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Kupu o te Rā

manuhiri / manuwhiri

manuhiri / manuwhiri: visitors

Ka pōwhiritia ngā manuhiri ki runga i te marae.
The visitors will be welcomed onto the marae.
- this is an example of a passive sentence

koroua

koroua: elderly man

Kei mua te koroua i te wharenui.
The elderly man is in front of the carved meeting house.
- this is an example of a locative sentence

I te nuinga o te wā, ko tā te koroua mahi, he whaikōrero.
Most of the time, the role of the elderly men is the whaikōrero. (The whaikōrero are done by the elderly men.)

kaumātua

kaumātua: elder He kaumātua ia.
She is an elder.
- this is an example of a classifying sentence

Ko ngā kaumātua ngā tāonga o te ao Māori.
The elderly people are the treasures of the Māori world.
- this is an example of an equative sentence

kuia

kuia: elderly woman

Kei tō tātou marae, ko te karanga te mahi a ngā kuia.
At our (3+ inclusive) marae, the call of welcome is the job of the elderly women.
- this is an example of a locative sentence
- this is an example of an equative sentence

I te nuinga o te wā, mā ngā kuia e karanga.
Most of the time, the karanga is done by the elderly women.
- this is an example of the agent emphatic

karanga(tia)

karanga(tia): to call, to be called, call of welcome

Nā tōku kuia te karanga i karanga.
It was my Nana who did the call of welcome
- this is an example of the agent emphatic

Kua karangatia te ope whakaeke e te kuia.
The ascending group have been called by the elderly woman.
- this is an example of a passive sentence

Ko te tikanga o tō mātou marae, ko te karanga te mahi tuatahi o te pōwhiri.
Our (3+ exclusive) marae custom is that the karanga is the very first thing to happen at a welcoming ceremony.
- this is an example of an equative sentence