Found 130 results matching "Hei konei ra"

• Whanga-nui-o-Hei, Te

  (location) Mercury Bay (Coromandel Peninsula).  
  

• tōnga o te rā

  sunset, setting of the sun.   Haere ai māua i te wā tonu e awatea ana, i mua i te tōnga o te rā (HP wh14).We went when it was still daylight, just before the sun set.
  

• tūingoa tangata

  (noun) personal noun, personal name - a word used to name a particular person, tribe, canoe, month and wai? (who?). These words are preceded by a when they follow i, ki, hei or kei, or are the subject of a sentence. After other prepositions, such as o and mō, the personal name follows directly.   He kaitito waiata a Hirini.Sydney was a composer of songs. See also tūmoko.
  

• ... hē ngā rā

  he/she is losing it, they're crazy - an idiom to indicate that someone is either forgetful, confused or is slightly demented. Can be used jokingly too.   Kua hē ngā rā o tēnei reanga.This generation is crazy. See also kua hē (haere) [ō] rā.
  

• whakaropiropi

  (noun) a traditional hand game - played by two people who take turns to call. For the first two calls of each round the hands are slapped on the thighs. The one starting calls, 'Whakaropiropi ai?' (Shall we play whakaropiropi?) and the partner responds, 'Āe.' (Yes.) Then the starter calls as he makes his first move, 'Tēnei mea te homai.' (This is my move.) The follower then calls, 'Homai!'. Each alternates with the call of, 'Homai!' Each person attempts to do the same hand action when she/he calls and if successful calls homai rā. The winner starts the next round by calling his/her tally, 'Tahi rā anō!' (One point to me) and the follower replies, 'Āe!' Then the game proceeds as for the first round. There are two sets of movements for Whakaropiropi, one with a set of five arm movements and the other with a set of six hand movements.  
  

• waenganui

  1. (location) the middle, among, midst, amid, between, the intervening space - a location word, or locative, which follows immediately after particles such as ki, i, hei and kei or is preceded by a when used as the subject of the sentence.   Kei waenganui o te whare me te taiepa tō mātou karāti.Our garage is between the house and the fence. (Te Kākano Textbook (Ed. 2): 121;) See also waengapū, waenga, waengarahi.
  2. (location) between (of time).   Nō waenganui o te tau, kātahi anō ka puta mai te whakaatu, kua whakaae mai rātou ki tā mātou tono.In the middle of the year the notification arrived that finally they had agreed to our request.
  

• poupoutanga o te rā

  midday, noon.  
  

• waengarahi

  (location) the middle, among, midst, amid, between, the intervening space - a location word, or locative, which follows immediately after particles such as ki, i, hei and kei or is preceded by a when used as the subject of the sentence.   See also waengapū, waenganui.
  

• waengapū

  (location) the middle, central, among, midst, amid, between, the intervening space - a location word, or locative, which follows immediately after particles such as ki, i, hei and kei or is preceded by a when used as the subject of the sentence.   I uru atu ia ki ngā tīma o ngā takiwā i waengapū o Te Matau-a-Māui me Te Wairoa.He represented the teams of central Hawke's Bay and Wairoa. See also waenganui, waengarahi.
  

• whitinga o te rā

  (noun) sunshine, shining of the sun.