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tāua

1. (noun) grandmother, old woman, grandparent, old man.

Ko Huriwhenua tonu tōna ingoa whakahua ki ngā pōua me ngā tāua o Ngāi Tahu (TTR 1994:100). / Older people of Ngāi Tahu continued to call him Huriwhenua.

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Synonyms: hākuikui, ngoingoi, kui, kuikui, hākui, rūruhi, ruahine, ruānuku, kaumātua, pou, koeke, pēperekōu, koroheke, tauheke, koroua, kokoro, nehe, korokoroua

tauā

1. (noun) war party, army.

See also taua

taua

1. (noun) war party, army - tauā in some dialects.

Ka ngarongaro atu te taua, ka heke ngā tāngata o Rākaipākā, ka whakaemitia ngā tinana o ngā tāngata mate, ka taongia (HP 1991:28). / When the war party disappeared, the people of Rākaipākā descended and gathered the bodies of the people killed and cooked them.

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taua

1. (verb) to succeed, be next in succession to.

Māna ahau e taua (W 1971:397). / He will succeed me.

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tauā

1. (verb) to mourn, wear mourning clothes.

E tauā ana koe? (W 1971:397). / Are you wearing mourning clothes?

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Synonyms: tangitangi, rohi, tangi, takuate, rāhiri, taurere, huamo, muri


2. (noun) mourning wreath (for the head), chaplet - garland of greenery worn by female mourners at a tangihanga.

Kātahi ka whatiwhati i ngā rau o te rākau, he whiro e tupu ana i te taha o te rori, ka hangā hei tauā mō tana māhunga (TWK 27:36). / Then she broke off leaves of a tree, a willow growing beside the road, and made a mourning wreath for her head.

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Synonyms: pare kawakawa

taua

1. (noun) grandmother, elderly woman (Ngāi Tahu dialect).

Ka rewa māua, kāore tētahi takata, wahine, tamaiti, taua, pōua, i mahue atu, peti katoa (MT 2011:69). / We set off and not one man, woman, child, elderly woman or elderly man was left behind, everybody was included.

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taua

1. (determiner) that, the - referring to something mentioned previously.

(Te Kākano Study Guide (Ed. 1): 32;)

Nā Mātaatua i hari mai a Rongomai, ko ia te kaitiaki o taua waka. / Mātaatua brought Rongomai here and he is the guardian of that canoe.

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tāua

1. (pronoun) you (one person) and I, we two, us - like all pronouns and personals, takes a when following ki, i, kei and hei but, in most dialects, does not take a when used as the subject of the sentence. Never occurs after he, te and ngā.

(Te Kākano Textbook (Ed. 2): 13, 31-32, 52-56, 64-65;)

Me haere tāua ki ngā toa. / You and I should go to the shops.

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See also tā tāua

ko [tāua tāua]

1. you and me both, we/they are both the same, both of us/them, I agree - an idiom to state that two or more people share the same attribute, interests, opinion or background. This idiom can also be used to introduce a competition.

Kei te tino mōhio koe ki a ia? E mea ana koe? Ko māua māua i te whare wānanga. / Do you really know her? You bet. We were both at university together.
Rangi: Kāore aku mātua e pai ki te hunga kai mātaitai i te tahatika. Pare: Ko rātou rātou o tērā whakatupuranga (HKK 1999:181). / Rangi: My parents don't like people who eat seafood on the shore. Pare: All that generation think like that.

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tauā moana

1. (noun) navy.

Nō muri mai, ka tangohia e te taua moana roera o Aotearoa te rangi mō tā rātou hīkoi pōrori (TTR 1996:257). / Later the tune was adopted by the Royal New Zealand Navy as their slow march.

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Synonyms: pukepoto, ōrangiuri


2. (modifier) naval.

Rokohina atu ko Te Arawa rātau ko ngā hōia a te kāwanatanga me ngā waka taua moana o Peretānia e tū mai ana (TTR 1994:152). / Te Arawa and the government troops, with British naval vessels standing by, came upon them.

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ngāti tāua

1. you and I, us, we - this idiom includes the speaker and the listener or listeners. Sometimes appears as ngāi tāua.

He tangata au e whakapono ana ki te whaiwhaiā, ki te kēhua. Nō mua iho ēnei taputapu a tāua, a te Māori. Ki te whakahē ētahi o ngāti tāua, ka kīia e tātou he pōrangi taua hunga e whakahē ana (TP 3/1905:8). / I believe in witchcraft and ghosts. These supernatural things belonging to us, to Māori, are from ancient times. If some of us disagree, we will label those who disagree crazy.

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ā tāua

1. (determiner) our (yours and mine - more than one thing) - a possessive determiner.

(Te Kākano Textbook (Ed. 2): 52-56;)

Kei hea ā tāua tēpu? / Where are our tables?

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2. (determiner) we have (you and I and more than one thing).

(Te Kākano Textbook (Ed. 2): 108-110;)

He tītī ā tāua. / You and I have mutton birds.

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3. Used in these ways listed above when the possessor has control of the relationship or is dominant, active or superior to what is possessed.

(Te Kākano Textbook (Ed. 2): 54-56, 140-141;)

ō tāua

1. (determiner) our(yours and mine and more than one thing) - a possessive determiner.

(Te Kākano Textbook (Ed. 2): 52-56;)

Kei hea ō tāua waka rererangi? / Where are our aircraft?

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2. (determiner) we have, you (one person) and I have - when referring to more than one thing.

(Te Kākano Textbook (Ed. 2): 108-110;)

He tuākana ō tāua. / You and I have elder sisters.

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3. Used in these ways listed above when the possessor has no control of the relationship or is subordinate, passive or inferior to what is possessed.

(Te Kākano Textbook (Ed. 2): 54-56, 140-141;)

tā tāua

1. (determiner) our, i.e. your (one person) and my (referring to one thing) - often followed by a noun but can stand without one.

(Te Kākano Textbook (Ed. 2): 52-56;)

Kei te tatari tā tāua hekeretari ki a tāua. / Our secretary is waiting for us.

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Synonyms: tā mātou, tō mātou, tā tātou, tō māua, tā māua, tō tāua, tō tātou


2. (determiner) we (you and I) have (one thing).

(Te Kākano Textbook (Ed. 2): 108-110;)

He tuna tā tāua. / We have an eel.

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3. Used in these ways listed above when the possessor has control of the relationship or is dominant, active or superior to what is possessed.

(Te Kākano Textbook (Ed. 2): 54-56, 140-141;)

whare tauā

1. (noun) chief mourners, place where the corpse lies.

Ko te wāhi takoto anō hoki o te tūpāpaku ka kīia ko te whare mate, ko te whare pōtae, ko te whare tauā rānei (RR 1974:21). / And the place where the body lies is called the 'whare mate', the 'whare pōtae', or the 'whare tauā' (house of mourning).

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ope taua

1. (noun) battalion, troops, armed force, war party.

Kātahi ka puta mai a Tawa me tana ope taua o Te Arawa anō i te 7 o Pēpuere, ka turakina te haki mā, te tohu o te rangaawatea (TTR 1990:221). / Then Gilbert Mair and his Te Arawa troops appeared on 7 February and tore down the white flag, the symbol of a truce.

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Synonyms: pātariana

ngārahu taua

1. (noun) black nerita, Nerita atramentosa - a round univalve with a bluish-black shell, white underneath with a black lip around a D-shaped hole. Found on rocks near the high tide level.

kākahu tauā

1. (noun) mourning clothes.

Te kākahu tauā o ngā tāngata o Tonga he whāriki. Ka mate te tangata ka mau ōna whanaunga i te whāriki, ka rāpakitea ki runga ki a rātou (TP 11/1909:8). / The mourning garment of the people of Tonga is a mat. When the person dies his relatives wear the mat, which is wrapped around the waist down to the knees.

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taua rererangi

1. (noun) airforce.

Ka whakauru nei ia ki te taua rererangi, ā, i whakatūria rā ia hei kaiwhakatikatika waka rererangi matua (TTR 1998:53). / He enlisted in the air force and was promoted to leading air craftsman.

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tō tāua

1. (determiner) our, i.e. your (one person) and my (referring to one thing) - often followed by a noun but can stand without one.

(Te Kākano Textbook (Ed. 2): 52-56;)

Kei te tatari tō tāua tumuaki ki a tāua. / Our Vice-Chancellor is waiting for us.

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Synonyms: tā mātou, tō mātou, tā tātou, tō māua, tā māua, tō tātou, tā tāua


2. (determiner) we (you and I) have (referring to one thing).

(Te Kākano Textbook (Ed. 2): 108-110;)

He motokā tō tāua. / We have a car.

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3. Used in these ways listed above when the possessor has no control of the relationship or is subordinate, passive or inferior to what is possessed.

(Te Kākano Textbook (Ed. 2): 54-56, 140-141;)

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