Results for 'whawhai'
whawhai - to fight; a battle
whāwhai - hurry; impatient; urgent
Whāwhai, whawhai. ‖ whai (iii).
Williams Dictionary
whāwhai. 1. v.i. Be in haste, be hurried. He whawhai nona kia rokohanga ai nga tangata ki te kainga.
2. Exert oneself. Ka whakatika a Tane-mahuta, ka whawhai; kihai rawa i taea e ona ringaringa (T. 4).
3. Chide. E whawhai tonu ana te hunga nei ki a ratou ano mo te kino o te haka (T. 64).
Williams Dictionary
whawhai, v.i. Fight. Ka tohe tonu te taua ki te whawhai ki nga tangata o roto o taua pa (T. 182). Hoa-whawhai, enemy. Moku anake ano ena hoa-whawhai (Tr. xxviii, 44).
Williams Dictionary
Nā rāua i whawhai ki ngā pirihimana.
It was them (two) who fought with the police.
Past agent emphatic - nā - agent emphatic
Ka mau ana te ururoa ka kaha whawhai ia kia ora ake anō.
Whenever a shark was caught it put up a terrific fight to survive and personifies the epitome of striving.
Ka used to indicate the past - ka
Ehara i a rāua ngā pirihimana i whawhai.
They didn’t fight with the police.
Negating the past agent emphatic - ehara i...
Ka whawhai tonu au ki a koutou ko ō hoa.
I will keep fighting against you and your mates.
I whawhai te toa ki te taniwha.
The hero fought the monster.
Nō reira ka nui te whawhai ki Hawaiki.
Therefore, there were many fights in Hawaiki.
Kia aroha ki ōu hoa whawhai!
Be loving to your enemies!
Me i tahuri taua iwi ki te whawhai ki a Tama maa kua mate noa iho.
If that tribe had turned to fighting Tama and the others they would have been completely defeated.
E whawhai ana rātou ki te hoariri.
They are fighting with (against) the enemy.
Kei te whāwhai atu rāua ki waho kia tīkina ngā kākahu horoi.
They are rushing outside to fetch the washing.
Nō whea e mutu te whawhai a ngāi tāua, te tangata.
Humankind will never stop fighting.
Mā tōna wairua e haere mai ki.te whawhai?
Will his spirit come back to fight?
Nā, i ētahi rā ka tupu te whawhai a taua pā ki ngā tāngata o Awhitu.
Now, at a certain time, warfare broke out between that fortress and the people of Awhitu.
