On-line Te Reo Māori Dictionary

Ko Mia te wahine a Tawa.
Mia is the wife of Tawa.
Identity sentences - ko...

Ko wai te ingoa o tērā wahine?
What's the name of that woman?
Asking who - Ko wai...?

Ehara ia i te wahine atamai.
She is not a clever woman.
Negations of identity sentences - ehara...

Ehara tērā wahine i te kaiako.
That woman isn't a teacher.
Negations of identity sentences - ehara...

E haere ana ngā wāhine ki te toa.
The women are going to the shop.
Simple sentences: present tense - e... ana

E kōrero ana te wahine i te karakia.
The woman is speaking the prayer.
Simple sentences: present tense - e... ana

I noho ngā wāhine ki te marae.
The women stayed at the marae.
Simple sentences: past tense - i

I haere a Hori ki te kanikani ki te kimi hoa wahine.
Hori went to the dance to look for a girlfriend.
Simple sentences: past tense - i

I te kōrero ngā wahine.
The women were talking.
Simple sentences: past tense - i te

Me haere ngā wāhine ki mua.
The women should go to the front.
Simple sentences: you should - me

He makawe whero te wahine e waiata ana.
The woman singing has red hair.
Sentences with a subclause - e... ana

He makawe pākākā ō te wahine e waiata ana.
The woman singing has brown hair.
Sentences with a subclause - e... ana

Noho ai ngā wāhine ki konei.
The always women sit here.
Habitual action - ai

Nā te wahine anake tērā mahi.
That task is done by woman alone.
Past agent emphatic - nā - agent emphatic

Kei te karangatia te ope e te wahine.
The group is being called by the woman.
Passive sentences - tikina...

Kua pāngia taua wahine e te mate.
That woman has been touched by sickness.
Passive sentences - tikina...

E kōrerotia ana te karakia e te wahine.
The prayer is being spoken by the woman.
Passive sentences - tikina...

Muri iho ka whakaarahia e ia ōna hoa koroheke o roto i te whare ki te mātakitaki ki te ātaahuatanga o tana wahine.
Afterwars, his old cronies in the house were roused by him to gaze at the beauty of his wife.
Passive sentences - tikina...

E kiriweta wāhine ana ia.
He hates women.
Gerund phrases (fence building, bread baking, dishes washing...) - tunu parāoa...

He wahine pai a Ani. He kakama, he pukumahi, ka mutu he ngākau māhaki.
Ani is a good woman. She's clever, hardworking, and also/moreover she is gentle-hearted.
And also, moreover - ...ka mutu

Kāore anō ngā wāhine kia pōwhiri atu ki ngā manuhiri.
The women have not yet welcomed the guests.
Negations of kua (I haven't yet...) - Kāore ano... kia...

Kei te pōuri ngā wāhine.
The women are sad.
Simple sentences - present tense with an adjective - kei te

Kāore ngā wāhine i te pōuri.
The women are not sad.
Negations of the past and present tense (I was not working, I am not working) - Kāore... i te...

Kāore ngā wāhine i noho ki te marae.
The women did not stay at the marae.
Negations of the past tense - Kāore... i...

Ka tū mai tētahi o aua wāhine rā.
One of those women stood up.
Ka used to indicate the past - ka

Ka tū atu anō he wahine.
Another woman stood up.
Ka used to indicate the past - ka

Ka kite atu ngā tāne o tēnei i ngā wāhine o tērā.
The men of this [tribe] saw the women of that [tribe].
Ka used to indicate the past - ka

Ka whakatika aua wāhine nei, ka whai atu i taua tokotoru.
Those women stood up and followed those three.
Ka used to indicate the past - ka

Ka tū mai tētahi wahine anō me te mere pounamu i te ringa.
Another woman stood and came forward with a greenstone mere in her hand.
Ka used to indicate the past - ka

He wahine atamai ia.
She is a clever woman.
Categorizing sentences - he

He wahine tino mōhio a Rongomai ki te hoahoa i te takoto o te whenua.
Rongomai is a woman very knowledgeable in designing the layout of the land.
Categorizing sentences - he

Kāore ngā wāhine e haere ana ki te toa.
The women are not going to the shop.
Negations of e... ana... sentences - kāore... e... ana...

He tāokete ia no tāku wāhine.
He is a brother-in-law of my wife.
Possessives - 'o' class - ō, tōku...

Ko Kauri te hoa wahine o Tame.
Kauri is the wife of Tame.
Possessives - 'o' class - ō, tōku...

Kāore ōku tungāne, he wāhine katoa mātou ngā tamariki.
I don't have any brothers, all of the children are female.
I have no... - Kāore aku...

He wahine tāku.
I have a wife.
Do you have any...? - He... ?

He kaiako tērā wahine.
That woman is a teacher.
That (over there) - tērā

Te ātaahua hoki o tērā wahine!
How beautiful that woman is!
That (over there) - tērā

Kua tūtaki au ki a Ari rāua ko tana hoa wahine, ko Rina.
I have met Ari and his girlfriend, Rina.
Talking about more than one person - ...rāua ko..., rātou ko...

He wahine kaha ki te mahi a Rāhera.
Rāhera is a woman strong in work.
The article - te, ngā, he

He pūrotu te wahine.
The woman is pretty.
The article - te, ngā, he

He pūrotu ngā wāhine.
The women are pretty.
The article - te, ngā, he

He wahine tūai a Mere.
Mere is skinny.
The article - te, ngā, he

He kaha ngā wāhine o tō tātou iwi.
The woman of our tribe are stong.
The article - te, ngā, he

Kei konei ngā wāhine.
The women are over here.
The article - te, ngā, he

Hei te taha o te motokā te wahine.
The woman will be by the car.
Future locative - hei

Kāore te wahine hei te taha o te motokā.
The woman will not be by the car.
Negating future locatives - Kāore... hei...

E taea rānei e te wahine te tahitahi?
Will the woman manage to do the sweeping?

Kāore te wahine → e tino pōuri → i a Te Maru.
The woman is not very sad because of Te Maru.

Tino tere te whatu a ngā wāhine i ngā kete kūmera.
The women very quickly plaited the kumera baskets.

Kotahi te wahine pai rawa o tēnei ope.
There is one really beautiful woman in this group.

Ka haere a Hōhepa ki Hiruhārama kia tuhituhia ai rāua ko tāna wahine ko Mere.
Joseph set out for Jerusalem in order that he and his wife Mere might be registered (written down).

Te tini o te tangata i tae ake, tāne mai, wāhine māi.
A huge crowd turned up, men and women.

Ka mīharo rātou ki te ātaahua o te wahine patupaiarehe.
They were astonished at the beauty of the fairy woman.

E kiriweti wahine ana ia.
He hates that woman.

He wahine te hēkeretari.
The secretary is a woman.

He wāhine ngā hēkeretari.
The secretaries are women.

Ko ētahi o rātou, ko ngā rōpā me ngā wāhine i kata.
Some of them, the slaves and the women, laughed.

Nā tētahi atu wahine tēnā kete.
That basket belongs to another woman.

Kāore anō ngā wāhine kia kōrero.
The women have not yet spoken.

Ko te teina ia he wahine āhua pai, nō reira i riro ai te tāne i a ia.
The younger sister was a beautiful woman, and so she took the man as a husband.

Kei te waiata te wahine.
The woman is singing.

Kua kai te wahine.
The woman has eaten.

I te waiata te wahine.
The woman was singing.

I kai te wahine.
The woman ate.

He wahine marae.
A woman with the knowledge of a marae who is active in her community.

E waiata ana te wahine.
The woman is singing.

E kai ana te wahine.
The woman is eating.

Kei te whakarongo au ki te wahine e waiata ana.
I am listening to the woman who is singing.

Ka kai te wahine.
The woman will eat, eats, or ate, according to context.

Me kai te wahine.
The woman had better eat.

I kau mai te wahine nei i ngā ahiahi katoa.
This woman swam here every evening.

Ki ngā marae o Ngāti Kahungunu, o Ngāti Porou ka whakaaetia te wahine, nō te mea he rite tonu te mana o te wahine ki tō te tāne (Pōtatau 1991:77)
On Ngāti Kahungunu and Ngāti Porou marae, women are allowed (to stand to speak), because the mana of women is the same as that of men

Kei te mahi ngā wāhine ki konei
The women are working here.

E kīia mai ana, ‘Nō hea tēnei wahine?
Where does this woman come from?

He wahine mōhio.
A knowledgeable woman.

E moe ana te wahine.
The woman is sleeping.

He tāokete ia nō tāku wahine.
He is a brother-in-law of my wife.

E whakamoe ana te wahine i te pēpi.
The woman is putting the baby to sleep.

Heoi anō kāore ngā tungāne o Puhiwahine i pai ki te whaiāipotanga o te wahine nei ki tana whanaunga, nā reira ka tikina mai e rātau tō rātau tuahine, ka whakahokia ki roto o Ngāti Tuwharetoa.
Well Puhiwahine’s brothers did not approve of this woman's affair with her relative, so they fetched their sister, and returned her to Ngāti Tuwharetoa.

I te whakamoe te wahine i tana pēpi.
The woman was putting her baby to sleep.

I kite au i ētahi wāhine tokotoru i mua i te wharenui e tū ana.
I saw three women standing in front of the meeting house.

Nōho ai ngā wāhine ki konei
The women sit here, this is the place where the women always/habitually/usually sit

Ko Pani te hoa wahine o Hata.
Pani is the wife of Hata.

Kāore te wahine i aroha ki te tāne.
The woman did not love the man.

Kāhore taua wahine i kite i te hiku o te taniwha.
That woman did not see the monster’s tail.

He wahine mōhio
a knowledgeable woman.

Ka tino pōuri te wahine i a Tame.
The woman is very sad because of Tame.

Nō koutou e hari ana i te tangi ka hemo atu te wahine a te kaumātua.
While you were holding the funeral ceremonies the old man’s wife died.

Kāore ngā wāhine i kōrero.
The women did not speak.

I patua ia e tērā wahine kūware
She was hit by that ignorant woman

Kōrero ki tērā wahine e whakamau ana i tōku pōtae.
Speak to that woman wearing my hat.

Nā Rewi i mahue ai te wahine.
Rewi abandoned the woman.

Wero atu ai te wahine rā ki ōna ngutu.
That woman always speared with her lips.

Kei te kōrero ngā wāhine.
The women are talking.

Ka haere te wahine ki te tāone
the woman goes to town

No Te Wai Pounamu tōu tipuna wahine.
Your grandmother is from the South Island.

Nā, tērā tetahi wahine mōhio no te kāinga o Matangi.
Tera’ can also be used to mean ‘that person’ or ‘he/she

He wahine kaha ki te mahi ahakoa te mahi.
She is a woman who is strong in work, no matter the task.

Tokowhitu ngā wāhine e waiata ana.
There are seven women singing

Toko waru ngā wāhine e miraka ana.
Eight maids a milking.

I kōrero tonu au ki tōku hoa wahine kia mahue ia i te pahi.
I kept on talking to my girlfriend so that she would be left behind by the bus.

Ko wai mā ērā wāhine e ruku koura ana?
Who are those women (who are) crayfish diving (diving for crayfish)?

I kōrero ngā wāhine.
The women spoke.

Kāore te wahine e karanga?
Will the woman not be calling?

He wahine tino mōhio ki te hoahoa i te takoto o te whenua.
She is a woman who is very knowledgeable about designing the layout of the land.

I te kōrero ngā wāhine.
The women were talking.

Kei te kai te tāne i te keke a ngā tamariki a te wahine.
The man is eating the woman's children's cake.

I te tuatahi, kāore te wahine i mahara ki tāna mātāmua.
At first, the woman did not recognise her first-born.

E haere ana te wahine, ki te moana.
The woman is going to the sea.

E pēhea ana tērā wahine koi?
How is that sharp (intelligent) woman?

Kei te horoi teeraa wahine i te kete
That woman is cleaning the kit

ērā wāhine e mahi kaha rā
those women who are working hard (strongly)

He wāhine rātou, he tāne tātou.
They are women, we are men.

Ko Pani te wahine a Hata.
Pani is Hata’s wife.

He wahine ātaahua a Stacey.
Stacey is a beautiful woman.

Ka tino pōuri → te wahine → i a Te Maru.
The woman is very sad because of Te Maru.

Kua kōrero ngā wāhine.
The women have spoken.

Kāhore anō kia mate te wahine.
The woman has not died yet.

Kei te whakarongo ahau ki te wahine e waiata ana.
I am listening to the woman who is singing.

Kei te whakarongo ahau ki te wahine waiata.
I am listening to the singing woman.

Kei hea rā tērā wahine koi?
Where is that sharp woman?

He wahine matatau ia.
She is a knowledgeable woman.

He rite tonu te mana o te wahine ki tō te tāne.
The mana of women is the same as that of men.

Kāore te wahine e tino pōuri i a Te Maru.
The woman is not very sad because of Te Maru.

Ko ia te wahine i ako ai au.
She is the woman whom I taught.

Ko ia te wahine i akona ai au.
She is the woman by whom I was taught.

Ki ngā marae o Ngāti Kahungunu, o Ngāti Porou ka whakaaetia te wahine, nō te mea he rite tonu te mana o te wahine ki tō te tāne.
On Ngāti Kahungunu and Ngāti Porou marae, women are allowed to stand to speak, because the mana of women is the same as that of men.

Ka whakangāwaritia e rātou tā rātou haere kia tae atu ai te wahine nei ki a rātou.
They slowed their pace so that this woman could catch up with them.

Kāore ngā wāhine i te kōrero.
The women are not talking.

I mahi ngā wāhine anake.
Only the women worked. (The men didn't.)

I mahi ngā wāhine katoa.
All the women worked.

He wāhine kei roto i tērā rūma.
There are women in that room.

Kei roto ngā wāhine i tērā rūma.
The women are in that room.

He wahine kē atu ia.
She is an extraordinary woman.

Te tino omanga koa o te wahine nei, kua tata ki te taha o te toka rangitoto e tū ana i te ara.
This woman ran on happily, and reached the side of the scoria rock standing by the path.

Ko Aroha te wahine tino ātaahua o te kapahaka.
Aroha is the most beautiful woman in the concert party.

Kua moe wahine tō koutou rangatira.
Your chief has taken a wife.

Ka huna te wahine i ngā reta kia kore ai ngā tamariki e mōhio ki te pono.
The woman hid the letters so that the children would not know the truth. — Foster.

Kāore te wahine e karanga
The woman will not call

Kāore ngā wāhine e kōrero ana.
The women are not talking.

Nā te wahine a Mutu.
It was Mutu’s wife.

Ki te motu i kauhoe ai te wahine.
It was to the island that the woman swam.

Ki te motu e kauhoe ai te wahine.
It will be to the island that the woman will swim.

Ka whakahokia mai e ia te kōtiro ki tōna ana hei wahine māna
He took the girl back to his cave as his wife, to be a wife for him

Ko tā te wahine (mahi) he karanga ki te manuhiri
It’s the women’s role to call the visitors

Ko Kelly tōku wahine.
Kelly is my wife.

He wahine a Ataahua.
Ataahua is a woman.

Ko tāku wahine ātaahua tēnei.
This is my beautiful wife.

Kei te kōrero ahau ki te wahine e tunu ana i te kai.
I am talking to the woman who is cooking the food.

Kua noho te wahine.
The woman has sat down.

Ko wai te wahine e waiata ana?
Who is that woman singing?

Ko Mere te wahine e waiata a a
Mere is the one who is singing

Kei te haere au ki te wahine + e kōrero ana ki tōu whaea.
I am going to the woman + talking to your mother.

Ko ia te wahine a Amaru?
Is she the wife of Amaru?

Ko wai tērā wahine?
Who is that woman?

Āe, he wahine tāna.
Yes, he has a wife.

Ko Mere te wahine tino ātaahua o te kapa haka
Mere is the most beautiful woman in the concert party

I kōhurutia tētahi tangata e tōna wahine i Poihākena.
A man was killed by his wife at Sydney.

Kāore i mōhiotia te take i pēnā ai taua wahine.
It is not known why the woman behaved like that.

I hea tāu wahine inapō?
Where was your girlfriend last night?

Ko te tāne a te wahine nei i haere ki te mahi i tētahi whenua tawhiti.
The woman’s husband had gone to a distant place to work. When he returned home the woman went hokianga mai ki te kāinga, ka haere te hinei te wharekai ki te mahi.

Ko te tamāhine o te tino tangata i Maungawhau, he kōtiro pai, he wahine ātaahua.
A daughter of the high chief of Maungawhau was a good girl and a beautiful woman.

Ko te wahine rā anake i waiho, ko Hine-a-te-kawa.
Only the woman, Hine-a-te-kawa, was left.

I waiata ngā wāhine i te waiata.
The women sang the song.

Kātahi aua tini tamariki rā, te tāne, te wahine, ka kohi i te hua o te miro, hei hinu whakakakara.
Then those many young people, men and women, would gather miro berries for scented oil.

Ngā kakahu o te wahine.
The woman's clothes.

I kite au i ētahi wāhine tokotoru nei i mua i te wharenui e tū ana.
I saw three women standing in front of the meeting house.

Ko te tangata kua riro ki.te whakaatu ki ōna hoa i te ātaahua o tōna wahine.
That man had gone to tell his friends about the beauty of his wife.

Ka kī atu a Kupe ki tana wahine, ‘Hoake ki runga i te waka kia kotahi ai tāua mate!
Go onto the canoe so that we two shall die together!

E kōrero ana ngā wāhine.
The women are talking.

Kāhore ngā wāhine e kōrero ana.
The women are not talking.

He wahine rerehua ia.
She is a beautiful woman.

E āwhinatia ana ngā wāhine.
The women are being helped.

Kāhore ngā wāhine e āwhinatia ana.
The women are not being helped.

Tokorua ngā wāhine kei tēnei rūma.
There are two women in this room.

Kei te whakarongo au ki te wahine, engari, kāore ia i te waiata.
I am listening to the woman, but she is not singing.

I te whakarongo au ki te wahine, engari, kāore ia i te waiata.
I was listening to the woman, but she was not singing.

Ko tō wahine kua hara ki tētahi tangata ko Tupeteka te ingoa.
Your wife has sinned with a man called Tupetaka.

He tikanga anō nō te tāne, he tikanga anō nō te wahine.
Men have their ways, and women have their ways.

I moe ia te wahine piirangi (ai) ia
He married the woman he wanted

Kua mate te wahine.
The woman has died.

Ka rongo tētahi wahine nō runga i te rangi ki te toa o Tāwhaki.
A certain woman in the sky heard about Tāwhaki’s bravery.

Ka pirau noa iho tētahi taha o te wahine rā, ka tupu rīrī e te tio tio.
One side of the woman became rotten and overgrown with barnacles.

Ko tāku wahine tēnei
This is my wife

Ko Rāhera tōku hoa wahine.
Rāhera is my wife.

Ko Mere rāua ko Monica ngā wāhine i haere ki Te Awamutu
Mere and Monica are the women who went to Te Awamutu

Ka mea ake te wahine rā.
The woman called up.

Ka tino pōuri te wahine i a Te Maru.
The woman is very sad because of Te Maru.

Ka hoatu te taurekareka hei utu mō te wahine.
The slave was given as payment for the woman.

E kīia mai ana, ‘No hea tēnei wahine?
Where does this woman come from?

I kite au i ētahi wāhine tokotoru (nei) i mua i te wharenui e tū ana
I saw three women standing in front of the meeting house

Ko te kōha tēnei a Wairangi ki tana wahine.
This was Wairangi's gift to his wife.

I pēhia rawatia ngā wāhine.
The women were severely oppressed.

Te wahine mōhio.
The clever woman.

Ka tae te tangata rā ki tana taurekareka, ka hoatu hei utu mō te wahine.
The man took his slave and gave him away as payment for the woman.

Ko Hera te wahine māna te tēpu e whakatika.
Hera is the woman who will set the table.

Ko Rongomai tōku hoa wahine.
Rongomai is my wife.

Ko Mere te wahine nāna tēnei pukapuka.
Mere is the woman to whom this book belongs.

Ko Mere te wahine nāna tēnei pukapuka i tuhituhia.
Mere is the woman who wrote this book (by whom this book was written).