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āhua

1. (verb) (-tia) to form, make.

Ka āhua te pā, ko Rangitawhi (W 1971:4). / The pā was made, which was Rangitawhi.

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Synonyms: mahi, mea, hangahanga, waihanga, whakahangahanga, whaihanga, hanga


2. (noun) shape, appearance, condition, character, likeness, nature, figure, form.

(Te Pihinga Textbook (Ed. 2): 1-7, 13-20, 94-96, 150-154;)

Koia nei tonu tō mātou āhua, tō te Māori, ina tūtaki ā-huihui mātou. / That's just the way we, the Māori, are when we get together.

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Synonyms: whakaritenga, taurite, ariā, ao tūroa, aotūroa, taiao, ritenga, oho, rite, āhuatanga, āhuahanga, taratarai, ahuahu, auaha, ata, pokepoke, tārai, tārei, hanga


3. (noun) it looks as though, looks like it, it would seem - in the idiom te āhua nei.

Te āhua nei, ka ua ā kō ake nei. / It looks as though it will rain soon.

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Synonyms: te āhua nei

āhua

1. (modifier) somewhat, a little, quite, fairly, a bit, sort of - stands before the word it qualifies and has the effect of lessening the force of the meaning of the base it modifies.

(Te Pihinga Textbook (Ed. 2): 42-43;)

Kua āhua pukuriri ia. / He is somewhat angry.

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Synonyms: (ko) tōna ... (nei), tata, kāhua, anō, tino, noa, tonu, kere, āta, hangehange, hengahenga, tou, noa iho, koia, rawa


2. (modifier) about, approximately - when used before numerals.

Ko te nui o ngā akonga kei te āhua tekau mano nei (HM 3/1990:3). / The number of students is about ten thousand.

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āhua

1. (verb) to approach, head towards.

Ko taua rū i ahu mai te aronga i te taha ki te māuru, āhua whakatemarangai (TJ 4/1/1898:6). / That earthquake came from the west heading towards the east.

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2. (verb) to hasten, hurry.

E tō, e te rā, āhua te whakangaro (W 1071:4). / Set, o sun, hurry and disappear.

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āhua

1. (verb) to be pregnant, expecting.

E āhua ana te wahine (W 1971:4). / The woman is pregnant.

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Synonyms: hapū, ngahae

āhua kōpiko

1. (noun) curvilinear shape.

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).

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āhua ahurua

1. (noun) two-dimensional figure, two-dimensional shape (maths).

Ko te taparau tētahi āhua ahurua, e toru, nui ake rānei ngā rārangi torotika e hono ana hei tapa (TRP 2010:254). / The polygon is a two-dimensional shape with three or more straight lines which join to form the sides (TRP 2010:254).

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kupu āhua

1. (noun) adjective.

kaihono āhua

1. (noun) vision mixer.

kaihopu āhua

1. (noun) camera operator.

kupumahi āhua

1. (noun) stative, adjective.

āhua kirikiri

1. (noun) something that does not meet with approval.

āhua noho

1. (noun) lifestyle, life.

I whai kupu a Ōriwa ki ngā minenga iwi mō te āhua noho o te Māori me ā rātou tikanga (TTR 1998:51). / Oliver lectured to audiences on Māori lifestyle and their customs.

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Synonyms: koiora, tauoranga, ora, mataora

ko taua āhua tonu/ko taua āhua rā anō

1. just the same, as per usual - an idiom to indicate that nothing has changed.

Kei te pēhea a Pou? Ko taua āhua tonu. Kei te totitoti tonu ia. / How is Pou? Just the same. He's still limping.

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Synonyms: e rua, e rua

kupu āhua whakataurite

1. (noun) comparative adjective.

te āhua nei

1. it looks as though, by the look of things, it would seem, it would appear that, looks like it - an idiom.

Te āhua nei, he pakanga kei te haere. / It looks as though there's a battle about to happen.
Ahakoa anō te kōrero a Eruera kāore ia i mōhio he aha te mea i mau i a ia i te kura o Te Teko, te āhua nei i tōtika tonu ia, nō te mea, nō te tau 1910, ka whai karahipi ia mō te haere ki te kura tuarua o Tīpene i Ākarana (EM 2002:28). / Despite Eruera saying that he did not know what he learnt at Te Teko School, it would seem that he did all right because in 1910 he gained a scholarship to go to secondary school at St Stephens in Auckland.

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Synonyms: āhua

kaihopu āhua taiao

1. (noun) field camera operator.

ringa whakapai āhua

1. (noun) make-up person.

kaihopu āhua matua

1. (noun) senior camera.

ōrite te āhua

1. (adjective) similar in shape.

He ōrite te āhua o ēnei tapatoru. He ōrite ngā koki roto o tētahi me ngā koki roto o tētahi, engari he rerekē te rahi o tēnā tapatoru, o tēnā (TRP 2010:183). / These triangles are similar in shape. The angles within each are the same, but the size of each triangle is different.

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