mōhiohio
1. (experience verb) (-tia) to come to know, recognise, understand.
Kua mōhiohio ake tēnei ki te kōwhiti i ngā mea e kitea ōna hua, ka waiho ngā mea huhua kore (MM.TKM 31/12/1858:3). / They are learning to choose the things that are seen to be useful, but are leaving the things of no value.
Synonyms: āhukahuka, āhukahuka, kite, mōhio
2. (noun) information.
Katoa o ngā mōhiohio i pā hāngai ki te āhuatanga ā-rohe o konei i tukua katoatia atu ki a rātau (OTM 2016). / All information relevant to the local situation here was handed over to them.
hāramuramu
1. (verb) to be informal, in an informal way, casual.
I a ia e hāramuramu noa ana te kōrero, he kīwaha, hangareka kē nei tana momo kōrero, auau tonu tana whakatoi i a ia tonu, inā kē nei te pai o āna kōrero ki te maha o te tangata (TTR 2000:47). / When he was speaking informally he used colloquial language and humour, often directed at himself, which appealed to many people.
2. (modifier) informally, casually, informal, casual.
Nuku atu anō hoki i te rua tekau ngā tamariki he mea whāngai hāramuramu noa mai e rāua (TTR 2000:98). / They also informally adopted more than 20 other children.
whakakite
1. (verb) (-a,-ngia) to reveal, disclose, display, show, exhibit.
Mā te Kāwana e tono tētahi Pākehā tika hei rūri i taua whenua: māku ia ngā rohe e kotikoti; ka oti te rūri me tā ki te nūpepa hei whakakite ki ngā Pākehā, ki ngā tāngata Māori anō hoki. Kia toru ngā marama kia whā e whakakite ana (MM.TKM 31/7/1860:58). / The Governor should send an appropriate Pākehā to survey that land, but I will set out the boundaries, and when the survey is completed it should be published in the newspaper so that it is revealed to the Pākehā, and also the Māori. Let it be displayed for three or four months.
Synonyms: whakaatu, whakapuaki, whāki, puaki, whakakakau, whāwhāki, tuwhiri
2. (modifier) revealing, enlightening, informing, showing.
I te Tūrei, te 21 o Hānuere kua hori nei, i te kāinga o Henere Kata i Waipukurau, ka tū te mahi whakakite i te mātauranga o ngā kaimahi ki te mahi pērā (TWM 6/2/1868:1). / On Tuesday, 21 January just passed, a demonstration of the workers' skills in occupations like that was held.
Synonyms: whāwhāki
3. (noun) revelation, demonstration, performance, display, exhibit, exhibition.
Heoi tā mātau ko te whakakite atu ki a koutou nga mahi a te Pākehā o mua (TWM 3/10/1863:2). / And so what we have to do is reveal to you what the Pākehā did in former times.
Synonyms: tūhuratanga, whakakitenga, whāki, whākinga, whakatangitangi, whakaaturanga, haka, purei
2. (verb) to twinkle, shine intermittently.
3. (modifier) eaten intermittently.
Ko te kai kōramuramu, he tītongi korokoro (TKO 12/4/1918:7). / Food eaten intermittently tickles the palate.
hīramuramu
1. (verb) (-tia) to eat out of regular order, eat in an informal way, eat at odd times.
See also kōramuramu
matatau
1. (modifier) learned, experienced, well-informed, knowledgeable, competent, fluent, skilled.
He tangata matatau tana matua, ā, nāna i tohutohu a Te Rangi Hīroa kia aroha ki te reo me te whiti waiata (TTR 1996:10). / His father was a learned man who gave Peter Buck a love of language and poetry.
2. (verb) (-hia,-ria) to know, know well, be proficient, expert at, competent, fluent.
Ahakoa kāore i matatau rawa ia ki te kōrero Māori ā-kīwaha, i tua atu i te reo ā-tuhi, i kaha pū tonu a Pat ki te whakaū i te reo ā-waha, me ngā tikanga Māori anō hoki (TTR 2000:81). / Although she was not very fluent in colloquial Māori, Pat placed strong emphasis on the spoken as well as the written language and on cultural practices.
Synonyms: mōhio, mahara, hua, mātau, pūrangiaho, kaiaka, tohunga, ringa rehe, Kei a ... mō te ...
3. (noun) proficiency, competence, facility, mastery.
Ki tōna reanga, kāore i ārikarika te matatau o Taiaroa ki te mahi tōrangapū (TTR 1994:104). / To his contemporaries Taiaroa's proficiency in politics was outstanding.
Synonyms: tohungatanga, matatauranga
pitopito kōrero
1. (noun) snippet (of information or knowledge), news, news item, news report, note.
E hia ngā tau ia e pāho ana i ngā pitopito kōrero ki te reo Māori i runga i te reo irirangi o te motu (TTR 1998:69). / For many years he was the news announcer in Māori on national radio.
Synonyms: mātai, rongo, kawepūrongo, rongorongo, kōrero
2. (adjective) informative.
3. (adjective) worthwhile.
pūkōrero
1. (modifier) well-informed, speaking with authority, articulate.
I ētehi wā, ko te pūtake o āna kōrero whakamārama, ko ōna mōhiotanga tonu, ā, i ētehi wā anō, ka tīkina atu e ia anō i ērā o ngā mana pūkōrero (TTR 1996:196). / Sometimes the source of his explanations was his own knowledge, sometimes he sought those of other authorities.
2. (noun) orator, announcer, spokesperson, speaker, historian.
Nō reira, e ngā whanaunga, e ngā pūkōrero, kaua e kaiponutia ngā taonga a ō tātou tūpuna (TP 10/1907:9). / Therefore, my relations, the spokespeople, do not withhold the precious knowledge of our ancestors.
Synonyms: manu kōrero, wahapū, māngai, kākā tarahae
whakaatuatu
1. (verb) (-ria) to inform, point out, show, call attention to.
Kotahi te wiki i whakaatuatu ai ngā rangatira o taua iwi i ō rātou mate whenua ki a au, i ngā raruraru i tupu ake i roto i Te Kōti Whenua Māori (HKW 1/6/1899:3). / The leaders of that tribe spent one week informing me of their land problems, problems that have developed in the Māori Land Court.
Synonyms: tohu, whakaatu, tuhi, tūtohi, whakahahaki, tohutohu, arataki, tūtohu
2. (noun) information, advice.
Kua tūturu te rā hei whakapuare i te whare karakia o Ngāti Porou, arā hei a Māehe 12. Tāria anō te wā e tae atu ai ngā pōwhiri tūturu, engari ko ngā whakaatuatu mai a ngā tamariki rangatira o Ngāti Porou kua whiriwhiri te komiti, ā kua tūturu ēnei whakariterite: ... (TTT 1/2/1925:175). / The day to open Ngāti Porou's church has been set for 12 March. Later the formal invitations will reach you, but the information of the young leaders of Ngāti Porou is that the committee has decided and confirmed these arrangement: ...
