Results for 'tuanui'
tuanui - roof
Tuanui (i), n. 1. Roof of a house. Ka puta ki runga o te tuanui o te whare tu ai (T. 72).
2. Bark of male tree of totara.
Williams Dictionary
Tuanui (ii), a. Harsh, overbearing. Tuanui noa atu to kupu ki tou tuakana.
whakatuanui, v.i. Be overbearing or arrogant, bluster.
Williams Dictionary
Kua kī te pākete i raro i te turuturu i te tuanui.
The bucket under the hole in the roof is full.
Statives with 'i' - i a, i te, i ngā
He whero te tuanui o taua whare.
The roof of that house is red.
Ehara te tuanui o taua whare i te whero.
The roof of that house is not red.
Ko tēnei te tekoteko mō runga i te tuanui o te whare rūnanga.
This is the carved figure intended for the roof of the meeting house.
Kei whea te tuanui?
Where is the roof?
He whero ngā pātū, me te tuanui anō hoki.
The walls are red and the ceiling is too.
Kei runga te manu i te tuanui o te whare.
The bird is on the roof of the house.
I runga te manu i te tuanui o te whare.
The bird was on the roof of the house.
Kāore te manu i runga i te tuanui o te whare.
The bird is not, or was not, on the roof of the house.
Kei runga te manu i te tuanui o te whare
...to this (you are swapping te manu and kei runga)
Kāore te manu i runga i te tuanui o te whare
The bird was/is not on the roof of the house
