āna

1. (interjection) yes, yes indeed, just so! yes it is! yeah, agreed - a supportive response to a statement or question.

Te anuanu hoki o te āhua o te tangata rā! Āna. Whakamataku ana. / How ugly that man is! Yes, he is! He's scary.

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2. (interjection) no - in answer to a negative question.

"E kore rānei e tae mai ki konei?" "Āna, e kore pea e tae mai." (W 1971:8). / "Won't they come here?" "No, they probably won't come."

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Synonyms: karekau, kāore kau, kārekau, kāhore, ehē, horekau, kāore, kāre, tē, e, kāo

ana

1. (particle) Used following e and a verb to indicate continuing action or a continuing state but follows manner and directional particles if they are present. It sometimes precedes mai without any difference in meaning.

(Te Kākano Textbook (Ed. 2): 12;)

E mātakitaki atu ana ngā tūroro i te whutupōro. / The patients are watching the rugby.

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2. (particle) indeed.

(Te Pihinga Textbook (Ed. 2): 126;)

Aroha ana kia kite i te matenga o tana wahine. / It was indeed sad to see the death of his wife.

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3. (particle) whenever, when, if (with ka or ki te).

(Te Kākano Textbook (Ed. 2): 12; Te Pihinga Textbook (Ed. 2): 126; Te Māhuri Textbook (Ed. 2): 63-64;)

Ka hemo ana te tangata, ka uhia ia ki te tapu. / When a person dies she is cloaked with tapu.

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4. (particle) as soon as, when - used in animated narrative without e.

(Te Māhuri Textbook (Ed. 2): 114;)

Riri ana te kaiako, mataku ana te tamaiti. / When the teacher becomes angry, the child is afraid.

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5. (particle) Denotes continuous action following kia, usually also following waiho or tuku.

(Te Māhuri Textbook (Ed. 2): 151;)

6. (particle) while - when preceded by kei.

(Te Kōhure Textbook (Ed. 2): 121;)

7. (particle) if, when - of future time, followed immediately by the verb and used in the same way as ina with this usage.

Ana tae mai ia ka tāronatia e au te kakī. / When he arrives I'll strangle him.

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anā

1. (particle) there (by the listener), there it is, there they are.

(Te Kākano Textbook (Ed. 2): 59;)

Anā tō waea pūkoro. / There's your cellphone.

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ana

1. (noun) tunnel.

Ko te ana i te taha o Te Auaunga tētahi o ngā ana roa katoa o Aotearoa. The tunnel beside Te Auaunga is one of the longest tunnels in Aotearoa. /

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ana

1. (determiner) his, her - when talking of more than one thing. A possessive determiner that is the plural of tana and must be followed by a noun, unlike āna and ōna. This is the neutral or informal form.

(Te Kākano Textbook (Ed. 2): 52; Te Kākano Study Guide (Ed. 1): 1;)

Kua hōhā rātou i ana rūkahu. / They are tired of his lies.

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ana!

1. take that!.

ana

1. (noun) cave.

I tōna kaumātuatanga ka noho a Maniapoto ki Te Ana-uriuri, tētehi ana pākeho kei te takiwā o Waitomo (Te Ara 2011). / In his old age Maniapoto lived in Te Ana-uriuri, a limestone cave in the region of Waitomo.

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āna

1. (determiner) his, her (more than one thing), of his, of hers, she has, he has - used when the possessor has, or had, control of the relationship or is dominant, active or superior to what is possessed.

(Te Kākano Textbook (Ed. 2): 52-56, 140-141;)

Kei hea āna pukapuka? / Where are her books?

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anā!

1. (interjection) behold! - calling for immediate attention.

(Te Pihinga Textbook (Ed. 2): 106; Te Pihinga Audio Tapes/CDs (Ed. 2): exercise 40;)

ana pākeho

1. (noun) limestone cave.

ana roro

1. (noun) (brain) ventricle.

kia ... ana

1. (particle) kia followed by ana denotes continuous action, usually when also following waiho or tuku.

(Te Māhuri Textbook (Ed. 2): 151;)

Ka whakatauria me tuku rātou kia haere ana. / It was decided that they should be allowed to go.

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kei ... ana

1. while.

(Te Kōhure Textbook (Ed. 2): 121;)

E kata rā kei ora ana ngā niho. / Laugh while your teeth are healthy.

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anā ia!

1. (interjection) that's the one! bingo!.

(Te Kōhure Textbook (Ed. 2): 209;)

ka ... ana

1. (particle) when, whenever.

(Te Māhuri Textbook (Ed. 2): 63-64;)

Ka waipuke ana tēnei awa, ka mauria mai he oneone parakiwai o ngā whenua mōmona o runga, ka rukea ki runga i tō mātau whenua hai whakamōmona (HP 1991:14). / When this river flooded it brought down silt of the rich lands upstream and deposited it on our land to enrich it.

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Pū ana a roto kē ana a waho

1. A face or particular way of behaviour can hide internal feelings or thoughts.

Inwardly loathing outwardly on the contrary. /

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E ngaki ana a mua e tōtō ana a muri.

1. If those ahead do their work properly those following can do theirs and all can achieve their common goal.

Ahead are weeding and behind are planting. /

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kāore ... e ... ana

1. (negative) is not, are not, was not, were not, will not - a negative for the continuous, or progressive sentences. While there may be a change in word order from the affirmative sentences, the particles remain the same.

Kāore tāua e haere ana ki te kēmu. / You and I aren't going to the game.

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