaangi.
Paora is my step brother.
Ka kī mai ia kei Tauranga tōna tuakana.
He said that his brother is at Tauranga.
Kua mahue tōku tuakana.
My brother has been left behind.
Ka haere a Ruatapu rātou.ko āna tuākana ki.te tārai waka.
Ruatapu and his brothers went to adze out a canoe.
Ka auē ōna tuākana i te mataku.
His elder brothers cried out in fear.
Tokorua ōku tuākana.
I have two older sisters.
Taihoa kia tae mai ōku tuākana.
Wait until my older brothers come along.
Taihoa kia tae mai taku tuākana.
Wait until my older brother comes along.
Kā tae mai ki a ia te hiahia kia kite i ōna tuākana.
The desire to see his older brothers came to him.
Ehara rānei koe i tōna tuakana?
Are you not his brother?
