mātaki
1. (verb) (-na,-tia) to gaze, watch, inspect, examine, observe.
2. (noun) inspection.
He mea āta uiui nāna ngā tikanga katoa o taua kura, me te āhua o ngā mahi; me tana mātaki anō i ngā rūma moenga, i ērā atu wāhi katoa hoki o te whare, tae rawa ki te whareumu kia kite i te āhua o ngā mahi tao kai (TKO 3/1914:3). / He asked about all procedures in that school; with his inspection of the dormitories and other parts of the building, including the kitchen to see the quality of the cooking.
mātātaki
1. (verb) (-na) to challenge.
Ko te whakaaro o Te Kooti, he mātātaki i te Kīngi, i a Tāwhiao. I mea ia, ko ia kē hei ārahi i te iwi Māori ki te taha wairua (TTR 1990:218). / Te Kooti intended to challenge the King, Tāwhiao. He said that he should be the spiritual leader of the Māori people.
2. (verb) (-na) to inspect, watch, inspect, examine, observe, gaze at.
See also mātakitaki
mātakitaki
1. (verb) (-na,-tia) to gaze, watch, inspect, examine, observe.
Ka mutu te harirū, ka haere a Tā Hōri Kerei ki te mātakitaki i te whare i mahia ai mōna e Te Mānihera (TW 20/4/1878:180). / When the handshakes had finished Sir George Grey went to inspect the house that Mr Maunsell had built for him.
2. (noun) inspection, observation.
Ka mutu tēnā mahi a te mātakitaki, ka hoki ki tō mātou puni (TP 1/1903:2). / When the sightseeing was finished we returned to our camp.
Synonyms: kitenga
tiro
1. (verb) (-hia) to look at, inspect, examine, observe, survey, view.
Nō taua pō i pae mai ai te ruru ki runga i te tuanui o te mahau o Tūtāwake i te marae o Whitianga, e tiro kau iho ana ki ōna whanaunga e whakatakatū ana i te haringa whakamutunga atu o Mōnita ki tana haukāinga (TTR 2000:56). / That night the morepork landed on the porch roof of Tūtāwake, at Whitianga marae, watching his kin preparing for Mōnita's last homecoming.
Synonyms: titiro, mataara, mātātaki, mātaki, mātai, mātakitaki
2. (noun) inspection, gaze.
tirotiro
1. (verb) (-hia) to look about, gaze, peep, investigate, inspect, examine.
Me whiriwhiri ake, me tirotiro te hāngaitanga ki te iwi Māori o ēnei whakaaro kua huaina ake nei (TTT 1/2/1925:179). / We should discuss and investigate the relevance of these ideas discussed above to the Māori people.
Synonyms: whātaretare, whakangeingei, whātare, pīnono
titiro
2. (noun) inspection, gaze.
Ki tāku titiro kua tae tēnei ki te wā e tika ana kia ui tātou ki a tātou tonu ina hoki he nui tonu ā tātou tikanga Māori kua taea e tātou te whakarerekē (TTT 1/11/1921:5). / In my observation we have arrived at the appropriate time to question ourselves because there are many Māori customs that we can change.
whakatātare
1. (verb) (-tia) to scrutinize, inspect, look intently, peek.
Ko te tangata i ahu mai nei tētahi wāhi o tōna mātauranga i te Pākehā he tangata e whakatōngātia, e haea, e whakatātaretia, e ngau tuarātia e ngā tāngata kūware (TKO 31/8/1920:5). / The person whose knowledge comes partly from the Pākehā is a person who is criticized, envied, scrutinized and subjected to backbiting by ignorant people.
Synonyms: matawai, whakatare, whakataretare, titiro whakatau, whakangeingei, whātare, karapa
2. (modifier) studying intently, looking intently.
Ka maha tēnei ngā tau i titiro whakatātare ai au ki ngā mahi a ngā tohunga, ā, kei te titiro whakatātare tonu (TKO 30/6/1921:5). / For many years I looked intently at the activities of the tohunga, and I am still studying them.
3. (noun) close scrutiny, intense observation, inspection.
Kua ngaro atu he tohunga, kua ara mai he tohunga, ā, kāhore anō kia kitea e au he rerenga kētanga nā konei ko wai te tangata e amuamu, e riri mō taku whakatātare (TKO 30/6/1921:5). / One tohunga disappears, another arises, and I haven't yet found any difference and so who is the person that will grumble and be angry about my close scrutiny.
matawai
1. (verb) (-tia) to look closely, scrutinize, inspect, scan.
Ki te matawai ngā kanohi, ka kitea te ingoa o te ringatoi kei roto i te peita nei. / If you look closely the name of the artist will be seen in this painting.
Synonyms: karapa, mātai, whakatātare
2. (noun) scanner.
mātai
1. (verb) (-a,-hia,-tia) to inspect, examine, investigate, scan, observe, note.
Haere ki te mātai i ō waka (W 1971:187). / Go and inspect your pigeon troughs.
Synonyms: pitopito kōrero, matawai, karapa, titiro, tiro, mātaki, mātakitaki, mataara, mātātaki
2. (verb) (-hia,-tia) to gaze at intently, gaze longingly.
Tāu mahi he mātai: kāore koe e whakamā? (W 1971:187). / You are staring: aren't you embarrassed?
3. (noun) field of study, -ology - used with names of fields of science, e.g. mātai puia for volcanology.
He peka matua te mātai koiora o te mātauranga pūtaiao e aro ana ki ngā mea ora i roto anō i ō rātou pūnaha hauropi (RP 2009:279). / Biology is a major branch of science focusing on living things in their ecosystems.
