Results for 'tūranga'
tūranga - stopping place (as in: tūranga pahi bus stop; tū + nominal suffix -ranga)
tūranga - stand, position, foundation
Tūranga (i), tūrangaranga, a. 1. In disorder.
2. Perplexed.
3. Fatigued.
‖ tirangaranga, tungarangara.
Williams Dictionary
Tūranga (ii). ‖ tū (iii), (v).
Williams Dictionary
turanga (less often tunga). n. 1. Circumstance, time. etc., of standing. Turanga mua; turanga tika; turanga muri, turanga he (P.). Turanga tohu, war dance. Tera pea koe kei nga turanga tohu (M. 332). Turanga whanau, relationship of cousins.
2. Site, foundation.
Williams Dictionary
He tūranga motuhake tō te reo Māori i waenganui i ngā reo e kōrerotia ana i Aotearoa nei.
Māori has a special position amongst the languages spoken here in Aotearoa.
Passive sentences - tikina...
Ko Ngāmotu te taone pai, engari ko Tūranga te taone mahana.
New Plymouth is the great city, but Gisborne is the warm city.
Conjunctions - but - engari
Kua whakawātea tō mātou rangatira i tōna tūranga.
Our boss has returned from his position.
Possessives - 'o' class - ō, tōku...
Ā, me te kāhui a Riki, koutou e noho nā ki runga i te āhuru wā tapu ki Tūranga Waiowai, Ngāruawāhia. Ā, rire, rire hau, pai mā rātou.
And to the group of Riki, you who are staying within the shelter of this sacred time at Tūranga Waiowai, Ngāruawāhia. Alas, sighs and heavy breaths—may things be well for them.
