whānau ariki
1. (noun) celestial bodies - stars, planets, meteors, constellations, comets, the sun, the moon.
(Te Kōhure Textbook (Ed. 2): 165-180;)
E mōhiotia ana ngā mea katoa kei te rangi ko te whānau ariki, ko te whānau mārama anō hoki (Wh4 2004:165). / All the things in the sky are known as the 'whānau ariki' and the 'whānau mārama'.
See also whānau mārama
2. (noun) aristocratic family.
Ko te āhua nei, nā Te Marae i whakarite te mārena o Piupiu ki a Kainuku Vaikai, ki te whanaunga o Mākea Nui o te whānau ariki o Rarotonga (TTR 1996:253). / It would seem that Te Marae arranged Piupiu's marriage to Kainuku Vaikai, a kinsman of the Makea Nui ariki family of Rarotonga.
kauae runga
1. (noun) upper jaw.
E kīia ana i ora ai a Waikato nā te karanga a Te Wherowhero ki a Te Rauparaha, "E Raha! He aha tō koha ki a māua?" Ka whakautua e Te Rauparaha, " E tika ana. Ki te hoki koe ki raro mā te ara i haere mai nei koe, ka hāmama te kauae runga ki te kauae raro. Engari me ahu koe ki runga ki Pukerangiora, ka ora koe." (M 2004:222). / It is said that what saved Waikato was Te Wherowhero's call to Te Rauparaha, "Raha! What is your gift to us two?" Te Rauparaha replied, "That is right. If you return north via the route that you came, the upper jaw will close on the lower jaw. However, if you head up to Pukerangiora, you will survive."
2. (noun) celestial knowledge, knowledge of the heavens.
Ka pau ngā take o tēnei kete, ka tino oti rawa te kauae runga me ōna take katoa te whakahoro ki ngā tamāroa (WW 1913:6). / When all these matters of this basket were explained, the matters of the celestial realm had been totally completed and passed on to the first-born sons.
2. (verb) to turn sideways on (of a paddle, etc.).
Kei kōripi mai te hoe (W 1971:142). / Don't let the paddle turn sideways on.
3. (verb) to look sideways.
Synonyms: titiro korotaha, titiro pī, titiro whakapī, matakarapa, whakarewharewha, tiro pī, tiro korotaha, whakarewha
4. (verb) to rise out of water (of celestial bodies).
5. (noun) slice, sliver, rasher.
Synonyms: hōripi
6. (noun) knife (of obsidian or shark's teeth).
Ka hoake te kōripi, ka haea te puku o Tupeketi, ka taka iho ki roto ki te kōrohe (Tr 1874:41). / She struck him with her knife, ripping open Tupeketi's belly, and he fell into the bag net.
7. (noun) dysentery, diarrhoea, flux.
Nā i te takoto te pāpā o Pupiriu, e mate ana i te kirikā, i te kōripi (PT Ngā Mahi a Ngā Āpotoro 28:8). / And the father of Publius lay sick with a fever and dysentery.
8. (noun) vagabond, vagrant.
He pōrangi te tangata rā, ka tahi; he kōripi, ka rua; he kūrapa, ka toru (W 1971:142). / Firstly, that man is mad; secondly, he's a vagrant; and thirdly, he's a good-for-nothing.
whānau mārama
1. (noun) celestial bodies - stars, planets, meteors, constellations, comets, the sun, the moon.
(Te Kōhure Textbook (Ed. 2): 165-180;)
Ko te ingoa o te Māori mō te huinga o te rā, te marama, ngā aorangi, ngā whetū, ngā kāhui whetū, ko te whānau mārama (Te Ara 2013). / The Māori name for the sun, moon, planets, stars and constellations and stars is the 'whānau mārama' (family of light).
whetū
1. (noun) star - sometimes also used for other celestial bodies, e.g. comets. Stars were observed carefully as they were important indicators of time and particular stars and star clusters were omens of aspects of life, including crop success.
(Te Kōhure Textbook (Ed. 2): 165-180;)
I kī rā ahau he tohu aua whetū. Koia nei hoki te kāpehu a ō tātou tūpuna i whakawhiti mai ai i Hawaiki (TTT 1/7/1922:3). / I have stated that those were navigational stars. they were the compass of our ancestors who migrated here from Hawaiki.
E kore pea te tangata e whakapono ki te kīia atu e 640 māero te tere o taua whetū i te hēkene kotahi (TP 1/6/1901:11). / A person would probably never believe it if it was said that the speed of that comet was 640 miles per second.
Te Tahi o Pipiri ka puta ō tātou mātua, tūpuna, ki waho i te atapō, i te whā o ngā hāora ki te titiro i te putanga o ngā whetū, nō te mea kei aua whetū te mōhiotia ai te tau pai te tau kino, kei tēnei whetū kei a Matariki, ka nunui ngā whetū he tau pai mō ngā ika. Kei aua whetū kei a Puanga, kei a Matariki (HKW 1/4/1899:4). / In June our elders go outside before dawn at 4 am to look at the stars, because those stars would inform them as to whether it would be a good or bad year and if the stars of the Pleiades were large it would be a good year for fishing. Those stars were Rigel and the Pleiades.
2. (noun) asterisk.
tātai arorangi
1. (noun) astronomy, knowledge of celestial bodies.
(Te Kōhure Textbook (Ed. 2): 165-180;)
E kite ana ahau ko koe te tohunga kōkōrangi o 'Te Toa Takitini', kei a koe te wānanga o te tātai arorangi, te oha a ngā kauwheke o raurangi (TTT 1/6/1922:13). / I can see that you are the astronomer of 'Te Toa Takitini' newspaper and you have the knowledge of the heavens, the gift of the ancestors of another time.
Rangitūahiahi
1. (personal noun) Venus as an evening star - the second planet from the sun in the solar system and the brightest celestial object after the sun and moon.
See also Meremere
kōmata o te rangi
1. (noun) zenith, highest point of the celestial sphere, acme, high point, pinnacle.
Tukua tērā kia mau i tāna ake rā hai tīokaoka mō te kōmata o te rangi e tū nei (JPS 1897:45). / Let him take his own weapon and pierce repeatedly the highest point of the celestial sphere.
Synonyms: poutūmārō, poutūmārōtanga, kaweka, keokeo, tāpuhipuhi, karamata, tāmore, karamatamata
Kōpū
1. (personal name) Venus as a morning star - the second planet from the sun in the solar system and the brightest celestial object after the sun and moon.
Me takoto te ihu o te waka ki te taha katau o te rā, o te marama, o Kōpū rānei (JPS 1913:181). / The bow of the canoe should be directed to the right side of the sun, the moon, or of Venus.
See also Meremere-tū-ahiahi
Synonyms: Rangawhenua, Tangaroa, Matawhero, Whiro, Whiringa ki Tawhiti, ao-mārama, ao tūroa, aotūroa, ao mārama, Kōpūnui, Rangipō, taiao, Takero, Tāwera, Pareārau, Meremere, Meremere-tū-ahiahi, ao
2. (personal noun) fifth month of the Māori lunar calendar, approximately equivalent to October.
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 twelth months.
Synonyms: Rima o Hiringa-a-nuku, Maramatekau, Oketopa, Whiringa-ā-nuku, Rima o Kōpū, Te, Hiringa-ā-nuku
Tāwera
1. (personal noun) Venus as a night or morning star - the second planet from the sun in the solar system. The brightest celestial object after the sun and moon.
Heoi, ka taka he wā, ka whakarērea a Tāwera e Pareārau, ka haere ki te mate tāne haere me whetū kē (Te Ara 2011). / However, in time Venus is abandoned by Jupiter, who goes off to have affairs with other stars.
See also Meremere-tū-ahiahi
Synonyms: Rangawhenua, Tangaroa, Matawhero, Whiro, Whiringa ki Tawhiti, ao-mārama, ao tūroa, aotūroa, ao mārama, Kōpū, Kōpūnui, Rangipō, taiao, Takero, Pareārau, Meremere, Meremere-tū-ahiahi, ao
tohunga kōkōrangi
1. (noun) astronomer - expert in the study of celestial bodies.
E kite ana ahau ko koe te tohunga kōkōrangi o 'Te Toa Takitini', kei a koe te wānanga o te tātai arorangi, te oha a ngā kauwheke o raurangi (TTT 1/6/1922:13). / I can see that you are the astronomer of 'Te Toa Takitini' newspaper and you have the knowledge of the heavens, the gift of the ancestors of another time.
whakawhetūrangi
1. (verb) (-hia,-tia) to travel in the daytime (of celestial bodies).
Ko Kōpū-nui te whetū nui, mā, e whakawhetūrangi nā i a ia; e whakaahua ana i a ia kia rite ki a Tama-nui-te-rā (S 1911:198). / Jupiter, the great white star travelling in the daytime; and in appearance is like the sun.
amiorangi
1. (noun) satellite - a celestial or artificial body orbiting the earth or another planet.
Ko ētahi amiorangi he mea hanga e te tangata, ā, ka tukuna ki te ātea kia amio haere i tētahi whetūao. / A satellite is a man-made object sent into space to orbit around a planet.
Synonyms: āmiorangi
Meremere-tū-ahiahi
1. (personal name) Venus as an evening star - the second planet from the sun in the solar system and the brightest celestial object after the sun and moon.
Ka rere ahiahi ka kīia ko Meremere, arā ko Meremere-tū-ahiahi; ka rere ata ka kīia ko Tāwera. / When it rises in the evening it is said to be Meremere (Venus), that is Meremere-tū-ahiahi; when it rises in the morning it is said to be Tāwera.
See also Meremere
Synonyms: Rangawhenua, Tangaroa, Matawhero, Whiro, Whiringa ki Tawhiti, ao-mārama, ao tūroa, aotūroa, ao mārama, Kōpū, Kōpūnui, Rangipō, taiao, Takero, Tāwera, Pareārau, Meremere, ao
