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ihu - nose


hurihuri - to turn round and round, over and over

inihua - insurance

pongāihu - nostril

pū hurihuri - pistol

retihuka - ski

tauihu - bow of canoe

pūhutihuti - to be shaggy, busy, unkempt

whaihua - to have value (v), to be beneficial (s)

kōhurihuri - sapling

huihuinga - meeting

huihui - assembly, group, constellation

ihu! - Butt out, stop being nosey!

Kua tā te ihu - To have satisfied one’s hunger or thirst

Te tū mai o te ihu! - What a snob!

He ihu oneone. - A dedicated, hard worker.

He ihumanea. - An intelligent person.

Parahutihuti ana te haere! - Couldn't see them for dust!

aihunga - frost

ihupuku - an inexperienced person

ihuhūpē - an inexperienced person

ihu oneone - an experienced person

whakaihu waka - champion; the first thing to cross the line

parahutihuti - to hurtle along at speed

Kei hīkaka te ihu! - Don't be a snob!

Kua toto tana ihu.
His nose has started bleeding.
Simple sentences: past completed tense - kua

Whengua tō ihu!
Blow your nose!
Commands using the passive - Tāpirihia, Tīkina...

Kāore i roa ka pari te ihu ki te moenga.
It wasn't long before she fell asleep.
It won't be long before... - kāore e roa...; kāori i roa...

Nō whea e hoki te tihe ki te ihu.
A sneeze can't possibly return to the nose.
A strong or emphatic negative. - Nō hea, nō whea

Ka mahue a Puhihuia i te taha o te tangata i a ia rā te patu pounamu.
Puhihuia was left beside the man who had the greenstone weapon.
Statives - mate, ngaro, mau...

Ka kite o reira taitamariki rangatira i taua kōtiro nei, i a Puhihuia,.
The young chiefs from there was this girl, Puhihuia.
Ka used to indicate the past - ka

Ka puta a Pihihuia me te wai.
Puhihuia appeared with the water.
Ka used to indicate the past - ka

He ihu hūpē.
Snotty nose.
Categorizing sentences - he

Ko ngā iwi katoa o te ao kua huihui mai i tēnei rā.
All the peoples of the world have gathered here today.
Possessives - 'o' class - ō, tōku...

Ko Tūhawaiki te rangatira o Murihuku i tērā ray tau.
Tūhawaiki was the chief of Murihiku last century.
Possessives - 'o' class - ō, tōku...

E rua ōu whatu, kotahi tōu ihu.
You have two eyes and one nose.
Possessives - 'o' class - ō, tōku...

Tēnā tātou kua huihui mai nei i tēnei pō.
Thanks for coming tonight.
This week, this month, this year - i tēnei wiki, i tēnei marama...

I ngā huihuinga ka noho mai ia tika tonu mai i ahau.
He sits opposite me in meetings.
Direction markers with adverbs - tonu mai, kā atu, rawa mai...

Ko Puhihuia te noho mai rā i roto o taua iwi te titiro mai rā ki a Ponga.
Puhihuia was sitting amongst those people watching Ponga.
That aforementioned thing - taua, aua

Kāore tō tātou huihuinga ki reira.
Our meeting will not be there.
Negation of locatives - kāore...

Kei reira tō tātou hihuinga a te marama ka heke mai nei.
That's where our meeting will be next month.
Future locatives - kei te

Ka riro pea a Puhihuia i te tangata kē anō o rātou.
Perhaps Puhuihuia would be taken by another one of them.

Ko Puhihuia i noho i te whakarei o te waka.
Puhihuia sat in the stern of the canoe.

Kei te hūpē tō ihu.
You've got a snotty nose.

Whengua tō ihu.
Blow your nose.

Kei hea tō ihu?
Where is your nose?

He ihu oneone ia.
She is a hard worker (lit: she has a soiled nose).

He ihu tēnei.
This is a nose.

He tangata whakatika waka i te rā, ā, he pene whakangahau tōna mō ngā huihuinga whakahirahira.
He is a person who fixes cars during the day, and he has an entertaining song for important gatherings.

He hoahoa ahau nō Puhihuia.
I am an attendant of Puhihuia.

Ke hongi te ihu ki te hauāuru; kua rongo i te haunga o tōna ariki.
He sniffed the winds of the west, and recognised the scent of his master.

Tēnā tātou kua huihui mai nei i tēnei rā.
Thanks for coming today.

Tēnā tātou kua huihui mai nei i tēnei ahiahi.
Thanks for coming this afternoon.

Te aroha o Puhihuia.
Puhihuia's love.

Mō Puhihuia rāpea tō kupu?
Are your words actually about Puhihuia?

Ko Rāhera, ko Ihumoana aku tamāhine.
Rāhera and Ihumoana are my daughters.

Ko ngā poupou o te whare he kōhurihuri kahikatea.
The side posts supporting the rafters were composed of the solid trunks of white pine.

I aua huihuinga, ka kite a Hinemoa i a Tūtānekai.
At those meetings, Hinemoa would see Tūtānekai.

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