2. (noun) one-stringed bow-like instrument - played by tapping with a stick while using the mouth cupped over the string as a modifying resonator. It was made of supplejack with a muka string, which was also plucked and scraped.
(Te Māhuri Textbook (Ed. 2): 166;)
Nā, ka tae te mahi, he kū, he pākuru, he tō, he pūtōrino, he kōauau, he tōrehe, he tī papaki ringa, he porotiti, he kaupeka - kāore a Kae i kata (JPS 1928:270). / So they tried playing kū, pākuru, tō, pūtōrino, kōauau, tōrehe, hand-clapping, porotiti, and kaupeka - but Kae did not laugh.
2. (noun) syllable.
ngaku
1. my - when talking of more than one thing. This is the Tainui variation of aku. A possessive determiner which must be followed by a noun, unlike āku and ōku. This is the neutral or informal form and is not governed by the a and o categories. It cannot be stressed, in which case either āku or ōku must be used, depending on the category of the noun.
See also aku
ngō
1. your - when talking of more than one thing. It refers to only one person and is the Tainui variation of ō being the plural of tō. A possessive determiner which must be followed by a noun, unlike āku and ōku. This is the neutral or informal form and is not governed by the a and o categories.
Whakatakotoria ngō kāri kia kite ai au he pēwhea te manaaki a te Wahi Ngaro i a koe (HKKT 2011:24). / Lay down your cards so that I can see how kindly Divine Intervention is towards you.
tāhaku
1. (particle) (determiner) my (referring to one thing), mine - variation of tāku. Often followed by a noun but can stand without one.
(Te Kākano Textbook (Ed. 2): 52-56, 108-110, 140-141;)
Ko tāhaku ki a koutou, ahakoa te pōturi o te haere ā tātau mahi, ka taea te whakaoti. / What I'm saying to you all is that despite the slow progress of our work, we will be able to complete it.
See also tāku
ōhoku
1. (particle) (determiner) my, of mine, belonging to me (more than one thing) - variation of ōku.
See also ōku
wāku
1. (particle) (determiner) my (plural) - variation of āku.
(Te Kākano Textbook (Ed. 2): 52-56, 108-110;)
Me pēhea te whakapūoro ake i ō rātau reo kia rongo ai ngā taringa o ngā uri whakatipu? Ko wēnei wāku pātai mō ngā taonga pūoro i te wā tuatahi i kite au i te Whare Taonga o Tāmaki Makaurau, i te tau 1970 (TWK 41:2). / How should they be played so that their voices can be heard by future generations? These were my questions about the musical instruments when I first saw them in Auckland Museum in 1970.
Synonyms: wōku
wōku
1. (particle) (determiner) my (plural) - variation of ōku.
(Te Kākano Textbook (Ed. 2): 52-56, 108-110;)
Synonyms: wāku
nōhoku
1. (particle) belonging to me, mine, because I - variation of nōku.
Ka mea atu a Māui, “He hinganga nōhoku ki rō wai, nā reira i poko ai te ahi nei.” (JPS 1929:22). / Māui said, “It was because I fell into the water, that was how the fire was extinguished.”
See also nōku
