Results for 'Whā'
whā - four
whÄ - four
Whā (i), num. 1. Four, fourth.
2. Elliptically, fourth month. Ka tae ki te wha, ka tima marere i te mara tautane.
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Whā (ii), v.i. Be disclosed, get abroad. Ka wha i konei te tahae a Ruatapu.
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Whā (iii), n. 1. Leaf; particularly, if not exclusively, applied to one with a sheathing base, as taro, and most frequently to ensi-form leaves, as those of flax, etc. He wha tawhara ki uta, he kiko tamure ki tai (P. 30). Na ka tataia mai he harakeke, engari kaore i haehaea mai kia ririki, tihore tonu i te wha tonu.
2. Flake.
3. Feather. Kia tia whakaripa te wha o te huia (S.).
whāwhā. 1. n. Sheathing petiole, as of taro leaf.
2. v.t. Take in the hand, feel with the hand. No te whawhatanga atu, na, ngahorohoro noa iho (J, ii, 123). Whawha rawa ake me he ri mangemange (M. 139).
3. Lay hold of. Whawharia mai ana e Uenuku, horomia oratia ana taua tamaiti (T. 107).
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Whā (iv) = whaka, causative prefix. Words with this prefix are, in general, referred to their root words.
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Nō reira, kia whā atu anō.
So we need four more.
Let there be... - kia...
Kia whā.
We need four.
Let there be... - kia...
Tīkina kia whā ngā hēki.
Get four eggs
Commands using the passive - Tāpirihia, Tīkina...
Ā te whā o Ōketopa a Hēmi mā haere mai ai.
Hēmi and the others are coming on the 4th of October.
Going somewhere to do something there - ki reira … ai.
I te whā karaka i te atu ai i wehe atu ai ki Te Tai Hauāuru.
I left for the Westland region at 4 in the morning.
Past - specifying a particular time - i te
Ka hokona e ua te koti rā mō te whā rau tāra.
She bought that coat for four hundred dollars.
Ka used to indicate the past - ka
E whā ngā pouaka whakaata.
There are four televisions.
Numbering things - e rua, e toru...
Hei te whā karaka.
See you at four o'clock.
Telling time - kara
Kāore e whā ngā pouaka whakaata.
There are not four televisions.
Negating counting things - Kāore e...
Ka whā hāora tātou ki konei, ka haere atu anō
We’ll spend/be/stay here for four hours, then go on
Kua piki tana utu ki te whā tekau mano tāra ia tau, ia tau.
His salary has gone up to forty thousand dollars a year.
Whā tekau hēkena.
40 seconds.
Kia whā pea.
Four maybe.
Nō te whā karaka i te ahiahi rātou i tīmata ai.
It was four o'clock in the afternoon when they started.
Homai ētahi o ēnā keke kia whā.
Please give me four of those cakes.
Tahi Rua Toru Whā Rima Ono Whitu Waru Iwa Tekau
So that's fine for counting on your fingers, but when we want to say how many *things* there are we need to add an e in front of the numbers between 2 and 9.
E whā ngā whare
Four houses.
E rima tekau mā whā tōna pakeke.
She is fifty-four years old.
E whā tau tōna pakeke ake i a Rāhera, tōna hoa rangatira.
He is four years older than Rāhera, his significant other.
Ka kite + i a + koutou + ā te + whā karaka
I'll see you all at 4 o'clock.
E rua meneti mai i te whā karaka.
Two minutes past four.
E whā ngā manu e tangi ana
Four birds calling
E whā ngā pukapuka
There are four books
E toru rau e rua tekau mā whā ngā tāngata.
There are 324 people
Toru rau, rua tekau mā whā ngā tāngata
There are 324 people.
E whā ngā waea
There are four phones
E rima miriona, rua rau ono tekau mā waru mano, whitu rau rima tekau mā whā ngā tāngata kei Aotearoa.
There are 5,268,754 people in new Zealand
E whā tekau mā whā ō tātou manuhiri.
We have forty-four guests — including you among the hosts.
I te whā karaka
At four o’clock
Ā te whā karaka
At four o’clock
Whā.
Four.
Tekau mā whā.
Fourteen.
Me hōmai ngā tuhinga roa i mua i te whā karaka.
The essays must be handed in before four o’clock.
E whā ngā kurī.
There are four dogs.
E whā ngā poaka e haere mai ana.
There are four pigs coming this way.
Hōmai he panana, kia whā.
Please give me four bananas.
Ā whā tau.
In four years.
Ka whā tau au ki reira.
I shall be there for four years.
E hokona ana e au kia whā.
I am buying four.
E whā ngā manu kei waho.
There are four birds outside.
I haere a Pita ki tāwahi mō te whā tau
Pita went overseas for (a period of) four years
Kua piki tana utu ki te whā tekau mano tāra ia tau, ia tau
His salary has gone up to $40,000 a year
E āhei ana ngā kura ki te whakauru ki ngā wāhanga e whā, ki te wāhanga kotahi noa rānei.
Schools may enter for the four parts, or for just one.
Kua neke atu i te whā miriona ngā tāngata kei Aotearoa e noho ana
The population of New Zealand has exceeded 4,000,000
Taumaha atu i te whā tōne te kōhatu i taka ki runga i te waka
The rock that fell on the car weighed more than four tonnes
Ka pai taku wehe ā te whā i tēnei ahiahi?
Is it okay if I leave at four this afternoon?
E whitu miriona e rua rau e whā tekau mā rima mano e waru tekau mā ono
Seven million, two hundred and forty-five thousand, and eighty-six.
i te whā o ngā hāora
at four o’clock.
E whā tau ki muri.
Four years ago.
