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So, we've been using the wrong word and I hope that this episode can help us improve our reo. Making mistakes is fine, learning from them is better.
Ko te reo kia tika, kia rere, kia maori! Tukuna ki te ao!
Whakatauki - He peka titoki e kore e whati. / A branch of the titoki tree will not break.
[Kohikohinga Whakatauki, pg. 43]
Atua Wahine - Hineruru:
"Families and larger kinship groups recognised the existence of ancestral guardinas embodied in animals. These spirits took a variety of forms, but the guardians [kaitiaki] that warn of death are usually owls (moreporks). These have different names.
In Northland they are often known as Hineruru [Owl woman]. This special bird has the power to protect, warn and advise. As well as appearing at night wen someone is about to die, she may announce the imminent arrival of visitors. If she is seen flying ahead or walking along the road, she is usually there as a protector at a time of danger."
[A Concise Encyclopedia of Maori Myth and Legend, Margaret Orbell, pg. 41]
Rite tonu - Her name and mine are the same / He rite tonu o māua ingoa.
Anō - These same people are now asking for help / Ko aua tāngata anō ēnei e pātai āwhina nei.
Pēnei - Do it the same way as I am / Me mahi tāhau kia pēnei i tāku nei.
Kotahi - We all arrived at the same time. / Kotahi tonu to mātau taenga atu.
ōritetanga - There was a dreary sameness about the landscape of the plains. / Tērā te ōritetanga mōrearea o te tirohanga whenua o nga mānia.
[https://teaching.co.nz/pages/ngata-dictionary] - search-term is "same".
We went to the same school.
Incorrect: I haere māua ki te kura ōrite.
Correct: I haere māua ki te kura kotahi.
We returned at the same time.
Incorrect: I hoki atu māua i te wā ōrite.
Correct: I hoki atu māua i te wā kotahi.
Tame and Mere come from the same family.
Incorrect: Nō te whānau ōrite a Tame rāua ko Mere.
Correct: Nō te whānau kotahi a Tame rāua ko Mere.
[https://e-tangata.co.nz/reo/common-mistakes-in-reo-maori/]