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mauri - life spirit


mauria - to be carried (mau + passive suffix -ria)

mauri moe - unconscious

tokomauri - hiccup

Kia mauritau! - Be settled!

mauri ora - sneeze of life

Kua whakahokia ki a ia te tamaiti i mauria e ngā pirihimana i te marama o Oktopa.
The child who was taken by the police in October has been returned to her.
Simple sentences: past completed tense - kua

Kia mauritau!
Be relaxed!
Mild imperatives (You should be...) - kia

Nō tētahi pō kei te purupuru a Māui i te whatitoka!
One night, Maui stopped up the chinks in the door.
Belonging to the past - nō

Mauria atu ērā oka!
Take those knives away!
Commands using the passive - Tāpirihia, Tīkina...

Mauria mai ētahi parāoa parai.,
bring me some fried bread.
Commands using the passive - Tāpirihia, Tīkina...

Kia moata te haere ki te moe a tēnei pō, kia mauria ai kōrua ki te ngahere a te ata.
Go to bed early tonight, so that you can be taken to the forest in the morning.
So that something can happen for someone else - kia

Kaua e mauria tērā poaka ki te kāinga!
Don't bring that pig home!
Using 'ki' to indicate direction towards something - ki

Mauria mai ngā toka ki tēnei taha o te whare.
Bring the stones to this side of the house.
Towards - mai

E tama, mauria atu he tūru māna.
Hey boy, take a chair for her.
Away - atu

Mauria atu te ika nei!
Take this fish away!
Away - atu

Mauria atu te pukapuka rā!
Bring me that book!
Away - atu

Kaua aua pukapuka a mauria atu!
Don't take those books away!
Negative passive commands (Don't be...) - Kaua... e...

Ko taku hiahia kia mauria mai e koe he kūano tori.
I wish you would bring me a kitten.
Kia for second verb after a passive - kia

Tīhei mauri ora!
The breath of life!

Ke hoki ia ki Hawaiki, ka mauria e ia ētahi pounamu.
When he returned to Hawaiki, he took some pieces of greenstone with him.

Mauri oho
Life force awaken.

Mauri tū.
Life force stand tall.

Mauri ora ki a tātou.
Life force all wellness, good health for all.

Tihei mauri ora!!
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Mauria mai tō mahi.
Bring me your work.

Tihei Mauri Ora!
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Mauria mai te tukuoro.
Bring me the speaker.

Mauria mai te kī i muri i te karaka.
Bring me the key from behind the clock.

Mauri ora!
Greetings! (lit: it is the life force!)

Ko taku hiahia kia mauria mai e koe he kūao tori.
I wish you would bring me a kitten.

Kua tokomauri koe.
You've hiccoughed.

Mauria mai taku pukapuka waiata.
Pass me my song book.

Ko te reo te mauri o te mana Māori.
Māori language is the life force of Māori mana.

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