Results for 'uri'
uri - descendant, offspring
Uri (i), n. 1. Offspring, descendant. Kaore o Whakataupotiki uri, engari ko to muri iho i whai uri (T. 44). I kite ake ano nga uri nei i nga iwi (T. 77).
2. Relative, blood connection. Ko wai tona uri i haere ai ia ki reira?
3. Race. I mohiotia ai he uri makutu, no te tikanga iho a ona tupuna (T. 174). Kahore he uri tangata (There was none of the human race).
Williams Dictionary
Uri (ii), uriuri, a. Dark, deep in colour, dark-green, etc. Frequently used in compound words in contrast with tea. E uri ana te tupu. Moana uri moana uriuri, deep-green sea. Ka ea to ika, he haku no te moana uri (M. 10). Ka tu ki te moana uriuri (T. 85).
uri, n. 1. A dark-coloured hard stone used for making implements. Nana i homai ko te toki uri (M.M. 10).
2. An adze of such stone. A rokohina Puhou e tarai ana ki te uri (W. iii, 106).
uriuri. 1. a. Short, in time or distance; used as in following example. Kihai i uriuri ka haere mai.
2. n. A messenger passing between two parties to convey intelligence, or a neutral visiting indifferently two hostile camps.
Williams Dictionary
uri, n. 1. A dark-coloured hard stone used for making implements. Nana i homai ko te toki uri (M.M. 10).
2. An adze of such stone. A rokohina Puhou e tarai ana ki te uri (W. iii, 106).
Williams Dictionary
Kei hea ngā uri o Te Rangihiroa? Kāore ōna uri.
Where are the descendants of Te Rangihiroa? He had none.
Possessives - 'o' class - ō, tōku...
He uri au nō Ngāti Raukawa.
I'm a descendant of Ngāti Raukawa.
Kātahi anō ka uri ki a koutou, ki a koutou e ngā tauhira. Tēnei nā he mihi whakatau. Nau mai, piki mai, kake mai ki tō tātou kaupapa o te pōkaitahi reo.
Now I turn to you, to you the esteemed ones. This is a welcoming greeting. Welcome, come forward, step up into our shared kaupapa of unity in language.
He uri nō Ngāti Maniapoto, Rereahu, Te Rarawa ki tōku pāpā taha; ko tōku māmā taha nō Tūhoe, nō Te Whānau-ā-Apanui hoki.
I am a descendant of Ngāti Maniapoto, Rereahu, and Te Rarawa on my father’s side; and on my mother’s side, I am from Tūhoe and also Te Whānau-ā-Apanui.
He uri a ia nō Tā Apirana Ngata.
He is a descendant of Apirana Ngata.
Ka whakatika tētahi anō o ngā uri ariki, ka tū hei kaituki mō te waka rā.
Another young chief arose and stood as chanter for that canoe.
Keo tōu kāinga pea te ngahau nā te tini o te uri ariki.
Perhaps at your home the young chiefs dance.
