ate

1. (adjective) hepatic.

ate

1. (noun) liver.

Ka oti te tinana, ka kumea ngā ringaringa, ka kumea ngā waewae, ka pokaia te tara, ka kumea ngā raho, ka whakanohoia ngā puapua, ngā werewere, ngā hanahana, te katitohe, ka kumea te tonetone, ka pokaia te kumu, ka whakanohoia te piro me te puku, te mahara, te ate, ngā tākihi, te tōngāmimi, ka hangā te ārai, ka oti katoa ngā mea o te tinana (HWM 27). / When the body was completed, the arms and legs were drawn out, the vagina was pierced, the labia majora was drawn out, and the ovaries, the labia minora, the vulva, and the hymen were implanted, the clitoris was drawn out, the anus was pierced and the odour, the stomach, the spleen, the liver, the kidneys and the bladder were implanted, and the diaphragm was made and the body was completed.

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Synonyms: mahamaha

2. (noun) seat of emotions, heart.

I taua hui, ka pāngia a Mākarini, te tama mātāmua a Ngata e te kōea, ā, i te hoa rangatira o Ngata, i a Arihia e tiaki ana i a Mākarini i te kāinga, ka pā anō hoki taua mate ki a ia. He ika paerua te parekura, nā te mea kāre i taea wawetia te tiki he rongoā tika mō rāua. Pākikini ana te ate o Ngata, ā, he wā a Ngāti Porou rāua ko Tainui e noho matakēkē ana (TTR 1996:108). / At the hui Mākarini, Ngata's eldest son, contracted dysentery and while Ngata's wife, Arihia, was nursing Mākarini at home, she caught it too. Both died before they could get proper medicine. Ngata was devastated, and for a time there was ill feeling between Ngāti Porou and Tainui.

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Synonyms: mahamaha, whatumanawa

ate

1. (noun) variety of harakeke from Whanganui river district with tall, straight, wide, dark blue-green blades with a definite blue bloom on the underside of the leaves. Margin and keel very dark reddish brown. No kōrari. May be used for piupiu and muka.

ate kakā

1. (noun) hepatitis.

ate ūtonga

1. (noun) liver cirrhosis.

mate ate kakā

1. (noun) hepatitis - inflammation of the liver.

Kaua te tangata kua pāngia e te mate ate kakā e kai waipiro, kei kaha kē atu tana mate. / A person afflicted with hepatitis should not drink alcohol or his illness will be more serious.

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ate-raukawa

1. (noun) a variety of flax with high quality fibre.

ate-mango

1. (noun) A variety of phormium.

tau o te ate

1. (noun) heart-strings, deep emotion, feelings.

Kakare kau nei te tau o taku ate (W 1971:100). / My emotions are stirred.

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2. (noun) soul mate, lover, partner, darling.

Kai whea te tau o taku ate? (W 1971:19). / Where is my soul mate?

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Synonyms: hoa, hoa haere kōtui, hoa rangatira, tahu, kairoro, hoa tākunekune, ipo, whaiāipo, tau, makau

ia-auraki ate

1. (noun) hepatic vein.

Hei whakahoki te ia-auraki ate i te toto hāora-kore, mai i te ate ki te manawa (RP 2009:351). / The purpose of the hepatic vein is to return deoxygenated blood from the liver to the heart.

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pākawa

1. (chemistry) -ate.

hurihanga takapau

1. (noun) ritual performed when warriors return from battle and require the tapu on them to be removed - included the kindling of two fires. One fire, the ahi horokaka was where the priest ate a kūmara and at the ahi ruahine a woman also ate a single kūmara. It was the woman who removed the tapu. This ceremony was accompanied by karakia. The warriors involved did not eat the kūmara.

Kae

1. (personal name) tohunga who ate the pet whale of Tinirau who killed him in revenge.

(Te Pihinga Textbook (Ed. 2): 27-28;)

ate

ate

ate

ate kakā

ate ūtonga

mate ate kakā

ate-raukawa

ate-mango

tau o te ate

ia-auraki ate

pākawa

hurihanga takapau

Kae

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