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hapū - subtribe; to be pregnant

Hapū. 1. a. Pregnant, Ka kitea te haputanga o Rangiuru (T. 128). = hapupu.

2. Conceived in the womb. Akuanei whakapaea ai na Hotunui i tahae; na e hapu ana a Marutuahu (T. 136).

3. n. Section of a large tribe, clan, secondary tribe. Wehea ake etehi, he hapu ano, he hapu ano, ko te hapu i a Tu-te-wanawana i noho i uta, ko te hapu i a Punga, i haere ki te wai (T. 5). ‖ pu.

4. Species of shark (prized as food).

Williams Dictionary

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 rātou taua moana.
The sub-tribe living at Maungawhau said that that sea was theirs.
Sentences with a subclause - e... ana

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

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 Ani te kaikaranga o tērā hapū?
Is Ani the caller of that hapū?
That (over there) - tērā

He kōrero tēnei 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.

#162: The children broke the window
#115: The and, but, although, however game
#142: N is used for emphasis
#40: Rangi is sad now but is a happy person
#27: I am reading the book to the children in the house
#62: Have you heard the bird that is singing in the morning?
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