Results for 'whanaunga'
whanaunga - relative, relation (whānau + nominal suffix -nga - note the short first vowel)
whanaunga, n. Relative, blood relation. Ka ki ake ki ana tamariki kia hoki atu ki Maketu ki te whakatau i ana whanaunga (T. 78).
Williams Dictionary
I te Wenerei, ka tae mai taku whanaunga.
On Wednesday my relation arrived.
Past - specifying a particular time - i te
I ahau i Pipiripi, ka tūtaki au ki tōku whanaunga.
While I was in Melbourne, I met with my cousins.
While - i... ka...
= Kāhore rawa ia i mōhio he whanaunga au nōu.
To deny/reject
Time Ko tērā te wā i huihui ai ngā whanaunga katoa
That was the occasion on which/when all the relatives gathered
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.
Kāhore rawa ia i mōhio he whanaunga au nōu.
He never knew that I was a relative of yours.
Kāore ō māua whanaunga i konei
Our relations are not here
Ko Tangiwai tōna whanaunga.
Tangiwai is his relation.
Ko tōku whanaunga!
It’s my relation!
Ko ōku whanaunga!
It’s my relations!
