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
Ka whawhai tonu au ki a koutou ko ō hoa.
I will keep fighting against you and your friends.
Simple sentences: future tense - ka
Nā rāua i whawhai ki ngā pirihimana.
It was them (two) who fought with the police.
Past agent emphatic - nā - agent emphatic
Nō whea e mutu te whawhai a ngāi tāua, te tangata.
Humankind will never stop fighting.
A strong or emphatic negative. - Nō hea, nō whea
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...
Kei te whāwhai atu rāua ki waho kia tīkina ngā kākahu horoi.
They are rushing outside to fetch the washing.
