konā
1. (location) that place, there (near or connected with the person spoken to) - a location word, or locative, which follows immediately after particles such as ki, i, hei and kei or is preceded by a when used as the subject of the sentence.
(Te Kākano Textbook (Ed. 2): 121; Te Pihinga Textbook (Ed. 2): 24;)
Tēnā koe, e kare. Kei konā a Tuihana? / Hello, my friend. Is Tuihana there?
kōnae
1. (noun) small basket woven from flax.
Ko Kahu-koka te tangata o ēnei i mahara ki te mau mai i te kōnae purapura kūmara, he koka ngā takai o tōna kōnae kūmara, koia ka tapaia e ngā hoa, ko Kahu-koka. / Kahu-koka was the person who had the forethought to bring with him a basket of kūmara tubers, which was wrapped up in koka, hence his companions gave him that name Kahu-koka.
2. (noun) belly of a fishing net.
Kāore anō te kōnae o te kupenga i ū mai ki uta, kua rere a Kahu-hunu ki te whawhao ika māna, arā, ki te muru (JPS 1905:67). / The belly of the net had not yet been hauled in, when Kahu-hunu (Kahungunu) rushed in and seized a fish for himself, that is, he grabbed it (without waiting for the proper distribution).
3. (noun) file.
Me whakahoki mai tētahi tauira o te kōnae rorohiko ki a au (HM 2/1994). / A copy of the electronic file should be returned to me.
kona
1. (noun) lower part of the abdomen.
Ko taku tamaiti i roto i tōku kōpū e kori nui ana, ana ka haere iho, ka tū ki tōku kona, ka hoki ake anō ki runga nei, ka hoki anō ki raro (NM 1928:107). / My child in my womb is moving a great deal, and when it goes down it stops in my lower abdomen, then goes back up, and then down again.
kona
1. (noun) corner, nook, interior angle.
Synonyms: korukoru
i konā
1. therefore, consequently, hence, accordingly, for that reason, as a result.
I te wā anō o te whakahekenga ka riro i a ia te whakahaere i tētahi kaupapa hei tiaki awa, ā, i konā tere tonu te huri atu ki te whakauka i te awa o Ōroua, whai mahi ana hoki ngā tāne Māori (TTR 1998:32). / At the time of the depression he also supervised a project to look after the river, and as a result it facilitated urgent conservation work along the Oroua River and provided employment for Māori men.
Synonyms: nā konā, nā konei, nā reira, nō konā, nō reira, heoi, heoti, hoi, hoi anō, oti anō, wheoi
nā konā
1. therefore, consequently, as a result, accordingly, on that account, for that reason, hence, thus.
Ko tāna ki a rāua he whiu, arā, me e whai tamariki ana ka whānau mai, me tuku te tamaiti mā ētehi kē e taurima. Nā konā i ora katoa ai ngā tamariki a Maata, nā ōna whanaunga kē i whakatipu (TTR 1996:230). / He informed the couple that if they had children their penalty was to forfeit the care of their offspring to others. Accordingly, Maata's children were all brought up by her relatives.
Synonyms: i konā, nā konei, nā reira, nō konā, nō reira, heoi, heoti, hoi, hoi anō, oti anō, wheoi
nō konā
1. therefore, consequently, hence, accordingly, for that reason, as a result.
I te tekau tau atu i 1920, ka riro ko Takurua tētahi o ngā tino kaiwhakahau i te whakatōpūtanga o ngā whenua tūturu Māori tae atu ki ngā whenua i raro i te Karauna i roto i te rohe pōtae o Tūhoe, ā, nō konā ka piri tahi ia ki a Āpirana Ngata (TTR 1998:193). / In the 1920s Takurua became one of the main advocates of the consolidation of Māori and Crown lands within the Tūhoe district, and consequently became associated with Āpirana Ngata.
Synonyms: i konā, nā konā, nā konei, nā reira, nō reira, heoi, heoti, hoi, hoi anō, oti anō, wheoi
kōnae ipurangi
1. (noun) podcast - a collection of digital media files which are distributed over the Internet for playback on portable media players and personal computers.
Synonyms: rokiroki, pakihere rokiroki
kei konā (katoa)!
1. that's the one! right on! she's/he's got it! it's his/her strong point! it's her/his forte! - an idiom used to praise someone's ability.
Kātahi te tangata tau ki te haka ko Nātana. Kei te tika tāu, e hoa. Kei konā katoa! / What an expert Nathan is at haka. Indeed, my friend. It's his forte!
Synonyms: kei reira (katoa)!
nā konā anō/tonu ...
1. so that's the reason, so that's why - an idiom used when someone has had something explained to them and they finally realise the reason. Similar to 'the penny's dropped'.
Mai rā anō, he hoa piripono rāua. Ā kāti, nā konā tonu ia i haere ai ki te whakanui i tana huritau. / They have been close friends for ages. Ah! So that's why she went to her birthday celebrations.
