tāwara
1. (noun) murmur.
He pai ki a au ki te noho i te tahatika o te awa o Kirikiriroa ki te whakarongo ki te tāwara o te wai e rere ana. / I like to sit on the bank of the Kirikiriroa stream to listen to the murmur of the flowing water.
Synonyms: warowaro, kotete, kihi, kohete, kowhete, kōmuhu, kōkihi, ngaehe, wawara, wawaro, whakatanguru, ngāeheehe, kotekote, kōhetehete, kōwhetewhete, tamumu, tamūtamū, kōmuhumuhu, whetewhete, warawara, wara
2. (noun) buzz, hum (of conversation).
He koingo nō mātou kia rangona te tāwara o te reo Māori i ngā kokonga maha tonu o Aotearoa. / We have a desire that the buzz of conversation of the Māori language should be heard in many corners of Aotearoa/New Zealand.
kōrero
1. (verb) (-hia,-ngia,-tia) to tell, say, speak, read, talk, address.
Ko tētahi o ngā take nui o te Pāremata ināia tata nei, ko te tautohetohe o ngā mema mō te Paipera kia whakaaetia kia kōrerotia i roto i ngā kura Kāwanatanga o te motu (TTT 1/10/1927:695). / One of the important topics of Parliament recently was the members' debate concerning the Bible that it be allowed to be read in the public schools of the country.
Synonyms: pānui, rīti, mea, pepeha, hamumu, wani, whakahua, kīkī, puaki, kī
2. (noun) speech, narrative, story, news, account, discussion, conversation, discourse, statement, information.
Ko tētahi kōrero i rongo anō mātou i te hui, ko te kōrero mō tētahi tikanga o nehe (HM 2/2009:10). / An account we heard at the conference was about a custom from ancient times.
Tā te rangatira tāna kai he kōrero, tā te ware he muhukai (NP 2001:362). / The chief's sustenance is discussion, but that of the commoner is inattention.
Synonyms: pakiwaitara, kaute, whakamārama, pūtea moni, pire, rongorongo, pitopito kōrero, rongo, kawepūrongo
2. (noun) dialogue, conversation, discussion, chat.
I tēnei kai i muri nei, kāore i whai kōrero ngā tāngata, engari i āhuareka noa iho ā rātou kōrerorero ki a rātou anō (TWMNT 19/2/1874:40). / At this later meal the people didn't make speeches but just enjoyed their discussions amongst themselves.
2. (noun) talk, conversation.
Reka ana ki ō taringa te tangi o te tūī me te korimako, whakarongo ana koe ki te kōwetewete o tō rāua hoariri, arā te pī honi (KO 18/7/1887:7). / The sounds of the tūī and the bellbird are pleasant to your ears, and you listen to the talk of your enemy, that is the honey bee.
2. (noun) changing, circumstance of changing, turning.
Hohoro tonu te hurihanga i taku ingoa ki te ingoa o taku koroua, ki a Hēmi Te Koaka (HP 1991:18). / They quickly changed my name to that of my granduncle, Hēmi Te Koaka.
3. (noun) rotation (maths).
E toru ngā tikanga hei whakaatu i tētahi hurihanga – ko te pū, te ahunga, me te rahi o te hurihanga. E tutuki ai te hurihanga o tētahi mea, me ōrite te koki o te huri i ia wāhanga o taua mea i te pū huringa kotahi (TRP 2010:128). / There are three important aspects of a rotation, the centre of the rotation, the direction and the amount of rotation. A rotation is completed when all parts of an object are rotated an equal amount around a common centre of rotation (TRP 2010:128).
4. (noun) cycle, circuit.
Ko te hurihanga hauota tētahi mea nui e ora tonu ai ngā rauropi katoa o Papatūānuku (RP 2009:208). / The nitrogen cycle is an important thing for continued life of all organisms on Earth.
whakapakepake
1. (verb) (-a,-tia) to persuade, induce, motivate, dissuade, convince, sway.
Nā, i a rātou e haere taui mai ana i Kāwhia, nā te wahine a Te Pēhi, nā Tiaia, i whakapakepake a Te Rauparaha kia kaua e patua kia hemo tētahi o ngā tāngata o Waikato, nā te mea nā taua tangata tonu i āwhina a Ngāti Toa (TTR 1990:246). / During their retreat from Kāwhia Te Pēhi's wife, Tiaia, dissuaded Te Rauparaha from killing one of the Waikato men because he had helped Ngāti Toa.
Synonyms: whakawhere, whakawai, whakawherewhere, whakakīkī, whakawaiwai, toitoi, whakahihiko, whakaohooho, toitoi manawa
2. (noun) persuasion, influence, inducement, conversion.
Kāore au mō te whakapati, mō te whakapakepake i a ia kia puta mai. Māna anō e haere mai ka hiahia ana ia (HJ 2015:71). / I'm not for begging and persuading her to come. She will come if she wants to.
Synonyms: whakawhere, whakakīkī
