2. (noun) estimate.
Ko tāku whakatau tata, kotahi mano ngā tāngata i tae mai ki te mautohe i te kimi hinu i te parumoana. / My estimate is that one thousand people arrived to protest against oil exploration of the seabed.
monoa
1. (verb) (-tia) to admire, desire, esteem, have high regard for, think highly of.
I te tīmatanga ka kōkau, ka pūhungahunga rānei i te korenga i ū engari nāwai rā, nāwai rā i roto i te wā ko tōna otinga mai he taonga e whakamiha ai, e monoa ai te tangata i te kaha o te waiwaiā mai (HM 1/1997). / Initially it is imperfect or deficient because it is not firmly established but eventually in time it finally becomes something that one can admire and appreciate for its beauty.
2. (modifier) admirable, estimable, commendable.
Me pēhea e kore ai e rere te kupu monoa, te kupu whakamiramira, te kupu kauanuanu ki ēnei tohunga mōhio ki te tiki atu i te kupu ka whakanikoniko, ka whakanakonako kia oti mai ai ko tōna waiata e hiki ai, e ngongoro ai te manawa, e manini ai ki te taringa, e tangi kau ai hoki te mapu? (Kāretu 2009:10) / How could one not admire, honour and respect these clever experts at selecting the appropriate words to embellish their songs so that the heart is excited with the euphony that makes the heart sigh?
monowa
1. (verb) (-tia) to admire, desire, esteem, have high regard for, think highly of.
See also monoa
2. (modifier) admirable, estimable, commendable.
See also monoa
āwhiwhiwhi
1. (stative) be approximate, resemble, roughly, estimated.
Nō konei mātau i whakaaro ai, kīhei rawa i āwhiwhiwhi ngā mahi ahuwhenua o nāianei ki ngā mahi ahuwhenua o mua (PKH 18/5/1906:2). / Consequently, we think that agricultural tasks of today are nothing like those of the past.
Synonyms: āhukahuka, āhukahuka, kauāwhīwhiwhi, rite, āhuahua, ariariā, kāhukahuka
tōna
1. (determiner) his, her (referring to one item) - often followed by a noun but can stand without one.
(Te Kākano Textbook (Ed. 2): 52-56;)
See also tōhona
2. (determiner) his, hers.
3. (determiner) he/she has, she/he own.
(Te Kākano Textbook (Ed. 2): 108-110;)
4. Used in the ways above when the possessor has, or had, no control of the relationship or is subordinate, passive or inferior to what is possessed.
(Te Kākano Textbook (Ed. 2): 54-56, 140-141;)
5. (determiner) Used to express estimated numbers.
Tokowhia i tae mai ki tō kauwhau? Tōna toru rau pea. / How many arrived to your lecture? About three hundred.
See also (ko) tōna ... (nei)
