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hāte

1. (loan) (noun) shirt.

Ka oti te whenua te tapahi, pania te wāhi i mahue atu i te pito o te tamaiti ki tētahi hinu poaka, ka tākai ai ki te kākahu, ki te hāte pakaru, ki tētahi aha rānei (Ma 1844:17). / When the afterbirth has been cut, smear the part of the baby’s navel that remains with some pig’s fat, then wrap it with some cloth, a bandage from a shirt or something.

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hāte

1. (loan) (noun) heart (playing-card suit).

Ka riro i te hai hāte a Paki (HW 1969:86). / Paki had the ace of hearts.

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piwara hāte

1. (loan) (noun) beaver felt top hat - a type of hat made of soft fur that had a sheen, which were popular in the mid 1800s.

Ka whiti te hihi o te rā ki runga ki tōna pōtae piwara hate, pīata ana tērā, kōrekoreko ana te kanohi i te tirohanga atu (TWMNT 31/1/1872:34). / When the rays of the sun shone on his beaver hat it shone and dazzled the eyes when one looked at it.

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mauāhara

1. (verb) (-tia) to have ill feeling towards, hate, loathe.

He tangata tino kino a Makēnehi, i panaia ia i ngā teihana hipi katoa, nā reira ka mauāhara (TP 3/1904:8). / McKenzie was an evil man, who was banished from all the sheep stations, and as a result he is hateful.

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Synonyms: konekone


2. (noun) hatred, malice, antagonism, animosity, loathing.

I kai ai i ō mātou hoariri, hei ngaki i te mauāhara a te ngākau pukuriri, ehara i te mate kai i kainga ai te tangata, engari he kai i te hoariri, kia ngata ai te ngākau kino ki a ia (JPS 1896:4). / We ate our enemies to satisfy the hatred of the angry heart, not through hunger after man's flesh, but enemies were eaten to assuage the bitter feelings we had.

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Synonyms: kaikino, whakarikarika, wetiweti, konekone, whakahouhou

kino

1. (verb) (-hia,-ngia,-tia) to dislike, hate, ill-treat.

Tērā anō ētahi tamariki Māori, hāwhe-kāihe hoki, e mea ana he Pākehā rātou, e whakapehapeha ana, e whakahāwea ana ki ō rātou whanaunga Māori. He whakaaro tūtūā, he whakaaro e tino kinongia ana e te Māori, e ngā Pākehā rangatira (HKW 1/12/1900:15). / There are some Māori children and half-casts who say they are Pākehā, and are conceited and show contempt towards their Maori relatives. It's disrespectful and an attitude hated by Māori and esteemed Pākehā.

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2. (verb) to be evil, bad, naughty, badly behaved, ugly, untidy, spoilt, corrupted, damaged, defective, faulty, wicked, harmful.

I te 8 o ngā rā o Tīhema nei, ka ngaoko te whenua o Whanganui nei i te rū, ā, i pakaru ko ngā kōrere wai mai ki te tāone, i kino katoa (TJ 4/1/1898:6). / On the 8th December the land here at Whanganui shook from the earthquake and the water pipes to the town were badly damaged.

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Synonyms: riha, whiro, kikino, rihariha, kinokino, hanariki, hīanga, tīhoihoi


3. (modifier) bad, badly, disparaging, disparagingly, contemptuous, contemptuously, scathing, scathingly, disdainful, disdainfully, offensive, offensively, harmful - to indicate something done badly or to someone's detriment.

I kōrerotia kinotia a Pīhopa Herewini e te Pākehā mōna i tautoko i ngā Māori, otirā i kinongia anō hoki ia e Waikato mōna i uru ki ngā hōia Pākehā i te riri ki Rangiaohia (TTT 1/11/1927:683). / The Pākehā speak disparagingly of Bishop Selwyn because he supported the Māori, but Waikato also dislike him because he joined the Pākehā soldiers in the battle at Rangiaohia.

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Synonyms: mōrihariha, anuanu, harehare, piro, hākiki, kōkiri, whakaweriweri, weriweri, tukituki, maninohea, whakaparahako, mataharehare, kerakera


4. (noun) evil, wickedness, sin, vice, immorality.

Kāti te riri, whakarērea hoki te ārita; kei mamae koe, kei tākina kia mahi i te kino (PT Ngā Waiata 37:8). / Do not be angry, and forsake wrath; lest you be hurt or led into evil deeds.

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1. (verb) to loath, hate, detest, despise, abhor.

ana a roto, kē ana a waho (TWMNT 6/7/1875:159). / Inwardly hating, outwardly quite the contrary (NP 2001:346). (A whakataukī to describe someone who is able to hide their ill-feeling.)

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Synonyms: konekone, whakahouhou, koto, whakawhēuaua

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