hamuti

1. (noun) faeces, excrement, poo, dung, droppings, stools.

Pēhia ai te tahā ki raro i te wai kia kore ai e uru he hamuti ki roto (TTT 1/12/1929:1935). / The calabash was pushed down into the water so that excrement would not enter.

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putanga hamuti

1. (noun) toilet bowl.

puku hamuti

1. (noun) (anatomy) bowels.

pae hamuti

1. toilet seat.

[tō/ō] hamuti!

1. a curse that is used to show disdain for the actions or statements of others, implying that they would be advised not to comment.

Pare: E kī ana te iwi o Pāora kāore ō koutou take ki te whaikōrero. Rangi: Ō rātou hamuti e tā (HKK 1999:94) / Pare: Pāora's tribe says that you are all useless at making speeches. Rangi: They can get stuffed, my friend.

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[ō] hamuti

1. a curse that is used to show disdain for the actions or statements of others, implying that they would be advised not to comment.

kimi hamuti

1. to make it up, make up, seek forgiveness, reconcile - an idiom used when the speaker has made a serious transgressed and wishes to make it up with the person, or people, affected by the transgression. Stronger than kimi patero.

Rangi: Arā te tāhae i mau rā i a tāua e whānako ana i taku motukā. Pare: Āe rā. Me kōrero atu tāua ki a ia? Rangi: Waiho atu i konā kimi ai i tana hamuti (HKK 1999:74). / Rangi: There is the thief that we caught stealing my car. Pare: Yes indeed. Should we talk to him? Rangi: Leave him alone to make it up to us.

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Synonyms: kimi patero, noho tahi

kai hamuti

1. (interjection) a curse indicating annoyance, dislike or mild anger towards someone. The strength of the phrase depends on the ferocity of the delivery by the speaker.

Kei noho koutou ka whakawhiwhi tūranga ki tēnā kai hamuti (HKK 1999:92). / Don't you dare give that bugger a position.

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paepae hamuti

1. (noun) horizontal beam of a latrine.

Ko te whakauru ki taua karapu me ngau te tangata ki te paepae hamuti, kātahi anō ka mana ki te whai kī i roto i taua whakaminenga (TTT 1/2/1927:533). / For the membership of that club a person must undertake an initiation ritual and only then is he able to have speaking rights in that assembly.

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pakaru [ngā] hamuti

1. there's no way, it's not going to happen - a colloquialism used to say that someone can't achieve something despite a strong effort.

Ahakoa taku kaha, i pakaru aku hamuti ki te kauhoe ki te moutere. / Despite my best efforts, there's no way I could swim to the island.

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Ngaua te pae hamuti

1. A saying from a ritual test where the warrior passed by bighting the latrine beam which would've been covered in excrement. 'Bight the bullet.'.

Bight the seat of latrine. /

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pakaru (ana)/(katoa) [ngā] hamuti

1. [they] were shit-scared, scared shitless, terrified, scared stiff, frightened out of one's wits - a colloquialism often used to say that someone is terrified.

Ka kite ia i ngā pirihimana me ā rātou pū, pakaru ana tana hamuti i te mataku. / When he saw the policemen with their guns, he was terrified.

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Synonyms: tarawewehi

Poporo tū ki te hamuti

1. A cherished one standing in adversity.

Kua waea kē ia ki ngā karawhiunga o te wā he poporo tū ki te hamuti / He's used to the challenges of the day he's someone positive in times of adversity.

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ka kai koe i ō hamuti

1. you'll regret it.

hamuti

putanga hamuti

puku hamuti

pae hamuti

[tō/ō] hamuti!

[ō] hamuti

kimi hamuti

kai hamuti

paepae hamuti

pakaru [ngā] hamuti

Ngaua te pae hamuti

pakaru (ana)/(katoa) [ngā] hamuti

Poporo tū ki te hamuti

ka kai koe i ō hamuti

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