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tāku

1. (determiner) my (referring to one thing) - often followed by a noun but can stand without one.

(Te Kākano Textbook (Ed. 2): 52-56;)

I kanihitia tō poraka karukaru e tāku mokopuna. / Your tattered jersey was patched up by my grandchild.

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tōku

1. (determiner) my (referring to one item) - a possessive often followed by a noun but can stand without one.

(Te Kākano Textbook (Ed. 2): 52-56;)

Ko Murumāra tōku ingoa. / My name's Murumāra.

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1. (verb) to be assembled.

Nō te ata o te Wenerei, te 6 o ngā rā, ka hoki anō a te Kāwana ki uta, kua mine mai hoki ki reira te tini o te tāngata, te Māori me te Pākehā, hei whakahōnore i a ia (TKM.MM 15/1/1862:1). / On the morning of Wednesday, the 6th, the Governor went ashore, and many people, Māori and Pākehā, had gathered to honour him.

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maina

1. (loan) (verb) (-tia) to lay mines.

Kua mainatia ngā ngutu o ngā wahapū o ngā tāone nunui (TP 4/1904:6). / The entrances of the harbours of the principal towns have been laid with mines.

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2. (loan) (noun) mine, mining.

Ka tata ki Kawaiti ka pakū ngā maina i whakatakotoria ki roto ki te moana, pakū rawa mai ko mua o te manuao, rere ana te puahiritanga o te wai ki te rangi (TJ 14/6/1898:4). / As it neared Cavite, mines placed in the sea exploded in front of the warship, the fountain of the water flying into the sky.

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Synonyms: kororua, rua, waro

huke waro

1. (noun) coal mine.

mōkutia

1. (verb) (-tia) to make mine - an unusual use of mōku as a verb with a passive ending.

Ka mōkutia tēnei whenua, koia mātou i whakaaro ai e kore e pai kia hoko noa tētahi atu iwi i ō mātou whenua (Wh4 2004:109). / This became my tribe's land, that's why we think it would not be right that another tribe should sell our land.

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nāku

1. belonging to me, mine - used in this way when the possessor had control of the relationship or was/is dominant, active or superior to what was/is possessed.

(Te Kākano Textbook (Ed. 2): 54-56, 140-141; Te Kākano Study Guide (Ed. 1): 27; Te Pihinga Textbook (Ed. 2): 22-23;)

Nāku tēnā kurī. / That dog is mine.

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2. (particle) I did.

(Te Kākano Textbook (Ed. 2): 30-32; Te Kākano Study Guide (Ed. 1): 41-42;)

Nāku ngā kōrero mō Pōtatau i tuhi. / I wrote the account about Pōtatau.

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nōhoku

1. (particle) belonging to me, mine, because I - variation of nōku.

Ka mea atu a Māui, “He hinganga nōhoku ki rō wai, nā reira i poko ai te ahi nei.” (JPS 1929:22). / Māui said, “It was because I fell into the water, that was how the fire was extinguished.”

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nōku

1. belonging to me, mine - used when the possessor did not, or does not, have control of the relationship or was subordinate, passive or inferior to what was/is possessed.

(Te Kākano Textbook (Ed. 2): 54-56, 140-141; Te Kākano Study Guide (Ed. 1): 27; Te Pihinga Textbook (Ed. 2): 23-24;)

Nōku te hē. / The fault is mine.

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2. while I was, as a result.

(Te Kōhure Textbook (Ed. 2): 80;)

Nōku i taua whenua, ka akona e au ētahi o ā rātou tikanga. / While I was in that country, I learnt some of their customs.

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ngōku

1. (particle) (determiner) my, of mine, belonging to me (more than one thing) - plural of tōku. A possessive determiner. A Tainui variation of ōku.

Ngōku te hē. / It was my fault.

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Synonyms: āhaku, āku, aku, ōku

ōhoku

1. (particle) (determiner) my, of mine, belonging to me (more than one thing) - variation of ōku.

Nō Kāi Tahu ōhoku tūpuna. / My ancestors were from Ngāi Tahu.

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ōku

1. (determiner) my, of mine, belonging to me (more than one thing) - plural of tōku. A possessive determiner.

(Te Kākano Textbook (Ed. 2): 52-56;)

Kei hea ōku mōhiti? / Where are my glasses?

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Synonyms: ngōku, āhaku, āku, aku

2. (determiner) I have (more than one thing).

(Te Kākano Textbook (Ed. 2): 108-110;)

He motokā ōku. / I own cars.

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3. 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;)

ō tātou

1. (determiner) our (yours and mine - more than two people and more than two things) - a possessive determiner.

(Te Kākano Textbook (Ed. 2): 52-56;)

Ehara ō tātou kaiako i te wāhine. / Our teachers are not women.

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2. (determiner) we have (you two or more and I and more than one thing).

(Te Kākano Textbook (Ed. 2): 108-110;)

He paihikara ō tātou. / We have bicycles.

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3. Used in these ways listed above when the possessor has no control of the relationship or is subordinate, passive or inferior to what is possessed.

(Te Kākano Textbook (Ed. 2): 54-56, 140-141;)

ō tāua

1. (determiner) our(yours and mine and more than one thing) - a possessive determiner.

(Te Kākano Textbook (Ed. 2): 52-56;)

Kei hea ō tāua waka rererangi? / Where are our aircraft?

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2. (determiner) we have, you (one person) and I have - when referring to more than one thing.

(Te Kākano Textbook (Ed. 2): 108-110;)

He tuākana ō tāua. / You and I have elder sisters.

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3. Used in these ways listed above when the possessor has no control of the relationship or is subordinate, passive or inferior to what is possessed.

(Te Kākano Textbook (Ed. 2): 54-56, 140-141;)

rua

1. (noun) hole, pit, burrow, den, chasm, grave, mine, crater.

He rua ō ngā pōkiha, he kōhanga ō ngā manu o te rangi (HKW 6/1899:10). / Foxes have dens and birds of the sky have nests.

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Synonyms: kororua, maina, waro, mārua, kōruarua, kōrua, pārua, poka, pōpokorua, pokopokorua, pokorua, hāpoki, pokere

2. (noun) storage pit.

Tērā i mua tata atu kua tae tētehi tangata ki te tāhae kūmara i te rua kūmara a Mahanga. I te haerenga o Hotu-nui ka takahia e ia ngā tapuwae o tērā, ā, nō te ata ka tirohia i ngā takahanga, ka kīia nā Hotu-nui te tāhaetanga i ngā kūmara (NIT 1995:105). / Shortly before, someone had been to steal kūmara from Māhanga's kūmara storage pit. Hotu-nui had trodden in the footsteps of the thief, and in the morning when the footprints were examined it was said that Hotu-nui had stolen the kūmara.

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3. (noun) abyss - place where the heavenly bodies disappear to before reappearing again.

Te tōnga o te rā, te rerenga ki te rua (G 1853:168). / When the sun sets it travels to the abyss.

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Synonyms: kororua, waro, poka tōrere

tāhaku

1. (particle) (determiner) my (referring to one thing), mine - variation of tāku. Often followed by a noun but can stand without one.

(Te Kākano Textbook (Ed. 2): 52-56, 108-110, 140-141;)

Ko tāhaku ki a koutou, ahakoa te pōturi o te haere ā tātau mahi, ka taea te whakaoti. / What I'm saying to you all is that despite the slow progress of our work, we will be able to complete it.

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tōhoku

1. (determiner) my, mine, I have, I own - variation of tōku.

āhaku

1. (determiner) my (more than one thing), of mine (more than one thing), belonging to me (more than one thing), I have (more than one thing) - plural of tāhaku and a variation of āku.

āku

1. (determiner) my, of mine, belonging to me (more than one thing) - a possessive determiner. 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;)

Kua ngaro āku ake kōpae pūoro. / My own CDs are missing.

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