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.
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 te mahi
The job is hard.
