whakapukepuke
1. (verb) (-tia) to build mounds, build stopbanks.
Nāna anō i whakawātea te whenua, i whakapukepuke, ā, he mea āta whakapūreirei e ia ki te rau rākau kia pai ai te tupu o ana kūmara (NIT 1995:55). / She cleared the ground herself, made mounds and strewed them with humus so that the kūmara would grow well.
3. (modifier) lawful, legitimate.
Ko te ahikā ka tohu ki te noho tūturu a tētahi tōpūtanga tāngata ki tētahi takiwā (Te Ara 2014). / Continuous settlement indicated legitimate occupation of a group of people to a particular area.
4. (noun) commitment, dedication, devotion.
I mea atu a Apirana Ngata he mahi tāna mā Arapeta kei Pōneke, engari nā tōna tūturu ki ngā kaupapa e pā ana ki tōna whānau me tōna iwi, kāore i tutuki te tono a Apirana (TTR 1998:176). / Apirana Ngata said he had work for Albert in Wellington, but because of commitments to his family and tribe, he wasn't able to fulfil Apirana's request.
5. (noun) upright, post (of a building).
Tītaha ana ngā tūturu o te whare (W 1971:460). / The posts of the house were leaning.
whakatū
1. (verb) (-hia,-ngia,-ria,-tia) to make stand, erect, put up, construct, raise, establish.
Me whakatū he pēke motuhake mā ngā Māori hei huarahi āwhina i ngā Māori ki runga i ngā mahi pāmu, hoko kau, hanga whare mō rātou, whakatū wheketere pata, mira kani rākau, mira haraheke, me ērā atu mahi e puta ai he painga mō te iwi Māori (TTT 1/10/1931:63). / Separate banks should be established as a way to help Māori with regard to farming, buying cows, building houses for themselves, establishing butter factories, sawmills, flax mills and those other activities that will benefit the Māori people.
Synonyms: hiki, whakatāiri, whakaaranga, kōranga, hāpai, hī, huataki, rangahua, huaranga, araara, whakatiputipu, whakakaurera, riariaki, whakatairangaranga, whakatupu, whakapakeke, mairanga, riaki, whakaara, whakaikeike, whakarawe, whakatipu, whāngai
2. (verb) (-hia,-ngia,-ria,-tia) to elect, put on, instigate, appoint, place.
3. (verb) (-hia,-ngia,-ria,-tia) to stop, pull up, bring to a halt.
Ka kite hoki taku tuakana i a au e tū ana i te taha o te huarahi i tō mātau kāinga, ka whakatū ia i ana hōiho, kia piki atu au ki runga i te rore, ka noho i tōna taha (HP 1991:22). / And when my elder brother saw me standing at the side of the road at our home he stopped his horses and I climbed onto the lorry and sat beside him.
4. (modifier) erecting, establishing, instituting.
Ko te wāhi hou o tēnei pōti ko te whakaaetanga o te taha turaki i te waipiro kia utua te moni e whā miriona pauna me te hāwhe (£4,500,000) ki te rōpū whakatū hōtēra mehemea ka tupono te hinga o te taha whakatū waipiro i tēnei pōti (TKO 12/2/1919:3). / The new part of this election is the agreement of the alcohol prohibitionists to pay four and a half million pounds (£4,500,000) to the association erecting hotels if the side supporting alcohol happens to be defeated at this election.
5. (noun) erection (of a building, etc.), election, establishment.
Ko te kaupapa i mārama ki tēnei komiti ko te whakatū i tētahi Māori hei pīhopa āwhina, hei tiaki i te taha Māori (TTT 1/5/1928:774). / The matter is clear to this committee is the establishment of a Māori as assistant bishop to care for the Māori aspect.
pereki
1. (loan) (verb) (-tia) to build in brick.
Ko te whare karakia o te Katorika i Pōneke i wera nei i te ahi, kua tukua i runga i ngā tikanga kanataraka, ko ngā moni e £7170, hei mahinga, ka perekitia te mahinga (TJ 11/5/1899:4). / The Catholic church in Wellington, which burnt down, has been submitted for contract at £7170 to do the job and is to be built in brick.
2. (loan) (modifier) brick.
I waho i te whare, i mua tata atu i te iāri pereki, iāri hūkui nei, ko ngā putiputi pirīhīa e tipu haere ana i te tapa o te parani (TTR 1996:71). / Outside the house, in front of the scrubbed brick courtyard freesias were growing at the edge of the veranda.
3. (loan) (noun) brick.
Ko te whare nei ka hangā katoatia ki te pereki (TTT 1/1/1924:6). / This building was made entirely of brick.
whare kōwhanga
1. (noun) building erected for childbirth, birthing house.
Ko te ahi me tupopoto anake, he mea takai ki te aka, ā kia takoto te papakiri mata o te kahikatea hei taupoki mō te ahi tupopoto ina hiahiatia kia māhaki te mahana o roto o taua whare kōwhanga (JPS 1929:258). / Only the 'tupopoto' form of fire was used, being bound with vines, and a piece of green white pine bark lay handy to be used as a cover for the 'tupopoto' fire when it was desired that the warmth within that birthing house be lessened.
tīhokahoka
1. (noun) temporary shelter (made with branches stuck in the ground), bivouac.
Nā ka puta a Hona i roto i te pā, ā noho ana i te taha ki te rāwhiti o te pā; kei te hanga i tētahi tīhokahoka mōna ki reira (PT Hona 4:5). / So Jonah went out of the city, and sat on the east side of the city, and there made him a booth.
2. (modifier) temporary (of buildings).
He hangaia he whare tīhokahoka i te taha o te awa. / He built a temporary shelter by the stream.
whaihanga
1. (verb) (-ia,-tia) to make, build, construct, erect.
Ahakoa tēnei parekura nui, kei te tīmata atu anō te tangata ki te whaihanga hou i ōna tāone, me ana hanga (TTT 1/7/1931:1). / Despite this major disaster, people are starting to rebuild their towns and property.
See also waihanga
Synonyms: mea, hangahanga, waihanga, whakahangahanga, mahi, hanga, āhua
2. (noun) construction, building.
Ko te whaihanga i rite ki te rīpeka (TTT 1/8/1931:16). / Its construction is like a cross.
2. (verb) (-a,-ia) to make, build.
I te tau 1927 he mema tūāpapa ia nō te peka o te Rōpū Taitamariki Māori o Te Tai Hauāuru, ā, he mea whakatū anō hoki a ia ki te Kaunihera o Whanganui i te tau 1936, he tūranga i mau tonu i a ia tae noa ki te wā i whakahangahanga ake anō i taua kaunihera i te tau 1945 (TTR 2000:156). / He was a foundation member of the West Coast branch of the Young Māori Party in 1927, and in 1936 was appointed to the Whanganui Māori Council, a position he held until it was reconstituted in 1945.
Synonyms: mea, hangahanga, waihanga, whaihanga, mahi, hanga, āhua
3. (noun) diplomacy.
Kitea ana te mana me te manawanui o Hēnare i ana kōrerotanga ki a Eva Rickard, te wahine whakakorikori nei me ana kaitautāwhi i Waitangi i te tau 1984, me te tino whakahangahanga o tana whakahaere i te whakaingoatanga i Te Ara-o-Hinehopu, ki te ingoa kē o Te Ara-o-Hongi i Te Rotoiti i te tau 1988 (TTR 2000:72). / Henare’s mana and patience were seen in his talks with activist Eva Rickard and her supporters at Waitangi in 1984, and by his diplomacy over the renaming of Hongi’s Track at Rotoiti from Te Ara-o-Hongi to Te Ara-o-Hinehopu in 1988.
whare whakamātakitaki
1. (noun) museum, building for exhibits.
Kua hoatu taua koti ki te whare whakamātakitaki o Pōneke (TP 11/1908:8). / That coat has been donated to the Wellington Museum.
Synonyms: whare pupuri taonga, whare taonga, whare tongarewa
2. (verb) (-ria,-tia) to convene, establish.
Tērā anō ētahi rangatira o Pēwhairangi e whakatūtū hui ana ki Waitangi (TTR 1994:110). / There were some Bay of Islands chiefs who convened meetings at Waitangi.
3. (verb) (-ria,-tia) to parade, perform, carry out manoeuvres.
Ko te ope i tākina atu e Kūkūtai i whakatūtū i raro i te haki o Ingarangi (TTR 1990:42). / Kūkūtai led a contingent which paraded under the Union Jack.
Synonyms: tapa, whakaatu, whakaataata, whakahua, whakahaere, mahi, hahaka, haka, whakarite
4. (modifier) erecting, constructing, building.
I whakahaungia e Rāwiri Puhirake ngā wāhine i āwhina i te mahi whakatūtū tūwatawata i Pukehinahina, kia whakatahi rātau i mua o te kōkiritanga a te ope Pākehā (TTR 1990:212). / The women who had helped in the fortification construction work at Pukehinahina had been ordered to withdraw by Rāwiri Puhirake before the British force attacked.
5. (modifier) establishing, instituting.
He tangata i anga ia ki ngā mahi a te rangatahi Māori, nāna i whakakīkī te mahi whakatūtū kapa haka mō rātou (TTR 1998:132). / He was a person dedicated to the activities of Māori youth and advocated the work of establishing cultural groups for them.
6. (modifier) holding, running, convening, organising.
Pārekareka ana hoki ki a Te Kooti te mahi whakatūtū rērehi hōiho, hai whakamāmā ake pea māna i te mōkinokino o tēnei mea o te pakanga (TTR 1976:218). / Te Kooti also enjoyed holding horse-racing events, perhaps to provide relief from the grim reality of warfare.
Synonyms: omaoma, whakarērere, oma
7. (modifier) parading, drilling.
Kotahi wiki ki Pōneke, he mahi whakatūtū hōia te mahi (HKW 1/5/1902:9). / We were one week in Wellington doing military drills.
Synonyms: tūngārahu
8. (noun) erection, construction, building, raising.
Nā ngā moni hua o te hokonga i ngā rākau tōtara o ngā whenua o ngā Mahupuku i utu te whakatūtū haere i ērā o ngā whare papa rākau nei (TTR 1994:47). / The proceeds of the sale of tōtara trees from Mahupuku lands paid for the construction of these timber houses.
Synonyms: whakapiki, whakaputu, whakatipu, huti, hutinga, hīanga, whakatupu
9. (noun) parade, drill squad, marching group.
He maha ngā whakatūtū kātipa i uru atu te ope Māori hei whakanui i te Tiupiri i te 22 o Hune 1897 (TTR 1996:259). / The Māori contingent participated in many of the military parades to celebrate the Jubilee on 22 june1897.
10. (noun) parade drill, parade, drilling, manoeuvres.
Ka riro katoa mai ō mātau kākahu, pūtu, pēke, ka tīmata te whakatūtū hōia (HP 1991:103). / When we had obtained our uniform, boots and bags the military parade drill began.
whakatipu
1. (verb) (-a,-ria) to cause to grow, rear, cherish, bring up, raise.
Whakatipu kūmara, taro, aruhe ai (HP 1991:28). / They grew kūmara, taro and fern root.
See also whakatupu
Synonyms: kōkai, hikutira, hikumaro, hāpai, hī, huataki, rangahua, huaranga, araara, whakatiputipu, whakakaurera, riariaki, whakatairangaranga, hiki, whakatū, riaki, mairanga, whakapakeke, whakaara, whakatupu, whakaikeike, whakarawe, whāngai, whakatāiri, whakaaranga, kōranga
2. (modifier) growing, rearing, future.
Ki tōna whakaaro, kua tae noa mai te māharahara me te wiri o te ngākau ki te taumaha o te rere o te ia Pākehā, ki te whakakore i te iwi Māori me ō rātau uri whakatipu ki te noho, ki te mahi hoki i ō rātau whenua ake (TTR 1996:68). / In his mind he had become anxious and trembling that the influence of the Pākehā had become so strong that the Māori people and their descendants would not be able to live on and use their own lands.
Synonyms: whakatupu, whakatiputipu
3. (noun) growing, growth, rearing, raising, breeding.
Koirā te wā i puta ai ngā āhuatanga mō ngā momo mahi kai katoa i ō mātau mātua: te whakatipu kūmara, rīwai, inā kē te nunui o ngā māra (EM 2002:57). / That was the time when the ways for producing all sorts of food by our parents was evident: growing kūmara, potatoes, and the gardens were huge.
Synonyms: whakatupu, whakatūtū, whakapiki, whakaputu, huti, hutinga, hīanga
2. (noun) karakia clearing the tapu of the building.
Nā ngā kaumātua o Te Arawa i wewete ngā tapu o ōna whakairo, i karakia te karakia o te waere, te kawa, te toki, te takapou (TTT 1/10/1922:8). / The elders of Te Arawa removed the tapu from its carvings, recited the incantations of the waere (clearing the tapu of the building), of the kawa (calling on the powers to ruruku, or bind together, the uprights and rafters of the building), the toki (incantation addressed to the tree from which the carvings were made using the toki, or axe) and the takapou (incantation lifting the tapu to enable the entry of women into the house and spreading the mat of occupation and use).
See also kawa waere
2. (noun) enactment.
I ātetehia e ia te whakaurunga atu o te hanganga ture e riro ai ngā whenua i te Māori (TTR 1994:129). / He opposed the enactment of legislation that would alienate Māori land.
hangahanga
2. (verb) to be short, low, stunted.
Ka hangahanga te tupu o te kāpana (W 1971:34). / The growth of the potato was stunted.
Synonyms: pāpaku, hakahaka, hahaka, taurekareka
3. (modifier) frivolous, of no account, trifling, an easy matter, trivial.
Mehemea e kawea ana aua moni ki ngā pēke, tērā e nui noa atu ngā painga e puta mai i roto, i te whakapaua ki ngā mea hangahanga noa iho (TP 7/1907:4). / If that money is taken to the banks much more benefit accrues than spending it on just trivial things.
4. (noun) practice, habit, strategy.
Kore rawa a Te Whenuanui i tāhurihuri, i tumeke rānei i ngā hangahanga a te minita (TTR 1994:170). / Te Whenuanui refused to give ground or be concerned by the strategies of the minister.
