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Kua tamata au i te uri i tetai tata'anga (Text - children's fiction) tei tata ia ki roto i te reo papa'a, ki roto i te reo Maori. Te vai ra te tai au kupu i roto i teia tata'anga kua ngata iaku i te uri. Me kare atu e kupu tano no te urianga reo Maori, ka akara penei ka rauka mai te kupu me marama au ma te akataka i te aitenga. Ka riro katoa te reo takanava ei tauturu i te tuanga uri reo. Penei i roto i te tai au reo takanava te kupu tano e aiteite tona aiteanga.
“In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit. Not a nasty, dirty, wet hole, filled with the ends of worms and an oozy smell, nor yet a dry, bare, sandy hole with nothing in it to sit down on or to eat: it was a hobbit-hole, and that means comfort”
Kua no’o te Peneneke ki roto i tona vaarua i raro i te one. Kare tona vaarua i te vaarua viivii, repo e te mauu ki i te toketoke e te saunga pipilo, kare katoa i te vaarua maro, kerakera, e te rua oneone kare e ngai ei no’o'anga ma te kaikai, e vaarua tikai no te peneneke. Tona aitenga e punanga manea tau tikai.
-J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit, or There and Back Again.
There lived a dwarf in his/her hole in the ground. His/her hole isn't a nasty, dirty or wet hole filled with worms and that smells, it isn't dry as well, neither basic just filled with sand with no place to sit or eat. It is a place for the dwarf, it means a beautiful decent place.
-J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit, or There and Back Again.
Bare/basic/simple: Kerakera - Reo takanava - Reo Mangarongaro - meaning plain/spacious
oozy smell: Saunga pipilo - Reo Mangarongaro - meaning, smells rotten
Hobbit: Peneneke - meaning, small person/dwarf/midget - e ta'anga'anga ia na teia kupu e te maata'anga o te au enua i roto i te Kuki Airani. Te tai au enua e kapiki ia na ratou e Penekeneke.
Comfort: Punanga manea tau tikai - Naku rai taku uri'anga i teia kupu. Ka meitaki katoa me karanga ua au e, Punanga tau tikai. Punanga - meaning, place. Manea - meaning beautiful. Tau tikai - meaning, suitable and pleasant. Manea trys to add emphasis on the word comfort.
Worms: Toketoke - meaning, worms
Anu'e - meaning, worms