Results for 'hapū'
hapū - subtribe; to be pregnant
wahapū - entrance to harbour; eloquent; mouth of river
Ko Ngāti Hāmua tōku hapū.
Ngāti Hāmua is my sub-tribe.
Identity sentences - ko...
Me tino mārena e koe taku mokopuna nāu hoki is i hapū au.
You must marry my granddaughter since you got her pregnant.
Simple sentences: you should - me
Ko te hapu e noho ana i Maungawhau e mea ana nā rātou taua moana.
The sub-tribe living at Maungawhau said that that sea was theirs.
Sentences with a subclause - e... ana
Mā te rangatira o te hapū te karakia e taki hei tīmata i te hui.
The chief of the subtribe will begin the meeting with the karakia.
Future agent emphatic - māku
Mā te rangatira o te hapū te karakia e taki hei tīmata i te hui.
The chief of the subtribe will begin the meeting with the karakia.
Future agent emphatic - māku
I a au e hapū ana, i manako au ki ētahi kai tino rerekē nei.
When I was pregnant, I had some weird cravings.
When I was young - I a e tamariki ana
Ka hapū anō hoki ia i muri iho i a Kōpako.
She conceived again after Kōpako.
Ka used to indicate the past - ka
Ko Aria te kaikaranga o tērā hapū?
Is Aria the caller of that hapū?
That (over there) - tērā
He kōrero tēnei mō te hapū i noho i Āwhitu.
This is a story about the hapū which lived at Āwhitu.
About someone - mōku, mōu, mōna...
Ko Ngāti Whakaue te hapū.
The subtribe is Ngāti Whakaue.