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kino - bad

Kino (pl. sometimes kikino). 1. a. Evil, bad. Ko nga mea kikino, nga aitua, no te po era mea kino (M. lxxxi). When used with ka or kua, corrupted, damaged. Kua kino te kura o te taiaha me te awe (Pi. 126, 2).

2. Ill-looking, ugly, ill-dressed; the converse of pai. E kino ana ahau, engari me heru, me tiatia ki te raukura, me kakahu, ka pai ai (M. vii). He kakahu pai o etahi, he kakahu kino to Paoa (T. 193). “He kino na te auripo,” mo te rangatira, otiia he tangata kino, tona kanohi (P. 107).

3. Badly behaved. Ko te take i whakaparahako ai taua wahine, he kikino no te tangata (T. 141). He tutua, e kino ana te kai (T. 190).

4. n. Ill will. Ka korero mai a Hotunui ki te kino o tona iwi e noho nei ia (T. 141). A tupu ana tenei take kino ma nga iwi katoa (T. 161).

5. v.t. Dislike, hate. E kore oti koe e kinongia, ina penatia tau mahi ?

6. Ill-treat. E hoa ma, me kino tatou ki a ia (T. 135).

7. ad. With ill usage. I haere noa atu nga herehere, ehara i te mea i toia kinotia e te pakeha.

8. Precipitately, hurriedly. E mua ata haere, e muri tata kino (P.). He popotai numanga kino (P. 25). No te motunga i te mahanga i whiwhiu kino ai (M. 164).

whakakino, whakakinokino, v.t. 1. Pronounce bad, treat with contempt.

2. Disguise, disfigure, debase. He rangatira te tangata na e whakakino ana i a ia (T. 190). Ka whakakinokino i a ia, na kua penei me te koroheke nei te ahua (T. 50).

Williams Dictionary

Ehara tēnei i te ara kino.
This is not a bad road.
Negations of identity sentences - ehara...

Nō te tau 1918 te rewharewha kino.
The deadly influenza struck in 1918.
Belonging to the past - nō

Kaua e kino ki a ia.
Don't be bad to him.
Negative active commands - Don't! - Kaua e..., kāti...

Ka kite mai a Rangi-uru-hinga, he taniwha tēnei kei Moana-ariki e noho ana, i te kino o te mahi a Kupe ki a Hotu.
Rangi-uru-hinga, who was a taniwha living in Moana-ariki, saw the wickedness of Kupu's treatment of Hotu.
Ka used to indicate the past - ka

He ara kino tērā?
Is that a bad road?
That (over there) - tērā

Te kino hoki!
How terrible!
*How... - Te... hoki...

He kino ēnei.
These are bad.

Ehara te rā i te kino.
The day is not bad.

He kino ēnei inu.
These drinks are bad.

Mehemea naa·na i tahae ngaa moni, tamaiti kino ia
If he stole the money, he’s a naughty child

He kino iho tēnei marama i te marama o Hūrae.
This month is worse than the month of July.

He tino kino ngā whakangungutanga.
The training sucks.

Nō reira i kino ai.
From that cause he was displeased.

Ka kōrero mai a Hotunui ki te kino o tōna iwi e noho nei ia.
Hotunui spoke about how bad the people were that he was living among.

Kino pēwhea nei?
Bad in what way?

He ara kino tēnei.
This is a bad road.

He kino tēnei kurī.
This dog is bad.

Ka mea iho taua maia rā, ‘Te kino hoki o taua koutou haka e rongo iho nei au!
What a terrible haka of yours I can hear!

Whakaorangia mātou i te kino.
Save us from evil.

He kino tō maremare.
That's a bad cough.

He kino iho tēnei whare i tērā whare..
This house is worse than that house.

He kino tāna kōrero.
What he says is bad.

He kino ake a Trump i a Obama
Trump is more bad than Obama?

He kino iho a Trump i a Obama.
Although some people might think that you mean he is less bad.

Kua pakaru te kapu i te tangata kino.
The cup has been broken by the bad man.

Ka kino tērā.
That is bad.

He kino tō kurī.
But how do I ask: is your dog good or bad?

Ka kino kē tērā.
That is worse.

He pai rānei kino tō kurī?
Is you dog good or bad?

Ka kino rawa tērā.
That is awful.

Ko wai tēnei tangata i tukua atu, he mea rīpeka nā te ringa o ngā tāngata kino?
Who was this man who was handed over, crucified by the hand(s) of evil men?

He kino kē koe!
You are too much!

Kua kino katoa ēnei putiputi i te hau.
These flowers have been all spoilt by the wind.

Ka kino kē!
How wicked!

Whakaaturia mai tē te mahita i kino ai.
Tell me those (actions) which the teacher disapproved (of).

He ara kino tēra?
Is that a bad road?

He kino ēnā kurī.
Those dogs are bad.

Ka kino kē.
Wicked, that's bad as.

Ākuanei a Kino tō ai me he rā.
Soon evil disappears like the setting of the sun.

kino → kino iho
bad, worse

Ka kino → tō mahi.
You are doing wrong.

He mate kino i pā ohorere ki ōna roro, nō hea e taea te whakaora.
A serious condition struck her brain without warning, and there was no hope of saving her.

I whakapono rātou he tangata kino a Hoani.
They believed that Hoani was an evil man.

He tangata i pai, he tangata i kino ki te mahi a Ponga.
Some said Ponga's action was good, and some said it was bad.

Nāwai rā i pai te tiki, kua kino.
For some time, all went well with the fetching, then it got bad.

Ka kōrero mai a Hotunui ki te kino o tōna iwi e noho nei ia
Hotunui spoke about how bad the people were that he was living among

Ka kino tō mahi.
Your are doing wrong.

Tino kino te pai!
Awesome! (It's so bad it's great!).

Tino kino ngā pōkākā i te ata.
The morning squalls were awful.

E mea ana ētahi he mahi kino te whawhe ira kararehe, hua rānei, ko ētahi e mea ana he pai.
Some say that genetic engineering of animals and food plants is a bad thing, others that it is good.

Mehemea i whakarongo rātou ki te reo o Māui, e kore e kino te whenua.
the land If they had heeded Māui’s voice the land would not have been bad.

E mea ana ētahi he mahi kino te whakahāwea ira kararehe, hua rānei, ko ētahi e mea ana he pai.
Some say that genetic engineering of animals and food plants is a bad thing, others that it is good.

He kino koutou ki te manaaki manuhiri
You are terrible at hosting visitors

Pū! Te kino hoki!
Poo! How bad!

Kino pēhea nei?
Bad in whay way?

He tino kino tēnei pahi!
This bus is really terrible.

Kia kino te tahā, kia tū noa ai i te marae.
Let the calabash be plain so that it can safely stand out on the marae.

He kino te āhua o tēnei tarau.
These pants look bad.

He mea pai tēnei, he mea kino rānei?
Is this a good thing, or a bad thing?

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