Results for 'tōtara'
Tōtara, n. 1. Podocarpus totara, a forest tree. Ka kitea e ia te totara, ka keria (T. 90). Used figuratively for a canoe. Ko te totara ka paea noatia ki te awa, ki Waihou (M. cxi). And for a chief. Ka ngaro hoki ra, e, nga totara whakahi o te wao (M. 416). Totara kiri kotukutuku, Libocedrus plumosa, a tree.
2. Leucopogon fraseri, a plant. Called also totara papa, totara parrae, totara tahuna.
3. Polytrichum sp., a moss.
4. Other plants. Aka totara, a climbing plant.
5. A fine-grained reddish sandstone used for grinding stone implements.
Williams Dictionary
Ehara tērā rākau i te tōtara, he rimu kē.
That is not a tōtara, it's actually a rimu.
Negations of identity sentences - ehara...
Ehara tērā rākau i te tōtara.
That tree is not a tōtara.
Negations of identity sentences - ehara...
I pou māua i ētahi rākau māori: he tōtara, he tarata, he kōwhai hoki.
We planted some native trees: tōtara, tarata and kōwhai.
Simple sentences: past tense - i
Kei raro te ngeru i te tōtara.
The cat is under the tōtara tree.
In, on, by, under... - kei runga...
Kua hinga te totara o te wao nui o Tāne.
The totara of Tāne's great forest has fallen.
Possessives - 'o' class - ō, tōku...
He tōtara tērā rākau.
That tree is a tōtara.
That (over there) - tērā
Me tū teitei koe pērā i te tōtara.
You should stand tall like the tātara tree.
Like this, like that - pēnei, pēna, pēra
Kua hinga te tōtara i te tangata.
The tōtara has fallen due to the man.
Statives with 'i' - i a, i te, i ngā
Kua hinga te totara i te wao nui a Tāne.
Someone of great importance has passed away.
Anei tētahi rākau nui. He tōtara tēnei.
Here's a mighty tree. It's a tōtara.
He tōtara wāhi rua, he kai nā te ahi.
A tÅtara split in two is food for the fire.
