tūmahi
1. (noun) verb - a word used to indicate an action.
(Te Kākano Textbook (Ed. 2): 65-67, 84-85; Te Pihinga Textbook (Ed. 2): 54-55, 88-89, 123-125, 148-149;)
I te rerenga kōrero 'e auau ana te kurī', ko te 'auau' te tūmahi. / In the sentence 'e auau ana te kurī', 'auau' is the verb.
See also tūmahi hāngū
tūmahi whiti
1. (noun) transitive verb - a verb able to take a direct object.
He tūmahi whiti te kupu 'tapahi', i te mea kāore te tangata e tapahi noa - me tapahi rawa ia 'i' tētahi mea, pērā i te parāoa, i te rākau, i te aha atu (PK 2008:1000). / The word 'tapahi' is a transitive verb because the person is not just cutting - she must actually cut something, such as the bread, the wood, or something else.
tūmahi oti
1. (noun) stative verb - a verb expressing a state or condition rather than an activity or event. These are called 'neuter verbs' by some grammarians.
I te rerenga kōrero 'i mahue a Mānia i te pahi', he tūmahi oti te kupu 'mahue'. / In the sentence 'i mahue a Mānia i te pahi', the word 'mahue' is the stative verb.
tūmahi hāngū
1. (noun) passive verb - a word that is used when the subject undergoes the action of the verb. In Māori, verbs used in the passive usually take a passive ending. The passive endings are: -tia, -hia, -ngia, -a, -ia, -ina, -kia, -mia, -na, -nga, -ria, -whia, -whina, -kina.
(Te Kākano Textbook (Ed. 2): 65-67, 84-85; Te Pihinga Textbook (Ed. 2): 88;)
I te rerenga kōrero 'kua horoia ngā rīhi', ko te 'horoia' te tūmahi hāngū. / In the sentence 'kua horoia ngā rīhi', 'horoia' is the passive verb.
See also pīmuri whakahāngū
Synonyms: hāngūtanga
tūmahi āhua
1. (noun) adverb - a word that gives information about an action or state.
Ki ētahi me he pūmahi te hoa haere (pēnei i te 'kua', i te 'e ... ana'), he tūmahi āhua te kupu tika ā, me he tūingoa te hoa haere, he tūāhua te kupu tika (HJ 2015:12). / To some people, if the accompanying word is a verbal particle (such as 'kua' and 'e ... ana') it is correctly called a 'tūmahi āhua' (adverb) and if the accompanying word is a noun the right word is 'tūāhua' (adjective).
tūmahi wheako
1. (noun) experience verb - a verb that names a mental state, attitude, perception or experience. Although experience verbs function like transitive verbs (tūmahi whiti) in some ways, they differ in others. Common experience verbs include: kite, rongo, mārama, pīrangi, mōhio, hiahia, mahara, tūmanako. Generally with experience verbs (except kite) their objects are marked with ki, e.g. Kei te mōhio au ki tō pāpā. (I know your father.) Experience verbs function like adjectives when used in commands in that they are preceded by kia, not e or nothing, e.g. Kia maumahara! (Remember!).
Ko te tūmahi wheako he kupumahi whakaatu i te wheako, i te waiaro. / An experience verb is a verb indicating an experience or attitude.
