Results for 'ue'
Ue (i), n. The moon on the fourth day. = Oue, Ouenuku.
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Ue (ii). 1. v.t. Push, shove.
2. Shake. Ka uea e ia te pou o te whare.
3. Move a canoe with a paddle worked against the side, steer with a paddle. Uea to tatou waka ki waho.
4. Affect by an incantation, as in the following examples. Ka haere mai nga tangata ki te hakari ka uea e ratou nga kai o te hakari kia mate, kia hore atu.—Mehemea ka patua taku tamaiti e tetahi iwi nui, ka uea e ahau taua iwi kia haere.
5. n. An incantation recited upon the roof of a whare built for a kaihaukai, during the recitation of which the visitors endeavour to shake the poupou of the whare. ‖ J. vii, 130.
ueue, v.t. 1. Shake. Me he ru na ano e ueue ana i a tuawahine (T. 132).
2. Disturb, actually or metaphorically. E kore rawa e taea te ueue tenei mea, no te mea ka toru tekau ma toru nga tau o tenei rangatiratanga e tu ana ki o tatou motu (W.M. ix, 105).
3. Incite, impel.
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Ue (iii) (poetical) = aue. Ue! te raru, e (M. 35).
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Ue (iv), n. Nape of the neck. ‖ ua, porongaue.
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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.
ae, ai, ao, au, ei, eu, oi, ou, ue, ui
Thus, the word haere, for instance, consists of only two syllables: hae-re.
