rahi
1. (verb) to be large, big, numerous, great, plentiful.
Ka rahi haere te tāone o Ākarana ka uru atu ia ki ngā whakahaere (TTR 1990:210). / As the town of Auckland expanded he became involved in its affairs.
Synonyms: pōike, ngahiri, ngeangea, oha, rarawe, rari, hāwere, ngahoro, pukahu, papata, wene, tuarea, huhua, makiu, maruru, mahamaha, makehua, rea, tini, tokomaha, maha, tuauriuri, kūpara, hira, matarahi, rarahi, katete, korahi, tetere, matararahi, mātua, nunui, whakahara, mokorahi, pūhetī, kaitā, mātuatua, mokorarahi, pūwharu, whakatikotiko, pūharu, pūwheti, tuangea, ruarangi, nui
2. (modifier) big, large.
Nā te kaha nui o te ngākau whakapuke, me te ihupiro ki ngā mahi kaute tētahi wāhi rahi tonu o aua mate (TTR 1996:104). / A big part of those problems was due to excessive enthusiasm and to inexperience in accounting.
3. (noun) size, greatness.
Ka mea atu ētahi, “E Kupe! Pēnei pea te rahi me Hawaiki nei? Me Rarotonga, me Rangi-ātea me ērā atu motu?” (JPS 1914:191). / Others asked, “O Kupe! Is the size of the land the same as Hawaiki? Like Rarotonga and Rangi-ātea and the other islands?”
4. (noun) importance, important person, important people.
He tangata atawhai nui ia ki te tāpae kai ki ngā tāngata katoa me ka tae ki tōna kāinga; e kore rawa hoki e tukua e ia te tira manuhiri kia haere ana, āpānoa kia takoto he hākari māna ki ia tangata ki ia tangata o rātou, te iti me te rahi (TWMNT 21/4/1874:95). / He was a generous person who provided food to everybody if they visited his village; he would never ever let a party of visitors leave until he had laid out a feast for each person, whether of lowly status or of importance.
nui
1. (verb) to be large, big, many, plentiful, numerous, great, abundant, ample, superior, of high rank, important.
He nui hoki ngā taika kei te ngahere tata atu ki taua kāinga (TTT 1/6/1923:3). / There are also many tigers in the bush near that village.
See also nunui
Synonyms: rangatira, pōike, ngahiri, ngeangea, oha, hira, ranea, huhua, pukahu, rari, rarawe, makuru, ngahoro, ngerongero, hua, ngāhorohoro, mahamaha, maha, humi, hāwere, wene, tuarea, te hanga a te, te mahi a te ..., tini, tokomaha, pio, tuauriuri, marea, mahi, hia, takitini, maruru, makehua, rea, papata, makiu, nunui, kaitā, mātua, matararahi, tetere, korahi, mātuatua, mokorarahi, rahi, pūwharu, whakatikotiko, pūharu, pūwheti, tuangea, ruarangi, katete, rarahi, matarahi, kūpara, pūhetī, mokorahi, whakahara
2. (noun) size, quantity, vastness, greatness, importance, amount, abundance, plenty, rank.
I ngā awa o Tongariro me Waitahanui tonu, inā kē te nui o te moni e utua ana ki ngā hapū me ngā tāngata nō rātau ngā whenua, me ka whakawhiti nei te hunga mahi taraute i aua whenua rā (TTR 1998:197). / Especially the Tongariro and Waitahanui rivers, substantial income was paid to the hapū and the people who owned the land if the people fishing for trout crossed those lands.
Synonyms: maruru, ngahue, maha, makuru, makurutanga, mahi, hira, huhua, huhuatanga, humi, pukahu, rahinga, ranea, tōnuitanga, harahara, kōhangohango, rārangi, tūtira, tūnga, ripa, kapa, rangea, kaipukahu
tōnuitanga
1. (noun) prosperity, abundance, plenty.
Me pukumahara i te tōnuitanga, kia whai tahua ai i te tau nihoroa (PK 2008:706). / Be cautious in times of plenty so that you have reserves in years of scarcity.
Synonyms: taurikura, houkura, tōnui, rangea, makuru, nui, makurutanga, mahi, hira, huhua, kaipukahu, humi, pukahu, rahinga, ranea, harahara, huhuatanga, maruru, ngahue, maha
harahara
1. (noun) abundance, plenty.
hira
1. (stative) be great, important, widespread, of consequence.
I hira ake tō rātou mana i tō ngā rangitira o ngā hapū, ā, i te mātūtūtanga o te mate, i hewa ngā tūroro nā ngā karakia kikokiko i ora ai (KO 15/6/1882:6). / Their mana is greater than that of the chiefs of the kinship groups and when convalescing the patients are deluded into thinking that the malevolent ritual chants will heal them.
Synonyms: hirahira
2. (stative) be numerous, abundant, plentiful, large, big.
Tērā anō ngā tāone e hira ake ana i Ākarana, i Ngāruawāhia (TPM 2/2/1863:2). / There are othertowns that are bigger than Auckland and Ngāruawāhia.
Synonyms: pōike, oha, ngeangea, ngahiri, hāwere, rarawe, rari, pukahu, nui, ranea, huhua, ngāhorohoro, mahamaha, ngahoro, makuru, maha, ngerongero, hua, humi, makiu, tuarea, maruru, makehua, rea, tini, tokomaha, tuauriuri, papata, wene, pūharu, pūwheti, tuangea, ruarangi, nunui, mātua, matarahi, kūpara, matararahi, tetere, korahi, katete, rarahi, whakahara, mokorahi, pūhetī, kaitā, mātuatua, mokorarahi, rahi, pūwharu, whakatikotiko
3. (modifier) great, important, widespread, of consequence, significant, notable, momentous.
Kei runga e rārangi ana ētahi o ngā mahi hira a ō rātou tūpuna, tae atu ki ngā whakapapa e hāngai pū ana (TTR 1996:252). / On it are some of the significant deeds of their ancestors, together with the relevant genealogies.
Synonyms: taumata rau, taiea
4. (noun) importance.
Ahakoa te hira o tana mahi ki te puri i a Ngāti Kahungunu ki te taha o te kāwanatanga, tana tautohe i te Kīngitanga me tana whawhai i a Te Kooti, ehara tēnei mahi āna mā te kāwanatanga i te mahi noa (TTR 1994:41). / Despite his important role in keeping Ngāti Kahungunu on the side of the government, his opposition to the King movement, and his fight against Te Kooti, he had not served the government blindly.
5. (noun) multitude, great number, hordes.
Kātahi au ka kite i te hira o te tāngata (W 1971:52). / I've just seen the hordes of people.
6. (stative) abundance, profusion, plentifulness.
Ko te whatu he kōhatu, ko te kōhatu, arā ko te hira o te hua rākau, o te karaka, etc. (M 2006:198). / The 'whatu' is a stone and 'kōhatu' is the used for the abundance of fruit, of the karaka tree, etc.
Synonyms: rangea, makuru, nui, makurutanga, mahi, huhua, huhuatanga, humi, pukahu, rahinga, ranea, tōnuitanga, harahara, kaipukahu, maruru, ngahue, maha
2. (modifier) abundant, plentiful.
3. (noun) abundance, profusion, plenty.
2. (noun) abundance, plenty, profusion, plethora.
Inā te maruru o ngā korare Hainamana e taea ana te hoko i ēnei rā (PK 2008:416). / Look at the abundance of Chinese green vegetables that can be bought these days.
Synonyms: kaipukahu, ngahue, maha, makuru, nui, makurutanga, mahi, hira, huhua, huhuatanga, humi, pukahu, rahinga, ranea, tōnuitanga, harahara, rangea
2. (noun) pounder, pestle (for fern root, flax, etc.).
ngahoro
1. (verb) to drop off, fall, fall off.
Ko ā te Pākehā rākau anake e ngahoro ana ngā rau, heoi anō tā te Māori rākau i rite ki ā te Pākehā ko te kōtukutuku, arā ko te kōnini (TP 9/1903:1). / Only exotic trees are deciduous, however the only native tree that is like exotic trees is the kōtukutuku (tree fuchsia), also called the kōnini.
2. (verb) to drop out.
Kua kaumātua kē te tangata, kua potopoto te moe, kua ngahoro ngā niho, kua kore e rangona te reka o te kai, kua māuiui noa te tinana (TTT 1/7/1928:814). / When a person is old sleep is short, the teeth have dropped out, the deliciousness of food can no longer be tasted, and the body has become quite sickly.
3. (verb) to be abundant, plentiful.
4. (modifier) friable, crumbly.
5. (modifier) and upwards, or more, in excess of.
I tae pea ki te kotahi rau ngahoro a Ngāti Whakaue i haina ki taua pukapuka (KO 14/6/1884:5). / Approximately one hundred or more Ngāti Whakaue arrived and signed that document.
Synonyms: neke atu, nuku atu, neke atu rānei, koni atu rānei, makere
2. (modifier) very many, huge number - an intensive used with words indicating numbers.
Ka whakatika mai te mano tini ngeangea o te kiore (W 1971:232). / A huge number of rats rose up.
rarawe
1. (verb) to clasp tightly, clutch, hold onto, retain, preserve.
2. (verb) to be abundant, plentiful.
3. (modifier) generous, munificent, magnanimous.
Kāre i ārikarika te whakaaro nui me te maimai aroha o ngā iwi o Te Araroa me Wharekahika mō te ngākau oha o ngā mahi a Wī Repa mā rātau (TTR 1996:279). / The people of Te Araroa and Hicks Bay had great respect and affection for Wī Repa's selfless service to them.
Synonyms: ohaoha
4. (noun) generosity, largesse, munificence.
He mea whakamīharo tana oha ki te tangata (TTR 1996:94). / His generosity to others was remarkable.
5. (noun) relic, keepsake, gift, treasured bequest.
He manu tawhito, he oha nā ngā mea kua ngaro atu ki te pō, he oha nā ngā tūpuna (TP 1/1/1899:2). / It is an ancient bird, a gift by the ones who have gone to the world of the dead, a gift by the ancestors.
See also owha
Synonyms: manatunga, owha, whakamahara, whakaturi
rangea
1. (modifier) abundant, profusion, plenty.
2. (modifier) plentiful, prolific, abundant.
3. (modifier) pendulous, hanging down.
