Results for 'whakapapa'
whakapapa - genealogy
whakapāpā, v.t. Make secret suggestions. E whakapapa haere na koe ki te rakau ra kia tukua ki raro.
Williams Dictionary
whakapapa. 1. v.i. Lie flat. Whakapapa tonu te manuhiri i te mate (T. 172).
2. Go slyly or stealthily. Ka whakapapa mai te tangata ra; he tahae pea.
3. v.t. Lay low, strike down.
4. Place in layers, lay one upon another.
5. Recite in proper order genealogies, legends, etc. I haere mai ia ki te whakapapa i nga kauwhau o mua.
6. n. Genealogical table.
7. Bush felled for burning; as opposed to hapai tu, timber felled and carried off the ground.
Williams Dictionary
Kia whakapapa pounamu te moana.
May the sea be like greenstone.
Mild imperatives (You should be...) - kia
Kōrero mai tō whakapapa, kaua ko tō pepeha.
Tell me your whakapapa, not your pepeha.
Not that - kaua ko.. tēnei, tēnā, tērā
Kōrero mai tō whakapapa, kaua rawa ko tō pepeha.
Tell me your whakapapa, definitely not your pepeha.
Not that - kaua ko.. tēnei, tēnā, tērā
Ki tēnei taumata o te kaupapa, mauri mai i tō ake, i ō maunga, i ō awa, i ō whakapapa, pepeha.
To this level of the kaupapa, bring with you your own life force—from your mountains, your rivers, your genealogies, your pepeha.
Tātai whakapapa.
to recite lineage.
Kei te mōhio koe ki tō whakapapa?
Do you know your family tree?
He mōhio a Hēmi ki te whakapapa o te iwi.
Hēmi is knowledgeable of the ancestry of the people.
