Te Reo Matatini

kupu huarite

homonym, homograph

tūingoa

WHAKAMĀRAMA

Ko tētahi o roto i te takirua kupu, huinga kupu rānei, he ōrite te whakahua engari he rerekē te tikanga. 

A word from within a pair or a group of words that are pronounced the same but have different meanings.

Tauira KŌrero

Ka raru pea te ākonga i te kupu huarite ki te kore ia e mōhio ki ōna tikanga katoa.

He aha ētahi kupu huarite o te reo Māori e mōhiotia whānuitia ana?

He ōrite te tātaki i ngā kupu huarite o te reo Māori, he ōrite hoki te whakahua.

WhakamĀrama Āpitihanga

Hei tauira o te kupu huarite:

  • rua (ko te tau kei waenganui i te tahi me te toru)
  • rua (he kōhao)
  • tau (ko te takanga o ngā marama 12)
  • tau (ko ngā kīwai o tētahi kete)
  • tau (ko te whaiāipo)
  • tau (1, 2, 3, 4 ...)
  • tau (ko te taenga atu ki tētahi wāhi)
  • tau (ko te pai o te āhua)
  • tau (he waiata, he karakia)
  • tau- (he kūmua e tohu ana i te rerekē, pērā i te ‘tauhou’)

Takenga Mai

hua (whakahua) - pronounce; rite - be like

Tauira KŌrero

Ka raru pea te ākonga i te kupu huarite ki te kore ia e mōhio ki ōna tikanga katoa.

He aha ētahi kupu huarite o te reo Māori e mōhiotia whānuitia ana?

He ōrite te tātaki i ngā kupu huarite o te reo Māori, he ōrite hoki te whakahua.

WhakamĀrama Āpitihanga