roto

1. (noun) lake.

I te ahiahi i a rāua e whakawhiti ana i te roto i runga pōti, ka rere tata mai ētahi wāna ki a rāua (HKW 7/1899:s1). / In the evening as they were crossing the lake by boat, some swans glided close to them.

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Synonyms: kōroto

2. (noun) wetlands, swamp.

Kei te koretī mai te mātā i rō te roto (TW 21/2/1876:78). / The fernbird is calling in the wetlands.

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rōtō

1. (loan) (noun) lotto.

roto

1. (location) the inside, in, within, interior - used to refer to the space physically inside another defined space, e.g. a house, box, etc. It is a location word, or locative, which follows immediately after particles such as ki, i, hei and kei or is preceded by a when used as the subject of the sentence.

(Te Kākano Textbook (Ed. 2): 15-16, 29-30; Te Pihinga Textbook (Ed. 2): 24-25;)

Ko roto o te whare, i kī katoa i te tāngata. / Inside, the house was full of people.

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whakaata roto

1. (transitive verb) X-ray.

huinga roto

1. (noun) subset.

taringa roto

1. (noun) inner ear.

taringa roto

1. (noun) inner ear.

pou roto

1. (noun) tight-head prop (rugby).

whakaata roto

1. (noun) X-ray.

tarau roto

1. (loan) (noun) underpants, briefs, panties, knickers.

Pare: Ai. I wareware katoa au ki te kuhu tarau roto. Rangi: Aua atu rā. Ko wai ka mōhio? (HKK 1999:164). / Pare: Oh dear. I completely forgot to put on knickers. Rangi: Never mind. Who will know?

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koki roto

1. (noun) interior angle.

iho roto

1. (noun) inner core.

He totoka, he mārō te iho roto, he ranunga o te rino (Fe) me te konukōreko (Ni). Kei te takiwā o te 1,200km te mātotoru o te iho roto (RP 2009:316). / The inner core is solid and hard, a mixture of iron (Fe) and nickel (Ni). The inner core is in the vicinity of 1,200km thick.

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pouaka roto

1. (noun) inbox.

kare ā-roto

1. (noun) soulmate, object of passionate affection.

(Te Pihinga Textbook (Ed. 2): 104, 107; Te Pihinga Audio Tapes/CDs (Ed. 2): exercise 40;)

Ānō te rangi o te kōauau a Tūtānekai, me he rū nā anō e ueue ana i a tuawahine kia haere atu ki te kare ā-roto a tōna ngākau (NM 1928:110). / It was as if the tune of Tūtānekai's flute was an earthquake shaking our heroine to go to the love of her heart.

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2. (noun) emotions, feelings, inner thoughts, heartfelt thoughts.

I a au i te huarahi e whakamau atu ana ki te kāinga, ka aro kōmuri ngā kare ā-roto ki tērā marae ātaahua i wānanga tahi ai, i whakatoi tahi ai, i mingomingo tahi ai, i whakarīrā tahi ai mātou (HM 4/1994:3). / While I was on the road heading for home the inner thoughts turned back to that beautiful marae where we had discussed, given cheek, laughed and worked hard together.

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Tangaroa-ā-roto

1. (personal noun) moon on the twenty-third night of the lunar month - for some tribes (e.g. Te Whānau-ā-Apanui) this is the ninth night of the lunar month.

Kāre noa i nui rawa atu ngā kōrero i rongohia mō Tangaroa-ā-roto. Heoi, e mōhio whānuitia ana koia nei tētahi o ngā pō o te wā mōmona o te maramataka Māori (WT 2013:33). / Not a lot was heard about Tangaroa-ā-roto. However it is known widely that this is one of the nights of the period of abundance in the Māori almanac.

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