convenience - Te Aka Māori Dictionary

heketua

1. (noun) toilet, lavatory, latrine, convenience, loo, bog, privy, outhouse.

Ka hangā hoki e ia te heketua hei whakareinga mō ngā tāhae (NM 1928:27). / He also built the lavatory to dispose of the excrement.

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Synonyms: turuma, wharetiko, wharepaku, whareiti, hamuti, whare paku

whare paku

1. (noun) toilet, lavatory, convenience, latrine, loo, bog.

wharepaku

1. (noun) toilet, lavatory, convenience, latrine, loo, bog.

Ka tae rawa māna te haute, kei te wharepaku kē e whakaroaroa ana (hKK 1999:188). / When it finally comes for him to shout he's at the toilet procrastinating.

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haratau

1. (verb) to be convenient, suitable, approved, relevant.

Ka roa e noho ana i reira, kāore i haratau a reira ki te noho, he kore tahora, he tuaranga nō te takoto o te whenua (JPS 1928:176). / After staying there for a considerable time it was found to be an unsuitable place to live, owing to the lack of open land and the rough nature of the country.

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Synonyms: whaitake

2. (verb) to be dexterous, deft, adroit, adept.

Kua haratau ki te taiaha (W 1971:37). / Dexterous with the taiaha.

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3. (verb) to practise, rehearse, refine.

Engari nā te noho tonu ki te haratau, nāwai rā, nāwai rā kua tīmata ngā kupu ki te noho ki roto i te hinengaro me te poho o te hunga e tū ana ki te whakamātautau i ngā mahi haka (Milroy 2015). / But by continually practising, after a time the words begin to settle into the minds and hearts of the people standing to perform.

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Synonyms: whakaakoako, mahi, akoako, whakaharatau, whakahāngai, whakawai, parakitihi, whakapai ake, whakamahine

4. (modifier) dexterous, deft, adroit.

He tangata haratau ki ngā rākau a Tū (RMR 2017). / An adept person with Māori weaponry.

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5. (noun) convenience, suitability, relevance.

He mea whakairo hoki, he mea kōwhaiwhai, he mea tukutuku, hei pupuri i te ātanga, i te wehi, i te haratau o ērā taonga a ō tātau tīpuna i roto i tēnei o ngā whare o te Atua (TTT 1/12/1925:336). / And it was carved and decorated with rafter paintings and lattice-work to retain the beauty, awesomeness and relevance of those treasures of our ancestors in this particular house of God.

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Synonyms: hāngaitanga, whaitake

6. (noun) practice, craft, dexterity.

Kāore i rerekē mai tāna momo minitatanga i te haratau o ngā minita Māori Mihinare (TTR 1996:117). / His style of ministry was no different from the practice of the Anglican Maori clergy.

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wharetiko

1. (noun) toilet, lavatory, convenience, latrine, loo, bog.

E noho nui ana tēnei mate ki roto i ngā kāinga kāore kau he wharetiko (TPH 15/10/1902:1). / This disease is common in homes with no lavatory.

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Synonyms: turuma, wharepaku, whareiti, hamuti, heketua, whare paku

turuma

1. (noun) toilet, lavatory, convenience, latrine, loo.

Ka haerea e Māhanga ki te turuma o Te Aka-tāwhia, noho tatari mai ai. He turuma wehe tō Te Aka-tāwhia i te mea he puhi a ia (NIT 1995:127). / Māhanga went to the latrine of Te Aka-tāwhia and waited there. Te Aka-tāwhia had a separate latrine because she was a woman of high rank.

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Synonyms: wharetiko, wharepaku, whareiti, hamuti, heketua, whare paku