Results for 'waenganui'
waenganui - middle, centre, between
Waenganui, waengapu, waengarahi, l.n. The midst, the intervening space. Kei waenganui o te whare, o te taiepa (Between the house and the fence). Naumai hoki koe ki waenganui nei (T. 111). Katahi ka whakakorokoroa te taura o waengarahi (T. 162). ‖ wae.
Williams Dictionary
Kei waenganui a Tūrehu i ana tuākana.
Tūrehu is between her older sisters.
In, on, by, under... - kei runga...
Kei waenganui rāua i ngā tama.
They are among the boys.
In, on, by, under... - kei runga...
Kei waenganui tana matua i ngā manuhiri.
Her/his father is in the middle of the visitors.
In, on, by, under... - kei runga...
Kei waenganui i te whare kori tinana me te toa kākahu.
It's between the gym and the clothing store.
In, on, by, under... - kei runga...
Kei waenganui te tamaiti i ngā kuia.
The child is between the elderly women.
In, on, by, under... - kei runga...
Kei waenganui te tāone i te ngahere.
The town is in the middle of the bush.
In, on, by, under... - kei runga...
Kei waenganui āu kī i te tūru me te waea pūkoro.
Your keys are between the chair and the cell phone.
In, on, by, under... - kei runga...
Kei waenganui ngā tūru i ngā tēpu.
The chairs are in between the tables.
In, on, by, under... - kei runga...
Kei waenganui a Pita i te rākau me te motokā.
Pita is between the tree and the car.
In, on, by, under... - kei runga...
Kei waenganui te kōtiro i ōna mātua.
The girl is between her parents.
In, on, by, under... - kei runga...
Kei waenganui i rāua.
Inbetween them.
In, on, by, under... - kei runga...
Kua tata waenganui pō ka hoki mai ia i te mahi.
It's nearly midnight when he returns from work.
Almost/just about - kua/i tata...
He tūranga motuhake tō te reo Māori i waenganui i ngā reo e kōrerotia ana i Aotearoa nei.
Māori has a special position amongst the languages spoken here in Aotearoa.
Passive sentences - tikina...
Kei waenganui ngā tamariki i te rori.
The children are in the middle of the road.
Above, underneath, outside of - runga ake, raro iho, waho atu, roto atu
I waenganui ngā tamariki i te rori.
The children were in the middle of the road.
Above, underneath, outside of - runga ake, raro iho, waho atu, roto atu
Ka waiho he wāhi kia tuwhera ana i waenganui i ngā taiepa kōhatu nei.
A place was left open between the stone walls.
Ka used to indicate the past - ka
He aha kei waenganui i te rūma noho?
What's in the middle of the lounge?
What? - He aha?
Ko Tawa te tamaiti kei waenganui i a Honi rāua ko Manu.
Tawa is the child between Honi and Manu.
Talking about more than one person - ...rāua ko..., rātou ko...
Hei waenganui ngā tamariki i te papa tākaro.
The children will be in the middle of the playground.
Future locative - hei
Kāore ngā tamariki i waenganui i te rori.
The children were not in the middle of the road.
*Negating locatives - kāore... i runga...
Kāore ngā tamariki hei waenganui i te papa tākaro.
The children will not be in the middle of the playground.
*Negating locatives - kāore... i runga...
Ahakoa kei waenganui i te ngahere, kāore ngā tāngata o reira e mokemoke ana.
Although it is in the middle of the bush, the people there are not lonely.
Tēnā ko ngā tama a Iharaira, i haere rātou rā te wāhi maroke i waenganui o te moana (Exodus 14:29)
The children of Israel went by way of the dry area through the middle of the sea
Ka waiho he wāhi kia tuwhera ana i ngā waenganui i ngā taiepa kōhatu nei (Pōtatau 1991:15)
A place was left open between the stone walls
I taua pō e moe ana a Pita i waenganui o ngā hōia tokorua, he mea here ki ngā mekameka e rua.
That night Pita was sleeping between two soldiers secured with two chains.
Kei waenganui o ngā kūhā he hāpuku anake ngā ika o reira.
Between her thighs, hāpuku alone are the fish of that place.
Kei waenganui tonu te pūru i te pātiki.
The bull is right in the middle of the paddock.
kei waenganui pō
in the middle of the night
Inā ka takoto ngā mānia o Waikato, i waenganui tonu, me te mea nei i āta whakatūria ōna pukepuke hei parepare.
Thus the plains of Waikato lie right in between, as though the hills had been deliberately placed as fortifications.
He tēpu kāwhi kei waenganui i te rūma noho.
There's a coffee table in the middle of the lounge.
Ka tupu te raruraru i waenganui i ngā tohunga nei, i a Nukutawhiti rāua ko Ruanui.
Trouble arose between these two experts, Nukutawhiti and Ruanui.
I tuketuke haere atu ia i waenganui i ngā kaumātua e rua.
He elbowed his way between the two elders.
He tēpu kāwhe kei waenganui i te rūma noho.
There's a coffee table in the middle of the lounge.
I ngā wā e huihui ana ngā hapū o Rotorua ki Mokoia ka kitea a Hinemoa i waenganui o tōna iwi.
While the tribes of Rotorua were assembling at Mokoia, Hinemoa was seen in the midst of her people.
Inā ka takoto ngā mānia o Waikato, i waenganui tonu, me te mea nei i āta whakatūria ōna pukepuke hei parepare
Thus the plains of Waikato lie right in between, (so that it looks) as though the hills had been deliberately placed as fortifications
Kei waenganui tonu te pūru i te pātiki
The bull is in the middle of the paddock
I waenganui ngā whare i (ō) ngā rākau.
The houses were in the middle of the trees.
He rite tonu tana waea mai i waenganui pō!
He keeps ringing me up in the middle of the night! — 934
