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ora

1. (verb) to be alive, well, safe, cured, recovered, healthy, fit, healed.

I ngā wā e ora ana ia, hereheretia ai ōna waewae ki te rino, nāwai rā ka hou te rino ki roto i te kikokiko (TP 10/1899:5). / While he was healthy, his legs were shackled in irons, and presently the shackle worked its way into his flesh.

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See also noho ora mai

Synonyms: punanga, whakaruruhau, marutau, haumaru


2. (verb) to survive, escape.

Kātahi ka patua - hinga iho e rua, ora ake kotahi (NM 1928:173). / Then they were defeated - two fell and one survived.

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3. (verb) to be satisfied with food, satiated, replete.

Ka puritia hoki e ngā iwi o Takakopiri ki reira, ka noho, ka kai, ka ora (NM 1928:122). / And they were detained there by Takakopiri's people, they remained, ate and were replete.

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Synonyms: ngāruru, mōtī, mākona, hawa, pūnaunau, pūpā, māti


4. (verb) to recover, revive.

Ka murua ngā rimurimu, me ngā kohukohu i tōna tinana, ka ora ia i reira (NM 1928:24). / The seaweed and moss were removed from his body and then he revived.

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Synonyms: tumahu, oraora, whakahaumanu, whakahauora, haumanu, whakaora


5. (modifier) healthy, fit, well, alive - in a state of wellbeing or just being alive.

Me takoto te tūroro ki raro. Mā ngā mea ora e āta tāhoro iho te paura maroke ki roto i te taringa (TTT 1/3/1928:743). / The patient should lie down. The healthy ones will carefully pour the dry powder down into the ear.
Nō te ata o te Rātapu ka tae ki Rangiaohia. Ko te kāinga tērā o ngā koroheke, o ngā tamariki, o ngā wāhine, kātahi ka pūhia ki te pū, ka tahuna oratia te tokomaha ki te ahi i roto i te whare kotahi (HKW 1/8/1898:6). / On the Sunday morning they reached Rangiaohia. That was a village of elderly men, children and women who were then shot and many were burnt alive in one building.

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6. (noun) life, health, vitality.

E rua ngā mea tino nui e matea ana e te tangata: Ko te ora roa, ko te hari (TP 4/1906:10). / The two main things needed by a person are: A long life and happiness.

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Synonyms: mataora, tauoranga, koiora, āhua noho

ora

1. (noun) wedge.

ora

1. (noun) slave.


2. (transitive verb) curse, abuse.


3. rustle.

mauri ora

1. (adjective) (awake) conscious.

ngākau ora

1. (adjective) sane.


2. (noun) sanity.

Kia ora!

1. (interjection) hello! cheers! good luck! best wishes!.

(Te Kākano Textbook (Ed. 2): 1;)


2. (interjection) Hello (literal translation - be well) (to any number of people). Kia ora can mean hello, good morning, good afternoon and thank you (PQ 2020: 62).

manawa ora

1. (noun) hope.


2. (noun) breath of life.

Nā ka whakaahuatia te tangata e Ihowa, e te Atua, he puehu nō te oneone, ā whakahāngia ana e ia ki roto ki ōna pongaihu te manawa ora; ā ka wairua ora te tangata (PT Kenehi 7/2). / And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.

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kawa ora

1. (noun) house opening karakia - the most important karakia which imbues life into the new house. It follows te kawa ahoahonga.

tihei mauri ora

1. (noun) sneeze of life, call to claim the right to speak.

noho ora mai

1. stay well, goodbye - only said to someone staying.

See also mai

tihe mauri ora

1. (noun) sneeze of life, call to claim the right to speak.

Manatū Whakahiato Ora, Te

1. Ministry of Social Development.

Tari o te Ora, Te

1. (loan) Department of Social Welfare.

Tari Puna Ora o Aotearoa, Te

1. (loan) (personal noun) NZ Childcare Association.

Tari Toko i te Ora, Te

1. (loan) (noun) Department of Social Welfare (now Work and Income).

I noho wātea tonu ia ki te āwhina i ngā tari kāwanatanga, arā, i te Tari Toko i te Ora, i Te Tāhuhu o te Mātauranga me te Kaporeihana Whare (TTR 2000:232). / He was always free to assist government departments, such as Social Welfare and Education, and also the Housing Corporation of New Zealand.

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Rōpū Wāhine Māori Toko i te Ora, Te

1. Māori Women's Welfare League.

He mea whakatū anō hoki a ia hei tumuaki mō te pekanga ki Pōneke o te Rōpū Wāhine Toko i te Ora, ā, hei tumuaki tuarua, kaitiaki pūtea atu hoki mō te kaunihera ā-rohe o te rōpū nei ki Pōneke (TTR 2000:253). / She was also appointed as president of the Wellington branch of the Māori Women’s Welfare League, and vice president and treasurer of the Wellington district council.

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He ora te whakapiri he mate te whakatākiri

1. United we stand devided we fall.

There is life in unity, and death in dissension. /

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Ka mate kāinga tahi ka ora kāinga rua

1. Always have a plan B.

When one village dies the second one lives. /

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Ōku whakakaumātua ōku ora ōku whakatamariki ōku mate

1. You benefit from wise decisions and suffer from decisions that are childish.

My acts of maturity are my wellbeing, my acts of imaturity are my detriment. /

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Tama tū tama ora tama noho tama mate

1. To thrive one must be active.

He who is active lives, he who is idle dies. /

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