Results for 'waru'
waru - eight; to scrape, to peel
waru - eight
Waru (i), num. Eight. Tatau rawa iho e waru ano taro, kua riro e rua (T. 49). E waru atu hoki Paka ? (T. 147). With the article, the eighth; and, elliptically, the eighth month. He puanga kakaho ka rere i te waru (P. 25). He wa kore kai te waru, no reira ka whakataukitia ko, “Te waru pokai kete; te wara o kai tahi.” Te ra o te waru, an expression for scarcity, the time before the new crops are ready. He manawa e kore nei e taea e te ra o te waru (M. 231). E waru pu, an ironical expression: not at all, by no means. Kia mahue te whanake o Paoa? E waru pu te mahue ki raro (T. 193).
Williams Dictionary
Waru (ii), v.t. 1. Scrape, pare. Ka mahara a Manaia kia tuturia he tangata, hei ohu waru mo ana tao (T. 117).
2. Shave, cut the hair. He whekiki tamariki me ka waruhia te upoko (M. 321).
waruhanga, n. Act, etc., of scraping. Nga kotakota waruhanga tao e mau ana i a ia (T. 118).
waruwaru, v.t. Scrape, grate. He tangata kau Takarangi na Manukawehi i here ki te taura hei waruwaru kao (M. 364).
Williams Dictionary
I taraiwa māua ko taku hoa ki te whare wānanga i te waru karaka.
Me and my friend drove to uni at 8 o'clock.
Simple sentences: past tense - i
Kua eke atu ia ki ngā taumata o te waru tekau mā whitu tau.
She has reached the age of eighty seven years.
Simple sentences: past completed tense - kua
Nāu ngā kūmara i waru.
You were the one who peeled the kūmera.
Past agent emphatic - nā - agent emphatic
E waru ngā tūru.
There are eight chairs.
Numbering things - e rua, e toru...
Hei te waru karaka.
See you at eight o'clock.
Telling time - kara
A te waru karaka ka haere tātou ki te marae.
We will go the marae at 8 o'clock.
Telling time - kara
Tekau mā waru ngā pereti, a rua tekau mā tahi ā tātou kapu.
There are eighteen plates and we have twenty-one cups.
How many are there? - E hia? Tokohia?
Kāore e waru ngā tūru.
There are not eight chairs.
Negating counting things - Kāore e...
Tekau mā waru ngā pereti, e rua tekau mā tahi ā tātou kapu.
There are eighteen plates, and we have twenty-one cups.
I tīmata te kōrero i te waru o ngā rā o Pēpuere.
The story began on the eighth day of February.
E toru tekau mā waru ngā tāngata i runga, he tāne anake (Pōtatau 1991:8)
There were thirty people on board (Tākitimu), they were all men only.
Ā te waru karaka, ka tae mai rātou.
At eight o’clock, they will arrive.
Tahi Rua Toru Whā Rima Ono Whitu Waru Iwa Tekau
So that's fine for counting on your fingers, but when we want to say how many *things* there are we need to add an e in front of the numbers between 2 and 9.
E waru ngā kapu
Eight cups
Whitu tekau mā waru tōna pakeke.
She is seventy-eight years old.
Toko waru ngā wāhine e miraka ana.
Eight maids a milking.
Oho ai au i te waru karaka i te ata.
I usually wake up at eight o’clock in the morning. (Māori Dictionary)
Ehara hei tapahi mīti, (hei waru rīwai kē)
(This knife) is not for cutting up meat (it’s for scraping potatoes)
Waru Iwa Tekau
And we can number things
E rima miriona, rua rau ono tekau mā waru mano, whitu rau rima tekau mā whā ngā tāngata kei Aotearoa.
There are 5,268,754 people in new Zealand
Tekau mā waru te pakeke o tana tungāne.
Her brother is 18.
He waru karaka te taima.
The time is eight o’clock.
E waru ngā waitohu.
8 credits.
Waru.
Eight.
Tekau mā waru.
Eighteen.
Hoki mai ā te waru karaka!
Come back at eight o’clock!
I tīmata te hui i te waru karaka.
The meeting began at eight o’clock
Ka tīmata te hui ā te waru karaka.
The meeting will begin at eight o’clock
E waru ngā rīwai kei roto i te kete.
There are eight potatoes in the kit.
e rua tekau mā whitu = 27 kotahi rau e rima tekau mā tahi = 151 e ono mano e waru rau e toru tekau mā iwa = 6839
When counting things off, we say ‘ka tahi, ka rua, ka toru
Kei te waru karaka te taima (Kua waru karaka te taima.)
It is eight o’clock.
E waru ngā rūma o te whare nei.
This house has eight rooms.
He aha te ingoa o te waahi e waru maero te tawhiti atu i Te Araroa?
mile the distance away from Te Araroa ‘What is the name of the place whose distance from Te Araroa is eight miles?
E whitu miriona e rua rau e whā tekau mā rima mano e waru tekau mā ono
Seven million, two hundred and forty-five thousand, and eighty-six.
Tekau mā waru rātou.
There are eighteen of them.
