hia
1. (numeral) how many? - combines with e, kia, toko-, ka and tua- to mean 'how many are there?' (e hia?); 'how many are wanted?' (kia hia?); how many people are there (tokohia?); 'how many?/how long?' (ka hia?); and 'how many?' (kia tuahia?).
E hia āu kurī? / How many dogs are there?
Kia toru māku. Kia hia māu, e Toi? (TWK 23:21). / Three for me. How many for you, Toi?
Tokohia ngā tāngata i tae mai ki te hui? / How many people came to the meeting?
Ka hia ngā tau ia e ngaro atu ana ki rāwāhi? / How long has she been away overseas?
Kia tuahia hainatanga i te Tiriti? (TTT 1/4/1925:213). / How many times was the Treaty signed?
2. (numeral) how long?.
(Te Kākano Textbook (Ed. 2): 5, 16, 63; Te Pihinga Textbook (Ed. 2): 63-64, 146;)
E hia te roa o te pahi e tū ana ki Rotorua? / How long is the bus stopping at Rotorua?
Ka hia te roa tātau e mahi ana i tēnei mahi? / How long have we been doing this job?
hāngūtanga
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;)
Synonyms: tūmahi hāngū
kūmuri hāngū
1. (noun) passive suffix, passive ending - endings added to a verb 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;)
See also tūmahi hāngū
Synonyms: hiku whakahāngū, pīmuri whakahāngū
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
pīmuri whakahāngū
1. (noun) passive suffix, passive ending - endings added to a verb 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;)
Ko ia te tangata whai mana o tēnei marae o Pehiaweri, he tangata hoki ia i arohaina nuitia e ōna iwi ake, me ōna hoa Pākehā hoki (TP 10/1903:6). / He was the person who had authority of this marae, Periaweri, and was a person greatly loved by his own tribes and also by his Pākehā friends.
See also pīmuri
Synonyms: hiku whakahāngū, kūmuri hāngū
