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toka

1. (verb) to be firm, solid, satisfied.

I te whitinga o te rā, ka toka rātou ki aua wāhi kei reira rātou i tēnei rā (Te Ara 2013). / When the sun rose they were fixed to those places, where they stand to this day.

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2. (noun) rock, large stone, boulder.

Ahakoa he toka, he manuao rānei, ka kōpenupenu katoa (KO 15/5/1885:2). / No matter if it's a rock or a warship, they're completely destroyed.

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Toka whakairo

1. An embelished rock: said of an ancestral mountain and/or of a hillock that bears the signs of an a pā.

Arā te toka whakairo i nohoia e tō tupuna / there is the fortification that was inhabited by your ancestor.

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piki toka

1. (noun) rock climbing.

toka puia

1. (noun) volcanic rock.

Ko te tahepuia: Ko te tokarewa ka puta i tētahi puia ki te mata o te whenua (ka rere noa, ka hū ake rānei). Ka mātao, ka whakauka, ā, ka noho mai hei toka puia (RP 2009:379). / Lava: Molten rock (magma) that flows out or erupts onto the surface of the earth, cooling and hardening to become volcanic rock (RP 2009:379).

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toka rāroto

1. (noun) intrusive rock - igneous rocks that solidify below the Earth's surface.

toka rāwaho

1. (noun) extrusive rock - igneous rocks that solidify on or above Earth's surface.

kiriwhakaari toka

1. (noun) typecast actor.

Mēnā he rite tonu te momo kiripuaki ka kawea e tētahi kiriwhakaari i roto i ētahi whakaari maha, ka kīia kua ‘kiriwhakaari toka’ ia (RMR 2017). / If an actor repeatedly plays a particular type of character, they are said to be ‘typecast’ in that role (RMR 2017).

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toka pokapoka

1. (modifier) coral.

Mā ngā kapua o te whenua anō hoki e whakaatu mai te takoto o ngā moutere toka pokapoka kei te pāpaku te takoto (TWK 45:19). / The clouds of the land will also show where low lying coral atolls lie.

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Toka āhuru

1. Rock of shelter: a place or person where you find solace.

Mehemea e toimaha ana ahau ka hoki ahau ki taku toka āhuru arā ki taku whenua taurikura / when I'm feeling heavy I return to my rock of shelter to my land of peace.

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toka haupapa

1. (noun) iceberg.

I a ia ka tata ki ngā takiwā o Amerika, ka tūtuki ia ki tētahi toka haupapa e teretere ana i waho o te moana, ā, e rua hāora i muri iho ka totohu (TP 4/1912:2). / While it was approaching the vicinity of America it struck an iceberg floating on the ocean and two hours later it sank.

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toka kāhuarau

1. (noun) metamorphic rock.

Ko te toka kāhuarau: Ko te momo toka ka hua mai ina huri te hanga me te āhua o tētahi atu o ngā toka mā te pā mai o te wera me te pēhanga i roto i takanga o te wā roa (RP 2009:407). / Metamorphic rock: The type of rock that results when transformed into another type of rock through the application of heat and pressure over a long period of time.

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toka konumohe

1. (noun) bauxite.

Ko te kohuke: He matū māori e kitea ana i ngā toka o te taiao, pērā i te toka konumohe (RP 2009:258). / Mineral: Naturally occuring substances found in the rocks of the environment, such as bauxite.

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toka ngiha

1. (noun) igneous rock.

Ko te toka ngiha: Ka takea mai i te tokarewa ka puta i tētahi puia (RP 2009:406). / Igneous rock: Originates from magma that emerges from a volcano.

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toka māhurehure

1. (noun) conglomerate rock.

Ko te toka māhurehure tētahi momo toka parataiao, he matanui te āhua (RP 2009:407). / Conglomerate rock is a type of sedimentary rock that is course-grained.

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toka parataiao

1. (noun) sedimentary rock.

Ko te hōanga me te pākeho hei tauira o te toka parataiao (RP 2009:407). / Sandstone and limestone are examples of sedimentary rock.

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toka tū moana

1. (noun) rock standing in the ocean - sometimes written as toka-tū-moana or tokatūmoana.

Tērā tētahi wā ka whakarērea a Kapetaua, te tipuna o Te Patukirikiri, e tana taokete e Tarakumukumu ki tētahi toka tū moana kei waho i Takaparawhā. Ko te ingoa o taua toka ko Te Toka-o-Kapetaua (e mōhiotia anō ko Bean Rock) (Te Ara 2016). / There was an occasion when Kapetaua, the ancestor of Te Patukirikiri, was abandoned by his brother-in-law, Tarakumukumu, on a rock off Bastion Point. The name of that rock is Te Toka-o-Kapetaua (also known as Bean Rock).

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2. (noun) stalwart, supporter, centre - a figurative term to describe a person who is there for you through thick and thin, a strong leader, etc.

Ka taea te whakawhirinaki ki a ia hei toka tū moana i te wā e whati ana ngā ngaru tōrangapū (TTR 1996:143). / He could be relied upon as a stalwart in rough political times.

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Toka-purewha

1. (location) eastern point of Ōkahu Bay (Auckland) - the original name of Bastion Point.

(Te Kōhure Textbook (Ed. 2): 107;)

Tērā te pā, ka horo tērā pā, a Kohi-maramara, haere tonu mai ki tētahi pā, ki Toka-purewha, whawhai tonu atu, horo ake tērā pā (Wh4 2004:109). / Then there was the pā, Kohimaramara that fell, and continuing on to another pā at Bastion Point, they continued fighting and that pā was taken.

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Toka Tumai, Te

1. (noun) Auckland District Health Board.

Toka tū moana

1. A rock which stands in the ocean: a person of strength in times of adversity.

I ngā wā o te pōautinitini ko koe taku toka tū moana / in times of adversity you are my bastion of strength.

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kuku-mau-toka

1. (noun) nesting mussel, banded mussel, Modiolarca impacta - bivalve mollusc with a brown shell, frequently with a mixture of green near the edge. The centre is smooth, but both ends are ornamented with fine radiating ridges. The interior is highly iridescent. Found in both Islands, in seaweed or grass and under rocks, both in harbours and on ocean beaches. Also written as one word (i.e. kukumautoka) or three words (i.e. kuku mau toka).

See also korona

Synonyms: korona

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