tōna

tona

1. (noun) wart, corn, nodule.

Ka rūnā te tona i mua i te tākai ki te rau (Te Ara 2013). / Warts were pared down before biding with leaves.

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1. (determiner) his, her (referring to one item) - often followed by a noun but can stand without one.

(Te Kākano Textbook (Ed. 2): 52-56;)

Arā tōna motokā, kei hea tōku? / There's her car; where's mine?

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tona

1. (determiner) his, her (one thing) - alternative for tana but peculiar to some Ngāti Kahungunu speakers.

Ko tona wahine nō Ingarangi anō (HP 1991:37). / His wife was also from England.

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tōna tikanga

1. supposedly, it would seem, strictly speaking, by rights, it's supposed to be like this - an idiom used to make an assertion or to state that something was supposed to take place or have taken place.

Tōna tikanga kia papā te whatitiri, kia hikohiko te uira, kia pōrukuruku te rangi i tō wehenga atu, engari i rangi paihuarere, i tau ko pakiwaru, ko te paki o Atutahi, te whetū tārake o te rangi (HM 1/1995). / The thunder is supposed to resound, the lightning flash and the sky be clouded over at your departure, but it's a fine day, the fine weather has settled and it's the fine weather of Canopus, the star that stands out in the sky.

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hei tōna wā ki tōna wāhi

1. at another time and place.

Ko taua mihi anō rā, hei tōna wā ki tōna wāhi. / That acknowledgement is for another time and place.

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ā tōna wā ki tōna wāhi

1. I’ll see you again (at some point in time and place) - a farewell used when you’re unsure when or where you’ll see someone again in the future.

Pare: Noho ora mai, e hoa. Rangi: Haere pai atu. Ā tōna wā ki tōna wāhi. / Pare: Stay well, my friend. Rangi: Go well. I’ll see you again at some point.

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ā tōna wā

1. at some time in the future, in due course, at an appropriate time in the future.

He pai tēnei mahi mōku he whakapakari i taku tinana hai hāpai i ngā mea taumaha ā tōna wā (HP 1991:27). / This activity was good for me to strengthen my body to lift heavy things in the future.

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tōna [pai] nei

1. so so, not too bad, quite good, OK I guess, somewhat, sort of - an idiom used to give qualified praise. Also used to indicate qualified agreement with someone else's statement.

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

I pēhea tāu hararei? Tōna pai nei. / How was your holiday? It was OK.
Tau: Kei te wera tō kawhe? Ira: Mmm tōna wera nei (HJ 2012:41). / Tau: Is your coffee hot? Ira: Mmm it's OK I guess.

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Synonyms: nanakia, autaia

(ko) tōna ... (nei)

1. somewhat, quite, fairly, about.

Ko tōna rua rau pea ngā tāngata i tae ake ki te hura kōhatu (HKK 1999:191). / Probably about two hundred people arrived at the unveiling.
Rangi: He aha te tae o tō hūtu hou, he pango? Pare" Āe, ko tōna pango nei, me kī he ōnewa kē te tae (HKK 1999:191). / Rangi: What colour is your new suit, is it black? Pare: Yes, it's blackish, but I should say that the colour is dark grey.

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Synonyms: āhua, tata, koia, rawa, anō, tino, noa, tonu, kere, āta, hangehange, hengahenga, kāhua, tou, noa iho

nōna anō tōna hē

1. it's her own fault, it's his own fault.

Inā nōnā anō tōna hē hei aha noa iho i aroha atu ai. / If it’s her own fault then let’s not have any sympathy.

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nāna anō tōna mate i kimi

1. she thought she knew better, she brought it upon herself, he thought he knew better, he brought it upon himself, he got what was coming to him, she dug her own grave - an idiom.