Ka tīmata i te ao e nohoia nei e tātou, ā, pā noa ki te kōmaru e whiti nei i te rangi, e ara mai nei i te ata, e torengi atu nei i te ahiahi (KO 13/11/1882:6). / It begins in the world where we live until the sun shines in the sky, rising in the morning and setting in the evening.

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Ka whakaarahia i konei tō rāua kōmaru, ā, ka tukua tō rāua urungi i konei (KO 15/7/1884:7). / They raised their sail here and put down their steering paddle.

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"He kāpuapua kei roto i te kete nā?" "He aha te kāpuapua, e kui?" "Ko ngā rau me ngā pekapeka o ngā mānuka kua maroke." (TWK 53:20). / "Is there brushwood in that basket?" "What is brushwood, Grandma?" "It's mānuka leaves and twigs that have dried."

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He raruraru rā, he ngākau oho kei ngā Māori i te motu katoa ; heoi te mahi ināianei, he whakarere i ngā mahi ahuwhenua, ka haere pōhūhū ai ki ngā hui e karangatia ana i ngā wāhi katoa hei kōrero tikanga mō te motu (TWMNT 5/4/1879:374). / There are problems and excitement with the Māori all over the country; what they are doing now is leaving their agricultural work and flocking to meetings in every direction to discuss politics for the country.

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Kāore tonu e ua ahakoa te pōhūhū te rangi (PK 2008:651). / It will not rain despite the overcast skies.

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`Nei au ka noho i tōku papa, hāngai te titiro ki ngā wai whakaipuipu o Te Moana-o-Raukawa (HM 4/1990:1). / Here I sit on my floor overlooking the overcast waters of Cook Strait.

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Ka tukumaru ngā tukemata (W 1971:452). / The eyebrows are showing he is sullen.

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Kua pōuri kerekere a waho i te mea he pō tukumaru, kei te huna a Māhina (HJ 2015:132). / It is very dark outside because it's a cloudy night, the moon is hiding.

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He rangi tāmaru (W 1971:376). / An overcast day.

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Kua tino kaha rawa atu te wera, ahakoa te tāmaru o taua rangi (TPH 30/12/1900:7). / It had become extremely hot, despite being an overcast day.

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Kua kōruru haere te kiri o te koroua. / The elderly man's skin has gradually become wrinkled.

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Ka takoto rāua ki te kōruru o te rākau, he wera nō te rā. / They lay down in the shadow of the tree, because the sun was hot.

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Kai te tūnga o Maika ki runga rā, tau rawa te kōruru o te mate ki a koutou (M 2006:414). / When Maika stood up, the fear of death settled on you all.

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Kua tata mai hoki te rā, te rā o Ihowā kua tata mai, he rangi tukupū (PT Ehekiera 30:3). / For the day is near, even the day of the Lord is near, a cloudy day.

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Titiro ki ngā tohu o te marino tukupū (TWMNT 11/9/1872:110). / Look at the signs of the widespread calm.

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He tangata roa a Te Kani, he tū rangatira, he tangata ātaahua, he moko tukupū (MM.TKM 30/8/1856:12). / Te Kani was a tall man, with a chiefly bearing, a handsome person with a full tattoo.

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