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tahu - burn; cook; light (set on fire); husband, wife; lover

tahuna - lit (pass. of tahu - to light)

Ko Kuikui tōku whaea. Ko Tahu tōku matua.
Kuikui is my mother. Tahu is my father.
Identity sentences - ko...

Kei te tahu ia i te ahi i te marae.
He is lighting the fire at the marae.
Simple sentences: present tense with a verb - kei te

Me tahu te ahi.
We should light the fire.
Simple sentences: you should - me

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

Kātahi rātou ka tahu i te whare.
Then they set the house alight.

Ko Kai Tahu te iwi.
Kai Tahu is the tribe.

Kei te tahu a Amaru i te ahi.
Amaru is lighting the fire.

Ko Tahu tōku hoa tāne.
Tahu is my husband.

Ko au te mōkai a Kui. Ko Tahu tōku koroua. Kua mate ia.
I am Kui's pet. Tahu is my grandfather. He has passed away.

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