Results for 'ua'
ua - to rain; rain
ūā, particle. 1. Used in expostulation. Kati ua haere mai ki konei (Don't, pray, come here any more). Kati ua tohetohe (Do not be so obstinate).
2. Used in a somewhat obscure construction, generally followed by a plural possessive, the sense apparently being that the fact related is in conformity with the circumstances. He aha koa, ua ana, te waiho ai hei hoa aroha mo tatou? (T. 12). E tika ana, ua au, haere ano i runga i ou mohiotanga (T. 15). Me pehea hoki koa, ua ana ? Ka koa ra, ka kite atu hoki i te whakahiangongo a tona ngakau (T. 165). Ka hoe, me te matakitaki ki te ngaru e haere ana i tona kainga, koia koa ua ana (describing a storm at sea) (W.M. x, 304). The obscurity of the expression is doubtless the reason for variety in orthography, and it is sometimes written u ana, etc. He maka hoki, u ana, kauraka e
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hoatu (Tr. vii, 39). Heoi ra, u a to koutou koroua, kua piataata te wai o nga kanohi (J. ii, 221).
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Ua (i), n. 1. Backbone. Kua tika te ua o te tangata ra ki te haere (T. 169).
2. Neck, back of the neck. Me he ua torea e whetoko i te akau (M. 151). Me he ua turuki nei te whekoi ana i te we moana (Referring to the way a young shag carries its neck) (M. 40). Kia ara te ua, hold your head up. Ko te ua kau i maranga (T. 101).
3. Thick twisted or plaited hem on the collar of a cloak.
uaua. 1. n. Sinew. Hohonu kaki, papaku uaua (P. 31).
2. Vein, artery.
3. Underground branches of kumara, on which the tubers are produced. E kore te pueru me te tarahau e kakahuria, kia uaua nui te kumara.
4. Firmness, resolution. E taea hoki te uaua kiore hei hoa-riri mo te paraoa? (T. 200).
5. a. Strenuous, vigorous, pertinacious. Ina ake ano i haere ai te rongo o tenei wahine, kaore he uaua (T. 197). Uaua tonu ia ki te ora mona.
6. Difficult. Koia i uaua nei te waka ki te hoe ki tenei motu (W. iii, 63).
whakauaua, v.t. 1. Be strenuous.
2. Be reluctant.
3. Be averse from.
Williams Dictionary
Ua (ii). 1. v.t. Rain. E ua, e te ua, ua mai i waho na (M. 73). Pass. uaina, be rained upon. Ka uaina koe ki te haere aianei.
2. n. Rain. Katahi ka karakiatia e ia ki te ua whatu, ki te ua ti, ki te ua ta, ki te ua patapata nunui (Pi. 175, 6). Ua whatu, hail.
Williams Dictionary
Ua (iii), ad. When. Ko reira koe kite ai, ua tae koe ki te kainga.
Williams Dictionary
Kei te heke iho mai nei te ua.
The rain is coming down.
Simple sentences: present tense with a verb - kei te
E ua ana ki waho.
It's raining outside.
Simple sentences: present tense - e... ana
E ua ana.
It is raining.
Simple sentences: present tense - e... ana
E ua ana te ua.
It is raining (lit: "the rain is raining").
Simple sentences: present tense - e... ana
Kua mākū katoa ngā tamariki i te ua.
The children are all wet from the rain.
Sentences with i - i
Kaua e haere ki waho, kei te ua.
Don't go outside, it's raining.
Be careful... lest! - kia... kei...
Titiro ai au ki te ua.
I always watch the rain.
Habitual action - ai
E kore e ua i te rangi nei, hei aha tō koti.
It's not going to rain today, never mind your coat.
Never mind the... No worries! - Hei aha te..., Kia ahatia!
Nā te ua tātou i kore ai e haere.
It was because of the rain that we didn't go.
Past agent emphatic - nā - agent emphatic
Kāore e roa ka mao te ua.
It won't be long and the rain will cease.
It won't be long before... - kāore e roa...; kāori i roa...
E whakamākūtia ana ngā kākahu e te ua.
The clothes are being drenched by the rain.
Passive sentences - tikina...
Kia mutu te ua, ka haere ai tāua.
When the rain stops, then we'll (us two) go.
*And then... - ...ka/kātahi... ai...
E mea ana au ki te hauhake i aku kūmara āpōpō. Heoi anō, ki te ua, ka waiho pea mō tērā wiki.
I'm intending to dig up my kūmara tomorrow. However, if it rains, I'll probably leave it ‘til next week.
Conjunctions - on the other hand, however - heoi anō
Kāore au e haere i te hekenga o te ua.
I won't go because of the falling rain.
Negations of the past and present tense (I was not working, I am not working) - Kāore... i te...
Kāore i te ua.
It is not raining.
Negations of the past and present tense (I was not working, I am not working) - Kāore... i te...
Ki te mutu te ua, ka haere ahau.
If it stops raining I will go.
Statives - mate, ngaro, mau...
Ka hokona e ua te koti rā mō te whā rau tāra.
She bought that coat for four hundred dollars.
Ka used to indicate the past - ka
He ua ake te nekehanga.
The shift was difficult.
Categorizing sentences - he
Mehemea ka ua āpōpō, kāore au e haere ki te mahi.
If it rains tomorrow, I won't go to work.
If (using mehemea) - mehemea, mehe, mēnā
Mehemea heke te ua, ka haere mātou ki te tāone.
If the rain falls, we will go to town.
If (using mehemea) - mehemea, mehe, mēnā
Ki te tīmata te ua, ka noho tātou ki te kāinga.
If the rain starts, we will stay home.
*If using ki - ki
Ki te ua āpōpō, ka noho tāua ki te kāinga, kei mākū.
If it rains tomorrow, we will stay home in case we get wet.
*If using ki - ki
Me hoki mai koutou inānanei, kei ua.
You should come back now in case it rains.
In case... - kei
Ka mao te ua, ka whiti mai te rā.
When the rain stops, the sun will shine.
When... - ka... ka; kia... ka
Ki te kore te ua e mao, ka mātakitaki kiriata tāua.
If the rain doesn't clear, we will watch movies.
If not... - ki te kore...
Nā te ua au i tōmuri ai.
Because of the rain, I am late.
For what reason? - nā te aha ai?
Ahakoa te ua, i haere ngā tamariki ki waho.
Despite the rain, the children went outside.
Ahakoa te ua, ka haere ngā tamariki ki waho.
Despite the rain, the children went outside.
I hoki maatou ki te kaainga, i te mea e ua ana
We returned home because it was raining
Me kia tere te kōwhaki i te kānga i mua o te ua, ka haere au.
If it is necessary to hurry the picking of the corn before the rain I will go.
I muri ka haere mai a Tāwhiri-mātea, te hau me te ua, ki te horoi i ngā parahanga katoa o te piri tahitanga, me kī, ngā puehu me ngā maramara kiri, kia mā te āhua o te rangi.
Afterwards Tāwhiri-mātea, the wind and the rain, stepped in to clean away all of the rubbish left in the confined space, everything created in the dark clinging together, the dust, the strips of skin, so the sky would be clean.
Naa te ua maatou i hoki ai ki te kaainga home
We returned home because of the rain
Ki te mutu te ua, e noho ana tātou.
If the rain stops we are staying.
E kore e ua i tēnei rā.
It isn't going to rain today.
Ka ua āpōpō.
It will rain tomorrow.
Kei te heke te ua ki Taupō.
The rain is falling in Taupō.
Ki te kore e mutu te ua ākuanei, ka hōhā ngā tamariki.
If it doesn't stop raining soon, the children will get bored.
E ua ana i Ākarana
It’s raining in Auckland
Nōna e unahi ana i ngā ika ka tīmata ki te ua.
While he was scaling the fish it began to rain.
Kia ua, ka oma ai a Mere ki waho ki te tiki i ngā kākahu.
Whenever it rains, Mere runs outside to get the clothes.
Kia ua, ka oma a Mere ki waho ki te tiki i ngā kākahu.
Whenever it rains, Mere runs outside to get the clothes.
Kia mutu rā anō te ua, ka haere tāua.
Only when the rain stops will we go. / We won't go until the rain stops.
Nā te ua tae tōmuri ai ahau i ngā rā katoa.
It is because of the rain that I am late every day.
E ua ana
It is raining
Ka mutu te ua, ka haere tāua.
When the rain stops, we'll go. / If the rain stop, then we'll go.
Kia mutu te ua, ka haere ngā tamariki ki waho tākaro ai.
When the rain stops, the children will go outside to play.
Nā te ua ngā tamariki i māku ai
It was because of the rain that the children got wet
Titiro ai au ki te ua.
I always watch the rain. (Māori Dictionary)
Ehara nā te ua ngā tamariki i māku ai
It was not because of the rain that the children got wet (but because of something else)
Kia mutu te ua, ka haere ngā tamariki ki waho.
When the rain stops, the children will go outside.
Ki te ua āpōpō, ka noho au ki te kāinga.
If it rains tomorrow, I shall stay home.
Kei te heke te ua.
The rain is falling.
Nā te ua te tāne i mākū ai.
Because of the rain, the man got wet.
I te mutunga o te ua, ka haere mātou ki Kaipara.
When the rain ended we went to Kaipara.
Nā te ua ngā tamariki i māku ai.
The rain was the reason the children got wet.
Nā te ua ngā tamariki e māku nei.
The rain is the reason the children are getting wet.
Mā te ua ngā tamariki e māku ai.
The rain is the reason the children will get wet.
Kua kākāriki → te karaehe → i te nui o te ua.
The grass is green from all the rain.
Nā te ua ngā tamariki e māku ai.
The rain is the reason the children are getting wet.
Mā te ua ngā tamariki e mākū ai.
It is because of the rain that children will be wet.
I hoki mātou ki te kāinga, i te mea e ua ana.
We returned home because it was raining.
I te mea ehara i te iwi hāpai rākau ki te riri, kore rawa i ara te ua i te putanga mai o Rere-ao mā.
Because they were not a people to bear weapons in battle, they did not raise their heads when Rere-ao and company appeared.
Nā te ua mātou i hoki ai ki te kāinga.
We returned home because of the rain.
He ua te rangi, nō reira ka noho au ki te kāinga.
It’s raining, so I will stay home.
Me hinga te ua, ka haere mātou ki te tāone.
If the rain falls, we will go to town.
Nā te ua mātou i noho ai ki te kāinga
We stayed home because of the rain, It was because of the rain that we stayed home
ae, ai, ao, au, ea, ei, eo, eu, ia, ie, io, iu, oa, oe, oi, ou, ua, ue, ui
Most of these vowel-pairs are spoken as two syllables, each vowel being pronounced as a single syllable, thus: i-a, i-e, u-i and so on.
Nā te ua rātou i hoki mai ai
Because of the rain they came back
Kei te ua!
It's raining!
Kia mutu te ua, ka haere ai tāua.
When the rain stops, then we'll go.
Kātahi te ua kaha!
What heavy rain!
I noho au ki te kāinga nā te mea he ua.
I stayed home because of the rain.
Nā te ua i noho *ai* au ki te kāinga.
It was because of the rain that I stayed home.
Nā te ua mātou i noho ai ki te kāinga.
It was because of the rain that we stayed home.
Nā te ua mātou i kore ai e purei tēnehi.
It was because of the rain that we didn’t play tennis.
Kei te āwangawanga au kei ua āpōpō
I'm worried it might rain tomorrow
Kei te āwangawanga au kei ua āpōpō.
I’m worried it might rain tomorrow.
Ka here te ua.
The rain will fall.
Kua kākāriki te karaehe i te nui o te ua.
The grass has become green from all the rain.
E kore e ua i te rangi nei, hei aha tō koti.
It's not going to rain today, never mind your coat.
Me i kore te ua i nanahi, kua haere mātau ki te mātakitaki whutupōro
If it hadn’t rained yesterday, we’d have gone to watch football
Nā te mea e ua ana, ka noho mātou ki roto.
Because it is raining, we are staying inside.
Nā te ua ō tātou kākahu i whakamākū.
It was the rain that wet our clothes.
Nā te ua tātou i kore ai e haere
It was because of the rain that we didn’t go
Ahakoa te ua, ka mahi tonu.
Regardless of the rain, work continued. — 3592
