Marae ātea
courtyard, public forum - an open area in front of the wharenui where formal welcomes to visitors take place and issues are debated. The marae ātea is the domain of Tūmatauenga, the atua of war and people, and is thus the appropriate place to raise contentious issues.
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Matua 1. (verb) to be adult, grown-up.
2. (stative) main, chief, important, primary.
3. (noun) father, parent, uncle. |
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Mātua 1. (noun) parents - plural form of matua. |
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Mua (location) the front, in front of, before, ahead - 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.
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Muri (location) the rear, behind, at the back of - 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.
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nā (particle) there (by the listener) - used after nouns, location words, pronouns and personal names to indicate position or connection with the listener or the principal character in a narrative. Like the other two locative particles, nei and rā, it follows manner particles (i.e. kau, kē, noa, rawa and tonu) and directional particles (i.e. mai, atu, iho and ake) in the phrase if they are present.
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nei (particle) here - used after nouns, location words, pronouns and personal names to indicate position or connection with the speaker or the principal character in a narrative. Like the other two locative particles, nā and rā, it follows manner particles (i.e. kau, kē, noa, rawa and tonu) and directional particles (i.e. mai, atu, iho and ake) in the phrase if they are present.
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Nē rā
(Common saying) is that so? won't you? won't we? isn't it? -
interrogative emphasising a question, request or proposal.
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Pahipoto Van, vehicle transporting (approx 10 people or less)
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Pahirahi Bus, large vehicle for transporting people (approx 40 people)
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Papa
(noun) board, timber, floor, slab, plank, chart, plane surface, bed (of a lake or the sea), Earth, shell of crayfish and molluscs - anything broad, flat and hard.
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