manawa kai tūtae
1. (modifier) daring, undaunted, adventurous, audacious, bold, fearless, game, intrepid, plucky.
I te mutunga o āna mahi manawa kai tūtae e tere ana i ngā moana o te ao, ka noho ia ki uta i te tau 1830, ki te teihana hopu pakake a Jacky Guard i Te Awaiti (TTR 1994:23). / After his adventurous occupation sailing the oceans of the world, in 1830 he lived ashore at Jacky Guard's Te Awaiti shore whaling station.
2. (noun) daring person, adventurer, fearless person, daredevil, risk-taker.
Ehara, kua kai te patu a te manawa kai tūtae i te upoko o te hoariri. / Behold, the daredevil's weapon has struck the enemy's head.
Synonyms: waewae kai kapua
whakamōrea
1. (verb) (-tia) to endanger, put at risk, compromise, jeopardize, expose to danger.
Mai i tōna taitamarikitanga, ahakoa ngā uaua me ngā taupatupatu i waenganui i tōna matua me Te Kooti, i kaha tonu te mau a Takurua ki ngā kawenata o te Hāhi Ringatū, kore rawa ia i whakaae kia whakamōrea (TTR 1998:194). / From his youth, despite difficulties and arguments between his father and Te Kooti, Takurua was a strong adherent of the covenants of the Ringatū church and would never agree to compromised them.
Synonyms: whakamōrearea
2. (modifier) endangered, at risk, compromised, jeopardized, exposed to danger.
Kāore e ārikarika ngā manu whakamōrea o Aotearoa. / There are many endangered birds in Aotearoa/New Zealand.
Synonyms: whakamōrearea
haumaru
1. (modifier) safe, risk-free.
He kāinga haumaru, he āhuru mōwai mōku (PK 2008:89). / A safe home, a sheltered haven for me.
Synonyms: marutau, ora, whakaruruhau, punanga
whakamōrearea
1. (verb) (-tia) to endanger, put at risk, compromise, jeopardize, expose to danger.
Synonyms: whakamōrea
2. (modifier) endangered, at risk, compromised, jeopardized, exposed to danger.
He reo whakamōrearea te nuinga o ngā reo o te ao. / The majority of the world's languages are endangered.
Synonyms: whakamōrea
whakawhara
1. (verb) to be risky, dangerous, harmful, injurious, take a risk.
Kore rawa a Pine i whakaae māna e tango mai te pare, waiho kētia ana e ia mā te iwi kāinga e whakawhara (TTR 1998:188). / Pine refused to remove the carved lintel, and left it for the local people to take that risk themselves.
Synonyms: mōrearea
2. (modifier) risky, dangerous, harmful, injurious.
He wā tino mōrearea, whakawhara i te tangata mehemea ka kūare ki ngā tikanga o te kāinga nei (WT 2013:52). / It is a very hazardous and risky time for somebody who is ignorant of the practices of this place.
waewae kai kapua
1. (noun) adventurous person, risk-taker, one with fanciful ideas, dreamer.
Kāore e tae te waewae pakiaka ki te waewae kai kapua (NP 2001:174). / Never will the foot stumbling on roots overtake the adventurous person. - a whakataukī used to refer to how an adventurous person or a risk-taker will succeed over the clumsy plodder.
Synonyms: manawa kai tūtae
kia kaha
1. go for it then - sometime used idiomatically to suggest that there are risks involved.
Pare: I kī mai taku kuia kia kaua e parea taku tuarā ki ngā ngaru o te moana. Rangi: Kāore au e whakarongo ki a ia. Pare: Ā kāti, kia kaha (HKK 1999:60). / Pare: My grandmother told me not to turn my back to the waves. Rangi: I wouldn't listen to her. Pare: Oh well, go for it then.
2. be strong, get stuck in, keep going.
Kei te hāparangi tonu te waha o taku hoa, "Kia tere te haere o tō tāua waka, e Hēmi. Kia kaha te takahi atu!" (HP 1991;145). / My companion shouted out, "We'd better speed up, Hēmi. Put your foot down!"
Synonyms: oke
