2. (numeral) fourth - when used with this meaning it is preceded by te and followed by o.
Nō te whā o te ahiahi, ka hoki mai te kātipa rā (HP 1991:162). / At 4 pm the constable returned.
3. (numeral) fourthly, four - when preceded by ka it is used in counting out things or people or when there is a sequence of numbers.
Ka puta atu te tuatahi ki te whai i te kahawai e rere rā. Ka tahi, ka rua, ka toru, ka whā, te otinga o te inoi a te minita, titiro rawa ake, kua riro kē te nuinga o te minenga (TWK 16:5). / The first one came out to chase the kahawai that were running. One, two, three, four, and when the minister's prayer was finished and he finally looked up, the majority of the congregation had already left.
tuawhā
1. fourth.
See also tua-
2. (noun) mangrove, Avicennia marina - a native tree with oval, leathery leaves, dull white beneath, opposite, with curled edges. Flowers are dull yellow, small and sweet-smelling while the fruit is a yellow capsule. Found in coastal swamps in the northern part of the North Island and has pencil-like breathing roots that poke out of the mud.
Mahuru
1. (personal noun) fourth lunar month of the Māori year - approximately equivalent to September. Also the name of the star Alphard, whose reappearance in the night sky heralds the start of this month.
Mahuru: Kua pūmahana te whenua, me ngā otaota, me ngā rākau (Best 1922:15). / The earth is warm as are the vegetation and the trees.
Ōue
1. (personal noun) moon on the fourth night - sometimes called Ōuenuku.
See also Ōuenuku
Tapere-wai
1. (personal noun) fourth lunar month of the Māori year, approximately equivalent to September and traditionally used by Ngāti Kahungunu.
See also Mahuru
Whā o Mahuru, Te
1. (personal noun) fourth lunar month of the Māori year - approximately equivalent to September and traditionally used by Ngāti Awa.
Ko te putanga mai o Matariki te tohu mō te marama tuatahi, ko ngā ingoa hoki ēnei o ngā marama katoa: Te Tahi o Pipiri, Te Rua o Takurua, Te Toru Here o Pipiri, Te Whā o Mahuru, Te Rima o Kōpū, Te Ono o Whitiānaunau, Te Whitu o Hakihea, Te Waru o Rehua, Te Iwa o Rūhi-te-rangi, Te Ngahuru o Poutū-te-rangi, Te Ngahuru mā tahi, Te Ngahuru mā rua (TP 1/3/1901:6). / The appearance of Pleiades is the sign for the first month and these are the names of all the months: The first is Pipiri, the second is Takurua, the third is Here o Pipiri, the fourth is Mahuru, the fifth is Kōpū, the sixth is Whiti-ānaunau, the seventh is Hakihea, the eighth is Rehua, the ninth is Rūhi-te-rangi, the tenth is Poutūterangi, the eleventh and twelfth months.
See also Mahuru
Ōuenuku
1. (personal noun) moon on the fourth night of the lunar month - sometimes called Ōue. For some tribes (e.g. Te Whānau-ā-Apanui) this is the nineteenth night of the lunar month - a good day for laying down seedling beds, planting and fishing.
He pai hoki a Ōuenuku me Okoro mō te mahi tuna (Te Ara 2016). / Ōuenuku and Ōkoro were also good nights for eeling.
2. (noun) moon on the nineteenth night after the full moon.
Ka tīmata te whakaotioti haere o ngā whakaahua ata pō i te Ōuenuku nei (WT 2013:49). / The completion of the pre dawn images began with Ōuenuku.
3. (noun) rainbow.
Synonyms: kahukura, Uenuku, Tūāwhiorangi, āniwaniwa, kōpere, tāwhana, tāwhanawhana, āheahea, atuapiko
2. (noun) moon on the fourth night after the full moon.
I kite au i ētahi o ōku pakeke ohooho, koi ngā hinengaro, e rumaki kai ana i te pō o te Oike ki te whakamātau mehemea ka mau tonu te mana o te Takirau i kō atu i a ia anō, kāre rānei (WT 2013:26). / I have seen some of my energetic and enquiring old people planting on the night of Oike to test if the Takirau night effect persisted beyond itself or not (WT 2013:26).
Tohu Hapori (mahi i te rohe), Te
1. Queen’s Service Medal, QSM - the fourth-level Order for Community Services.
See also Mētara Whakanui Ratonga a te Kuīni
Synonyms: Mētara Whakanui Ratonga a te Kuīni
Matawhero
1. (personal name) Mars - a small reddish planet which is the fourth in order from the sun.
Tītore-māhu-tū
1. (location) Tītore-māhu-tū - a place below the horizon where Matariki (Pleiades) disappears to at the end of the Māori year. Matariki was said to visit four places, each for seven nights. The fourth place visited was Tītore-māhu-tū.
E whā ngā kāinga e haeretia ana e Matariki: (1) Maukahau, e whitu ngā pō; (2) Tārarau-ātea, e whitu ngā pō; (3) Papa-whakatangitangi, e whitu ngā pō; (4) Tītore-māhu-tū, e whitu ngā pō (TTT 1/5/1922:14). / There are four homes that the Pleiades travels to: (1) Maukahau, for seven nights; (2) Tārarau-ātea, for seven nights; (3) Papa-whakatangitangi, for seven nights; and (4) Tītore-māhu-tū, for seven nights.
See also Maukahau, Papa-whakatangitangi, Māhu-tū, Matariki
Mētara Whakanui Ratonga a te Kuīni
1. (loan) (noun) Queen's Service Medal, QSM - the fourth-level Order for Community Services of the New Zealand Royal Honours System.
Synonyms: Tohu Hapori (mahi i te rohe), Te
Māhu-tū
1. (personal noun) a place below the horizon where Matariki (Pleiades) disappears to at the end of the Māori year. Matariki was said to visit four places, each for seven nights. The fourth place visited was Tītore-māhu-tū, or Māhu-tū.
Ko Matariki kei Papa-whakatangitangi, e whitu ngā pō ki reira ka tae ki Māhu-tū, ka tae tēnei ki ngā pō o Tangaroa, ko te tekau mā ono tēnei o ngā rā o Hune, ka puta ake i te hiku o Te Mangōroa (TTT 1/6/1922:10). / The Pleiades is at Papa-whakatangitangi for seven nights and then arrives at Māhu-tū and this is the night of Tangaroa, the 16th of June, when it appears in the tail of the Milky Way.
