2. (modifier) competitive.
Kāore i rawe ki a Īhaka te wairua whakataetae e hiwa ake nei i ngā whakataetae taurima a ngā iwi Māori o Te Moananui-a-Kiwa (TTR 2000:92). / Īhaka disliked the competitive spirit associated with Polynesian festivals.
3. (noun) race, competition, contest, match, tournament.
Ka haere te tīma wāhine o Tāne-nui-a-Rangi ki ngā whakataetae hōkī ā-tau ki Te Wairoa (HP 1991:6). / The women's team of Tāne-nui-a-Rangi went to the annual hockey tournament at Wairoa.
Synonyms: whakakā, kēmu, iwi, whakaoma, tauomaoma, reihi, tauwhawhai, mātāwaka, momo, tuoma, rēhi, rere, rērehi, peo, karapetapeta, matawaka
tauwhāinga
1. (verb) (-tia) to compete, contend, vie.
Tērā pea, kia kore ai ia e tauwhāinga ki tōna matua kēkē, ka neke pērā ia ki Kaikohe (TTR 1996:93). / Possibly so that he would not compete with his uncle, he moved to Kaikohe.
See also tauwhāingatanga
2. (modifier) competing, rival, opposing.
Ka nohonoho te hunga tauwhāinga ki ō rātau nei pā (TTR 1990:382). / Each competing faction concentrated its forces in opposing pā.
Synonyms: tautētete, tāwari, ātete, whakakāhore, whakatete, mautohe, wheinga, kātata, tāwhai, hoa kakari
3. (noun) event (competitive), competition, quarrel.
I konei ka puta ake te noho tauwhāinga o Pōmare rāua ko Hongi. I te mea i whakapōraru peatia ia e tēnei taieritanga, te take i noho tautohe ai a Pōmare ki a Hongi (TTR 1990:115). / Here the quarrel between Pōmare and Hongi developed. Because he was humiliated by this defeat was the possible reason Pōmare argued with Hongi.
Synonyms: pākani, ngangau, kohete, tarahae, riri, tautohe, taututetute, totohe, kowhete, kairiri, kekeri, whakanihoniho, tautotohe, taukaikai, ngangare, paka, tatau, tatauranga, kākari, taute, whakatete, whawhai, wāwau, whakanehenehe, korokīkī, kōhetehete, kōwhetewhete, rīriri, whāinga, whewhei, taungaungau, kekeritanga, tītaitai kōwhatu, tautohetohe
tauwhāingatanga
1. (noun) rivalry, competition.
Ka rua ngā take i kōrerotia e ia, arā, ko te whakahaere me te whakaotinga atu i te whare nui, i a Māhinārangi i Tūrangawaewae marae, me tana whakahua i te tauwhāingatanga o Tūrongo rāua ko tana tuakana, ko Whatihua, oti atu ki te moenga o Tūrongo i a Māhinārangi, he tapairu nō Te Tai Rāwhiti (TTR 1998:72). / He discussed two matters, namely the planning and completion of the meeting house, Māhinārangi, on the marae at Tūrangawaewae and his retelling of the rivalry of Tūrongo and his elder brother, Whatihua, ending in Tūrongo's marriage to Māhinārangi, the East Coast chieftainess.
Synonyms: kaikiri
2. (noun) play off.
tātāwhāinga
1. (verb) to vie, compete, contest.
Ahakoa anō e taitama tonu ana ia i tērā wā, kore i roa kua uru ki ngā mahi hokohoko whenua. Kua tātāwhāinga ki ōna pakeke, ki tōna tātai anō hoki (TTR 1990:284). / Although he was still a young man, it wasn't long before he became involved in land dealings, in competition both with his elders and with his own generation.
2. (modifier) competitive, combative.
Ko tētahi wairua o roto i te tamaiti, ko te wairua tātāwhāinga. / An attitude in a child is the competitive spirit.
3. (noun) tournament, competition, contest.
I tētahi wā anō, i tana whaea kēkē, i a Tuīni Ngāwai e whakataetae ana i tētahi tātāwhāinga kutikuti hipi nei, i te kitenga o Ngoi e mahue haere kē ana ia, ka pakaru mai te waiata a Ngoi, he whakakipakipa kē rā tāna i tana kōkā kia tere ake (TTR 2000:146). / On one occasion, when her aunt, Tuīni Ngāwai, was competing in a sheep shearing competition, seeing her lagging behind Ngoi burst into song to inspire her aunt to pick up the pace.
2. (loan) (verb) (-tia) to bet, gamble.
E ngaua ana a te Karaiti e te mamae, e tangi ana tōna whaea i te take o te rīpeka e pureitia ana ia ōna kākahu e ngā hōia, he pēnei anō te ngākau o te tangata e purei moni ana (TP 8/1902:1). / Christ was suffering from pain and his mother was crying at the foot of the cross where his clothes were being gambled for by soldiers; the heart of the person who gambles is just like that.
3. (loan) (noun) game, competition, play.
Ko tā rātou purei tuatahi he uka (TP 5/1908:8). / Their first game was euchre.
4. (loan) (noun) races, racing.
Taihoa ka pānuitia ngā tikanga o taua purei (TW 19/10/1878:524). / Details of that racing event will be published in the future.
Synonyms: purei hōiho, whakaomaoma, tauomaoma, whakaoma
5. (loan) (noun) play (dramatic performance), performance, entertainment, concert.
I a Te Kuīni anō i roto i tōna whare i Winiha Kāhere; whakamana ai tētahi mīhini, hei whakarongonga mā te Kuīni ki ngā purei i roto i ngā whare tiata, arā purei (TJ 6/6/1899:7). / While the Queen was in her lodgings in Windsor Castle, a machine was set up so the Queen could listen to the plays in the theatres.
Synonyms: whakatangitangi, whakaaturanga, whakakite, haka
2. (noun) competition, contest.
Ahakoa nō te tau 1994 i hakaina tuatahitia ki ngā taumāhekeheke matua o te motu i tū nei ki Hāwera i taua tau rā, e hāngai tonu ana ngā kupu (HM 1/1998:1). / Although it was first performed in 1994 at the national competitions held in Hāwera that year, the words are still relevant.
whiringa toa
1. (noun) final (competitions).
I te Ipu o te Ao mō te hunga wāhine ka hinga a Ahitereiria ki te kapa wāhine Māori. Nā konā ka uru ngā tīma o Aotearoa ki te whiringa toa, arā, ka tākaro te tīma Māori ki ngā Rarauhe Kiwi (Te Ara 2017). / In the Women’s World Cup the New Zealand Māori women’s team beat Australia. As a result the New Zealand teams were in the final, that is the Māori team played the Kiwi Ferns.
ko [tāua tāua]
1. you and me both, we/they are both the same, both of us/them, I agree - an idiom to state that two or more people share the same attribute, interests, opinion or background. This idiom can also be used to introduce a competition.
Kei te tino mōhio koe ki a ia? E mea ana koe? Ko māua māua i te whare wānanga. / Do you really know her? You bet. We were both at university together.
Rangi: Kāore aku mātua e pai ki te hunga kai mātaitai i te tahatika. Pare: Ko rātou rātou o tērā whakatupuranga (HKK 1999:181). / Rangi: My parents don't like people who eat seafood on the shore. Pare: All that generation think like that.
2. (verb) (-a,-ngia) to climb upon, mount, board, embark, get on, go on board.
Ka tae ki Awarua, ka whakaeke atu rātou ko tōna whānau ki runga ki tētahi poti hī ika i waenganui pō (TTR 1996:71). / When they reached Bluff, she and her family would board a fishing boat at midnight.
3. (verb) (-a,-ngia) go onto (e.g. a marae).
I reira tonu tōna tinana e tangihia ana e ngā ope whakaeke (HP 1991:19). / Her body was right there being wept over by the groups who came onto the marae.
4. (verb) (-a,-hia,-ngia) to levy, impose.
Kua kaha haere te whakaaro kia whakaekea he reti ki runga ki ngā whenua Māori (RT 2013:106). / The idea is strengthening that rents be levied on Māori land.
5. (noun) arrival of guests, entrance.
Nō te ata o te rā o te whakaeke ka tae mai ētahi o te marae ki te wāhi e noho ana mātou ki te kī noa mai kua kore i taea e rātou te hui te whakatū nā te mea kua hinga mai he tūpāpaku ki tō rātou marae (HM 4/1998:7). / On the morning of the welcome on to the marae some of the people of the marae arrived at the place we were staying at to say that they were no longer able to host the meeting because they had a death on their marae.
6. (noun) entrance (e.g. onto a stage), entrance song, entrance item - a term used for the item of a traditional performing arts competition during which the performing group takes the stage.
Ko te whakaeke he waiata, he haka, he mau rākau, he nekeneke ā-kapa kia puta ai te kapa ki runga i te atamira (RMR 2017). / The entrance is a song, a haka, weaponry and group movements so that the group can emerge onto the stage.
huainanga
1. (noun) fat hen, Chenopodium album - a very common weed, especially in arable districts. Growing mainly in spring and summer, this erect weed can grow up to 2m tall. It is known as a very competitive weed due to its ability to remove moisture from the soil even in dry conditions. The grey-green leaves are up to 7cm long, sword shaped and have margins that appear toothed. Main stems and laterals often have green, yellowish or sometimes reddish ribs and can become quite hardy. Normally forms very small green flowers between December and May that develop into a tight cluster of seeds up to 30cm long. Seeds remain viable in the soil for long periods of time.
Te tupunga ake o te māra nei he runa anake, he wekahu, he huainanga, he horera ngā kai (TP 2/1909:4). / What grows in this garden are dock, fat hen, and sorrel.
taumātakitahi
1. (verb) (-tia) to select a champion for each competitive side, engage in single combat.
Ka taumātakitahi a Te Wherowhero me tana kō ki ngā rangatira o te hoariri (TTR 1990:341). / Te Wherowhero then fought a number of enemy chiefs in single combat, armed only with his kō (digging implement).
2. (modifier) single combat, hand-to-hand (fighting).
Nā tana toki ka hinga a Tatakahuanui i Waituna i te tau 1806 pea, ka waiho tērā riri taumātakitahi hei kōrero mā te tini mā te mano (TTR 1990:107). / It was probably in 1806 that he killed Tatakahuanui with his adze at Waituna and that hand-to-hand fighting became famous.
See also riri taumātakitahi
3. (noun) single combat.
whakawātea
1. (verb) (-ngia,-tia) to clear, free, dislodge, purge, get rid of.
E pai ana i te wā e ora tonu ana a Te Urukehu, nō tōna matenga kua kore he tohunga whakawātea i a mātau. Nō reira ia i haere ai ki a Nīao Ngāheu kia whakawāteatia ērā āhuatanga i runga i a mātau (EM 2002:122). / It was fine during the time that Te Urukehu was alive, but when he died there was no longer a tohunga to clear us . For that reason he went to Nīao Ngāheu to clear us of those things that were afflicting us.
2. (verb) (-ngia,-tia) to excuse, make way for, exempt.
He mea hākiki ki a Te Puea te whakakāhoretanga a te kāwanatanga kia whakawāteatia a Korokī i te whakahau kia rēhita ia i raro i te Ture Penihana o 1938 (TTR 1996:48). / It was offensive to Te Puea that the government would not exempt Korokī from the necessity to register under the Social Security Act of 1938.
3. (modifier) freeing, removing, clearing.
I roto i ngā tau mai i 1850, i tautoko pea ia i te kaupapa o te Kaingārara, he tikanga whakawātea tēnei i ngā wāhi e mōhiotia ana he tapu (TTR 1990:312). / In the 1850s he probably supported the Kaingārara movement, which aimed to remove tapu from places known to be invested with spiritual power.
4. (noun) clearing, freeing, expunging, purging, removal.
Ko tētahi hoki o ōna whakaaro ko te whakawātea i te marae i te tapu (EM 2002:207). / Another of his ideas was the removal of tapu from the marae.
Synonyms: peinga
5. (noun) exit, exit song, exit item - a term used for the final item of a traditional performing arts competition during which the performing group retreats from the stage.
Nā Poia Rewi te whakawātea a tō mātou rōpū i tito. / Poia Rewi composed our group's exit item.
