whare
1. (noun) house, building, residence, dwelling, shed, hut, habitation.
Kua tūtakina te whare none i Tūranga nei, kua hokona te whare me te whenua, ko ngā none kua hoki anō ki te kākahu o te ao (TP 11/1904:11). / The nunnery here in Gisborne has closed and the land and building have been sold, the nuns have returned to worldly garments.
2. (noun) people in a house.
E te whare nei, titiro tāua ki te tangata nei (NM 1928:52). / People of this house, let us look at this man.
3. (noun) suit (cards).
whare pūrākau
1. (noun) school of learning where tohunga taught esoteric knowledge, rituals, karakia, history and creation narratives. A term used particularly by Ngāi Tahu for the whare wānanga.
Ka tōna riteka o te whare pūrākau, hei whakaako i kā tamariki rakatira kia mātau ki te taki tāhū, ki te karakia mō ruka i kā taumata whakaariki, karakia ruruku manawa mō te tūpāpaku ki te moe, ka hemo (MT 2011:81). / The purpose of the house of learning was to teach the chiefly children to know how to recite the direct lines of ancestry through the senior lines, to recite incantations to weaken approaching war-parties, and for restoring life to someone who is ill and has fallen unconscious.
Synonyms: whare kōrero
Whare Pāremata
1. Parliament, House of Representatives.
E whakaatu ana te rīpene ataata nei i a Tā Tīpene O’Regan, kaiārahi o Ngāi Tahu, i te whare pāremata i te whakamanatanga o te ture (Te Ara 2013). / This video shows Sir Tīpene O’Regan, Ngāi Tahu leader, at Parliament for the passing of the act.
Synonyms: Rūnanga Nui o Niu Tīreni, Whare Rūnanga
whare pikitia
1. (loan) (noun) picture theatre, cinema.
Ka haere mātau i ētahi wā ki ngā whare o te Rōpū Karaitiana Mō Ngā Taitama ki roto i ngā wāhi ngahau pēnei i te whare pikitia, hōro kanikani rānei (HP 1991:142). / Sometimes we went to the establishments of the YMCA to the entertainment places such as the picture theatre or dance halls.
whare piriota
1. (loan) (noun) billiard saloon.
Ka riro tonu ko te komiti o Ōmipi hei kohi i ngā moni kōmihana i ngā kaikānataraka mō ngā mahi tango kirikiri, mira rākau hoki hei papa, hei whakawhiwhi raihana ki ngā kaiwhakahaere o ngā whare piriota (TTR 1994:74). / Ormsby’s committee collected royalties from the contractors for the rights to take gravel and mill timber, issued licences to the operators of billiard saloons.
See also whare piriote
