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tētahi ... tētahi

1. (determiner) one ... the other.

(Te Pihinga Textbook (Ed. 2): 93;)

He tangata taikaha tētahi, he tangata māhaki tētahi. / One man is stubborn, the other is a mild-natured person.

See also tahi, tētehi ... tētehi

Synonyms: tētehi ... tētehi

2. (determiner) each.

I te 17 o Hune nei, i whakawākia rāua i te Kōti Matua mō te hara tuhituhi pukanoa i ngā ingoa tāngata kē ki ngā tieki tono moni i ngā pēke, ā whakataua ana e te kōti kia kotahi tau mō tētahi, mō tētahi ki te whare herehere (TWMA 20/6/1884:3). / On 17th June they went on trial in the Supreme Court for writing fraudulent cheques and were each sentenced by the court to one year in prison.

tētahi

1. (determiner) one, a, an, a certain, particular - often followed by a noun but can stand without one.

I rongo rātau i tētahi iwi e kōrerorero ana i roto o te kohu o te maunga. / They heard some people talking from within the mist on the mountain.

See also tētehi

Synonyms: he, tētehi, mea, kotahi, kōtahitahi, tahi

2. (interjection) what a ...

(Te Kākano Textbook (Ed. 2): 58;)

Tētahi tangata pukumahi! / What an industrious man!

3. (determiner) one another - when repeated with a preposition in between.

Kāore rātou i whana atu i te pōro mai i tētahi ki tētahi. / They didn't kick the ball from one to another.

4. moreover, besides, another thing was - used as a conjunction.

Tētahi, ko ngā kākahu o Weriweri he karukaru. / Moreover Weriweri's clothes were ragged.
Ko tētahi he kōpua rawa taua wāhi e kaukau rā rātau (HP 1991:20). / Another thing was that that place where they were swimming was a deep pool.

Synonyms: waihoki, whaihoki

tētahi atu

1. (determiner) another, some other, someone else.

Homai tētahi atu pene! / Pass me another pen, please!

See also tētehi atu

tētahi tangata

1. some people (singular) - an expression of disapproval towards a certain type of behaviour.

I tae mai a Tere ki te hui i te marae i te mutunga wiki. Heoi anō tāna, he noho noa iho, he kai i ngā kai. Tētahi tangata! / Tere came to the gathering at the marae on the weekend. All she did was laze around and eat. Some people!

Synonyms: iwi, nuinga, hunga, tāngata, pori, hanga, ētahi tāngata

Me poupou tētahi aho me kōrewa tētahi aho

1. In reference to a fishing line with a sinker and one that floats. 'Don't put all of your eggs in one basket.'.

One line should should be straight up and down and one line should float. /

i tētahi pō

1. (noun) one night.

I tētahi pō, ka whakaritea ko au tētahi o ngā hēteri tiaki i ngā herehere (HP 1991:113). / One night I was appointed to be one of the sentries guarding the prisoners.

āhua o tētahi mea

1. (noun) something's appearance.

(Te Pihinga Textbook (Ed. 2): 26-29;)

āraitanga o tētahi wāhi o Tama-nui-te-rā

1. partial solar eclipse.

Me mātua whakapai ake i tōu marae i mua i te kōrero mō tētahi atu

1. Worry about your own backyard.

You should clean up your own marae before commenting about someone elses. /

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