Results for 'whā'
whā - four
whÄ - four
Whā (i), num. 1. Four, fourth.
2. Elliptically, fourth month. Ka tae ki te wha, ka tima marere i te mara tautane.
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Whā (ii), v.i. Be disclosed, get abroad. Ka wha i konei te tahae a Ruatapu.
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Whā (iii), n. 1. Leaf; particularly, if not exclusively, applied to one with a sheathing base, as taro, and most frequently to ensi-form leaves, as those of flax, etc. He wha tawhara ki uta, he kiko tamure ki tai (P. 30). Na ka tataia mai he harakeke, engari kaore i haehaea mai kia ririki, tihore tonu i te wha tonu.
2. Flake.
3. Feather. Kia tia whakaripa te wha o te huia (S.).
whāwhā. 1. n. Sheathing petiole, as of taro leaf.
2. v.t. Take in the hand, feel with the hand. No te whawhatanga atu, na, ngahorohoro noa iho (J, ii, 123). Whawha rawa ake me he ri mangemange (M. 139).
3. Lay hold of. Whawharia mai ana e Uenuku, horomia oratia ana taua tamaiti (T. 107).
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Whā (iv) = whaka, causative prefix. Words with this prefix are, in general, referred to their root words.
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Nō reira, kia whā atu anō.
So we need four more.
Let there be... - kia...
Kia whā.
We need four.
Let there be... - kia...
Ka pai taku wehe ā te whā i tēnei ahiahi?
Is it okay if I leave at four this afternoon?
Is it OK if... ? - Ka pai taku...?
Nō te whā karaka i te ahiahi rātou i tīmata ai.
It was four o'clock in the afternoon when they started.
Belonging to the past - nō
Tīkina kia whā ngā hēki.
Get four eggs
Commands using the passive - Tāpirihia, Tīkina...
Ā te whā o Ōketopa a Nikau mā haere mai ai.
Nikau and the others are coming on the 4th of October.
Direction - ...ai
I te whā karaka i te atu ai i wehe atu ai ki Kawatiri.
I left for Westport at 4 in the morning.
Past - specifying a particular time - i te
Ka hokona e ua te koti rā mō te whā rau tāra.
She bought that coat for four hundred dollars.
Ka used to indicate the past - ka
E whā ngā pouaka whakaata.
There are four televisions.
Numbering things - e rua, e toru...
E rua meneti mai i te whā karaka.
Two minutes past four.
Telling time - kara
Hei te whā karaka.
See you at four o'clock.
Telling time - kara
E whā tekau mā whā ō tātou manuhiri.
We have forty-four guests.
Counting over ten -
Kāore e whā ngā pouaka whakaata.
There are not four televisions.
Negating counting things - Kāore e...
Whā tekau hēkena.
40 seconds.
E rima tekau mā whā tōna pakeke.
She is fifty-four years old.
E whā tau tōna pakeke ake i a Rāhera, tōna hoa rangatira.
He is four years older than Rāhera, his significant other.
Whā.
Four.
Tekau mā whā.
Fourteen.
E whā ngā kurī.
There are four dogs.
E whā tau ki muri.
Four years ago.
Ā whā tau.
In four years.
Kia whā pea.
Four maybe.
E hokona ana e au kia whā.
I am buying four.
E whā ngā manu kei waho.
There are four birds outside.
