Results for 'uaua'
uaua - difficult (adj); muscle, vein, artery (n)
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).
Williams Dictionary
Ehara tēnei i te mahi uaua.
This is not a difficult task.
Negations of identity sentences - ehara...
Kua riro te mahi uaua i a au.
The hard work has been received by me.
Simple sentences: past completed tense - kua
Nāu te mahi uaua i mahi.
You did the hard work.
Past agent emphatic - nā - agent emphatic
Kei te hōhā ahau i te mea he uaua tēnei mahi.
I am bored because this work is too hard.
Conjunctions - but - engari
He uaua tēnei mahi nō reira kei te pōuri ahau.
This work is hard, therefore I am sad.
Therefore - nā reira, nō reira
Hei tā Michale Naera, heamana o Te Mana Hauora, he uaua ki ētahi tūroro Māori te mārama ki ngā rerenga kōrero hauora reo pākeha, ā, ka māmā ake me he Māori te reo.
Te Mana Hauora chair Michael Naera said Māori patients struggled with English medical terms and would find it easier if they were in Māori.
Conjunctions - and - ā
He uaua rawa.
It's too hard.
He uaua te moe i ngā pō wera.
It's hard to sleep on hot nights.
Ā, he uaua te whakamātautau.
Um, the exam was hard.
Ko tēnei manu, ko te kōtuku, me uaua kē ka kitea (Kāretu 1974:51)
This bird, the white heron, is very rarely seen
He uaua te pānui i tēnei tuhinga
This essay is hard to read
He uaua te ako i te reo Hapanihi
The learning of Japanese is hard
He uaua ki te noho ki runga i tētahi i te tuatahi nā te puku o runga i te tuarā (Pōtatau 1991:58)
It is difficult to sit on one at first because of the hump on its back
He uaua tēnei.
This is hard.
He uaua ake te mahi i tāna i whakaaro ai
The job was harder than he had thought,
He uaua tēnei mahi, nō reira kei te pōuri ahau.
This work is hard, therefore I am sad.
He uaua te mahi
The job is hard.
He uaua te mahi.
The job is hard.
E kore e oti tēnei mahi i te rā kotahi, he pēra rawa te uaua.
This job is too difficult to finish in one day.
Kātahi te mahi uaua!
What a hard job!
Ka taea e au tēnei mahi uaua.
I shall carry out this difficult work.
He uaua ake te mahi i tāna i whakaaro ai.
The job was harder than he had thought.
He uaua te whai i tēnei kauhau.
Following this lecture is difficult.
He uaua tēnei kauhau ki te whai.
This lecture is difficult to follow.
Heoi anō, he uaua te mahi nei.
However, this task is difficult.
