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wairua - spirit

Wairua, n. 1. Spirit. E tama wairua kore naku (M. 115). Tutaki wairua tana ki raro ra (J. ii, 122).

2. Unsubstantial image, shadow. Whakahoki a wairua ana mai ki a au (M. 333).

3. Some marine foodstuff. Ka waiho ko nga kai, he moki, he toretore, he wairua.

4. Funaria hygrometrica, a moss.

5. An insect. Wairua atua, butterfly.

whakawairua, v.i. 1. Be represented by an unsubstantial image. E whakawairua mai ra te waka i roto i te wai.

2. Appear dim and shadowy. “Kei whea te waka nei?” “E, e whakawairua kau ana.”

Williams Dictionary

Nō te roa o te noho, ka mōhio a Kupe ko te wairua katoa o Kura e hiahia ana ki a ia.
From the length of time they stayed, Kupe knew that Kura's entire spirit desired him.
Belonging to the past - nō

Kia wātea, kia māmā, te ngākau, te tinana, te wairua i te ara takatā.
To clear, to free the heart, the body and the spirit of humanity.
So that something can happen for someone else - kia

Kua tae atu koe ki Te Rerenga Wairua?
Have you been to Cape Reinga.
Away - atu

Tukua te wairua kia rere ki ngā taumata.
Allow one's spirit to exercise its potential.
Kia for second verb after a passive - kia

Kua rere te wairua o Rua.
Rua’s spirit has fled.

Koia nei te wairua o te kōrero kia tino whakapau kaha koe i ngā wā katoa.
This is the essence of this proverb to expend all of your ability all the time.

Whangaia hoki o mātou wairua.
Also feed our spirits.

Ākuanei ka haere mai tētahi tangata nō Te Reinga, he wairua, ko Tū-horopunga te ingoa.
This is a story about Hine-kōrangi, a woman whose father made her a puhi and wouldn’t

Āe, kua tae atu au ki reira, ki Te Rerenga Wairua.
Yes, I've been there, to Cape Reinga.

E rere, wairua, e rere
Fly, o free spirit, fly

Mā tōna wairua e haere mai ki.te whawhai?
Will his spirit come back to fight?

Ka mea a Īhu ki te wairua poke, ‘Puta mai i roto i a ia.
Jesus said to the evil spirit, ‘Come out from inside him.

I waiatatia e tana wairua i runga i te whare i tōna mauranga ai i te tamaiti.
It was sung by his supernatural being on the roof of the house when it took a child.

#185: Don't talk like that!
#83: Why are the children laughing?
#69: Who is the woman singing?
#124: Talking about more than one person
#40: Rangi is sad now but is a happy person
#61: Their father was, is or will be shouting
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