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marena marriage (n)
E kore e marenatia e te Atua, e hara hoki to ratou marena i te mea tika. (Syd.7 1833,p.47)
Kua rite te rangatiratanga o te rangi ki te tahi kingi i wakamea i te marena mo tana tamaiti. (Syd.4 1833,p.42)
Kua wakaae a mea raua ko mea kia honoa ki te marena tapu. (Syd.7 1833,p.48)
E marena ana, e ho atu ana ki te marena nga tamariki o tenei ao. (Pai.2 1835,p.56)
He kawenata ano hoki te marena. (Maun.12(viii) 1846,p.2)
He kai kau ta ratou i pai ai, he inu, he marena, he hokohoko, he whakato, he hanga whare, aha, aha. (CM1 1847,p.5)
Me korero ake hoki au mo tetahi o nga kupu a Urupeni e ki nei, ko toku marena kei te here i oku whenua. (Wan.1 3:37 1876,p.387)
marena marriage/married (adj)
He mea wakakakahu ki te kakahu marena i meinga e te Atua i te karaipiture tapu. (Syd.7 1833,p.28)
Ka kitea e ia i reira, he tangata kihai wakakakahuria ki te kahu marena. (Syd.4 1833,p.42)
Ki a matou ki nga taitamariki, ko nga wahine marena, e kore e taea te whakaaro, no te mea kua oti taua te hono ki te hono tapu a te Atua. (MM2 7:14 1860,p.19)
Ka titiro iho au ki taku tahu marena e tu ake ana. (MM2 2a:13 1862,p.13)
marena married (adv)
E pai ana koe ki tenei wahine hei hoa marena mou, kia noho tahi ki te ritenga o ta te Atua ture ki te tapu o te marenatanga?. (Syd.7 1833,p.47)
Ka tango i a koe e mea, hei wahine marena maku. (Syd.7 1833,p.47)
Ko Ia te tane marena hou, ko tatou te wahine. (Martin 3 1863,p.68)
marena to marry (vi/vt)
Ko te tangata e wakarere i tana wahine, ki te mea e hara i te moe tahae, a ka marena ke atu, e puremu ana. (Syd.4 1833,p.37)
E marena ana, e ho atu ana ki te marena nga tamariki o tenei ao. (Pai.2 1835,p.56)
Kua marena a hau i te wahine. (Pai.2 1835,p.42)
I kiia ko ia te matua tane o Ihu Karaiti no te mea i marena ai i tona whaea. (Kareti 3 1849,p.16)
Hei marena tenei ringi i ahau ki te Kawanatanga ki a Te Makarini. (MM2 7:15 1860,p.53)
Ko nga kotiro kia whakaakona nuitia, kia marena paitia ki o ratou hoa Maori i pai ai. (MM2 7:15 1860,p.25)
No Wiremu Nero tena whakaaro ki te Kawana tuatahi, marena rawa. (MM2 7:14 1860,p.13)
He tangata marena ia ki tetehi wahine. (Wan.1 3:37 1876,p.387)
marenatanga marriage (adj)
Ko te karakia marenatanga. (Syd.7 1833,p.46)
Whakakakahuria ia ki te kakahu marenatanga o te aroha. (Pom.8 1847,p.456)
Whakakakahuria ia ki te kakahu marenatanga o te aroha. (Pom.6 1879,p.62)
marenatanga marriage (n)
A tonoa atu ana pononga hei karanga i te hunga i meinga ki te marenatanga. (Syd.4 1833,p.42)
Me korero ake hoki au mo tetahi o nga kupu a Urupeni e ki nei, ko toku marena kei te here i oku whenua. (Syd.7 1833,p.47)
A kia penei koutou me nga tangata e tatari ana ki to ratou rangatira, i tona hokinga mai i te marenatanga. (Pai.2 1835,p.37)
Aua koe e hinengaro ki te mahi o te kikokiko i mua i te marenatanga. (Pom.1 1842,p.36)
He aha te Hakerameta o te Marenatanga?. (Pom.1 1842, p.44)
Ka marara ratou, puta noa ki tenei hakari ki tera marena tanga ranei. (Wilber.2 1843,p.4)
O te marenatanga o te hunga whakaaro ki te hunga whakaaro kore. (CM1 1847,p.5)
Te marenatanga ki tana wahine, ka haere mai e tahi tangata o te iwi o te wahine. (CM1 1847,p.24)
Te tahi o ona he ko tana marenatanga ki te tamahine a Parao. (CM1 1847,p.45)
I te marenatanga ka whakaae atu te kingi tona hoa kia kawea mai he minita i tona kainga ki Ingarani hei kai karakia mona. (Kareti 5 1851,p.7)
Kihai i taro, kua kitea te he o tera mahi, o te marenatanga o te hunga whakaaro ki te hunga Atua-kore. (Kareti 6 1852,p.9)
marenatia to marry (vi/vt)
I te oranga o tona tane, e meinga ia he wahine puremu ki te marenatia ia ki te tangata ke. (Syd.4 1833,p.140)
Kia tino mahara ko rua, ko te hunga e kore e marenatia tikatia ki nga tikanga o ta te Atua kupu, e kore e marenatia e te Atua, e hara hoki to ratou marena i te mea tika. (Syd.7 1833,p.46)
Me he mea ko te tahi o ko rua e kite ana e kore e tika kia marenatia ko rua, hei aianei ano ka waki ai. (Syd.7 1833,p.46)
Ko te Hakerameta e hoatu ana ki te tangata me te wahine, e pai nei kia marenatia, i nga keratia kia wakatapua to raua ora tahi. (Pom.1 1842,p.44)
A, marenatia ana ki a ratou. (CM1 1847,p.20)
E kore e whakaritea marietia, kia marenatia taputia ki te tahi hoa mona. (Whiteley 1847,p.5)
I marenatia nga tamariki tokorua ki nga wahine tokorua o Moapa. (CM1 1847,p.25)
Kaua hoki e marenatia ki a ratou. (CM1 1847,p.17)
Kia kaua ano hoki ratou e marenatia ki a ratou. (CM1 1847,p.13)
Kia marenatia tikatia, kia pai hoki he whare mo raua. (Whiteley 1847,p.31)
Na ka marenatia ratou ki nga tamahine a Kaina. (CM1 1847,p.5)
Ka marenatia ki te tamahine a tetahi kingi i tawahi e noho ana, i Uropi. (Kareti 5 1851,p.7)
Na, muri iho ka marenatia ratou ki nga tamahine a Keina. (Kareti 6 1852,p.9)
Nawai a, ka marenatia e tahi o matou, tokowha. (Kareti 7 1852,p.21)
Ko nga wahine kihai i marenatia e kore e tino nui i a matou. (MM2 7:14 1860,p.19)
Kei te mea kua marenatia tikatia, kaua te utu e neke iho i te Toru tekau Pauna. (Govt.1 1861,p.4)
He kotiro rangatira, he mea i ata whakaakona, kua marenatia ano hoki. (Martin 3 1863,p.18)
wakamarena to be married (vi)
A e mea ana a hau ki a ratou kua oti te wakamarena, heoi e hara i a hau, ko te Ariki ia, Aua te wahine e haere ke i tona tahu. (Syd.4 1833,p.158)
whakamarenatia to be married (vi)
Ka pai ia koia kia whakamarenatia toku tamahine ki a koe. (Pom.3 1860,p.116)
marenatanga kore (unmarried state?) (n)
Aua koe e hiahia ki te mahi o te kikokiko i te marenatanga kore. (Pom.8 1847,p.250)
