wā
1. (noun) time, season, period of time, interval, term, duration.
Me utu ngā mema o te poari (ngā Pākehā me ngā Māori) ki ngā utu tau me ērā atu utu hoki e whakaaetia e te pāremete i ia wā, i ia wā (TJ 12/4/1898:1). / The members of the board (both European and Māori) should be paid an annual stipend, and other payments to be agreed on by Parliament each time.
See also tāima
2. (noun) area, region, definite space.
Ko te hopehope he moko i tāia ki muri o te tuarā ki te wā ki te hope (M 2004:392). / The hopehope pattern was tattooed on the back in the area of the waist.
rārangi wā
1. (noun) timeline.
Ko te rārangi wā te whakamahinga o tētahi rārangi tau hei whakaatu i te takanga o te wā, me te raupapa i ngā kaupapa i oti i aua wā. E tino whakamahia ana te rārangi wā hei whakaatu i ngā kaupapa o mua (TRP 2010:225). / A timeline is the use of a number line to show intervals of time, to show the order and sequence of events. Timelines are used extensively to show historical events (TRP 2010:225).
rohe wā
1. (noun) time zone.
Nā te mea e takahurihuri ana te ao, he rerekē te wā ka whiti te Rā ki tēnā whenua, ki tēnā whenua, puta noa i te ao. I te wā e whitia mai ana a Aotearoa, e pō ana a Ingarangi me ērā atu whenua i tērā taha o te ao. Tekau mā rua hāora tō rātou tōmuri i a tātou. Nā te pēnei, kua wehea te ao ki ētahi rohe wā e 24 (TRP 2010:242). / Because the earth is rotating, the times when the sun is shining in various parts of the world are different. When Aotearoa has day, England and other countries on that side of the world have night. They are 12 hours behind us. Because of this, the world is divided into 24 time zones (TRP 2010:242).
wā kāinga
1. (noun) distant home, true home, home, home base - sometimes written as one word, i.e. wākāinga.
Ka haere a Tū-rāhui ki waho whakahāereere ai i te tamaiti; kātahi ka titiro atu ki te rā e whanake ana i te huapae o Te Moana-nui-a-Kiwa, kātahi ka hoto ake te aroha i a Tū-rāhui ki te wā kāinga, ki Hawaiki (JPS 1913:176). / Tū-rāhui went outside to stroll about with the child. Then he looked at the sun rising on the horizon of the Pacific Ocean and the love for his home, for Hawaiki, suddenly overcame Tū-rāhui.
wā rātau
1. (determiner) their (plural) - variation of ā rātou.
Nā konei i rahua ai te whai mahi a te tangata, te noho tika a te whānau i te kāinga, tae atu ki te kore haere o ngā kaipiri me wā rātau tamariki i te kura (TTR 1998:148). / As a consequence, the employment and domestic arrangements of the adherents and the schooling of their children were all disrupted.
mā te wā
1. see you later, time will tell.
Mā te wā e whakakite ngā hua o āu mahi nunui (TTT 1/6/1930:2070). / Time will reveal the fruits of your many deeds.
Ko hūpē, ko roimata hei whakamauru noa i te mamae e kai kino nei, ā, mā te wā rawa te rāwakiwaki e whakangaro (HM 4/2009:4). / Mucus and tears will ease the intense pain and eventually in time the depression will recede.
wā o mua
1. (noun) olden days, former times, formerly.
Ka whakaaratia ake e ia ngā kōrero o te Kawenata Tawhito e hoki anō ai ki te wā o mua i tini ai ngā wāhine a te tangata kotahi, ahakoa kāre ia i whakaae ki ana kaiārahi kia whai i tēnei tikanga (TTR 1990:313). / He appealed to the authority of the Old Testament for a return to the custom of former times of plural marriage, although this was denied to his higher clergy.
Synonyms: tua whakarere
tāria te wā
1. by and by, after a time, after a while, later, in time, eventually.
Tāria te wā, e mau ake ana ia i te taha whakakaha i te ora o tana tinana (TTR 1996:2). / Later he maintained a strong interest in his personal fitness.
Synonyms: hai kō ake nei, i muri, i muri mai, ka taka te wā ..., meāke, taihoa ake, muringa, mea ake, nō muri, auina ake, taihoa, ā muri ake nei, auina iho
2. (noun) analogue time.
Hurihia ngā wā-ringa hei wā-mati (TRP 2010:315). / Convert analogue time to digital times, please.
2. (noun) digital time.
Tuhia te tāima hei wā-mati (TRP 2010:314). / Write the time as digital time, please.
he wā e taka
1. give it time - an idiom to indicate that at some time in the future something will happen or there'll be a change of attitude.
He wā e taka e kitea ai te puāwaitanga o tā rātou e mahi nei (HKK 1999:144). / Give it time and the results of what they are doing will be seen.
See also he wā ka taka