tāhere
1. (verb) (-a,-tia) to tie, ensnare, tie up, set snares.
Nā, me titiro anō te tangata kua nui te manu ki tōna pua, nā kua tetere te manu, kātahi anō ka haere ki te tāhere i tōna pua, he mea herehere ngā kaha ki te peka o te rākau, kapi tonu i te kaha te pua (Pēhi 1942:472). / Now, one should watch for when there are plenty of birds in his bird tree, and when the birds are fat, then he goes to set snares in his birding tree, the nooses are set in the branches of the tree and the birding tree is full of snares.
2. (noun) snare, snaring.
He nui te tapu i runga i te tāhere manu (Te Ara 2013). / There were many spiritual restrictions on bird snaring.
āhere
1. (verb) (-tia) to catch birds using snares, fix snares.
Ka āheretia ngā waka wai, ka āheretia ngā manga o ngā miro, ngā manga e pai ana hei iringa mō ngā māhanga (JPS 1895:133). / The snares are placed on the water troughs, as well as on such of the branches of the miro trees and the trees that are suitable for hanging the snares.
2. (noun) snare (noose for catching birds).
E toru ngā tino ritenga patu mō tenei manu, mō te kererū: te tuatahi he tūtū; te tuarua he āhere (māhanga); te tuatoru he tāhere (wero) (JPS 1895:132). / There are three methods used for catching this bird, the kererū - the first is the tūtū, the second the āhere, the third the tāhere.
2. (noun) wing.
3. (intransitive verb) frequently - throb, palpitate, flutter, quiver.
4. (noun) a winged form of neck pendant. Also known as pekapeka (Ngāpuhi).
5. (noun) a method of snaring birds.
tāwhiti
1. (noun) snare, trap, noose.
Ka kūmea ngā taura me te hūpanatanga o taua tāwhiti, o taua rore (W 1971:70). / The rope was pulled and the trap sprang back.
Synonyms: kono, kōpeti, koromāhanga, tari, karu māhanga, māhanga, naha, reti, kaha, koro
toromāhanga
1. (verb) (-tia) to ensnare, trap.
E whakaatu ana tēnei whakaahua (nō te tau 1846) i a Kehu (nō Ngāti Tūmatakōkiri) e toromāhanga ana i tētahi weka ki te riu o Mātukituki ki Wānaka (Te Ara 2016). / This illustration (from 1846) shows Kehu (of Ngāti Tūmatakōkiri) snaring a weka in the Mātukituki Valley, Wānaka.
2. (noun) snare, trap.
2. (modifier) impending, imminent, looming - used of ills likely to happen or are difficult to avoid.
Synonyms: whano
2. (verb) (-a,-tia) to strangle, hang.
Kātahi ka puta mai te whakaaro tērā pea me whakamate whakamomori kē ahau i ahau anō. He nui ngā momo tikanga hei whakamate. Me tārore rānei, me peke rānei i te paripari teitei, me kai paitini kē rānei (TWK 56:4). / Then the thought occurred that perhaps I should commit suicide instead. There are many ways to die, whether it be by hanging, jumping off a high cliff, or taking poison.
3. (noun) snare, trap.
rore
1. (verb) (-a,-tia) to snare, trap, ensnare.
Te tukunga iho o tēnā pakanga, murua ake ngā whenua o Ngāi Te Rangi e te Kāwanatanga ka noho kino ngā hapū o Ngāi Te Rangi, ka rorea atu ki roto i aua raruraru (TTT 1/12/1929:1964). / As a result of that war the lands of Ngāi Te Rangi were confiscated by the Government and the subtribes of Ngāi Te Rangi lived in poverty, ensnared by those troubles.
2. (noun) trap, snare.
Ka kūmea ngā taura me te hūpanatanga o taua tāwhiti, o taua rore (W 1971:70). / The rope was pulled and the trap sprang back.
2. (noun) tree where birds were snared.
Ko te rākau tīpapa, he rākau huinga nō te kererū, he taumatua (W 1971:400). / The tīpapa tree is a gathering place of the kererū, a bird-snaring tree.
2. (noun) support pole for a bird snare.
E tāreia ana ki te maire, ki te mānuka, ki tētehi atu rākau mārō rānei, taua turuturu, he mea kia mārō ai te rākau mō te ngau a te kākā (mōkai), i tōna turuturu, e kore e riwha (pakaru) (JPS 1895:135). / The support for a bird snare was fashioned out of maire, mānuka, or some other hard wood, in order that it may be sufficiently hard when bitten by the decoy kākā to prevent its chipping.
2. (verb) (-na) to lead, bring along, lead a song.
Kāti te riri, whakarērea hoki te ārita; kei mamae koe, kei tākina kia mahi i te kino (PT Ngā Waiata 37:8). / Do not be angry, and forsake wrath; lest you be hurt or led into evil deeds.
Synonyms: whakahaere tikanga, kaea, whakahaere, ārahi, arataki, huataki, konumatā, tā, whakataki, kōkiri, whaitaki, takitaki, tātaki, matā
3. (verb) (tākina) to recite.
Ka tākina ēnei karakia e te tohunga (Te Ara 2014). / These ritual chants were recited by the tohunga.
4. (verb) (-na) to rise - used in the passive for the rising of stars and heavenly bodies.
Tākina mai rā ngā huihui o Matariki, Puanga, Tautoru, ka ngaro Atutahi māna e whakarewa te tini whetū riki ka rewa kei runga (TJ 11/5/1899:4). / The constellations of the Pleiades, Rigel, Orion rise and Canopus disappears and elevates the many small stars suspended above.
5. (noun) kākā snare - a perch placed in a tree for a decoy kākā to lure in other kākā.
Ka herea te manu taupunga ki te pūtake o te taki. Ka whakangē te kākā mōkai kia rere mai ai ētahi atu kākā (Te Ara 2011). / The decoy bird was tied to the base of the bird snaring trap. The pet kākā screeched so that other kākā would fly there.
6. (noun) beat (music).
Mā te tāruarua i te tauira taki o tētahi puoro e puta ai tōna ūngeri (RTP 2015:98). / The rhythm of a piece of music comes from its repeating pattern of beats (RTP 2015:98).
2. (noun) bird snaring tree - a tree where birds are captured.
Nā, ka eke te tangata me tana mōkai kākā ki runga i te tūtū, ka whakangāngātia te mōkai, hei karanga i ētahi atu kākā kia rere mai (JPS 1895:135). / Now, when the man ascends to the tūtū with his decoy kākā, he makes the bird call out, to entice the other kākā to fly there.
2. (noun) noose (for catching birds, etc.).
Ka hangā he tari, ā ka hoatu, ka pōtaeria ki tōna upoko (W 1971:391). / A noose was made and then placed over his head.
Synonyms: kono, kōpeti, koromāhanga, karu māhanga, māhanga, naha, reti, kaha, tāwhiti, koro
3. (noun) plaiting of several strands.
Ka kitea i konei te whiri maha nei, te tari, te tāmaka, te whiri pāraharaha, te rinorino (NM 1928:127). / Many types of plaiting were seen here, plaiting of several strands, round cord plaited with four or more strands, flat cord plaited with three strands, and rope of two strands.
2. (verb) to be a new moon.
Heoi anō hekenga o tōu rā, e kore anō tōu marama e pewa (PT Ihaia 60:20). / Thy sun shall no more go down; neither shall thy moon withdraw itself.
3. (noun) eyebrow, anything arched, arc.
Ka moe ngā kanohi, ka hī ngā pewa, ka tau ngā pane, ka whakatau te reo katoa i te rōreka e whakahaua rā e te waiata (M 2006:42). / The eyes close, the eyebrows are raised, the heads are bowed and they all join in sweet music as directed by the song.
4. (noun) perch for a bird snare.
He rite te mahi a te pewa ki tā te mutu me te tumu (Te Ara 2012). / The pewa was used in a similar way to the mutu and tumu.
5. (noun) roe (of fish and marine creatures).
Ka noho ki te kaiota i ngā pewa o ngā pāua (PK 2008:191). / They sat down to eat the uncooked roe of the pāua.
2. (modifier) striped.
Ko Rāpata Mira te ingoa o tētahi; 12 ngā tau, he urukehu, 4 putu te roa, he tarautete tāhei ōna, he māmangu te koti, he pōtae mā tōna (MM.TKM 31/3/1857:17). / Robert Miller was the name of one; he was 12 years old, with ginger hair, 4 feet tall, wearing striped trousers, a black coat and a white hat.
3. (noun) necklace, neck ornament.
Ko ngā taonga i mauria mai e ngā kaiheke tōmua i Hawaiki he tautau, he tāhei me ētahi kahurangi (Te Ara 2013). / The early immigrants from East Polynesia brought pendants, necklaces, and other ornaments.
4. (noun) collar-bone, clavicle - either of the pair of bones joining the breastbone to the shoulder blades.
Ka keria iho ki raro, kitea ana te rua o aua taringa-pihi, me tētahi wāhi o te angaanga, me ngā tāhei o te kakī, me ētahi o ngā rara, me tētahi o ngā niho (TWMNT 9/2/1875:36). / On digging down, the second of those tusks was discovered, as well as part of the skull, collar bones, and some of the ribs, and one of the teeth.
See also paemanu
5. (noun) band, stripe - contrasting colours on an animal.
Kua ngaro te kawekaweau i te ngaro a te moa; heoi i ōna rā ko te kawekaweau te gecko nui rawa o te ao – e 60 henemita te roa. He tāhei parauri, whero tōna kiri (Te Ara 2013). / The kawekaweau is now extinct like the moa. However, it was the world’s largest gecko – 60 centimetres long, with brown and red stripes on its skin.
6. (noun) bird snare.
Kotahi te wā, e rua rānei ngā wā i roto i te rā ka tirohia te tāhei; haere ai te kaihopu ki te kohi i ngā manu me te whakatika anō i ngā tāhei (Te Ara 2013). / Bird snares were checked once or twice a day. The fowler would go to gather the birds and reset the snares.
