Results for 'pa'
pā - a fortified settlement (n); to touch (v)
I tomokia te pā e ngā toa.
The pā was entered by the warriors.
Passive sentences - tikina...
Ka karapotia te pā o Mātakiora.
The pā of Mōtakiora was surrounded.
Passive sentences - tikina...
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.
A strong or emphatic negative. - Nō hea, nō whea
Ka pahure te pā rā.
They passed the pā.
Ka used to indicate the past - ka
Ka puta katoa ki waho ngā tāngata o te pā ki te tahu kai.
All the people of the pā came outside to cook food.
Ka used to indicate the past - ka
E toru ngā momo tūmahi i te reo, otirā e pā ana ki te reremahi.
There are three types of verbs in the language, related to verbal sentences.
Conjunctions - however - otirā
He aha ō rātou whakaaro e pā ana ki tēnā?
What do they think about that?
Possessives - 'o' class - ō, tōku...
I tētahi taha ake o taua pā tētahi ngāherehere.
On the far side of the fort there was a patch of bush.
Up - ake
Te rangonga o te iwi o te pā i te haruru, ka oma iho ki te mātakitaki haka.
When the people of the pā heard the noise, they ran down to hear the haka.
Down - iho
Ko te wai o taua pā he puna kei te taha ki te hauraro.
The pā's water source was a spring on the north side.
That aforementioned thing - taua, aua
He pā nui a Maungawhau.
Maungawhau was a big pā.
He pā noho i te pukepuke ētahi.
Some pā were built on the tops of hills.
Ko te wai o taua pā he puna kei te taha ki te hauaro.
The water source for that pā was a spring on the north side.
He hono tangata e kore e motu; ka pa he taura waka e motu.
Unlike a canoe rope, a human bond cannot be severed.
Kei te tākaro rātou i te pā whutupāoro.
They are playing touch rugby.
He toki ki te tākaro poitūkohu me te pā whutupōro.
He is a champion at playing basketball and touch rugby.
Mā ngā mea nunui e rahu te tapu o te pā nei.
The important ones can touch the sacred things of this pā.
Ka pā ngā ngutu o ngā manu ki ngā whatu o te ngeru.
The beaks of the birds strike at the cat's eyes.