mua

1. (location) the front, in front of, before, ahead - 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.

(Te Kākano Textbook (Ed. 2): 15-16; Te Pihinga Textbook (Ed. 2): 24;)

Kei mua te upoko o te kau i te whiore. / The cow's head is in front of its tail.

Show example

Hide example

2. (location) the past, former, the time before, formerly, first - often modified by mai, ake or atu.

(Te Kākano Textbook (Ed. 2): 121;)

I ngā rā o mua, haere ai ngā tīpuna ki reira. / In former times, the ancestors went there.

Show example

Hide example

taupuru mua

1. (noun) front row.

ā mua

1. the time to come, the future.

pou mua

1. (noun) front post of a meeting house.

2. (noun) forward (rugby).

i mua

1. before, in the past.

Tokotoru ngā tamariki a Mere i ētehi atu i mua i tō rāua moenga (TTR 1998:2). / Mere had three children by others before their marriage.

Show example

Hide example

tūrama mua

1. (noun) front lighting.

mua kai kai

1. (electoral system) first-past-the-post.

mua kai kai

1. (economics) pure competition.

i mua atu

1. before.

I whara te himu o Tohu i ngā tau i mua atu i tōna matenga i Parihaka, i te 4 o Pēpuere 1907 (TTR 1994:184). / Tohu's hip-bone was injured in the years before his death at Parihaka on 4 February 1907.

Show example

Hide example

wā o mua

1. (noun) olden days, former times, formerly.

Ka whakaaratia ake e ia ngā kōrero o te Kawenata Tawhito e hoki anō ai ki te wā o mua i tini ai ngā wāhine a te tangata kotahi, ahakoa kāre ia i whakaae ki ana kaiārahi kia whai i tēnei tikanga (TTR 1990:313). / He appealed to the authority of the Old Testament for a return to the custom of former times of plural marriage, although this was denied to his higher clergy.

Show example

Hide example

Synonyms: tua whakarere

ākonga o mua

1. (noun) alumnus, alumni, old pupil, former pupil, former student, old boy, old girl.

nō mua atu

1. before, it was before.

Nō mua atu i te Pakanga Nui o te Ao Tuatahi mai i te 1914 ki te 1918 (HP 1991:21). / It was before the First World War from 1914 to 1918.

Show example

Hide example

i mua ake

1. before.

Ko ia nei te mea pakeke o ngā tamāhine a Charles Eustace Kerr, kua whakatā mai nei ia i te mahi pāmu i mua ake (TTR 2000:24). / She was the eldest daughter of Charles Eustace Kerr, who had retired from farming.

Show example

Hide example

kōrero o mua

1. (noun) history and traditions.

I te tau 1899 i Pāpāwai, ka whakaarahia mai e Tamahau Mahupuku te kaupapa o te wā i a Te Mātorohanga, kia kohikohia ngā kōrero o mua (TTR 1990:22). / In 1899 at Papawai, Tamahau Mahupuku raised the issue of the time with Te Mātorohanga for the recording of Māori history and traditions.

Show example

Hide example

Tangaroa-ā-mua

1. (personal noun) moon on the twenty-second night of the lunar month - for some tribes (e.g. Te Whānau-ā-Apanui) this is the eighth night of the lunar month, or the eighth night after the full moom.

2. (noun) moon on the eighth night after the full moon.

Mā te Tangaroa-ā-mua nei e whakapūmau te āhua o te roanga atu o ngā Tangaroa katoa (WT 2013:32). / It is during the first night of Tangaroa, Tangaroa-ā-mua, that the true nature of the Tangaroa period will be confirmed (WT 2013:32).

Show example

Hide example

i mua tata atu

1. just before.

I te tau 1886, e ai tā te kōrero, i mua tata atu o te pakarutanga o Tarawera, ka kitea he waka taua e hoe ana i roto o Tarawera Moana, e hautū ana ngā kaihautū, e ngū ana ngā kaihoe (TP 1/1/1901:7). / According to accounts, in 1886, just before the Tarawera eruption, a war canoe was seen paddling on Lake Tarawera. The leaders were calling the timing and the paddlers were silent.

Show example

Hide example

Synonyms: ina tonu, i nakua tonu nei, inakuarā, inā tata nei, nōnākuara

i ngā wā ō mua

1. in past times.

I ngā wā o mua atu i noho rāua tahi he kaihokohoko te mahi ki roto o Tauranga (TTR 1998:9). / In the past they lived together and were traders in Tauranga.

Show example

Hide example

i mua tata tonu atu

1. immediately before, shortly before.

I mua tata tonu atu i tōna matenga, whakatuwheratia ana e te Kāwana Tianara te whare nui o Tūmatauenga i Ōtīria (TTR 1998:154). / Shortly before his death, the Tūmatauenga meeting house at Ōtīria was opened by the Governor General.

Show example

Hide example